Utah’s Trust Lands Permanent Funds will distribute more money than ever before to public schools for the upcoming school year, and Utah County’s three school districts are among the direct recipients. The Utah School and Institutional Trust Funds Office, or SITFO, announced $134 million ...

A man was arrested last week after allegedly engaging in a road rage incident and firing a round at a vehicle while a victim fled the location. Hamilton Molina Tabanico, 30, of Orem, was arrested by Provo police on suspicion of attempted murder, a second-degree felony; aggravated assault, a ...

A Salem native serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Mexico died Saturday of unknown causes, according to church officials. Elder Caleb Gene Martin, 21, who was serving in the New Mexico Farmington Mission, died unexpectedly in his sleep from a medical ...

Police exchanged fire with a suspect at a Spanish Fork residence after responding to a domestic violence call Saturday before placing him into custody, according to reports. The incident, which occurred just after noon, prompted a temporary shelter-in-place order in a Spanish Fork ...

Conversations about the differences between girls and boys—and between women and men—often make people uneasy. Some fear that acknowledging differences will reinforce stereotypes or limit opportunities. Yet ignoring those differences may do exactly the same thing. In Why Gender ...

Saturday marks the third day of the new year and, so far as I can tell, 2026 feels pretty much the same as 2025. We've already had disasters, accidents and violence that have resulted in tragedy. We continue to have political posturing and disagreement. We see some good things in the economy ...