Utah Gov. Gary Herbert issued orders that require all employees of Utah businesses to wear masks. This order goes further than the locally-drafted public health order scheduled to go into effect tomorrow. As…
UPDATE 5/1/2020: The draft order discussed in this article was revised significantly. Read the update here. The Southeast Utah Health Department released “expected amendments” to the public health order due to be renewed on…
Arches and Canyonlands National Parks usually draw millions of visitors to the Moab area each year—which is the very reason those parks are now closed to the public. The Southeast Utah Group of…
On the same day that the Southeast Utah Health Department confirmed an additional Grand County resident had tested positive for COVID-19, the department also released amendments to the current public health orders for…
Another Grand County resident has tested positive as of April 23, the Southeast Utah Health Department reports. The department also added an additional case in Carbon County, bringing the total number in the…
Over 17% – almost one in five – working people in Grand County filed for unemployment from March 16 to April 5, the highest among all counties and triple the state’s average. The…
On April 14, Utah Governor Gary Herbert announced the state’s schools will continue to be closed while students continue learning from home through the end of the year. At the April 14 press…
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Southeast Utah Health Department has been weighing research, guidance from federal health officials and community concerns as they make tough decisions regarding public health orders. Evidence…
After an informal letter caused confusion among residents, the Southeast Utah Health Department issued a clarification on Saturday, April 11: Moab and southeastern Utah aren’t opening back up anytime soon. The letter, issued…
Community members in Bluff have banded together to help their most vulnerable members during the coronavirus pandemic, spending over $10,000 a week to provide supplies to those isolated, and sometimes driving over six…
