Tom Haraldsen

Salt Lake City

Editor at The Davis Journal

Journalist, standup comic, published author, lover of Peri Lynn!

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‘A Chorus Line’ opens April 11 at the West Valley Performing Arts Center

3 weeks ago | wvcjournal.com | Tom Haraldsen

One of Broadway’s most popular musicals of all time is coming to the West Valley Performing Arts Center. “A Chorus Line” opens on April 11 and plays each Thursday through Saturday until May 3. The center is located at 3333 Decker Lake Drive in West Valley City. With music by Marvin Hanlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban, “A Chorus Line” depicts the trauma and tension of a real Broadway ensemble audition–the nerves, the excitement and the bittersweet ambitions of performers along The Great White Way.
Isotope innovation created at West Valley City company

3 weeks ago | wvcjournal.com | Tom Haraldsen

Though it’s been more than 80 years since the Manhattan Project that led to the creation of the first atomic bombs that ended World War II, the science of isotopes still remains explorable in many ways. Leading that exploration is a company based in West Valley City called Nusano, a privately-held physics enterprise working to supply stability and innovation to the radioisotope marketplace.
Roots High School grows character as well as farmyard memories

1 month ago | wvcjournal.com | Tom Haraldsen

There’s an educational jewel in West Valley City, a small high school tucked away in a neighborhood near radio towers and an industrial park. Its student body is small, slightly over 200 in number, and its focus is to help each of these young people achieve all they can with the fruits (and vegetables and farm animals) of their labors. Roots High School was founded in 2015 by Tyler Bastian, a former documentary film maker who turned his career toward educating and motivating youth.
Cindy Wood selected to fill vacancy on city council

1 month ago | wvcjournal.com | Tom Haraldsen

Cindy Wood, who has served on the West Valley City Planning Commission for almost eight years, will now get a chance to make decisions as a city councilmember. Wood was selected from a group of 15 candidates by the council on Jan. 28 to fill the vacant seat of Jake Fitisemanu, who was elected to the Utah State Legislature last November. She will represent District 4, which consists of the southwest corner of the city.
Community events are coming soon in West Valley City

1 month ago | wvcjournal.com | Tom Haraldsen

It might still be cold and wintry outside, but spring and summer activities are not that far away. Organizers of events in West Valley City are gearing up for several events. The 2025 West Valley City Farmers Market will be held on Thursday nights starting June 19 at Centennial Park (5405 W. 3100 South). The markets will be open from 5 to 9 p.m. each week through Oct. 9. As always, they’ll feature locally grown or handmade items, entertainment, food for purchase at the park, and more.
Utah Senate bill threatens public access to records

1 month ago | deseret.com | Tom Haraldsen

A major change in the way Utah residents can access public records may be coming to members of the State Senate for a vote. If approved, it will dramatically alter the way that residents can obtain governmental records. It's a move that needs to be defeated by legislators. Senator Mike McKell's bill, SB277, would eliminate the State Records Committee and instead allow Gov. Spencer Cox to appoint a director for a newly created Government Records Office.
Love of hockey leads Sandy family to help develop youth players

2 months ago | valleyjournals.com | Tom Haraldsen

It started with figure skating lessons for their oldest daughter, but that’s not how Danny and Beth Ingram of Sandy were drawn to their passion today–youth ice hockey. It led to the couple’s creation of the Salt Lake Effect Hockey Club, which is benefitting hundreds of young people energized by a sport boasted by the fact that Salt Lake City now has its own National Hockey League team.
Salt Lake Volleyball brings professional game back to Utah

2 months ago | valleyjournals.com | Tom Haraldsen

Utahns have always been fans of volleyball, whether it’s through recreational play or their local church leagues. And boys’ volleyball became an officially sanctioned high school sport just last year. Now professional women's volleyball returns to Salt Lake City as part of the League One Volleyball (LOVB, pronounced “Love”). The city has one of six franchises for the first-year league that kicked off on Jan. 8 in Atlanta.
Utah Grizzlies celebrate their 30th anniversary | West Valley Utah News

Jan 3, 2025 | wvcjournal.com | Tom Haraldsen

It’s the 30-year anniversary of the Utah Grizzlies Hockey Club, a franchise continuing a proud history of ice hockey to the Beehive State. Since 1995, the Grizzlies have been members of the International Hockey League, the American Hockey League, and now the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). The Salt Lake market has always been hockey country, going back to the highly-successful Salt Lake Golden Eagles in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s.
Cultures celebrated at Hunter High assembly

Jan 3, 2025 | wvcjournal.com | Tom Haraldsen

Students living in the Granite School District have a multitude of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. No where is that more apparent than at Hunter High School, where each year senior class officers hold a Multicultural Assembly. This year’s assembly was held on Dec. 9. “Hunter is so blessed to have many awesome and unique cultures,” said Amy McVey, senior class advisor at Hunter.