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Shown are lockers at Penn Wood High School in Lansdowne, Pa., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. As schools across the country struggle to find teachers to hire, more governors are pushing for pay increases and bonuses for the beleaguered profession. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Utah Tech First-Generation Program Chosen For National Network

(St. George, UT) — Utah Tech University’s program for first-generation college students is joining a national network to help students who are the first in their family to attend college. Utah Tech announced this week that it’s been invited to be part of the First Scholars Network for the 2023-24 […]

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Cox Signs Memorandums Of Understanding With UK, France During Trip

Cox Signs Memorandums Of Understanding With UK, France During Trip

(Undated) — The governor of Utah is making agreements with leaders in the United Kingdom and France to promote tourism and economic development. Governor Cox signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK’s trade minister yesterday during his ongoing trip to several other countries. The agreement outlines an intent for […]

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In this  undated photo provided by NASA, a satellite captures the Railroad Valley (RRV), a dry lakebed in Nevada, for conducting ground-based calibration of Earth-observing satellite instruments. At the request of NASA, U.S. land managers have withdrawn about 36 square miles of federal land otherwise open to mineral exploration and mining at the site 250 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Nevada Republican Rep. Mark Amodei has introduced legislation that would rescind the land withdrawal and potentially reopen it to mining. (NASA via AP)

NASA opposes lithium mining at tabletop flat Nevada desert site used to calibrate satellites

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists, ranchers and others have fought for years against lithium mining ventures in Nevada. Yet opposition to mining one particular desert tract for the silvery white metal used in electric car batteries is coming from unusual quarters: space. An ancient Nevada lakebed beckons as a vast […]

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Adult entertainment group sues Louisiana over age-verification law for porn

Adult entertainment group sues Louisiana over age-verification law for porn

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An adult entertainment group and others in the industry have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana laws requiring sexually explicit websites to make users electronically verify that they are at least 18 years old. The suit filed late Tuesday in federal court in New Orleans […]

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Releases Second Edition of Preach My Gospel

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Releases Second Edition of Preach My Gospel

SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, at the annual seminar for new mission presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church President Russell M. Nelson announced the release of the second edition of Preach My Gospel. During his remarks at the Provo Missionary Training Center of the Church, Pres. Nelson […]

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SLC Mayor Says Climate Change Solutions Will Take Discussion, Collaboration

SLC Mayor Says Climate Change Solutions Will Take Discussion, Collaboration

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall says solutions to problems related to climate change will require cool heads and political cooperation. The mayor was part of a panel discussion on climate change yesterday during the Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City. Mendenhall said people […]

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FILE - In this June 20, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington as a storm rolls in. The Supreme Court seems inclined to say that hundreds of millions of dollars in coronavirus relief money tied up by a court case should benefit Alaska Natives, rather than be spread more broadly among Native American tribes.The justices were hearing arguments April 19, 2021, in a case involving the massive pandemic relief package passed last year and signed into law by then-President Donald Trump.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in Colorado River water rights case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation  in a dispute involving water from the drought-stricken Colorado River. States that draw water from the river — Arizona, Nevada and Colorado — and water districts in California that are also involved in the case had urged the […]

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Heber-Kamas Ranger District Conducts Controlled Burn Wednesday

Heber-Kamas Ranger District Conducts Controlled Burn Wednesday

UINTA-WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST, Utah-Wednesday, fire personnel of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest conducted a controlled burn on the  Heber-Kamas Ranger District. #uwcnf Heber-Kamas Ranger District fire personnel successfully burned 1,150 slash piles for a total of 75 acres to reduce hazardous fuels in the Iron Mine area today, 6/21. Weather permitting […]

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New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, back, chats with entrepreneur Aubrey Marcus during a program at the Psychedelic Science conference in the Colorado Convention Center Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Aaron Rodgers talks about mental health at a psychedelics conference

DENVER (AP) — An eclectic crowd of thousands — podcasters, vendors, startups, seekers — swarmed a psychedelics conference in Denver this week to experience everything from a dimly lit hall packed with kaleidoscope art and a wide-ranging lineup of speakers from a former Republican governor to NFL star quarterback Aaron […]

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Orem LDS Temple Dedication, Open House Dates Announced

Orem LDS Temple Dedication, Open House Dates Announced

(Orem, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will begin open house tours of its new temple in Orem in late October. Church officials plan to show off the new temple to the media on October 23rd, followed by three days of private tours. The public can […]

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