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Chad’s Produce sells fruit at the Wheeler Historic Farm farmers market in Murray on Sunday, July 25, 2021. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News The COVID-19 pandemic that severely interrupted supply chains across the United States and in Utah continues to impact supplies of some items, amplifying he importance of “food security” and locally sourced

A student driver and instructor navigate a bus around cones in a parking lot at a Canyon School District building in Sandy on Monday, July 19, 2021. From bus drivers to school nutrition workers, districts are facing challenges filling critical support positions amid a post-pandemic labor shortage. Canyons School District is offering $21 to lure

Laura Seitz, Deseret News “Let’s go to Tokyo,” Cosm CEO and President Jeb Terry said to a crowd of spectators in Salt Lake City Friday evening. And minutes later they were courtside, watching the Olympics live — all without leaving their seats. The global tech company joined with NBC and the United States Olympic and

In this July 27, 2021, file photo, ferry passengers wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk past a “Stop COVID-19” poster at the Pansodan jetty in Yangon, Myanmar. | Associated Press The U.N. warned that this nation could become a ‘super spreader’ Coup. Coronavirus. Chaos. Myanmar is grappling with all

Utah National Guard Pfc. Jacob Osborne, with 19th Special Forces at Camp Williams in Bluffdale, applies a reagent to a BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card at a COVID-19 testing site at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Now that the dominant delta variant

A billboard for RentRelief.utah.gov is pictured on 400 South in Salt Lake City on Thursday, June 3, 2021. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News As Congress scrambles in an eleventh-hour push to extend the nationwide eviction moratorium set to expire Saturday, billions already approved for housing aid across the country — including about $150 million in

The proposed Ivory University House near the University of Utah is pictured in an artist’s rendering. Rent paid to the development would be donated into a new scholarship fund for U. students. The project would house 536 much-needed units of housing. | Ivory Homes A proposed development that would create 536 much-needed units of housing for

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the Mountain America Exposition Center in Sandy on Feb. 11. Utah exceeded 1,000 new daily cases of the virus this week for the first time since February. Rather than renewing efforts to wear masks or get shots, many politicians are content to redraw old familiar battle lines. |

A member of Utah Citizens’ Alarm who did not give his name gathers with others at Valley Regional Park in Taylorsville on Friday, July 10, 2020. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News United Citizens Alarm works hand in tactical glove with police, but critics say it undermines law enforcement legitimacy The following story was funded

Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) conference as the crowd talks over him and eats lunch at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Cox urges conservatives across the nation to learn from the ‘Utah way’ Utah Gov. Spencer