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ThermWise helps homeowners save on energy-efficient upgrades

Enbridge  |  Posted March 6 - 9:07 a.m.  |  Save Story

ThermWise is an energy efficiency program that offers rebates and planning tools to help Utah homeowners reduce natural gas use, lower monthly energy costs, and improve home comfort.

How Italy's Olympics schooled the CEO of Utah's 2034 Winter Games

Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News  |  Posted March 6 - 8:36 a.m.  |  Save Story

A year into the job as CEO of Utah's 2034 Winter Games, former Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson wasn't expecting to be inspired by figure skating's "Quad God" at the Olympics in Milan Cortina, Italy.

US employers cut a surprising 92,000 jobs last month as unemployment rate rises to 4.4%

Paul Wiseman, Associated Press  |  Posted March 6 - 8:07 a.m.  |  Save Story

American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4%.

'Another stage of life': Utah couple embraces aging with help from geriatric care

Emma Benson, KSL  |  Posted March 6 - 7:36 a.m.  |  Save Story

Geriatric specialists help identify the changes that come with aging and work with patients to maintain their independence.

Sprawling investigation finds decades of sexual abuse among Catholic priests in Rhode Island

Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press  |  Posted March 6 - 6:39 a.m.  |  Save Story

A new report says Rhode Island Catholic clergy abused hundreds of children for decades, while church leaders minimized the scandal.

'Asking for freedom': Iranians in Utah make argument for regime change in Iran

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Posted March 6 - 6:13 a.m.  |  Save Story

Many Iranians in Utah favor regime change in Iran and are to demonstrate to push the cause, even as foes of U.S. military action in Iran plan their own protest.

LOVB Salt Lake leaning on fight, leadership during 4-match losing skid

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Posted March 5 - 11:41 p.m.  |  Save Story

It's the fourth straight loss for LOVB Salt Lake, which dropped to 8-4 after back-to-back losses to Atlanta but still remains tied atop the six-team league.

Wayne County communities remember, honor 3 women police say were killed by a stranger

Andrew Adams, KSL  |  Posted March 5 - 10:35 p.m.  |  Save Story

Neighbors placed ribbons around communities from Loa to Torrey Thursday as they honored and remembered three women who investigators said died at the hands of a stranger.

US, Venezuela agree to reestablish diplomatic ties

Jasper Ward, Reuters  |  Posted March 5 - 10:12 p.m.  |  Save Story

The United States and interim authorities in Venezuela ​have agreed to reestablish diplomatic and consular relations, the State Department said on Thursday.

Utah's Vanecek records 100th win in shutout performance against Flyers

Jaxon Wynder, KSL  |  Posted March 5 - 9:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Mammoth defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 behind Vitek Vanecek's 11th career-shutout and Dylan Guenther's 2-point night.

Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say

Curtis Booker, KSL  |  Posted March 5 - 9:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

Health officials plead with residents to vaccinate against measles as Utah hits 358 infections.

Utah lawmakers debate nicotine tax, pay raise for governor on session's second-to-last day

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, Daniel Woodruff, Tim Vandenack and Carter Williams, KSL  |  Updated March 5 - 8:44 p.m.  |  Save Story

Lawmakers passed a bill raising the governor's salary, debated raising the tax on nicotine products and observed a moment of silence for three women killed in Wayne County on the second-to-last day of the legislative session.

Iowa man who killed 3 Utah women said 'it had to be done,' charges say

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Updated March 5 - 8:42 p.m.  |  Save Story

An Iowa man was charged Thursday with brutally killing three southern Utah women at random.

'Dreams do come true': Idaho teen invited to play soccer in Italy

Brittni Johnson, EastIdahoNews.com  |  Posted March 5 - 8:35 p.m.  |  Save Story

Kirby Martinez, of Driggs, Idaho, has been offered a unique opportunity to play soccer in Italy starting this fall.

Britney Spears arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs

Andrew Dalton and Mike Catalini, Associated Press  |  Updated March 5 - 8:12 p.m.  |  Save Story

Britney Spears has been arrested for investigation of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol near her Southern California home. Her representative called it "completely inexcusable."

Trump fires Kristi Noem as homeland secretary after storm over shootings, spending

Ted Hesson, Nolan D. McCaskill, Richard Cowan and Jasper Ward, Reuters  |  Updated March 5 - 7:25 p.m.  |  Save Story

President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday after months of controversy, including the Minnesota shootings and questions ​over an advertising contract.

Franke family members express disappointment on failure of child welfare bill

Caitlin Keith, Deseret News  |  Posted March 5 - 7:11 p.m.  |  Save Story

Members of the Franke family expressed disappointment after a bill they believe would help neglected, isolated and abused children failed to pass the Legislature Thursday evening.

Amazon largely back up after outage hits thousands of US users, Downdetector shows

Anhata Rooprai, Reuters  |  Updated March 5 - 7:11 p.m.  |  Save Story

Amazon's e-commerce website was largely back up after it suffered ​an outage that affected tens of thousands of users in the U.S., Downdetector showed on Thursday.

Woman says Kouri Richins told her things would 'be better' if her husband were dead

Emily Ashcraft, KSL  |  Updated March 5 - 6:40 p.m.  |  Save Story

A woman testified Thursday that two and a half months before Eric Richins died, Kouri Richins told her "in many ways it would be better if Eric was dead."

Review: 'Hoppers' shows Pixar is still searching for its former magic

John Clyde for KSL  |  Posted March 5 - 6:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

It feels like that special magic that Pixar used to produce consistently has been fading for a while now, and sadly, "Hoppers" doesn't do much to bring it back.

Ex-Marine injured while protesting Iran war vows to continue campaign for Senate

Katharine Jackson, Reuters  |  Updated March 5 - 6:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

Brian McGinnis, a former Marine who was injured while protesting the conflict in Iran, vowed on Thursday ​to continue his campaign for the U.S. Senate as a Green Party candidate.

Utah could help America keep up with China in race for critical minerals

Jason Swensen, Deseret News  |  Posted March 5 - 5:36 p.m.  |  Save Story

A study last year said just over a third of Americans knew much about critical minerals, vital to the country's economic and national security. The Utah Legislature is seeking to change that.

House rejects war powers resolution, backs Trump on Iran war

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters  |  Updated March 5 - 5:18 p.m.  |  Save Story

The ​House of Representatives rejected ‌an effort on Thursday ⁠to ​stop President ⁠Donald Trump's ‌air war ‌on Iran and ⁠require ⁠that any hostilities against Iran be authorized by Congress.