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Utah adults can earn a diploma through credit-based classes or a Utah High School Completion Diploma by passing the GED tests. They are different routes, and the first step is a conversation about the credits you already have.
The Utah Lake Authority has managed the lake since 2022, with federal money, a carp bounty and a nature center in the works. State law bars it from water rights and water quality rules, and the lake's own records show progress on carp and PCBs but not on clarity.
The Department of Workforce Services offers free job-search tools, career counseling, training help and apprenticeship links. The trick is knowing which one fits where you are.
Graphic: The Utah Ledger · Original graphic · The Utah Ledger
The City Council adopted a temporary ordinance on Oct. 1 that stops the city from processing new blasting permit applications, after residents complained about noise and alleged damage to their homes.
Unpaid caregivers can begin with their county's Area Agency on Aging. Here is what the state says that covers, how Salt Lake County's program shows it working, and which programs are different.
Utah has separate programs for a bill you can't pay now and for making a home cheaper to heat. Here is where each starts, what the state says about timing, and what to ask first.
Utah's Care About Childcare search shows licensing records and quality ratings. Here is how to read them, what to ask on a visit, and how state assistance interacts with a provider's price.
Graphic: The Utah Ledger · Original graphic · The Utah Ledger
The former principal named in the suit lost his teaching license until 2029 after state investigators found he had relationships with two employees.
· From The Salt Lake Tribune
Inside the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum at Utah State, June 2013, before the betting-data cameras were installed. File photo. Photo: Jasonlesliewright · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Three of the five wrestlers who earned bonus points for the black team are newcomers.
· From Utah Valley Wolverines Athletics
The stadium in Sandy where the Royals play, shown in April 2016 when it was named Rio Tinto Stadium. File photo. Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The new 500-kilowatt-hour battery at the Uintah Basin Campus is the university's first large-scale storage system, and part of it is reserved for Rocky Mountain Power.
· From Cache Valley Daily
Graphic: The Utah Ledger · Original graphic · The Utah Ledger
Utah's Be Ready Business program offers free help building a continuity plan. Here is how to start with essential work, staff response, communication and supplies.
Graphic: The Utah Ledger · Original graphic · The Utah Ledger
Only 2,026 of the limited-edition figures will be made, and they ship in April.
· From KUTV 2News (CBS)
The Forest Service's Yates Building in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2013. File photo. Photo: Lance Cheung, U.S. Department of Agriculture · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons / USDA (US federal work)
Utah's official preparedness pages boil household planning down to four jobs: agree on how you will reach each other, sign up for local alerts, build supplies around real people, and rank what to grab.
Clinton City Hall, August 2008. File photo. Photo: Ntsimp · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Christian Ruiz, 18, was sentenced to one to 15 years in prison in the August 2025 shooting that killed one man and injured two others, including a 5-year-old.
· From ABC4 Utah
University of Utah campus from the Park Building, November 2010. File photo. One campus. Photo: Scott Catron · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Charter school enrollment rose 2.3% to 87,161 students while district enrollment dropped 3.1%.
· From Utah Business
Flood damage near the Court of the Patriarchs in Zion National Park, Dec. 9, 1966. File photo. Courtesy Zion National Park; photographer Fred R. Brueck (ZION 8538). Photo: Fred R. Brueck, courtesy Zion National Park · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (Zion National Park Museum and Archives, ZION 8538)
