News from Utah
Church teams up to teach refugees language skills
When refugees arrive in Utah from battle-ravaged and unstable countries, they typically are placed in English classes for an hour or so a week. Motivated refugees may get as much as 45 minutes a day studying the new language. But such short barrages of English don't cut it for most refugees,...
Elder D. Todd Christofferson to speak at BYU commencement
Elder D. Todd Christofferson, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be the speaker at BYU's April Commencement. The ceremony on Thursday, April 22 will begin at 4 p.m. in the Marriott Center, with a live broadcast on KBYU-TV (channel...
SLC being ‘checked out’ for 2012 Republican Convention
Thanks to Mitt Romney, the head of the site selection team for the 2012 GOP National Convention said Tuesday she knows more about Salt Lake City than the other two cities competing to host the event: Tampa, Fla., and Phoenix. But Holly Hughes, a Republican national committeewoman from Michigan,...
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff urges Mormons and Jews to stick together
When Daniel Ayalon, the former Israeli ambassador to the United States, visited Utah, he was surprised and delighted to find a Jordan River, a Zion's Bank and a city called Moab. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff recalled the story last week at the semiannual meeting of B'nai Shalom, a society...
Pres. Monson opens 180th General Conference
The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints thanked members Saturday for their dedication to their faith and service at the start of the 180th Annual General Conference. "Thank you my brothers and sisters for your faith and devotion," President Thomas S. Monson said. "You...
Utah's Attorney General urges Mormons, Jews to stick together
Imagine walking into an LDS chapel to find Marvin Goldstein playing prelude music and Utah's Attorney General Mark Shurtleff sitting up on the stand. Both were on-hand for B'nai Shalom, a semiannual gathering of Mormons and Jews to celebrate Jewish culture, heritage, and traditions. After...
Historic Eagle Gate a prominent Salt Lake landmark
For more than 150 years, the Eagle Gate has been one of downtown Salt Lake City's most prominent landmarks. Built in 1859 to mark the entrance to Brigham Young's farmland as well as City Creek Canyon, the monument has been altered four times — as State Street became a public thoroughfare and...
LDS Foundation donates $500,000 to Utah Symphony and Opera
The Utah Symphony and Opera is getting a gift that should be music to the ears of members and supporters. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Foundation will donate $500,000 to the music organization, officials announced Thursday. "The foundation and other donors recognize the...
MBA grads give thumbs up to BYU business school
Business schools at the University of Utah and Brigham Young University have scored high on a national student survey for the second consecutive year. More than 19,000 MBA graduates nationwide recently participated in a survey of how well various schools prepared them for the real world. The U.'s...
Deseret Book flagship store to open at City Creek Friday
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Deseret Book is about to unveil its new flagship store in downtown Salt Lake City. It will be the first big retail outlet in City Creek Center. President and CEO Sheri Dew spoke to KSL about the...
New dorms for BYU! Provo approves
Mormon Life says: Looks like it will be a great addition to the campus.
As early as the fall semester of 2011, some 744 students could be living in new, apartment-style housing units on the BYU campus. The Provo Planning Commission Wednesday night approved a...
Church honored for Salt Lake development progress
Despite a nationwide recession, Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker says downtown Salt Lake hasn't slowed down. "If you look at the things going on downtown … the reality is that there is a plan for downtown and we're filling in the pieces to make a constructive, vibrant downtown," the mayor said...
Look who's growing and who isn't in Utah
When it comes to growth, Utah is still whistlin' Dixie, Coal Country is still singing the blues and the state, as a whole, is still humming lullabies. The latest census estimates are out -- the last batch for counties and metropolitan areas before 2010 Census numbers are released next year. Here...
Huge genealogy event planned by Church
President Henry B. Eyring of the LDS Church First Presidency, author David McCullough, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square will participate in a tribute to family history on April 29. The event, "A Celebration of Family History," will be at the LDS Conference Center...
Sky bridge rises over Main Street in downtown SLC
While Salt Lake City slept early Sunday morning, work crews with the City Creek Center were building a once-controversial pedestrian walkway over Main Street. By the time the sun rose, the steel framework for the sky bridge was firmly in place, spanning the roughly 140-foot reach between the...
