http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/articles.sec-8422-1-news-articles.html By Eric S. Peterson

Daily newspapers have been writing their own obituaries for so long now that most readers have become desensitized to the stumbles, falls and collapses of some of the nation’s venerable gray ladies.]]> By Eric S. Peterson

Zach Baker, head of Salt Lake Community College’s Students for a Sensible Drug Policy club, says Utah law needs to be changed to protect lives at the point when an overdose means someone’s wrong decision to not report an overdose is at risk of becoming a fatal decision.]]> By Eric S. Peterson

It’s an 80-degree day in downtown Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Park at 300 South and 300 West, and people from the nearby homeless shelter are enjoying the weather.]]> By Eric S. Peterson

It could be a lead-in for a joke: A Utah attorney general, his fundraiser, and a political toady travel to a posh resort in Newport Beach, Calif., where their fun-in-the-sun trip allegedly is paid for by a white-collar criminal. While it sounds like a whopper of a tale told over a martini, according to receipts and invoices given to City Weekly, two of these bizarre wingdings really did take place.]]> By Eric S. Peterson

Imagine if an exact replica of two blocks of downtown were re-created, turned upside down and placed on stilts directly above the two city blocks it was based on so you could look up and see a mirror image of the city above]]> By Eric S. Peterson

The housing problem in Salt Lake City and the country is as stark as it is simple—not enough affordable homes leaves the economically vulnerable worried about keeping a roof over their heads. Now, a Salt Lake City man is taking an out-of-the-box approach to one of the problems of poverty by offering an in-the-box solution: “tiny homes” cheaply and efficiently constructed out of used shipping containers.]]> By Eric S. Peterson

When Rashad Nijim gave Utah Valley University administration a flag of Palestine to display in the Hall of Flags alongside the flags of other students’ countries, he was given the run-around for months before being told that, among other issues, the flag would be offensive to Israeli students.]]> By Eric S. Peterson

It’s a Wednesday night at the Christ United Methodist Church, and a small gathering of the One Voice Choir has halted in the middle of singing “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.”]]> By Eric S. Peterson

What if the state didn’t have to pay anything for the massive prison relocation project? According to documents City Weekly obtained through a government records request, one company has offered to pick up the entire bill for the state.]]> By Eric S. Peterson

According to the accounts of the half-dozen witnesses of what is now jokingly referred to as “The Great Pickle Factory Raid,” on March 20, a Salt Lake City fire marshal, three city inspectors, ]]> By Stephen Dark

A student resolution under discussion by the University of Utah’s student government argues that fossil-fuel-driven climate change results in 400,000 deaths globally every year. The resolution’s critics argue that billions are kept warm and fed because of fossil fuels.]]> By Eric S. Peterson

Salt Lake City Mission spokesman Brad Jaques has acquired an appreciation for God’s uncanny timing ...]]> By Eric S. Peterson

A bill is under discussion at the Legislature to create a board to study relocating the Utah State Prison and, if the concept is viable, to accept proposals to move forward with the plan.]]> By Eric S. Peterson

The legislative committee room was packed with lawyers fighting for and against Senate Bill 212 as though it were a high-dollar court case and the senate panel were a jury deciding the fate of their clients—because, in a way, that’s what it was. ]]> By Stephen Dark

In late 2012, Palmer DePaulis, executive director of the Department of Human Services, decided to retire after 20 years in high-profile positions for the state. ]]> By Eric S. Peterson

After Tom Green's organization rallied the local community and helped gather more than $10,000 in donations, working tirelessly to put amenities and improvements into the field, Salt Lake City has announced considerable increases in user fees that threaten to price Green’s organization out of existence.]]> By Stephen Dark

In late December 2011, Weber County Attorney Dee Smith received a call from Steve Olsen, chair of the Weber Democratic Party.]]> By Eric S. Peterson

“Arthur” has lived on the street for the past 35 years and has tried practically every drug imaginable, from weed and speed to crack and heroin.]]> By Stephen Dark

Before Kristine Biggs took Morgan County deputies on a high-speed chase in November 2012, Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings hadn’t had much trouble in ruling the seven officer-involved shootings that had landed on his desk]]> By Eric S. Peterson

With the defeat of Mitt Romney in the November election, Utah finally had to reconcile itself to the fact it would soon have to swallow the Obamacare medicine. But local health advocates worry two factors will keep Utah from following the good doctor’s prescription for implementing the president’s Affordable Care Act: young immortals and stubborn politicians.]]>