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Stokes, Holt, Smith headline early list of lottery candidates for 2027 NBA draft
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (1051+ words) High-end freshman talent teemed through the last two NBA draft classes with names like Cooper Flagg in 2025 or AJ Dybantsa at No. 1 this year. The 2027 class lacks that same lofty status. Paul Biancardi, ESPN's national recruiting director for high school…...
BYU's Bruce Branch III among early list of lottery candidates for 2027 NBA draft
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (954+ words) High-end freshman talent teemed through the last two NBA draft classes with names like'Cooper Flagg in 2025'or'AJ Dybantsa at No. 1 this year. The 2027 class lacks that same lofty status. Paul Biancardi, ESPN's national recruiting director for high school basketball, said…...
Honoring the seniors: BYU softball ends 2026 home schedule with a loss to No. 25 Arizona State
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (606+ words) BYU softball dropped game three of its series with No. 25 Arizona State, 11-3 on senior day at Gail Miller Field on Saturday afternoon. BYU opened the bottom of the first with a Danica Acosta single and Hailey Shuler walk before Brittingham…...
Mammoth rebuilding project puts Utah in playoffs in team's second season since moving from Arizona
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (673+ words) Utah's rebuilding process began in the Arizona desert, where the team was known as the Coyotes and progress was incremental. In the first year after a move to Salt Lake City, the team became the Utah Hockey Club and took…...
Route 66 turns 100, and the celebration starts where the Mother Road was born
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (517+ words) Historic Route 66 celebrates 100 years in 2026. In Springfield, Mo. , widely recognized as the birthplace of the Mother Road, the city will launch the highway's centennial with a kickoff event honoring one of America's most storied roadways. Springfield celebrates the Mother Road…...
Facing tough decisions: Provo City School District weighs school closures as enrollment declines
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1056+ words) Jacob Nielson, Daily Herald Student enrollment figures are dropping across the state, including in parts of Utah Valley, forcing school districts to make difficult decisions. The state had a decrease of 11, 478 students in the 2025-26 school year from the previous year,…...
BYU Roundup: Cougars win baseball series at Arizona
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1263+ words) TUCSON, Arizona " BYU defeated Arizona 8-4 Saturday afternoon at Hi Corbett Field to win the three-game series 2-1. The Cougars have now won four Big 12 series and are currently in sixth place in the conference standings. BYU (22-20, 11-10) scored eight runs on 12 hits…...
Eagle Mountain 193-acre data center campus is set to be done this year with big water promises
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (264+ words) The bones of a 193-acre data center campus in Eagle Mountain are ready after developers placed the project's last beam on Friday in an event crowded by the about 2, 000 construction workers employed at the site. The development by Layton Construction…...
Feds release draft long-term plans for Colorado River management
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (918+ words) Amid stalled state negotiations over how to share the Colorado River's dwindling water supply, the Bureau of Reclamation on Friday released a range of options that will serve as the foundation for how to manage the river's largest reservoirs " Lake…...
Utah now "epicenter" of U. S. measles outbreak
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (594+ words) Mc Kenzie Romero, Utah News Dispatch With more than 121 measles cases reported in the last three weeks while South Carolina hasn't seen any new cases, Utah's measles outbreak is now the most active in the U. S. While South Carolina's outbreak has…...