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One of Utah's oldest Mormon chapels to be demolished
One of the oldest Mormon chapels in Utah will soon be demolished to make way for a new church. The 133-year-old Paradise 2nd and 3rd Ward church in Cache County will be leveled next month. Church historians say the chapel, located in the heart of Paradise, was completed in 1877 and features...
Census: Share of Utah's Mormon residents holds steady
For nearly two decades, Utah’s population continued to rise while the percentage of its people who are Mormon slowly and steadily declined. Then the recession hit, jobs dried up and people hunkered down. Utah’s population is 62.2 percent LDS and that percentage hasn’t moved much in the past...
New vision for Utah: ‘safest place for families’ in nation
For Peg Coleman, it was like nothing she had ever experienced before. It was March 31, Coleman’s first day in Salt Lake City, and she’d spent it exploring the city on foot. As she walked near Temple Square, Coleman suddenly found herself in a tide of men making their way toward the LDS...
Elder Dallin H. Oaks dedicates new home of Utah's largest law firm
Elder Dallin H. Oaks was among friends Thursday afternoon, surrounded by legal professionals at the new home of Utah's largest law firm. Elder Oaks, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Quorum of the Twelve, officially welcomed Kirton McConkie to City Creek Center and...
LDS Church to reuse the rubble from the old downtown malls
With all the attention paid to the new City Creek Center development, a lot of Utahns may be starting to forget what was there before. But a reminder of the ZCMI Center and Crossroads Plaza is seen by drivers every day. Alongside an I-80 frontage road at 7200 West, there's a sizable pile of...
Billboard: Why did LDS leader say Mormons are warlike?
MR says: Have you seen this? Since Friday, drivers on southbound Interstate 15 have been confronted by an LDS Church leader’s claim that "we are a warlike people." The billboard, paid for by a group of libertarians and constitutionalists, asks "Why did [LDS Church President] Spencer W. Kimball say: ‘We...
Private LDS school to become Utah’s first iSchool
Hundreds of parents and students packed Thanksgiving Point's Show Barn on Friday night for the announcement that Liahona Preparatory Academy, a private LDS-based K-12 school in Pleasant Grove, will become Utah's first iSchool next month. All students, beginning in kindergarten, will be using...
Photos of life in Utah in 1940
MR says: In celebration of the 1940 U.S. Census records being released today, enjoy this spectacular photo gallery of the 1940s. These photos from the Utah State Historical Society show life in Utah in the...
LDS Church, neighbors clash over proposed 9-story MTC building
Most people oppose the building, which will be as tall as the LaVell Edwards Stadium. That meeting held for neighbors by the Missionary Training Center on Thursday sounded a lot like LDS missionaries knocking on the door of a non-believer: one side believes that when the prophet speaks the debate is...
City Creek prepares for LDS General Conference weekend
The debut of City Creek Center exceeded expectations, but owners of the shops and stores that constitute the mixed-use downtown destination are bracing for more, possibly larger, crowds in its second weekend. Scott Trotter, spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...
Mormon church, state and alcohol laws to mix in federal courtroom
A federal judge will hear arguments Monday over a lawsuit challenging changes to Utah liquor laws that the Utah Hospitality Association says were made under pressure from the LDS Church. State attorneys have asked U.S. District Judge Bruce Jenkins to dismiss the complaint, arguing that The Church...
Elder M. Russell Ballard introduces new University of Utah president David W. Pershing to LDS students
The new president of the University of Utah was formally introduced to LDS students Sunday evening by a member of the church's governing Quorum of the Twelve apostles. Elder M. Russell Ballard of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the featured speaker at a devotional of the...
How Utah’s Capitol marches to a Mormon beat
In Utah, the question isn’t whether the LDS Church wields hefty political clout, but how it does so. And the answer, according to state legislators, may surprise some. That Mormon influence, lawmakers say, does not generally come from edicts over the pulpit or through lobbying in the halls of...
First Presidency attends City Creek opening
MR says: What an incredible day this was! This article has an excellent photo gallery of the events. The First Presidency participated in Thursday's ceremonial ribbon cutting at City Creek Center, signaling the long-awaited opening of Salt Lake City's newest mall. President Thomas S. Monson and his two...
Provo panel recommends closing 100 South for temple
The Planning Commission gave its blessing Tuesday to plans to close a street for the city’s second Mormon temple. The commission unanimously voted to recommend the Municipal Council approve vacating 100 South between University Avenue and 100 West. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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