Also: How Latter-day Saint faith and family influenced ‘American Idol’ winner Iam Tongi
Good Morning. Here are today’s temperatures: Logan: 49 - 78° ⛅ | 10% 💧 | ⚠️ Salt Lake City: 60 - 83° ⛅ St. George: 59 - 89° ☀️ ⚠️ Flood Watch On May 30, 1910, U.S. President William Howard Taft created the Rainbow Bridge National Monument in southern Utah by executive order. The massive sandstone arch, located in a remote area just south of Lake Powell, is one of the highest and longest natural bridges in the world, with a height of 245 feet and a span of over 230 feet. Tell me: As Utah's national parks and monuments are overwhelmed with visitors, what is the best experience you've had in Utah's world-renowned national parks? What is the worst? Also on our mind: Republicans' complicated relationship with Disney, how faith and family influenced ‘American Idol’ winner Iam Tongi and what a historic drop in 8th grade civics knowledge means for the nation.
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| ‘Flood the state with naloxone’: In the last decade, Utah bucked the national trend of opioid overdose deaths |
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In the last decade, Utah went from having one of the country’s highest rates of opioid overdose deaths to one of the lowest, bucking the national upward trend that came to a head in 2022, likely the deadliest year for overdoses in the U.S. ever. In 2012, the Beehive State had 16.1 deaths from opioid overdoses per 100,000 people, tied with New Mexico for second highest rate in the country. Only West Virginia was higher, at 27.1. By 2021, Utah had 14.1 deaths per 100,000 people, falling to 40th overall, and well below the national average of 24.7. So, how did Utah do it? One reason appears to be the amount of naloxone in Utah, a life-saving opioid overdose reversal drug that can be administered via nasal spray or syringe. Between 2017 to 2021, the state recorded 297,881 doses of naloxone distributed. 80% of those doses came from Utah Naloxone, a nonprofit launched in the late ’90s after its founder's brother died of an overdose. |
Read more about how Utah Naloxone flooded the state with this life-saving drug. |
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More in Health What diseases do Americans fear the most? (Deseret News) Young people aren’t connecting. Here’s why that’s a bigger problem than you think (Deseret News) |
Join Dan Schilling, a former special ops agent, base jumping world record holder and recent Utah transplant, as he "speed rides" (low-altitude gliding with a parachute and skis) above his Alta home. In this brilliant profile, Collin Leonard tracks Schilling's trajectory from California beach kid, to black ops specialist on the ground during the “Black Hawk Down” incident, to thrill seeking Utah resident and author. The reader will see that Schilling is a man who has seen it all and who has found that the best way to deal with life's ups and downs is to accept the bad, remember the good and always seek to be totally and completely present in the current moment. Read more about Schilling's life and the community he's discovered in Alta. |
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Faith Visiting historic ‘Mormon Row’ and the renovated Pink House (Deseret News) How faith and family influenced ‘American Idol’ winner Iam Tongi (Church News) What the Joseph Smith Papers has meant to historians, scholars, editors as the epic project wraps up (Church News) Politics Sen. Mitt Romney supports debt ceiling deal; Sen. Mike Lee says it doesn’t go far enough (Deseret News) Do Republicans hate Disney? (Deseret News) Valerie Hudson: 3 principles for nations grappling with AI (Deseret News) Salt Lake and Weber Counties Volunteers hope mural project will be first of many in Fairpark neighborhood (KSL) Community remembers fallen Ogden officer on 3-year anniversary of fatal shooting (2KUTV)
San Juan and Daggett Counties Speller from rural Utah prepares for Scripps National Spelling Bee (FOX 13)
Search for possible missing plane in Daggett County ends after all avenues exhausted (KSL)
The West Rural Online Initiative opens doors to remote work opportunities for rural residents (KSL)
Rare white bison born in Wyoming (FOX 13) The Nation Eleesha Tucker, Glori Smith, Lisa Halverson: What a historic drop in 8th grade civics knowledge means for the nation (Deseret News) Centuries after they were convicted, Connecticut formally pardons men and women charged with witchcraft (CNN) The World Nonprofit founded by Utahn works to provide clean water, stop female genital mutilation in Africa (KSL) Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty (Reuters) Sports Jimmer Fredette will represent the United States at an international basketball tournament (Deseret News) Lessons from the past: Summer is for strawberries and fall is for football (Deseret News) Jazz mailbag: Jazz draft prospects, trade possibilities and player workouts (Deseret News) |
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