Plus, the 10 candidates running to replace Mitt Romney
Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: ☀️ 35 – 68° in Logan ☀️ 42 – 71° in Salt Lake ☀️ 47 – 82° in St. George NASA Astro Access ambassador Lindsay Yazzolino, blind since birth, is working to make space travel accessible to people who are blind. On Wednesday, she addressed students at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind in Salt Lake City. Read more about how Yazzolino uses her lived experience and science background to collaborate with other professionals to make the world — and space travel — more accessible. Also on our mind: The signing of a school safety law, a surprise U.S. inflation spike and why Victor Wembanyama and Brandon Sanderson met after a Utah Jazz game. |
| IOC official sees ‘the spirit of Utah’ during tour of potential 2034 Winter Olympics venues |
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| | Austrian International Olympic Committee member Karl Stoss, in Utah to lead “a deep dive” into plans for a 2034 Winter Games, wasn’t ready to say Wednesday that another Olympics in the state is a done deal. “But we have a very good feeling,” a smiling Stoss told reporters after he and other members of the IOC’s Future Host Commission heard a presentation on the sixth floor of the University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium tower that focused on what another Games would mean for the state. Read more about what the IOC says about the future of the Olympics in Utah. |
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More in Utah: First lady Abby Cox recovering from emergency surgery (Deseret News) Utah Lt. Gov. Henderson signs school safety bill, other ‘family-friendly’ measures at ceremonial bill signing (Deseret News) Teams ‘closely’ monitoring Panguitch Lake dam; weather service issues flood watch (KSL) Utah immersive fantasy park Evermore shutting down; property owner promises a ‘new attraction’ (KSL) | Republican U.S. Senate candidates running to replace Sen. Mitt Romney divided themselves into two camps during a state delegate forum on Wednesday — those who touted their effectiveness within the political system and those who vowed to disrupt it. While the candidates were split, a majority of the roughly 300 state delegates at the Eagle Forum event in Orem seemed united in their preference for antiestablishment pledges over past political experience. Read more about the 10 candidates vying for the Senate seat. | FROM OUR SPONSOR RIRIE-WOODBURY DANCE COMPANY Wrapping up the momentous 60th anniversary season, ASCENT soars to new heights. ASCENT, April 18–20, 2024, features Stefanie Batten Bland’s “Look Who’s Coming to Dinner” and two world premieres: “Chapters of Being,” by former Company Artistic Director Charlotte Boye-Christensen, and Artistic Director Daniel Charon’s “STORYOGRAPH,” accompanied by the Salt Lake Electric Ensemble. | Faith Why a rabbi is among those thanking John Calipari for his time at Kentucky (Deseret News) ‘Unprecedented access’: Frequently viewed Taylorsville Utah Temple opens to public (Church News) Sports Is Utah’s Tony Finau a ‘sleeper’ to win the Masters, which begins Thursday at Augusta National? (Deseret News) Report: NHL preparing for the possibility of Arizona Coyotes relocating to Salt Lake City next season (Deseret News) Why Victor Wembanyama and Brandon Sanderson met after a Utah Jazz game (Deseret News) This former BYU basketball player is reportedly back in the transfer portal (Deseret News) The West Arizona Supreme Court upholds 1864 law, a near-total abortion ban (Deseret News) Chad Daybell trial: Prosecution, defense give opening arguments (Deseret News) The Nation Housing, gasoline cost surges drive surprise U.S. inflation spike (Deseret News) Mitt Romney advocates strong U.S.-Japan alliance as Biden, Kishida meet (Deseret News) The World March 2024 sets heat record for 10th month in a row (Deseret News) Jay Evensen: How to fight Russian propaganda (Deseret News) Entertainment A ‘Dune Messiah’ movie is officially happening. Here’s what you should know about the book (Deseret News) How movie theaters fight the pre-summer movie slump (Deseret News) | Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, bends down to kiss Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, on the head as they exit after the Saturday morning session at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2024. Read more about the messages given at general conference. |
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