About 30% of Utah residents who were cut from Medicaid this year say they became uninsured, according to state officials who conducted a first-of-its-kind survey of people disenrolled from the program. Utah has dropped more than 130,000 out of about 500,000 Medicaid beneficiaries since ...
Kyleigh Spratley began drinking alcohol when she was 12 years old. She said she did so because she wanted to fit in. As an adult, in the grip of alcoholism, her life came apart, as she lost custody of her five children (by her own choice for their safety), lived out of her car, added drugs to ...
OGDEN — An Ogden official says the city will pay the $300,000 outlined in a federal agreement to help cover the massive $5.09 million cleanup effort in 2019 at the former Swift building site in west Ogden. A Smith and Edwards official says the Farr West retailer will pay another $2.29 ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Federal officials, Ogden City and Smith and Edwards Co. reps have reached a tentative agreement to cover the $5.09 million incurred by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in cleaning the ex-Swift buildings in 2019. Per the agreement, outlined in paperwork filed in ...
Cold temperatures are upon us, which means more people will be seeking ways to stay warm. It also means an increased risk for carbon monoxide poisoning. Each year, more than 50,000 people seek treatment at emergency departments for carbon monoxide poisoning, and more than 1,000 people will ...
Last year, there were more than 109,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One in four people are on at least three prescription medications, yet many of them don’t dispose of their drugs properly when they’re finished ...
