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Young boy holds sign that reads "Boys will be feminist"

Salt Lake City Women’s March amplifies hundreds of voices

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Hundreds of people participated in the Salt Lake City Women's March to protest gender inequality.
Bandage applied to vaccine injection site

Latin community hit hard by pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the Hispanic community in Utah.
A view of two mountains coming together to create a canyon where thick pollution hangs in the air over Salt Lake City

Worst air in the world: How SLCC students and staff feel about SLC’s air...

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SLCC students and staff discuss air quality issues that plague Salt Lake City.
Truly Grapefruit hard seltzer can in focus

Utah Legislature may remove dozens of hard seltzers from grocery store shelves

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Hard seltzers with ethyl alcohol flavorings will be pulled from Utah grocery store shelves if Senate Bill 176 passes.
View of the Great Salt Lake shoreline in 2021

Great Salt Lake reaches new low point, ecosystem imperiled by salinity ‘tipping point’

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Dr. Bonnie Baxter, a biologist and director of Great Salt Lake Institute at Westminster College, talks with KCPW about the drying up and too-salty Great Salt Lake.
Rae Duckworth holds a "Justice for Bobby" sticker near a mural in Salt Lake City

Murals paint memories of those lost to police violence across the US

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In recent years, artists in Salt Lake City and other U.S. cities have painted "gravestone murals" to commemorate people killed by police across the country.
Nursing student Barbara, center, learning intravenous applications

Nurses are becoming more scarce. Here’s how SLCC is preparing them for success

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The U.S. has seen a significant increase of nurse turnover since the pandemic’s onset, and SLCC is trying to reduce factors that inhibit students from pursuing or completing a nursing degree.
Gray clouds above dust storm on Great Salt Lake

Great Salt Lake’s dust could cost $1.5 billion to fix with costs ‘skyrocketing’ as...

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Mitigating dust from a shrinking Great Salt Lake could cost more than a billion dollars to fix, a new report from the Utah State Legislature's Auditor General found.
Two students sitting on a bench and talking

Why are students at Utah State University voting?

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Some students at Utah State University articulated the importance of their vote in the upcoming election.
Max Weiss, left, and Shane Green

Rape and sexual assault seriousness discussed

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The Collegiate DECA and the Trauma Awareness and Treatment Center met at the Student Center on the Taylorsville Redwood Campus on Friday, April 6 to discuss the issues of date rape, acquaintance rape and assault awareness for their “Date Rape Awareness Expo.”

Worlds of analogue and digital collide at local exhibition

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Analogital is Utah Museum of Contemporary Art’s newest exhibit that explores the transition from analogue to digital through works of various artists.

FanX: Five Thursday events that were worth attending

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Salt Lake Comic Con's Fan X features so many things that staff writer Aldo Gomez tries to help catch up on events that might have been missed.