POSTED // Dec 22,2011 - Some would have us believe that 2012 brings with it the end times for life on Earth. If that is so—or even if it isn’t—might as well treat Dec. 31 as your last, best chance to celebrate the arrival of a new year.

POSTED // Dec 14,2011 - On June 1, 2007, at 8 a.m., Michael Birkeland blearily opened his eyes to a clear blue sky. He was lying naked in a field in Orem, his clothes scattered around him, his car a few yards away, the engine still running.

POSTED // Dec 7,2011 - Today, many of those who were arrested in the raids are back in Cache County, living deeper in the shadows and closer to the edge of desperation.

POSTED // Dec 1,2011 - On Maxine McNeeley's 71st birthday, inmate Curtis Allgier sang her a love song he had written over the phone from the Salt Lake County lockup.

POSTED // Nov 23,2011 - When it comes to college football, there’s little arguing that bigger is better. Schools across the country—a legion of wannabe USCs—are navigating their way into new conference affiliations

POSTED // Nov 9,2011 - John Baxter did everything he could to get into the fight. He volunteered for the Marines after high school. He signed on with a unit that was headed to Vietnam.

POSTED // Nov 2,2011 - There’s an old joke circulating around Salt Lake City at the mayor’s expense. An architect, an engineer and a planner all die and go to heaven.

POSTED // Nov 2,2011 - A political turf tussle is eating up the foothills, turning neighbor against neighbor, as local residents ally with one faction over the other and rep...

POSTED // Nov 2,2011 - Before Kyle LaMalfa founded the west-side community’s People’s Market, or before he decided to run for Salt Lake City Council against three-term incumbent Van Turner

POSTED // Nov 2,2011 - Tom Huynh, a West Valley City Realtor and native of Vietnam, is the favorite in the West Valley City Council election pitting him against City Planning Commission chairman and longtime community activist Brent Fuller.