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Inspiring Innovations by Utah’s Local Brewers

May 6, 2023 by David E. Jensen Leave a Comment

SaltFire Brewing Co. Crafting beer is an art form. It requires knowledge, patience, finesse and creativity.  At SaltFire Brewing Co., owner and brewer Ryan Miller has taken the art of brewing to the next level. Using a process typically reserved for making wine, Miller implemented the use of two massive oak barrels known as foeders (pronounced food-ers) to age and sour his … [Read more...]

Number of Cycling Accidents in Utah Increases

April 26, 2023 by David E. Jensen Leave a Comment

    Don't Become a Cycling Statistic Ride like your life depends on it — because it does. While riding her bike in Big Cottonwood Canyon on a sun-dappled fall morning in September 2004, 25-year-old cyclist Josie Johnson was struck from behind and killed by an SUV driven by 67-year-old Elizabeth Deseelhorst, wife of then Solitude Ski Resort owner, Gary … [Read more...]

Vintage Designer Shoes Spark the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Youth

March 11, 2023 by David E. Jensen Leave a Comment

“You have brains in your head; you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.” ―Dr. Seuss Keaton Larson is a sneakerhead. Like others his age, the 16-year-old high school sophomore sees shoes as a social statement ― the more expensive their shoes, the more elevated their social status ― and due to a trend in second-hand fashion, those shoes … [Read more...]

Rocket Test Range and Soviet Signs in Utah Desert

November 18, 2022 by David E. Jensen Leave a Comment

In a remote part of the desert in Tooele County, about 80 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, stands an abandoned yellow shed that was once used to test rocket motors capable of delivering a retaliatory nuclear strike in the event of a Soviet missile attack.  Like the anachronism that it is, politically and otherwise, the shed stands in stark contrast to the surrounding … [Read more...]

Salt Lake’s Early Days: Prostitution in Utah

November 18, 2022 by David E. Jensen Leave a Comment

Red Lights & Scarlet Ladies Salt Lake's Early Brothels You won't read about it in the history books, and you won't hear about it at Sunday School, but Salt Lake’s early days were rife with vice, including prostitution.   Although the Mormon settlers practiced virtuous living and eschewed sins of all sorts, it wasn’t long before the saloons, gambling halls and … [Read more...]

Five Ways Utahns Can Save Water

September 19, 2022 by David E. Jensen Leave a Comment

Utah is in full-blown drought mode. Reservoirs and storage systems are desperately low, and even the Great Salt Lake, that paragon of salty buoyancy, is only slightly more than a shallow, briny puddle, instead of the vibrant desert ecosystem it is supposed to be.  The evaporative effect of a full GSL is vital for normal weather patterns and the snowfall that fills the … [Read more...]

Riverbed Ranch Utah: A Cult, or Utah’s First and Only Farm Steading Community?

August 27, 2022 by David E. Jensen Leave a Comment

If you’ve ever thought of leaving the rat race for an off-grid life, here’s your chance.  There is an unincorporated community tucked away in northern Juab County, where modern families can trade a life of gridlock, utility bills and grocery shopping for a life of self-reliance and cooperation with like-minded folks in an agrarian desert paradise.  Riverbed Ranch is an … [Read more...]

Five Things You May Not Know About Utah: Cultural Quirks and Fascinating Facts

August 22, 2022 by David E. Jensen Leave a Comment

Utah is known the world over for a number of reasons. Most notably, Utah is famous for its stunning scenery, almost limitless outdoor recreation opportunities, world class Olympic venues, the greatest snow skiing on earth, the largest saltwater lake in the western hemisphere, the Sundance Film Festival, and for the five national parks which highlight our incomparable red rock … [Read more...]

Utah was Land of Dinosaurs: Utah’s Natural History is Older Than Dirt

August 18, 2022 by David E. Jensen Leave a Comment

  Say the word ‘dinosaur’, and most kids’ eyes light up with excitement! Imagine if you will, a Utah where vast savannah-like plains surrounded the waters of an ancient sea ― Lake Bonneville ― where gigantic four-limbed behemoths lived and died, sometimes violently. These creatures are still here, but today they’re encased in stone.  Utah’s reputation as a … [Read more...]

Utah’s Porn Problem

May 14, 2022 by David E. Jensen Leave a Comment

Despite our reputations as political conservatives who extoll family values, a 2009 study out of Harvard University assigned Utahns the unflattering status of being number one in the nation for online pornography consumption. But a more recent analysis by PornHub.com, one of the world’s largest purveyors of pornographic material, says the online viewing of porn has dropped 68 … [Read more...]

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