City Cast Salt Lake

Ali talks to Emily Means of KUER about what action state officials are taking to save the Great Salt Lake.Madeline is reporting Salt Lake Love Stories in the newsletter this week. Submit your story of falling in love with a place, an idea, or a person in SLC at saltlake@citycast.fm and subscribe to the newsletter here.

Ali went out to the High Star Ranch in Kamas for the 5th Annual Ski Joring Utah competition to chat with the hosts, competitors and spectators of the perfect Utah sport.Quit horsing around: Sign up for our daily newsletter.

Dr. Len Necefer, an A+ meme-maker and the founder of NativesOutdoors is here to reflect on the emerging tradition of land acknowledgements.The Natives Outdoors reading list for the outdoor industry is on their website, nativesoutdoors.com, we’ve also put the link in our newsletter.Send your worst, most hilarious, or most awkward stories of dating in SLC to saltlake@citycast.fm or text us at 801-203-0137!

One in four Utah teens can’t afford period products and Emily Bell McCormick of The Period Project is trying to do something about it.Send us your Salt Lake love stories at saltlake@citycast.fm or by calling or texting them to: (801) 203-0137.Want to learn more about Salt Lake's Vocal Locals? Sign up for our daily newsletter.

Montana just became the newest western state to legalize recreational marijuana and it has us wondering if Utah, with the recent legalization of medicinal, is crawling towards a similar trend? Ali catches up with two of Salt Lake’s finest public defenders, Grant Miller and Darnell Crandall, about the state of pot in the Utah.Make your voice heard, and take the House GOP Constituent Survey here.And while you're at it, subscribe to our newsletter here,

Salt Lake’s teachers are giving more than they’re getting right now. We asked John Arthur, Utah’s 2021 Teacher of the Year, how things are going in his 6th Grade classroom and how Salt Lakers can best show up for teachers right now.Questions, ideas, or concerns for Salt Lake City? Leave us an audio note any time, any day by calling (801) 203-0137.Here's your homework: Subscribe to our daily newsletter, if you haven't already.And some extra credit: Follow us on Twitter! @CityCastSLC

Have you heard the joke that the official bird of Utah is the crane? Just kidding, it’s the California Gull. But seriously, though, downtown Salt Lake is in a massive construction boom. To Building Salt Lake editor Taylor Anderson, that’s mostly a good thing - but not without its complications.Looking to build your Salt Lake knowhow? Subscribe to our daily newsletter. Sign up here. We’re also on Twitter! Follow us at @CityCastSLC 

Buckle up. The Utah Legislature is in session. Some of the hundreds of bills introduced may make you crazy, while others may make you proud. Either way, the legislative session is a lot to keep track of. We asked Robert Gherke of the Salt Lake Tribune and Emily Means of KUER and State Street Podcast for some help making heads and tails of the next 45 days. Want to keep up with the legislative session? Vote yes and sign up for our daily newsletter.We’re also on Twitter! Follow us at @CityCastSLC

The Great Salt Lake is at historically low levels, and that’s a problem for our city’s air quality, economy and ecology. City Cast Salt Lake host Ali Vallarta catches up with Chandler Rosenburg, co-founder of Save our Great Salt Lake, a coalition organizing for statewide action to preserve our city’s namesake. Rosenburg is helping organize a virtual rally Saturday, January 15 aimed to encourage the legislature to take action when it meets next week.Stay afloat on news from around the city, salty or otherwise. Sign up for our morning newsletter. We’re also on Twitter! Follow us at @CityCastSLC 

Utah has been called the Fraud Capitol of the United States.We do fraud, Ponzi schemes, and influencing all very well, and the implications across our communities are enormous. Meg Walter, City Cast Contributor and editor-in-chief of The Beehive, joins Ali to talk about the Magnolia Network show 'Home Work' scam story. We can laugh our way through the absurdities, but at the end of the day, it’s not funny.There’s rarely a slow news day in Salt Lake, and we have a morning newsletter to make sure you stay in the loop. Sign up here, if you haven’t already. We’re also on Twitter! Follow us at @CityCastSLC