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Letter: Saving the Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake is drying up. Maybe your initial reaction is, "Great, I won't miss that stinky lake and all those mosquitoes!" Or maybe you’re thinking, "Well, that’s interesting" — and you’re right. Either way, I plead with you to think again. The issue is beyond interesting. ...

Guest opinion: Responding to climate change effectively

Faced with drought, record-busting heat, sudden flash floods, and wildfire smoke, it was difficult to avoid acknowledging the effects of global warming this summer. In this context, a crowd of high school students took to the capitol steps in Salt Lake City demanding climate action as part of ...

Mayors of Utah Valley: A decade of growth

Our beautiful mountain and lakefront community of Saratoga Springs is continuing to grow in a proactive manner to balance residential growth, attract commercial businesses and provide enhanced public amenities and recreational programs. This is evident by the most recent census data which shows ...

Shinkoskey: A shot over the bow

Maybe it is time for a biblical-style warning about the direction America has been heading. We will imagine that an American-style Moses wrote this warning, put it in a time capsule, and we just opened it today. The first part of the warning reminds about all of the good things that will ...