Telehealth Crackdown: Utah joined the FTC’s lawsuit against Hims & Hers, alleging deceptive subscription billing and sharing sensitive health data with Meta and Snap—another hit to Utah’s consumer-protection and digital health trust. Water & Infrastructure: Sugar House Park’s detention-pond was drained after historically low Parleys Creek flows, with utilities pushing back on inaccurate online claims about reservoir releases. AI Funding: Gov. Spencer Cox launched a $5 million Utah AI Moonshot grant program for pro-human research in areas like mental health, water, healthcare, and autonomous systems. Skilled Trades Pipeline: Dixie Technical College won a $930,000 Lowe’s Foundation grant to expand construction/apprenticeship training and add hands-on equipment for rural Southern Utah. Food Retail Expansion: Logan-based Norse Roots rolled out new beef tallow chip and snack flavors and expanded retail partnerships, including Hy-Vee/Albertsons and Costco exclusives. Public Health Alert: Utah officials warned consumers after a mislabeled kratom product linked to a death in Utah County, urging retailers to remove the items and residents to destroy them safely. Cold Case Tech: Utah’s new State Bureau of Investigation cold case unit solved its first case using forensic genetic genealogy, bringing long-awaited answers to a family. Climate Pressure: A new heat wave is expected to push record temperatures across the West, raising wildfire and grid-stress concerns for Utah and neighbors. Mining & Materials: Utah’s rare-earth and critical-metals push continues, with reports of new heavy-rare-earth-oxides production work and ongoing phosphate project exploration activity.