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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Megan Low adminsiters a Covid 19 vaccination to Margret Maumau, during a news conference, as the Utah Department of Health is announced that they are teaming with Intermountain Healthcare, Nomi Health and University of Utah Health, to open mass vaccination sites for the next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations, on Monday, March 1, 2021.

Nearly 280,000 Utahns are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19

By Scott D. Pierce | March 4, 2021, 6:34 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.

Gov. Spencer Cox says Utahns age 50 and over can sign up for COVID-19 vaccine

By Sean P. Means | March 4, 2021, 9:16 p.m.

Utah’s jobless claims fall to a new pandemic low

Refugee chef in Utah has won U.S. citizenship, but he’s losing ground during COVID-19

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Nurses test for Covid-19 at the Test Utah site in Herriman, on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021.

Updated pandemic ‘endgame’ bill would do away with most masks but leave face coverings in schools

By Bethany Rodgers | March 3, 2021, 9:52 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Captain Jason Burton working at a COVID-19 testing site run by the Utah National Guard at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.

More than 250,000 Utahns are now fully vaccinated

By Scott D. Pierce | March 4, 2021, 12:54 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Help wanted signs from around the Salt Lake Valley, as seen on Friday, July 17, 2020. Utah's unemployment rate was at 3.1% in January, well below the national average of 6.3%

Utah’s jobless rate drops to 3.1%

By Tony Semerad | March 3, 2021, 9:21 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Robert Gehrke.

Robert Gehrke: Utah legislators are pushing a quick exit from COVID restrictions, but these steps are more critical

By Robert Gehrke | March 3, 2021, 6:13 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Heidi Enger prepare for Covid 19 vaccinations, at the Calvary Baptist Church in Salt Lake City, on Monday, March 1, 2021.

Utah reports fewer than 500 new cases of COVID-19 again

By Scott D. Pierce | March 2, 2021, 8:45 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) The Daily, a street-level cafe in the Goldman Sachs building at 222 S. Main, plans to reopen when downtown workers return to their offices.

Is your favorite Utah restaurant, bar or concert venue closed? See here if it plans to reopen.

By Kathy Stephenson | March 2, 2021, 9:11 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall helps light lanterns to commemorate the city’s victims and survivors of COVID-19 just outside Salt Lake City Hall, Monday evening, March 1, 2021, before being joined by City Council members.

Salt Lake City leaders hold remembrance ceremony for COVID-19 victims

By Rebekah Wahlberg | March 2, 2021, 2:35 a.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Vaccination cards at West Hills Middle School on Feb. 12, 2021.

Utahns sought COVID-19 vaccine in good faith. But their slots were a state mistake, and they feel vilified.

By Scott D. Pierce | March 2, 2021, 12:15 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Vials of the COVID-19 Vaccine for Utah County residents, in a former Shopko store in Spanish Fork, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.

A flaw by state employees allowed 7,200 unqualified Utahns to sign up for COVID-19 vaccines

By Becky Jacobs | Scott D. Pierce | March 2, 2021, 2:39 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Karen Johnson, a grief counselor with the Jordan Family Education Center, receives her second COVID-19 vaccination on Friday. Employees of the Jordan School District were invited to West Hills Middle School to receive their coronavirus vaccination, Feb. 12, 2021.

Utah reports the fewest new coronavirus cases in 6 months

By Scott D. Pierce | March 1, 2021, 9:35 p.m.

(Courtesy University of Utah Health) A University of Utah Health employee holds a vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Map: Here are Utah’s 14 new mass vaccination sites

By Sean P. Means | March 1, 2021, 10:13 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Megan Low adminsiters a Covid 19 vaccination to Margret Maumau, during a news conference, as the Utah Department of Health is announced that they are teaming with Intermountain Healthcare, Nomi Health and University of Utah Health, to open mass vaccination sites for the next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations, on Monday, March 1, 2021.

Utah adding 14 sites for more COVID-19 vaccinations. Here’s where they are.

By Sean P. Means | March 2, 2021, 2:15 a.m.

(Photo courtesy of Mark Jorgensen) Mark Jorgensen, the first Utahn to be treated for COVID-19, takes a ride in an ambulance. He spoke Sunday about his experience with the coronavirus on the one year anniversary of his arrival to Intermountain Medical Center.

One year later, Utah’s first COVID-19 patient recalls ‘surreal’ experience

By Alex Vejar | February 28, 2021, 11:29 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Students line up for COVID-19 tests as they return to Highland High School in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.

Utah coronavirus cases continue to fall, but deaths on the rise

By Alex Vejar | February 28, 2021, 9:52 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Julyn Shepherd fills syringes for Utah County residents to get their COVID-19 vaccinations in a former Shopko store in Spanish Fork, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.

