Author: Mariah Wheeler

UTAH – Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for December 2020 grew by an estimated 0.6% across the past 12 months, with 9,900 more jobs since December 2019, according to the latest report from Utah’s Department of Workforce Services. Utah’s November year-over job changes remains unrevised at -0.2% while the state’s current employment level stands at 1,606,000. December’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate is estimated at 3.6%, with about 60,100 Utahns unemployed, officials say. The December national unemployment rate of 6.7% is unchanged from November. “In December, Utah became the second state economy to flip from COVID-induced job losses back to economic expansion,” reports…

OGDEN, Utah — The family of Emily Anderson is feeling a lot of different emotions, mainly helpless, after insurance companies have not responded on how they can move forward after the 39-year-old mother was killed in a car crash in Ogden.  It’s been three dark and gloomy days for the Anderson family.  Brother Steven Knutson said he’s still grappling with the reality of his sister being killed in a car crash that police suspect was caused by an impaired and distracted driver. “It is more of a shock,” said Knutson. “You don’t plan on people passing away so suddenly.” Anderson leaves behind her…