covid-19

HURRICANE, Utah (ABC4) – What started as a pilot program a year ago, is one step closer to becoming a new option for all Utah drivers. “So far we have about 3,000 people that are in the pilot program for the mobile driver license, right now it’s being accepted in just a handful of locations across the state,” says Joe Dougherty, the spokesperson for the Utah Department of Public Safety. Senate Bil

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KDXU) - Governor Spencer Cox is halting a program allowing COVID-19 testing, to help keep kids in school. Governor Cox signed House Bill 183 into law Wednesday. The measure puts a hold on the state's "Test to Stay" program, which required a certain threshold of positive COVID-19 tests before a school could move to remote learning ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4/ KDXU) – Three-year-old Faith is healthier now, but just a couple of months ago she was in the hospital with COVID-19 complications. “This virus doesn’t care who you are, it doesn’t care your age, it doesn’t care anything about you, it can take its toll on anyone it wants to,” says her mother, Tiffanie Porter. Porter says she and her husband ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4/KDXU) - One of Southern Utah’s largest employers, Intermountain Healthcare, is reportedly using more outside sources to fight back against the nationwide labor shortage and the pandemic. Travel nurses are used to fill the gaps in areas where staff isn’t available in specialized areas, according to Kam Twitchell, a Human Resources Manager for Intermountain Healthcare. “Based

SALE LAKE CITY, Utah (KDXU) - Utahns are giving a several different reasons for not getting COVID-19 vaccinations.  The U.S. Census Bureau announced survey results showing more than 300-thousand Uthans decided not to get vaccinated.  ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KDXU) - Officials are planning for life after the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Cox confirmed Tuesday that state leaders are working on programs that will take effect once the virus enters its endemic stage. "This is a plan we started working on, of course Omicron suspended that work, we're completely focused on Omicron, encourage people to get vaccinated, get boosted, we

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KDXU) - State lawmakers want to give every resident in Utah access to high-speed internet. State Senator Jerry Stevenson of Layton laid out the Senate's budget priorities Monday.  He says lawmakers have identified 290-million dollars of new money in the state budget that can be used for ongoing projects.  ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KDXU) - Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson is isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. Her office says all of her public events have been canceled. Henderson was previously hospitalized in August 2020 with complications from COVID-19 ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KDXU) - The state of Utah has now passed 4,000 deaths from COVID-19 with 22 dying from the virus Thursday. There were 11,608 new cases of the virus Thursday with nearly 2,000 being school-aged children. The state has a record of 756 people hospitalized with COVID-19 ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (KDXU) - COVID-19 cases have doubled at Dixie State University in the first two weeks of this semester. DSU is not requiring students to be vaccinated and officials say they are expecting cases to rise amid the Omicron variant ...