Education + Schools

USU Eastern Student Wins Bronze Medal in Welding Competition...
Aubri Wuthrich

USU Eastern student takes 3rd in global welding competition

The USU Eastern welding student scored seven points behind the gold medal winner and took the Best of Nation Award.
4 years ago
At Bingham High School, three seniors made a Cathedral Gingerbread House for extra credit which is ...
Waverly Golden

Bingham High students build intricate gingerbread cathedral

At Bingham High School, three seniors made a Cathedral Gingerbread House for extra credit which is now on display at the high school.
4 years ago
Native tribes...
Elizabeth Weiler

Native tribes of Utah are given their chance to offer historical perspectives on museum artifacts

SALT LAKE CITY — Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) Anthropologists are using a grant to insure a lifelong understanding of Native tribes and Indigenous culture, long after their generations have passed.  Utah is home to several Native tribes who are now having a chance to preserve their culture.  National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) […]
4 years ago
Officials at Weber State University are considering a change to the student health services current...
Alexandrea Bonilla

Weber State University considers outsourcing student health care

Right now, the health center at Weber State provides low-cost care to students and does not require any form of insurance.
4 years ago
The Biden administration is again extending the pause on federal student loan payments....
Arlette Saenz and Katie Lobosco, CNN

Biden extends student loan repayment freeze as program remains in court

The latest extension comes as the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program remains tied up in the courts.
4 years ago
After six years leading USU, and an overall 32 year career with the school, President Noelle E. Coc...
Simone Seikaly

USU President Noelle E. Cockett will step down

USU President Noelle E. Cockett has been part of the college's community for 32 years.
4 years ago
Brig. Gen. Richard W. Gibbs, center, speaks with University of Utah students before a press confere...
Mark Jones

U of U announces partnership with U.S. Air Force

The University of Utah School of Engineering and the U.S. Air Force have agreed to a partnership that is expected to last five years.
4 years ago
Shortages in daycares across the country and in Utah are keeping thousands of parents home, intead ...
Becky Bruce and Kira Hoffelmeyer

School and daycare facilities haven’t “bounced back” to normalcy

Along with the rest of the nation, a shortage of daycare workers and teachers in Utah means parents are staying home from work.
4 years ago
The public school district in Uvalde, Texas, has a police chief for the first time since firing the...
Andy Rose, CNN

Uvalde school district names new interim police chief

The public school district in Uvalde, Texas, has a police chief for the first time since firing the previous leader who was on duty during the deadly Robb Elementary School shooting.
4 years ago
Teen Centers...
Elizabeth Weiler

Advocacy group asking Utah Legislature to help fund teen centers across the state

The Policy Project is hoping to implement teen centers across all Utah schools. The organization is calling on the Utah Legislature to help.
4 years ago
Canyon School District...
Waverly Golden

Canyon School District donation drive is a success

A community donation drive resulted in hundreds of pounds of goods for those in need within Canyon School District.
4 years ago
A new report highlights the ten worst-paying college degrees, right as college graduates are about ...
Aimee Cobabe and Ladd Egan

Granite District: Computer glitch sent negative lunch balance notices

A computer glitch in the Granite School District has inadvertently notified parents that their students have a negative lunch balance. The district is working to correct the issue.
4 years ago
President Joe Biden. 4-thousand Utahns will receive student debt relief from the US Government. Oth...
Katie Lobosco, CNN

Federal court strikes down Biden’s student loan forgiveness program

President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan has been struck down by a judge in Texas, declaring it illegal.
4 years ago
The Utah Department of Workforce Services is trying to make it more difficult for people who hack i...
Mark Jackson

Department of Workforce Services to host first Apprenticeship Utah Summit and Job Fair

The Apprenticeship Utah Summit and Job Fair takes place on Nov. 15 at the Weber State Davis campus.
4 years ago
The exterior of Orem High School, in Orem, Utah. This is one of the high schools that would have sp...
Simone Seikaly

Orem mayor feeling positive despite failure of Proposition 2

Orem Mayor David Young admits he was disappointed about Proposition 2 failing, but he feels positive about starting the conversation. 
4 years ago
Bonneville High students in Utah win award for top automotive tech program....
Aubri Wuthrich

Bonneville High automotive technician shop named top in the nation

To earn this award Bonneville High had to be nominated by a local business. Then students and parents wrote letters of recommendation.
4 years ago
Orem High School from Alpine School District is pictured. alpine school district split debate...
Chris Jacobs

Alpine School District will not split, according to preliminary results

Initial numbers showed that over 70% of voters in Orem chose not to split the Alpine School District to create an Orem Schoo District.
4 years ago
Image of a school bus for the Davis School District, which is poised to received a nearly 500 milli...
Elizabeth Weiler

Davis School District projected to receive bonds, but votes are close

As of Wednesday morning, some 52,969 Davis County voters had approved the issuance of bonds, while 41,044 did not. 
4 years ago
Through Adopt-A-School, Utah Jazz and Mark Miller Subaru have donated nearly thirty thousand dollar...
Waverly Golden

Utah Jazz and Mark Miller Subaru donate 30 thousand dollars to West Lake STEM lab

Utah Jazz and Mark Miller Subaru, through Adopt-A-School, donated thirty thousand dollars to renovate a computer language lab at West Lake STEM.
4 years ago
Screen shot taken from a video that shows three young people dressed in blackface and prison outfit...
Simone Seikaly

No prosecutions after school district, police, wrap investigations into blackface video

Iron County school officials and Cedar City police said they've identified the people in the blackface video, but said that no crime occurred.
4 years ago
Images of ballots. A judicial review committee says that Utah voters too often leave blank their vo...
Chandler Holt

Are you familiar with Judicial Retention? It’s on your ballot!

The JPEC "conducts multi-faceted evaluations of judges." These evaluations are public so voters can educate themselves on candidates for judicial retention.
4 years ago
There are several reasons Trader Joe's, Costco and other stores suddenly stop selling customer favo...
Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business

Why Costco and Trader Joe’s stopped selling your favorite food

There are several reasons Trader Joe's, Costco and other stores suddenly stop selling customer favorites.
4 years ago
Voters in Davis School District will decide in the upcoming election on a $475 million bond that th...
Aimee Cobabe

Davis School District voters to decide on $475 million bond

In next week's election, voters in Davis School District will decide on a $475 million bond, which the district says won't raise taxes.
4 years ago
Free school lunch cafeteria...
Aimee Cobabe

School districts in Utah keeping lunch costs down despite inflation

Inflation hasn't hit some school lunchrooms yet, and school districts in Utah have been able to keep school lunch prices down as a result.
4 years ago