Around Utah
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- Sports
Unbeaten in Big Sky play, Utah Tech volleyball takes 10-match streak to Montana
The Trailblazers, 6-0 in their first Big Sky season, can set a program NCAA-era record for consecutive wins this week at Montana State and Montana.
- Education
New 'Feed Utah Kids' license plate raises money for school lunch debt
Each plate sends $30 a year toward student meal debt, which a nonprofit puts at nearly $4 million statewide.
- Growth & housing
Downtown district plan adds 6,000-seat concert hall and rebuilt Delta Center entrance
Smith Entertainment Group and city and county leaders say the redesigned blocks around the Delta Center and Salt Palace should be finished before the 2034 Winter Games.
- Outdoors & skiing
Judge halts plan to move Forest Service headquarters to Salt Lake City
A federal court in California paused USDA relocations and office closures, saying the agency must make its case to Congress first.
- Growth & housing
Moab-area pickleball courts and accessible playground open Oct. 23
The eight courts at the Old Spanish Trail Arena south of Moab follow years of efforts to build dedicated pickleball courts in the area.
- Politics
WPA Architecture hired to design American Fork's $40 million public works complex
A five-member committee interviewed the two top-scoring of four firms and unanimously recommended WPA, whose fee was lower. The council approved the award 3-0. A construction manager is still to be chosen.
- Sports
Springville girls, Viewmont boys lead 5A cross country qualifiers in Orem
Maple Mountain's Rohatinsky siblings and three other runners posted the top individual times at Wednesday's divisional meets, which set the field for the Oct. 27 state meet at Sugar House Park.
- Business
Lehi hospital family room seeks year-round help after donation drive
The Ronald McDonald House room at Primary Children's Miller Family Campus serves about 3,000 families a year and is booking 2027 meal volunteers.
- Sports
BYU running back Sione Moa cleared, could return against Notre Dame
Moa, out since tearing knee ligaments in the season opener, practiced fully Tuesday, but BYU's offensive coordinator said the team has not decided whether he will play.
- Growth & housing
Park City's Bonanza Park housing project review delayed again for redesign
The developer of the city-owned Five-Acre Site, planned for 106 homes including 88 deed-restricted affordable units, asked for more time to revise designs and brief the City Council.
- Education
BYU medical school wins preliminary accreditation, will enroll first class in 2027
Applications open in the coming weeks, and a 275,000-square-foot permanent building is planned next to Utah Valley Hospital.
- Sports
ESPN picks Heritage Halls lawn for BYU's 'College GameDay' set
The free broadcast starts at 7 a.m. Saturday ahead of No. 8 BYU's game against No. 2 Notre Dame, and it marks a move away from the stadium parking lot used for past visits.
- Outdoors & skiing
First storm of the ski season buries Little Cottonwood, misses northern Utah
Alta and Snowbird reported well over a foot of new snow from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel, while Park City and the Ogden Valley and Logan-area resorts saw little.
- Sports
U. trustees approve $39.1M upgrade to Rice-Eccles suites
The project will add suites and two clubs and relocate the press box, with the first phase due in August 2027 and funding drawn from the university's private equity deal.
- Growth & housing
Wasatch County and state ease tensions after funding threat, but law fight remains
County leaders still want lawmakers to repeal a 2024 law letting large developments seek preliminary town status.
- Politics
Half of this year's state school board races are already settled
Four of eight Utah State Board of Education seats are uncontested, guaranteeing at least three Democrats on the 15-member board in January.
- Politics
Moore and Crosby debate tariffs, Iran war and solar in 2nd District debate
With a recent poll showing a five-point gap, Democratic challenger Peter Crosby said Republican Rep. Blake Moore is content with the status quo, and Moore pointed to his legislative record.
- Politics
Brigham City Council wants operating costs before deciding on $10 million rec center
The council has not yet decided whether to spend $500,000 on design and engineering for the proposed indoor recreation building.
- Growth & housing
State leaders eye FrontRunner, interchanges as 2034 Olympics projects
Senate President Stuart Adams says FrontRunner may need another $1 billion beyond federal money already lined up.
- Tech · Feature
Utah and artificial intelligence, explained
Utah was early to write AI rules, and now the fight has moved to large data centers in rural counties, where opposition has already cost officials their seats.
- Money & banking · Feature
Utah's industrial banks, explained
Utah charters most of the nation's industrial banks, and in 2026 regulators cleared banks for Ford, GM, Stellantis and Edward Jones while PayPal, Klarna and others wait.
- Outdoors & skiing · Feature
The Colorado River crisis and Utah's stake, explained
With Lake Powell and Lake Mead at record lows, the federal government imposed a two-year plan that cuts Lower Basin deliveries but spares Utah from forced cuts for now.
- Growth & housing · Feature
Utah's housing crunch, explained
Prices have leveled off, but the median Utah home now costs $520,000 and about 91% of renters cannot afford the typical monthly payment, as the state pushes for 150,000 new homes by 2028.
- Sports · Feature
The Delta Center rebuild and Salt Lake's sports district, explained
A half-cent sales tax is paying to remake the Delta Center and the blocks around it, while a separate group pursues a Major League Baseball team for the city's west side.
- Sports · Feature
Utah's 2034 Winter Games, explained
Utah won its second Winter Olympics in 2024 with its venues already standing, so the run-up to 2034 is about money, transit, legacy programs and who is in charge.
