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Featured

Encircle opens LGBT resource center in Salt Lake City

By Kylee Lapeyrouse
February 10, 2019 12:00 AM
Community members enter the new Encircle home in Salt Lake City at the grand opening on Feb. 8. (Lexie Flickinger)
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Metro

Provo-Orem named best-performing metro in new report

By Sydnee Gonzalez
January 30, 2019 12:00 AM
The Provo-Orem metro was featured as the nation's top performing city in the nation for factors like job growth and an increased concentration of high-tech companies in the area. (Nate Edwards/BYU)
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Life

Refugee women share resettlement experiences at panel discussion

By Kylee Lapeyrouse
January 29, 2019 12:00 AM
Suavis Kanyange, left, Ghassak, middle left, and Aarati Ghimire, middle, listen as Vicky Chavez, middle right, shares her resettlement story with the help of her translator, right. (Hannah Miner)
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Featured

Curtis, Singer debate in race for Utah's 3rd District

By Associated Press
October 25, 2018 12:00 AM
John Curtis and his Democratic competitor, James Singer, participated in a debate for the 3rd Congressional District on Oct. 23. (John Curtis)
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Breaking News

New Y Digital website streamlines Utah wildfire information

By Kendra Wise
September 19, 2018 12:00 AM
From left: Spencer Christensen, Adam Durfee and K.C. Miller monitor the Utah County Fire Website. The website was designed as an information hub for those affected by the Bald Mountain and Pole Creek fires. (Ty Mullen)
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Campus

'Better Days 2020' empowers students through women's history

By Anne Wallace
September 18, 2018 12:00 AM
Young volunteers Dalloway Smith, left, and Gwyneth Park express their enthusiasm for the new curriculum by learning about voting and collecting pins featuring the faces of influential Utah women. (Claire Gentry)
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Featured

Pole Creek, Bald Mountain fires continue to rage, locals evacuated

By Lauren Lethbridge
September 17, 2018 12:00 AM
A sign posted near Woodland Hills, Utah signifies the fire danger in the area. The Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires are still raging, burning over 62,000 acres. (Ty Mullen)
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State

Law passed to create cold case database

By Sydnee Gonzalez
August 14, 2018 12:00 AM
Rosie Tapia's mother, Lewine Tapia, stands next to a poster with her daughter's photos at a press conference. (Abigail Keenan)
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Featured

Utah Cold Case Coalition declares August Cold Case Month

By Sydnee Gonzalez
August 03, 2018 12:00 AM
Two decades ago, Stephanie Farrell’s mother dropped her off at a friend’s house while she ran some errands. Farrell, who was 5 years old at the time, would never see her mother again. “I fell asleep at the window waiting for her to come home,” said Farrell. “She never came home.”
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Featured

Utah works to improve public defense

By Lauren Malner
July 17, 2018 12:00 AM
Utah's 4th District Courthouse resides in downtown Provo. The right to an attorney is a fundamental aspect of jurisprudence and is causing problems on a national scale in regard to the right to a fair trial. (Universe Archives)
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Breaking News

Elizabeth Salgado's body found; three-year search becomes a homicide investigation

By Sahalie Donaldson
May 24, 2018 12:00 AM
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, shows Edward Smart holding a photo of missing student Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado during a news conference, in Sandy, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Capital West News

Bills to stop opioid epidemic progress

By Hannah Lafond
March 08, 2018 12:00 AM
This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
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Capital West News

SB202: Bill creating after-school programs grant signed into law

By Lilian Whitney
March 08, 2018 12:00 AM
A Provo elementary school student considers his homework. HB202 will create a grant program funding after-school programs providing tutoring. (Daily Universe File)
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Capital West News

SB147: Bill addressing Utah nursing shortage awaits governor's signature

By Lilian Whitney
March 08, 2018 12:00 AM
Nursing students Lindee Rock, Kristina Hollister and Torrie Robinson practice nursing skills on a child manikin. SB147 would create a process for the Utah legislature to fund approved nursing programs. (Jeff Peery)
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State

Mitt Romney announces U.S. Senate Run

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
February 16, 2018 12:00 AM
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced Friday through a video that he's running for the United States Senate in the upcoming 2018 election.
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Business

'Prepare to Serve' and 'Lifey' websites merge

By Laurie Bradshaw
February 05, 2018 12:00 AM
Two Provo-based website companies,Lifeyand Prepare to Serve, merged this year.
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Capital West News

SB86: Bill would increase penalties for hate crimes in Utah

By Katie Harris
January 30, 2018 12:00 AM
Sen. Daniel W. Thatcher, R-West Valley CIty, sits on the Senate floor at the Utah State Capitol, February 2017. Thatcher is sponsoring a bill during the 2018 legislative session to strengthen the state's hate crimes law. (Rick Bowmer)
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Capital West News

Education Excellence Commission presents plan to improve Utah education

By Hannah Lafond
January 28, 2018 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY — Members of Gov. Gary Herbert’s Education Excellence Commission presented their plan to improve the quality of education throughout Utah at a State Capitol news conference on Jan. 26.
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