🦆 The dangers of duck dumping

More Flights Out of Provo

Starting Oct. 7, Provo Municipal Airport is set to expand its commercial flights with the addition of American Airlines, offering daily flights to Dallas and Phoenix. It joins existing service from two budget airlines, Allegiant Air and Breeze Airways. The growth of the Provo airport reflects the significant population increase in Utah County over the past decade. [Salt Lake Tribune]

• Related: Expansions are happening at the SLC airport, too. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

Hit-and-Run Perpetrator

Last week, prosecutors filed new charges against Anh Dut Pham, a man accused of deliberately hitting random female pedestrians with his car over a seven-month period. Pham faces nine counts of attempted murder, along with failing to stop at serious injury accidents. Prosecutors have identified at least six victims who have sustained varying degrees of injury. One 20-year-old woman is still in intensive care after being placed on a ventilator. [Utah News Dispatch]

Duck Dumping

The duck population is out of control at Oquirrh Lake in Daybreak. Too many ducks in the water can breed disease and bacteria, so Daybreak Community Association has started intervention efforts. Besides warning residents to stop dumping ducks (it’s illegal) and stop feeding them (the food isn’t healthy and they become reliant), they’ve employed a falconer and his hawk, Nico, to patrol the area. This sends a message to the ducks that it’s unsafe to stay there. [KSL]

Dog-Eat-Dog World

Farewell Aqua Terra. Hello new Junior’s? Good luck keeping up with all the grand openings, remakes, and remodels in our growing food scene. On City Cast Salt Lake, we’re asking: What does it take to survive these days? [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

Kudos to all the people who guessed Culture Coffee as the location of this friendly reminder.

Next up, in which neighborhood is this mini dino display? Memory unlocked: Who remembers the absolute fever dream of a television show, “Dinosaurs.” What a time to be alive.

So You Wanna Open a Restaurant in SLC?

It seems like every day in Salt Lake, one restaurant opens and another closes — or transforms from a dive bar into a cocktail lounge overnight (looking at you, Junior’s). So, what does it take to survive in Salt Lake’s food scene? Maxwell Christen, owner of Big Mouth Marketing, joins host Ali Vallarta to explore how important identity and adaptability are in a restaurant’s longevity.