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The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hopes a lower minimum mission age for young women will get them to marry earlier. But a therapist and a Latter-day Saint mom worry about the mental health of young wives and mothers.
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Courtesy Jeffrey Putzke, Sunrise EngineeringAs the lake shrank, vehicles, firearms and bones turned up. All that water went downstream, making this the summer for tubing the Ogden River. -
Hugo Rikard-Bell/KUERSalt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd sat down with KUER to discuss whether the city’s investment in automatic license plate readers is worth it. His short answer? Yes.
Carol Lynn Pearson died in July. She was a champion for women and LGBTQ people in the LDS Church. Her book, "Goodbye, I love You," about her gay husband and his death from AIDS, challenged the church's views on sexuality and helped cement her in place as an influential Mormon writer and activist. A panel joins RadioWest to talk about Pearson's life.
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The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections. The decision allows Utah to send midterm ballots under existing processes used by most of the state's voters. -
Utah resorts are eager for a do-over after last year’s pitiful snowpack, and the impending super El Niño is fueling excitement about early openings. But the weather outlook suggests they might be getting out over their skis. -
The assassination of far right activist Charlie Kirk opened the floodgates of neighbor-on-neighbor doxing. A year later, the damage to political discourse in the U.S. remains. -
The new agreement means less water for Mexico, but provides stability to those who use the Colorado River near its delta. -
Along the Colorado River, 30 federally recognized tribes have legal and cultural claims. Yet they have no formal seat in negotiations. -
As memories of 9/11 fade for younger Americans, Utah’s military recruiters are now seeing interest from people drawn by college benefits, career opportunities and economic uncertainty. -
The term “school crosswalk” is missing from traffic code definitions and Utah’s driver handbook, and police departments phrase things differently when posting about it on social media. -
An appeals court has upheld a block on President Donald Trump’s order to limit mail voting. The decision by a panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals comes even as the Supreme Court is already considering the same case. -
Sophie Goldschmidt, the CEO of USSS, said in a statement that “inaccurate and harmful misinformation was spread about the alliance’s intent.” In a note to its members, U.S. Biathlon explained it “has decided to pause consideration of the Alliance at this time.”
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