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Eric S. Peterson
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- News, Cover Story July 28, 2021
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Every Last Drop
While facing a historic drought, Utah officials don't have a handle on how much water slips through their fingers.
The problem with these old water systems is they were never metered, especially as many ditches and canals were dug before meters had been invented. Now, many secondary systems simply estimate how much water customers use.
- News, August 5, 2015
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Cracking Down
A new homeless policing strategy focuses on minor offenses
Incumbent officeholders in an election season have to face a veritable firing squad of critical bullet points from their opponents.
- News, Cover Story August 5, 2015
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Power Struggle
In the solar-panel debate, Rocky Mountain Power turns a blind eye to the environmental benefits of sunshine
Mark Larsen fits the bill of a stereotypical solar-panel user. He's a semi-retired college Spanish professor, active member of Utah Citizens Advocating for Renewable Energy (UCARE) and lives in a suburb of brown adobe homes outside of St. George.
- Blog, Buzz Blog August 4, 2015
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Alty News: Trump Fires campaign Adviser Over Racist Posts; Protests After Killing of Journalists in Mexico
- Blog, Buzz Blog July 31, 2015
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Alty News: Georgia Illegally Segregating Trouble Students; The Failed Afghanistan Drug War
- News, July 29, 2015
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No Parking
For Salt Lake City visitors, parking hassles are a major complaint—but it may be the new normal
The Downtown Alliance, a nonprofit contracted by Salt Lake City to collect a property assessment to promote the core of the city, recently released the results of its marketing survey.
- Blog, Buzz Blog July 28, 2015
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Alty News: Study Finds High Loan Rates for Blacks; LDS Church Angry Over Boy Scout Decision
- News, July 22, 2015
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Mayoral Wild Cards
SLC mayoral candidates Chapman and Robinson shake up the race
Oftentimes elections generate "also rans"—the lesser well-known candidates who, let's face it, can sometimes seem like single-issue loons: ("Rent's too high!" "Liberate the lizard people!" etc.)
- Blog, Buzz Blog July 17, 2015
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Alty News: Outrage Over Death of #BlackLivesMatter Activist; Making Bank on Junk Food School Lunches
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Blood Brothers
Thirty years after the infamous Utah County murders, Dan and Ron Lafferty reveal the complex threads of faith and family that formed their fundamentalist beliefs
July 23, 2014
Radical Mormon Jihad
Before Ron and Dan Lafferty killed in the name of religious extremism, they were political rebels whose views are echoed in the mainstream today
July 30, 2014
Crazy Pills
A Utah multilevel-marketing company has a multivitamin to "fix" your mental illness
November 27, 2013
