West Jordan

"I consider it almost a sacred civic responsibility of teaching someone about the importance of elections,” said West Jordan Middle School teacher William Shields.

While Copper Hills High School teacher Amanda Thomas appreciates the policy, she told the board, “I really don’t want that responsibility and liability.”

The military trial of 51 suspects, including three Americans, accused of being involved in a May coup attempt in Congo has opened in the country's capital of Kinshasa.

U.S. officials have yet to make contact with Thompson and two other Americans two weeks after their arrest following a brazen attack on the presidential palace in Kinshasa, Congo.

Christian Malanga's son, Marcel, unsuccessfully tried to recruit many of his former high school football teammates to come along before 21-year-old Tyler Thompson agreed. Thompson and Marcel Malanga have reportedly been arrested. Their friend Daniel Gonzalez says Marcel had offered him up to $100,000 to work a security job on the trip.

Brig. Gen. Sylvain Ekenge told The Associated Press the third American was Taylor Thomson. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Thomson was among those arrested or killed on Sunday morning following the failed coup attempt.

According to the official description of events, three Americans formed an unlikely band under the leadership of Malanga, and eccentric opposition figure who dabbled in gold mining and used cars before persuading his Utah-born son to join in the ill-fated coup attempt. Six people, including Malanga, were killed in the attack early Sunday.

The largest Asian grocery store chain in the country, H Mart, is set to open its first Utah location later this year. Grocery stores have served as an important community meeting place for not just minority communities, but for Utahns as a whole.

Crackling concrete and earth emptied in the Jordan River in Utah County are prompting concerns, but the Jordan River Commission executive director says erosion is a natural part of the water cycle.

“Reaching for Air” profundizará en la contaminación y cómo afecta a los residentes del oeste.

Reaching for Air is a collaboration between KUER and The Salt Lake Tribune that amplifies the air quality stories of west side residents.

More than 700,000 turkeys have been depopulated in Utah and at least 16 farms and 25 facilities have been affected.