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As an ecologist, I have shelves full of scientific and literary books on trees. One of my favorites is an essay by the German writer Hermann Hesse, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. As we head into the New Year, I’m sharing with you this selection from Hesse’s piece titled, “On Trees.” I hope you find it as powerful as I do.

Some bus routes were cut back in December by the Utah Transit Authority, which has a hard time hiring enough drivers.

With just a few thousand Cassia Crossbills total and only a small range to roam, researchers already believed the species was heading toward extinction when, in 2020, a large wildfire burned through a significant portion of the lodgepole pine in its territory.

Most canceled flights into or out of Salt Lake City International Airport are on Southwest Airlines.

For some, abortion access can be a way to exercise one’s religion.

Similar legislation in other GOP-led states is tied up in legal battles.

A stone’s throw from modern day Wendover, Danger Cave is a time capsule into the lives of some of the earliest people to call Utah home.

Driver shortages have caused several route cutbacks, but UTA says that could change if more drivers are hired.

“On one hand, we are very happy to celebrate this happy time, especially with new people in a new country,” said Zulfiana Shakur Khan “On the other hand, we feel sad that people are dying [on the frontlines back home].”

In the absence of any official services from either the City of Provo or the county government, churches and nonprofits are doing what they can for the unsheltered.