Author: Mariah Wheeler

UTAH – If a person of color walked into a ski resort or a ski-town hotel and saw an image of someone like them, White believes, it could change his or her whole experience. Inspired by that revelation and his own history of being seen as “the unicorn on the mountain,” White embarked last year on his series “Skiing in Color.” It depicts portraits of Black skiers and snowboarders in their element — an extreme rarity on ski resort walls and only slightly less so on their slopes. “If they saw a quality painting of a person of color, it would…

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OGDEN, Utah, — Police have located a vehicle belonging to a man allegedly involved in an early Friday morning shooting that killed one person and critically wounded another in Riverdale. The deceased victim has been identified as Trevor Anthony Martin, 36, according to a news release by Riverdale Police on Facebook. The second victim, a 42-year-old woman, remains hospitalized. Her name has not been released. Two suspects have been arrested and one, Liam H. Gale, whose car has now been located, is still outstanding. Riverdale police said in a follow-up news release that Salt Lake City Police and the Violent Fugitive Apprehension Strike…

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