The Salt Lake Tribune
Trailer: This Week in Utah Politics with Bryan Schott
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- Trailer: This Week in Utah Politics with Bryan Schott
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- 2 years ago
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- This Week in Utah Politics breaks down the Beehive State’s top news stories from the past week. Join host Bryan Schott along with journalists from the Tribune newsroom and newsmakers who dig into the important Utah political news you need to know.
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- What is Pie 'N' Beer Day? Explaining Utah's Pioneer Day alternative celebration.
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- 2:17
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- 2 years ago
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- Pie 'n' beer day is celebrated in Utah on July 24 — which is also Pioneer Day, the state's founding celebration. It’s sort of an anti-holiday. Pioneer Day is closely linked to the LDS Church, and Latter-day Saints don’t drink beer. (They do eat a lot of pie, however.)
Pie and Beer Day has been both an actual event and a completely informal, counter-culture holiday. There are casual celebrations in backyards across the state — with no clearly defined pie associated with the day. Enjoy fruit pie, pizza, chicken pot pie, whatever. And, of course, whatever brand of beer you prefer.
Video by Bethany Baker of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- After 50 years, feminist voice still rings out in the pages of Exponent II
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- 32:28
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- 2 years ago
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- Claudia Bushman was 40 years old, a mother of six and working on an advanced history degree when she, essentially, was volunteered to become the first editor-in-chief of Exponent II, an independent feminist magazine for Latter-day Saint women. That was 1974.
Rachel Rueckert, a 30-something novelist, career woman and the magazine’s current top editor, wasn’t even born then. Despite the age difference, the two share an important passion: giving voice to women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
As the magazine celebrates its 50th anniversary, Bushman and Rueckert discuss their feelings about the magazine, the personal stories it has shared, how it has changed over the decades, what it has accomplished, and why they believe it remains relevant — and crucial — today and will stay that way well the future.
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- What are phragmites? Why is the plant bad for the Great Salt Lake? #greatsaltlake #environment #utah
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- 2 years ago
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- Phragmites, a tall, thirsty plant, native to Europe and Asia, didn’t invade the Great Salt Lake wetlands until the 1980s.
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https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/07/17/how-great-salt-lake-benefits-cows
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- Salt Lake City gets new urban farm offering fresh produce in a food desert
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- 0:59
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- 2 years ago
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- Wasatch Community Gardens, a nonprofit in Salt Lake City, wants to improve its connection to the west side — and get more fresh food into the bellies of kids.
Read more at sltrib.com.
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- What is Pioneer Day? Utah's state holiday July 24 explained.
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- 4:07
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- 2 years ago
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- Pioneer Day, July 24, "the 24th," Days of '47 — all mean the same thing in Utah: It's time to celebrate with parades, fireworks, rodeos and more.
July 24, 1847, was the day that Mormon prophet Brigham Young actually arrived in the Salt Lake Valley — when he reportedly said, “This is the right place.”
More than 175 years later, Utahns are still celebrating that arrival.
Read more here: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/07/22/what-heck-is-pioneer-day-pie/
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Video by Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
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- DOJ may sue after finding Utah relies on programs which segregate workers with disabilities
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- 1:23
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- 2 years ago
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- After a three-year investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice has found Utah is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by relying too heavily on programs that keep disabled Utahns away from the community, and instead congregate them with few chances to interact with nondisabled people.
That includes contracting with programs where people work in warehouse-like settings doing repetitive tasks, called “sheltered workshops.” And in some of these programs, Utahns with disabilities are paid below minimum wage.
And that’s once they even get into these programs. The DOJ report found that Utah has a yearslong waitlist for people with disabilities to receive services, including employment help.
Reporting by Jessica Miller, video by Trevor Christensen | The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Angels, demons and Ouija boards — A look at LDS missionary folklore and what it says about the faith
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- 38:51
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- 2 years ago
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- Few groups exist in the world like missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
They may be assigned to different countries or speak different languages, but for 18 months to two years, tens of thousands of these mostly young proselytizers share the same strict schedule, routine, identity and purpose: namely, to share the good news of — and seek converts to — their religion.
More than a million have served in the church’s history, so missionary stories are practically as ubiquitous in the 194-year-old global faith as are soaring steeples, crying babies and tiny sacrament cups.
Some stories are inspiring. Some are scary (with odes to devilish humans and even Satan himself). Some are funny. And some are, well, tall on tale and short on truth.
