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Jocelyn De La Rosa, executive director of The Family Support Center, plants blue pinwheels in honor of every child who was abused in Salt Lake County during 2020 at the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. In Salt Lake County alone there were 3,616 confirmed cases of

A sign on an entrance to City Creek Center in Salt Lake City alerts patrons to a government order requiring masks on March 24, 2021. Just because the statewide mask mandate ended Saturday doesn’t mean there still aren’t many places where Utahns still must wear face coverings, | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Utah’s official statewide

A woman wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks in front of the Olympic Rings on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Tokyo. COVID-19 vaccinations are encouraged for athletes competing in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics but still won’t be made mandatory even as parts of Japan are about to declare

Utah has seen 393,862 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 2,177 total deaths as of Wednesday, according to the Utah Department of Health. That’s an increase of 590 cases from Tuesday. Three new deaths were reported. Here are the latest numbers. Total number of COVID-19 cases: 393,862 Total reported people tested: 2,505,996 Vaccines administered: 1,950,894 Total

Opening night of the musical “Hamilton” at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. “Hamilton” returns to the Eccles Theater on Dec. 28, 2021 and will run through Jan. 23, 2022. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News So far in April, Utah venues have announced

State epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn is photographed in her office at the Utah Department of Health in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. On Tuesday, Salt Lake County announced Dunn will head the county’s health department, replacing longtime Director Gary Edwards, who is retiring. Dunn played a prominent role in the state’s response

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, left, and Gov. Spencer Cox, right, sign SB141 with the bill’s chief sponsor, Sen. Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, center, at NeighborWorks in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Henderson and Cox ceremoniously signed a total of six bills all aimed at “equity” by dealing with hunger, homelessness, immigration, housing

Left, business owner Brian Christiansen stands with a light in an underground vault while historian Joseph Johnstun climbs down a ladder. Some think the space could be a tomb commissioned by early Latter-day Saint leader Joseph Smith before he was martyred. | TC Christensen Brian Christiansen has spoken with so many reporters in recent days

Laser operator Diego Maquiola hammers out assembly pieces for a flight simulator tower at Complex Fabricators in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News The state’s manufacturing sector is among the strongest economically, a recent report says, even with the turmoil wrought by the coronavirus outbreak. “During the COVID-19

Eva May Densley, 1, reaches around her mother, Michelle Densley, for Pamela Atkinson at the YWCA Utah in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Michelle and Eva May are both survivors of domestic abuse. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Pamela Atkinson moves easily between corporate boardrooms, political offices and homeless camps Illustration by