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Dok Kwon loved Junghon Song’s “Korean BBQ in a cup” so much, he talked him into taking Cupbop national. → Read More
Dave Allred, then in charge of public relations for the Utah Jazz, recalls hosting a glitchless All-Star Weekend when the game came to the Delta Center in 1993 → Read More
Shauna Devenport, called “the Bread Lady,” has been leaving food on her porch at 348 W. 600 North in Salt Lake City for 30 years to help people who are hungry. → Read More
November is Native American Heritage Month, and Salt Lake City rang it in with a unique performance. A homegrown entertainer paid tribute to her Native American and African American roots with soul and hip-hop. → Read More
At a StoryCorps mobile recording booth, two people who know each other sit down in a recording booth and have a 40-minute conversation about the topic of their choice. Hosted by KUER, Utah’s NPR affiliate, the StoryCorps mobile booth will be in downtown Salt Lake City until Sept. 24 and then move to Ogden from Sept. 26 to Oct. 7. → Read More
Research shows using all lanes of traffic for as long as possible before merging — aka zipper merging — can increase traffic flow efficiency by as much as 40%. → Read More
Mendon’s volunteer fire department needs modern gear, so it’s auctioning off its vintage 1966 American LaFrance fire truck on Municibid to raise money for new gear. The listing number is 38767814. The auction runs until Sept. 3. → Read More
While on vacation in Australia, Megan Grass thought she’d see if she could get Robert Irwin’s phone number. The next thing she knew, she was a TikTok sensation. → Read More
The state’s longest holders of fishing licenses were invited to have dinner with Gov. Spencer Cox and first lady Abby Cox, and tell their fish stories. The five men all bought their lifetime licenses the first day they went on sale in 1984. The lifetime fishing and hunting licenses were discontinued in 1994. → Read More
Bob Smith and his son, Jared, handcrafted Uncle Bob’s Butter Country pancake syrup that can be found in supermarkets in the West. It’s in 350 stores including Harmons, Smith’s and Costco. → Read More
The Grassy Cow food truck in Heber City features beef born and raised on the Zollinger farm right next door. → Read More
Converus, a software company headquartered in Lehi, Utah has developed a way of looking in your eyes to determine if you’re lying or telling the truth. The EyeDetect system uses a computer program that can capture and decipher eye activity down to the millisecond. → Read More
March, in case you hadn’t heard, is National Ladder Safety Month, and what better place to ring it in than at a made-in-Utah ladder company with the motto, “Preventing Injuries, Saving Lives.” → Read More
Of the 222 members on the U.S. Olympic Team, 75 to 80 (depending on who’s doing the counting) were either born in Utah, live and train here more than six months out of the year, and/or went to school in Utah. → Read More
The Pando Aspen Grove near Fish Lake in south central Utah has been existing, and minding its own business, since at least the last Ice Age. → Read More
Mired in grief after the death of his wife of nearly 70 years, skiing legend Junior Bounous’s family rallied to get him back on his feet, and into the Guinness record book as world’s oldest heliskier. → Read More
It’s been a strange, tough year for humans, but the animals at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City have weathered the pandemic in good form. → Read More
Joel Clark’s mother had an idea to peddle her nutritious pancakes to her East Millcreek neighbors, and now Kodiak Cakes can be found on grocery shelves from coast to coast. → Read More
Utah entrepreneur David Neeleman, founder of JetBlue and Azul, has overcome setbacks and downturns and his own ADHD to launch four different airlines. → Read More
After three decades of teasing Latter-day Saints, humor columnist Robert Kirby is hanging up his pen. → Read More