Christie Porter

Christie Porter is the managing editor of Salt Lake Magazine. She has worked as a journalist for nearly a decade, writing about everything under the sun, but she really loves writing about nerdy things and the weird stuff. She recently published her first comic book short this year.
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Paris Olympics 2024: Olympians with Utah Ties Medal Wins So Far

More than two dozen athletes with Utah ties are competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics—for both Team USA and other nations. Thus far, a few of them will be coming home with...

A Week in The Land of Fire and Ice

The first visual impression Iceland makes on visitors is that of a craggy, volcanic rock draped in a lush mantle of moss-green lichen. The lichen is fragile and posted signs warn tourists...

Legendary Composer John Williams Joins Effort to Save Abravanel Hall

On Thursday, Musicians of the Utah Symphony shared a letter from composer John Williams (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park), supporting the preservation of Abravanel Hall. The planned Smith Entertainment Group (SEG) downtown...

Utah Beauty Company Earns Environmental Stamp of Approval

If I see a product out there that says it’s ewg-verified. I don’t even worry what’s in it,” says Baylee Relf, Master Esthetician and founder of DIME, a Utah-based beauty company. Now...

Let’s Wade into Utah’s Water Issues

Perhaps the most damning of the misconceptions about water is that water is “easy.” We go to our sink, turn on the tap and water flows out of the faucet. Easy. We...

In The Problematic ‘Troubled Teen’ Industry, All Roads Lead to Utah

Thousands of children make the journey against their will to residential 'troubled teen' treatment programs in Utah. Not all will return, and those who do call themselves ‘survivors.’  "These programs are like whack-a-mole....

Utah towns’ many “days” of celebration across the state

I cannot speak for other states, but here in Utah, every town with a population more than a few thousand people seems to have their own bespoke "Days" of celebration in summer...

Grand Reopening of Historic SLC Gay Bar The Sun Trapp

The historic gay bar, The SunTrapp will reopen Saturday, June 8, 2024, at 7 p.m., after the bar closed in January of this year and owners surrendered its liquor license. This weekend,...

Christie Porter

Christie Porter is the managing editor of Salt Lake Magazine. She has worked as a journalist for nearly a decade, writing about everything under the sun, but she really loves writing about nerdy things and the weird stuff. She recently published her first comic book short this year.