Talking about these narratives, some of which are cataloged at church-owned Brigham Young University, on this week’s show are folklorist Christine Blythe, executive dire...
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- Matthew McConaughey talks about a potential run for public office
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- 0:54
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- 2 years ago
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- Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey joined Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to speak in Salt Lake City as he continues to explore a potential run for Texas governor.
McConaughey was at the National Governors Association Summer Meeting at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, July 12, 2024.
Video by Bethany Baker and Yeonseung Kim of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The battle between good and evil
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- 1:00
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- 2 years ago
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- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to United States governors as part of the National Governors Association Summer Meeting at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, July 12, 2024.
Video by Bethany Baker of The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs an MOU with Utah Governor Spencer Cox
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- 2:54
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- 2 years ago
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- Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a memorandum of understanding with Utah Governor Spencer Cox during the National Governors Association at the Grand American Hotel in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 12, 2024.
Video by Bethany Baker of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to U.S. governors in Utah
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- 13:59
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- 2 years ago
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- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to United States governors as part of the National Governors Association Summer Meeting at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, July 12, 2024.
Video by Bethany Baker of The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Matthew McConaughey speaks at the National Governors Association Summer Meeting
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- 46:44
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- 2 years ago
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- Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey joined Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to speak in Salt Lake City as he continues to explore a potential run for Texas governor.
McConaughey was at the National Governors Association Summer Meeting at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, July 12, 2024.
Video by Bethany Baker of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- Gerrymandering case: Lawmakers can't ignore Utah voters, Utah Supreme Court rules
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- 0:58
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- 2 years ago
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- The Utah Supreme Court ruled that the Utah Legislature overstepped its authority when it rewrote a 2018 voter-approved ballot initiative that established an independent redistricting process and drew its own congressional maps that split Salt Lake County into four different congressional districts.
Read more at sltrib.com
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- Did Joseph Smith practice polygamy? What the evidence shows and why it matters.
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- 36:51
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- 2 years ago
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- On this week's "Mormon Land" podcast, Latter-day Saint scholars discuss church founder Joseph Smith's polygamy and those who increasingly deny he ever participated in the practice.
In 2014, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints published an official essay detailing Joseph Smith’s marriages to multiple women. After decades of insisting otherwise, the Community of Christ, formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has since conceded that the faith founder did participate in polygamy. Highly regarded scholarly works have documented Smith had at least 33 wives, and most historians widely accept that the church leader preached — albeit privately — and practiced plural marriage.
So why is this issue gaining increased attention in various Mormon circles and why are so-called polygamy deniers arguing that Smith had but one wife, Emma, while pinning the practice instead on perhaps the Western world’s most famous polygamist, ...
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- A Utah company is fighting ‘Big Kibble’ over grain-free dog food
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- 0:56
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- 2 years ago
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- Utah-based KetoNatural is suing Hill’s Pet Nutrition over health claims about “grain-free” dog food. Hill’s calls the suit “illogical,” and veterinarians are not eager to dismiss potential risks.
Read more at sltrib.com
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- Errant fireworks hit spectators at Utah Fourth of July concert
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- 0:24
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- 2 years ago
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- A video provided by Derek Blodgett shows a fireworks display gone amiss at Provo's Stadium of Fire concert on July 4, 2024. Authorities say multiple people received medical treatment after the fireworks hit several areas of spectators and performers in LaVell Edwards Stadium.
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- Utah has the fourth most toxic chemical releases of any state
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- 1:37
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- 2 years ago
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- Utah has the fourth most toxic chemical releases of any state in the nation, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data from 2022. About 80% of those releases come from the same place.
Read more at sltrib.com
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- Here’s what Utahns need to make to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment
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- 1:09
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- 2 years ago
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- Renters in most Utah counties likely don’t make enough to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment, according to new data.
The “Out of Reach 2024″ report released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the National Low Income Housing Coalition determined how much a full-time worker must earn to afford a modest rental home without spending more than 30% of their income on housing.
Here's how Utah fared.
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- Utah facing influx of undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers with few options to help them
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- 1:26
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- 2 years ago
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- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says the state’s resources to help new immigrants are depleted. There weren’t many programs dedicated to them in the first place.
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- Utah State University employee paid for 2 years while he didn't work
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- 0:59
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- 2 years ago
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- The employee at the school’s Price campus was supposed to oversee programs for local businesses. Instead, he failed to show up and was paid more than $157,000 in salary and benefits.
