Utah Stories
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How Does a Person Become Homeless and Addicted? One Utah Father Explains
Back in the 1980s, most Utah parents worried about things like bad grades, skipping church, teenage drinking, or hanging around the wrong crowd. Very few parents walked through downtown Salt…
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The Stratos Project Was Already Approved. So Why the Public Meeting?
Thousands showed up to protest. The decision may have already been made. When thousands of Box Elder County residents packed the fairgrounds to protest the proposed 40,000-acre Stratos data center,…
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Momomaru Sushi Review: Salt Lake City’s New Destination for Japanese Hand Rolls
A new Salt Lake City sushi spot is drawing crowds with Japanese-style hand rolls served fresh, fast, and warm, offering a more intimate and interactive take on traditional sushi.
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Why Did Salt Lake City Tear Down Its Most Beautiful Buildings?
If you go into the Utah State Archives and spend time with photographs from the late 1800s and early 1900s, you start to notice something that doesn’t line up with…
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Cottonwood Heights Corruption Allegations: A Case That Never Reached a Courtroom
A year ago, we here at Utah Stories recorded a podcast episode that we never published. We were revisiting corruption allegations from ten years ago. We decided not to publish…
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Left in a Box as a Baby: Trauma, Alcoholism, and Addiction
A man abandoned as a baby builds a structured life in law enforcement, but unresolved trauma and alcoholism slowly begin to unravel it. His story raises a harder question about…
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Utah Fits All Scholarship Applications Open Through April 30 for K–12 Students
Utah families have more learning paths than ever and, increasingly, more ways to make those paths affordable. This spring, the Utah Fits All Scholarship opened for new family applications on…
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Artist Kate Kilpatrick Brings Utah’s History to Life Through Murals
“I think we’re all interconnected; as individuals as well as societies,” Kilpatrick notes. Her work showcases those connections exuberantly, and whatever scale she’s working on, you can bet that in…
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Ancient Pyramid Discovered in Sugar House Park, Salt Lake City
A Salt Lake City resident says he may have uncovered what he believes to be a buried structure beneath a well-known hill in Sugar House Park, raising questions that have…
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Why Most People Stay Stuck in Business and What It Takes to Move Forward
Every so often, you meet an immigrant who came here with almost nothing and managed to build something exceptional. Prakash Shah is the kind of man who has spent enough…
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Dyslexia and ADHD in Kids: Why Some Students Struggle to Read in School
That’s what led to my conversation with Donell Pons, a Utah-based dyslexia expert who has spent more than two decades working with students who struggle to read. What struck me…
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Growing Up in Utah’s Foster Care System: One Child’s Story
Celeste was five years old the first time she dragged a kitchen stool across the linoleum, climbed up to the stove, and made dinner. On good days there was a…
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Can Utahns Still Afford to Have Kids?
When families cannot afford homes near their jobs, the daily math becomes brutal. Commutes stretch longer. Childcare costs pile up. Mortgages consume more of a household’s income. The result is…
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Angela Brown: The Woman Behind SLUG Magazine and Craft Lake City
Angela Brown is the publisher and owner of SLUG Magazine, one of the city’s longest-running independent publications and a central voice in Utah’s alternative arts and music scene. She is…
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How Horses Help Kids Heal: Inside Utah’s Equine Therapy World
Kelty Johnson trains horses for a living, but her deeper work happens in the quiet space between animal and human. On the Utah Stories podcast, she explains how equine therapy…
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Whiskey, Bullets & a Buried Town: Archaeologists Reveal Alta’s Wild Past
Before Alta was known for powder days and lift lines, it was a silver mining town clinging to the side of a narrow canyon. In the late 1800s, men lived…