The future of the Dirty Devil hangs in the Balance!

The future of the Dirty Devil Hangs in the Balance! Despite the serious 
impacts from off-road vehicles, the BLM is under extraordinary pressure 
to expand their use, even in the remote Henry Mountains and Dirty Devil area. 
For more information, visit SUWA.org.

Utah Headlines

Utah legislature news

• Utah leaders questioning use of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in medical treatment (Fox13)
• House Speaker to put a 'pause' on major new water legislation in Utah (Fox13)
• $800 million price tag possible for implementing new Utah school safety law (KSL TV)
• Reflecting on a year of the domestic violence lethality assessment law (KSL Newsradio)
• Utah colleges need to shave 10% from their budgets, Utah House speaker says (Salt Lake Tribune)

Political News

• If Sen. Lee could have his wish, he’d pass the REINS Act (Deseret News)
• Here's Sen. Mike Lee's plan to make Congress more powerful (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Here's what Sen. Mike Lee wants from the next Senate GOP leader (KSL)

Election news

• Weber County clerk discusses important election dates, voter registration, transparency (Standard-Examiner)
• Tracy Miller and Billy Hesterman: Vote yes on Amendment B to support Utah’s teachers and students at no cost to taxpayers (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Voters to decide on $125 million bond for Murray Schools in November election (KUTV)
• How these Utahns say they’ll restore trust in attorney general’s office after Sean Reyes leaves (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah’s treasurer is against ESG investing. What do other candidates say about such initiatives? (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Candidate for Utah’s 1st Congressional District talks views on water policy and IVF (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Two Utahns are challenging Burgess Owens. Here’s why they want to represent Utah’s 4th Congressional District. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Climate change a focus of Utah’s U.S. Senate race. One candidate denies it’s real. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Municipal news

• Brighton Town Council decides against purchase of mayor-owned Silver Fork Lodge (KSL)
• Miller Family Foundation launches grant program with $500K to aid SLC's west side (KSL)
• Economic challenges are a leading concern around Ogden and 25th Street (KSL TV)

Utah

• Want to cut down a Christmas tree in Southern Utah? 🎄 Permits now available for purchase. (St. George News)
• Drivers stunned after boulder bashes into several cars on I-15 (KSL)

Biz/Tech

• Italian quick-service chain Fazoli’s plans Utah return with 5 new locations (Deseret News)
• Watch SpaceX’s ‘Mechazilla’ snag returning Starship booster with massive robot arms (Deseret News)
• See the backyard home offices these Utahns built, as hybrid and remote work are here to stay (Salt Lake Tribune)

Crime/Courts

• Man falls to his death from I-15 off-ramp after being shocked with Taser, UHP says (KSL)
• Utah prosecutors want former Olympian to serve years in prison over $10 million COVID-19 relief loan (Salt Lake Tribune)

Culture

• What are Gen Z’s priorities when picking a new city to live in? (Deseret News)
• After transcribing 1.2 million of his words, this researcher has something to say about Brigham Young (Deseret News)

Education

• Eagle Mountain high school senior represents USA at international shooting competition (KSL)
• The Rev. Andrew Teal at BYU: ‘The wonderful reality’ of who we are becoming (Deseret News)
• Bullying accusations at this Herriman school snowballed into 3 police investigations (Fox13)

Environment

• Year-round reservations announced for Capitol Reef campground (KSL TV)
• Opinion: Why Utah should generate more electricity from natural gas (Deseret News)
• Trail of neglect: Why the Jordan River and its trail have struggled to shed their reputation as a place for waste (Salt Lake Tribune)

Health

• A look at the link between diet and mental health, plus foods to boost mood (Deseret News)
• Heart attack, stroke risk rise after severe COVID (Deseret News)
• Efforts being made to improve Utah's ranking in bottom 10 for mammograms (KSL)
• University of Utah center opens with a mission to reduce number of stillbirths (KSL Newsradio)
• Excessive worry about your baby? Postpartum anxiety can be treated. (Washington Post)

Housing

• Utah County warming center looking for volunteers (Fox13)

National Headlines

General

• S&P 500 ends at fresh record high, as Dow scales 43k for first time (Reuters)
• Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86 (AP)
• Behind the mask: How a soccer star became a cocaine trafficker (Washington Post)

Political news

• US law entitles immigrant children to an education. Some conservatives say that should change (AP)
• TikTok faces blowback in Congress over child safety revelations (Washington Post)

