SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials want health insurers to help cover millions of dollars in unpaid medical claims left behind after the closure of a health insurance company, but those carriers are saying no. The Deseret News reports Arches Health Plan announced in October 2015 it would no longer offer […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah commission studying how to make schools safer and prevent school shootings says it’s holding a series of hearings to get public input. The Utah School Safety Commission is holding a meeting in Brigham City on Tuesday night and will follow with more meetings […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is combining Melchizedek Priesthood quorums for adult men from ages 18 on up into a single group. New church President Russell M. Nelson says high priest groups will be dissolved and combined into elders quorums in Mormon congregations around the world. Stake […]
A Central Valley man is dead following a motorcycle crash at the Bunker Hill Race Track. The Millard County Sheriff’s Office reports the victim is 18-year-old Hunter Syddall. Ambulance personnel who were already stationed at the race track immediately began life saving efforts, but Syddall was pronounced dead later at […]
President Russell M. Nelson announced two significant organizational changes Saturday night designed to help everyday Latter-day Saints in congregations throughout the world minister more like Jesus Christ. “Tonight we announce a significant restructuring of our Melchizedek Priesthood quorums to accomplish the work of the Lord more effectively,” President Nelson said […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The girlfriend of a Utah man accused of killing two teenagers and dropping their bodies down a mine shaft has been arrested on suspicion of obstruction of justice. Utah County authorities say 34-year-old Morgan Reannon Henderson, of Mammoth, was booked into the county jail Friday after […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church made history and injected diversity into a top leadership panel on Saturday by selecting the first-ever Latin-American apostle and the first-ever apostle of Asian ancestry. The selections of Ulisses Soares of Brazil and Gerrit W. Gong, a Chinese-American, were announced at the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Students attending Utah’s state colleges and universities face a 1.5 percent increase in tuition. The Deseret News reports that the increase approved Friday by the Utah State Board of Regents is the lowest percentage increase sought by the state’s higher education system for base tuition in eight […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon conference this weekend in Utah will usher in a new era of church leadership that comes as the faith grapples with heightened scrutiny about its handling of sexual abuse reports and one-on-one interviews between local lay leaders and youth. Church President Russell M. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — About 1,000 current and former Mormons marched to the church’s headquarters in Salt Lake City Friday to deliver petitions demanding an end to closed door, one-on-one interviews between youth and lay leaders where sexual questions sometimes arise. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints […]
