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Mike Lee joins legal fight to stop states from counting ballots received after Election Day

Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 14 - 2:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

Sen. Mike Lee has filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court as it prepares to weigh in on whether states can count mail-in ballots after Election Day.

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Noelle Pikus Pace talks 2026 Olympics and the skeleton controversy

Krysyan Edler, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 14 - 12:18 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Olympic silver medalist shared the athletes she's most excited to watch and reflected on the thrill of skeleton.

Patti Edwards, widow of BYU and college football Hall of Famer LaVell, dies at 93

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 14 - 12:15 p.m.  |  Save Story

The long-time matriarch of BYU football died Friday of natural causes, according to her obituary with the Wheeler-Sundberg Funeral Home in Orem. She was 93.

What we can learn from lovebirds, the rare birds that mate for life

Colleen Slevin and Ross D. Franklin, Associated Press  |  Posted Feb. 14 - 12:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

Lovebirds, the rare birds that mate for life, may have something to teach humans this Valentine's Day about keeping strong romantic bonds.

Hockey‑obsessed family brings NICU twins home in spirited, Olympic‑timed welcome

Shelby Lofton, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 14 - 11:26 a.m.  |  Save Story

A family with a deep passion for hockey brought their newborn twins home from the NICU with a themed homecoming timed perfectly with the start of hockey in the Winter Olympics.

Amazon scraps partnership with surveillance company after Super Bowl ad backlash

The Associated Press  |  Posted Feb. 14 - 10:44 a.m.  |  Save Story

Amazon's smart doorbell maker Ring has terminated a partnership with police surveillance tech company Flock Safety after backlash from a Super Bowl ad.

'King of Valentine's Day' transforms Logan candy store for wife of 30 years

Arianne Brown, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 14 - 10:01 a.m.  |  Save Story

Lonnie Anderson has been making Valentine's Day special for his wife Anne for decades. This year, he is transforming a Logan candy shop to show his love.

Lawmakers advance bill allowing alternate flags to fly on city hall, but not in schools

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 14 - 9:27 a.m.  |  Save Story

Utah lawmakers advanced a law requiring cities to fly only a single official flag in schools, airports and courthouses. But cities could fly Pride and other flags during annual celebrations.

Rideshare driver arrested, accused of hitting teen on scooter

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 14 - 8:53 a.m.  |  Save Story

A rideshare driver who police say rolled through a stop sign and hit a teenager on a scooter and then drove off was arrested Friday.

Astronomers detect a solar system they say should not be possible

Jacopo Prisco, CNN  |  Updated Feb. 14 - 8:18 a.m.  |  Save Story

An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers who discovered it using telescopes from NASA and the ESA.

Here's what to expect at Zion National Park this weekend

Minty Buckwalter, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 14 - 7:46 a.m.  |  Save Story

Ahead of one of its busiest winter weekends, Zion National Park issued a news release Friday urging visitors to plan ahead for Presidents Day, warning of heavy crowds and congestion.

Utah House committee approves nicotine tax increase after impassioned hearing

Daniel Woodruff, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 14 - 7:10 a.m.  |  Save Story

The Utah Legislature took the first step toward raising the state's tax on nicotine and tobacco products as HB337 advanced out of the House Revenue and Taxation Committee on Friday.

5A girls wrestling: Skyhawks' 4 champions, 7 finalists pace program's 1st title

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 13 - 11:54 p.m.  |  Save Story

Winterton won her second state title as Salem Hills its first-ever team title at the 5A girls wrestling state tournament at the UCCU Center at Utah Valley University.

Avery Neff scores 10.0 as Red Rocks return to form with 198 in rivalry win over BYU

Josh Furlong, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 13 - 11:23 p.m.  |  Save Story

The vibes for the Red Rocks were back Friday night.

5A boys wrestling: Wasatch digs deep to collect 1st title in 6 years

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 13 - 11:11 p.m.  |  Save Story

Nebraska commit Wyatt Hanssen won his second state title, and Ben Kohler a third as the Wasps held off Box Elder to win their first 5A championship since 2000.

Prop 4 repeal effort asks Supreme Court to extend deadline in final push to gather signatures

Brigham Tomco, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 13 - 10:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utahns for Representative Government asked the Utah Supreme Court on Wednesday to extend the signature submission deadline, saying signatures had been stolen or destroyed.

3.6-magnitude earthquake hits West Valley City

Curtis Booker, KSL  |  Updated Feb. 13 - 10:24 p.m.  |  Save Story

A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck near West Valley City on Friday at 6:32 p.m.

Utah inspectors hadn't seen clients for nearly 2 years before van deaths

Courtney Johns, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 13 - 9:58 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah inspectors had not observed clients at Safe and Sound Services for nearly two years before three men died in a running van on Feb. 6, according to licensing records and charging documents.

Park City's Ashley Farquharson becomes an Olympic medalist

Matt Gephardt, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 13 - 9:37 p.m.  |  Save Story

Ashley Farquharson grew up in Park City and learned to luge on the track built for the 2002 Olympics. Now she is an Olympic medalist, after taking home the bronze on Friday.

'A form of protest': Hundreds gather at Utah Capitol to oppose sensitive materials legislation

Logan Stefanich, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 13 - 9:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

Over 100 people packed the Utah Capitol rotunda Friday to advocate for the freedom to choose what to read and push back against a law on "sensitive material" in school libraries.

Feds open a perjury probe into ICE officers' testimony about the shooting of a Venezuelan man

Michael Biesecker, Jim Mustian and Jack Brook, Associated Press  |  Posted Feb. 13 - 8:35 p.m.  |  Save Story

Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men.

How Olympic countries share their cultures in between events

Mike Anderson and Mary Culbertson, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 13 - 8:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

Other than sportsmanship and pushing the limits of human ability, the Olympics prides itself on one other key component that makes it the spectacle that it is: culture.

'Swath of destruction': Ogden man found guilty of auto homicide during drunken driving spree

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 13 - 7:11 p.m.  |  Save Story

A jury on Friday found Tyson Treasure guilty of automobile homicide in a 2024 drunken driving spree through Ogden that resulted in several crashes and the death of a man.