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Bracket challenge: What's your favorite restaurant that's no longer around? Round of 8
Josh Furlong, KSL | Posted March 27 - 9:01 a.m. | Save Story
Restaurants come and go, but some are so iconic they stay with us forever.

Bracket challenge: What's your favorite restaurant that's no longer around? Round of 16
Josh Furlong, KSL | Posted March 25 - 9:01 a.m. | Save Story
Restaurants come and go, but some are so iconic they stay with us forever.

Salt Lake City initiates process to rename street honoring Cesar Chavez
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted March 24 - 8:35 p.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake City will rename 500 South that honors Cesar Chavez, following a report last week that detailed accusations and evidence of sexual assault.

Historic Tower Theatre to be partially deconstructed — but it'll help restore its 1920s design
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted March 24 - 4:34 p.m. | Save Story
Work to deconstruct the facade of a historic Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City is expected to begin this spring, all in an effort to restore its original, nearly century-old design.

Baja race team may have vandalized Grand County petroglyphs, sheriff's office says
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted March 23 - 10:59 a.m. | Save Story
The Grand County Sheriff's Office says it's investigating who damaged ancient petroglyphs at a popular recreation area outside of Moab.

America's official mammal, the bison, gets a bronze tribute for the country's 250th birthday
Nick Ingram, Associated Press | Updated March 22 - 6:15 p.m. | Save Story
The national mammal of the United States is getting in on America's 250th birthday celebration.

New exhibit showcases Native American artifacts in Washington County
Arianne Brown, KSL | Posted March 20 - 1:32 p.m. | Save Story
A new exhibit showcases Native American artifacts at the Washington City Historical Museum in Washington County.

Bracket challenge: What's your favorite restaurant that's no longer around? Round of 32
Josh Furlong, KSL | Posted March 20 - 9:01 a.m. | Save Story
Restaurants come and go, but some are so iconic they stay with us forever.

Bracket challenge: What's your favorite restaurant that's no longer around?
Josh Furlong, KSL | Posted March 18 - 9:01 a.m. | Save Story
Restaurants come and go, but some are so iconic they stay with us forever.

U. to assume ownership of historic Rio Grande Depot in Salt Lake City
Carter Williams and Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted March 13 - 8:05 a.m. | Save Story
The University of Utah is poised to assume ownership of a historic train station on the western edge of downtown Salt Lake City, although it remains unclear what it plans to do with it.

Historic Wendover Airfield recreates bomb loading pit used during World War II
Alex Cabrero, KSL | Posted March 11 - 9:04 p.m. | Save Story
Visitors to the Historic Wendover Airfield can now see how crews loaded some of the first atomic weapons during World War II, thanks to a newly reconstructed loading cradle installed at the site's historic bomb pit.

Daynes Music is closing after 165 years
Brittany Tait, KSL | Posted March 7 - 7:11 a.m. | Save Story
The Daynes Music Company, a six-generation chapter in American Piano history, will shut its doors later this season.

Salt Lake City police seek to enter new age, build training facility after 175 years
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted March 6 - 9:13 a.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake City's police department is looking at new technologies and a new training facility as it celebrates its 175th birthday this month.

'Eternally relevant': Church of Jesus Christ publishes book with discourses from Eliza R. Snow
Emily Ashcraft, KSL | Posted March 3 - 4:34 p.m. | Save Story
Church historians speak about a new book called "Rise up and speak: Selected discourses of Eliza R. Snow," published by the Church Historian's Press and announced on Tuesday.

Utah bill seeks to increase penalties for vandalizing public lands
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted Feb. 27 - 6:41 a.m. | Save Story
A proposed bill seeks to expand the punishment for damage to natural features or archaeological sites, while creating a fund to repair them.

World's largest steam engine will make more Utah stops during transcontinental tour
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted Feb. 25 - 7:15 a.m. | Save Story
The world's largest steam engine will spend a little more time in its old home than initially advertised.

Clyde Companies returning to Springville, with a huge thank-you
Lee Benson, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 22 - 7:00 p.m. | Save Story
Clyde Companies is building a four-story, 125,000 square foot corporate headquarters on property next to the original yard in Springville.

200 love letters found in a Nashville home tell the story of a couple's WWII courtship
Travis Loller, Associated Press | Updated Feb. 15 - 7:45 p.m. | Save Story
Highlights from a trove of more than 200 love letters that tell the story of a couple during World War II are now on display digitally through the Nashville Public Library.


