Ulysse Bex

The recommendation is a sharp change from holidays a year ago, when health officials warned against travel and all but the most limited family gatherings.

New projections show that Lake Mead and Lake Powell could reach “critically low reservoir elevations” sooner than expected.

As of Monday, 55.2% of all state residents had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 3.4 million had been fully vaccinated.