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Who visits the Great Salt Lake? People from all over the world
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 3 - 9:08 p.m. | Save Story
The Great Salt Lake was once a tourism destination. After a loss in popularity, it's drawing people from all over the world again as evidenced by its visitor log.
From Popeye to Hemingway: 25 notable works entering the public domain in 2025
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 1 - 2:59 p.m. | Save Story
More work from major writers, directors and musicians — along with legendary characters — entered the public domain to start 2025.
Salt Lake City church asks public's help to restore stained glass windows
Karah Brackin, KSL-TV | Posted Dec. 31 - 8:32 a.m. | Save Story
The historic First United Methodist Church in Salt Lake City is asking for the public's help in raising money to restore its stained glass windows.
26,000-year-old red fox skeleton finds new home after being removed from Utah cave
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Dec. 31 - 8:05 a.m. | Save Story
A "nearly complete" skeleton of a red fox dating back to the last ice age found in northeast Utah over a decade ago is about to get a cushy new home in a much warmer place.
Abravanel Hall, Spiral Jetty and 11 other Utah areas given national history honors in 2024
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Dec. 29 - 9:03 p.m. | Save Story
2024 was an interesting year for Utah history preservation, ending with 13 locations in the state landing on the National Register of Historic Places.
Feds seek information after climbing bolts found on Uintah County petroglyph panel
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Dec. 26 - 7:12 p.m. | Save Story
Federal land managers say someone illegally installed climbing bolts that damaged a prehistoric petroglyph panel in Uintah County, and they're now seeking the public's help.
What's around the next bend? That's what he writes about
Lee Benson, Deseret News | Posted Dec. 25 - 7:15 p.m. | Save Story
Lynn Arave has written numerous books on Utah history and the Great Salt Lake.
As new Marshall White Center takes shape, the man comes into focus
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Dec. 23 - 6:19 a.m. | Save Story
As the new Marshall White Center in Ogden takes shape, the man it is named for — a Black police officer killed in the line of duty in 1963 — comes into focus.
Ogden leaders OK Forest Service building purchase, envision using it for affordable housing
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Dec. 22 - 2:51 p.m. | Save Story
Ogden leaders have approved a proposal to acquire the old Forest Service building here for $3.6 million and envision using it for affordable housing for artists.
After Wendover air base burns, fight continues to preserve military history
Alex Cabrero, KSL-TV | Posted Dec. 19 - 3:34 p.m. | Save Story
The morgue at Historic Wendover Airfield may be gone, but the fight to preserve the base's historical significance is still going strong.
Archivist says Equal Rights Amendment can't be certified. Democrats push Biden to recognize it
Zeke Miller, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 17 - 10:03 p.m. | Save Story
The archivist and deputy archivist of the United States have issued a rare joint statement to say that the 1970s-era Equal Rights Amendment cannot be certified without further action by Congress or the courts.
Popeye and Tintin enter public domain in 2025 along with novels from Faulkner and Hemingway
Andrew Dalton, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 16 - 1:15 p.m. | Save Story
Popeye the Sailor and the Belgian boy reporter Tintin lead the class of characters and works of art becoming public domain in 2025.
Recent petroglyph damage highlights 'disrespectful' Utah issue, experts say
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Dec. 13 - 6:16 a.m. | Save Story
Local, state, federal and tribal agencies hope a land vandalism case in Utah serves as a teachable moment for the millions of people who recreate in Utah's outdoors.
'A woman ahead of her time': Utah trailblazer Martha Hughes Cannon honored in DC
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Dec. 11 - 5:01 p.m. | Save Story
Martha Hughes Cannon, a trailblazer in Utah history, now has a home in the nation's capital.
What it's like inside the Asher Adams, a historic train station turned Salt Lake hotel
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Dec. 9 - 7:48 p.m. | Save Story
Asher Adams, Salt Lake City's newest hotel, features a unique blend of Utah railroad history within its details.
Arrest made in Utah petroglyph defacement case, feds say
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Updated Dec. 3 - 12:04 p.m. | Save Story
A woman was arrested in connection with a land vandalism case near the Utah-Arizona border, which left damage to a petroglyph panel believed to be thousands of years old.
The world gets its first glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years under wraps
Thomas Adamson, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 30 - 9:53 p.m. | Save Story
Five years after a catastrophic fire, the Notre Dame Cathedral is back and better than ever.
Ogden mulls $3.6M acquisition of Forest Service building — an art deco structure built in 1934
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Nov. 30 - 4:09 p.m. | Save Story
Ogden leaders are mulling acquisition of the old U.S. Forest Service building, built in 1934 and a key example of several iconic art deco structures in the city.
