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Your burger is killing the Great Salt Lake. Here's why.
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- Your burger is killing the Great Salt Lake. Here's why.
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- 14 hours ago
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- In a Q&A with The Salt Lake Tribune, a researcher behind a viral graphic on Colorado River water use explains how changing the demand for different crops can create a more water-resilient West.
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- For St. Patrick's Day 2024 in Salt Lake City, the dogs definitely stole the show
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- 1 day ago
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- St. Patrick's Day 2024 in Salt Lake City saw hundreds of dogs and their humans, both in the parade and watching the festivities. Check out the pups of St. Paddy's Day!
Video by Bethany Baker of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- What you need to know about tithing lawsuits and LDS Church wealth
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- 3 days ago
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- On this week's "Mormon Land" podcast, Tribune reporter updates listeners on the LDS Church wealth and lawsuits it faces over finances.
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- Two churches came together for sale of Kirtland Temple. How those ties may now change.
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- 3 days ago
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- The recent acquisition by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of Mormonism’s first temple — in Kirtland, Ohio — along with historic buildings in Nauvoo, Ill., similarly tied to founder Joseph Smith and his band of believers thrilled the global faith’s members.
For followers of the Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the longtime diligent, devoted caretakers of these properties, the sale, which that faith’s top leaders acknowledged was “painful,” brought sadness, heartache and tears.
While grateful for the good the $192 million purchase price will do for the Community of Christ’s future, they lament losing ownership of these cherished pieces of their past.
On this week’s show to discuss that past and that future is David Howlett, a Community of Christ historian, visiting religion professor at Smith College in Massachusetts an...
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- Feed your #booktok addiction at this mobile bookstore in Utah County
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- 4 days ago
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- The BookBox Utah is a mobile book shop, set up at a Lehi outlet mall and likely to move around this summer.
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- How plans for a $1B biotech campus in Utah fell apart
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- 5 days ago
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- In a setback for The Point, the state’s largest public redevelopment project in history, plans falter for a major life sciences center.
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- Closed troubled teen center may get second life
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- 6 days ago
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- After a girl's death prompted Utah licensers to shut down Diamond Ranch Academy, her father worries a new troubled teen program applying to open at the same location is nothing but a rebrand.
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- Politically correct bird names? That won't fly with Utah Legislature.
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- 7 days ago
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- Wilson’s phalarope, Cooper’s hawk and others are being renamed, but Utah lawmakers want the state to stick with the current monikers.
#birds #birding #birdingcommunity #utah #birdwatching #ornithology
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- University of Utah's Alissa Pili reflects on basketball career, gives advice to Native youth
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- 8 days ago
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- Finishing her senior year on the court for the University of Utah, Alissa Pili reflects on her career and the popularity that travels with her everywhere she plays.
“I’m carrying my culture on my back,” says Pili who has welcomed her role as a voice for Indigenous and Polynesian fans. Her father Billy is Samoan. Her mother Heather is Native Alaskan, a member of the Inupiat tribe.
Pili grew up in Barrow, Alaska. Now called Utqiagvik, the town north of the Arctic Circle is cloaked in darkness for 67 days each year. With winters stretching nine months, Pili said she basically lived in a basketball gym.
When her family later moved to Anchorage, Pili spent nights and weekends playing pickup games with her brothers, cousins and father.
“It was a big part of something my family did together,” she said.
Between Utah’s Pac-12 championships, a Sweet 16 run and the All-American player’s 2,000 career points, Pili became somet...
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- We asked what you want to see in public artwork coming to Salt Lake City. Here’s what you sent.
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- 8 days ago
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- Fresh public art is coming to Salt Lake City’s west side this summer in a project that officials say will reflect the character of the Fairpark neighborhood.
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- This Utah romance author’s first book became a national bestseller
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- 11 days ago
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- Lyla Sage is a Utah author who self-published her first novel, the cowboy romance “Done and Dusted.”
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- Here are some bills Utah lawmakers passed to address water issues in 2024
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- 12 days ago
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- Utah lawmakers approved another deluge of water-related bills this session. Many simply tweak existing legislation. Others make big changes to how industries use the Great Salt Lake’s water, study the state’s aging infrastructure and indicate where Utah will turn for water supplies in the future.
Here are the bills that made a splash this session, successfully navigating their way to the governor’s desk.
