SLC tattoo convention attendees include: punk rockers, metal heads, hippies and....housewives? --That's right, it's now impossible to stereotype people with tattoo fever. [...]
It's impossible to think of Davis Country without thinking oil refineries, but another proposed carcinogen causing plant in a residential area has citizens furious.' [...]
Bob Brown "Cheers to You" owner believes State Senate leader Waddoups' decision to defy Governor Huntsman is due to LDS Church leadership influence.' [...]
Ted Woods visited Utah Stories on Tuesday evening to discuss his new film- Whitewash, which has been nominated for three awards in XDance 2009 film festival. [...]
Utah TV News stations are in a turmoil, and amid declines in viewership stations are sending their long-time anchors out to pasture. Former Fox News Assignment Editor, Todd Tanner explains what has happened. [...]
Utah TV News stations are in a turmoil, and amid declines in viewership stations are sending their long-time anchors out to pasture. Former Fox News Assignment Editor, Todd Tanner explains what has happened. [...]
Eleven years ago, Teacher Unions were torn over the passage of charter schools. Utah Stories takes a look at the Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts to see how things are going. [...]
From the changing face of a beloved Sugarhouse thoroughfare to debugging the anti-depressant epidemic, Utah Stories has been there throughout 2008 digging into the Other Side of local news, culture, and community. [...]
See how Squatters (Salt Lake City Brewing Company) has become world renound in the high quality beers they brew. Utah Stories offers a unique behind-the-scenes look at the beer making process as we interview and follow Squatters Brewmaster Jennifer Talley [...]
After dedicating his life to shutting down meth-labs, Officer Dukatz died of cancer. How family and friends honor his commitment, by committing to his passion. [...]
Enrollment at traditional Utah Universities is down while the popularity of career colleges is soaring. How do these two year degrees stack up to traditional Bachelor's Degrees? [...]
Enrollment at traditional Utah Universities is down while the popularity of career colleges is soaring. How do these two year degrees stack up to traditional Bachelor's Degrees? [...]
Tough economic times always send unemployed workers back to school. When people are losing their jobs and the forecast looks gloomy, there is no better time to examine the integrity of the foundation of our economy -- education. [...]
For the next month Utah Stories will examine education issues of the 21st century. In this series we examine charter schools, computers in education and career colleges vs. traditional universities. [...]
The Owner of Acme Burger has traveled the world managing the most prestigious hotels and restaurants: Why he loves Utah and the uniqueness of Acme Burger. [...]
Utah is number one in prescriptions for depression. But is this actually a result of our population being more depressed or have the pharmicutical companies been selling lies? Utah Stories investigates. [...]
America's declinig economy is causing homelessness to rise in Utah. We take a look at a primary care facility for the homeless to get perspectives from physicians and patients. [...]
Salt Lake County's empty holes: Public opinion seems to favor mixed-use projects in Salt Lake City, but current economic conditions are preventing developers from finishing projects, leaving our cities looking like graveyards. [...]
Every elected Salt Lake City Mayor for the past 30 years has claimed they would "clean up and crack down" on crime in Pioneer Park. Why none can keep their promise. [...]
One woman's timeshare lodging scam story for Park City's Sundance Film Festival. Also, 5 tips finding great lodging during Sundance for any budget. [...]
An in-depth look into Salt Lake City's last historic shopping center. How local merchants and chain store alike have found such a nice home in the former trolley barn for over 30 years. [...]
Watch our video mini-documentary about the intrigue behind Utah's scariest haunted house. Meet the actors who make the haunted house real and see the faces of their victims through our night-vision camera. [...]
Watch our video mini-documentary about how the men known as 'freeriders' are gaining crediblity in the Wasatch Front Mountains, thanks to Draper City. [...]
Craig Mecham- developer of the Sugar House Granite Block- has received a lot of bad press over his project. He is no longer speaking to the Deseret News, Tribune or any other news source but he spoke to Utah Stories. Watch our exclusive video interview. [...]
Illegal mountain biking trails have been popping up all along the Wasatch Front. Now instead of trying to eradicate them, Draper City has sanctioned Maple Hollow to be home to the first ever exclusive freeriders trail (no hikers allowed). [...]
Dirk Thomas has been homeless since both of his parents died from AIDS. This is Dirk's story and description of the mean streets of Salt Lake City. [...]
Thanks to the Super Adoption event, thousands of abandoned and stray animals are provided with loving homes every year. Story includes video of the event. [...]
How the closing of Geneva steel-Utah's largest business for nearly 40 decades- has made so little impact on Utah county's hot economy. Story includes video documentary on Harley Davidson in Timpanogos. [...]
Doug Adams is a steel worker who makes bell scuptures out of Deweyville, Utah. Doug's bells evoking images from Eastern art resonate with the Utah buying public. [...]
Jorge Fierro is arguably the most successful man in the Utah Hispanic community. He wanted to publicly reveal to Utah Stories something he had kept on the down-low for a long time: he emigrated to the United States illegally. [...]
A 'five star luxury resort' advertised on brochures and building- Westgate Resorts executive admits untrue. Our experience in Westgate South Beach and how Westgate's deceptive practices should refund buyers their money [...]
The category of drugs Paxil belongs to (SSRIs) have received over 28,000 complaints to the FDA; yet doctors continue to prescribe; commercials continue to appear on TV and patients continue to feel duped into becoming addicted. [...]
Bubble and Bee Organic launched their business beginning in the Salt Lake City Farmers Market. Today sales are skyrocketing as the work to keep up with demand of supplying to Whole Foods Market. [...]
Verl Cook's farm is located in a city hungry for big box corporate investment. Real estate developers are salivating over Cook's farm 40 acres of farmland just off 1-15. See why Verl Cook says he and his family will never sell. [...]
Utah Stories spends a couple of hours touring Verl Cook's beautiful farm below the Timpanogos Mountains as development encroaches on one of the last family farms in Orem. [...]
Federal government courthouse funding uncertainty could leave Market Street Salt Lake City without Port O'Call and a giant hole in downtown Salt Lake City for years to come. [...]
Federal government courthouse funding uncertainty could leave Market Street Salt Lake City without Port O'Call and a giant hole in downtown Salt Lake City for years to come. [...]
Utah Stories films Kurt And Melody Bellock in their studio and up the the Kimbal Arts Park City Arts Festival. See the incredible way the Bellocks have innovated the art of recycling old dead trees into valuable living art. [...]
Brandon Beach ditched a $150 thousand dollar per year job to rummage through trash heaps for materials to make art. Find out why he says the trade-off has been well worth the sacrifice. [...]
Have you seen the mushroom man? Meet Robert Angelilli a former ski bum/ Executive Chef now makes his living as a mushroom broker and vendor at the Farmers Market [...]
Are the city improvements making a difference in Pioneer Park? Utah Stories investigates by talking to homeless vagrants as well as police officers and farmer's market organizer Kim Angeli. [...]
Omar Abou-Ismail has built from scratch a successful restaurant in Sugar House. Hear his opinions and ideas for the future of the Granite Block. Also, Omar's take on what a genuine counter-culture needs to be about. [...]
Pioneer Park is the place where the Mormon Utah Pioneers spent their first year in the Salt Lake Valley surviving the harsh winter and lack of food. Today it is a park full of drug pushers, drug users and transients. We get a unique persepective into this odd place by [...]
