For many in Utah and around the world, the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been a long time coming. But does it mark the end of what has long been called the War on Terror? KCPW’s Whittney Evans posed that question to several people in Salt Lake City, and filed this audio postcard.
General Electric was taking hits from all angles this morning at its annual shareholders meeting, held at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Tea Party activists, GE retirees, PETA, and even a state lawmaker had messages for the multinational corporation. And as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, those messages were mixed.
A $5 billion commercial and residential development in downtown Salt Lake City is in its final phase of construction. Several key players in the project gathered yesterday at the new Promontory Condominiums to talk about the rise of City Creek. And as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, they had differing ideas on the future of downtown.
The owners of a ranch in Nine Mile Canyon are trying to stop a second gas pipeline from running through a three-quarters-of-a-mile easement on their property. State law says Bill Barrett Corporation has the right to install the pipeline, but landowners say it will disrupt ranching operations, damage the irrigation system and impact archeological resources. Part-owner Jerry Vaculin says the state has wrongly allowed corporations to act in the role of government.
While Salt Lake County home sales were down from March 2010 to 2011, more people are buying million-dollar homes along the Wasatch Front, according to the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. And more of them are paying cash. The board says in 2010, there were 91 homes that sold at $1 million or more in Salt Lake, Utah, Davis and Weber counties, up 12 percent from 2009.
The co-chairman of Utah’s redistricting committee, which started its work this morning at the State Capitol, says updating the legislative and congressional boundaries is 97 percent about the numbers. But as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, it’s the other three percent that has some lawmakers and their constituents wary of the process.
As more and more Utahns face the real prospect of foreclosure, they might feel there’s no one to turn to, but a free class in Salt Lake City is changing that. And as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the class was designed to educate homeowners on their options so they can avoid foreclosure.
The commission that oversees preservation and improvements along the Jordan River is calling on the public to take extreme caution while recreating along the river during this particularly high runoff season.
The Salt Lake Valley Health Department and the Utah Department of Health are urging anyone who attended two specific events to be aware they may have been exposed to measles. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, they’re asking anyone who attended either event to call the Utah Poison Control Center, and stay home if they show symptoms.
Salt Lake City launched a new program this morning that takes a softer approach to curbing panhandling. The Homeless Outreach Service Team, or HOST program includes donation meters installed downtown to give pedestrians an easy way to contribute to homeless service providers, rather than panhandlers.
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