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Supporters rally for Utah doctor accused of faking COVID-19 vaccine cards
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Supporters gathered outside the federal courthouse in downtown Salt Lake City to back Dr. Michael Kirk Moore Jr., a Utah plastic surgeon facing federal charges for allegedly issuing fake COVID-19 vaccine cards and...

Utah-based Awardco earns valuation over $1B in latest funding round
LINDON — Another Utah company is making significant waves as Lindon-based Awardco recently announced a $165 million Series B funding round with a valuation over $1 billion. Founded in 2015, Awardco is an employee recognition and rewards platform...

No way a poll could unscramble the Big 12 race
West Virginia football coach Rich Rodriguez and his Mountaineers sing “Country Roads following the 2025 Gold-Blue Spring Showcase. (Photo by Frank Salucci/BlueGoldNews.com) MORGANTOWN — As the Big 12 gathers for its annual football Media Days at...

IRS says churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit
(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake Temple and the Utah Capitol are shown. The IRS has declared that churches are free to endorse political candidates from the pulpit. It remains to be seen how churches may respond to this....

Salt Lake City propone viviendas, biblioteca y espacio para festivales en Smith’s Ballpark
You can find an English-language version of the story here. — Las gradas vacías de Smith’s Ballpark no permanecerán en silencio por mucho tiempo. Salt Lake City tiene un plan. El nuevo borrador final del Plan de Diseño Comunitario Ballpark NEXT de...

Major SNAP changes worry Utah anti-hunger advocates
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox likes what he sees in President Donald Trump’s massive tax cut and policy plan. A coalition advocating for low-income Utahns couldn’t disagree more. And Utah’s Department of Workforce Services is trying to...

Church volunteers deliver 33,000 pounds of food to MD pantries through monthly fasting donations
Volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered in Ellicott City today to unload and sort 33,000 pounds of food destined to help hungry families across Maryland. WATCH: Latter-day Saints donate 33,000 pounds of food to...
Utah lawmakers join rally for plastic surgeon accused of destroying $28K in COVID-19 vaccines
Republican lawmakers — including the speaker of the Utah House — stood with about 60 demonstrators at the Orrin G. Hatch U.S. Courthouse on Monday, just before a trial was to begin for a plastic surgeon charged with running a COVID-19 fraud...

Religious organizations speak out against alleged hate crime at Krishna Temple
Jessie Wardarski, Associated PressThe Shri Shri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork on Friday, April 25, 2025. Several religious organizations spoke out in support of the local Hindu community after the Krishna Temple near Spanish Fork was the...

Taste Utah Bytes - Salt Lake County - Ramen Ichizu
KUTV — If you're a ramen lover, there's a spot in Salt Lake City that belongs on your must-try list: Ramen Ichizu. Tucked away in the Central Ninth neighborhood, this small, focused ramen shop has quickly made a name for itself with its rich,...

Holiday weekend shifts recruiting race: Big leaps for Bama, Oregon, Syracuse
The Fourth of July has become one of the hottest stretches on the college football recruiting calendar. Aside from the flurry leading up to the early signing period in December, few windows generate more sizzle. This holiday weekend proved no...

Win A Cruise Southern Utah By Sharing You're Singing Skill
Do you love to sing? We don’t care if you hate it. Now is your chance to do some Cruise Ship Karaoke on the radio and possibly win a cruise to the Mexican Riviera compliments of Angelica’s Mexican Grill. Now You Can Enter a Contest by Singing on...

Utah is the nation's top performer, but voters deeply divided about the US economy
SALT LAKE CITY — In spite of swirling punditry parsing the subtleties of pesky inflation, interest rate adjustments and potential tariff-induced calamities, the overall U.S. economy is showing persistent good stead. And the Utah economy is doing...

Utah Football: Previewing Potential Storylines At Big 12 Media Days
SALT LAKE CITY – 16 football programs will convene at The Star in Frisco, Texas, this week for Big 12 media days. Kyle Whittingham and four of his most trusted Utah football athletes will represent the program on July 9, the second day of the...

Utah’s Planned Parenthood is suing over ‘defunding’ measure in Trump’s megabill. A judge pushed pause.
For over three years, Planned Parenthood Association of Utah has argued in court that Utah’s constitution protects access to abortions. But as the state’s near-total abortion ban remains on hold, Utah’s primary abortion provider is now also suing...

LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at LGBTQ milestones in the United States. LGBTQ is an acronym meaning lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning. The term sometimes is extended to LGBTQIA, to include intersex and...

Utah Labor Coalition Puts Bargaining Ban on Hold with Historic Referendum
SALT LAKE CITY — On a cloudy mid-April day, a large white box truck pulled up outside the Salt Lake County clerk’s office. Inside was a pallet of bankers boxes, each filled to the brim with paper packets. Since 6 a.m., at clerks’ offices across...

Dance class with very eye-catching name is BANNED by Utah rec center
A dance fitness class with a cheeky name and a loyal following has been shut down indefinitely by city officials in a conservative Utah town. The cancelling of Dirtylicious Dance Fitness classes has sparked a fierce backlash, a flood of...

Penn State women's basketball announces hire of Priya Sidhu as director of athletic performance
The Nittany Lions have added another coach to their staff. Priya Sidhu has been hired as the director of athletic performance, the team announced via X on Monday. Welcome to Happy Valley, Coach Sidhu! #LionMentality x @sprintersidhu...

Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene Dangerously Equates Gender-Affirming Care With Female Genital Mutilation
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) presides over a hearing of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Feb. 26, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) recently reintroduced a bill—the so-called Protect Children’s...