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- These people are building an off-grid community in Utah’s desert
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- 13 days ago
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- “It’s not a doomsday effort, it’s a lifestyle,” says Riverbed Ranch founder Philip Gleason.
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- Utahn goes viral for wearing V.R. headset at his wedding
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- 14 days ago
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- The Utah couple who went viral for wearing an Apple Vision Pro in a wedding photo says this is just a "fleeting moment" in their marriage.
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- Utah's newest TikTok star is a very "floofy" cat
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- 15 days ago
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- The cat became famous after his owner started posting videos on TikTok @maxandhisfloofs. Max has been compared to koalas and Albert Einstein because of his unique look.
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- In ‘A Long Way from Heaven,’ two Utah filmmakers capture the experiences of LGBTQ students at BYU
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- 16 days ago
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- (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Former BYU student David Sant, left, and former UVU student Tayler Pace, pose for a photograph at the trailhead for the Y, as they reflect on their recently finished documentary about the experience of LGBTQ students at BYU and of the lighting of the Y on the hillside above campus on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024.
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- Student protest with a toilet outside the Utah Capitol
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- 17 days ago
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- Utah Students Unite protested on the steps of the Utah Capitol on the last day of the legislative session, Friday, March 1, 2024. The students said they wanted to protest the bill that limited public bathroom use by transgender people in the state and to celebrate that a separate bill banning pride flags from schools failed.
Video by Bethany Baker, edited by Kyle Hansen | The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Utah Senate leaders hold news conference on the final night of the 2024 Legislative session
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- 17 days ago
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- Senate President Stuart Adams and Senate leaders hold a news conference on the final night of the 2024 Legislative session at the Capitol on March 1, 2024.
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- Utah Governor Spencer Cox reflects on 2024 legislative session
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- 17 days ago
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- Utah Governor Spencer Cox speaks with The Salt Lake Tribune on the last day of the 2024 legislative session at the Utah Capitol on Friday, March 1, 2024.
Video by Bethany Baker of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- Utah House Speaker reflects on 2024 legislative session
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- 17 days ago
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- House Speaker Mike Schultz, R-Hooper, speaks with the media on the last day of the legislative season at the Utah Capitol on Friday, March 1, 2024.
Video by Bethany Baker of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- States say they won't make the federal deadline for a new Colorado River management plan
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- 18 days ago
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- The rules currently guiding the Colorado River’s operations will expire in 2026, and the federal agency that oversees water projects is developing post-2026 guidelines. The seven states that draw water from the river are negotiating their preferred plan for the agency's consideration, but negotiations have been challenging.
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- Utah bill banning pride flags in classrooms is rejected by House
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- 19 days ago
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- A legislative attempt from Rep. Jeff Stenquist to control what Utah teachers can say and display in K-12 schools — including pride flags — failed to pass in the Utah House on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024.
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- Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley talks border security, abortion in Utah visit
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- 19 days ago
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- During a rally at UVU, Nikki Haley did not shy away from attacking former President Donald Trump’s hold on the Republican Party, citing recent GOP losses, such as failed votes on Israel aid and the border bill.
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- Rep. Burgess Owens on Black History Month in Utah
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- 19 days ago
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- Rep. Burgess Owens spoke about Black History Month, how Black people contributed to the county and why Utah is poised to succeed in the future, at a Salt Lake County Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024.
Video by Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
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- After a history of blackface and a racist LDS policy, BYU reaches an ‘important fork in the road’
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- 19 days ago
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- Even in the 19th century, Brigham Young Academy (later Brigham Young University) welcomed students of both sexes, all nationalities, religions, races and colors.
Nearly from the start, it included women, which made it distinctive among other American higher-education institutions. And the school — owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — had a small but consistent nonwhite student population.
That included the school’s first Black graduate, Norman Wilson (not a Latter-day Saint), who earned his degree in 1939.
Grace Ann Soelberg curated a BYU exhibit honoring Wilson. She also explored how Black students were treated at the school, and how they were depicted, including examples of blackface, in its yearbooks from 1911 to 1985.
On this week’s show, Soelberg, now a graduate student at the University of Utah, discusses her findings, saying BYU stands at an “important fork in the road.”
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- There are better ways to spend nearly $2B than on sports stadiums, data columnist Andy Larsen says
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- 20 days ago
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- The Utah Legislature is considering two bills that could potentially give tax dollars to two stadium projects.
