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Nate Edwards/BYU PhotoFor kids obsessed with princesses, being deeply engaged with those stories can have long-term effects. A new study from BYU researcher Sarah Coyne followed a group of kids for years, and found that those who loved “princess culture” had more positive body image and more equal views of men and women as they approached adolescence. -
Ivana Martinez/KUERThe wedding industry is booming now that COVID-19 are restrictions lifted and more people are vaccinated. As more couples tie the knot and hold big receptions, vendors try to keep up.
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The #FreeBritney Movement is bringing more attention to issues affecting people with disabilities in Utah like conservatorship and guardianship cases. -
Hildale, Utah largely kept its doors shut to outsiders for generations. Now, it's starting to build a tourism-based economy.
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Utah gun maker Culper Precision has stopped sales of a kit that would have let owners cover their Glock 19 pistols with colorful Lego blocks, after complaints from the Danish toymaker and others.
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A recent study ranked Salt Lake City as one of the best cities in the country to play pickleball. Players in Utah say it’s doing well here because of its accessibility and sense of community.
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A new mural in Salt Lake City aims to celebrate Black joy and continue dialogue around race.
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Glendale residents are worried about food accessibility as a proposed development could take the place of the local ‘supermercado.’
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High school and elementary students in Monument Valley recently published a book of oral histories. They conducted interviews with their grandparents and relatives about what life used to be like on the Navajo Nation.
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Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez is mourning the discovery this week of another 751 bodies of Indigenous children at a former residential school in Canada. And he’s bracing for the Department of the Interior’s investigation into what happened at schools here in the U.S. — including one in Utah.
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One in five Generation Z members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual — or any other sexual orientation besides heterosexual, according to analysis of a national survey conducted ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Jana Riess and Benjamin Knoll analyzed the data for Religion News Service. They discussed their findings with KUER.
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Moab residents gathered Monday night at a local bookstore to read pieces they wrote about the Pack Creek Fire. It has scorched almost 9,000 acres in the nearby La Sal Mountains.
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After last summer, Utah organizers work to keep the momentum around racial equality going in this year’s Juneteenth festivities.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced it is committing money to scholarships for Black students as well as funding for humanitarian service in “underprivileged areas” in the U.S.
