Deseret News
- Southern Utah leaders want smaller Christmas gatherings as hospitalizations spike
- Utah Sens. Mike Lee, Mitt Romney split on federal spending bill that includes $908B pandemic relief package
- Why Utah’s outgoing governor sees himself as a Roger Staubach or a Bart Starr
- Utah Rep. Phil Lyman receives presidential pardon for ATV ride on protected land
- Salt Lake business hopes new stimulus money can keep doors open as pandemic rages
Salt Lake Tribune
- A surprise win brings this Republican with an eclectic resume to the Salt Lake County Council
- Judge taps brakes on drilling in Utah wilderness on eve of federal OK
- Pandemic relief bill promises Christmas gifts for Utahns, but Trump throws it into doubt
- Nourish to Flourish program provides hot meals to people in Salt Lake City
- Pandemic relief package would give Utahns another $300 in weekly unemployment benefits through March, but Trump now hints he won’t sign it
- President Donald Trump pardons Utah Rep. Phil Lyman and Weldon Angelos
- Pandemic relief bill promises Christmas gifts for Utahns, but Trump throws it into doubt
- Mixed-status families eligible for $600 stimulus checks and retroactive CARES Act checks
Other:
- Santa, West Valley City ‘elves’ deliver gifts to children (ABC 4)
- ACLU of Utah attorney let go following arrest (FOX 13)
- Utah businesses look forward to receiving additional COVID-19 relief (FOX 13)
- Monolith from Utah desert given to BLM and could go on display, say men who removed it (FOX 13)
- President Trump signs bill to name federal courthouse in Salt Lake City after retired Sen. Orrin Hatch (KSL-TV)
COVID Corner
- Covid-19 Variant Could Make Herd Immunity More Difficult, Says BioNTech (Wall Street Journal)
- Coronavirus: Utah responds to the pandemic (Deseret News)
- California’s new virus message: ‘Don’t share your air’ (KCRC-TV)
- What does this new coronavirus strain mean for you? (CNN)
- Survey Finds 30% Of L.A. Residents Are Defying Stay-at-Home Order As Covid-19 Hospitalizations Reach All-Time High (Deadline)
- Pharmacist accidentally injected with 4 COVID vaccine doses (Times of Israel)
- Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations are literally off the charts (Deseret News)
- CDC says new UK COVID-19 variant ‘could already be in the United States’ (Deseret News)
- Dr. Deborah Birx visited family over the holidays despite her warnings. Here’s what happened (Deseret News)
- Are Pfizer and Moderna prepared to fight the UK coronavirus variant? (Deseret News)