Read more:
https://www.sltrib.com/sports/jazz/2024/02/27/andy-larsen-proposed-dough-spent
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- Brighton snowboarder confronted by man with shotgun
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- 21 days ago
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- In a viral TikTok video, a snowboarder was taking an out-of-bounds route to his vacation rental in Brighton, Utah, and confronted by a man with a gun.
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- Utah officials want to hide their calendars from the public
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- 22 days ago
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- SB240, which would exempt official calendars from Utah’s public records law, comes days before a judge is due to hear arguments over access to Utah A.G. Sean Reyes’ official calendar.
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- LDS Church to allow some of its meetinghouses in Utah to be used as community learning centers
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- The MyHometown program started in 2020 in West Valley City and has since spread to 11 other neighborhoods in West Valley City, Provo, Ogden and Salt Lake City.
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- Utah lawmakers want to make it easier to open 'microschools' with new bill
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- 26 days ago
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- A tiny school called a “microschool” could soon become your next-door neighbor under a newly proposed bill that would allow them to be established nearly anywhere in Utah.
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- What D. Michael Quinn’s candid memoir reveals about his homosexuality and LDS beliefs
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- 26 days ago
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- What most Latter-day Saint historians and other scholars know about D. Michael Quinn is that he was, by all accounts, a remarkable researcher who could assemble disparate dots into a colorful mosaic.
They may know that he was excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as part of the “September Six” for his discussion of post-Manifesto polygamy and other controversial topics or that he was an expert in the faith’s financial dealings and hierarchy. But now, nearly three years after his death at age 77, the public will hear for the first time of his inner struggles as a gay man in the church that for most of his life preached that homosexuality was a sin.
Signature Books has now published Quinn’s heartbreaking autobiography, titled “Chosen Path: A Memoir,” described as a “relentlessly episodic” look at the deeply personal agonies and ecstasies of his life and work, while offering his perspective on significant church event...
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- Ruby Franke, Jodi Hildebrandt sentenced to prison in Utah child abuse case
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- The two were arrested in August after a couple of Ruby Franke’s children were found malnourished in Ivins, Utah, where Jodi Hildebrandt lived.
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- Ute Tribe terminates all nontribal hunting and fishing permits for nonmembers
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- Ute Chairman Julius T. Murray III said nonmembers have been leaving trash and riding ATVs on tribal lands.
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- Did Utah’s ‘Mighty 5′ ad campaign work too well?
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
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- There’s a lot on the horizon for Utah's Office of Tourism and its new leader.
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- Utah proposed a new I-15 underpass at 400 North. West-siders fought back.
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- 1 month ago
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- As a part of the I-15 expansion project, UDOT and Salt Lake City have been considering adding an underpass at 400 North to increase east-west connectivity. But many residents are against it.
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- Utah bill to prohibit pride flags and other 'political' symbols in class
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- 1 month ago
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- The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Jeff Stenquist from Draper, says the bill addresses a “growing problem” of culture wars infiltrating Utah classrooms.
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- Finding love in today’s Latter-day Saint dating scene.
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- 1 month ago
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- Ah, Valentine’s Day, a holiday full of hearts and hopes, cards and candy, roses and romance. It’s a time couples seek their favorite table at their favorite restaurant and view their favorite rom-com from their favorite couch.
What does it mean, though, for young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Are they on the lookout for more than gestures — indeed, eternal marriage — or do they just want to have a good time?
On this week’s show, two young single adult Latter-day Saints, Sara Sumsion, who is working on a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy at Northwestern University, and Matt Judd, a health statistics consultant, discuss what the Latter-day Saint dating scene is REALLY like.
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- ‘Misleading’ anti-abortion programs could get $400K from Utah taxpayers
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- 1 month ago
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- Utah would join a growing number of states, the majority of which have some of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country, giving money to faith-based crisis pregnancy centers.
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- Despite historic water year, low water at Lake Powell reveals thriving native ecosystems
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- 1 month ago
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- Eric Balken, the executive director of the Glen Canyon Institute, discusses the future of Lake Powell after historic water year in 2023.
Read more at https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2024/02/12/lake-powell-bounces-back-but-how/
Story by Leia Larsen of The Salt Lake Tribune.
Video by Bethany Baker of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- ‘Mormon Stories’ apologizes for detailing church activities of same-sex LDS couple
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- 1 month ago
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- The popular podcast said it was “sorry” after a backlash accusing it of “surveillance” of the former BYU mascot Charlie Bird.
