PEORIA – KDB Group, fronted by founder Kim Blickenstaff, was in the process of acquiring the Hale Memorial Church when it was sold out from under them during an online auction this week. “Talk about tales of twists and turns and craziness,” said Greg Birkland, president and CEO of KDB Group. KDB […]
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Haaland meets with Utah politicians, tribes as Biden weighs monument changes
Interior Secretary Deb HaalandDeb HaalandIndigenous advocacy group launches campaign against new voting bills Biden nominates Interior deputy as department’s top lawyer Overnight Energy: Haaland making moves: Discusses public lands drilling, creates unit to investigate missing and murdered Native Americans MORE met with Utah politicians, tribal leaders and other stakeholders Wednesday […]
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Haaland Explores Restoration of Utah Monuments Trump Downsized
BLUFF, Utah—Ranchers, wildcatters, Native Americans and environmentalists are among the many looking to see how Interior Secretary Deb Haaland balances their competing interests over the vast tracts of federal lands she oversees. They will be watching closely Thursday, when the Laguna Pueblo tribe member and former New Mexico congresswoman tours […]
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Interior secretary steps into Utah public lands tug-of-war
FILE – In this April 6, 2021, file photo, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland listens to tribal leaders and jots down notes during a round-table discussion at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, N.M. Secretary Haaland will visit Utah this week before submitting a review on national monuments in […]
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State leaders have known for decades that Utah kids could die in unsafe schools during an earthquake. They’ve taken little action.
There are roughly 1,000 K-12 schools in Utah, and researchers estimate at least 80 to 100 — maybe more — are so unstable that they would collapse in a major earthquake. In the small sample of buildings they’ve examined, they found holes in foundations deep enough that you couldn’t see […]
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Digital archive will preserve doomed Utah Theater but not the historic playhouse itself
First-class repository at U. library will include virtual reality tours, but advocates lament loss of the real thing. (Salt Lake City, via Modern Out West) Watercolor of Main Street exterior. Before demolition, the once-majestic Utah Theater on Salt Lake City’s Main Street — a dilapidated and vacant 102-year-old performing arts […]
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Utah Republican proposes state bill requiring watching video before abortion
A Utah Republican lawmaker proposed a bill in the state House of Representatives on Wednesday that would require women to watch a video that includes ultrasounds of a developing fetus before undergoing an abortion. State Rep. Steve Christiansen (R) introduced a bill in the Utah House that would mandate women […]
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Utah County’s system a hit with Israeli couples
The option is seen as a way around strict marriage laws but now is under government review. (Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) | Jan. 19, 2021, 2:00 p.m. The phones at the Utah County clerk’s office just keep ringing, many of the calls coming from those […]
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Utah Jazz new owner Ryan Smith is committed to keeping team at home
CLOSE SportsPulse: The NBA bubble in Orlando was without a doubt a success during the COVID pandemic. Now that the league is restarting outside a bubble can they conduct a season without a hitch? USA TODAY The scenario seems implausible. Kid grows up rooting for the local NBA team, starts […]
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COVID Truthers Try to Invade Utah Valley Hospital Where Patrice Grossman Died
A big red heart fashioned with five dozen Post-its was in one of the windows of the intensive care unit at Utah Valley Hospital when the conspiracy theorists pulled into a parking lot that they found to be suspiciously empty. The heart was placed there by nurses to mark the […]
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Utah family rocked by COVID-19 says they can’t imagine rationing care
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah family hit hard by the coronavirus said they’re very concerned about the hospital situation and the talk of having to ration care. The Moody family had seven of their 10 family members get COVID-19. Their parents both ended up in the hospital, and unfortunately, […]
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Utah sausage makers use family recipes and traditional techniques to make a link with the past
Three Utah businesses are revitalizing the popularity of one of the world’s oldest ways of preserving meat: making sausage. The companies are taking the age-old processes — using spices and salt to preserve and flavor any number of proteins — to make sausages by hand, using recipes from around the […]