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'Unexpected logistical and safety concerns': No Pie and Beer Day at Beer Bar this year
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — An event that celebrates Utah's quirky alternative to the state's founding holiday each July 24 was canceled the week before by event organizers, who said new fire codes left them with few options to provide a worthwhile event. The event's official Facebook page made...
Alta High music legacy lives on in new instrumental room
Community members check out the band photos in Alta High yearbooks at the grand opening of the new school instrumental room. (Julie Slama/City Journals) When Caleb Shabestari was a band student at Alta High in 2008, he, as many of those before him and after, signed a brick in the music room. He was the band historian, and it was the first year Alta High had put its recordings on YouTube so he wrote YouTube along with his name.
Alterra Mountain Company Welcomes The World to Experience The Games & Newly Expanded Deer Valley for the 2034 Olympic Winter Games
Denver, CO, July 24, 2024 – Alterra Mountain Company is preparing to welcome the world to Utah when Deer Valley Resort hosts events of the Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake City-Utah 2034. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) made the announcement early this morning from Paris, confirming that the Salt Lake City-Utah 2034 bid has been successful. As part of the 2034 Olympic Winter Games, Deer Valley will host the freestyle skiing events, including moguls and aerials, marking a continuation of its long-standing tradition of commitment to winter sport development.
Park City youth athletes to show off mountain sailing skills at World Championship in Denmark
The 2024 RS Tera Class World Championships are August 3 to 8 in Greve, Denmark. Park City Sailing Board President MJ Maloof said five local athletes will compete in the junior regatta. “This is sort of the culmination of many years of work for these young athletes, having started a...
Student Organization Leaders Are Creating New LGBTQ+ Resource Centers
The University of Utah closed three resource centers dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion after the state legislature passed H.B. 261, an anti-DEI bill, earlier this year. One of the resource centers closed was the LGBT Resource Center, which had supported and assisted LGBT students for 21 years. But just...
Tooele City to fix Overlake roundabout
Tooele City Council members voted to approve the repair of Overlake’s roundabout last week during their Wednesday, July 17 business meeting. During the meeting, Jamie Grandpre, Tooele City’s public works director, presented the needed repairs before the city council. The roundabout is located on 2000 North at the...
Murray High students share, immerse themselves in classmates’ cultures
Many students sampled a variety of international dishes shared at Murray High’s multicultural night. (Julie Slama/City Journals) Murray High School’s Latinos in Action President Will Diaz was dishing up portions of Ají de Gallina, a Peruvian cream chicken dish made with ají peppers. It complemented the...
Castle Valley residents in shock after receiving tax notices
I wasn’t shocked when I opened the envelope containing our Grand County 2024 notice of property valuation and tax changes. I wasn’t shocked only because I had already heard from my neighbor who received his tax notice a few days before me and said he was “shocked.” He said he had a $1,290 increase and he was wondering if it was a mistake. Then I began reading rumblings on the Castle Valley Facebook page from Castle Valley folks who started receiving their tax notices.
Minnesota man bikes all of Cache Valley in 9 months | Multimedia
LOGAN – It all began with a bike and a desire to explore. “Cache County total – I have about 3,000 miles of biking in those 9 months,” says 24-year-old Neil Thompson of Minnesota. He says an app on his phone helped him gamify his progress –...
Drought returns to Utah, but storms forecast to continue in state's driest region
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's droughtless streak didn't last very long, but the section now in drought could get some much-needed rain over the next few days. About 5% of the state — almost entirely in Tooele County — is back in moderate drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor's weekly report released on Thursday. It comes three weeks after the Beehive State was drought-free for the first time since 2019 as it cleared out in eastern Utah.
IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Utah and pushes state officials to help end FBI investigation
PARIS (AP) — What was expected to be a simple coronation of Salt Lake City as the 2034 Winter Olympic host turned into complicated Olympic politics Wednesday, as the IOC pushed Utah officials to end an FBI investigation into a suspected doping coverup. The International Olympic Committe formally awarded...
Dramatic video shows fireworks mishap in Lehi neighborhood
LEHI — Dramatic video showed another Pioneer Day mishap in Utah involving fireworks. Amanda Clark and her family were celebrating the holiday Wednesday in Lehi when she said people she didn’t know pulled into the neighborhood. “We saw some boxes of fireworks going in the dumpster,” Clark said,...
Trespassing dispute: Coalition gives ultimatum over access to Willard Canyon
WILLARD, Box Elder County — Willard Mayor Travis Mote calls Willard Canyon "the centerpiece of the community" and really the centerpiece of northern Box Elder County ever since the city was settled. But changing attitudes toward gravel mining, and the closure of a treasured trail system has been the...
Lehi’s first female police officer and longtime public servant, Kathy Stewart passes away
Lehi City’s first female police officer and longtime public servant, Kathy Stewart, passed away on July 20, 2024. Stewart served in the Lehi Police Department for 14 years. She was an ardent advocate for teens and was President of the D.A.R.E Officers Association, a statewide organization that shared information about the dangers of teen drug use. She is remembered for her kind and loving nature, even as a police officer.
Four local athletes heading to Paris for Summer Games
Layton native and Davis High graduate Courtney Wayment will compete in the women’s steeplechase for Team USA at the Paris Olympic Summer Games. Photo courtesy of BYU. Among the 35 athletes with Utah ties qualified to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games four are from the City Journals and Davis Journal communities.
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