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Salt Lake's modern tree canopy is a living legacy of the peoples of Utah.

Life in the Slow Lane
By Wes Long

Turning 50 and still growing, Salt Lake's Urban Indian Center honors tradition, memory and vision.

Lightning in the Hand
By Wes Long

At 98, skiing legend Junior Bounous is still carving up the powder with a smile.

Singing Down the Slopes
By Bianca Dumas
Salt Lake's modern tree canopy is a living legacy of the peoples of Utah.
Salt Lake's modern tree canopy is a living legacy of the peoples of Utah.

Salt Lake's modern tree canopy is a living legacy of the peoples of Utah.

Life in the Slow Lane
"I think that I shall never see, a poem as lovely as a tree," wrote Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918).

By Wes Long April 17, 2024

What to expect from the new look Utah Royals and Real Salt Lake in 2024.
What to expect from the new look Utah Royals and Real Salt Lake in 2024.

What to expect from the new look Utah Royals and Real Salt Lake in 2024.

The Game is Afoot
Professional soccer season is back in the Beehive State, and for the first time since 2020, Real Salt Lake isn't the only team in town.

By Connor Sanders March 27, 2024

Book bans, marijuana redactions and poop in mailboxes—recognizing the worst in government transparency.
Book bans, marijuana redactions and poop in mailboxes—recognizing the worst in government transparency.

Book bans, marijuana redactions and poop in mailboxes—recognizing the worst in government transparency.

The Foilies 2024
We're taught in school about checks and balances between the various branches of government, but those lessons tend to leave out the role that civilians play in holding officials accountable.

By The Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock News March 13, 2024

The 2024 Utah legislative session was an election-year slog bookended by bathrooms and baseball.
The 2024 Utah legislative session was an election-year slog bookended by bathrooms and baseball.

The 2024 Utah legislative session was an election-year slog bookended by bathrooms and baseball.

Spring Break
I'm far from the first observer to draw this comparison, but a school campus remains the best proxy for considering the Utah Legislature

By Benjamin Wood March 6, 2024

The University of Utah is ready to build a baseball stadium, but it wants a piece of Sunnyside Park.
The University of Utah is ready to build a baseball stadium, but it wants a piece of Sunnyside Park.

The University of Utah is ready to build a baseball stadium, but it wants a piece of Sunnyside Park.

Foul Ball
The University of Utah Baseball team is close to realizing an almost decade-long quest to build an on-campus ballpark, and administrators say they've identified the perfect spot—at the current site of Utah Baseball's practice field on Guardsman Way.

By Josi Hinds February 28, 2024

A Utah nonprofit works to turn unused food into meals for the hungry
A Utah nonprofit works to turn unused food into meals for the hungry

A Utah nonprofit works to turn unused food into meals for the hungry

Waste Not, Want Not
Each year, roughly 1.3 billion metric tons of food goes to waste worldwide, according to United Nations data, or roughly one-third of everything produced for human consumption.

By Aimee L. Cook February 21, 2024

The Secret Sauce
The Secret Sauce

The Secret Sauce

How Utah lawmakers disclose—or don't disclose—conflicts of interest.
But lawmakers' professional interests can also open the door for conflicts of interest.

By Sydnee Chapman Gonzalez and Eric S. Peterson February 14, 2024

Dating counselors help singles move past relationship hiccups and get to the next date.
Dating counselors help singles move past relationship hiccups and get to the next date.

Dating counselors help singles move past relationship hiccups and get to the next date.

Looking for Love
There were second dates, a few third dates, but no fourth dates. His relationships usually lasted three months or less.

By Carolyn Campbell and Erin Moore February 7, 2024

Time is running out to give justice and medical aid to Utah's nuclear downwinders
Time is running out to give justice and medical aid to Utah's nuclear downwinders

Time is running out to give justice and medical aid to Utah's nuclear downwinders

Ticking Clock
Too many people have continued to suffer in the years since I wrote that story, and too many others have forgotten—or never knew—about the long trail of death left in the wake of four decades of weapons tests and production.

By Mary Dickson January 31, 2024

How DNA experts and law enforcement uncover hidden identities.
How DNA experts and law enforcement uncover hidden identities.

How DNA experts and law enforcement uncover hidden identities.

Written in Bone
He's a man of mystery. After all these years, no one knows his real name.

By Carolyn Campbell January 24, 2024

Sundance Film Festival celebrates four decades of groundbreaking independent film
Sundance Film Festival celebrates four decades of groundbreaking independent film

Sundance Film Festival celebrates four decades of groundbreaking independent film

40 for 40
They say that 50 is the new 40, and perhaps that notion applies to the Sundance Film Festival

By Scott Renshaw January 17, 2024

SLC Mayor Erin Mendenhall on her reelection victory, working with the Utah Legislature and the 'unrivaled' opportunities of the next decade.
SLC Mayor Erin Mendenhall on her reelection victory, working with the Utah Legislature and the 'unrivaled' opportunities of the next decade.

SLC Mayor Erin Mendenhall on her reelection victory, working with the Utah Legislature and the 'unrivaled' opportunities of the next decade.

Steady as She Goes
Erin Mendenhall began her second term as Salt Lake City mayor on Jan. 2, ringing in the new year with a swearing-in ceremony at downtown's Main Library.

By Benjamin Wood January 10, 2024

Media censorship patterns signal a deeper truth: Our economics and our species' survival are deeply at odds.
Media censorship patterns signal a deeper truth: Our economics and our species' survival are deeply at odds.

Media censorship patterns signal a deeper truth: Our economics and our species' survival are deeply at odds.

Project Censored 2023
Each year, Project Censored releases a list of the Top 10 un- and under-reported news stories.

By Paul Rosenberg December 27, 2023

Corporate abuse and environmental harm dominate Project Censored's annual list of the Top 10 suppressed news stories
Corporate abuse and environmental harm dominate Project Censored's annual list of the Top 10 suppressed news stories

Corporate abuse and environmental harm dominate Project Censored's annual list of the Top 10 suppressed news stories

Project Censored 2023
"We have made the planet inhospitable to human life." That's what the lead researcher in Project Censored's No. 1 story this year said.

By Paul Rosenberg December 20, 2023

One of Utah's best-known police chiefs had a decadeslong side career defending police misconduct.
One of Utah's best-known police chiefs had a decadeslong side career defending police misconduct.

One of Utah's best-known police chiefs had a decadeslong side career defending police misconduct.

Use of Force
His stature is perhaps a natural denouement to a lengthy career in law enforcement, which he began in the 1970s working as a security guard while a student at Brigham Young University.

By Sam Stecklow December 13, 2023

City Weekly's year-end guide to getting through the holidays and closing out those Christmas lists.
City Weekly's year-end guide to getting through the holidays and closing out those Christmas lists.

City Weekly's year-end guide to getting through the holidays and closing out those Christmas lists.

Gift Guide 2023
This city rocks! And there's no better time to pay back the love SLC has given us all than at the holidays. Got family in town?

By Katharine Biele, Carolyn Campbell, Aimee L. Cook and Benjamin Wood December 6, 2023

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