Theater careers are often incubated in children, either by an interest in TV shows or movies, but also sometimes by in-person town theaters. Founded in 2005, our next guest’s children’s theater is our state’s only professional resident theater for young audiences, i.e. professional adult actors performing for children and families.Mike Switzer interviews Jerry Stevenson, co-founder and artistic director of Columbia Children's Theatre in Columbia, SC.
Exclusive: How Utah leaders plan to spend billions of dollars in new COVID relief money
The cash is part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act passed by Congress in March
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton speaks in 2019. Stevenson is working to determine how federal coronavirus funds will be spent in Utah.
| April 26, 2021, 11:05 a.m.
Utah lawmakers are trying to figure out just how to spend more than $1.5 billion in federal money, which is set to arrive in a series of installments.
The cash comes from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act passed by Congress in March. Utah’s allocation is equal to roughly 15% of the state’s $22.7 billion budget for next year.
Letter: Conserving water is a high priority, but the Inland Port undermines it
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Deeda Seed, of Stop the Polluting Port Coalition, center, is joined by representatives from environmental, conservation, and community groups that are part of the coalition as they release a major report outlining the potential environmental harms from the proposed Utah Inland Port during a press conference at the Utah Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020.
By James King | The Public Forum
| April 18, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
Gov. Cox and Mayor Mendenhall have declared a water emergency for Utah and Salt Lake City. At the same time, however, the Utah legislature has given the Inland Port Authority $75 million dollars of taxpayer money in a slush fund for infrastructure projects. It is impossible to reconcile the intent of these two sentences, because the Inland Port will require enormous quantities of water for its operations.
| Updated: April 14, 2021, 3:56 a.m.
In the early days of the pandemic, Mark Alston, the owner of The Bayou, purchased $3,000 worth of equipment that would allow his Salt Lake City bar to bottle and sell draft beer to go.
Sales of the sealed containers were brisk, he said, until last week when bars and restaurants across the state received a letter from the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control saying sales of “beer to go” would no longer be allowed except in a few instances.
The DABC is taking away “an important lifeline” for bars and restaurants, Alston told The Tribune. “At a time when to-go sales are mission-critical, it’s like cutting off one leg of a three-legged stool.”
Coroner identifies victim of Wednesday night shooting in Hartsville Police lights blurred at night (Source: KFVS) By WMBF News Staff | April 10, 2021 at 11:59 AM EDT - Updated April 10 at 12:01 PM
HARTSVILLE, S.C. (WMBF) - Officials have identified the victim who was killed in a shooting earlier this week in Hartsville.
Darlington County Coroner Todd Hardee said 25-year-old Jerry Stevenson died after being shot Wednesday on Blanding Street.
Hardee said Stevenson was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before midnight. The victim’s death has also been ruled a homicide.
An autopsy has been scheduled at MUSC, according to Hardee.
No other information regarding the investigation was immediately available.