Nothing symbolizes Utah better during the winter than rocky mid-season trails, tremendous tourist traffic and the incessant inversions. Although the specific geography of the Salt Lake Valley makes inversions...
Public Transit Saves the Planet
By Shaelyn Barber
Each winter, Utah’s infamous inversion hovers over the Salt Lake Valley, filling it with smog so dense it’s more edible than breathable. Utah is...
Our species differs from others in how we value the natural world. On one hand, some people view nature in terms of the value of the resources it provides and others in terms of the intrinsic value of...
The minute I poked my head through the flaps of the old spring bar tent I knew it was worth it. Red-orange dirt glistened with frost. Sagebrush, juniper and yucca plants defied the snowy landscape with...
On Dec. 4, eyes all across the nation were on Utah as Donald Trump arrived at the State Capitol. People waited anxiously for the President’s highly anticipated announcement regarding the Bears Ears National...
In 1793, a coalition of 13 Native American tribes lobbied the United States government to honor the treaty which gave the tribes control of the land west of the Ohio River: “We desire you to consider,...
By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer
• November 30, 2017
“We the... senior members of the world’s scientific community, hereby warn all humanity of what lies ahead. A great change in our stewardship of the earth and the life on it, is required, if vast human...
Corn is about as American as it gets. Believe it or not, you eat corn almost every day in almost every meal. It’s in everything: soda, chips, bread, ice cream and so much more.
Its incredible pervasiveness...
By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer
• November 22, 2017
The motto of the United States National Park Service, “Experience your America,” captures the spirit of the act signed on March 1, 1872, in which Congress declared Yellowstone National Park “a public...
Salt Lake City has been described by visitors as a medium-sized, exceptionally clean and perhaps suspiciously friendly city. It offers a lower than national-median cost of living, and it provides unparalleled...