Will Utahns wait their turn in line once vaccines open up for those with underlying conditions?

By Taylor Stevens | March 1, 2021, 7:33 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kenley Hansen gets a COVID-19 vaccination from Kirsten Weber, as Utah County residents lined up for vaccinations in a former Shopko store in Spanish Fork, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.

State works to cancel appointments after 7,200 people without qualifying conditions are able to schedule shots

By Kathy Stephenson | March 2, 2021, 1:04 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Science teacher Robert Campos wipes down desks in his classroom as students return to Highland High School in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.

Seventeen deaths added to Utah’s COVID-19 toll, as 651 new cases are reported

By Sean P. Means | February 26, 2021, 8:57 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A "Be Happy" sign with smiley faces wearing masks for the COVID-19 pandemic on Moss Hill Drive in Bountiful, April 22, 2020.

What’s driving Utah’s big coronavirus downturn: Is it vaccinations, behavior changes or something else?

By Andy Larsen | February 26, 2021, 1:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Marina Gomberg.

Marina Gomberg: The pandemic is the worst, but these reactions to it are total keepers

By Marina Gomberg | February 26, 2021, 1:00 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of UNICEF and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the COVAX Facility are loaded onto a truck for transport in Accra, Ghana, on Feb. 24, 2021.

LDS Church kicks in $20M toward global COVID vaccination push

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | February 26, 2021, 11:12 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) In coordination with a proclamation from President Biden, Gov. Spencer Cox orders the lowering of the flag as it flies at half-staff on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 at the Utah Capitol in memory of the grim milestone reached of 500,000 American lives lost to COVID-19.

Number of new COVID-19 cases in Utah remains well below 1,000

By Scott D. Pierce | February 26, 2021, 8:20 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox talks about his plans to hopefully burn his mask by July 4th as he speaks at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.

Utahns age 16 and older with certain health conditions can make vaccine appointments now, Gov. Cox says

By Sean P. Means | February 25, 2021, 9:13 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of Michelle Amos)
John and Michelle Amos oversee the Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

‘Mormon Land’: She worked on the Mars rover. He served in the Navy. Now these two Black converts lead an LDS mission.

By The Salt Lake Tribune | February 25, 2021, 3:45 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) People wear masks in Ogden while shopping, Feb. 23, 2021.

Utah’s COVID-19 case counts continue to improve — but deaths continue to rise

By Scott D. Pierce | February 25, 2021, 3:23 a.m.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Utah Jazz fans wear masks at Vivint Arena for NBA action between the Utah Jazz and the Dallas Mavericks, Jan. 29, 2021. A Kaiser Health News fact check concludes, no, it's not time to return to normal.

Fact Check: Time to get back to normal? Not according to science.

By Victoria Knight | February 23, 2021, 9:48 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Karen Johnson, a grief counselor with the Jordan Family Education Center receives her second covid-19 vaccination on Friday. Employees of the Jordan School District were invited to West Hills Middle School to receive their coronavirus vaccination, Feb. 12, 2021.

Here’s when you’ll be able to remove your mask in Utah — with a caveat

By Scott D. Pierce | February 24, 2021, 12:45 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) A sign encouraging social distancing at City Creek in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. A bill that advanced in the Utah Senate on Tuesday would create a $30 million fund to help small businesses struggling from the pandemic.

$30 million COVID relief package for Utah small businesses gets Senate OK

By Taylor Stevens | February 23, 2021, 9:10 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) A sign requests the wearing of masks, in Murray on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021.

Salt Lake County has investigated hundreds of COVID complaints. See what business violations are being reported.

By Kathy Stephenson | February 23, 2021, 8:05 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City, was commended by Senate leaders and a minority leader for Vickers' SB195 bill Feb. 16, 2021. The bill would rein in the emergency powers of the governor and state and local health departments, saying the state's current laws are not designed to grapple with long-term events like the pandemic.

Bill limiting governor’s emergency powers wins final Senate OK and House will take it up next

By Bryan Schott | February 23, 2021, 7:07 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of Intermountain Healthcare) Dr. Andrew Pavia, director of epidemiology at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital and chief of pediatric infectious diseases at University of Utah Health.

Two childhood viruses at near zero, a ‘good side effect of COVID-19,’ a Utah pediatrician says

By Sean P. Means | February 22, 2021, 11:17 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nurse Jana Arnold, disinfecting her covid-19 vaccination work space on Friday, didn't have many adults taking the dumdum suckers she placed on her table. Employees of the Jordan School District were invited to West Hills Middle School to receive their coronavirus vaccination, Feb. 12, 2021.

Utah records 338 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest since September

By Sean P. Means | February 22, 2021, 10:01 p.m.

