As Utah’s own current true crime stories continue to gain media attention, and as other tragic stories inevitably develop, we ...

Moore began his speech by referencing a Fox News clip where Dana Perino provided commentary as Americans waited for President ...

The leaders of Mormon Women for Ethical Government want to help the women in their organization to take a more active role in ...

Suspicion. Rebellion. Murder. The Netflix show American Primeval depicts how tensions between Mormon pioneers in Utah and the ...

They had named their country Deseret, "the home of the honey bee," and they styled it "a free and independent state." Then swiftly upgrew the Mormons' intermontane principality. Farms dotted its ...

In 2024, Deseret News published a statement from Church ... Andersen framed his issues with Heretic as extending beyond the Mormon community. “Our commitment is to foster a culture of respect ...

On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was found in California's American River. Mormon pioneers, members of Mormon Battalion were among the early prospectors.

Young sends groups of Mormons to settle in various parts of the intermountain west. A provisional State of Deseret is organized, but it is not approved by the U.S. Congress. Instead, as a part of ...

while the early Church of Latter Day Saints were resorting to any means necessary to protect their chosen “Zion,” which they preferred to call “Deseret,” from non-Mormon settlers ...

In 1849 the Mormons, now living in Utah Territory, petitioned to enter the Union as the state of Deseret. Statehood would give the region more autonomy through its own elected state government and ...