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Polygamous group lets go of sprawling Arizona worship center

SALT LAKE CITY – A polygamous group based on the Utah-Arizona border is letting go of the sprawling building where its members worshipped, in the latest sign that the sect run by imprisoned ...

DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mormons to spend less time at church on Sundays

Time requirement to drop from 3 hours to 2

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mormon no more: Tabernacle Choir renamed in big church shift

SALT LAKE CITY – The world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir will be singing the same tune but under a new name. The choir was renamed Friday to strip out the word Mormon in a move a...

DATE: Oct 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Elizabeth Smart upset one of her kidnappers to be freed early

SALT LAKE CITY – A woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap Elizabeth Smart in 2002 will be freed from prison more than five years earlier than expected, a surprise decisio...

DATE: Sep 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Elizabeth Smart kidnapper to be released from prison

SALT LAKE CITY – A woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap Elizabeth Smart as a teenager in 2002 from her Salt Lake City bedroom and hold her captive will be freed from pr...

DATE: Sep 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mormon man opposing youth interviews says ouster likely

SALT LAKE CITY – A Mormon man facing church discipline for his public opposition to closed-door, one-on-one interviews of youth said Monday he thinks he might have helped his chances slightl...

DATE: Sep 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Woman suing over rape by Mormon leader speaks at his church

SALT LAKE CITY – A woman who sued a former Mormon missionary leader claiming that he raped her in the 1980s went to his church in Arizona on Sunday and told his congregation that church lead...

DATE: Sep 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

U.S. official reiterates push to move BLM out West

Ogden, Utah, cited as a possible location

DATE: Aug 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Shot hits Utah bus with passengers aboard

FRUIT HEIGHTS, Utah – A commuter bus and a semitrailer traveling on a Utah highway were accidentally hit when someone fired a series of shots from a nearby peach orchard early Monday morning...

DATE: Aug 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Church president: Use ‘Latter-day Saints’ not ‘Mormon’

SALT LAKE CITY – The faith has the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir, recently made a documentary about its members called “Meet the Mormons” and uses “Mormon” in its official website addresses...

DATE: Aug 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Judge: Clerk falsified complaint against Navajo candidate

SALT LAKE CITY – A judge who ordered a Utah county to put a Navajo man back on the ballot has determined the county clerk violated state law by improperly dating the residency complaint and ...

DATE: Aug 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman, kids seeking asylum take sanctuary in Utah church

SALT LAKE CITY – A playground surrounded by a large shade tree stands outside the First Unitarian Church in Salt Lake City, where Vicky Chavez and her two young daughters have been taking sa...

DATE: Jul 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion