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- News, October 23, 2024
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Thanks to a couple 'history nuts,' Salt Lake City's 2002 Olympics are archived at the University of Utah
Small Lake City
- If you wanted to research who participated in the Torch Relay during Salt Lake's 2002 Winter Olympics, you could look into it. That's because determined people made sure everything broadcast, printed or performed at the time was archived and cataloged.
- News, Cover Story October 9, 2024
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A Utah filmmaker's search for crop circle creators left him open to the mysterious.
After Dark
- In 2009, one of the world's most complex crop circles appeared out of the blue, and Utahn Erik Hutchins was there to see it. He'd been trying to capture its creation on film, and he says his failure to do so was also a great success.
- News, Cover Story August 28, 2024
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The lesser-known Assistance League of Salt Lake City runs a 'lean and cheap' charitable juggernaut.
Major League
- Assistance League is probably Utah's best-run charity, and many don't even know it's there.
- News, July 3, 2024
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Salt Lake bars and restaurants say Utah's state alcohol agency is back to its old, controlling ways.
Small Lake City
- One year ago, Gov. Spencer Cox hired Tiffany Clason as director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, changed the agency's name to emphasize its new commitment to "service" (DABS) rather than "control" (DABC), and said he was making a business case for the sale of alcohol in Utah.
- News, Cover Story April 3, 2024
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At 98, skiing legend Junior Bounous is still carving up the powder with a smile.
Singing Down the Slopes
- Junior Bounous is simply too cool for words.
- News, Cover Story November 22, 2023
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Ski jumping legend Alf Engen helped put Utah's powder on the map
Athlete of the Century
- Alf Engen was a ski jumper so remarkable, he broke the world record several times in a single day of competition—more than once.
- News, Cover Story July 5, 2023
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The newly-named Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services says its job now is to help businesses thrive.
Another Round
- Utah's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC) is now the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services (DABS). In swapping out the word "control" for "services," they have signaled a change in the agency's mission statement and philosophy.
- News, August 18, 2005
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Road of Ruin
Activist Kathy Justice brought attention to Utah’s deadly Highway 6. Is it a safer drive today?
- Mile Marker 181: Fatal. Kathy Justice heard about Trever Tuttle’s white Ford Ranger drifting across the center lane in Spanish Fork Canyon, killing him instantly. She learned his death left four small children without a daddy; that his casket...
- News, April 11, 2002
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Monumental Concern
Would San Rafael National Monument save or destroy the region?
- The New Year was already feeling like an old injury to some citizens of picturesque Emery County. Flared by the cold and wet, like an injury, it was a reminder of the better times that had come before it. Residents of this sparse, east central Utah county...
- News, March 14, 2002
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Pushing Past the Pain
Is giving birth at home safer than at a hospital? Midwives offer alternatives.
- With all the Olympics hype, presidential pomp and battleground nerves, it’s no wonder that Charles Black thought there was an explosion. But terrorism comes in small, inert packages, too. Even on Valentine’s Day.It was 1:30 a.m. when Black...
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The newly-named Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services says its job now is to help businesses thrive.
Another Round
July 05, 2023
