Orem

An area nonprofit is working with Provo city officials to offer hotel vouchers to people without a place to sleep. But what happens to those who are still on the streets?

Housing construction on what used to be a University of Utah parking lot has some students upset with the lack of parking. In the end, different Utah cities and schools have a variation of the problem.

“On one hand, we are very happy to celebrate this happy time, especially with new people in a new country,” said Zulfiana Shakur Khan “On the other hand, we feel sad that people are dying [on the frontlines back home].”

Administrators at Utah’s largest public university say colleges need to adapt to the modern world, in part by improving dismal student outcomes. But faculty are pushing back against what they see as a corporate approach to education.

New data shows residents are flocking to areas of Utah outside of Salt Lake County.

The ballot initiative proposed leaving the Alpine School District to create an Orem-only school district.

Utah Valley University held a workshop training police on how to keep people with autism safe during emergencies. Police are trained on tactics to use and things to be aware of.

In the entire Alpine School District, only 14.5% of students are Hispanic/Latino. That number for the 19 Orem schools is much higher, at about 29.03%.

The Orem City Council recently passed resolutions taking a stand on two ballot propositions dealing with the Alpine School District. Some residents believe it was a misuse of public funds.

A recent Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows the Republican incumbent ahead of independent McMullin by four points.

“I was shocked, very shocked that such a strong political stand was being expressed in an invocation, which you would hope would be a little more neutral,” said a Centennial Elementary teacher.

Salt Lake County stagnated while Utah County was ranked 10th nationally in growth.