Ghana’s unemployment rate is about 13%, and the situation for young people (ages 15-35) is even worse. “The unemployment rate for youth in Ghana is 50%,” said John Bingham, Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business professor. “The majority of those people in the working ...
Provo City will hold its third-annual Ti Voz Importa next week, an event aimed at strengthening the connection between local Spanish-speaking residents and local government. Happening at 6 p.m. Monday at the Provo Library Ballroom, the evening will offer a chance for conversations with city ...
For many people, the Food & Care Coalition is known as a place where people can receive a meal. While that's certainly true, a meal is often just the beginning of a much larger journey. Every day, people walk through our doors carrying unique challenges and stories. Some come seeking a ...
An Orem-based friend group united by their love of swimming has gone on a few wild adventures over the years. Many of the 10-member group, ranging in age from their 30s to their 70s, swam from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. On another trip, they completed a 10K ...
Remembered as an adventurous family devoted to serving their community and spending time outdoors, Provo Fire Capt. Spencer Long, his wife, Katrina Long, and their sons Reid Vernon, Thayne and Gage Long were memorialized Wednesday. Hundreds of family members, neighbors, firefighters, hockey ...
High school and middle school students can do just about everything at Brigham Young University summer camps, from fine-tuning their jump shot to preparing for the ACT. Up until recently, though, missing from the list was a camp catering to a particular type of teenager: history buffs. The ...
Jim Slade, a decorated Vietnam veteran living in Lehi, Utah, was presented with a hand-made quilt as an expression of gratitude for his service. Quilts of Valor, a national private organization, makes individually designed quilts and presents them to American Vets who qualify for this very ...
It’s not time for school to start yet, but many people have been helping prepare kids to go back to school for quite some time. In fact, months ago, during the Christmas season, donations began coming in for backpacks and school supplies for children in need in Utah County. Those donations ...
History was made on Pioneer Day Friday night with the first-ever fireworks show over Utah Lake — but the debut did not go completely as planned. Organizers intended to launch fireworks from a west barge at North Marina Park in Saratoga Springs and an east barge at American Fork Marina to ...
Thousands celebrated the Pioneer Day holiday at a jam-packed week of rodeo at the Spanish Fork fairgrounds. The 84th annual Fiesta Days Rodeo consisted of five sold-out events held Monday through Friday at the 8,400-seat arena, dazzling crowds with some of the top cowboys and cowgirls in the ...
