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Metro

More than marble: Monuments and the stories they hold

By Ellie Haverlock
June 29, 2026 10:00 AM
When I arrived on the East Coast in May, there was one thing I was most excited to see: monuments. I’m a history buff, and I couldn't imagine anything cooler than visiting grand spaces dedicated to my favorite American heroes. With my camera in hand, I set out to capture as many monuments as my memory card would allow. 
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In-Depth

Independence: Declared yet undefined

Emily Walker
By Emily Walker
June 29, 2026 10:00 AM
The definition of independence has changed in America's 250 years. Are we still an independent nation, or a nation of independents?
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Metro

Juneteenth reconcilation, a vigil to remember the path of progress

Daegan Beus
By Daegan Beus
June 30, 2025 12:23 PM
A Juneteenth reconciliation vigil at Salt Lake City’s International Peace Gardens blended drumming, storytelling and calls for unity as community leaders emphasized healing, reflection and resistance to political efforts to roll back diversity and inclusion across Utah.
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Football

ESPN announces broadcast plans for BYU football season

June 03, 2019 12:00 AM
One of BYU's main objectives when announcing its football team would go independent at the start of the 2011 season was to gain more national exposure. Now approaching their ninth season without any conference affiliation, the Cougars have a schedule filled with nationally broadcast games.
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Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum: 3/26/19

By Josh Carter
March 26, 2019 12:00 AM
Tough times
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Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum March 13, 2018

By Camille Baker
March 13, 2018 12:00 AM
Dallas Jensen is a practicing psychologist in Provo, UT. Jensen says he sees his LDS patients experience their mental illnesses in unique ways because of Church culture. (Dallas Jensen)
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World

LDS Church members united in Spain despite Catalonia divide

By Eleanor Cain Adams
January 16, 2018 12:00 AM
Dillon Lindsay said Catalans would 'light up' if he ever talked to them in Catalán during his LDS mission to Barcelona.
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Football

The future of BYU Football

August 05, 2014 12:00 AM
College football has undergone major changes in the last few years, leaving BYU between the Big 12 and a hard place.
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Football

Independence: A look to the past, present and future of BYU football

July 17, 2014 12:00 AM
BYU football's independence is a topic that won't go away.
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Football

Tom Holmoe meets with the press to discuss Bronco Mendenhall contract extension and BYU/Utah rivalry

May 31, 2013 12:00 AM
BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe met with the press Wed., May 29, to discuss the 2012–13 athletic year and to look forward to the future.
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Football

Kyle Van Noy: Flag bearer

August 06, 2012 12:00 AM
With a little over 5 minutes left in the opening game of the 2011 season against Ole Miss, the Cougars were trailing 13-7. Ole Miss had the ball on their own 21-yard line. The quarterback took the snap as BYU applied quick pressure — fumble. As BYU recovered it in the end zone, they'd succeeded. Touchdown, BYU.
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