Provo News

A man who investigators say fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution on multiple child sex abuse charges has been arrested and brought back to Utah County.

Two Rockwall-Heath High School graduates who grew up in Heath as good friends flew to Sao Paulo Brazil recently to begin serving as full-time missionaries for the next 18 months for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .

Now, new research, just in time for Father's Day on Sunday, suggests that open communication is the compass the family needs to survive the journey.

From the bowels of hard-right Utah County, where the tea party thrives, anti-federal government resolutions are born and immigration reform ideas provoke hostile talk of rebellion, a state senator has taken a leading role in the fostering of bipartisan negotiations to pass an immigration bill that contains a path to citizenship.

After adding $1.2 billion worth of new rail lines in the past year , the Utah Transit Authority projected that its overall ridership would be growing.

Wind up to 50 MPH pushed the fire sparked by a fallen power transformer, and it moved very quickly through the neighborhood near 2600 North and University Avenue.

Although the role of father is often clear-cut, stepdads must navigate the fine line between parent and friend with the children of their wives.

Winds gusting well above 50 miles per hour downed power lines, sparking a fire in Provo, and contributed to the spread of fire throughout the state Thursday night.

When I met with Orem-based all-girl band The Blue Aces at the downtown Coffee Garden for an interview, I never would've guessed they'd been awake since 3 a.m. for a performance on the KUTV 2 morning news.

This week, join Move to Amend SLC and relive the Roaring Twenties at the Speakeasy Pub Quiz, where you can test your knowledge of the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision that decided corporations are people and can therefore buy elections with impunity.

The " Utah's Stars and Friends " musical showcase offers a chance to see some of the state's most accomplished entertainers in a single night, including Jim and Gary Pike, two of the original members of the 1960s trio The Lettermen; Odyssey Dance Co.; and Grammy-nominated violinist Jenny Oaks Baker.

A 61-year-old Springville woman was sentenced to jail Tuesday for causing a deadly 2010 crash in Utah County.

YouTube jokester, Stuart Edge , took to the streets of Orem and Provo to put on a show for the homeless men and women he encountered.

Get ready to try some new food. Here's a list of 13 new restaurants that have recently opened, or will be serving soon.

Construction is finishing up on the NuSkin building expansion in downtown Provo.

Austin Craig and Beccy Bingham will attempt to pay rent, buy groceries, eat at restaurants and even go on a road trip using the virtual currency The Provo, Utah, couple will be followed by a camera crew as they convince businesses, and their landlord, to take Bitcoin instead of cash Bitcoin is a decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency, and the ... (more)

This fall, when many new high school graduates will head to college, 2013 Madison Central High graduate Andy Brimhall will be on a two-year mission in Durban, South Africa.

A renowned business and economic analyst is warning Utah leaders against believing all the media "hype" about the state's fiscal management.

Saying the lack of a Treasury IT Manager placed the government's system in jeopardy, Treasurer Dr Falema'o Phil Pili says he is the one who hired Douglas Jr. Jessop for the position.

Can you live life alone on Bitcoin, the electronic, peer-to-peer currency which has suddenly taken a hold of the tech community's imagination? A Provo, Utah couple hopes so, and has just launched a new Kickstarter campaign to film a documentary of living their first 90 days of marriage only using the electronic currency--for everything, including ... (more)