Read more at sltrib.com
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- Utah's Hill Air Show: What to know about parking and transit for Warriors Over the Wasatch
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- 0:52
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- 2 years ago
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- The free Wings Over the Wasatch event runs this weekend at Hill Air Force Base and will feature military and civilian aerial performers, including the famed Air Force Thunderbirds.
Read more at sltrib.com.
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- World Refugee Day celebrates 30 cultures in Salt Lake City
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- 1:40
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- 2 years ago
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- World Refugee Day is an annual celebration that features the diverse refugee communities in Utah. The event includes food trucks, water slides and concerts that showcase the different cultures. This year’s two-day event, held on Friday and Saturday, celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/06/23/where-jamaican-jerk-meets-swahili/
Video by Yeonseung Kim | The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Mia Bailey case: Utah double homicide suspect appears in court for first time
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- 2:00
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- 2 years ago
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- Utah double homicide suspect Mia Bailey appeared in court for the first time Wednesday morning, as a Washington County judge read off her charges and appointed her a defense attorney.
Bailey, 28, is accused of killing both her parents last week before opening fire on her brother and his wife, who were not harmed. She is facing two counts of aggravated murder; one count each of attempted aggravated murder and aggravated burglary; and seven counts of felony discharge of a firearm.
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/06/26/mia-bailey-case-utah-double/
(Video by Fifth District Court via pool, reporting by Paighten Harkins | The Salt Lake Tribune)
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- Tai chi class in Utah aims to change lives of people struggling with homelessness
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- 2:28
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- 2 years ago
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- For nearly 12 years, SLC residents Bernie and Marita Hart have hosted morning Tai Chi sessions at Library Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the city's unsheltered population. The sessions are intended to foster a sense of community, provide much-needed support and improve lives for the better.
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- Three women in same-sex marriages on why they remain active in the LDS Church
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- 40:01
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- 2 years ago
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- Janette Petersen, a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had been attending Sunday services with her wife, Tammy, as faithfully as her job would allow for nearly five years when her membership was withdrawn. Although the letter she received informing her of the decision did not state a reason, Janette told The Salt Lake Tribune her local lay leader, known as a stake president, had pinned it on her marriage.
The church teaches that while being attracted to individuals of the same sex is not a sin, physical intimacy is and that marriage ought to be between a man and a woman.
Ryan and Liz Giles, on the other hand, have been faithful members of two congregations — one in Houston and their current ward in Washington state — since the two women tied the knot in 2021. They have yet to have their membership challenged.
All three women join us this week’s show to talk about their church experience as individuals in same...
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- John Curtis wins Utah’s U.S. Senate GOP primary to replace Mitt Romney
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- 1:00
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- 2 years ago
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- Around an hour after Utah’s primary election polls closed, Rep. John Curtis was on his way to Republican primary victory in the race to replace Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate.
According to unofficial early returns, Curtis leads delegate-favorite Trent Staggs 52.24% to 28.25%. Those numbers brought a big cheer from the several hundred Curtis supporters who stood in the sweltering heat in Provo to support the congressman.
The four-way race has been dominated by big money and big-name endorsements.
Video by Bryan Schott and Trevor Christensen | The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Utah primary election results: Gov. Spencer Cox wins, Derek Brown gets attorney general nomination
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- 0:46
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- 2 years ago
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- Gov. Spencer Cox took a commanding lead over state Rep. Phil Lyman and the Associated Press declared him the winner of the race, but Lyman was not ready to concede on Tuesday.
Republican Derek Brown, a former legislator and lobbyist, pulled out a narrow victory in Utah’s GOP attorney general primary election, defeating Rachel Terry and Frank Mylar.
Video by Robert Gehrke, Yeonseung Kim and Trevor Christensen | The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Flying out of Salt Lake City is expensive. The airport is trying to change that.
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- 0:56
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- 2 years ago
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- Thanks to Delta Air Lines, Salt Lake City travelers have many options for nonstop flights, but they come at a cost. Read more at sltrib.com.
