Masks, temperature checks, and strict sanitizing procedures are the new normal as gyms and fitness facilities reopen across Utah after the coronavirus shutdown. Rob Dunfield, owner of Holladay Health & Fitness, says about his reopening, “It has been great. Eighty percent have come back and want to get right back into it.” When Dunfield was forced to close the doors of … [Read more...]
Utah Farmers Adapting to Farmers Market Changes: Getting Creative with Selling Utah Local Goods and Produce
This summer will be Tamera and Randy Hed of Blue Spring Farm’s 19th year at the Downtown Farmers Market, but things are going to look a little differently this year. The typical festival-type atmosphere of the event will be reduced to simply a place to pick up essential foods like locally produced meats, dairy, and produce. There will be no arts and crafts booths, no prepared … [Read more...]
Striving to Elevate Escalante Cuisine: Devil’s Garden Grill
Just six months before the opening of Devil’s Garden Grill in Escalante, President Trump slashed Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument’s protected lands in half with the stroke of a pen. Conservative lawmakers and some Westerners cheered the move as retribution from decades of federal overreach, but many local business owners were fearful of what this could mean for their … [Read more...]