Plus: Why housing is so expensive in Utah and which college football players have entered the transfer portal.
Good morning. Today’s temperatures: Logan: 32 - 58° ⛅ Salt Lake City: 40 - 64° ⛅ St. George: 52 - 80° ☀️ Last night was board game night! The friends I played with love cooperative games, which is probably for the best because I’m a little too competitive for my own good. We played “Spirit Island,” one of the games on this list that also includes an option from one of Utah’s top game designers, Tim Fowers. Tell me: What is your favorite board game? (I’m partial to “Clue,” “Quacks of Quedlinburg” and “Carcassonne” myself.) Also on our mind: Why housing is so expensive in Utah, how polarization deflates DEI efforts and which Utah college football players have entered the transfer portal. |
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