Segment 1: Over 80 years ago, Gus Weller opened a second-hand bookstore in downtown Salt Lake City and it evolved into full-service shop on Main Street, filled to the rafters with modern classics, rare books and Mormon titles. But times are changing. In another week, Sam Weller’s Bookstore becomes Weller Book Works and moves to…
A local manufacturing plant was the backdrop as Utah Governor Gary Herbert unveiled a year-long-review of business regulations in the state this morning, highlighting red tape he says could be trimmed.
New companies in Utah are developing faster than ever before. For the second consecutive year, the University of Utah was named first in the nation for starting companies based on university research. KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports on how these businesses get started and how the entire state is benefitting.
A local bookstore and Main Street legacy is pushing forward in the face of corporate retailers and diminishing book sales with a new location and a new name. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, Sam Weller’s Bookstore will change its name to Weller Book Works once it settles into its new home at Trolley Square.
The fight between Microsoft and Utah software company Novell continued on Monday, as Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates testified in a Salt Lake City U.S. District Court to defend his company in an anti-trust lawsuit. Novell claimed Microsoft was paranoid about competition, and actively tried to stomp it out. But as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, Gates testified Microsoft’s actions were about creating quality products, not cornering the market.
Salt Lake City is gaining national recognition for its achievements in the tech industry. Forbes has rated Utah’s capital city fifth in the country for high tech growth based on long and short-term job numbers. Troy D’Ambrosio, Director of the University of Utah’s Lassonde Entrepreneur Center, says the ranking is not a surprise.
Canyons Resort has turned to Utah’s Congressional delegation for support on a proposed gondola connection between Canyons and Solitude Mountain Resort, and all but one of those lawmakers is backing legislation to sell 30 acres of national forest for the project. Canyons says it will decrease traffic and benefit the local economy, but as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, some officials say it’s circumventing the public process for what amounts to a ski resort expansion.
The state could be making a lot more money from liquor sales, consultants told Utah lawmakers on Wednesday. Bob Springmeyer, President of Bonneville Research, which was hired to look into the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s business plan, says the state should consider allowing grocery stores to sell liquor.
Segment 1: Last month, a CDC committee recommended that boys as young as age 9 get vaccinated against the human papilloma virus (HPV). HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S., but why should children at such a young age get the shot? HPV – Associated Cancers Statistics Guests: Dr. Andrew Pavia,…
The temporary head of Utah’s embattled Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control weighed in this morning on how to clean the agency up, in the wake of an audit that uncovered widespread mismanagement and alleged illegal activity. Speaking to a legislative committee, Francine Giani said the executive director of the DABC needs to report directly to the Governor and the Legislature, not the part-time DABC commission.
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