Amid “strong growth” in missionaries and converts, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plans a huge jump in its number of missions. A Salt Lake City man who slept in a park while fighting cancer says that he was unsheltered “because of circumstance.” And Utah’s empty parking lots could one day see future drone and air taxi takeoffs.
Salt Lake Tribune reporters Tamarra Kemsley, Paighten Harkins and Tim Fitzpatrick, along with news columnist Robert Gehrke, join Utah Public Radio’s Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories.
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