Stephen F. Anderson, author of “A Broken Tree,” is pictured in his Lindon home on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News LINDON — The first piece of the puzzle came when Stephen F. Anderson’s brother was involved in an accident and the hospital called for blood donations. Anderson’s father was at the […]

Coby Rich, vice president of marketing at Entrata, and Nate Mathis, public relations manager, play foosball in the company’s break/lunch room in the Lehi on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Is Utah’s booming tech sector showing early signs of being victimized by its own success? Findings […]

John and Melanie Haering pose for a photo in Hong Kong. The couple is traveling aboard a cruise ship that has been quarantined in Japan due to exposure to the novel coronavirus. | Haering family Both John Haering and his wife, Melanie, who is quarantined at Travis Air Force Base, tested negative for the COVID-19 […]

Sofia Chacon and Claudia Chacon participate in the fifth annual March for Life Utah at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. | Ivy Ceballo, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — A senate committee approved a bill to ban all elective abortions in the state of Utah — save for exceptions […]

The Olympic flag is carried away during the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic Games closing ceremony, Sunday, Feb 24, 2002, at the Rice-Eccles Stadium. | Stuart Johnson, Deseret News Every action ‘should be considered public,’ new committee’s leader says SALT LAKE CITY — The chairwoman of the new committee created to bring the Olympics back […]

SALT LAKE CITY — The Legislature may gain additional supremacy over state firearm regulation with a bill that would prevent cities and counties from enacting their own gun laws. HB271 sponsor Rep. Cory Maloy, R-Lehi, told the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee that the legislation’s purpose is to “reinforce the fact that the […]

Lori Vallow, aka Lori Daybell, appears in court in Kauai, Hawaii, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. | Pool Lori Vallow, also known as Lori Daybell, waived extradition after a judge denied reducing her bail for the second time SALT LAKE CITY — Moments after a judge denied Lori Vallow a reduction in her $5 million […]

Darren Williams, director of the Good Samaritan Program, left, greets Gov. Gary Herbert, right, and Matt Melville, Catholic Community Services director of homeless services, as they tour the kitchen in St. Vincent de Paul Dining Hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Utahns have the option to donate to the Pamela Atkinson […]