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Secret Service oversaw security at 2002 Olympics and would do it again for 2034 Winter Games
SALT LAKE CITY — After the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States just months before the start of the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, organizers recognized changes were going to be needed to the security measures overseen by the federal government. Fraser Bullock, the chief operating...
Controversial technique could reduce transplant organ shortage
SALT LAKE CITY — The field of medical ethics is grappling with use of a relatively new technique that's expected to boost the supply of donated organs and improve the likelihood a transplanted organ will do well in its recipient. The procedure is called normothermic regional perfusion. The Organ...
Lehi jewelry business donates $75K for Alzheimer's research through purple heart earring
LEHI — A local jewelry company is set to donate $75,000 to Alzheimer's Association in honor of the owner's mother who passed from the disease. Sydney Bledsoe and her brother's wife Janelle Lucero started Pip Pop Post in January 2022 after not being able to find earrings that checked all their boxes of style, quality and comfortability. But soon after, the two wanted to do something more.
60 in 60: #29 BYU’s Keanu Hill (Tight End)
SALT LAKE CITY – The countdown is on for Hans & Scotty’s 60 in 60 for the 2024 college football season. Coming in at No. 29 is BYU tight end Keanu Hill. Hill is the eighth Cougar to make our list through 32 selections. He joins No. 30 Weylin Lapuah (OL), No. 31 Jack Kelly (LB), No. 33 Kody Epps (WR), No. 34 Brayden Keim (OL), No. 42 John Nelson (DT), No. 47 Isaiah Bagnah (DE), and No. 46 Blake Mangelson (DE).
Utah man makes a name for himself in the world of professional basketball
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — From living in his car to becoming an NBA trainer to the stars, Utah resident Jasper Bibbs persevered to make a name for himself in the professional sports world. He spent five years with the Utah Jazz working closely with Donovan Mitchell before joining...
Mennonites in Provo connect with community through doughnuts
PROVO — Provo may not seem like an obvious spot for a Mennonite congregation. Most Mennonites choose to settle in farming communities, said Rick Mast, who moved to Provo in 2017. "Our Mennonite community is not standard. It's not normal that we chose to come to the city," Mast...
Lehi Teen heads to France for Youth Sports Festival at Olympics
Six Utah teens will travel to France to participate in a global youth sports festival as a prelude to the Olympic Games in Paris, and among them is Lehi High School athlete Tyson Adamson. The Festival 24 de Sport dans la Ville will bring together more than 500 young people from 37 countries around the world from July 19 to 28 in Lyon and Paris. Festival 24 will celebrate the values of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and showcase social engagement through sport.
Utah State Women’s Tennis Earns ITA Academic Team Honors, Five Student-Athletes Recognized
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State's women's tennis team earned 2024 Division I All-Academic Team honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), while five Aggies were named ITA Scholar-Athletes, it was announced Monday. Academics are an integral aspect of the college tennis experience and adds to the unique student-athlete experience...
Scientists Study Genetic History of the Four Corners Potato
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—According to a statement released by the University of Utah, genetic analysis of the Four Corners potato, (Solanum jamesii), by scientists from Red Butte Garden and the Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) suggests that the nutritious wild tuber became a staple crop planted by the ancestors of modern Diné, Southern Paiute, Apache, and Pueblo peoples on the arid Colorado Plateau. The samples in the study came from 25 modern Four Corners potato populations in the Mogollon Rim of central Arizona and New Mexico. Fourteen of the potato populations were found growing near archaeological sites, and were determined to be smaller and less genetically diverse than plants from S. jamesii populations growing wild in areas without archaeological sites. The researchers also determined that the S. jamesii populations in southern Utah’s Escalante Valley originated from plants growing in other locations. “Domestication of a plant species can begin with people gathering and replanting propagules in a new location,” said Lisbeth Louderback of NHMU. “The potato joins a large assemblage of goods that were traded across this vast cultural landscape,” she explained. The researchers plan to continue to study the Four Corners potato to learn about the early stages of its domestication. Read the original scholarly article about this research in Nature. To learn more about the origins of potatoes of the American Southwest, go to "Letter from the Four Corners: In Search of Prehistoric Potatoes."
Pioneer Day celebration with the Osmond family returns to Cedar City
CEDAR CITY — Merrill Osmond is excited to bring back The Pioneer Legacy & Firework Celebration to Southern Utah on Wednesday, July 24. In a media release announcing a partnership with Southern Utah University, this year’s celebration will be held on campus at Eccles Coliseum Stadium. “Working with...
70 active wildfires cause US air quality concerns
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - A blanket of grey haze covers the Grand Valley and shields the mountain view. Several Western states are under an air quality alert due to wildfires. The National Interagency Fire Center says about 70 wildfires are burning across the country. Those fires have burned over a million acres so far.
Utahns facing possible 'unprecedented' power hikes, surprising gas cuts
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Utahns may be expecting big changes to their bills soon as at the same time the state's largest electricity provider is proposing a rate hike, a major gas company said it's doing an almost identical price drop. While a mobile carrier or internet provider...
FLASHBACK 1997: Bruce Baird ponders the difference between pioneer vision and modern Utah leadership
In commemoration of City Weekly's 40th anniversary, we are digging into our archives to celebrate. Each week, we FLASHBACK to a story or column from our past in honor of four decades of local alt-journalism. Whether the names and issues are familiar or new, we are grateful to have this unique newspaper to contain them all.
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