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Hovering in the sky above the Phillips 66 oil refinery in Woods Cross is an imaginary pair of tired old lungs—they’re weak from a long life of breathing, and hypersensitive to smoggy air. How carefully the government should protect those lungs—the public’s lungs—remains an issue where Utah and the federal government continue to disagree.
Justin Taufer died saving a woman from being raped and possibly murdered. Two years later, Taufer Park was named in his honor. It's ironic that a place named for such a hero would need a savior of its own.
Edwin Napia has a creation story to tell. It comes in pieces, beautiful ceramic pieces he has assembled alongside the work of four other artists with roots in the South Pacific. Napia grew up in New Zealand, a place nothing like the canvas world of Paul...