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- At Renourish Kombucha Tap Room in Salt Lake City, customers serve themselves
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- 1:01
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- 2 years ago
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- While Renourish’s new model isn’t very familiar to Americans, unstaffed stores are common in such places as Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
Read more at sltrib.com
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- Utah's Sun Tunnels: Art that aligns with sunrise and sunset on the winter and summer solstices
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- 1:39
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- 2 years ago
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- One of artist Nancy Holt’s most recognizable ‘earthwork’ art installations — The Sun Tunnels — sits in Utah’s Great Basin Desert.
The artwork’s tubes are aligned perfectly with the sunrise and sunset on the summer and winter solstice, acting as a large viewfinder for visitors. The work is designed, in Holt's words, to "bring the vast space of the desert back to human scale."
Located 85 miles northeast of Wendover, back across the Utah border, past
the Lucin ponds, on Little Pigeon Road, you will find the four concrete cylinders, each 18 feet long and 9 feet in diameter, arranged in an “X” pattern.
Holt constructed the artwork from 1973 to 1976, after three years of planning. Holt and her husband, Robert Smithson, were leaders in the land-art movement; Smithson created the Spiral Jetty, which is based near the Great Salt Lake.
According to The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, each of the cylinders has holes in them to...
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- Uranium-bearing material from Japan has reached Utah. Is it nuclear waste or fuel for clean energy?
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- 0:55
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- 2 years ago
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- A Utah uranium mill this year received 138 tons of uranium-bearing material from Japan. Environmentalists claim the material is harmful radioactive waste, while the industry says it’s a fuel source for clean energy.
Read story: https://shorturl.at/ON4UV
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- LDS Church withdrawing memberships of some Latter-day Saints in same-sex marriages
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- 1:01
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- 2 years ago
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- LDS same-sex couples are wondering why they were targeted by local leaders who pulled their church membership, while others are allowed to remain on the rolls.
Read story: https://rb.gy/6rpa4s
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- The case for a group dedicated to protecting Latter-day Saint civil rights
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- 34:01
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- 2 years ago
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- For 115 years, the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, has been advancing the cause of justice for Black Americans. For 111 years, the Anti-Defamation League has been doing much the same for Jewish Americans. And for 104 years, the American Civil Liberties Union has been safeguarding the constitutional rights of everyone in the United States.
So which group is protecting, advocating and advancing the rights of Latter-day Saints?
While The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints certainly looks out for its own interests and apologetic groups defend church teachings, no independent organization is dedicated to civil rights for members.
It’s time to change that, argues Public Square Magazine. In a recent staff editorial, the online publication written from a Latter-day Saint perspective, called for the establishment of a civil rights organization to advocate for the rights of members in “political, legal and cultural space...
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- Rep. Blake Moore and primary election challenger Paul Miller debate runaway spending, deficit
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- 3:00
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- 2 years ago
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- Rep. Blake Moore and 2024 primary election challenger Paul Miller sparred over runaway spending and aid to Ukraine during the first and only debate on Monday between the two Republican candidates for Utah’s 1st Congressional District.
Miller, a first-time candidate and electrician, said his goal in running for Congress is to represent the middle class and took a shot at Moore, calling him a member of “the Uniparty” — a term coined by Sen. Mike Lee for both Republican and Democratic members of the Washington establishment — and accused him of voting for budget bills that grew the nation’s debt.
“I’m not going there to say that I’m going to reduce the deficit and then vote for every spending bill in front of my face,” Miller said. “We need real change in D.C. and we need it right now.”
Moore countered that he had opposed the budgets put forward by Democrats when Republicans were in the minority, but when GOP took over the maj...
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- Great Salt Lake had a Sailfest regatta again, but there’s still ‘a lot of work to do’
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- 1:49
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- 2 years ago
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- Steve Harty started sailing two decades ago during a Sailfest. On Saturday, he had goosebumps as Sailfest returned for the first time in five years.
The decades-old event was canceled in previous years because of low lake levels and the pandemic.
”Like our shirts say, it’s a celebration,” Harty said — a celebration of the shrinking lake’s beauty and value.
Harty is the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club’s liaison for the event that seeks to get people out to the lake and raise awareness of and engagement with efforts to save it.
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- Utah Congressional candidates divided over Ukraine aid in District 3 election
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- 3:02
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- 2 years ago
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- The five Republicans running to replace Rep. John Curtis in Utah’s 3rd Congressional District voiced support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion. Where they differed during Wednesday night’s primary election debate was on whether the United States should continue to provide weapons, ammunition and other financial support, or even if America should honor its commitment to NATO.
