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Airport Delays And Road Closures As Storm Continues

Airport Delays And Road Closures As Storm Continues

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Road closures and airport delays continue as a major winter storm hits much of Utah. Yesterday at Salt Lake City International, flights were grounded for about 30 minutes as plows cleared the runways. Some flight delays and cancellations are expected today. Alta Ski Resort has […]

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LDS Conference Center To Close For Close To A Year

LDS Conference Center To Close For Close To A Year

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will close its Salt Lake City Conference Center to the public for nearly one year beginning late next month. Officials say the closure will run from March 30th, 2026 through March 1st, 2027 to allow for construction […]

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Utah Lawmaker Targets Additive Ban In School Lunches

Utah Lawmaker Targets Additive Ban In School Lunches

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A proposal in Utah could expand the list of chemicals banned from public school lunches. State Representative Kristen Chevrier says the effort would add titanium dioxide to restrictions created under a law passed last year targeting certain food additives. Large school districts must comply with […]

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Utah GOP Says It Surpassed Signature Goal To Repeal Proposition 4

Utah GOP Says It Surpassed Signature Goal To Repeal Proposition 4

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Republican Party Chairman Robert Axson says the party has collected more than 200-thousand signatures in an effort to repeal Proposition 4. The GOP needed about 141-thousand signatures, equal to eight-percent of eligible voters, in at least 26 of the state’s 29 Senate districts to […]

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Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox speaks during a COVID-19 briefing at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cox unveiled a plan Friday to ramp up Utah's COVID-19 vaccine distribution as the state sees a post-holiday surge in new cases. Cox, a Republican, said he will issue an executive order requiring facilities to allocate their doses the week they are received and have local health departments manage distribution, with an expectation of administering 50,000 doses a week. (Jeffrey D. Allred/Deseret News, via AP, Pool)

Utah Governor Slams Federal Regulator Over Prediction Markets

(Undated) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is criticizing a top Trump administration regulator over efforts to block state regulation of prediction markets. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Mike Selig announced yesterday the agency would challenge any state attempt to regulate the markets, saying oversight belongs solely to federal authorities. Cox […]

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Avalanche Conditions Expected With Winter Storm

Avalanche Conditions Expected With Winter Storm

Heavy snowfall and strong winds are expected to rapidly increase avalanche danger across Utah, beginning Feb. 17 and continuing through the week. According to a press release from the Utah Avalanche Center, “forecasters expect dangerous and complex avalanche conditions to develop on many slopes, with large natural and human-triggered avalanches […]

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Requests For Thousands Of Signatures To Be Removed From Petition

Requests For Thousands Of Signatures To Be Removed From Petition

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Thousands of Utah voters want their names removed from a petition that seeks to repeal Proposition 4. That’s the proposition that voters passed in 2018 to create an independent redistricting commission. The effort to repeal Prop 4 will only get on the ballot if organizers […]

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LDS Church Announces New Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

LDS Church Announces New Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Elder Clark G. Gilbert was called on Feb. 11 and ordained on Feb. 12 by President Dallin H. Oaks and other members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of […]

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BYU Receiver Charged With Felony Rape In Washington County

BYU Receiver Charged With Felony Rape In Washington County

(St. George, UT) — A Brigham Young University football player is facing a first-degree felony rape charge in Washington County. Prosecutors say 21-year-old Parker Kingston was charged Tuesday following an investigation that began last February when a 20-year-old woman reported a sexual assault in St. George. Detectives gathered digital and […]

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Bill Introduced To Ban Prop Bets In Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah state legislature is considering a bill that would ban so-called prop bets. They’re called proposition bets, and they let people wager on certain outcomes, like how many three-pointers a basketball player will make or who will win the presidential election. Republican State Representative […]

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