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Wes Long
Wes Long's writing first appeared in City Weekly in 2021. In 2023, he was named Listings Desk manager and then Contributing Editor in 2024. Long majored in history at the University of Utah and enjoys a good book or film, an excursion into nature or the nearest historic district, or simply basking in the company of animals.
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- News, Cover Story March 5, 2025
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Utah wildlife management and pet rescue agencies stress the importance of planning for animals in an emergency.
Man's Best Friends
- Rescue groups like Best Friends and the Utah Humane Society are working with their partners to transfer affected pets to facilities here in Utah for adoption and re-homing.
- News, Cover Story February 12, 2025
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Before Salt Lake City became a two-paper town, the scrappy Evening Telegram prided itself on being "the people's" news.
Stopping the Presses
- To the board of directors governing the Salt Lake Telegram, August 30, 1952 must have been a day of mixed emotions.
- News, Opinion January 22, 2025
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New year, new me, with plenty in life that's free.
Opinion
- Just a few months ago, 2025 sounded so futuristic. And yet, little appears to have really changed.
- News, January 15, 2025
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Salt Lake Art Museum holds its first event, celebrating Utah Capitol architect Richard Kletting.
Small Lake City
- Among the hallmarks of classical architecture are the principles of harmony, proportion and beauty, and all three were in rich supply at the Salt Lake Art Museum's inaugural public event.
- News, Cover Story January 15, 2025
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Nellie Jack, a mid-century Utah lawmaker, loved the west side, political underdogs and a 'lovely' baked potato lunch.
Stronger Together
- Between 1939 and 1974, Jack represented Salt Lake City's west side in local government, serving for 11 terms in the Utah House of Representatives, one term in the Utah Senate and a four-year term as County Recorder.
- News, Cover Story December 18, 2024
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City Weekly looks back, and forward, on Utah's biggest stories of 2024.
In the Rearview
- I love Salt Lake City in the wintertime. Sure, it's freezing cold outside and the air is often poisonous.
- News, Opinion December 11, 2024
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Utah lawmakers push workforce training at colleges and universities at the expense of higher learning.
Opinion
- Speaking with the Deseret News on Nov. 21, Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams asserted that Utah should be jumping onto bandwagon technologies like AI as well as supplying a workforce in such fields as healthcare, biotechnology and defense.
- News, November 27, 2024
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New group of Mormon leftists aims to reclaim their faith from "reactionary and fascist elements."
Small Lake City
- Within a well-appointed conference room of the Salt Lake City Main Library, a meeting of minds and souls recently took place.
- News, Cover Story November 6, 2024
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During the Roaring Twenties, a Utahn's candidacy for president sought to shake up America's two-party politics.
Parley for President!
- Whether farmer or unionist, Socialist or reformer, teacher, minister or war veteran, these delegates had gathered for a serious task—the formation of a new political party.
- News, October 30, 2024
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Catch a silent film at Salt Lake's Edison Street Organ Loft, while you still can.
Small Lake City
- With the unseasonably warm conditions having held forth around town this October (*cough* lifestyle-induced climate change *cough*), my family thought it would be fun to get into the spirit of the Halloween season by seeking the atmospheric cool of a dark London fog.
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An unlucky and forgotten Utah painter's life is a lesson on caring for local art.
The Bigger Picture
September 25, 2024
Catch a silent film at Salt Lake's Edison Street Organ Loft, while you still can.
Small Lake City
October 30, 2024
