On Thursday, April 24, the Fairview Planning Commission unanimously voted to approve with conditions plans for a reduced McKinney Texas Temple, as agreed upon in mediation held in November. Final approval of the conditional use permit goes before the Town Council on Tuesday, April 29. The conditions recommended by the commission include reducing the steeple height to 68 feet 3 inches, renaming the building the Fairview Texas Temple, and turning off the nighttime exterior lighting every night between 11 p.m. and 5 p.m. and on Sundays, Mondays, and holidays when the temple is closed.

While stone cladding progresses on the west side of the Smithfield Utah Temple, the building's front portico has been sheathed in preparation for cladding in the near future. The beautiful historic design of the temple pays homage to the community's pioneer roots. Smithfield, settled in the 1850s, is the second most populous community in Utah's Cache County and is located just 11 miles (18 kilometers) south of the Idaho border.

The first precast cladding panels have been hung on the exterior walls of the Wichita Kansas Temple. Construction of the 9,950-square-foot modular building began just seven-and-a-half months ago. Once the concrete foundation was in place, the prefabricated modules were installed, followed by framing of the steeple. The exterior walls were sheathed, and glass was installed in the window openings.

The rendering for the Huntsville Alabama Temple has been released. The location for the temple was announced three months ago as a 21-acre property located southeast of the intersection of Gillespie Road and Browns Ferry Road in Madison, Alabama. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 30,000 square feet. It will be the second temple constructed in Alabama, joining the Birmingham Alabama Temple (2000).