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Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. More than 1,300 Students to Participate in WGU’s Winter Virtual Commencement on Saturday February 18, 2021 GMT SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 18, 2021-- This weekend, Western Governors University (WGU) will highlight the work and dedication of more than 1,300 new graduates who have earned their bachelor’s and master’s degrees. They have persevered to complete their degrees while facing the ...

1 of 2 A view of downtown Colorado Springs in front of Pikes Peak in the winter. Colorado Springs jumped 19 spots to 17th in the Milken Institute’s annual best-performing cities list but still ended up behind Denver, Fort Collins and its U.S. Space Command rival Huntsville, Ala. the gazette File Jamie Rogers, captaincoloradophotography

The Way the World Works The Staten Island Zoo is weathering a storm of controversy over the prediction made by its resident groundhog, Staten Island Chuck, on Feb. 2—an annual event at the zoo. Chuck popped up on a Facebook "livestream" at the designated hour, on the designated day, but something seemed ... off. After hours of accumulating snow in the New York area, the New York Post reported, Chuck was seen to emerge into bright sunlight with no snow on the ground, his handlers wearing swea...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Provo-Orem, Utah Tops Milken Institute’s 2021 Ranking of Best-Performing Cities February 17, 2021 GMT LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 17, 2021-- Provo-Orem, Utah has demonstrated the best economic performance among large cities according to the 2021 Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities Index. Idaho Falls, Idaho moves up six spots to top the list among small cities. The Index, published annually ...

Tanner Humanities Lecture: A Conversation With Martha S. Jones February is Black History Month, but even those of us who grew up learning a few names of notable historical African-Americans probably cant come up with a female name beyond Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman. The history of Black women in America has been a history of struggle against two cultural obstacles to equality—race and sex. And even as the 2020 election elevated the significance of Black women as a game-changing voting...

Hardell Media Ten months ago, in April 2020, Norbert Bueno was busy starting a brand-new musical endeavor in the face of the pandemic. "It will take some time before people feel comfortable going out to large gatherings," he said at the time. "New ideas and forms of entertainment will rise." And rise they have. Social Antidote has, over the past year, grown a musical model that not only offers high-qualit...

Alicia Geesman-Pritchard Via Facebook Mike Lee is a strict constitutionalist, just like Christians are strict interpreters of the Bible ... until they are confronted with parts they dont like. Charles Palmer Via Facebook We are talking about the man who ran on a platform on "fiscal responsibility," but his campaign slogan was "Im opposed to paying back the debt we owe!" Felipe Navarro Via Facebook The people of Utah consistently pick their own worst embarrassment. Then they vote him into office...

Taking a Gander: Biden goes to work cleaning up Trump's wreckage.

On-demand Feb. 13 – March 11 Tickets $18 Tori Duhaime If 2020 was a trying transitional time for the performing arts, 2021 is the time of understanding what everyone learned when forced by necessity to innovate. Last fall, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company artistic director Daniel Charon observed that while creating a new work at a time when it wasnt clear whether it would be for a live audience or a virtual...

Cache Valley Virtual Chocolate Festival Were all missing our favorite in-person events over the past year, and theres certainly no way to replicate the experience of wandering through a space where you can nibble a wide range of tasty chocolate treats. But the Cache Valley Chocolate Festival is still moving forward with its annual fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Association of Utah—in fittingly enough for an organization dedicated to keeping people safe, the event is proceeding as a virtual...