Dan Bammes

LDS Groups Plan Bigger Role in Utah Pride Parade

Dan Bammes — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:23:43 +0000

Mormons marching in their Sunday best were a big part of last year’s Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City. This year, even more could turn out to support the LGBT community.

The group Mormons Building Bridges will be joined by the group Mormons for Equality. In all, Corey Howard with Mormons Building Bridges expects as many as five hundred marchers.

Frances Monson, Wife of LDS President, Passes Away

Dan Bammes — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:17:01 +0000

Frances Monson, the wife of President Thomas S. Monson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away early this morning at the age of 85.

Dan Nailen: Yo La Tengo

Dan Bammes — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:13:16 +0000

Salt Lake City's Living Traditions Festiva l is this weekend and lots of other entertainment choices are available. But Dan Nailen's excited about a band that's making a stop in Salt Lake. He talks with KUER's Dan Bammes.

Dan Nailen reports on entertainment for KUER and blogs at slcene.com

Panel Urges Herbert to Reconsider Snake Valley Deal

Dan Bammes — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:51:14 +0000

Police Integrity Crucial to WVC Mayor Candidate

Dan Bammes — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:41:25 +0000

Restoring the credibility of West Valley City’s police department is the top priority for Margaret Peterson, who announced her candidacy for mayor of Utah's second-largest city this week.

Dan Nailen: Night after Night after Night

Dan Bammes — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:58:22 +0000

The way Dan Nailen tells it, great music is lined up "night after night after night" in Salt Lake City this week.

Dan Nailen reports on entertainment for KUER and blogs at slcene.com

BASE Jumping Fatality at Notch Peak

Dan Bammes — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:58:38 +0000

Notch Peak is a 9600-foot mountain about 35 miles west of Delta, Utah. From the top, it’s a two-thousand foot drop straight down – and that’s one reason why it’s become a favorite spot for BASE jumping – jumping off the cliff with wing suits and parachutes. There have been two fatalities there in the past year, one just ten days ago.

Groups Ask UDOT to Stop West Davis Corridor

Dan Bammes — Tue, 07 May 2013 22:32:52 +0000

A coalition of community and environmental groups is asking the Utah Department of Transportation to reconsider building a new freeway along the west side of Davis County. Their so-called "Shared Solution" asks U-DOT to study improving east-west roads and walkable communities as an alternative.

Park City Synagogue Saying Goodbye to Rabbi Josh Aaronson

Dan Bammes — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:54:27 +0000

When Rabbi Joshua Aaronson arrived in Utah eleven years ago, Temple Har Shalom was a small Reform Jewish congregation meeting in rented space in Park City. Today, it’s in a beautiful new building with three times the attendance and a vacancy to fill. Rabbi Aaronson is moving on to Temple Judea in a suburb of Los Angeles – and leaving behind a lot of people who will miss him.

Failed Pipeline Test Could Mean More Delay for Willard Bay

Dan Bammes — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:22:18 +0000

Chevron had a setback this week when its pipeline near Willard Bay State Park failed a pressure test. Repair work will have to continue before the pipeline can go back into full operation.

LDS Church Endorses Boy Scouts Policy Proposal

Dan Bammes — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:33:30 +0000

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is endorsing a proposed policy change by the Boy Scouts of America that would let young gay men participate as members, but would still exclude gay adults from leade

Kennecott Plans to Put Mine Back in Operation

Dan Bammes — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:02:19 +0000

Kennecott Utah Copper is making plans to get the Bingham Canyon mine back in operation after a huge landslide two weeks ago. Company spokesperson Kyle Bennett says they have a 40-day plan to look at containing costs but also keeping the ore moving to the smelting and refining facilities.

Utah Finalizes Sage Grouse Plan

Dan Bammes — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:40:25 +0000

The state of Utah has released the final version of its plan for protecting the greater sage grouse. The plan designates 11 Sage Grouse Management Areas stretching from Rich County to Kane County and outlines goals for improving existing habitat and protecting the birds from threats such as energy development, predators and wildfire.

Great Salt Lake Minerals Scales Back Expansion

Dan Bammes — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:58:32 +0000

Great Salt Lake Minerals is scaling back its expansion plans along the eastern and western shores of the lake – and environmentalists are applauding.

Earth Day Demonstration at Governor's Mansion

Dan Bammes — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:20:53 +0000

Utah Governor Gary Herbert is out of the country right now on a trade mission in Israel. But that didn’t stop environmentalists from holding an Earth Day rally right in front of the Governor’s Mansion on South Temple.

As traffic whizzed by on one of Salt Lake City’s busiest streets, demonstrators wrote their messages of protest on blue ribbons. They had to tie them to a volleyball net because they weren’t allowed to put them on the governor’s wrought-iron fence.

