State capital: Salt Lake City
Entered Union: Jan. 4, 1896
Population: 2,389,039 (2004 estimate)
Area 82,144 sq mi. (212,753 sq km)
Governor: Jon Huntsman (Republican)
U.S. Representatives: 3
State nickname: Beehive State

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Utahns line up for annual film festival tickets

Utah film buffs lined up by the thousands - some before dawn - to purchase tickets for the annual Sundance Film Festival.

Huntsman sworn in for second term

Not only was Monday's inauguration ceremony for Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. and other state officials the first held on the steps of the Capitol, there's little doubt it was also the first such ceremony to attract ...

Utah road deaths drop

Christine Adams had just returned home from running errands when her sister called to say their parents had been rushed to the hospital.

Grass roots environmental groups growing in Utah

From clean air concerns to uranium mining worries, the number of grass roots groups working on Utah's environmental issues is on the rise.

Top of Utah's Christmas sales look delightful, retailers say

Some retail store operators in the Top of Utah are reporting they weathered the national economic storm this Christmas, listing low unemployment, newly remodeled stores and friendly customer service as secrets ...

Murder toll one of Utah's lowest

During the first six months of 2008, the Wasatch Front had more than its share of high-profile slayings.

Two Utah companies post stunning gains during 2008

Utahns with the foresight to own shares in Myriad Genetics or Merit Medical Systems were richly rewarded by those investments during the past year.

Utah one of states targeted in labor fight

Utah is one of five states targeted by a national group fighting to protect secret ballots in response to federal legislation aimed at easing the process of workers forming a union.

Uintah Basin air monitoring urged

Environmental groups want state officials to reinstate year-round air monitoring in Utah's Uintah Basin, where energy development has dramatically increased in recent years.

Gangs creep into ski country: Summit County ? The resort area is...

Gangs creep into ski country: Summit County ? The resort area is seeing more crime related to gangsters.

Utah's greenest office building

The Daybreak center is the first in Utah to earn the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Platinum ranking.

Odyssey takes Tony Adams' through snowy Utah -- slowly

Tony Adams, 43, sets up his nightly camp along U.S. 191/U.S. 6,about 40 miles away from Green River on his way to Albuquerque, N.M. on Thursday, Dec.

Utah Paperbox sells downtown SLC plant

The redevelopment agency of Salt Lake City has bought the Utah Paperbox Co. plant located at 340 W. 200 South.

Toys for Tots helps Utah's families

Kids opening gifts, it's probably what'd you expect on Christmas morning, but for the Roberts family it almost never happened.

Utah paraplegic to climb Kilimanjaro

As most of us are busy getting ready for the holidays, one Utahn is getting ready to try and make history.

Utah's population grew fastest in nation

Utah's population grew faster than any other state last year, the Census Bureau said Monday.

Utah custody fight complicated by tribal law

Heather and Clint Larson hoped they'd be spending Christmas with a newly adopted 6-month-old boy. Instead, after a monthslong court battle, the couple had to hand him over to representatives of the birth mother's American Indian tribe and watch him being driven away.'It was horrific. We lost our child,' said Heather Larson, 29, of South Jordan.The wrenching, personal struggle for both sides has been complicated by a jurisdictional fight over who has the authority to decide what should happen to the boy, named Talon.

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