(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) COVID-19 testing at Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem on Friday, June 12, 2020.Following a judge’s ruling on Monday, Utah County will be required to release information to the public identifying .The judgment, issued virtually from the bench in 4th District Court, comes after KSL-TV over its refusal to provide the names of those businesses, arguing that there was no legal merit for withholding them.Judge Christine Johnson agreed on Monday and ordered the county to release the records within 48 hours.The public has a “significant and weighty interest...…(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) COVID-19 testing at Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem on Friday, June 12, 2020.Following a judge’s ruling on Monday, Utah County will be required to release information to the public identifying .The judgment, issued virtually from the bench in 4th District Court, comes after KSL-TV over its refusal to provide the names of those businesses, arguing that there was no legal merit for withholding them.Judge Christine Johnson agreed on Monday and ordered the county to release the records within 48 hours.The public has a “significant and weighty interest...WW…

The Utah Division of Consumer Protection filed a citation this week against a Nevada-based company it says price gouged two Utah law enforcement agencies that bought personal protective equipment amid the coronavirus outbreak.Monday’s citation alleges that , sold South Jordan 500 N95 masks and 2,000 three-ply masks last month for a cost more than $2,000 greater than allowed under the state’s price gouging statute.A few weeks later, the company sold the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office 2,000 three-ply masks, 180 disposable medical gowns and 1,000 N95 masks for $2,300 extra, the citation...…The Utah Division of Consumer Protection filed a citation this week against a Nevada-based company it says price gouged two Utah law enforcement agencies that bought personal protective equipment amid the coronavirus outbreak.Monday’s citation alleges that , sold South Jordan 500 N95 masks and 2,000 three-ply masks last month for a cost more than $2,000 greater than allowed under the state’s price gouging statute.A few weeks later, the company sold the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office 2,000 three-ply masks, 180 disposable medical gowns and 1,000 N95 masks for $2,300 extra, the citation...WW…

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Euro Treasures Antiques places "we give up, store closing," signs in downtown Salt Lake City as the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll on businesses on Wednesday, April 29, 2020., shuttered Utah restaurants, gyms and malls can now operate without fear of lawsuits brought forward by people exposed to the coronavirus on their property.Gov. Gary Herbert signed legislation Monday .Sen. Kirk Cullimore, the bill’s sponsor, posited the measure as a way to help kick-start the economy by easing fear for business owners of facing a “frivolous” negligence...…(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Euro Treasures Antiques places "we give up, store closing," signs in downtown Salt Lake City as the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll on businesses on Wednesday, April 29, 2020., shuttered Utah restaurants, gyms and malls can now operate without fear of lawsuits brought forward by people exposed to the coronavirus on their property.Gov. Gary Herbert signed legislation Monday .Sen. Kirk Cullimore, the bill’s sponsor, posited the measure as a way to help kick-start the economy by easing fear for business owners of facing a “frivolous” negligence...WW…

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Employee entrance to the Built Bar, in American Fork, Thursday, May 14, 2020. On April 8, Juana Victoria Flores emailed a human resources official at Built Bar, an American Fork based company that manufactures and distributes nutritional supplements.She was concerned about the number of people who had fallen ill on the production lines where she worked amid rumors that some employees there had contracted the coronavirus. And she wanted a professional company brought in to clean up or fumigate the building.“I am really concerned,” Flores wrote.The next...…(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Employee entrance to the Built Bar, in American Fork, Thursday, May 14, 2020. On April 8, Juana Victoria Flores emailed a human resources official at Built Bar, an American Fork based company that manufactures and distributes nutritional supplements.She was concerned about the number of people who had fallen ill on the production lines where she worked amid rumors that some employees there had contracted the coronavirus. And she wanted a professional company brought in to clean up or fumigate the building.“I am really concerned,” Flores wrote.The next...WW…