POSTED // Aug 31,2011 - East High School head basketball coach Steven “Skip” Lowe made up his mind about him from the very beginning.

POSTED // Aug 31,2011 - Fred Karger, a 61-year-old gay California Republican, is one of a crowd of hopefuls vying to be the 2012 GOP presidential nominee. Among the contenders, he’s a long shot—even among the long-shot candidates. But after 30-plus years working in conservative politics, Karger knows he won’t be the first gay Republican president. He also knows the role he can play, and play well if he gets his opening: wild card.

POSTED // Aug 25,2011 - This back-to-school season, help out by donating school supplies to refugee children whose first day of class may also be their first day in an American school.

POSTED // Aug 18,2011 - All summer, the redistricting committee has been touring Utah and getting input on redrawing the state’s political boundaries.

POSTED // Aug 16,2011 - On June 7, cyclist Brynn Barton, 24, was killed by a hit-and-run driver, and her case is still a mystery for Salt Lake City Police.

POSTED // Aug 11,2011 - The little activist inside all of us really wants to stop going to city council meetings and legislative subcommittees and just go play in the mud

POSTED // Aug 10,2011 - In May 2011, Hraef’n Wulfson, creative director of McGrew Studio and the unofficial “mayor” of Pierpont Avenue, sought to place the street—located between 300 and 400 West and

POSTED // Aug 4,2011 - Redistricting is still in full swing, and you can stop by the Salt Lake County Redistricting Commission to learn how the county’s political maps will be redrawn for the next decade.

POSTED // Aug 3,2011 - In one three-month period in 2000, Jodie Caffery went from being a happy stay-at-home mom, active in her LDS ward, to becoming a hardcore meth user.

POSTED // Jul 28,2011 - The Salt Lake City School District will be asking to tax or not to tax, when it comes to raising property-tax revenue.