FEBRUARY 2026 VOL. 4 / NO. 3
Deseret News
Church News
Private & Charter Schools
Preventing the Great Salt Lake from evaporating is no small task
25 years later, 130,000 students have benefited from the Church’s Perpetual Education Fund loans
Policy group awarding Utah’s K-12 school system an ‘A-’?
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‘Thank you, Park City’: Sundance Film Festival takes its final bow in Utah Here’s what organizers, film directors and Utah locals had to say about Sundance’s last year in Park City — and how the festival’s departure will affect the area CONTINUES ON PG. 4