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Good morning!

In case you missed it, here are the top stories from last week:

President Nelson announces 17 new temples in final session of conference

Our favorite photos from October general conference

Sen. Mitt Romney weighs in on Trump, Harris economic plans

4 black bears euthanized after attacking Colorado man in his home

Utah's Black Desert Resort is hosting a PGA Tour event. How much does it cost to stay there?

The Tabernacle Choir has revealed the guest artist for this year’s Christmas concert

Could Mitt Romney be Kamala Harris’ secretary of state?

Sen. Mike Lee, Glenn Beck and others join Donald Trump on webinar directed at Latter-day Saint voters

The Trump campaign had a busy weekend, with a rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona; a door-knocking campaign that brought Utah volunteers to Phoenix; and a call pitching Latter-day Saint voters on why they should support former President Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election.

In a webinar Sunday night, Trump joined several prominent Latter-day Saint conservatives and Republican lawmakers, including:

Sen. Mike Lee
Blaze Media CEO Glenn Beck
Utah Reps. Burgess Owens and Celeste Maloy
Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs
Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich
Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador

Trump hit on several themes, including the centrality of family, religious liberty and the Constitution, in his remarks on the call. Vice President Kamala Harris is also reaching out to Latter-day Saint voters, who could prove pivotal to election outcomes in states like Arizona and Nevada.

Meanwhile, around 40 Utah Republican volunteers took a bus to Arizona to knock on doors for the Trump campaign in the important swing state.

The call and both campaigns’ outreach efforts are not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or its leaders. The church maintains a neutral position when it comes to politics.

Read more about what those in the webinar said to Latter-day Saint voters.

Butterfield is his canyon, and he’s keeping it clean

Bill Allinson, Butterfield Canyon's self-appointed chief of waste management, has made it his mission to keep the great outdoors clean.

Butterfield Canyon is a pine- and aspen-covered mountainside located just outside the western boundary of the Kennecott Copper Mine in the southwest corner of Salt Lake County. Allinson, who retired 19 years ago, has spent the past five years cleaning up the canyon.

Allinson told Deseret News reporter Lee Benson that the canyon has been his favorite place since childhood. After he retired, he began a habit of walking up the canyon's paved road. He began to notice that the others who traveled Butterfield Canyon had less respect for the land than he did, leaving beer cans and fast food wrappers.

He also noticed that nobody was picking up the trash — so he began doing it himself. About three days a week, he hikes around the canyon, collecting trash in garbage bags and carrying it to his truck, where he drives it off to the dump.

“I have so much love and pride for this canyon,” he said as he finished one of his recent garbage runs. “I get so much self-satisfaction out of doing this.”

Read more about the man keeping Butterfield Canyon clean.

More in Utah

Utah’s Picklr aims to take the nation’s fastest-growing sport to the masses (Deseret News)
Bird flu forces the culling of 1.8 million chickens in northern Cache County (KSL)
Beauty industry licensing restructure could affect over 60,000 workers statewide (KSL)
Human-caused ‘Cherry Creek Fire’ burns 1K acres in a few hours (ABC4)
As winter shelter deadlines draw near, Weber County is short one thing: a building (KUER)

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Faith

‘I felt wonderful’: Children in general conference choir share their experience singing about the Savior (Church News)
Zelenskyy meets Pope Francis at Vatican to discuss humanitarian situation in Ukraine (Religion News Service)

The Nation

Florida neighbors band together to recover after one-two punch from hurricanes Helene and Milton (The Associated Press)
Man with loaded gun arrested near Trump's Coachella rally, sheriff says (Axios)
SpaceX rocket booster successfully 'caught' on first attempt during flight test (NPR)

The World

Hezbollah drone attack kills four Israeli soldiers, as Israeli strikes kill 51 in Lebanon (BBC)
China launches war games around Taiwan, drawing anger in Taipei, concern from Washington (Reuters)
Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians (POLITICO)

Sports

BYU football: Kalani Sitake has built a nationally ranked team whose sum is greater than its parts in 2024 (Deseret News)
Who won the inaugural PGA Tour Black Desert Championship in southern Utah? (Deseret News)
What New York hockey fans know about Utah and its new NHL team (Deseret News)
How high did BYU climb, how far did Utah fall in this week’s college football polls? (Deseret News)
Ruth Chepngetich breaks women's world record by almost 2 minutes at Chicago Marathon (NPR)

Culture

Jay Evensen: Is the world ready for depopulation? (Deseret News)
Why the fall of the Berlin Wall still matters today (Deseret News)

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