"When people stop talking, that's when you get violence. That's when civil war happens because you start to think the other side is so evil and they lose their humanity." Charlie Kirk said that. I'm not sure when. It was a remark Vice President JD Vance aired during a two-hour tribute to the ...
It’s been close to a decade since Stephanie Hansen of Provo lost her son to suicide, and she says there isn’t a day that goes by where she doesn’t miss his presence. Hansen said her son Josh died by suicide during his senior year at Provo High School in 2017. “We had no idea he ...
The clock is ticking for Utah lawmakers to draw a new congressional map after the courts tossed out the boundaries last drawn in 2021, deeming them a product of an unconstitutional process. To meet their tight deadlines, Utah’s legislative leaders have picked 10 lawmakers — eight ...
Just hours before the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, Kristy Steele was hosting her first meeting as PTA president for Orem's Westmore Elementary School. During the meeting, Steele said Westmore Elementary’s assistant principal ...
When Mike Carlson was in need of a lifesaving open-heart surgery and lacked the money to pay for it, the Utah community rallied around him, raising $45,000 in a handful of days and enabling him to complete the procedure Sept. 8. Carlson, the CEO of Golden Healers, a nonprofit therapy dog ...
When I was a kid, childhood meant playing on the street, riding my bike, hanging out with friends. Most kids now experience a different childhood. Jonathan Haidt's bestselling book, "The Anxious Generation," talks about that. He calls it "a tragedy in two acts." "Act One, we lose ...