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- Seized tribal lands generate millions of dollars for this Utah university
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- 1 month ago
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- In Utah, tribes were not paid for 75% of the former Indigenous land that still benefits Utah State University today.
Learn more:
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/02/07/how-utah-state-university-makes
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- How Latter-day Saints can follow their prophet and add more Christian traditions to Easter
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- 1 month ago
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- Easter is the most significant holiday on the Christian calendar, celebrated in solemnity and song, pageantry and prayer, rituals and rejoicing, “hosannas and hallelujahs.”
While members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe deeply in Christ’s resurrection, they have not participated as a church with the rest of Christendom in immersive traditions like waving palms on Palm Sunday, washing feet on Maundy Thursday or carrying a large cross for Good Friday. So, many Latter-day Saints have joined with other Christians on these holy practices.
Last year, though, top Latter-day Saint leaders encouraged members to find ways to better commemorate the sacred moment when they believe Jesus rose from the dead.
Eric Huntsman, a Brigham Young University professor of ancient scripture, has spent his career reading biblical texts in their original languages. Last year, Huntsman, who is currently on hiatus from his position as academic ...
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- Sexual, racial harassment reported years before Utah Guard commander relieved
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- 1 month ago
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- “Sexually harassing behaviors” were plaguing the Utah National Guard two years into Maj. Gen. Michael Turley’s command, according to more than a quarter of the troops who were surveyed then.
And 1 in 5 said they saw “racially harassing behaviors” in their unit — Utah’s Joint Force Headquarters, which included senior leaders from both Utah’s Army and Air National Guard.
These “climate survey” findings and others show there were widespread concerns about the environment created by Turley’s leadership in the fall of 2021, two years before he was relieved of command last September. The survey responses were obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune through a public records request.
Read more at https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/02/08/sexual-racial-harassment-reported/
Video and reporting by Emily Anderson Stern | The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Utah short-term rentals are booming
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- 1 month ago
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- Short-term rentals create a Catch-22 in some Utah towns, an expert said, because they help expand tourism but limit housing supply and affordability.
Learn more:
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/02/08/utah-short-term-rentals-are/
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- Utah K9 officer acquitted in prosecution
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- 1 month ago
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- It’s been nearly four years since prosecutors charged a Salt Lake City police officer with aggravated assault, accusing him of unnecessarily ordering his K9 to attack a man during an arrest.
With his freedom and law enforcement career on the line, the case loomed over Nickolas Pearce. It also deepened the longstanding rift and distrust between police and Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill.
But after all that time, a jury needed just an hour to make their decision Friday afternoon: Pearce was not guilty.
Read more:
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/02/02/salt-lake-city-officer-found-not
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- Utah paid anti-wolf activists over $5M to remove gray wolves from endangered species list
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Colorado has just released five wolves as part of its wolf reintroduction program to the chagrin of ranchers, hunters and Utah lawmakers.
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- Moab residents in uproar as Utah campground turns into 580 homes
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- 1 month ago
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- Developers for the controversial project in Utah argue it will benefit the Moab community, but one resident called it "the Sedona-fication of Moab."
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- Utah's transgender bathroom ban goes into effect after Gov. Cox signs bill
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- For the second year in a row, the Legislature spent the first weeks of the session on a bill targeting transgender people and made major changes to the bill after public comment was closed.
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- Abuse and forgiveness — How gender imbalances sometimes protect LDS predators
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- 2 months ago
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- Chelsea Goodrich was a returned missionary pursuing a graduate degree in California when she came forward with allegations that her father, John Goodrich, had molested her throughout her childhood.
(In a statement to The Salt Lake Tribune, John Goodrich has denied the accusations of sexual assault.)
The alleged abuse, the subject of a recent Associated Press investigation, is not the reason, however, that Chelsea, now a 38-year-old licensed counselor, no longer identifies as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She attributes that shift to the response she received when she tried to protect children.
Friends and family, many from the tightknit Latter-day Saint community of Mountain Home, Idaho, where she grew up, discouraged her from continuing to press the matter, urging her instead to forgive her father.
In this week’s episode, she joins Deidre Nicole Green, a Latter-day Saint an...
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- Great Salt Lake commissioner shares 30-year plan with Utah lawmakers to save the shrinking lake
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- As Utah lawmakers contemplate how to spend billions in taxpayer dollars this year, the Great Salt Lake commissioner made his case to keep investing in Utah’s imperiled lake for decades to come.