SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education has dismissed a civil-rights investigation into how LGBTQ students are disciplined at Brigham Young University, saying it doesn’t have the authority to enforce the matter at the private religious school. The complaint under investigation came after the school said it […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, Pres. Dallin H. Oaks of The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spoke to BYU-Pathway Worldwide students in hopes of helping them become “self-reliant servants of Jesus Christ and of [their] fellowmen.” Among Pres. Oaks’ remarks were statements exhorting his listeners to […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Wednesday, The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the groundbreaking for the faith’s new temple at Bahia Blanca, Argentina. The temple was announced in April 2020 by Church President Russell M. Nelson at that month’s General Conference. The ceremony is slated for […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, the University of Utah announced its keystone speaker for its 2022 campus-wide commencement ceremony this spring. U of U president Taylor Randall and president of the Associated Students of the University of Utah, Jessica Wojciechowski, confirmed Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser, a graduate of the Class […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tuesday, Utah lawmakers amended a proposal that would allow local governments to charge additional fees for public record requests to exempt members of the media. “The intention of this bill was never to stop the press from having their normal access,” said Rep. Dan Johnson, […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Per Tuesday news, Wasatch County Parks & Recreation confirmed Elizabeth Smart will be the keynote speaker at the 32nd Annual Issues Community Conference. This is slated for March 2 at Wasatch High School in Heber City from 6:00-8:30 pm. Admission is free for all attendees. Smart, who turned […]
COVID-19 TESTING UPDATE: In light of the Utah Department of Health’s recent press release, we wanted to clarify a few things. • The state press release talked about their rapid antigen tests giving false negative results. They were referring to test sites run by the state (such as TestUtah) and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will no longer offer residents rapid COVID-19 tests after an analysis showed one brand of nasal swabs used at state mobile clinics often yielded false negatives. Sunday, State health officials reported they had analyzed the results from 18,000 people who had received traditional PCR […]
PHOENIX-Monday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is lending its support to a bipartisan bill in Arizona to be filed with the State Legislature in The Grand Canyon State. This is a bipartisan religious freedom and non-discrimination bill. The Church’s official statement on the matter is as follows: […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — James Huntsman, a member of one of Utah’s most prominent families and brother of a former governor, is persisting in his argument that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints used donations the church solicited for charity for commercial purposes. Friday, Huntsman, a member […]
