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Wright's heroics rally BYU past No. 10 Texas Tech to snap 3-game slide

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Updated March 8 - 1:40 a.m.  |  Save Story

Wright scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half to go with six rebounds and two assists as BYU snapped a three-game losing skid with a 82-76 win over No. 10 Texas Tech.

Was last-second bill passed by Utah Senate legal?

Daniel Woodruff, KSL  |  Posted March 7 - 10:31 p.m.  |  Save Story

As the clock struck midnight, the Utah Senate passed the final bill of the 2026 legislative session, which appears to create a pathway to break up Salt Lake County. Was it legal?

Locals working to preserve the history of Idaho Falls, one photo at a time

Kaitlyn Hart, EastIdahoNews.com  |  Posted March 7 - 9:46 p.m.  |  Save Story

Have you ever wondered what life looked like in Idaho Falls for your grandparents? Maybe even your great grandparents? A local group is trying to help you see it for yourself.

Fans spent hundreds to watch the NFL last year. Now Mike Lee wants to revisit TV laws

Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News  |  Posted March 7 - 9:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

Sen. Mike Lee is requesting an inquiry into a federal law that has allowed NFL teams to be exempt from certain broadcasting restrictions, arguing the statute may be out of date.

Youth, served: Real Salt Lake pulls past Atlanta United to keep fast start

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Posted March 7 - 8:26 p.m.  |  Save Story

Aiden Hezarkhani scored a goal for the second-straight week, rookie Sergi Solans added his first professional, and Real Salt Lake served its youth again en route to a 3-2 road win over Atlanta United.

High school senior wins international jazz trombone competition

Olivia Tyler via CNN  |  Posted March 7 - 7:44 p.m.  |  Save Story

"I really like how it matches the range of my voice. And so, it feels like I'm singing through my instrument," Iowa high school student Brody Haugh said.

Red Rocks seniors put on a show in final home meet win over BYU, West Virginia

Josh Furlong, KSL  |  Posted March 7 - 7:42 p.m.  |  Save Story

For the last time in the Huntsman Center, it was a top moment as Makenna Smith narrowly missed out on a perfect score and earned a 9.975 to help the Red Rocks to a 197.650 score.

Utah State wins Mountain West regular season outright with victory over New Mexico

Shawn Harrison, Herald Journal  |  Posted March 7 - 7:17 p.m.  |  Save Story

It was a Senior Day to remember for the Aggies Saturday afternoon at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.

'We've come a very, very long way': A lifetime dedicated to mental health improvement

Lee Benson, Deseret News  |  Posted March 7 - 7:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

Dallas Earnshaw is superintendent at the Utah State Hospital in Provo. For the past 42 years, he has made it life's work to care for and advocate for those suffering from mental illnesses.

How Utah Republicans are undoing the Grand Staircase-Escalante management plan

Kevin Lind, Deseret News  |  Posted March 7 - 6:28 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Utah congressional delegation took steps this week to overturn the current Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument management plan under the Congressional Review Act.

Trump rejects settling war with Iran, raises notion of eliminating all its potential leaders

Maya Gebeily, Humeyra Pamuk and Alexander Cornwell, Reuters  |  Updated March 7 - 5:49 p.m.  |  Save Story

President Donald Trump on Saturday raised the possibility of the war against Iran ending only once that country no longer has a functioning military or any remaining leadership in power.

Vaccinated person contracts measles as outbreak continues

Erin Cox, KSL  |  Posted March 7 - 5:43 p.m.  |  Save Story

A measles outbreak continues across Utah, with new cases reported in Cache and Carbon counties, with one of the cases being a vaccinated person, which is rare, health care professionals say.

Family Discovery Day: Elder Rasband speaks about faith stretching through generations

Emily Ashcraft, KSL  |  Posted March 7 - 5:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

Attendees at RootsTech heard messages on Saturday from Elder Ronald A. Rasband, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, his wife, and former NFL player Steve Young.

FDA vaccines chief Vinay Prasad to leave regulator in April

Kamal Choudhury and Michael Erman, Reuters  |  Posted March 7 - 4:16 p.m.  |  Save Story

The controversial head of the Food and Drug Administration's vaccines and biologics unit, Dr. ​Vinay Prasad, will leave the agency at the end of April, the agency announced on Friday.

Have You Seen This? Who's gonna clean up all this confetti?

Grant Olsen for KSL  |  Posted March 7 - 3:31 p.m.  |  Save Story

It takes a team of elite professionals to clean up 53 tons of debris in one night.

New West Valley library will also have a Ballet West studio, theater

Curtis Booker, KSL  |  Posted March 7 - 2:59 p.m.  |  Save Story

West Valley City will soon have a new library facility with Ballet West studios and a theater under the same roof.

Plan emerges for $166 billion in tariff refunds. But don't hold your breath

Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN  |  Updated March 7 - 1:54 p.m.  |  Save Story

A system to process at least $166 billion in tariff refunds could be up and running in 45 days. That's the alternative to a manual process that could take 4 million hours, officials say.

Legislature makes late-night election bill change targeting signature removals

Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL  |  Updated March 7 - 1:54 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah lawmakers introduced a late-night change to an election bill apparently geared toward slowing the removal of signatures from a ballot initiative that would repeal Proposition 4.

Southern Utah community rallies for community shop shut down during pandemic

Arianne Brown, KSL  |  Posted March 7 - 12:56 p.m.  |  Save Story

Elise West opened a community-centered shop in St. George in 2016. It closed due to the pandemic, but now the community is helping West open a new shop.

BYU community rallies around ballerina diagnosed with breast cancer

Cassidy Wixom, KSL  |  Posted March 7 - 12:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

Maile Johnson never expected to have to tackle breast cancer on top of being an assistant director, teacher and graduate student. But the BYU ballet community is rallying around her.

Putin calls for immediate halt to Iran conflict

Reuters  |  Updated March 7 - 11:21 a.m.  |  Save Story

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his ​condolences to Iran's president over the numerous civilian casualties resulting from "the armed Israeli-American aggression ‌against Iran" and called for an immediate halt to ⁠hostilities, the Kremlin said.

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First he beat Bobby Flay. Now this Utah chef is up for a major award

Sarah Gambles, Deseret News  |  Posted March 7 - 11:12 a.m.  |  Save Story

Urban Hill's executive chef Nick Zocco beat Bobby Flay with his signature chile relleno. Now that dish is the star of the menu at Urban Hill.

Utah Legislature sets new state holiday

Caitlin Keith, Deseret News  |  Posted March 7 - 10:39 a.m.  |  Save Story

The Utah legislature has approved Good Friday to become the newest state holiday but the bill doesn't go into effect until May, meaning it won't apply to Good Friday this year.