Environment

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Page Westover checks the Basil in a hydroponic greenhouse at Snuck farm in Pleasant Grove, on Wednesday, May 11, 2022.

Two Utah farms produce kitchen staples with up to 90% less water than traditional agriculture

By Saige Miller | Luke Peterson | June 9, 2022, 1:38 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A first look inside the newly opened office tower at 650 Main St. in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.

See photos from inside Salt Lake City’s newest office tower

By Tony Semerad | May 25, 2022, 3:46 p.m.

Top Workplaces 2022.

Like where you work? You have more time to nominate your employer for Utah’s Top Workplaces.

By Tony Semerad | April 18, 2022, 4:54 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kennecott's mine towers over nearby neighborhoods in 2021. Union workers and Rio Tinto reached a new labor contract.

Strike averted as Kennecott workers reach new labor contract

By Blake Apgar | April 1, 2022, 8:22 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Robert Gehrke.

Utah started playing in its ‘Regulatory Sandbox,’ Robert Gehrke writes, it’s turning into a litter box

By Robert Gehrke | March 27, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Union officials lead Rio Tinto employees and supporters at a rally outside the company’s office in South Jordan, Friday, March 25, 2022, in support of a new contract.

‘We’re prepared to strike’ — Hundreds of Kennecott workers rally for new contract

By Blake Apgar | March 25, 2022, 9:40 p.m.

Do you like where you work? Nominate your company for a Top Workplaces award.

By Tony Semerad | March 13, 2022, 1:05 p.m.

(Business Wire | Tribune file photo)The iFit ActivePulse interface, produced by iFIT Health & Fitness in Logan. The company announced Monday its co-founder and longtime CEO Scott Watterson would step down, while remaining as chairman of the board.

Longtime iFIT CEO steps down amid layoffs and leadership shake-up

By Tony Semerad | February 28, 2022, 9:05 p.m.

(Business Wire | Tribune file photo) Sources close to Logan-based iFIT Health & Fitness, maker of NordicTrack, say the company has launched a new round of layoffs as it seeks to control costs and secure a new infusion of capital financing.

Utah’s iFIT sweats through more layoffs as it settles a large suit and eyes more capital

By Tony Semerad | February 25, 2022, 11:31 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Executive Editor Lauren Gustus.

What you’ll find in Wednesday’s new print edition

By Lauren Gustus | January 5, 2022, 1:53 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) 'Help Wanted' signs dot the Salt Lake Valley as Utah's unemployment rate keeps falling.

Despite labor pinch, Utah’s economy expands even as joblessness falls to record low

By Tony Semerad | December 17, 2021, 10:47 p.m.

(iFIT, via Business Wire) Logan-based iFIT Health & Fitness has laid off an undisclosed number of workers weeks before Christmas. Pictured here is the firm's NordicTrack X32i Incline Trainer with streaming interactive contact. The firm's had reported strong financials as recently as October, when it canceled a planned initial public offering due to "adverse market conditions."

Logan’s iFIT lays off workers weeks before Christmas after saying it’s doing ‘better than ever’

By Tony Semerad | December 17, 2021, 6:51 p.m.

Wearing sensors, Sword Health patients and their doctors can determine how well they are completing their exercises from home.

New technology from Silicon Slopes allows you to skip the physical therapist’s office

By Shelley K. Mesch | December 13, 2021, 5:05 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nick Van Slooten and Elizabeth Miller, two of Tribe's co-founders, took First Place in
in the Lassonde entrepreneur contest at the University of Utah, on Friday, December 3, 2021.

Student-run app for addiction recovery wins $3,000 at University of Utah business contest

By Shelley K. Mesch | December 4, 2021, 7:41 p.m.

(Fox13 Utah) One of the world’s largest aluminum can distributors is implementing a change that could force small breweries in Utah to make some tough decisions.

Aluminum can distribution change could drastically impact local Utah breweries

By Brian Schnee | Fox 13 Utah | December 1, 2021, 8:20 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City's Winter Market at The Gateway on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Small businesses throughout Utah are counting on community members to shop small this weekend and throughout the make-or-break holiday season.

‘Shop Small Crawl,’ other events encourage Utahns to buy local during make-or-break holiday season

By Shelley K. Mesch | November 26, 2021, 9:22 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stacy and Jeff Perkins in front of the ADU on their property, in Salt Lake City, on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021.

Building an ADU in Salt Lake? You might have to get past your neighbors first.

By Saige Miller | November 11, 2021, 3:41 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A mountain biker rides the 19th Ave trail in the Salt Lake City foothills in September.

From hedge fund ownership to nonprofit status: How we’re investing in 2022

By Lauren Gustus | November 12, 2021, 8:25 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) "We are way below capacity," said Shades Brewing brewer Marcio Buffolo of production amid a national aluminum can shortage on Nov. 3, 2021. Buffolo said prices on everything the brewery uses from grain to fruit purees to labeling have increased 20-50%. Shades Brewing is a small brewery with about 15 employees. While people have been buying the 10-year-old company's beer, profits are down because the cost of materials -- particularly cans -- has tripled since COVID started. The company is stockpiling materials to make sure they aren't hit by delays, and it is also looking at business strategy changes to increase margins.

Utah small businesses suffer as global supply chain breaks down

By Shelley K. Mesch | November 10, 2021, 5:25 p.m.

( Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune ) Josh James, CEO/founder of Domo, at right, speaks with Ed Catmull, president of Pixar and Walt Disney animation studios and Disneytoon studios, at Domopalooza 2017. Domo is now under investigation for comments James made at a recent breakfast with lawmakers, FOX 13 reports.

Utah investigating Silicon Slopes tech company Domo over CEO’s remarks

By The Salt Lake Tribune | November 8, 2021, 4:54 p.m.