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Why Should You Drive to Provo to Get Your Rock Climbing Equipment?

February 24, 2021 by M. Shane Richins Leave a Comment

Outdoor sports are one of the biggest reasons to live in Utah. People come from all over the world to ski, mountain bike, rock climb, and pursue a plethora of other adrenaline addictions that bring them face-to-face with raw nature.  The geographic wrinkles that rise up all around us in this beautiful state, sculpted and carved by wind and water, offer a view from just about … [Read more...]

Have Utahns Forgotten Their Industrious Pioneer Ways?

February 23, 2021 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Will we adopt California’s identity if we don’t define it ourselves? Does Utah and the West still have an identity? Are we standing up for who we are? And what we want? Or are we likely to become culturally, politically, and religiously like California? Politics flows downstream of culture, and for decades California has defined and created the culture of the west. … [Read more...]

Re-Making Ogden: MAKE Ogden Master Plan Sees Future and Preserves Past

February 16, 2021 by Deann Armes Leave a Comment

Whether you see it as charming or “gritty,” Ogdenites are proud of their town and have preferred to keep the sweetness of Ogden-life one of Utah’s biggest secrets. But despite efforts by locals to stay hushed and humorously embrace the stigma from its past, newcomers are discovering the endearingly scruffy beauty of Ogden, vacant lots and all. The revitalization of … [Read more...]

Will Utah Turn into California?

February 6, 2021 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Utah’s tech boom is a double-edged sword Utah’s housing and real estate boom are great for some businesses such as developers, real estate companies. The tsunami of new residents is mostly attracted to filling the open positions in Utah’s burgeoning tech sector. However, this boom is not helping non-tech workers middle-class workers, who make up 76% of Utah’s … [Read more...]

Why Would Anyone Want to Be A Primitive Skills Expert?

February 5, 2021 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Why would someone set out to become the world’s greatest flint knapper? Despite the odd name a “flintknapper” is not something akin to a “kid knapper”. Flintknapping is the verb used to describe making smooth volcanic stones like obsidian into arrowheads and spear points. But that technology became obsolete probably 160 years ago. So why learn this craft? Greg Nunn, who is … [Read more...]

Seventy Years of Family and Flowers: The Art Floral

February 2, 2021 by John Michael Pantlik Leave a Comment

  If you’re near the corner of 600 East and 300 South in downtown Salt Lake City around 3pm on any given day, you’ll probably see a tall Greek woman with a mane of curly black hair herding a flock of chickens to their coop. An 11-year old terrier is always by her side. The terrier is named Artie, and her name is Stefanie. But no, she doesn’t own a chicken … [Read more...]

Can you still speak your mind on Instagram?

January 15, 2021 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Big-tech is taking aim at the voices on the right and silencing decent. They do this under the pretense that they are preventing violence and hate speech. This perhaps seems justified to many Americans. But now voices on the center and independent publishers are being silenced as well. Utah Stories' mission is to promote civil discourse and the voices on both sides of … [Read more...]

What Are Utah’s Proud Boys and Militia Members Saying Now?

January 11, 2021 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Tim Jacobs, an African American from Maryland was visiting Utah’s Temple Square when he learned that there was going to be a Trump “Stop the Steal” rally up at Utah’s Capital building. He got a ride up the hill and was impressed with what he found. “It’s a lot freer over here. I see people openly carrying, which I think is awesome.” He was prepared for the worst after the … [Read more...]

Hundreds Participate in “Stop the Steal” Rally in front of Salt Lake City’s Utah Capitol Building

January 7, 2021 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Utah Capitol building-- The Proud Boys, local militia groups, retired veterans and angry citizens were all on hand to protest the final confirmation of Joe Biden's electoral victory. Utah Stories’ objective was to understand if indeed Trump supporters were disavowing themselves from the Republican Party. We spoke to about a dozen protestors who feel that the election was … [Read more...]

How is it to be a Black-Owned Business in Utah during Pandemic?

December 26, 2020 by David Frame Leave a Comment

When the Utah economy shut down in March, national conglomerates received billions of federal dollars in bailout funds, but small businesses were left out in the rain with no umbrella. At a quaint location on State Street in Orem, Texas-born Joe Hicks serves comfort food with a Southern flare. Black-owned businesses such as Joe’s Cafe cite that their clientele numbers have … [Read more...]

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