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A pair of popular Joseph Smith Memorial Building restaurants are expected to reopen this year, ending a five-year hiatus tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and Temple Square construction. However, The ...

Speaking at a BYU lecture, Salt Lake Temple renovation project manager Georges Bonnet outlined the engineering feats and spiritual purpose behind the church’s ‘most complex’ undertaking ...

SALT LAKE CITY — With a year recently added to the completion of construction on Temple Square, one of Salt Lake City's biggest tourist attractions, many are wondering what effect the delay will have ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A new Temple Square statue is "glorious — everything we hoped and expected." That's what The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' General Relief Society President Camille N.

The new sculpture by Michael Hall depicts the First Vision with Joseph Smith looking up towards God and Jesus Christ. (Dylan Eubank) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unveiled a new ...

SALT LAKE CITY — As construction continues on Temple Square in its fourth year, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced some plaza areas will soon be reopened to the public while the ...

A new plaza looking south between the Church Administration Building, left, and the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, right, at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. The area will reopen to the public on ...

The Christmas lights on downtown Salt Lake City’s Temple Square will be switched on Friday, and areas that have been closed off to the public due to construction and renovation will open for the first ...