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Are You Ready for the Big One? Preparing for the Utah Earthquake Event with Joe Dougherty

December 25, 2019 by Arvid Keeson Leave a Comment

"Don't forget the can opener." That advice comes from Joe Dougherty with the Be Ready Utah program.  He says that when people set aside emergency stores it is important to have a way to access these food supplies.  Hence the can opener. Dougherty recommends having a two-week supply of food and water for each person and pet in a household since there are numerous events such … [Read more...]

Little Cottonwood Canyon is under threat by Utah’s population boom

September 10, 2019 by Arvid Keeson Leave a Comment

We need to make the change we want, not allow the change to happen to us.—Carl Fisher Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah is synonymous with wilderness, natural beauty, remote uncultivated regions still in natural conditions—and recreating. It's been forecasted that by the year 2060, Utah will have an estimated population of 6.84 million. Compare that to today's estimated 3.22 … [Read more...]

Utah State-controlled Medical Cannabis is up in smoke

August 22, 2019 by Arvid Keeson Leave a Comment

Highly flawed central fill concept gets shot down The highly flawed central fill distributions center for medical cannabis in Utah has been scratched. Lawmakers are now crafting a bill that is going to increase private pharmacies to 12,  as opposed to the previous seven, and they will be spread more equally through out the state; and even home deliveries of medical … [Read more...]

Salt Lake City mayoral candidates David Ibarra & Luz Escamilla weigh in on issues that affect You

July 29, 2019 by Arvid Keeson Leave a Comment

Mayoral candidates David Ibarra, Luz Escamilla, and the future of Salt Lake City Luz Escamilla and David Ibarra are both vying for the title of mayor of Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City faces a lot of problems, issues that affect each one of us, either directly or indirectly, in a very real and future-shaping way, like: the Inland Port homelessness affordable … [Read more...]

Former Utah Mayor Rocky Anderson—”I think the people should rise up!”

July 29, 2019 by Arvid Keeson Leave a Comment

Rocky Anderson on The Utah Stories Show Rocky Anderson is never one to back down from that which he believes. This was apparent when he joined us on The Utah Stories Show in July to speak about an array of issues currently plaguing the city and the state at large. We talked openly about Salt Lake City local businesses, economic development, the Inland Port,  how the state's … [Read more...]

The future of farming in Utah: an interview with Jack Wilbur, a hybrid farmer

July 17, 2019 by Arvid Keeson Leave a Comment

The future starts now The future of farming will look very different than it does today, just like the farming of today looks drastically different than it did 20, 30 years ago. However, the basic structure of the image of what future farming will be is being sketched and worked through right now. And it's a good thing too because, let's face it, Salt Lake City and its … [Read more...]

Pete Ashdown On Internet Privacy and the Dangers of Social Media

July 10, 2019 by Arvid Keeson Leave a Comment

Our brave new world—is privacy is a thing of the past? We live in a world where our lives are becoming more and more dictated by social media and algorithm-driven computer platforms. They track us, they learn us, tell us what we want and when we want it,  they know us.   The question, whether or not this sort of technology is a blessing or a curse is obligatory, it must be … [Read more...]

Utah farmer seeking medical cannabis grow permit

June 20, 2019 by Arvid Keeson Leave a Comment

 Medical cannabis will be sown in Utah, but will the profits be reaped elsewhere? Now that medical cannabis in Utah has been legalized, it's time to turn our attention to how the medicinal plant will be grown—will there be supply to meet the projected demands?—and, maybe more importantly, who will be able to grow it? It's an important question because the State will … [Read more...]

The Cameron Wellness Center: an alternative to big-pharma solutions

June 10, 2019 by Arvid Keeson Leave a Comment

The Cameron Wellness Center On today's show we sit down with naturopathic doctor, Todd Cameron, from The Cameron Wellness Center in Sugar House. Here in America, we have some of the best acute care in the world, but when it comes to chronic care, has the system let us down? Anyone who has suffered chronic health problems understands the frustrations of the modern … [Read more...]

Bordered by addiction: Utah’s Opioid epidemic

May 29, 2019 by Arvid Keeson Leave a Comment

Opioids, especially in the last 10–20 years, have swept a destructive path coast to coast, ruining lives and families. And the truly heartbreaking, dismaying reality of it, is many of these deaths came in the form of a prescription filled and picked up at some local pharmacy. Legally.

The Utah Stories Show—podcast VeRonica Little witnesses the severity of Utah's Opioid epidemic every day. As Program Administrator for the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, she is on the front lines in a war that, at times, seems absolutely and dauntingly unwinnable . The Opioid epidemic is so prevalent, and because of the nature and causes of addiction, … [Read more...]

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