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Number of daily hikers triples at popular Southwest rock formation The Wave

SALT LAKE CITY – Outdoor enthusiasts and landscape photographers hoping to land one of the elusive permits needed to explore the colorful, contoured landscape of a hike called The Wave in th...

DATE: Jan 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Salt Lake City all in on future Winter Olympics bid

Unknown which Games the Utah city could targer

DATE: Nov 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

EPA settles with Utah over Gold King Mine spill

SALT LAKE CITY – The U.S. government settled a lawsuit Wednesday brought by the state of Utah over a mine waste spill caused by federal workers that sent wastewater downstream to several sta...

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mormons to hold major conference without attendees

SALT LAKE CITY – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday that it will hold a major conference in April that features speeches by top leaders without any attendees...

DATE: Mar 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mormon-owned BYU eases rules on ‘homosexual behavior’

SALT LAKE CITY – Brigham Young University in Utah has revised its strict code of conduct to strip a rule that banned any behavior that reflected “homosexual feelings,” which LGBTQ students a...

DATE: Feb 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Major storm hits Rockies, closing schools, delaying flights

SALT LAKE CITY – A major storm that dumped snow throughout the Rockies region overnight prompted a rare decision to close Salt Lake City’s public schools on Monday, caused extensive flight d...

DATE: Feb 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utah banning ‘conversion therapy’ with Mormon church backing

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah is on its way to becoming the 19th state to ban the discredited practice of conversion therapy in January after state officials formed a proposal that has the support o...

DATE: Dec 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mormon leader: Be kind to LGBTQ, but don’t forget God’s laws

SALT LAKE CITY – A top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints laid out Saturday how the faith intends to navigate its delicate balance of firm opposition to same-sex relat...

DATE: Oct 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Heightened intrigue for Mormon conference in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY – The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has rolled out a dizzying number of policy changes during his first two years at the helm of the faith, lead...

DATE: Oct 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trump administration loses bid to dismiss monument lawsuits

Groups fighting reductions to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase

DATE: Oct 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Plan allows drilling, grazing near Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY – A new U.S. government management plan clears the way for coal mining and oil and gas drilling on land that used to be off limits as part of a sprawling national monument in ...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Mormon leaders change rules against guns in church

SALT LAKE CITY – Most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints already knew they were discouraged from taking their guns to church on Sunday, but the church is making sure ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion