Days after setting the NCAA record in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational last Friday, Jane Hedengren created history in another way Tuesday afternoon. The freshman distance-running phenom from Provo stood atop a stage at Brigham Square on Brigham Young University's campus and ...

Last week's Erma Bombeck Writer's Workshop in Dayton, Ohio, celebrated 25 years of the conference. The University of Dayton held the first workshop in 2000 as a one-time event to commemorate the Bombeck family's gift of Erma's papers to her alma mater. It turns out once just wasn't enough, and ...

Politicians tax what we earn, regulate what we build and often decide what we can do with our bodies and our money. I like to think I own myself. But politicians increasingly act as if they do. "People should not have power over other people's lives," says Timothy Sandefur, author of ...

Utah is breaking records for alarming reasons, with its hottest winter and flimsiest snowpack on record. But officials from the state and two cities see something to celebrate. They announced a new deal Monday to get more water to the drying Great Salt Lake, saying homeowners and businesses in ...

With apologies to our readers, the Daily Herald continues to work through significant production difficulties. That has impacted the printing of newspapers for both Monday and Tuesday this week. Normal production will resume as soon as possible. A digital e-edition for Tuesday is available and ...

A driver was killed in a four-vehicle accident Monday afternoon in Springville, Springville police confirmed. At approximately 2:20 p.m., a vehicle was traveling southbound on Main Street approaching 1400 North in Springville when it left its lane and collided with oncoming traffic, according ...