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  • Changes to Millcreek Canyon will make way for return of trout

    Alex Cabrero has been reporting for KSL TV-5 since 2004. During his time in Salt Lake City, he has covered several high-profile stories, including the St. George floods, the Crandall Canyon mine collapse, and the Trolley Square ...

  • Air pollution linked to higher risk of autism study shows

    Des News reporter covering Utah's land, air and water - from radiation to riparian habitat to Red Air Days. Utility fielder for all other news. ...

  • Panel considers national putative father registry change to adoption records

    Common Core is a state-led effort that established a single set of educational standards in math and language arts for grades K-12. While Christensen's comment was partly in jest, adoption attorney David Hardy showed lawmakers a national map that details the various status of states' putative ...

  • Pro-impeachment demonstrators Corruption has no place in government

    The debate over whether to impeach embattled Utah Attorney General John Swallow spilled over into the Capitol Rotunda Wednesday, with demonstrators trying to give lawmakers a nudge. "The one thing we all agree on is that corruption has no place in Utah's government," said demonstration organizer Isaac Holyoak with Alliance for a Better UTAH. He was flanked by representatives ...

  • Utah Arts Festival begins Thursday

    Michael McKee of Chicago looks out from his tent while setting up for this weekend's Utah Arts Festival in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The festival runs June 20-23 at Library Square in Salt Lake ...


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Movie Review

Silent Running [DVD]

Some three decades after its unsuccessful theatrical release and later elevation to cult status, Douglas Trumbull's Silent Running is terribly dated, but still intriguing didactic science fiction. Taking place in the early years of the 21st century, it posits a time in which all plant life on earth has been destroyed, and the only remaining traces of vegetation are in carefully nurtured for ... ...

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  • Salt Lake City Mayor Becker vetoes property tax increase City Council considers override

    Mayor Ralph Becker voiced concern for Salt Lake City's poorest residents Wednesday before vetoing the City Council's 2013-14 budget and its accompanying 13.8 percent tax ...

  • Utah Jazz hire Jerry Sloan in a senior basketball adviser role

    Hall of Fame coach will take on a role with his former team's front office, helping out with scouting on the professional and college ranks, among other ...

  • On Location | Bluff Utah Her Hallowed Ground in the Navajo Nation

    When a nonprofit group approached Lorraine Nakai in 2011 and offered to build her a house, she was taken by surprise. Although her community activism had improved living conditions for other Navajos on the reservation, it had never occurred to her to seek anything for herself. ...

  • City Creek Center made $200M in first 9 months

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A lavish Salt Lake City shopping center is on track to generate $266 million in sales in its first year of operation, tax figures released Wednesday show. City Creek Center - notable for a set of retractable roofs - apparently comes at the expense of downtown Salt Lake City's other outdoor shopping center. The Gateway, a more family-oriented center, saw sales ...

  • Lehi implements extraordinary water conservation measures

    LEHI - The city is experiencing an emergency shortage of its drinking water supply, sending workers door-to-door Wednesday and Thursday to ask residents to stop using tap water on gardens, lawns and to refrain from washing driveways or cars. "We have seen too much usage in that area," said Robert Ranc, a city spokesman. "We want people to stop using culinary water for ...

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