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Bianca Dumas
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- 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...
- News, December 13, 2001
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Zen in Zion
Local Zen Master shows people of all faiths how to liberate themselves from suffering.
- Traditions change every time they enter new cultures. Take the tradition of naming a baby. Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi’s parents started with a good American name, Dennis. They attached it to a good Jewish name, Merzel. And they left it at that. Who...
- News, August 9, 2001
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Going Native
Seeking the lifestyle of ancient hunters and gatherers brings a new generation of survivalists back to nature.
- At the entrance of a Food Town grocery store in a tiny Southern Utah community hangs a hand-printed sign that says, “No shirt, no shoes, no pants, no service.” No pants? But it has happened. A man named David Holladay once walked into the...
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At 98, skiing legend Junior Bounous is still carving up the powder with a smile.
Singing Down the Slopes
April 03, 2024
