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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 10h

Instructions for voters in Utah County are causing confusion and uncertainty just two weeks before Election Day ksltv.com/local-news/b... #utpol

Ballot instructions cause confusion for voters in Utah County

Instructions for voters on the mail-in ballots for Utah County are leaving people confused about whether their vote will be counted.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 4d

Utahns are paying more at the pump than other states. The national average for a gallon of gasoline is $3.05, according to AAA, while it’s $3.37 in Utah. But top Republican lawmakers want to change that ksltv.com/consumer/her... #utpol #utleg

Here’s how Utah lawmakers will try to lower gas prices

Utahns are paying more at the pump than other states, and Republican lawmakers are working on a plan they believe will bring gas prices down by 20 cents a gallon.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 5d

Utah is on track to fall significantly short of the number of homes needed to meet market demand over the next 30 years www.ksl.com/article/5139... #utpol #utleg @ksl.com

Think housing costs are high? Study shows Utah could fall well short of demand by 2055

Utah is on track to fall significantly short of the number of homes needed to meet market demand over the next 30 years, analysts told lawmakers on Wednesday.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 5d

“What they’re really doing, they want to spoon-feed information to the journalist, and that would be their story. That’s not journalism.”

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BREAKING: Journalists exited the Pentagon after refusing to agree to the Trump administration's new restrictions on access.

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the seat of U.S. military power.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 5d

Paul Nelson, who worked for nearly 18 years as a reporter at KSL NewsRadio, died Wednesday morning after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 50 ksltv.com/local-news/f...

Former KSL reporter Paul Nelson dies after battling cancer

Paul Nelson, who worked for nearly 18 years as a reporter at KSL NewsRadio, died Wednesday morning after battling pancreatic cancer.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 5d

“The dynamic of easy racism and casual cruelty played out in often dark, vivid fashion inside the chats, where campaign talk and party gossip blurred into streams of slurs and violent fantasies.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 6d

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced a new First Presidency www.ksl.com/article/5138... @ksl.com

Church of Jesus Christ announces new First Presidency

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday that President Dallin H. Oaks has been named the 18th president of the church.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will announce a new First Presidency today during a special broadcast at 1 p.m. today.

Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 10d

Local TV News Does Good www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

Laurels and Darts: Local TV news does good.

Forget about the mergers and buyouts and executive leadership for a while. The local grunts keep breaking news.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 11d

With rain expected over the next few days, cities and counties across central and southern Utah are working to prepare for any flooding that might happen ksltv.com/local-news/s... #utwx

Some Utah cities, counties prepare for flooding as rain moves in

As the weather begins to cool, heavy rains are expected to drench central and southern Utah counties. Residents are busy preparing to prevent the rain from flooding into their homes.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 12d

“Ms. Porter went viral for the wrong reasons after a video of her exchange with a local television journalist became a must-see clip for the political set.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Katie Porter Goes Viral for ‘Unhappy’ TV Interview in California Governor’s Race

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 12d

People in Ogden gathered tonight to remember a 16-year-old who was shot and killed near Ben Lomond High School ksltv.com/local-news/c...

Community holds vigil for 16-year-old shot and killed near Ben Lomond High School

People in Ogden gathered Wednesday evening to remember a 16-year-old who was shot and killed near Ben Lomond High School.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 12d

With mortgage rates above 6% and the median home price in Utah around $520,000, house hunting can be discouraging. But more families are looking at one specific way to try to make it work www.ksl.com/article/5138... @ksl.com

How some Utah families are trying to find an affordable home

With mortgage rates above 6% and the median home price in Utah around $520,000, more families are looking at multi-generational housing.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 13d

Funeral services for President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will begin soon at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. Watch our special coverage here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv9G...

Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 14d

JUST IN: Utah Legislative Redistricting Committee votes to recommend Map C as the state’s new congressional map. This is the one the Utah Republican Party had been pushing for. It now moves to a vote in the full Legislature during a special session today. #utpol #utleg

Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 16d

The event brought tens of thousands of church members downtown on a rainy day to hear messages of hope and faith ksltv.com/religion/gen...

First day of historic Latter-day Saint general conference wraps up

The first day of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has concluded, with tens of thousands of listeners pouring into Salt Lake City to hear them ...

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 16d

The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will ‘direct the church’ until the First Presidency is reorganized, a top Latter-day Saint leader said this morning ksltv.com/religion/gen...

Apostles will ‘direct the church’ until First Presidency is reorganized, Latter-day Saint leader says

A top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told attendees that the worldwide faith is under the direction of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles “until such time as the First Presid...

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 17d

How often has general conference happened without the First Presidency in place? ksltv.com/religion/gen...

How often has general conference happened without the First Presidency in place?

This general conference looks to be one for the history books, as it's the first time in nearly 75 years that will not be overseen by the First Presidency.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 17d

NEW: A judge has dismissed a lawsuit from an independent journalist who claimed the Utah Legislature violated his First Amendment rights by denying him a media credential www.ksl.com/article/5138... @ksl.com #utpol #utleg

Judge dismisses lawsuit from independent journalist against Utah Legislature

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a Utah reporter who accused the Legislature of improperly denying him credentials to cover the session earlier this year.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 19d

Tabernacle Choir announcer had unique, personal association with President Nelson ksltv.com/religion/tab...

Tabernacle Choir announcer had unique, personal association with President Nelson

On Sunday morning, with little notice, Derrick Porter paid tribute to President Nelson on a special live broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 19d

‘A peacemaker’: Latter-day Saint leaders remember President Nelson during tribute broadcast ksltv.com/religion/a-p...

'A peacemaker': Latter-day Saint leaders remember President Nelson during tribute broadcast

Top leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints paid tribute on Wednesday to President Russell M. Nelson.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 20d

Having a church president pass away so close to general conference has rarely happened ksltv.com/religion/nel...

President Nelson’s death so close to general conference marks rare occurrence

President Russell M. Nelson’s death occurred just a week before General Conference, marking a rare occurrence, as this sequence of events hasn’t happened in nearly 70 years.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 21d

President Oaks releases statement about Michigan church attack ksltv.com/religion/pre...

President Oaks releases statement about Michigan church attack

After the passing of President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the apostle next in line to lead the worldwide faith issued a statement on Monday.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 22d

“I would not be here today if it wasn’t for him,” one said, while another called the late church president “a most remarkable fellow.” ksltv.com/religion/pre...

Actor, producer recall unique connection with President Nelson

President Russell M. Nelson died at the age of 101 on Saturday. It happened to overlap with FanX, meaning some in the film industry were in town to honor his legacy.

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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 22d

Our NBC affiliate in Flint, Michigan is reporting an active shooter at a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse, which is on fire. Latest details here: midmichigannow.com/news/local/b...

BREAKING NEWS: Shooting at Latter Day Saints Church in Grand Blanc Township

Grand Blanc Township, Mich.-- We’re following breaking news out of Genesee County on reports of an active shooter at the Church of Latter Day Saints in Grand Bl

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