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Utah gets $1.5M donation as it unveils more plans for new golden spike monument
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 11 - 7:47 p.m. | Save Story
New details about one of Utah's newest state monuments were released after a ceremony celebrating a resolution that creates the park.
New film tells story of 79 Latter-day Saint missionaries who escaped Nazi Germany
Carole Mikita, KSL-TV | Posted April 11 - 8:22 a.m. | Save Story
Just days before the start of World War II, Americans, many of them Utahns, escaped from Nazi Germany. They were Latter-day Saint missionaries serving in that country. Now a filmmaker is telling their story.
Eagle Mountain housing project draws attention as homes take shape near petroglyphs
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted April 6 - 7:07 p.m. | Save Story
Rock art is scattered around the land near the Oquirrh Mountain Ranch neighborhood in Eagle Mountain and it's prompted concern, though developers intend to protect the petroglyphs.
The story behind the 'Flaming W' on the hillside above Weber State's Ogden campus
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted April 4 - 3:03 p.m. | Save Story
As the story goes, some spirited Weber College fans carried 100 cans of kerosene up Mountain Ogden to light a flaming "W" on the hillside to celebrate homecoming in 1937.
Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102
Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN | Posted April 3 - 9:34 p.m. | Save Story
Lou Conter, the final survivor of the USS Arizona, the Navy battleship that was sunk — with a loss of 1,177 lives — during the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at age 102.
More details of historic Salt Lake building demolition emerge; city seeks changes
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 2 - 8:57 p.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake City leaders are considering changes to the city's historic building laws after an incident over the weekend that is still being investigated.
'It is unacceptable': SLC halts demolition of historic former church over Easter weekend
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Updated April 1 - 6:33 p.m. | Save Story
Crews began demolishing a century-old former church meetinghouse in Salt Lake City this weekend, but city officials brought the operation to a halt Sunday because they never issued a permit.
'He loved the cinema houses': Ogden remembers man who helped save Peery's Egyptian Theater
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted March 25 - 9:02 p.m. | Save Story
Van Summerill, who died earlier this month, spearheaded efforts in the 1980s and 1990s to save the iconic theater — a key part of the city's arts offerings — from the wrecking ball.
Jail door, paintings, documents purchased with Kirtland Temple now on display in Salt Lake City
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Posted March 25 - 1:06 p.m. | Save Story
A new Church History Museum exhibit showcases some of the artifacts recently purchased by the Church of Jesus Christ from the Community of Christ.
World War II Ghost Army veterans receive long-awaited Congressional Gold Medal
Gitanjali Poonia, Deseret News | Posted March 25 - 6:18 a.m. | Save Story
The Ghost Army is credited with saving the lives of tens of thousands of American soldiers and shortening World War II against Nazi Germany by at least six months — without ever firing a shot.
'Let's dance': Kevin Bacon accepts Payson High's prom invite as 'Footloose' turns 40
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted March 22 - 9:19 a.m. | Save Story
Kevin Bacon, the actor who filmed many scenes of the iconic 1984 film "Footloose" at Payson High School, is coming back for one last prom before the current building is torn down.
Downtown Salt Lake City could soon be revitalized. What does that mean for 'Japantown'?
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted March 19 - 9:01 p.m. | Save Story
A bill that outlines a new revitalization zone in downtown Salt Lake City is rekindling discussions over a plan to revamp what's left of the city's historic "Japantown" neighborhood.
Now you can spend a night behind bars — in comfort
Emma Pitts, Deseret News | Posted March 17 - 12:26 p.m. | Save Story
Ephraim began as a military fort long before it became best known as the home of Snow College.
'Everybody is Irish' during Salt Lake's 47th St. Patrick's Day Parade
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted March 16 - 8:12 p.m. | Save Story
Almost half a century after four men's impromptu march through downtown, St. Patrick Day festivities are still bringing people together.
How a historic Utah courthouse may serve as the 'model' for US federal buildings
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted March 12 - 9:02 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. building managers say they believe the historic Moss Courthouse will become a new standard for federal buildings across the country when its multiyear project wraps up next year.
How a 6.6 magnitude quake 90 years ago transformed Utah's earthquake science
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted March 12 - 3:01 p.m. | Save Story
One of Utah's largest earthquakes on record shook the state exactly 90 years ago, damaging thousands of buildings and causing two deaths.
Utah Historical Society, Sema Hadithi foundation seeking items related to Black history
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted March 7 - 8:33 p.m. | Save Story
Materials gathered at the Hill Air Force Base event will be copied and become part of the online Peoples of Utah Revisited collection.
Reconciliation and commemoration: Dred Scott's descendant tells her story
Hanna Seariac, Deseret News | Posted March 2 - 1:12 p.m. | Save Story
It was 1995 when Lynne Jackson, the great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott, heard a prompting from God.
