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H-1B Insights: Employers classified under the Transportation and Warehousing industry file 9 petitions in Utah throughout 2024
Beehive State News - Utah
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June 30, 2025
Jennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | https://medium.com/the-u-s-digital-service/meet-the-dhs-digital-service-champions-may-2018-caee7dade2bJennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship and...
Trump admin plans to rescind ‘roadless rule’ protections for forests. Here’s what that means for wildfires in Utah.
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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June 30, 2025
As wildfires rage across southern Utah, the Trump administration is looking to remove decades-old protections for millions of acres of forests in a move it says will help prevent such blazes. At a meeting of the Western Governor’s Association in...
Utah women rank 29 out of 51 for voter turnout
KPCW - Utah
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June 25, 2025
Utah comes in first in many civic-related rankings — it’s the top state for volunteerism, and its capital, Salt Lake City, has also been ranked among the “most patriotic cities.” However, there’s a list in which the state continues to lag behind...
Buffalo Soldiers in Utah finally getting their due
Deseret News - Utah
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June 30, 2025
“There’s a mountain of history about these guys that had never been really tapped into, and we realized it was much broader than we thought — kind of like an iceberg.” That’s Ian Wright talking. Ian’s the manager of Utah Cultural Site Stewardship,...
Utah powering NASA’s SLS rocket and Artemis program
Deseret News - Utah
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June 26, 2025
A select group of guests working on NASA's Artemis program visited the Clark Planetarium Tuesday in Salt Lake City. Utah has a significant role, being the "factory" for the propulsion systems used by the SLS rocket. The new booster rocket for...
Utah confirms 3 measles cases amid growing national outbreak
TownLift - Utah
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June 26, 2025
A measles sign is seen at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Feb. 25, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. Photo: AP Photo/Julio Cortez State health officials urge vaccination as potential exposures identified in Orem PARK CITY, Utah — The Utah...
Utah vs. Brigham Young in the rev-share era: How a shifting NIL marketplace could impact the rivalry
The Mercury News - California
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June 26, 2025
Chris Hill was poolside Wednesday afternoon when he answered the phone, relaxing after a round of golf. The former Utah athletic director’s playing partner? His longtime counterpart in Provo, ex-Brigham Young AD Tom Holmoe. “When Tom announced his...
USU’s Boston John is Utah's only 2025 Astronaut scholar
Cache Valley Daily - Utah
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LOGAN - Boston John, who flew his first plane at 13 years old, is now building unmanned aircraft at Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Lab. In August he will be honored by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. A NASA astronaut will present the...
Is your brain aging faster than you? New science offers clues
Mint
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June 30, 2025
Dan Jones liked his job as a quality-control inspector and loved his hobby even more: playing in a local bagpipe band. Then he started making mistakes in the pieces he played. He found himself having to write tasks down if he wanted to remember...
Utah 'Love Island' contestant faces new aggravated assault charges
KSL - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake man who gained notoriety on the reality TV show "Love Island" is facing felony domestic violence charges for the second time in a little over a month. Cashel Blew Barnett, 34, was charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court...
Utah Senator Mike Lee revises plan to sell off public lands in Idaho and 10 other states
ABC 6 - Idaho
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June 25, 2025
BOISE, Idaho — Utah Senator Mike Lee has backtracked on his controversial plan to sell millions of acres of federal land across 11 western states, including Idaho, after the Senate parliamentarian ruled his original proposal violates Senate rules....
"If you put the two of us in a sumo ring I'd crush him": When former Utah HC Rick Majerus served up humor in response to Rick Pitino's Utes remarks
Sportskeeda
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June 29, 2025
The late former Utah coach Rick Majerus and former Kentucky coach Rick Pitino was and is one among the top college basketball coaches. Majerus, known for his strategic mind and ability to develop players, had stops at Marquette, Ball State, Utah...
Research Project Studies High Doses of an Opioid Use Disorder Medication Among Veterans
Consultant Live
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June 25, 2025
A team of researchers at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) is helping determine risks and benefits for higher-than-previously recommended doses of a medication to treat opioid use disorder. The upper daily limit of the medication, buprenorphine, was...
Utah governor takes over Western Governors’ Association chair
E&E News
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June 25, 2025
Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox became chair Tuesday of the bipartisan Western Governors’ Association. Cox, who succeeds New Mexico’s Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, will focus the group’s efforts on meeting energy demand across the West...
Voices: Salt Lake City is working to make its streets safer and more livable. The state shouldn’t stand in its way.
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Traffic-calming obstacles along 1000 East in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Unless you are bedridden in Salt Lake City, you have certainly noticed the large number of streets closed for...
Parkite couple competing in Saturday’s Red Bull Soapbox Race in Salt Lake City
Park Record - Utah
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June 13, 2025
Parkite couple Joshua and Jennifer Riff have always wanted to compete in a soapbox race. Saturday afternoon at the Utah State Capitol Grounds, they’ll get their chance, thanks to Red Bull. The couple and their team, Beehave Yourself, were chosen...
Utah and its flagship university are diving headfirst into artificial intelligence, come what may.
Salt Lake City Weekly
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Patrick Abbott loves cinema and would very much like to be a filmmaker. As a University of Utah student, he initially studied screenwriting before turning to editing, with the pioneering editor and sound designer Walter Murch (The Godfather,...
2 wrong-way drivers cause chaos on I-15 in Salt Lake City
KSL TV 5 - Utah
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June 12, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY — A frightening scene unfolded Sunday night on Interstate 15 just north of downtown Salt Lake City, as two separate wrong-way drivers entered the freeway within minutes of each other, causing one head-on crash and prompting serious...
Utah’s school voucher program is dominated by homeschoolers. It’s made reimbursements a ‘nightmare.’
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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June 25, 2025
About 80% of Utah’s school voucher recipients are homeschoolers, a much higher share than in other states with similar programs, according to state officials. That’s made the more than $80 million “Utah Fits All” program especially complicated to...
Red Bull Soapbox Race rolls into Salt Lake City; local family gears up for wild ride
KUTV - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Salt Lake City is known for being part engineering, part performance, and all-out wild. The Red Bull Soapbox Race captures the energy and is rolling into the city on Saturday — and one Utah family has made the cut. The...