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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Politics
Moore and Crosby clash over tariffs, Iran war and solar in 2nd District debate
With a recent poll showing a five-point gap, the Democratic challenger cast the Republican incumbent as content with the status quo while Moore touted 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.
- 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.
- 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
Lone Peak survives Skyridge in shootout as girls soccer playoffs open
Lehi and American Fork also advanced in 6A, while Timpanogos upset No. 2 Wasatch in double overtime and Salem Hills knocked off Timpview in the 5A and 4A openers.
- Politics
Logan drafts limits on size, water and power for data centers
Draft rules would confine data centers to industrial park zones, keep them 1,000 feet from homes and cap their water use at 10 million gallons a year.
- Growth & housing
Box Elder, Iron counties race to write data center rules as moratoriums wind down
Iron County's draft would cap water use at 50,000 gallons a day for big projects, and Box Elder officials say their rules will land on the restrictive end.
- Utah history · Feature
SunFirst Bank: how online-poker payments reached a small Utah lender
SunFirst’s search for capital drew it into illegal online-poker processing. Its closure, a banker’s guilty plea and the receivership’s later termination show how payment access, bank solvency and customer protection intersected.
- Utah history · Feature
UTOPIA’s growing fiber network and the debt its cities still carry
Utah’s municipal fiber system has expanded and its financing partner has strengthened. Original city-backed debts remain, making UTOPIA a case study in the difference between operational progress and fiscal recovery.
- Utah history · Feature
First Security’s two merger paths: How Wells Fargo acquired a Utah banking leader
First Security’s failed combination with Zions and its 2000 acquisition by Wells Fargo show how shareholder decisions and local competition shaped Utah banking consolidation.
- Growth & housing
Utah’s proposed Stratos AI data center draws scrutiny over scale, power and process
A new report examines the stalled Box Elder County proposal, local opposition and the infrastructure demands behind the proposed AI campus.