(Moab, UT) – People looking to visit Arches National Park will have to reserve a time for their hike. The National Park Service has implemented a timed entry system that will take appointments between now and October 3rd. The move comes after more than one-point-eight-million people visited the popular landmark […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The University of Utah will increase enrollment in nursing programs with summer enrollment this year. The College of Nursing says they will spend 400-thousand-dollars a year on the change, including hiring more faculty and staff. The university estimates there are 25-hundred unfilled nursing jobs right […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Natural Resources is asking property owners not to do any lawn watering this week. The department’s first Lawn Watering Guide of the year asks Utahns not to water lawns through Thursday. The only exception is Washington County, where DNR officials say […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A top leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reaffirmed the faith’s opposition to same-sex marriage on Sunday at the faith’s twice-yearly general conference. Dallin Oaks, the second-highest-ranking leader of the faith known widely as the Mormon Church, said the church could […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is planning to build 17 new temples worldwide. President Russell M. Nelson announced the new temples at the close of the Church’s General Conference in Salt Lake City. Eight of the new temples will be built in […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Dinosaur tracks from 112 million years ago have been damaged in southeastern Utah by heavy machinery used to rebuild a boardwalk at the popular tourist area. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management in a recently released report says the damage at the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Top leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints addressed a wide range of topics at their twice-yearly conference on Saturday but primarily implored members of the faith to emphasize unity over division and eschew polarization. Officials at the faith’s first in-person conference […]
(Centerfield, UT) — A Utah couple is celebrating a remarkable marriage milestone. One-hundred-and-two-year-old Allen Frandsen says if there is any secret to his 80-year marriage to his wife Evelyn, it’s probably in their attitudes. The couple celebrated their anniversary yesterday with family at their home in Centerfield. The Frandsens were […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is ready to hold General Conference in person for the first time in two years. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the Church to hold all sessions virtually without the large audience at the Conference Center. LDS leaders eased […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — New numbers show a major increase in wrong-way crashes this year. The Utah Highway Patrol says troopers have responded to 20 wrong-way crashes in 2022, which is an 82-percent increase from this time in 2021. So far, eight of those crashes have been deadly. Troopers […]
