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- News, Cover Story December 18, 2024
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City Weekly looks back, and forward, on Utah's biggest stories of 2024.
In the Rearview
- I love Salt Lake City in the wintertime. Sure, it's freezing cold outside and the air is often poisonous.
- News, December 11, 2024
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Meet Utah's new Teacher of the Year: Northwest Middle's Sayre Posey
Climbing Higher
- Posey's out-of-the-box teaching methods and passion for the success of her students earned her the recognition of Utah's 2025 Teacher of the Year on September 5.
- News, October 4, 2024
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Delta Center shakes up concessions and merchandise as Utah Hockey Club drops the puck on its inaugural season.
Hungry For Hockey
- A tasty array of new snacks and a price drop on classic bites is coming to the Delta Center this season. Staff unveiled hockey-themed nachos and burgers alongside freshly printed Utah Hockey Club merchandise on Oct. 1 in what is an important moment of transition for Smith Entertainment Group (SEG).
- News, August 21, 2024
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Real Salt Lake is in top form as they end the season and prepare for the playoffs.
On the Run
- With a rare weekend off during the Major League Soccer (MLS) season, one might have expected some of the players training at Real Salt Lake's academy to let their foot off the gas a bit.
- News, Cover Story March 27, 2024
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What to expect from the new look Utah Royals and Real Salt Lake in 2024.
The Game is Afoot
- Professional soccer season is back in the Beehive State, and for the first time since 2020, Real Salt Lake isn't the only team in town.
- News, February 14, 2024
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Bathrooms, vouchers, diversity and guns—the Utah education bills to watch before the end of the 2024 session
Midterm Report
- From bathroom requirements to water efficiency, sex education, displaying the Ten Commandments and beyond, the Legislature has big plans for the future of Utah's children and teens.
- News, Cover Story June 28, 2023
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Salt Lake City's new teacher of the year on book bans, active shooter drills, district drama and kids growing up online
Extra Credit
- Disbelief washed over Whittier Elementary School teacher Cathy Bigler on May 8, as she saw interim Superintendent Martin Bates and Whittier principal Bri Deleon holding balloons in her classroom doorway.
- News, May 24, 2023
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Tooele County School District weighs dropping one-of-a-kind German language immersion program at shrinking elementary
Lost in Translation
- And while dual language immersion programs have become common in Utah elementary schools, teaching young children to be near-fluent in languages from Spanish to Chinese, there are only two such programs in the entire state that are taught in German.
- News, Cover Story February 22, 2023
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Artificially intelligent chatbots are pushing schools to keep up with modern cheating
The Robot Ate My Homework
- What was the best excuse you used on a teacher for turning in homework late?
- News, February 1, 2023
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A revolving superintendent's door, board member squabbling and a blistering audit mark three tumultuous years for the Salt Lake City School District
School Dazed
- With four superintendents in three years, school board infighting that spilled into public view, accusations of racial discrimination and a blistering state audit alleging waste and mismanagement, finding a word to sum up the current state of the Salt Lake City School District is quite the endeavor.
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Bathrooms, vouchers, diversity and guns—the Utah education bills to watch before the end of the 2024 session
Midterm Report
February 14, 2024
Real Salt Lake is in top form as they end the season and prepare for the playoffs.
On the Run
August 21, 2024
Delta Center shakes up concessions and merchandise as Utah Hockey Club drops the puck on its inaugural season.
Hungry For Hockey
October 04, 2024