Election news

• Some voters with disabilities say they are feeling ignored by presidential candidates (AP)
• In Pennsylvania, a push to win the Amish vote (Deseret News)
• Harris slams Trump for suggesting military handle ‘enemy from within’ as they vie for Pennsylvania (AP)
• Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in bizarre town hall episode (Washington Post)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• NATO will not be intimidated by Russia's threats, Rutte says at Ukraine mission HQ (Reuters)
• Ukraine is amping up drone production to get an edge in the war against Russia (NPR)

Israel and Gaza

• Israel kills at least 21 in strike on Christian town in north Lebanon (Reuters)
• The UN says over 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in 3 weeks by war (AP)
• Netanyahu tells U.S. that Israel will strike Iranian military, not nuclear or oil, targets, officials say (Washington Post)

World news

• Malaysia's eviction of sea nomads casts light on precarious lives (Reuters)
• Vial that contained nerve agent that killed UK woman contained enough poison to kill thousands (AP)

Join Rep. Curtis & Owens at the Utah Lake Symposium, Oct. 21-22

Come help shape the future of Utah Lake! Utah Lake is at a turning point: we've recovered endangered species, improved water quality, and fought back invasive species. As we look ahead, the symposium will ask what does Utah Lake 2.0 look like? Registration is free, breakfast and lunch included.

Number of the Day 

Alaska’s National Forests announce the 2024 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Whistlestop Tour from Alaska to Washington, D.C.

The National Christmas Tree will stop in Utah on Nov. 9

The Tongass and Chugach National Forests, nonprofit partner Society of American Foresters and presenting sponsor 84 Lumber, are excited to announce the eleven  locations of the 2024 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Whistlestop Tour, starting in Alaska’s “First City,”  Ketchikan.  

The tree’s 4,000-mile journey from Wrangell, Alaska, to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol building will kick off on Oct. 30. Over three weeks, the tour will travel to the “Lower 48” by sea and then by truck from  the Pacific coast of the United States all the way to the eastern seaboard. 

At each stop along the way, people will have the opportunity to sign the side of the uniquely Alaskan  trailer with markers, purchase U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree souvenirs from Alaska Geographic, get free stickers and pins, and learn about Alaska’s national forests and the 54-year tradition of the USDA Forest  Service providing the “Peoples Tree.” (Read More)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• Oct. 15-16 — Interim Days
• Oct. 16 — Nurturing Hope in Ourselves and Others: The Science of Hope and Well-Being sponsored by the Utah Women and Leadership Project, 12:00 - 1:15 pm. Register here
• Oct. 17 — CD3 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 21-22 — Utah Lake Symposium, UVU Campus, Register here
• Oct. 24 — CD4 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Nov. 5 — Election Day!
• Nov. 15 — Women & Business Conference & ATHENA Awards Luncheon with the Salt Lake Chamber, Grand America Hotel. Register here
• Nov. 19-20 — Interim Days
• Jan. 9 — What’s Up Down South Economic Summit. St. George. Register here
• Jan. 10 — Rural Utah Data Symposium. St. George. Register here

On This Day In History

• 1844 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, is born.
• 1860 - 11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Abraham Lincoln telling him to grow a beard
• 1917 - Marion Donovan is born. Following her invention of a waterproof diaper cover out of a shower curtain, Donovan went on to develop the first disposable diaper.
• 1917 - Dancer, courtesan and alleged spy Mata Hari is executed for espionage by a French firing squad
• 1948 - Dr. Frances L. Willoughby becomes the first woman doctor in the regular U.S. Navy
• 1951 - I Love Lucy premieres starring Lucille Ball and Dezi Arnez.
• 1966 - LBJ signs a bill creating US Department of Transportation
• 1976 - First vice-presidential debate between Democrat Walter F. Mondale and Republican Bob Dole
• 1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize
• 1991 - Clarence Thomas confirmed to the US Supreme Court.
• 2017 - Actress Alyssa Milano's tweet “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’" prompts flood of replies across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
• 2018 - Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, dies of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at 65
• 2021 - British MP Sir David Amess stabbed to death at a meeting of constituents in Essex in Leigh-on-Sea, England in probable terror attack

Quote of the Day

"Today, peace means the ascent from simple coexistence to cooperation and common creativity among countries and nations...Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences."

—Mikhail Gorbachev, in Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech

On the Punny Side

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