Also on our minds today: A few things to know if you're thinking about xeriscaping your yard, COVID-19 booster shots and how do Americans feel about coaches praying with their teams? Read these and other important stories below.
As the 2022 water year comes to a close, how did Utah fare?
Utah's 2022 water year began in October 2021, and levels looked promising at first with a snowpack well above average as we began the 2022 calendar year.
The strong start didn't last long though, and the weather throughout the first few months of the new year — Utah had its third-driest January on record — resulted in Utah's final snowpack levels finishing at about 75% of the norm.
However, it wasn't all dry. As I'm sure those of you who are local to Utah remember, we had a pretty healthy monsoon season. This did help precipitation levels, but the record-breaking heat did not.
All in all, if you "add it all up, and it wasn't a terrible water year, but it also wasn't a great one," Carter Williams writes for KSL.com.
Read more about Utah's 2022 water year, and what officials are predicting for 2023.
Following up on our coverage from last week about how inflation is affecting Utahns, a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll reflects just how much extra cash Utahns are having to shell out.
The poll looks at how much Utahns are finding themselves spending on basic necessities like gas, groceries and household items.
When asked how much more per month they are paying on basic goods compared to this time last year, nearly a third answered within the $200 to $400 range. Almost a fourth of Utahns responded that their expenses had risen over $400 per month for basic goods.
Read more about the poll and how respondents are grading their financial situations in today's economy.
More in Politics:
Opinion: Worried about drought, incivility, economic uncertainty? Join the conversation (Deseret News)
Sen. Mike Lee wants to undo the Inflation Reduction Act’s medication price caps (KUER)
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Utah Tech professor continues to ‘make things right,’ pays $76K restitution for stolen computer equipment (St. George News)
'Election integrity' emerges as issue in southwestern Utah as 2022 midterms approach (The Spectrum)
The Nation:
Uvalde shooting survivors file 1st federal lawsuit against school district (ABC News)
Dozens left dead in Hurricane Ian's wake as death toll grows in Florida; heavy floods predicted (NBC News)
The World:
A suicide bomber killed 25 people in Kabul. Here’s what happened (Deseret News)
Inuit Greenlanders demand answers over Danish birth control scandal (BBC News)
Entertainment:
8 Halloween movies you can watch with your family (Deseret News)
Sports:
What No. 12 Utah’s opportunistic win over Oregon State means amid the early Pac-12 race (Deseret News)
How Americans feel about praying football coaches (Deseret News)
How one U.S. soccer player is honoring his father (Deseret News)
Macy Griffin and Britton Parkinson walk into the Saturday morning session of the 192nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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