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Americans are having less sex. Experts offer insight into why, and advice on how...

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Recent data suggests that fewer U.S. adults and college students participate in intimate sex with a partner, and various factors may contribute to the decline.
Water swirls down a storm drain at 600 South and State Street

Why Salt Lake City wants residents to ‘adopt’ a storm drain

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Salt Lake City is looking for volunteers for its new clean storm drain initiative, which aims to improve water quality and environmental health.
Community Writing Center

SLCC writing center to hold competition and issue call for art collection at Utah...

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The SLCC Community Writing Center will host several activities at the Utah Arts Festival, including a writing competition and a call for submissions for an anthology collection.
People visit Great Salt Lake, with Saltair and Wasatch Mountains in the horizon

History lessons: Are Utahns ‘waking up’ to the Great Salt Lake’s peril?

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Bonnie Baxter, a biology professor and the head of the Great Salt Lake Institute at Westminster College, sees signs of a groundswell of support for saving the Great Salt Lake.
Woman holds an iPhone X

Students react to new messaging features in upcoming iPhone update

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Students discuss the pros and cons of iOS 16, which will allow iPhone users to edit and unsend recently sent text messages.
Distant view of visitors standing near the Great Salt Lake

Hazardous metals aren’t only in Great Salt Lake’s dust, they’re in the ecosystem too

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Metals and chemicals dumped into Great Salt Lake's tributaries have been found in the lake's vital ecosystem.
View of north entrance to CT Building

Diversity in skilled labor is increasing. Disparities still exist, but the industry is making...

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As more diverse tradespeople enter the job market, inclusion and equity become increasingly important components at technical schools and workplaces.
Man paddling a kayak across a lake

‘Embrace the salt’ — A kayaker’s quest to share up-close views of an ‘epic’...

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Brian Footen aims to create Google Street View-style maps of the Great Salt Lake and other drought-stricken waters and shores across the West.
Sun-shaped Iosepa sign in front of playground

Pacific Islanders celebrate cultural heritage at Iosepa memorial

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The Pacific Islander community celebrates their unique place in Utah history at the former Polynesian colony of Iosepa.
Luz Gamarra smiles during a college event

Utah Woman of the Year honoree mentors Salt Lake-area immigrants

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Luz Gamarra, the lead academic adviser for humanities and ESL students at SLCC, earned USA Today's recognition for Woman of the Year in Utah.
Man with bicycle walking on dry portion of Great Salt Lake

N. Utah seeing its worst dust in a decade. Why the drying Great Salt...

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An increase in dust storms and a massive source of dust pollution looms at the desiccated Great Salt Lake.
RadioActive KRCL graphic for May 2, 2022

Voices Amplified: May 2, 2022

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The #VoicesAmplified team reviews their RadioActive takeovers on the final episode of the spring 2022 semester.