City Watch

Gamers Unite: Utah Hosts Esports Tournament and Events

It’s not new information that professional gamers are the new ‘It’ athletes. Just last month popular streamer and professional Overwatch player xQc signed a $100 million contract with new streaming platform Kick....

Tiny Homes: The Other Side Village

Salt Lake City’s novel approach to curbing the city’s issues with homelessness You can’t create a community with just tiny homes,” says Joseph Grenny, founder of The Other Side Academy (TOSA). “You can’t...

Best of the Beehive 2023: Wasatch Faults

Some things maybe we wish we weren’t the best at. The dubious distinctions: The best at driving the worst Utah is no. 1…on QuoteWizard’s ranking of the worst drivers in the U.S. Utah drivers...

Summit County’s Housing Development Fight

Nothing stirs Summit County residents quite like a development debate. The potent mixture of NIMBYs, developers, profiteers, conservationists and more creates a cosmic gumbo of opinion, motive and messaging. The most recent...

Utah, Americas Next Tech Hot Spot

Someday, When folks talk about the tech boom in Utah, they’ll likely name-check companies like Word Perfect and Novell. Other folks will tell you about the beginnings of Atari, Pixar and the capital...

Student Activism at BYU: An Interactive Timeline

This interactive timeline on the history of student activism at BYU is a companion piece to Salt Lake magazine's story on the perspectives of current students at BYU on the visibility and...

The State of LGBTQ+ Activism at BYU

Rainbow demonstrations, civil rights clashes, rallies, walk-outs and viral TikTok accounts—marginalized students at BYU may be more visible than ever before, but can increased visibility lead to increased understanding and acceptance within...

Drag Show Performers File Lawsuit Against St. George City

On Tuesday, A Southern Utah drag group and The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Utah filed suit against the city of St. George after the city selectively applied a local ordinance...