(ABC4) – Federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Utah to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by straight-line winds in September 2020. High winds ripped through northern Utah in early September, hitting Davis and Weber counties, specifically cities that are at the mouth of canyons such as Farmington, Centerville, Kaysville, Bountiful,… Keep Reading
There is an exciting ballroom dance competition coming to Utah in February! It’s the Utah Dancesport Challenge on Saturday, February 6 at American Fork High School. This event is the only sanctioned Utah ballroom competition so it’s exciting for our state to be able to hold a competition like this. Professional dancers from Center Stage… Keep Reading
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced late last week that he plans to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations in Utah, adding new groups to the list of people who can receive the vaccine, the Deseret News reported. Cox outlined plans of an executive order to make sure this happens. A total of 89,431 vaccine doses had been reported administered as of… Keep Reading
LEHI — Utah-based fintech company MX has become Silicon Slope’s next unicorn after a staggering $300 million funding round quadrupled its valuation to $1.9 billion — making it one of the largest private companies in the Beehive State. MX, which was founded in 2010, works behind-the-scenes to aggregate data for banks that give the consumer… Keep Reading
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – The Utah Department of Health is offering free rapid antigen testing at numerous locations throughout the state as COVID-19 activity persists. The CDC recently ranked Utah in the top five for having the worst daily average of new COVID-19 cases reported. Utah’s southern neighbor, Arizona, topped out that list. UDOH says these… Keep Reading
Slim Chickens started in 2003 with the first location in Fayetteville, Arkansas, but the chain is now making its way west and into the Beehive State. The Southern-style chicken restaurant started heavily franchising in 2011 and currently has 110 locations in the United States as well as a couple international spots. The chain also has… Keep Reading
SALT LAKE CITY — Beginning Monday, Utah’s K-12 teachers and school staff members are now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Those eligible for vaccinations are urged to contact their school districts or local health departments to make arrangements. Canyons School District spokesman Jeff Haney spoke to FOX 13 about the process for providing vaccinations for Salt Lake… Keep Reading
Stacy Bateman originally went to school to become a kindergarten teacher, but plans changed and she ended up becoming a high school dance teacher instead. When she and her family moved to Lehi, she was asked to take on a long-term substitute teaching job. From there she became a regular sub, mostly at secondary schools… Keep Reading
The way things used to be for high school girls wrestlers, if they joined a wrestling team, was that there might be one or two of them practicing with the boys team and often wrestling against other boys during the season. Since Utah sanctioned girls wrestling as a high school sport, which went into effect… Keep Reading
UTAH (ABC4) – A would-be developer and owner of an addiction recovery center in Orem is suing Utah County “for the purpose of creating a conservation easement.” Richard Losee, owner of Cirque Lodge treatments center, had interest in building a drug treatment center on the land where Bridal Veil Falls is located, according to a report… Keep Reading
