Plus, is Salt Lake City a hockey town? And what Sen. Mitt Romney says Utah needs ahead of a 2034 Olympics.
Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: ☀️ 44 - 72° in Logan ☀️ 54 - 77° in Salt Lake ☀️ 51 - 81° in St. George BYU basketball fans woke up to sad news Friday with the announcement that head coach Mark Pope was named the University of Kentucky's next head coach. Take a look back at 10 of Pope's best wins at BYU. You can read more about Pope's exit in the sports section below. Later on Friday, Utah sports fans got the news that an NHL franchise could be headed to Utah. Will Salt Lake City become a hockey town? Also on our mind: The FISA debate, the rise in "gray divorce" and how Pope's exit leaves BYU in a world of hurt. |
| The pet crisis is overwhelming the nation’s shelters, rescue groups |
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| | Animal shelters are filling up in Utah and across the country. Shelter Animals Count said 6.5 million animals entered shelters in 2023, and an estimated 900,000 animals weren't adopted. “I’ve been doing this for 10 years and I have never seen so many puppies in shelters in Utah,” said Stacey Nixon, with South Ogden City Animal Control. One of the problems isn't that people aren't getting pets, it's that they're not getting pets from shelters. “We began increasing the number of animals coming into shelters, but not increasing the number of animals leaving at the same pace, so we really got into this bottleneck situation of too many animals in our care and at the same time, more continuing to come in each year,” said Stephanie Filer, executive director of Shelter Animals Count. |
Read more about the pet crisisand possible solutions. |
| Utah government and business leaders united at a Friday gathering to celebrate the state’s high-flying economy, including a plaudit earlier this week from The Wall Street Journal that named the Salt Lake metropolitan area the country’s top spot for jobs, but also cautioned that rising challenges must be addressed to keep the mojo rising. At the One Utah Summit held in downtown Salt Lake City, the event formerly branded as the Governor’s Economic Summit, Natalie Gochnour, associate dean for the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business and director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, gave her annual rundown of the state’s economic highs and lows for the past year and some things to keep an eye on in the days ahead. Read more about the highs and lows of the last economic year in Utah. More in Politics Sen. Mitt Romney warns U.S. exports can be used for military purposes (Deseret News) FISA: Intelligence agencies still don’t need a warrant to spy on Americans (Deseret News) More diverse than ever: How the Democratic and Republican parties have changed over the last 3 decades (Deseret News) Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: What to expect at Utah’s political conventions (Deseret News) | Entertainment Bad Bunny drops suit after alleged bootlegger removes Salt Lake videos from YouTube (Deseret News) ‘Golden Bachelor’ couple Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist announce divorce (Deseret News) Family ‘Golden Bachelor’: ‘Gray divorce’ continues to grow (Deseret News) Can Meta's new Instagram protect teens from sexploitation? (Deseret News) Faith April 2024 general conference messages now available in Gospel Library (Church News) Sports Analysis: Mark Pope's exit leaves Cougars in a world of hurt (Deseret News) Is Salt Lake City a hockey town? (Deseret News) The loss of Mark Pope is significant, but BYU will survive (Deseret News) The players leaving BYU along with Mark Pope — and other Utah ties in the transfer portal (Deseret News) As Jazz season winds down, it is what it is (Deseret News) How to watch Utah’s spring game — and what to watch for (Deseret News) Reports: Arizona Coyotes players have been told of pending move to Utah (Deseret News) Police and Courts Police looking for Sandy woman charged with exploiting elderly woman with dementia (KSL) Utah man sends $45K to get son out of jail only to find out he was never arrested (KSL) Utah American Airlines announces flights out of Provo Airport starting this fall (Deseret News) Panguitch Lake dam mitigation efforts effective; evacuation warning lifted (KSL) Shaping the future of aviation tech: UVU’s autonomous electric tug (Deseret News) The U.S. and World Sky-high housing costs push homeownership out of reach for many U.S. renters (Deseret News) A truck driver crashed into a Texas government office, killing 1 (Deseret News) Biden warns Iran against attacking Israel (BBC) |
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