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UTAH – Members of the Utah National Guard who were deployed to Washington, D.C. will soon return home. About 350 soldiers from Utah were deployed Jan. 15 to protect the events surrounding the inauguration of President Joe Biden. “What we saw was calm,” said Major Mangum with the Utah National Guard via a Zoom call. “It was an honor to be here.” The chaos and disruption some predicted following the January 6th violent protest and riot at the Capitol never materialized. Instead, the Utah National Guard described a memorable experience for its members that did not include any serious confrontations. “To be out…

UTAH – It’s unclear why thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered to Utah haven’t been given to eligible residents, even as the state reported dozens of deaths in the past week, hundreds of coronavirus patients were hospitalized and the rate of positive tests continued to hover around 1 in 5. Utah has been allocated fewer doses per capita than all other states, an analysis by The Salt Lake Tribune has found.And under an earlier federal policy, our unused vaccine could have slowed the state’s already meager supply. In a statement Sunday, Utah Department of Health executive director Rich Saunders said the…