POSTED // Apr 30,2008 - Soon, Utah residents who filed their tax returns can expect economic stimulus checks, with individuals receiving approximately $600. The plan is meant to encourage consumers to purchase goods and services so as to invigorate the economy. City Weekly...

POSTED // Apr 23,2008 - The SLCPD recently announced a successful sweep for the Pioneer Park area. In total, it netted 257 arrests, over 100 of which were drug-related felony charges (see News). City Weekly asked Diego Castro, owner of the Volk Caffe Bar (336 W. Broadway) adjacent...

POSTED // Apr 16,2008 - With the FLDS crackdowns at the compound in Texas, critics say Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is too soft on polygamist communities in Utah. Shurtleff reaffirmed he wouldn’t prosecute polygamy on its own unless there was related evidence of...

POSTED // Apr 9,2008 - A decades-long request for a meeting between the gay Mormon group Affirmation and the LDS church has finally been brokered. Fred Riley, commissioner for LDS Family Services, will meet with Affirmation this August to discuss LDS/gay issues. City Weekly...

POSTED // Apr 2,2008 - Kennecott will field questions Thursday, April 3, regarding reports by The Salt Lake Tribune that they failed to disclose an unsafe tailings pond, which could’ve breached during a strong earthquake and buried entire neighborhoods in Magna. City...

POSTED // Mar 19,2008 - Recently released photos show LDS missionaries mocking the Catholic faith at the Sangre de Cristo shrine in San Luis, Colo. Some images included missionaries pretending to sacrifice each other on an altar at the shrine. City Weekly asked James Hulett,...

POSTED // Mar 12,2008 - A Senate committee investigating the Crandall Canyon Mine disaster has accused federal safety regulators of not properly double-checking safety reports submitted by Murray Energy prior to last August’s cave-in. City Weekly asked 7-Eleven manager...

POSTED // Mar 5,2008 - A Midvale Middle School teacher has come under some pressure from a student’s parent, for allegedly crossing the line from education to advocacy by showing Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth in a science class. City Weekly asked Riley Booker...

POSTED // Feb 27,2008 - Now that Sen. Buttars, R-West Jordan, has apologized to the predominantly black members of the Calvalry Baptist Church, he considers the case closed on his insensitive “baby” remark. City Weekly asked , if she thought the issue would haunt...

POSTED // Feb 20,2008 - South Salt Lake’s city council voted that only eight taverns may operate within city limits, deciding the move was needed to reduce crime in the area. City Weekly asked Travis Tanner of Tanner Frames what he thought of the policy: I wonder if the...