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Logan Greer, of Lehi, holds a yoga pose as a goat stands on him during a goat-yoga session Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, held by Goga near the Summerhill Event Center in Saratoga Springs, Utah. “There’s two main reasons why people do yoga: the exercise factor of it, and for therapeutic purposes," explained co-owner of Goga and full-time college student, Benson Richardson. "We find the goats enhance both of those reasonings.”
Protesters gather in front of the police line on I-94 near the Dale St. exit in St. Paul, MN, on Saturday, July 9, 2016. Protesters originally gathered at the Minnesota Governor's Mansion earlier in the evening and eventually marched onto the interstate, closing it for several hours. Police cleared the highway after using tear gas, flash bangs, and making several arrests. Protests throughout the Twin Cities were sparked after Philando Castile was fatally shot by a Falcon Heights police officer during a traffic stop on July 6.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event held at the Noorda Center for the Performing Arts on Utah Valley University's main campus in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
Attendees unfurl a pride flag at the start of the Rainbow March and Rally, hosted by the Utah Pride Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Sunday, June 6, 2021. The march began at the Utah State Capitol and proceeded through downtown Salt Lake City.
Graduating senior Justin Mecham does a handstand just before receiving his diploma during Timpanogos High School’s drive-thru diploma ceremony Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Orem, Utah. Schools throughout Utah County held drive-thru graduations to send off their students in style despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Riggen Gibbens, 4, of Highland, tosses a toy football in the air as his mother Lacey watches among various taxidermy mounts at The Hunt Broker's booth during The Big Outdoors Expo on Saturday, March 11, 2017, at the UCCU Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
Vaughn Jaten, 9, of Alpine, left in glasses, and Sean Groll, 9, of Highland, right in glasses, react as they catch trout while other kids scramble to catch fish with their hands during the Alpine Days Fish Grab held Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at Creekside Park in Alpine, Utah. Once caught, fish are typically bagged and taken home to be eaten.
Bryan Aguayo, of Provo, and Cristell Marcial, of Salt Lake City, share a kiss as they release their lantern during the Night Lights Sky Lantern Festival held at the Utah Motorsports Campus in Grantsville, Utah, on Saturday, May 29, 2021.
Metropolitan Joseph, leader of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, along with clergy and members of the congregation process around the church during a consecration service for Saint Xenia Orthodox Church in Payson, Utah, on Saturday, July 16, 2022.
Antoinette Miller, 9, looks back as she listens to her father, Luke, preach during a worship service Sunday, March 18, 2018, at Living Water Mennonite Church in Provo, Utah. According to Pastor Luke, the church is only one of two established places of worship for Mennonites in Utah.
Brandon Morgan, center, 17, loads items into a truck as his friend, Carter Wilkey, 16, of Payson, helps Morgan evacuate from his Elk Ridge home during a mandatory evacuation as the Pole Creek and Bald Mountain Fires move toward homes Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. The two fires burned a combined 120,851 acres, and at their peak caused more than 6,000 people to evacuate their homes. No structures were reported as destroyed through the blazes, and both wildfires were listed as 100% containment on Oct. 8.
A kitesurfer recreates as first responders contain the scene of a crash where a semi-trailer hauling butane rolled off State Route 189 and into Deer Creek Reservoir on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in Provo Canyon. The accident closed the road for the day, and no serious injuries or lasting damage to the reservoir were reported.
Myron Gebhardt, a Provo Parking Enforcement Officer, enters vehicle information into an app on his phone before issuing a parking ticket while a vehicle he just ticketed is reflected in his vehicle's window Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, during a patrol in the area surrounding Brigham Young University's campus in Provo, Utah. “There are 10,000 more cars than parking places," said Sgt. Brian Taylor, a Provo Police Department spokesman. "There are six parking enforcement officers.”
American Fork police officer Diego Garcia consoles Mariseia Gonzalez, the wife of the deceased worker according to a family friend at the scene, as she sits nearby the scene of a trench collapse Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at 530 S. 860 E. in American Fork, Utah. Responders stated that one construction worker died and two others were involved in the accident.
Ticket taker Robert Hoffarth looks out over the carnival's midway as he awaits the next customer during Springville's Art City Days held Thursday, June 6, 2019, near the Springville Civic Center in Springville, Utah.
A festivalgoer crowd surfs as a band performs during the Holi Festival of Colors held Saturday, March 30, 2019, at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah. An estimated 10,000 from Utah and beyond attended the annual Hindu celebration, according to Advaita Das, assistant manager of the Holi Festival of Colors.
Casey, left, and Kayci Treu practice during a dance lesson Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 at Strictly Ballroom in Orem, Utah. The duo met out of a mutual need for a dance partner, and eventually became romantically involved after many practices together and a first date. They married on March 26, 2014, about a year after their first date. “Essentially a ballroom partnership is like a marriage in every form except the romance: you have money, scheduling, you have to learn how to communicate, work through conflict, pursue a common goal,” Kayci said.
The Dowland brothers including, from left, Sam, 5, Logan, 3, Brody, 8, and Mason, 6, work to create a "secret spot" while playing in a vacant lot that will eventually be the site of a home in a neighborhood east of Interstate 15 on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 in Santaquin, Utah. Santaquin is a sleepy town in the rural southern part of Utah County. Cities in the northern part of the county, such as Lehi, are booming. Since the 50’s, Lehi has gained roughly 57,503 citizens whereas Santaquin has gained about 9,848 in the same time. Santaquin has been described as “Lehi 25 years ago” and though it is currently growing slowly but steadily, the city is preparing itself for a population boom of its own.
Abraham Roe, of Murray, creates bubbles outside the Utah State Capitol after the first day of the 2020 legislative session Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Oscar Paparone, right, 8, sits forward as he watches "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" with is family as part of the Dive 'n' Movies series at Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix waterpark in Glendale, AZ, on Thursday, July 9, 2015. The park plays a different movie every Thursday and Friday night starting at 8pm.
Members of the The National Parks perform among the audience during the first show of the season for the Rooftop Concert Series held Friday, July 6, 2018, in downtown Provo, Utah.
Richard Brunst, Mayor of Orem, wipes his face as he and other attendees walk through one of the splash pad's waterfalls during the grand opening of Orem's splash pad Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Palisade Park in Orem, Utah.
Amanda Davis Arthur, one of Kiplyn's cousins, holds a candle while Amazing Grace is performed during a vigil on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at the Spanish Fork City Cemetery in Spanish Fork, Utah. The vigil was held for missing people in Utah, including Kiplyn Davis, who has been missing for 23 years.
This diptych shows a crowd of spectators watching as a vintage stearman aircraft carrying wing walker Jane Wicker and pilot Charlie Schwenker crashes into the ground at the Vectren Dayton Air Show in Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday, June 22, 2013. Both Wicker and Schwenker were fatally injured in the crash.