- Education · Feature
Utah Fits All, the state's voucher program, explained
Utah is spending about $120 million this year on private-school and homeschool scholarships while the Utah Supreme Court weighs a ruling that the program is unconstitutional.
- Politics · Feature
How Utah got a new congressional map, explained
A 2018 ballot initiative, a court fight that began in 2022 and a failed repeal drive produced the map Utah votes under on Nov. 3, including a Salt Lake County district that leans Democratic.
- Outdoors & skiing · Feature
The Great Salt Lake's long decline, explained
After a record-dry winter, the lake sits about a foot above its 2022 record low, and the state is relying on conservation, water leasing and a causeway berm to hold the line.
- Sports
Lehi girls soccer beats Herriman to reach 6A quarterfinals
The sixth-seeded Pioneers won 3-1 at home and play at No. 3 Farmington on Thursday.
- Sports
RSL, four points out of a playoff spot, hosts San Jose and Bruce Arena
Six matches remain for Real Salt Lake, which faces the coach who managed Pablo Mastroeni at the 2002 World Cup as Ari Piol returns early from a torn Achilles.
- Sports
Mammoth hold off late Maple Leafs rally for 5-4 home win
Utah blew most of a 5-2 lead in the third period, and coach Andre Tourigny said afterward the team needs to close games better.
- Sports
Lone Peak survives Skyridge in shootout as girls soccer playoffs open
Top-seeded Lone Peak rallied from two goals down against No. 16 Skyridge and won the penalty shootout 3-0.
- Sports
Young Lehi team wins school's first state boys golf title
Lehi's sophomores and juniors finished 14 under to beat Skyridge by seven shots and end Corner Canyon's three-year reign.
- Crime & safety
Judge sends No Kings volunteer to trial for manslaughter in bystander's death
Matthew Alder, 43, is accused of firing the shot that killed Arthur "Afa" Ah Loo at the 2025 Salt Lake City protest while aiming at a man carrying a rifle.
- Outdoors & skiing
Early snow shuts Guardsman Pass between Park City and Big Cottonwood
UDOT expects the mountain route to reopen Thursday morning, and the closure is temporary rather than the pass's usual winter shutdown.
- Outdoors & skiing
Prescribed burns planned across thousands of acres of Dixie National Forest
Broadcast and pile burns near Duck Creek, Pine Valley, Escalante and along state Route 12 could send smoke over southern Utah highways this fall and winter.
- Growth & housing
Lehi residents to get doorstep pickup for household hazardous waste
Lehi and Roy are the two pilot cities for a Waste Management program aimed at keeping paint, batteries and propane out of garbage trucks.
- Growth & housing
Lehi marker honors pioneer woman whose late wheat survived 1855 grasshoppers
The Lehi Historical Society unveiled its 24th marker at Dry Creek Park, with the next set for Lehi Junction on Nov. 7.
- Tech
University of Utah launches Redtail AI supercomputer for statewide use
The machine will serve higher education first, then government, K-12 schools and industry, with 21 research projects already selected.
- Education
Park City schools contractor gets until Oct. 16 to answer state over contaminated water
State regulators say more than 518,000 gallons of groundwater with arsenic and lead went into a storm line at a school construction site without a permit, and the district has not answered questions about its earlier statements.
- Education
University of Utah trustees adopt 10-year campus master plan
The plan sketches a new student village, a second student union and a renovated Huntsman Center but approves no specific projects.
- Growth & housing
Lehi planners to weigh rezoning, subdivisions at Oct. 22 hearing
The planning commission will hear a request to rezone about 1.89 acres for homes and review two residential subdivisions.
- Growth & housing
U of U Health to build new Redwood clinic in west side Power District
Trustees approved buying about 14 acres from Larry H. Miller Real Estate near North Temple and Redwood Road.
- Business
Utahns' rating of quality of life falls to record low as housing costs bite
A statewide index found housing affordability rated lowest of 20 factors, and confidence in good-job opportunities slipped.
- Politics
Utah House outlines data center rules as lawmakers weigh more limits
A Utah House post outlines laws on electricity costs, water reporting and tax incentives, and Speaker Mike Schultz says lawmakers 'do not want a state full of data centers.'
- Sports
Jazz plan free fan party and purple carpet walk before home opener
The celebration starts at 4 p.m. Oct. 23 on SeatGeek Plaza ahead of the 7:30 p.m. game against New Orleans.
- Outdoors & skiing
Cedar Breaks visitor center and museum to close for winter by Oct. 17
Snow already closed the high-elevation monument's visitor center for a day this week, and the park service says water may be shut off early.
- Sports
Power ratings favor Skyridge, Corner Canyon and Lone Peak in Week 10 showdowns
Skyridge-American Fork rates as the closest of Utah County's big matchups in Noland Parry's weekly Deseret News guide.
- Outdoors & skiing
Groups sue to stop oil truck route near Nine Mile Canyon rock art
Three groups say the BLM skipped required reviews when it approved paving and straightening Gate Canyon's road between Uinta Basin oil fields and Carbon County rail yards.
- Sports
Former Ute Isaac Wilson to start at quarterback for Colorado against Utah
Deion Sanders confirmed Wilson will start Saturday in Boulder, while Utah coach Morgan Scalley played down any edge from the familiarity on both sides.