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State revokes license of Provo Canyon School's Provo campus amid lawsuit, abuse allegations
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Updated July 17 - 3:42 p.m. | Save Story
Provo Canyon School's Provo campus license was revoked Friday by the state of Utah following continued allegations of abuse.

'Surprising and exciting': U. astronomers harness NASA telescopes for black hole discovery
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted July 14 - 9:00 p.m. | Save Story
In a discovery that has puzzled astronomers, University of Utah astronomers harnessed data to locate the first stellar-mass black hole in the massive globular star cluster Omega Centauri.

Why will Utahns be showing up to work Oct. 2 in jammies — and with a favorite book?
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted July 12 - 5:00 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and first lady Abby Cox announced a statewide read-a-thon for Oct. 2, encouraging schools, businesses and communities to set aside time to read.

21-year-old BYU student running a marathon around each campus building
Arianne Brown, KSL | Posted July 11 - 12:03 p.m. | Save Story
BYU student Sam Johnson has been running a marathon around each building on campus. To date, he has run nine on-campus marathons and has no plans on stopping anytime soon.

Why will Utahns be showing up to work Oct. 2 in jammies — and with a favorite book?
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted July 9 - 7:09 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and his wife, first lady Abby Cox, are staging a Utah Statewide Read-A-Thon for all ages.

Farmington High School Marching Band finds new stage after Washington parade cancellation
Debbie Worthen, KSL | Updated July 7 - 7:00 p.m. | Save Story
The Farmington High School Marching Band has quite the story to tell after heading to Washington to perform in the Fourth of July parade, which was canceled the night before due to excessive heat.

Brigham Young University building new housing for married students
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted July 3 - 7:47 p.m. | Save Story
Married Brigham Young University students will soon have more housing options, with the university set to build 11 new apartment buildings at the Wymount Terrace on-campus housing area.

Provo-Orem cracks another coveted national list
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted July 1 - 6:17 a.m. | Save Story
WalletHub is highlighting Provo — in tandem with Orem — in its "Most Educated Cities in America" Top 15 list.

University of Utah graduates have the best odds of launching $1B company, Stanford study finds
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted June 30 - 7:00 p.m. | Save Story
A study published this month determined University of Utah graduates are about 2.3 times as likely to build a unicorn as the average founder

SCOTUS upholds state laws banning transgender girls from school athletic teams
Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press | Updated June 30 - 10:03 a.m. | Save Story
The Supreme Court is upholding state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people.

This Utah school district is projected to be debt-free by 2031
Arianne Brown, KSL | Posted June 29 - 6:20 a.m. | Save Story
The Washington County School District is projected to be debt-free by 2031, joining only an hand full of school districts in the state who don't currently require the use of bonds.

BYU nursing professors, students working to transform mountain rescue operations in India
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted June 28 - 12:04 p.m. | Save Story
Every year, millions of Hindu pilgrims embark on a sacred pilgrimage through the Himalayas to visit ancient temple sites and every year, thousands die along the way.

Bankable news for University of Utah student-entrepreneurs envisioning $1B 'unicorn' businesses
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted June 27 - 10:33 p.m. | Save Story
A Stanford business professor says the University of Utah enjoys the best odds of transforming college student-entrepreneurs into wealthy "unicorn" founders. Why is that?

Why Burgess Owens touts apprenticeships as wise career-path educational options
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted June 27 - 5:46 p.m. | Save Story
Rep. Burgess Owens is certain that going to college is not the only dependable route to rewarding careers, and he spoke about that during a House subcommittee meeting on Wednesday.

3 new Utah County school districts sign 'historic' resource allocation agreement
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted June 26 - 9:30 p.m. | Save Story
The trio of new school districts born from the 2024 decision of Utah County voters to split Alpine School District on Thursday approved a "historic" agreement regarding resource allocation.

Program at UVU aims to help history teachers better teach the next generation
Kennedy Camarena, KSL | Posted June 26 - 12:04 p.m. | Save Story
The Center for Constitutional Studies hosted its seventh annual Constitutional Literacy Institute program to further educate K-12 history teachers so they can better educate the next generation.

Why different literacy measures for Utah kids tell different literacy stories
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted June 24 - 9:00 p.m. | Save Story
Research says academic troubles, with serious consequences, await youngsters who finish third grade without proficient reading skills. Lawmakers are taking action.

Utah Tech University to offer 19 new academic programs this fall
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted June 24 - 8:00 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Tech University introduced 19 new academic programs to be offered for the first time during the fall 2026 semester.


