Greg Wilcox

Greatest Snow On Earth... But For How Long?

How climate change is affecting our state motto—and a billion dollar winter recreation industry.

• By Greg Wilcox
• "I love snow science and learning about mountain ranges," Caroline Gleich says. "So it's not like I just do it for the thrill. I like the intellectual challenge as well."
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Still Great?

Decreasing water levels threaten the Great Salt Lake’s future.

• By Greg Wilcox
• "I've sailed in the Mediterranean near Turkey, the South Pacific, up and down the West Coast to Mexico. This is the most difficult and challenging place to sail. It's an amazing place."
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Ransom Wydner of Operation Voltron

Local musicians cover Christmas tunes for The Road Home

• By Greg Wilcox
• For too many in Salt Lake City, the holidays can be a time of struggle to stay warm and fed. Wanting to make a difference, Ransom Wydner, frontman for local bands Zodiac Empire and King Niko, has collaborated in recent years with other local musicians ...
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Filmmaker Andrew James

Raising funds for doc through Kickstarter

• By Greg Wilcox
• "We are definitely trying to “show” as much as possible. That’s why I moved to Detroit and worked on the film every day for a year. I didn’t want to fly in, ask a few questions and leave."
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Buster Boyd: SLC Needs Steampunk

Absinthe offers more than just haircuts

• By Greg Wilcox
• We enjoy steampunk and wanted to incorporate it into what we do, because it doesn’t alienate the culture of Utah and is also a great way to inspire the younger crowd to embrace an element of ingenuity, poise and elegance.
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Pinup Jane

Sexy retro glamour for Valentine's Day

• By Greg Wilcox
• Forget flowers and candlelight dinners—there’s a new way to bring sexy back into your life. Mia Allen, the owner of Pinup Jane, does pinup and retro photo sessions for women of all ages and shapes.
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Losing Faith

Finding a new path without God

• By Greg Wilcox
• A Mormon missionary who loses his faith while out in the field has picked a strange time to abandon his beliefs.
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Torben Bernhard

Lost & Found docs look at loss

• By Greg Wilcox
• Torben Bernhard is a local filmmaker who, along with his wife, Marissa, and Travis Low, is working on a new project titled The Lost & Found Series. It consists of a series of short documentaries that look at things lost and overlooked and the ability of film to recover them.
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Howard Zehr: What's wrong with the death penalty?

• By Greg Wilcox
• Howard Zehr is a sociology professor at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va., where he also serves as co-director of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding.
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Casey Anderson nominee for Congress in Utah’s 2nd District

• By Greg Wilcox
• Casey Anderson is pursuing a Ph.D. in constitutional law at George Wythe University in Cedar City...
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