Increased Security at SLC Marathon

Dan Bammes — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:32:27 +0000

Runners and spectators will see a lot more security around the Salt Lake City Marathon on Saturday. After the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday, marathon planners developed some new security strategies. Deputy Salt Lake City Police Chief Terry Fritz says the Utah Highway Patrol, the Utah National Guard and other agencies have brought in additional resources for the race.

Dan Nailen: Summer at Red Butte

Dan Bammes — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:53:47 +0000

This week, KUER's Dan Nailen focuses on the concerts coming up this summer at Red Butte Garden.

Follow Dan Nailen's blog at slcene.com

Bishop Working for Public Lands Solution

Dan Bammes — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:23:35 +0000

Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT-1) is hoping that a regional approach to resolving the status of public lands in Utah might work better than the county-by-county approach that's been tried before. Bishop has been meeting with local government leaders and representatives of environmental groups, hoping to work out a plan that he can get through Congress. He chairs the House Subcommittee on Public Lands.

Utah Governor Wants to Hurry AG Investigation

Dan Bammes — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:48:51 +0000

Utah Governor Gary Herbert wants to see federal authorities hurry up with their investigation of Utah’s attorney general. The governor said this morning that the delay is impacting the Attorney General’s office and the investigation has taken too long.

ShakeOut in West Valley

Dan Bammes — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:41:55 +0000

Communities across Utah are planning for another statewide earthquake drill Wednesday morning – and each one has its own emergency planning issues to deal with.

West Valley City, for example, is miles from the Wasatch Fault, but it has unique vulnerabilities. There are a couple of faults running under the city, and Fire Marshal Bob Fitzgerald says the lake bed soils over most of West Valley could liquefy in a strong earthquake

Migrating Birds Crash at Dugway

Dan Bammes — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:29:11 +0000

Hundreds of migrating birds crash-landed at Utah’s Dugway Proving Ground overnight, apparently mistaking a parking lot in a snowstorm for water. Al Vogel, a public affairs specialist with the U.S. Army, says these are eared grebes, a species that can’t take off from land. Vogel says the Army’s own wildlife specialists and the Utah Department of Wildlife Resources are working to rescue the birds that survived.

Mary Evelyn Tucker: Religion and Ecology

Dan Bammes — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:40:00 +0000

The University of Utah College of Law is hosting the annual Stegner Symposium this week, focusing on Religion, Faith and the Environment. Increasingly, people of faith are citing their beliefs as a major motivation for protecting the environment and caring for those at the margins of society.

Willard Bay Cleanup Underway

Dan Bammes — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:17:12 +0000

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LDS Women Seek Ordination

Dan Bammes — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:36:35 +0000

The prayer offered by Jean Stevens at the end of the Saturday morning session of the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was unprecedented – no woman has ever been asked to pray in a General Conference session.
The change could be seen as part of an effort to draw attention to the leadership roles Mormon women already serve in their church – and a way of countering pressure from some members to ordain women to the LDS priesthood.

Nevada Environmentalists Applaud Utah Decision

Dan Bammes — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:35:28 +0000

  Environmentalists who’ve been trying to stop a water pipeline from the Great Basin to Las Vegas are applauding a decision by Utah’s governor to reject an agreement between Utah and Nevada.

Utah's Catholic Bishop on the Pope, Immigration and Medicaid

Dan Bammes — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:40:00 +0000

  Utah's Catholic bishop, John Wester, was out of town when the church elected a new pope earlier this month. He's had a lot of people ask about it since, and that also offered the opportunity to talk about a number of other issues involving the Catholic church in Utah. On Friday March 22nd, I asked Bishop Wester what he's learned about Pope Francis since the conclave.

Governor Consults Snake Valley Residents on Water Deal

Dan Bammes — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:42:42 +0000

  Governor Gary Herbert traveled to the Snake Valley on the Utah-Nevada line yesterday to talk to people who might be impacted by a plan to pump groundwater from the Great Basin to Las Vegas.

Clearfield Community Church Recovering from Fire

Dan Bammes — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:39:34 +0000

  Members of Clearfield Community Church are working to keep their church going after a fire almost destroyed their building yesterday.

School District Will Sell Granite High School

Dan Bammes — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:40:11 +0000

  A plan to turn the old Granite High School into a movie studio has fallen through and the property could now be sold to a private buyer.
Originally, the city of South Salt Lake hoped to buy the 27-acre Granite High School property and renovate its historic buildings. But, two years ago, voters rejected a $25 million bond issue needed to do that by just nine votes.

Quick Action on Election Law Bill

Dan Bammes — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:49:54 +0000

  Current Utah law would have required Utah’s Attorney General to investigate a complaint against himself of violating Utah’s election rules. But the Utah State Senate passed a bill Thursday afternoon to give that job to an independent lawyer.