Members of the congregation listen to a performance by the combined choir from BYU-Idaho during the 181st General Conference on Saturday.
Lennie Mahler, Deseret News
Thousands of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 2, for the church's general conference. The announcement of three new LDS Church temples in North America — in Colorado, Idaho and Canada — highlighted President Thomas S. Monson's opening address in the Saturday morning session, while 10 new LDS general authorities and 41 Area Seventies were sustained during the Saturday afternoon session.
Violinist retires
Frances Darger, a violinist of 69 years with the Utah Symphony, is set to retire this summer.
Weekend rescuers
Between a horse, kittens and five baby ducks trapped, rescuers were kept busy but saved all the animals.
Clinton man arrested
Police are investigating a Memorial Day shooting that left a teenager dead in a Yuba Lake State Park campground and his older brother in jail.
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