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Is GRIT the New DOGE?

Gov. Spencer Cox is taking cues from Elon Musk and rolling out Utah’s version of DOGE. The "Government Reform, Innovation, and Transparency" initiative, GRIT, is intended to make the state government more efficient. But what does that actually mean? [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

Utah’s First Daiso

Daiso, a Japanese dollar store chain, will open its first Utah location this Saturday, May 17 at The Shops at Fort Union in Midvale. [ABC4]

4,000 Hikes and Counting

A 90-year-old Provo resident, Henry Miles, completed over 4,000 hikes on the Y Mountain Trail. To celebrate, friends, family, and fellow hikers surprised Henry at the trailhead with signs and balloons. [KSL]

Airports vs. Migratory Birds

Utah’s busiest airports, Salt Lake City International and Provo Municipal, reported over 4,000 bird strikes since 1990, causing $22 million in damage. To help prevent collisions, airport staff use noise cannons or even live mice traps (they breed the mice themselves!) to relocate birds. [Salt Lake Tribune]

• If it’s not birds, it’s technical issues. Is flying even safe anymore? [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]