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In June, Gov. Gary Herbert announced Utah had persuaded Amazon to build a new fulfillment center in Salt Lake City, offering the internet behemoth $5.6 million in tax incentives to bring 130 high-paying jobs to the state.
But more than 90 percent of the facility’s expected 1,500 full-time jobs aren’t guaranteed to be paid any higher than minimum wage. Though Herbert called the deal with Amazon.com Inc. a “win-win-win,” other states have landed similar centers without offering incentives.

Last Sunday, I said goodbye to my Mormon ward.
I’ve been a member of the Pioneer Sixth Ward, in all its variations, for 14 years. It was supposed to be my last ward, but my wife and I decided to move just one more time.
We’re staying in Herriman. Our new place — which doesn’t have a backyard the size of Iowa — is only 10 blocks away. But in the compressed Mormonism of Utah, that’s like another country.

Delta • For Bobby, Daniel and Carol Hirano, the hot, bouncy bus ride through Delta’s agricultural sprawl to the Topaz camp was a bit of a homecoming. As the school bus circled what remains of the mile-square internment camp, three generations of the Bay Area family peered out the window envisioning what this place was like for parents James and Mary, who were sent here with two of their children.

More than 30 Utah artists came together Saturday to show their wares at the Millcreek Arts Festival, which also featured music, dancing, food truck and glass blowing demonstrations. The event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday as well, promotes the arts and provides funds to various community organizations.

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A former Mormon bishop from Mapleton has been charged with sexually abusing boys in 2014 when they were members of his congregation.
Erik Hughes, 51, was arrested by Mapleton police last month and remains in the Utah County jail. He was charged Friday in 4th District Court with two second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse that allegedly occurred in June 2014, as well as a count of tampering with a witness, a third-degree felony.

Utah police seized $1.4 million in cash last year from people under a law allowing law enforcement to take someone’s property even if a person isn’t charged or convicted of a crime, according to a state report.
The annual asset forfeiture report released Thursday by the state Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice shows nearly all of the cash and other property was seized during investigations of alleged drug crimes.
The report also shows federal law enforcement agencies seized an additiona...

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Physical exams. Teeth cleanings. Immunizations and other medical screenings — for all ages.
Saturday’s CARE Fair offered those services and more medicalwise — all for free.

Susan Stetich is 45, energetic and commands attention when she enters a room. The North Salt Lake mother of three teenagers runs her kids all over town to sporting events, movies and hangouts.
No one would ever know she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2003, and she plans to stay active as long as possible.
But if the Senate Republicans’ health care bill passes, she said, that diagnosis becomes a scarlet letter on her chest.

While modern concrete deteriorates after a few decades of exposure to seawater and ocean climates, many Roman piers and breakwaters have dissolved little in 2,000 years.
University of Utah researcher Marie D. Jackson has discovered the Romans’ volcanic secret.
Jackson’s team found that the type of concrete used by the Romans — a mixture of volcanic ash and lime — actually became stronger when immersed in the ocean. The salt water partially dissolves the ash and lime cocktail and new interlocking...

Saratoga Springs • Shelly Thompson was all smiles when groceries ordered online from Smith’s Marketplace arrived at her doorstep.
“This is going to make my life so much easier,” she told delivery woman Lana Garrard, who produced a list of items Thompson had selected on ClickList, the online grocery-ordering service introduced last August by Smith’s.
ClickList originally was set up so customers could fill out an order by phone or computer, have store employees collect their items, store them in ...