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Archivist says Equal Rights Amendment can't be certified. Democrats push Biden to recognize it
Zeke Miller, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 17 - 10:03 p.m. | Save Story
The archivist and deputy archivist of the United States have issued a rare joint statement to say that the 1970s-era Equal Rights Amendment cannot be certified without further action by Congress or the courts.
Popeye and Tintin enter public domain in 2025 along with novels from Faulkner and Hemingway
Andrew Dalton, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 16 - 1:15 p.m. | Save Story
Popeye the Sailor and the Belgian boy reporter Tintin lead the class of characters and works of art becoming public domain in 2025.
Recent petroglyph damage highlights 'disrespectful' Utah issue, experts say
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Dec. 13 - 6:16 a.m. | Save Story
Local, state, federal and tribal agencies hope a land vandalism case in Utah serves as a teachable moment for the millions of people who recreate in Utah's outdoors.
'A woman ahead of her time': Utah trailblazer Martha Hughes Cannon honored in DC
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Dec. 11 - 5:01 p.m. | Save Story
Martha Hughes Cannon, a trailblazer in Utah history, now has a home in the nation's capital.
What it's like inside the Asher Adams, a historic train station turned Salt Lake hotel
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Dec. 9 - 7:48 p.m. | Save Story
Asher Adams, Salt Lake City's newest hotel, features a unique blend of Utah railroad history within its details.
Arrest made in Utah petroglyph defacement case, feds say
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Updated Dec. 3 - 12:04 p.m. | Save Story
A woman was arrested in connection with a land vandalism case near the Utah-Arizona border, which left damage to a petroglyph panel believed to be thousands of years old.
The world gets its first glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years under wraps
Thomas Adamson, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 30 - 9:53 p.m. | Save Story
Five years after a catastrophic fire, the Notre Dame Cathedral is back and better than ever.
Ogden mulls $3.6M acquisition of Forest Service building — an art deco structure built in 1934
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Nov. 30 - 4:09 p.m. | Save Story
Ogden leaders are mulling acquisition of the old U.S. Forest Service building, built in 1934 and a key example of several iconic art deco structures in the city.
Ogden's Union Station turning 100; centennial activities set for Friday, Saturday
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Nov. 21 - 10:34 p.m. | Save Story
Ogden's Union Station turns 100 on Friday, and activities are planned for Friday and Saturday to mark the centennial anniversary of the landmark structure.
Abravanel Hall is now a nationally-recognized historic place. What does that mean for its future?
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Nov. 19 - 3:05 p.m. | Save Story
Abravanel Hall landed on the National Register of Historic Places this month, potentially cutting some of its preservation costs should Salt Lake County decide to partner for outside help.
50 years on, Salt Lake County's Whitmore Library endures as a community staple
Margaret Darby, Deseret News | Posted Nov. 17 - 9:35 p.m. | Save Story
Whitmore Library was constructed in Cottonwood Heights in 1974 as a response to increased demand for library space in a growing Salt Lake County. The county library system recently celebrated 50 years of the Whitmore branch.
'The accurate story was told here today': Citizens gather to commemorate historic tragedy
E. George Goold, St. George News | Posted Nov. 16 - 9:37 a.m. | Save Story
One of the great wrongs in St. George history was righted Nov. 9 in the desert bluffs behind the town.
'Signs in the Heavens:' The night the stars fell on the Saints, in 1833
Ryan Boyce for KSL.com | Posted Nov. 12 - 7:04 p.m. | Save Story
A shower of hundreds of thousands of meteors rained down in Jackson County, Missouri, in the early hours of Nov. 13, 1833, filling refugee Latter-day Saints with wonder and a heavenly, healing balm.
Harriet Tubman posthumously named a general in Veterans Day ceremony
Associated Press | Updated Nov. 11 - 1:08 p.m. | Save Story
Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman has been posthumously awarded the rank of general. Tubman was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war.
Undeciphered symbols may be key to origin of world's oldest writing system
Ashley Strickland, CNN | Posted Nov. 9 - 10:51 a.m. | Save Story
Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate designs left behind by engraved cylindrical seals that were rolled across clay tablets about 6,000 years ago.
The tax Salt Lake County residents once rejected and now overwhelmingly approve
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Nov. 7 - 5:02 p.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake County residents overwhelmingly voted to reauthorize the Zoos, Arts and Parks tax this year, but it wasn't always a popular proposal.
Rare letter signed by Founding Fathers expected to fetch $1M at auction
Jack Guy, CNN | Posted Nov. 5 - 9:44 p.m. | Save Story
A rare letter signed by three of the Founding Fathers of the United States is going on sale and is expected to fetch up to $1 million when it goes under the hammer next week.
Remains of nearly 30 Civil War veterans found in a funeral home's storage are laid to rest
Michael Casey, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 5 - 9:06 a.m. | Save Story
For decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities in Washington.
