Utah News

After filing government paperwork and months of waiting, Southern Utah University has officially trademarked itself as the University of the Parks.

For the past six years, a Moab Restaurant owner has been running a mobile kitchen to feed wildlife firefighters in Utah and New Mexico. This week, he will be in Texas serving hot meals to flood victims. 

Geezerfest is a summer music festival in Orem that reunites local bands. Alan Breese is the director of the event.

A recent study conducted by the University of Utah offers new insights into what goes on when a romantic relationship is being questioned.

The English Language Center in Logan has recently seen a 20% increase of students, mainly refugees, and its resources are growing thin.

My Discovery Destination is a Cache Valley program that launched locally this summer, and, because of its success, will extend statewide this fall. The program lets families participate in activities in the community and to help encourage children discover who they are and what they can do.

A new study found the death rate from drug overdoses among older U.S. teens has jumped 19 percent in one year and health officials are seeing a growing trend for opioid addiction in this age group.

Utah Public Radio’s Morning Edition host Kerry Bringhurst shared with me an experience she had as a mother of a son with special needs. She unexpectedly met another mother with a daughter who has the same rare developmental disorder known as Williams syndrome. As Kerry told her story, I couldn’t help but want to learn more about the syndrome and get to know the children their parents describe as being “built on love.”

According to public health officials, Gonorrhea rates are increasing among young, sexually active Utahns.

According to a study on Indeed.com, the annual income for artists in Utah is  $34,000, which is 40% less than the national average. But for Chuck Landvatter, an art teacher at Utah State University, pursuing art is something worth the limited income.

Summer poses a problem for school-aged children in regards to their food. Many school districts in Utah take part in a federally funded program that offers meals to kids struggling with summer hunger. 

The ukulele is an instrument with a sound recognizable in a lot of today's music.

If you live in Utah, the Utah Division of Water Resources estimates you will use 240 gallons of water today.

SR-143 through Parowan Canyon is again closed to travel due to damage caused by flooding.  It’s the same stretch of road closed by the Brian Head fire earlier this summer.

Governor Gary Herbert and others used the 30th Annual Utah Rural Summit as a back drop to continue his 25,000 Jobs in Rural Utah Initiative.

Four suspects are in custody in Texas in the case of an armed robbery at a cash advance business on south Main Street in Cedar City back in mid-July.

With love, laughter and plenty of jokes, one American-based cycling team said they have found the recipe for success by creating a family, rather than a team, atmosphere.

Utah temperatures are to thank for the high-quality watermelon growth this year in Utah, according to Luke Petersen, a farmer for Petersen Family Farm.