Utah’s Gianna Kneepkens To Enter The Transfer Portal

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah women’s basketball guard Gianna Kneepkens has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. The star guard averaged a team-high 19.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steal per game this season. She was also remarkably efficient, shooting …

Report: Miller family negotiating to buy Real Salt Lake, Utah Royals

The Miller family is “nearing a deal” to purchase controlling stakes of Real Salt Lake and the Utah Royals from David Blitzer, Sportico reported Friday. According to Sportico, “nothing has been signed, and it’s possible a sale will not happen.” The Deseret …

Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public water

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Utah is first state to ban fluoride in water, restrict flags on public buildings

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah became the first state in the nation to restrict all but a few approved flags from being flown on government buildings and to prohibit fluoride from being added to public water systems. Gov. Spencer Cox allowed the flag bill to take …

Utah Judge allows lawsuit to protect Great Salt Lake to move forward

Signs of drought at the Great Salt Lake. Photo: TownLift // Kevin Cody. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A Utah judge has ruled that a major lawsuit against the state over its failure to protect the Great Salt Lake can proceed, despite state officials’ …

Utah unions need 11K more signatures to put collective bargaining ban on ballot

That’s more than half of the 141,000 valid signatures needed to qualify a citizen-led referendum for the ballot under Utah law. The deadline for signature gathering is April 14. The referendum seeks to repeal HB267, passed during the 2025 General Session. …

Here's how much losing Sundance is going to cost Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — After a 40-year-plus run, the vaunted Sundance Film Festival is leaving Utah, and taking millions of dollars with it. The Sundance Institute announced Thursday that it will relocate the annual event to Boulder, Colorado, splitting away …

Utah women's basketball star Gianna Kneepkens enters the transfer portal

SALT LAKE CITY — Gianna Kneepkens had a tough decision to make at the conclusion of this season. The Utah sharpshooter for the women's basketball team had gotten some WNBA attention and there was potential for her to forego her final season with the …

Eight impactful Utah women you may not know about

A graphic shows Jane Manning James, Alice Merrill Horne, Elaine Anderson Cannon and Leah D. Widtsoe. BYU professors said these women were particularly impactful or inspiring to them. (Photos courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and …

Utah just banned fluoride in drinking water, long considered to be one of the greatest health achievements of the last ...