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Music icon Lea Salonga adds a touch of local stardust to the evening

A bill that would allow Salt Lake City to raise the sales tax to create a downtown sports and entertainment zone, including a potential NHL hockey arena, passed the Senate late Tuesday. The bill allows the local government to designate the area and requires a team to pay back any tax money it receives if it leaves before that time. Titled “Capital City Reinvestment Zone Amendments,” the bill passed 21-8 and now moves to the House.

Elder Neil L. Andersen’s nine-day ministry in the Philippines included a walk-through of the Alabang Philippines Temple with youth, wheelchair distribution, Light the World donation celebrations, and meetings with members and missionaries.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to track the drug-resistant fungus

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square is preparing to perform its last two concerts in the Philippines with a press day. Afterward, the choir will continue on with its world tour.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to track the drug-resistant fungus

Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra members learn about U.S., Philippine ties at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in between performances and rehearsals during tour to Philippines. Plus see photos of rehearsal for sacred music concert.

Feb. 18-24, Easter message from President Russell M. Nelson and counselors, plus 6 more stories

Leaders and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints helped build new water tanks for a small Filipino community in desperate need of fresh water.

Marcos Efrén Zariñana’s ability to crawl into places that others couldn’t reach earned him the nickname la Pulga, “the Flea.” His story is of being in the right place at the right time, Lloyd Newell observes in this week’s “Music & the Spoken Word” with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.