At the center of these statewide trends is a race to represent the area surrounding Utah’s Capitol, a fitting microcosm of the forces leading young families to flee a state best known for strong family formation.

A former member of Congress, who pulled off a rare win for a Democrat in Utah, is drawing early support from an influential national political action committee as new political boundaries offer an unexpected chance to pick up a seat in the deep-red state.

In a news release about $4 million going to the Utah Food Bank, the state's top elected leaders blamed Democrats for the federal shutdown, even as Republican control all branches of government.

The Advocacy for Community and Environment, on behalf of Beaver, Millard, Juab and Tooele counties, wrote a letter to high-level politicians recently, reiterating its concern regarding the Pine Valley Water Supply Project in central Utah, which is supported by Iron County.

Utah and six other states along the Colorado River are pushing up against a deadline to figure out as a group how to manage the river and its reservoirs.

The first Senate hearing for Utah Supreme Court nominee John J. Nielson brought up the conversation on whether justices should be allowed to hear cases they've previously advocated for.

State officials promise large-scale involuntary addiction and mental health treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge. Critics see “a prison, or a warehouse.”

As the clock ticks down towards many Utahns losing their SNAP benefits due to the prolonged government shutdown, the state announced Thursday that it is committing up to $4 million to local food banks

FILLMORE, Utah ( ABC4) — An instructional assistant in the Millard School District has been arrested for striking an 8-year-old student, according to the Millard County Sheriff’s Office. Melissa Diane Davis, 56, has been charged with abuse of a child with a disability, a third-degree felony.