POSTED // Aug 27,2008 - River Grab Go ahead, Utah. Vote for John McCain. Just know that when he’s in the White House, McCain plans to give your water to Arizona. That’s what it sounded like, at least, when the Arizona senator and presidential candidate said that...

POSTED // Aug 13,2008 - Preserving Petroglyphs America’s historic artifacts are supposed to be protected when government land is mined, drilled or pumped. But that sort of idealism quickly goes out the window when energy prices reach historic levels. Conservation groups...

POSTED // Aug 6,2008 - Broken Down Oh, to be David Gardner. That is, if you fancy living your life like a train wreck. The ex-Utah County Commissioner has been fighting bizarre legal battles for nearly 10 years, beginning with a DUI case in 1999 when Gardner claimed a hitchhiker...

POSTED // Jul 30,2008 - Legislating Neighborhoods The Salt Lake City Council has taken the manacles off small business, passing new rules to allow businesses in residential areas after a lengthy moratorium. At the same time, the council has changed parking requirements to make...

POSTED // Jul 23,2008 - Pricy Pipeline Early estimates of the price tag for building a 174-mile-long pipeline to carry water from Lake Powell to St. George were way off. In 2005, the pipeline was estimated at $585 million. Today, the projected cost is $1.1 billion. The near...

POSTED // Jul 16,2008 - Shooting Season Nothing like a patch of warm weather to bring out the guns. Recent weeks have brought a series of horrifying shootings to the mean streets of Salt Lake City and Ogden. July 6 saw the death of a 7-year old in a drive-by gang shooting. An...

POSTED // Jul 9,2008 - Dirty Lawmakers Let this be a message to anyone who would expose the dirty laundry of leaders of the Utah Legislature. Rep. Steve Mascaro, R-West Jordan, was one of five Legislators, and one of just two Republicans, who filed a formal complaint with...

POSTED // Jun 25,2008 - Artsy Utah Utah is experiencing the second-fastest growth of artists of any state in the nation, according to a survey by the National Endowment for the Arts. Between 1990 and 2000, the Beehive State’s artist population grew by 44 percent. And...

POSTED // Jun 18,2008 - Nuclear Testing Congress has put up money for cancer testing of residents in an area of southeastern Utah that provided uranium for the United States’ first atomic bombs. The money comes after a federal study found rates of some cancers in Monticello...

POSTED // Jun 11,2008 - Free Parking The Salt Lake City Council reversed itself during budget talks and decided not to eliminate free evening and weekend parking in downtown after all. The about-face came after a collective scream from citizens. Business groups like the Downtown...