Oof, Park City, Utah being evacuated due to a gas leak.
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I've always been drawn to the sound of water flowing through a small stream. It's not a roar, not even a forceful murmur, but rather a soft, gentle trickle that is constantly in the background.
Despite its lack of clamor, it attracts my attention, for no other reason than that it is persistent, steady, and calming.
Truth is a bit that way.
Coming Together on North Creek art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/coming-together-on-north-creek-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
#nature #travel #hiking #utah #zion #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #USA
BREAKING NEWS: Rocky Mountain Power says it will appeal a decision denying a significant rate hike the utility proposed. It came hours after the head of the Public Service Commission testified before the Utah legislature explaining why they slashed it: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/rocky-mountain-power-to-appeal-decision-denying-bigger-rate-increase #utpol #Utah
I don't know how many places there are where Pride opens with a church service, but it does in #Utah
#SaltLakeCity #Utah is having an emergency protest in solidarity with #LosAngeles against #ICE
Work is finally underway on the inland port project in Salt Lake City. Some community groups accuse the port authority of hurting the environment. The port authority insists they’re helping it: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/work-finally-begins-on-salt-lake-citys-inland-port-project #utpol #Utah
Boy, Salt Lake City did not have a great weekend.
Salt Lake Tribune: Three killed, including 8-month-old, in shooting at WestFest carnival in West Valley City
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/06/16/westfest-shooting-leaves-multiple/
Great, glad to see stuff like this getting covered
"Utahns show up to stand in solidarity with Los Angeles protests"
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/06/09/utahns-show-up-stand-solidarity/
"Ah good. At last we've escaped them."
Not that I want to be anti-social, but when I visit beautiful places like Zion National Park in Utah, USA, I like to leave the crowds.
And while it's difficult to do in popular spots (Zion gets some 4-5 million visitors per year), if you find the trails that aren't listed on the visitor brochures, you'll quite often succeed.
Hop Valley framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/hop-valley-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
#nature #art #artwork #utah #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #USA #travel
It sounds like the #NoKings gathering in Provo, #Utah had about 4,000 people
Utah County (where Provo is) voted 68% for Trump in 2024.
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Governor Spencer Cox has declared a state of emergency for wildfires and the state moves into Stage 2 fire restrictions: https://www.fox13now.com/news/utah-wildfires/this-is-a-big-one-gov-cox-surveys-monroe-canyon-fire-damage-as-wildfire-grows #utpol #Utah
Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.
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Last month, Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did little to address the challenges of building affordable housing on public land.
https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-mike-lee-public-lands-sell-off?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Yep, sure looking like the shooting at the #SLC #Utah #NoKings march was a self-anointed "good guy with a gun" shooting at another self-anointed "good guy with a gun" and killing an innocent person in the process.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/06/16/peacekeeper-under-investigation/
More guns do not make us safer.
Remember: there are no accidental shootings.
The majority-women Salt Lake County Council votes to become the first county to support “A Bolder Way Forward” — a resolution for the empowerment of women and girls: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/a-resolution-on-empowering-women-girls-gets-backing-of-majority-women-slco-council #utpol #Utah
Salt Lake Tribune: When you phone 911 in SLC and Sandy, AI soon may take your call. “Some 911 calls dialed by residents of Salt Lake City and Sandy soon may be answered by something like a robot, powered by artificial intelligence. Faced with chronic understaffing among the ranks of its dispatchers, the 911 Communications Bureau based in Utah’s capital city wants to explore using an […]
Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd was summoned to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers about the “No Kings” protest shooting: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/salt-lake-city-police-chief-summoned-to-meet-with-lawmakers-over-no-kings-shooting #utpol #Utah
BDG news: Salt Lake Buddhist Temple Celebrates 89th Annual Obon Festival
🔗 Read more at BDG: https://tinyurl.com/8kydkpbt
#Buddhism #BonOdori #Utah #SaltLakeCity #JapaneseBuddhism #Obon #JapaneseCulture #Buddha #JapaneseFestival
So, uh, things have gotten a little heated between Rocky Mountain Power and the Public Service Commission over a proposed rate hike: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/utah-supreme-court-may-decide-rocky-mountain-power-rate-hike-as-capitol-hill-watches #utpol #Utah
Following the shootings of Minnesota lawmakers, members of the Utah State Legislature were given a briefing about their own personal security: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/after-minnesota-lawmakers-shootings-utahs-capitol-hill-gets-security-briefing #utpol #Utah
I send thanks to the buyer from Massachusetts who purchased a framed print of
Autumn on the Fremont River -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/autumn-on-the-fremont-river-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
May the artwork take you to a glorious autumn day by the river, where there is peace and beauty.
#art #artwork #autumn #nature #travel #utah #southwest #capitolreef #vacation #hiking #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #river #nationalpark #fall #trees #color #colorful #sale #decor
New podcast just dropped.
Well, it dropped in June, but I just found out about it. I've listened to the first episode and I hope it's successful because it's doing such important work.
This podcast is about child sexual abuse in the LDS church. The information is presented in a clear way with empathy towards survivors and with the legal details that show just how liable the LDS church is and how its influence on #Utah politics and culture has contributed to why 1 in 7 children in Utah will experience childhood sexual abuse (in comparison to 1 in 9 in the US).
You can find out more in this article where I learned about it:
https://www.kuer.org/race-religion-social-justice/2025-08-01/this-attorney-has-taken-up-hundreds-of-child-abuse-cases-against-the-lds-church
#utpol #utgov #LDS #Mormon #TCOJCOLDS #Abuse #SexualAbuse #ChildAbuse #ArchitectureOfAbuse
“Not Just #Measles”: #WhoopingCough Cases Are Soaring as #Vaccine Rates Decline
Measles #Vaccination Rates in Most States Were Below #HerdImmunity in #2023
Over 36 states have drop in rates for at least one key vaccine from 2013-14 to 2023-24 school years. And half of states have seen an across-board decline in all four vaccination rates. #Wisconsin, #Utah and #Alaska have experienced most precipitous drops during that time, with declines of more than 10% in some cases.
https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump
Bison is on the menu in some Utah schools thanks to the Ute Tribe and a state-run program to get more local produce and proteins in cafeterias: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/utah-schools-serve-up-a-taste-of-the-wild-with-bison-on-the-menu #utpol #Utah
A woman who survived a paddleboarding accident thanks to a life jacket is pleading with others to remember to wear them. Utah’s Department of Natural Resources is dealing with more drownings lately because people aren’t: https://www.fox13now.com/always-always-always-wear-a-life-jacket-survivor-of-paddleboard-accident-pleads-with-utahns #utpol #Utah