Amplify Utah
Staying Salty: A Q&A with the hosts of a new podcast from the shores of Great Salt Lake
April 27th 2024 by Kyungsoo Park and Marcie Young Cancio / Amplify Utah
Olivia Juarez doesn’t want to leave Salt Lake City. And they don’t want you to leave either. “All of my family's here,” said Juarez, a lifelong Utahn and one of the voices behind a new podcast focus...
Paddling waves of tradition: the cultural legacy of Great Salt Lake’s Hawaiian canoe club
April 26th 2024 by Camille Lee / Amplify Utah
As the sun begins to fall behind the rugged mountains surrounding Great Salt Lake, clear water ripples around a 40-foot, dark blue canoe with yellow trim and big white letters that read “HUI PAOAKALAN...
Unleashing Adventure: Recreating on Salt Lake City’s West Side and the Jordan River
April 25th 2024 by Emma Ratkovic / Amplify Utah
Residents of Salt Lake City’s west side communities are among the most ethnically diverse in Utah. Closer than east side neighborhoods to Great Salt Lake, they often contend with issues including dust...
‘Great Salt Lake is our future’: Utah youth aim to inform, collaborate and inspire change
April 17th 2024 by Vanessa Hudson / Amplify Utah
They meet with alfalfa farmers, lobby lawmakers and talk easily about the impact of Great Salt Lake on the economy — all while thinking about what they want to do after high school. They’re members...
‘It’s a losing battle’: Approved Tooele inland port developments frustrate local residents
April 9th 2024 by Andrew Christiansen / Amplify Utah
Chris Eddington lives in a peaceful, modest bungalow at the end of a small dirt road in Tooele County. Three horses roam his half-acre property less than a mile from Great Salt Lake. Wearing a pair of...