April is Earth Month and Recycle Utah is celebrating with events to help locals help the planet.

Park City’s “Ride On” campaign saw more than 3,300 riders using public transit over the last four months.

Utah State University will restructure its academic programs — including several large-scale mergers and a still unknown number of employee layoffs — in order to make up lost funds from the state’s budgets cuts for higher education.

Plans for the Heber Valley Center for Learning will come before the Wasatch County Council Wednesday, April 16.

Attorneys for Vail Resorts on Tuesday will ask an appeals court to reverse a Park City planning board’s decision that blocked the installation of two high-speed chair lifts.

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pope Francis died Monday, the day after Easter, at the age of 88. As the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, he was the first Latin American pontiff, the first non-European pope in more than a millennium, and he left behind a legacy of service, unity, and compassion.

The official certification came from professor Andrea Arcangeli, the director of the Directorate of Health and Hygiene of the Vatican City State, according to Vatican News, an official publication of the Vatican.

Pope Francis, one of the most popular popes in decades, has died. As the world mourns and reflects on his legacy, NPR would like to hear your stories.