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Landscaping Equipment Exchange Spring 2024 Program Outcomes
Here at SLCgreen, we’re always working to find actionable, high-impact strategies to improve local air quality. This spring, we ran our first-ever Landscaping Equipment Exchange (in the past we’ve partnered with the State’s program). Our goal is to remove highly polluting gas-powered landscaping tools from the airshed and replace them with electric alternatives. Through this spring’s program, the City was able to:
Community rallies to save West Valley Performing Arts Center
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A few months ago, the West Valley Performing Arts Center was on the brink of closing. The community and businesses rallied to save it. While work is underway to keep a steady flow of funding, audiences are loving the current production Legally Blonde. It's...
Ski Magazine ranks Utah ski areas in top 10 easiest to travel to resorts
Copper Mountain in Colorado fell into the10th spot because of its proximity to Denver – about an hour and a half drive, depending on weather and traffic. The list includes three more Colorado resorts and Jackson Hole before Park City Mountain comes in at number five. Ski Magazine readers...
Potential interest rate cuts on the horizon good news for Utah home buyers
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Utahns looking to buy a home might be in for some good news after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested that interest rates could be decreasing soon. This has sparked optimism among prospective homebuyers and local economists alike. In Salt Lake City, where home...
Utah schools to implement new safety law
OREM — As the new school year gets underway, safety is top of mind. A new safety law is in effect and will be implemented over the next year. The Alpine School District said this school safety law includes wearable devices to make sure teachers are safe, plus, armed school guardians.
Rose Anvil: 'Twisters' Stole this Utah business owners design and he can prove it
KUTV — Did you see the re-make of 'Twisters' this summer?. If you did...then you definitely saw a camera harness design that was created by Utah business owner, Weston Kay. Weston Kay is the founder of Rose Anvil and he came into the studio to chat with Elora Murray about his leather designs and how he first noticed his camera harness on the big screen.
1,000 players attend the Picklr Utah Open pickleball tournament, as the sport’s popularity surges
SALT LAKE CITY — The Professional Pickleball Association is hosting a pickleball tournament at the Salt Palace Convention Center this week. The Picklr Utah Open, part of the PPA tour, hosts both amateurs and professionals who have fallen in love with the sport. “(The) PPA tour is really the...
Utah’s homeless dying 10 times the rate of state’s general population
In 2023, 216 people died while homeless in Utah. Out of 21,816 deaths reported in the state that year, people experiencing homelessness in Utah had 10 times the rate of death compared to the rest of Utah’s population. And, on average, Utah’s homeless died 16 years younger. Those are some of the top takeaways from […]
These Utah intersections could get safer with the help of laser technology
There’s a new watchdog carefully monitoring major Salt Lake Valley intersections. It’s called lidar, which stands for light detection and ranging. The technology uses eye-safe laser beams to measure the distance and movement of cars, pedestrians and cyclists alike in order to understand how to make intersections safer and more efficient for all.
Utah’s Democratic delegates are returning from Chicago’s DNC feeling electric
The Utah delegates to the Democratic National Convention had a wild ride. They left Chicago energized, excited and enlivened. Over and over, from the convention’s massive stage, Democrats described their nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, as a historic figure, the embodiment of hope, “the president of joy.”. It...
Utah voters to decide on constitutional amendment granting legislature power to amend or repeal initiatives and banning foreign influence on ballot measures
Voters in Utah will decide on a constitutional amendment to provide the Utah State Legislature with explicit power to amend or repeal voter-approved ballot initiatives. The constitutional amendment would also ban foreign individuals, entities, or governments from influencing, supporting, or opposing initiatives and referendums. On Aug. 21, 2024, the Utah...
Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Draws With No. 4 BYU
LBSU (1-2-1) was the better team for most of the 90 minutes and midfielder Makayla Demelo scored the equalizer in the 73rd minute. The Beach outshot BYU 14-5 and opened the game with what coach Mauricio Ingrassia called, “Our best half of the year.”. “I think our team is...
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