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Utah's award-winning, alternative newspaper, Salt Lake City Weekly is proud to announce the recent promotion of Rachel Piper as its new Editor.

Paul M. Gahlinger prescribed Suboxone, which treats opioid dependence, to two pregnant women and a man during 2012 and 2013 without properly evaluating them, according to the Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing .

"I am a proud graduate of Alta High, and I'm grateful to the board of education and the administration for allowing me to return to my alma mater in such an important role for the community," said McGill, who is pursuing a doctorate in educational leadership with an emphasis in social justice at the University of Utah.

A new online essay by the LDS Church says its Book of Abraham is inspired scripture but perhaps not a literal word-for-word translation of ancient Egyptian papyrus scrolls by the faith's founder, Joseph Smith.

Launched less than two years ago, "DLA is working to scale this model nationally in all 50 states and we are currently working in some capacity in 44 states," Winder says.

After collectors found specimens of a prickly plant in 1974 and 1990, it was wrongly identified as three different species.

In this time-lapse photo, stars appear to rotate above Utah's Telescope Array, which astronomers used to narrow down the source of cosmic rays.

A map of cosmic ray concentrations in the northern sky, showing a "hotspot" in the location of the Big Dipper.

The University of Utah is tweaking its official fight song amid concerns the former version was sexist.

The first came in June from three professors: Michael J. Cooper of the University of Utah, Huseyin Gulen of Purdue, and P. Raghavendra Rau of the University of Cambridge.

As human resource manager for the Park City School District, Tim McConnell says he is responsible for many things, including working with school site administration and district office personnel.

Three minutes after I strolled into work Monday, I was invited to go to Maverik and enjoy a carbonated diet beverage of my choice.

Bill Riley , of ESPN700, reports that sources close to the Langi situation say that he will be able to transfer without release from Utah.

An observatory run by the University of Utah found a "hotspot" beneath the Big Dipper emitting a disproportionate number of the highest-energy cosmic rays.

BYU and the University of Utah won't play each other in football this year, but their rivalry is getting national attention anyway.

An artist's concept of the shower of particles produced when Earth's atmosphere is struck by ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.

With the summer recreation season in full swing, a new survey shows the majority of Utah residents love to romp in the outdoors and get out to play once week, if not more.

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Through a open records request under the Government Records Access and Management Act, The Salt Lake Tribune received copies of the about 1,300 comments from students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members regarding possible changes to "Utah Man" school fight song.

With a simple tube, some software, and a saliva sample, patients and their physicians can measure levels of the stress hormone cortisol, according to new research presented at ICE/ENDO 2014, the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society in Chicago, Illinois.