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The nerdy sounds of Utah's streaming radio station
Internet radio may still be getting its footing in terms of reach and attention, but many of the stations are bringing you music you can't easily find on conventional broadcasts. For those of you who may be on the geekier side of things, a lot of the music you may listen to from film or video game soundtracks will never get airplay on terrestrial radio, leaving people to listen via YouTube.
It looked like a campaign kick-off announcement Tuesday at Salt Lake City hall, where Mayor Ralph Becker unleashed a detailed package of goals that he hopes to accomplish if he wins a third term in office. Never mind that his campaign has been open for business for months, and that in August he survived a primary election attack from four challengers, one of whom, Jackie Biskupski, soundly defeated him.
Taking out the trash and returning from church can be dangerous pursuits, according to the Salt Lake City Police Department watch log. On Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, a man was disposing of trash in a compactor at the back of a medical facility on South Temple.
Provo singer-songwriter Ben Swisher's alt-pop band: Born from a typo
We’re seeing so much good music come out of Provo these days that the city can’t contain it all, as more shows in SLC and Ogden are featuring all-Provo lineups. Take this past weekend, for example, where Kilby Court featured a lineup ofFictionist, Coral Bones and Sen Wisher, which brought in a near-packed crowd to Kilby Court on a Saturday night.
Hello to all you bike-riding, tan-grabbing, BBQ-making, marathon-running, sapping-the-last-ounces-of-summer-left enthusiasts! It is super odd how time has immediately flown by, but the moment September 1 rolled around, I started noticing the trees in Pioneer Park had already started browning.
SLC rally draws attention to escalating number of transgender murders in U.S.
Shortly after 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, the sidewalk in front of the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building in downtown Salt Lake City echoed to a roll call of names of the dead. "Tamara Dominguez."
