BYU alumna Mandy Merriman was always cooking alongside her mother in the kitchen growing up, asking questions about the food and gathering recipes she wanted to try.

Elections are over, but Provo continues to provide opportunities to improve voters' civic engagement. BYU, Provo City and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provide many opportunities for individuals around Provo to improve their communities on the local, state and even national levels.

A 12-year-old boy was reported Tuesday as having spent at least a year locked in a bathroom in Washington County, leaving at a weight of 30 pounds. Reports like these open the community's eyes to the larger issue of child abuse in the U.S. and how often it occurs.

While president-elect Donald Trump was accused of disparaging women throughout his presidential campaign, political leaders and researchers in Utah were trying to figure out a way to get more women to run for office.

Many journalists say they are concerned about what president-elect Donald Trump's overall impact might be on journalism — and by extension, the American public — given his adversarial relationship with the media throughout his campaign and now as Inauguration Day nears.

Plans for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's participation in the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration quickly saw mixed reaction on social media.