If the drought isn’t enough, Mormon crickets are starting to show up early in Utah. The insects are native to the Beehive State and the Intermountain West, but in big numbers they threaten crops, wildlife, cattle grazing and even highway safety when they swarm the roads. The pests are ...
A "leap of faith" was required to buy 250,000 tulip bulbs and bury them in the family farm in Spanish Fork to host a new springtime event, Utah Tulip Festival owner Kara Lewis admitted. A mild wintertime followed by erratic springtime weather that saw the temperature rise to nearly 90 ...
Memorial services are set to honor the life of the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple president and leader of Utah Krishnas, Christopher Caru Warden. The public is invited to a memorial gathering from 5-7 p.m. April 26 at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork. A service will also be held ...
With more than 121 measles cases reported in the last three weeks while South Carolina hasn’t seen any new cases, Utah’s measles outbreak is now the most active in the U.S. In total, 583 confirmed measles cases have been reported to Utah health officials since the outbreak began last year. ...
On paper, the results of the 2025 Provo Mayoral election showed a near toss up in the residents' candidate preferences, with Marsha Judkins defeating incumbent Michelle Kaufusi by just 422 votes out of 16,984. A breakdown of the election by precincts, though, uncovers how fragmented the city ...
Springville City confirmed the victim of Monday's fatal vehicle crash was the founder and president of the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple and leader of Utah Krishnas, Christopher Caru Warden. Warden, 79, also known as Caru Das, was a pillar of the Krishna faith and Utah community. The Krishna ...
A 20-year-old Vineyard man was killed in a motorcycle crash Wednesday in Provo Canyon, the Utah Highway Patrol confirmed. At 7:25 p.m., the motorcyclist was traveling eastbound on state Route 189 at milepost 13 near Vivian Park when he lost control, crashed into the center median and was ...
Three months to the day after becoming mayor of Provo on Jan. 6, Marsha Judkins sat in her work-in-progress office Monday at City Hall and fielded questions from the Daily Herald. Reflecting on her first days in office, she spoke on her initial steps as mayor, her overall vision for the city ...
Utahns have one more week to apply to receive free native plants before a deadline for the state’s pollinator habitat program flies by. It’s not just individual gardeners that are eligible, but also nonprofits, government agencies, businesses, hospitals, and Native American tribes, among ...
As Utah pushes to become a force in the artificial intelligence industry, its flagship university is quickly working on developing a supercomputing system researchers hope will accelerate cancer, Alzheimer’s, mental health, and genetic and environmental discoveries. The system being built at ...