Stewart Peay, the only candidate in the pentad to serve in the U.S. military, said America cannot afford to waver in its support for Ukraine, because it will likely embolden other countries.
“Right now, we see an evil block of Iran, North Korea, China and Russia coalescing against America and its interests. Ukrainians are on the front lines. We should provide them with the weapons and ammunition they need to hold the line,” Peay said. “The one time they struggled was when we failed to support them.”
Video from the Utah Debate Commission and PBS Utah
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- Sanctuary: A Utah architect, inspired by LGBTQ stories, makes a walk-through Pride art project
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- 0:41
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- 2 years ago
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- Doug Staker’s moveable art project — a walk-through “sacred space” he calls “Sanctuary” — is designed to celebrate belonging. Staker said he was motivated to create the project by personal stories from family and friends.
“I have a brother who’s gay, and we were a very Mormon family,” Staker said. “We just found this kind of conflict arising between family, and it was difficult assessing what that meant.”
Staker, who grew up in Utah, is an architect who runs his own firm, Squaremoon Studio, in Salt Lake City and an artist. “I’ve always been interested in art and, really, that’s what got me into architecture,” he said. “I just wanted to do art.”
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2024/06/14/utah-architect-inspired-by-lgbtq/
Story by Palak Jayswal, video by Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Salt Lake City police want to target illegal activity during a popular bicycle ride
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- 1:10
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- 2 years ago
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- The popular "999 ride" snakes through Salt Lake City on Thursday nights, sometimes attracting hundreds of bicyclists looking for a night out on wheels.
But Salt Lake City's police department also becoming more present, what they say is part of an ongoing effort to tamp down illegal activity including littering, blocking traffic, noise complaints, assaults and other mischief before, during and after the meandering ride.
Another issue, according to police: More and more participants aren’t riding bicycles. They’re on electric motorcycles or gas-powered minibikes and “doing donuts or smoke-outs” and wheelies, said police spokesperson Brent Weisberg.sdxx
Video by Francisco Kjolseth of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- Derek Brown was a lobbyist for Facebook. Now he's running for Utah's attorney general.
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- 3:29
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- 2 years ago
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- Utah Republican attorney general candidate Rachel Terry said Tuesday her opponent, Derek Brown, has a conflict of interest in handling the state’s lawsuit against Facebook based on legal and lobbying work Brown did for the social media giant.
Brown spent six years lobbying for Facebook, according to his disclosure report. He ended his representation of the firm in December, a few weeks after he announced his bid for attorney general.
“I don’t still represent them so there is no conflict. She knows that,” Brown said of Terry at Tuesday’s GOP primary election debate between the three Republican candidates.
During an interview following the debate, Terry said conflicts of interest continue after an attorney no longer no longer represents a client.
Video from the Utah Debate Commission and PBS Utah.
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- Candidate for Utah governor claims election interference, won't say if he'll accept results
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- 4:35
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- 2 years ago
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- Utah lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate Phil Lyman would not confirm to reporters after a June 11 debate with incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox that he would accept the results of the primary election in two weeks.
After a reporter from The Salt Lake Tribune asked whether he will honor the electoral outcome, Lyman responded, “I will say this: I will be checking the results of the election.”
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/06/11/will-phil-lyman-accept-utahs-gop/
Video from the Utah Debate Commission and PBS Utah
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- Why a pastor and ‘recovering Mormon basher’ is teaching evangelicals about the LDS Church
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- 32:08
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- 2 years ago
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- Jeff McCullough took a trip to Utah in 2020, and it changed his life.
No, the evangelical pastor didn’t convert to the state’s predominant religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he didn’t launch a virulent campaign to explore what some have seen as Mormonism’s heresies. Instead, he felt a divine call to launch a YouTube channel, titled Hello Saints, to, as he put it, “fight criticism with curiosity.”
“Most of my Christian friends didn’t say very nice things about the people from the LDS Church,” McCullough says in his introduction, “and I don’t really like that.”
So the 43-year-old Hope Chapel minister from the Bible Belt, who calls himself a “recovering Mormon basher,” set about exploring the beliefs and practices of the Utah-based faith, eager to build bridges between that church and evangelical Christians.
McCullough now lives in the Beehive State and has produced more than 90 sho...
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- History of Japanese Internment Camp in Topaz, Utah
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- 1:49
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- 2 years ago
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- After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans of Japanese descent were rounded up and forced to live in internment camps. One of the 10 camps was in Topaz, Utah.
