Good morning. Today’s temperatures: Logan: 38 - 69° 🌤️ Salt Lake City: 50 - 71° 🌤️ St. George: 55 - 87° ☀️ If you've had a pet, you know how animals can easily get the best of their human companions. But have you ever heard of an animal bartering with unsuspecting tourists? A video that recently went viral shows a monkey sitting on a little wall overlooking beautiful cliffs by the sea in Bali, holding a woman’s phone ransom in exchange for just the right kind of fruit. Watch the video here. Also on our mind: Utah Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney both weighed in on the House speaker vote, artist Greg Olsen signed a historic deal with Deseret Book and the Big 12 commissioner envisions a lot of future BYU-Utah clashes.
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| Inside the West’s $5 billion wild horse problem and one Utah man’s nation-wide ride to fix it |
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| | A 20-year-old from Heber City has embarked on a multi-state backcountry horseback ride spanning 7,000 miles from Utah all the way to New Jersey, then all the way back to California before returning to the Beehive state. Jake Harvath's goal is to complete this trek within a year. Jake has named this endeavor the “Year of the Mustang.” He’s documenting it all on his YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok page with the help of his friends and family to download, edit and post videos from his GoPro whenever he’s able to connect to the internet. He also organized a GoFundMe page for the endeavor, for which he’s raised over $4,800 so far. If he’s able to pull it off, Jake hopes to set a record for the longest horse pack trip ever done in the U.S. in a year’s time. But that’s not the main reason he’s doing it. Most of all, he wants to remind us of the power of the horse — how it helped settle the West — but also raise awareness of the modern-day plight of the wild horse. In a stunning feature story, Katie McKellar follows the beginning of Jake's journey and the motivations behind his mission. | Earlier this year, the nonprofit Mormon Women for Ethical Government, referred to as MWEG, combined efforts with Younify to share the documentary “The Abortion Topics,” which delves into how women can find common ground when they are faced with polar-opposite views. “Our politics don’t currently offer many examples of true peacemaking,” said Jennifer Walker Thomas, the co-executive director of the organization. “And it is hard to do what you don’t see. ... No matter how strongly women feel about an issue, they can and should talk to others who feel differently, which is exactly the sort of skill we work on at MWEG.” But, in addition to calls for peacemaking, as MWEG’s name suggests it seeks to weigh in on ethics in government. The organization has not shied away from partisan issues where its leaders say they feel they can make a difference. Their stated goals are to foster nonpartisan peacemaking, but the organization has also seen its fair share of internal and external conflict, testing its desire for civil dialogue and bipartisanship. Read more about how the organization began and how it has influenced public policy. More in Politics Utah Sens. Mike Lee, Mitt Romney weigh in on House speaker chaos (Deseret News) Jim Jordan falls short in first speaker’s vote, he vows to continue on (Deseret News) Rep. Burgess Owens sponsors bill to block Palestinians from immigrating to the U.S. (Deseret News) Robert Griffiths: In a polarized political landscape, there is real value in the middle ground (Deseret News) | FROM OUR SPONSOR CHARTWAY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Limited-Time Earn Up to 5.30% A CD ladder is an easy strategy that smart investors are using to capitalize on multiple share certificates. Take advantage of short-term returns at 5.30% APY with long-term gains of 5.00% APY, guaranteed. Laddering CDs lets you save more and dream bigger. See how Chartway can unlock your potential. | Health Researchers bioengineer skin, bioprint cartilage to fix ear malformation (Deseret News) Emotional support chickens spur controversy for family in Maine (Deseret News) Faith Artist Greg Olsen is taking a major turn in his career — with help from Deseret Book (Deseret News) The sad truth about sharing religious content online (Deseret News) Family Holly Richardson: How Swedish death cleaning can help you declutter your family history documents (Deseret News) Meagan Kohler: The happiness of women can’t be separated from the moral development of men. The church’s organization reflects this (Deseret News) Education Fall enrollment at Utah’s public colleges, universities up 1.8% over 2022 (Deseret News) How do you read an ancient and charred scroll? A 21-year-old college student figured it out (Deseret News) Weber Counties From tires to pristine: How Ogden recaptured its river (Deseret News) United Way of Northern Utah receiving $300K via Intermountain Health housing initiative (Standard-Examiner) Salt Lake County Salt Lake City high schools begin using weapons detectors (FOX 13) For Halloween, neighbors turn their Utah suburb into Barbieland (Salt Lake Tribune 🔒) The West To tackle groundwater overuse, Nevada takes new approach: buying back farmers’ rights (Nevada Independent) Arizona Rep. Debbie Lesko won't seek reelection in 2024 (FOX 10) The Nation What will happen to American citizens stuck in Gaza? (Deseret News) Trying to sell a timeshare? If the offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is, officials say (Deseret News) The World BYU Jerusalem Center students arrive safely in Greece, begin field study program next week (Deseret News) Israel-Palestine crisis intensifies with death toll rising, Israeli attacks increasing (Deseret News) | It is probably a stretch to say that at the midpoint of their first season in the Big 12, the BYU Cougars are the worst 4-2 team in the Football Bowl Subdivision. After all, the Cougars are No. 68 in ESPN’s latest College Football Power Index, ahead of No. 75 Marshall, No. 81 Georgia Southern, No. 83 Western Kentucky and No. 87 Louisiana, teams that also have four wins and two losses on their record. But a case could certainly be made that BYU, which was absolutely pummeled by TCU 44-11 last Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas, would have a tough time beating any of those four teams on their home fields, or at a neutral site. The team has been underwhelming this season, writes Jay Drew, who hopes the Cougars can learn from their mistakes and build on their strengths before the season's end. Read Drew's deep-dive into BYU's 4-2 record. More in Sports: ‘Rivalries, historic matchups are critically important’: Big 12 commissioner envisions a lot of future BYU-Utah clashes (Deseret News) BYU basketball and the Big 12: There’s only one way to go from here (Deseret News) NBA posts record season for sponsorship revenue (Deseret News) Here’s why some athletes at Italy’s 2026 Winter Olympics will have to compete in another country (Deseret News) |
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