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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) – The shelves are not as full as they used to be, but the friendly greeting is the same. Customers who’ve come to know Dwight Bell and his small staff of booksellers over the past 37 years will miss that greeting once his store finally closes at the end of April.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon leader is telling members to be more thoughtful and sensitive toward children of all backgrounds, many of whom don't come from "picture perfect" families.

SHARON, Vt. (AP) — A Utah businessman's plan for a large-scale development in Vermont based on the papers of Mormon leader Joseph Smith has sparked concern in the largely rural and mountainous area.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A high-ranking Mormon leader says the church policy against same-sex marriage was a revelation from God.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon Church is set to begin giving public tours of the religion's newest temple: A renovated historical tabernacle in Provo that nearly burned down in 2010.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several hundred people with roots in the Mormon faith gathered in Salt Lake City on Saturday to renounce the church's new policies targeting gays and their children in the latest illustration of the fervor the rule changes have caused.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new Mormon church policy targeting gay members and their children has triggered a firestorm of backlash from church members of all political backgrounds.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A top Mormon leader is scheduled to give the keynote speech Tuesday at the opening day of a conservative conference in Utah that has elicited strong opposition from LGBT groups.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is naming L. Whitney Clayton as the new president of a second-tier governing body called the Quorum of the Seventy.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church — the nation's largest sponsor of Boy Scout units — is keeping its longtime affiliation with the organization despite its decision to allow gay troop leaders.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon Church History museum is closing for one year for a total renovation of the 30-year-old building.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is putting some of the faith's most treasured artifacts on display for the first time in a new exhibit that opens to the public this week in Salt Lake City.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Church officials say they've seen a more than five-fold jump in applications after lowering the eligibility age for becoming a Mormon missionary. New numbers released this week show The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon church president Thomas S. Monson says that the faith will lower its minimum age requirement for missionaries from 19 to 18 for men and from 21 to 19 for women. Monson made the announcement Saturday at the faith's 182nd Semiannual General Conference in Salt Lake City...

(AP)  Parts of the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City have been damaged after a small fire triggered a deluge from a sprinkler system. Salt Lake City Fire Department officials say the sprinklers had already doused the flames when crews responded about 8:15 p.m. Monday. But the system had dumped thousands of gallons of water in the first few rows of the 21,000-seat auditorium.

Idaho will soon have another LDS temple.  Church officials say a new Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple will be built just outside of meridian. The church announced last spring that it would build its second Treasure Valley temple but hadn’t disclosed the site until Monday...

Faithful Mormons gathered to hear words of inspiration from their leaders over the weekend during their church's semiannual general conference.