Video by Kelly Cannon of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- Rep. John Curtis accused of insider trading during pandemic by Trent Staggs at Senate debate in Utah
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- 2:24
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- 2 years ago
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- As Monday night’s U.S. Senate Republican primary debate wrapped up, Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs leveled the explosive allegation that Rep. John Curtis used his position in Congress for insider trading during the COVID pandemic.
“On March 4 of 2020, Abbott Laboratories was awarded a federal grant. On that same day, John Curtis purchased stock in that company. This is the problem in Congress. At a time when somebody should be looking out for their constituents, they end up looking out for their own profit,” Staggs said.
That accusation drew an angry response from Curtis.
“You accuse me of a felony here tonight,” Curtis shot back. “You better have good evidence, and I’d like to challenge you to produce that evidence that somehow I’ve committed a felony.”
While Curtis did make some well-timed trades at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, those transactions did not violate any laws.
Read more: https://www.slt...
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- How Spencer Kimball won over apostle Bruce McConkie, other LDS titans to end Black priesthood ban
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- 53:11
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- 2 years ago
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- Forty-six years ago this month, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, under then-President Spencer W. Kimball, lifted its prohibition preventing Black men from entering the all-male priesthood and Black women and men from participating in temple rites.
This historic shift, the most significant since the faith stopped practicing polygamy, abruptly ended this racist ban, but it hardly ended racism within the church. After all, 126 years of theological justifications for the ban remained, including influential works such as “Mormon Doctrine” by apostle Bruce R. McConkie.
Cleanup still needed — and needs — to be done.
Building on President Gordon B. Hinckley’s outreach efforts, current church leader Russell M. Nelson has called on members to lead out against racism and has cemented ties with the NAACP.
Matthew Harris’ new book, “Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality,” explores t...
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- The surprising news about LDS Church growth
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- 30:58
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- 2 years ago
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- For The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there is much to celebrate in its latest statistical report: The worldwide growth rate in the 17.2 million-member faith is growing. The expansion of congregations is expanding. And the number of U.S. states with declining membership is, well, declining.
East Africa, meanwhile, is booming, the U.S. is rebounding, and many growth measures have met or surpassed pre-pandemic levels. Still, there are causes for concern: West Africa, unlike the continent’s eastern and central regions, has seen its Latter-day Saint growth slow. While the U.S. enjoyed an increase in net membership, it once again had the largest net decrease in wards and branches. California continues to bleed Latter-day Saints and growth rates in Utah, home to the global faith’s headquarters, remain near historic lows.
On this week’s show, Matt Martinich, an independent researcher who tracks church movements for the websites cumorah.com and ld...
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- Here's a list of the LDS Church's venture capital investments
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- As The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints oversees its major holdings in U.S. stocks and mutual funds, filings show, it spreads billions of dollars across industries from Big Tech to real estate, from health care and banking to consumer goods.
But what does it back when it’s risking money as a venture capitalist?
Read story: https://rb.gy/vyagtr
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- Black bear wanders through a Salt Lake City neighborhood before being tranquilized
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Bears may usually be associated with honey, but one Utah cub couldn’t resist Salt Lake City’s Marmalade neighborhood Wednesday morning.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources officials responded to help the animal leave the area safely, and authorities asked that residents stay inside, especially those with small pets.
By 10:32 a.m., the bear had been hit by at least one tranquilizer dart, and officials were working to move a bucket truck underneath the bear to bring the animal down safely.
However, the bear slipped and fell from the tree before the bucket could get underneath the animal. DWR Outreach Manager Scott Root estimated the bear fell about 15 feet.
Update: After this video was posted, DWR said the bear survived and was successfully released.
Story by Jordan Miller, photo and video by Bethany Baker, video by Trevor Christensen | The Salt Lake Tribune
- Title
- Utah's restrictive abortion law is driving away health care professionals, experts say
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The number of new medical school graduates applying to Utah residency programs dropped again this year, continuing a trend of health care professionals choosing to work elsewhere.
- Title
- Martha Hughes Cannon – The first female state senator in the United States
- Runtime
- 4:23
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Martha Hughes Cannon was elected to the Utah State Senate in 1896, making her the first woman in the U.S. to be elected to a state senate. But her life was so much more than just her political career.
Video by Kelly Cannon of The Salt Lake Tribune.
