Plus: How Latter-day Saint DJ Ryan Raddon, or, Kaskade, has been a positive influence on electronic music in the West, and around the world.
Good morning. Here are today’s temperatures: Logan: 50 - 71° ⛈️ | 70% 💧 Salt Lake City: 58 - 75° ⛈️ | 60% 💧 St. George: 62 - 88° 🌤️ | 10% 💧 You won't be surprised to hear that the endless watery winter we've just emerged from has had the effect of slightly dampening some of the concern Utah residents have over the Great Salt Lake drying up. A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows that 74% of Utah residents remain concerned over the fate of the saline lake, down from the 80% recorded last year when the lake was struggling with historically low levels. However, it'll take more than one good winter to make up for the water deficit the lake has faced for many years, experts say. Tell me: How were last winter's record levels of moisture a blessing in your life? How were they a curse? Also on our mind: How four children survived 40 days in the Colombian jungle after a plane crash, a new study finds that noise levels can increase heart health risks and "The Chosen" has been picked up by a major TV network.
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| Backstage with Latter-day Saint DJ Kaskade |
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| | The scene floating beneath Collin Leonard as he flew above Las Vegas with superstar DJ Ryan Raddon, better known by his stage name, Kaskade, can only be described as otherworldly. Looking down from Raddon's helicopter, Leonard saw a maze of neon casinos, fountains and stadiums — and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the location of the largest electronic dance music festival in North America where the Latter-day Saint electronic-music veteran was scheduled to be one of the main acts. For this profile, Leonard tracks Raddon's journey from Chicago-music-scene kid, to BYU student and missionary in Tokyo, to arena-filling stardom. And by literally getting a backstage pass to the musician's life, Leonard reveals how the man partially responsible for making Las Vegas the electronic music capital of the West has also had a positive influence on the "rave culture" known for drug use and licentious behavior. | A committee of state lawmakers voted unanimously Monday to seek legislation to make elected school boards more accountable for decisions regarding book challenges. Given the recent controversies over religious texts in the Davis School District’s school libraries — challenges to the Bible and more recently, the Book of Mormon — the Utah Legislature’s Administrative Rules and General Oversight Committee agreed to seek legislation to further refine state law on “sensitive materials” in schools. A recent decision by a Davis School District review committee to remove the King James version of the Bible from elementary and junior high libraries but retain it in high schools has been emotionally charged and has attracted national attention. The decision is under appeal to the school board. Read more about the Utah Legislature’s study of how school districts are handling challenges to school library books. More in Politics After debt ceiling fight, Sen. Mike Lee maintains high approval rating among Utah Republicans (Deseret News) How Salt Lake City Council plans to fill Amy Fowler's vacancy (AXIOS Salt Lake City) | FROM OUR SPONSOR UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL Believe in the Power of Theatre: Utah Shakespeare Festival's 2023 Season Discover captivating performances like Romeo and Juliet, Jane Austen's Emma The Musical, A Raisin in the Sun, and more this season. Enhance your experience with backstage tours, seminars, orientations, and nightly free Greenshows. For tickets, visit bard.org or call 800-PLAYTIX. | Health Noise levels can increase heart health risks, new study finds (Deseret News) What are the drawbacks to meal replacement shakes? (Deseret News) Faith and Family Holly Richardson: What I learned about boredom from my 8-year-old (Deseret News) This major TV network has picked up ‘The Chosen’ (Deseret News) Meet twin brothers who are newly called bishops in the Atlanta area (Church News) Environment Malin Moench: The dangers of a Uinta Basin Railway (Deseret News) Why this expert says Utah's record snowpack may result in 'slower' fishing (KSL) Salt Lake and Utah Counties ‘You clear them out’: How mayoral candidate Rocky Anderson wants to deal with — and help — unhoused Utahns who resist shelters (Salt Lake Tribune 🔒) Urban irrigation in Orem could be ending by 2025 (Daily Herald) The West The campaign to expand Idaho — and split Oregon — is racking up wins (Deseret News) Bill could grant San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe its own reservation (KSL) The Nation A Landmark Youth Climate Trial Begins in Montana (New York Times 🔒) House Republicans endorse largest pay raise for military in decades for 2024 (Washington Examiner) The World The 4 children who were missing after Colombian plane crash survived on flour, rain forest fruits (Deseret News) Thousands evacuated in the Philippines due to volcano eruption (Deseret News) Sports Best of class: Here are the six schools that won the Deseret News 2022-23 All-Sports awards (Deseret News) Two moments at Tennessee that shaped two futures (Deseret News) |
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