(Jae C. Hong | AP file photo) Romelia Navarro, 64, weeps on July 31, 2020, while hugging her husband, Antonio, in his final moments in a COVID-19 unit at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has topped 500,000 — a number so staggering that a top health researchers says it is hard to imagine an American who hasn't lost a relative or doesn't know someone who died.

Cox orders flags to be lowered as U.S. tops 500,000 virus deaths

By Heather Hollingsworth and Tammy Webber | The Associated Press | February 23, 2021, 1:48 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bottles of Porter's Peach at Ogden's Own Distillery in Ogden. Online liquor ordering at Utah distilleries, breweries and wineries could become legal, under a bill released this week in the Utah Legislature.

You would be able to order beer or liquor online — if this bill passes

By Kathy Stephenson | February 22, 2021, 5:52 p.m.

Kroger and Smith's grocery stores are among the seven chain pharmacies in Utah tabbed to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Where Utahns can get a COVID-19 vaccine

By Julie Jag | February 22, 2021, 3:50 a.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Karen Johnson, a grief counselor with the Jordan Family Education Center, receives her second COVID-19 vaccination on Friday. Employees of the Jordan School District were invited to West Hills Middle School to receive their coronavirus vaccination, Feb. 12, 2021.

Coronavirus cases drop, but Utah remains among states with highest infection rates

By Julie Jag | February 22, 2021, 11:06 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Employees of the Jordan School District were invited to West Hills Middle School to receive their coronavirus vaccination, Feb. 12, 2021.

Number of new COVID cases continues to decline, as more than 200,000 Utahns are reported to be fully vaccinated

By Jessica Miller | February 20, 2021, 8:24 p.m.

FILE - This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The prickly orb is on every news and medical site. It's all over TV and on flyers for COVID car cleaning. (CDC via AP, File)

A coronavirus outbreak at the Kane County jail accounts for nearly 70% of cases in the county

By Jessica Miller | February 20, 2021, 5:21 p.m.

(Tribune file photo) Tabernacle Choir director Jerold Ottley at a rehearsal at the Tabernacle in October 1999.

Jerold Ottley, who led the famed Tabernacle Choir to even greater heights, dies of COVID-19

By Sara Tabin | February 20, 2021, 2:50 a.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nurse Jana Arnold, disinfecting her covid-19 vaccination work space on Friday, didn't have many adults taking the dumdum suckers she placed on her table. Employees of the Jordan School District were invited to West Hills Middle School to receive their coronavirus vaccination, Feb. 12, 2021.

Number of new COVID-19 cases falls back below 1,000

By Scott D. Pierce | February 19, 2021, 11:39 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Rev. Roberto Montoro celebrates Mass on Ash Wednesday as the first day of Lent at Sacred Heart Church in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Instead of making a sign of the cross on people's foreheads, Montoro sprinkles ashes on top of congregants' heads due to the coronavirus pandemic.

What Utahns can give up for Lent — after sacrificing so much during the pandemic

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | February 19, 2021, 3:26 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Olivia Harmon waves her arms with her class in movement exercises, at the beginning of Nicole Deaton's 8th grade health class at Shoreline Junior High in Layton, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021.

COVID-19 is fueling innovation in Utah schools to help students focus and cope

By Heather May | Special to The Tribune | February 22, 2021, 4:07 a.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Employees of the Jordan School District were invited to West Hills Middle School to receive their coronavirus vaccination, Feb. 12, 2021.

Here’s the good news for Utahns on the biggest coronavirus vaccine questions

By Andy Larsen | February 19, 2021, 9:55 p.m.

Brodi Ashton: Ok everyone, we’re faced with a river loaded with alligators. There’s only one way through.

By Brodi Ashton | Special to The Tribune | February 19, 2021, 1:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Traffic moves along Center Street in Provo on Monday, as seen April 6, 2020. The Provo-Orem area ranked as the top-performing large city in the U.S. on measures of economic vitality, according to the nonprofit Milken Institute. Salt Lake City ranked fourth, while Logan and St. George dominated the institute's rankings for smaller cities, coming in second and fourth, respectively.

Provo-Orem, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Logan, St. George all rank among best-performing cities

By Tony Semerad | February 19, 2021, 12:50 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, Gov. Spencer Cox delivers his State of the State address at the Capitol in Salt Lake City. Cox and legislative leaders have been talking privately about how to change the state's emergency powers act with more behind-closed-doors negotiating in the works.

Gov. Spencer Cox suggests he wants some changes in Legislature’s plan to rein in his emergency powers

By Taylor Stevens | February 18, 2021, 8:51 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nurses test for Covid-19 at the Test Utah site in Herriman, on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021.

Number of new COVID-19 cases in Utah rises back above 1,100

By Scott D. Pierce | February 18, 2021, 11:44 p.m.