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If you wanted to research who participated in the Torch Relay during Salt Lake's 2002 Winter Olympics, you could look into it. That's because determined people made sure everything broadcast, printed or performed at the time was archived and cataloged.
In 2009, one of the world's most complex crop circles appeared out of the blue, and Utahn Erik Hutchins was there to see it. He'd been trying to capture its creation on film, and he says his failure to do so was also a great success.
One year ago, Gov. Spencer Cox hired Tiffany Clason as director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, changed the agency's name to emphasize its new commitment to "service" (DABS) rather than "control" (DABC), and said he was making a business case for the sale of alcohol in Utah.
Utah's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC) is now the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services (DABS). In swapping out the word "control" for "services," they have signaled a change in the agency's mission statement and philosophy.