While MLK Day was approved as a federal holiday in 1983, Utah was the last state to recognize it, almost 20 years later. In 1985, Terry Lee Williams—Utah's first African American state ...

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A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. This Feb. 11, 1915, edition of the Deseret ...

Yes. Though the Utah War has been called “bloodless,” in reality, Mormon militiamen in southern Utah perpetrated a horrific war atrocity on Sept. 11, 1857, in a valley called Mountain Meadows (which, ...

Transgender college students in Utah will be prohibited from living in dorms consistent with their gender identity under a ...

Nucor is currently building two utility structures production facilities in Decatur, Alabama, and Crawfordsville, Indiana.

USU alumna Sandra McDougall has provided planned gifts to the university, continuing her dedication to education and supporting future students.

Following her successful dinner date with bachelor Grant Ellis, Bachelor Nation is falling in love with Litia Garr, the Utah ...

The event, which is held annually during the weekend of the Super Bowl, is a fundraiser for Boys & Girls Club programing at ...

Liberty Park is in line for a facelift as it nears its 150th birthday, but what that will be has yet to be decided.