Sloan Schrage

Salt Lake City, Utah

Field Producer at KSL.com

Consumer producer for KSL-TV

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Park City skier fights for a ski pass refund after surgery sidelines his entire season

1 day ago | ksltv.com | Matt Gephardt |Sloan Schrage

PARK CITY — Dave Howard has spent his life as a professional athlete and a competitive skier. There isn’t anything that can keep him off a mountain once the snow falls. Well, okay — there is one thing. “I had hip surgery in September,” Howard said. Despite the surgery, he remained hopeful he could hit the slopes before the season ended this year. But by springtime, his doctor told him that it wasn’t going to happen. “So, I just said, ‘Well, I’m going to forgo the season,’” said Howard.
Find out which hotel rewards program can save you the most money

2 days ago | ksltv.com | Matt Gephardt |Sloan Schrage

GET GEPHARDT Jun 25, 2025, 10:38 PM SALT LAKE CITY — You may already be keenly aware of how airline points can save you money. But have hotel rewards been flying under your radar? “There’s no cost or no real downside just for enrolling,” said Chip Lupo of WalletHub. Read more: People are spending less on individual gifts but they’re chipping in more for group giftsLupo shared with the KSL Investigators their new study of the nine most popular hotel rewards programs.
Find out why your car insurance will likely go up and how you can save money

1 week ago | ksl.com | Matt Gephardt |Sloan Schrage

SALT LAKE CITY — One expense impacting many Utahns is car insurance. It's an expense that has risen sharply over the past few years, and it's expected to go up again this year. As for why, there are many reasons. Utah has seen a dramatic rise in its annual accident count since COVID. In 2020, the Utah Department of Public Safety recorded 51,629 crashes in the state. Last year, that number was 61,648 – 19.4% higher than 2020.
Find out why your car insurance will likely go up and how you can save money

1 week ago | ksltv.com | Matt Gephardt |Sloan Schrage

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Find out how to protect yourself from scam text messages

2 weeks ago | ksl.com | Sloan Schrage

SALT LAKE CITY — An out-of-the-blue text caught Victoria DiPietro's attention. It warned her that someone just bought $177 worth of stuff using her Apple Pay account. But that text didn't exactly send DiPietro into a panic. "I don't use Apple Pay," DiPietro said. It's just one in the steady stream of sketchy texts regularly popping up on her phone alongside the fake delivery scam text messages and the DMV toll texts she says she gets still. Steady stream, did I say? More like, raging torrent.
Find out how to protect yourself from scam text messages

2 weeks ago | ksltv.com | Sloan Schrage

SALT LAKE CITY — An out-of-the-blue text caught Victoria DiPietro’s attention. It warned her that someone just bought $177 worth of stuff using her Apple Pay account. But that text didn’t exactly send DiPietro into a panic. “I don’t use Apple Pay,” DiPietro said. It’s just one in the steady stream of sketchy texts regularly popping up on her phone alongside the fake delivery scam text messages and the DMV toll texts she says she gets still. Steady stream, did I say? More like, raging torrent.
Utah case highlights a growing concern of lawyers over relying on AI

3 weeks ago | ksltv.com | Matt Gephardt |Sloan Schrage

SALT LAKE CITY — Artificial intelligence is being trusted by a wide array of professionals. Software developers use it to generate code. Doctors are leaning on AI to craft insurance appeals, or even to help diagnose diseases. And lawyers can use AI to draft legal documents, summarize case law and perform legal research more efficiently. Now these important pros need to be careful, because AI can get stuff wrong. But sometimes it just isn’t wrong.
Murray family says their FedEx shipments keep going to the wrong house

3 weeks ago | ksltv.com | Sloan Schrage |Matt Gephardt

GET GEPHARDT Jun 4, 2025, 10:35 PM MURRAY — If you need to get something delivered to Janice and Steve Poulson, whatever you do, don’t FedEx it. “We have not been able to get a package,” said Janice. The couple said ever since they moved into their Murray home nine months ago, everything shipped to them via FedEx gets delivered to a home several miles away. Forever forwardedBut here’s the thing — it’s not just some random house. It belongs to the daughter of their home’s previous owner.
Farmington woman nearly loses $5K to Venmo customer service scam

3 weeks ago | ksl.com | Sloan Schrage

SALT LAKE CITY — This past tax season, Kristen Fillerup paid a pro to help prepare her taxes. At least, she thought she did. She heard back that her payment didn't make it. "I thought, 'No, wait a minute. I sent it a week ago on Venmo,' and it showed that it went, and it was taken out of my account," Fillerup said. She discovered she sent $275 to the wrong company using the same name. When they wouldn't return her money, she called Venmo.
Farmington woman nearly loses thousands to Venmo customer service scam

3 weeks ago | ksltv.com | Sloan Schrage

SALT LAKE CITY — This past tax season, Kristen Fillerup paid a pro to help prepare her taxes. At least, she thought she did. She heard back that her payment didn’t make it. “I thought, ‘No, wait a minute. I sent it a week ago on Venmo,’ and it showed that it went and it was taken out of my account,” Fillerup said. She discovered she sent $275 to the wrong company using the same name. When they wouldn’t return her money, she called Venmo.