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Spring forward without the slump: How to take advantage of the time change
Emma Neff, Deseret News | Posted March 7 - 8:24 p.m. | Save Story
Daylight saving time is upon us once again, meaning clocks will "spring forward" one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday for most of us. Here's how to take advantage of the time change.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Food bank seeks donations as supply hits 'dangerously low' levels across Utah communities
Curtis Booker, KSL | Posted March 7 - 10:02 a.m. | Save Story
Community Action Services and Food Bank asks for donations amid a food shortage in several Utah counties.
Ogden officials drop moves to craft proposal meant to quell concerns over immigration crackdown
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted March 7 - 8:17 a.m. | Save Story
Two Ogden City Council members have dropped moves to craft a proposal to quell concerns over the immigration crackdown, worried it could clash with state law.
Utah lawmakers race to pass bills before legislative session ends at midnight
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Carter Williams, KSL | Updated March 7 - 12:52 a.m. | Save Story
Utah lawmakers are racing to pass bills Friday before the legislative session comes to an end at the stroke of midnight.
Here's what the Utah Legislature did this session
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, Daniel Woodruff, Tim Vandenack, Carter Williams and Logan Stefanich, KSL | Updated March 7 - 12:44 a.m. | Save Story
The Utah Legislature has adjourned following a 45-day session dealing with taxes, housing, courts, immigration and a host of other issues.
Why Gov. Cox says this was the 'best' legislative session he's seen
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Updated March 6 - 11:35 p.m. | Save Story
As the minutes ticked away on the final afternoon of the legislative session, the mood at the Utah Capitol was calmer and less tense than previous years.
Utah agrees to allow feds to claim piece of Great Salt Lake for $60M
Carter Williams, KSL | Updated March 6 - 10:35 p.m. | Save Story
Utah has reached an agreement with the federal government to cease a long-standing dispute over 22,311 acres near the Bear River Refuge.
Nonprofit celebrates start of Paralympic Games with adaptive ski day
Mike Anderson, KSL | Posted March 6 - 10:01 p.m. | Save Story
Ogden Valley Adaptive is celebrating the start of the Paralympic Games by helping people of various abilities get on the slopes to ski and snowboard at Snowbasin.
Lawmakers approve approximate 6% funding boost for public education
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted March 6 - 9:34 p.m. | Save Story
One of the Utah Legislature's primary tasks each year is, of course, to fund the state's K-12 public schools. As the session comes to an end, here's how lawmakers fared.
'Go Red for Women' event raises heart health awareness
Tyrese Boone, KSL | Posted March 6 - 9:03 p.m. | Save Story
Women's heart health took center stage Friday at the Go Red for Women Experience in Salt Lake City.
Manslaughter trial starts for man charged in crash that killed Utah CEO, daughter
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted March 6 - 8:38 p.m. | Save Story
The trial has started for Michael Love, charged with manslaughter in the 2024 Weber County crash that killed Lifetime CEO Richard Hendrickson and his daughter.
Business & Tech »
Fans spent hundreds to watch the NFL last year. Now Mike Lee wants to revisit TV laws
Environment »
California high school students develop AI wildfire suppression system for global competition
Police & Courts »
Here's what the Utah Legislature did this session
- Manslaughter trial starts for man charged in crash that killed Utah CEO, daughter
- Salt Lake man charged with having some of the worst child sex abuse material agent has seen
- Aunt and niece were killed while hiking at one of their 'favorite places,' family says
- 'A real gut punch': Lyman mayor mourns relative among 3 women killed
Religion »
Family Discovery Day: Elder Rasband speaks about faith stretching through generations
- Salt Lake City, Church of Jesus Christ plan for Salt Lake Temple open house
- Sprawling investigation finds decades of sexual abuse among Catholic priests in Rhode Island
- Millions join together virtually and in Salt Lake City to learn about family history at RootsTech
- Church of Jesus Christ donates 20,000 pounds of food in St. George
Science »
California high school students develop AI wildfire suppression system for global competition
- Pentagon taps former DOGE official to lead its AI efforts
- Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds
- Lawmaker: Education bill's not an 'AI ban' — but it's not a 'blank check,' either
- License plate recognition cameras used in triple homicide case becoming vital police tool
