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Bird Flu Affects Utah Chicken Industry

Nearly 2 million chickens will be killed in Cache County due to an avian flu outbreak. This is the largest outbreak the state has seen within the last few years. [Salt Lake Tribune]

What's With All the Train Horns?

Trains will be required to honk at crossings from Salt Lake City to Ogden, after the Federal Railroad Administration found four rail crossings that didn’t meet safety requirements. That led to the temporary suspension of the “Woods Cross Quiet Zone,” so wear your earplugs at night if you live near a train track. [Salt Lake City]

Sleeveless Garments

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are testing a redesign for sleeveless garments in warm climates — a departure from the usual cap-sleeve. Garments are worn underneath clothes as a reminder of temple covenants. [Salt Lake Tribune 🔒]

• Related: How LDS suspicion carves our neighborhoods. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

What Could the Jordan River Be Like?

The Jordan River has big problems in Salt Lake City, but in the suburbs it’s an oasis for recreation. In the second episode of City Cast Salt Lake’s partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune, we explore how the river serves as a refuge for residents and what it would take to align SLC’s experience with the rest of Salt Lake County. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

No one guessed the location of our last “Where Is It?” The “Love Kindness Snake” can be found in Riverton and really gives us the warm fuzzies.

Next up are artifacts from the 1800s, from an old SLC outhouse.