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In 1857, more than 100 Arkansas emigrants were killed in present-day southern Utah. The evolution of the site’s historical markers reflects The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ eventual reckoning with this dark part of its past.
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Los terapeutas y organizaciones de Utah están tratando de cerrar las brechas y la vergüenza en materia de salud mental en la comunidad latina.
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One of the Five Pillars of Islam is the “sawm," where during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar healthy adults are required to abstain from food and drink during daylight hours.
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Authorities say the conspiracy between Moroni Johnson and the polygamous sect’s leader, self-proclaimed prophet Samuel Bateman, occurred over a three-year period ending in September 2022. Bateman has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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Nearly one-fifth of Orem residents are Hispanic or Latino. The city hopes their translation project will help better accommodate them.
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John Goodrich was the subject of an Associated Press investigation into how the church protects itself from allegations of sexual abuse.
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The Utah Department of Corrections is under fire for discriminating against a transgender inmate who the U.S. Department of Justice said was driven to harm herself after she was repeatedly denied hormone therapy.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has purchased the Kirtland Temple in Kirtland, Ohio, along with other buildings central to its history in Nauvoo, Illinois. The sites were bought from the Community of Christ, an early offshoot of the American faith.
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Lawmakers have passed HB29, which updates Utah’s sensitive materials law and allows for books to be banned statewide.
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More than 300,000 cases await expungement review by the Utah Department of Public Safety and more records are added every month.
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If passed, all employers, regardless of staff size, would be required to try to accommodate an employee’s religious belief unless it presents an “undue burden” on the business.
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The prison camp on an old Civilian Conservation Corps camp outside of Moab held 56 so-called troublemakers from other camps in 1943.
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Philbert Shorty's family searched in vain for him for more than two years — not knowing that he was dead and that federal authorities had a suspect. While the details of Shorty's case are more gruesome than most, it's a story that has unfolded countless times across Indian Country.
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The hydropower company Nature and People First had proposed a "pumped storage" project in the Black Mesa area. Indigenous advocates are celebrating the decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.