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Healthy Living

Utah man takes outdoor skills online

By Universe Contributor
October 18, 2021 12:00 AM
By Whitney Leland
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Religion

New Church youth program encourages personal spiritual growth

By Natalie Baugh
October 04, 2019 12:00 AM
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will discontinue its Personal Progress, Boy Scouts and Duty to God programs starting January 2020 in favor of a new youth program that focuses on helping youth set their own goals and develop faith in Christ.
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Religion

Church announces updates to new ‘Children and Youth’ initiative

By Emma Benson
July 18, 2019 12:00 AM
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced on May 8, 2018 that it will launch a worldwide initiative for children and youth in January 2020. (Mormon Newsroom)
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Healthy Living

Local drownings prompt experts' advice

By Morgan March
September 18, 2018 12:00 AM
A new Red Cross First Aid app gives step-by-step instructions on how to give CPR. (Maddi Dayton)
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Religion

Peace out, Boy Scouts: Families react to church's split

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
May 15, 2018 12:00 AM
Matthew Wade (in the green shirt) watches his brother Carson (standing at the head of the track) participate in a Pinewood Derby in Bountiful. The LDS Church will end their relationship with the Boy Scouts of America effective December 2019. (Lucinda Wade)
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Religion

Diverging values lead to Mormon retreat from Boy Scouts

By Associated Press
May 15, 2018 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY — For more than a century, the Boy Scouts of America and the Mormon church formed an ideal pair as they helped each other expand their organizations and build their brands while molding countless young men through bow knots, pinewood derby races and campouts.
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Nation

Roundup: LDS Church discontinuing relationship with Boy Scouts

By Sahalie Donaldson
May 09, 2018 12:00 AM
Effective Dec. 31, 2019, the LDS Church will be discontinuing its 105-year partnership with the Boy Scouts of America. A new youth initiative program that will better suit a global church audience will be installed in its place. (Jake May/The Flint Journal - MLive.com via AP)
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Featured

Things you should know today: 5/2/18

By Caleb Turner
May 02, 2018 12:00 AM
Stephen Curry returns to score 28, Warriors beat Pelicans
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News

As girls arrive, Boy Scouts change name of flagship program

By Associated Press
May 02, 2018 12:00 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — For 108 years, the Boy Scouts of America's flagship program has been known simply as the Boy Scouts. With girls soon entering the ranks, the group says that iconic name will change.
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Healthy Living

Girl Scouts program continues to focus on girl-led experience

By Camille Baker
October 23, 2017 12:00 AM
Natalie Benson, 5, and Holly Sweezer, 6, carry extra flags as Boy and Girl Scouts place flags on each of the 5,000 headstones at the Grand Rapids Veterans State Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The October 2017 Boy Scouts of America announcement to admit girls throughout its ranks will transform what has been a mostly cordial relationship between the two iconic youth groups since the Girl Scouts of the USA was founded in 1912, two years after the Boy Scouts. (Katie Greene/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
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Nation

LDS Church cuts Varsity and Venturing Boy Scout programs

By Sebastian Meyer
May 11, 2017 12:00 AM
The LDS church announced changes to its Boy Scouting program. (Photo courtesy of Mormon Newsroom)
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Nation

New scouting leadership complex named after President Monson

By Sarah Averett Harris
June 16, 2016 12:00 AM
Rendering of a bunkhouse that will make up part of the new scouting leadership complex named after President Monson. The Thomas S. Monson Leadership Excellence Complex is scheduled for completion in 2020. (Boy Scouts of America)
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Local

Donations drop for Scouts in Utah after gay leader decision

November 16, 2015 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY — One of the largest Boy Scout councils in the country is laying off employees because donations are down — possibly a side effect of tension between the Scouts and the Mormon church over this summer's decision to allow gay Scout leaders.
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Local

Scout leaders charged for Goblin Valley incident

By Taylor Winget
February 03, 2014 12:00 AM
A still frame of the YouTube video taken by David Hall of Glenn Taylor knocking over the boulder at Goblin Valley. (Photo Courtesy Associated Press)
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