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Browse every edition of The Daily Post, meet the operators behind local businesses, and find events happening across the state.

01The Daily Post — Utah's useful morning briefing
02Spotlights — the people building Utah
03Events — what's happening around the state
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The Daily Post

One useful Utah business story every morning, newest first.

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Visitors examining the craftsmanship inside a contemporary Utah home while a local builder answers a question.
July 31, 2026

Utah’s 80-Year Home Showroom Opens With a Lesson for Main Street

The Salt Lake Parade of Homes begins its 80th edition today, turning finished houses into working demonstrations for builders, designers and tradespeople across two Utah counties.

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Original editorial illustration of warehouse operators reviewing inventory beside organized industrial supplies, with a construction crane and the Wasatch Mountains visible through a loading bay.
July 30, 2026

Packer Fastener’s 55,000-square-foot Utah bet is a wager on lost minutes

A new Salt Lake City distribution center puts industrial inventory closer to Utah worksites—and gives smaller operators a useful way to measure the cost of distance.

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Original editorial illustration of an operator arranging puzzle pieces and production materials at a kitchen table, with packed game cartons and the Wasatch foothills beyond
July 29, 2026

Finders Seekers turns a Highland kitchen-table game into a national retail test

The Utah family business says its newest mystery game is moving into Target stores nationwide, putting years of direct-to-consumer discipline under the brighter lights of mass retail.

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Original editorial illustration of operators and builders reviewing plans beside a new office foundation on a red-rock mesa above St. George
July 28, 2026

Macrae Heppler’s Tech Ridge move turns office space into a Southern Utah commitment

A new St. George groundbreaking ties a locally operated title business to a physical headquarters, a regional information platform and a longer bet on Southern Utah.

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An original editorial illustration of a Utah pastry chef layering banana pudding parfaits at a neighborhood dessert counter.
July 27, 2026

Parfé Diem turned one overlooked dessert into a Sugar House destination

Pastry chef and co-founder Parker Barbee built a neighborhood shop around banana pudding, then made the product harder to imitate with scratch-baked wafers, a distinct texture and a late-night storefront.

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An original editorial illustration of craftspeople assembling enormous modular sculpture pieces around a steel frame inside an Ogden fabrication workshop.
July 26, 2026

WhiteClouds built the impossible by breaking it into 21 pieces

An Ogden fabrication company divided a nearly 66-foot nutcracker among six shipments. The spectacle carries a practical lesson for operators facing projects too large to move, price or manage as one piece.

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A craftsperson lays carbon fiber into a bicycle-wheel mold in a clean Utah workshop while an unbranded wheel is inspected nearby.
July 25, 2026

The Ogden factory advantage is measured in hours, not miles

ENVE Composites is supplying Utah-made carbon wheels at cycling’s highest level. Its larger lesson is that keeping design, production and testing close can turn distance into a competitive disadvantage.

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A cook rolling a fresh tortilla around a burger-inspired filling beside several colorful house sauces in a warmly lit Utah restaurant.
July 24, 2026

Cafe Rio’s turnaround starts by putting the missing sauces back

New CEO Mike Burns is launching a Utah-only burger burrito, but the sharper operating move may be simpler: restoring three menu items customers said they missed.

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Customers and a workshop guide shaping silver rings together around a wooden silversmithing bench.
July 23, 2026

Gem Studio’s anti-AI bet is a table, a hammer and another person

Matt James is selling something more durable than a silver ring: an hour in which customers put down their phones, use their hands and make room for conversation.

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Three Utah coffee operators compare roast profiles at a tasting table inside a small-batch roasting workspace.
July 22, 2026

Publik’s first dark roast is a lesson in changing without abandoning the regulars

After more than a decade centered on light and medium roasts, the Salt Lake City operator has added a dark roast built to broaden the menu without discarding the standards behind it.

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Two operators inspect the wheel and suspension of an adaptive outdoor-mobility prototype in a Utah workshop.
July 21, 2026

A Spanish Fork mobility maker turns its audience into a product-development bench

Not A Wheelchair is pairing hands-on manufacturing with a public feedback loop. Its current Rig 2.0 preorder offers Utah operators a useful lesson in testing demand before committing to a full production run.

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An original editorial illustration of employees selecting kindness cards and envelopes around a workplace table with the Wasatch Mountains visible at dawn
July 20, 2026

Build Then Bless turns a small employee budget into an operating test

Build Then Bless gives employees a defined way to recognize colleagues and help people outside the company. For operators, the sharper question is whether a small budget can turn stated values into observable behavior.

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Original editorial illustration of an RV dealership and service center against Southern Utah red-rock cliffs at sunrise.
July 19, 2026

Seven service bays explain Blue Compass RV’s Southern Utah bet

The eight-acre dealership will get the attention. The more revealing investment is the space built for everything that happens after the sale.

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Alexandra Pasi of Lucidity Sciences in a portrait supplied for a Utah Business interview.
July 18, 2026

Lucidity Sciences makes a case for keeping judgment in the AI loop

Salt Lake City operator Alexandra Pasi’s latest interview offers a practical test: automate one bounded decision, then measure whether the work gets clearer—not merely faster.

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A small clinic team reviews an expansion plan at a sunlit reception desk with Utah mountains beyond the windows.
July 17, 2026

The Plastics Clinic turns a Draper start into a three-city operating test

Mindee Chidester and her co-owner built from a five-person start; today’s Founder Friday appearance puts the practical work of multi-location growth on the table.

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Meet Utah's operators

Spotlights

Profiles of the people, businesses, and organizations doing meaningful work in Utah.

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Serena Webb Dance Theater card artwork with a small gold Serena Webb logo in the upper-left

Serena Webb Dance Theater

Serena Webb rebuilt her dance dream from scratch — and turned it into a Murray, Utah company that reimagines the classics and casts on heart, not height.

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Omni Leads

Omni Leads

A featured look at Omni Leads — the Utah growth team using search visibility, paid clicks, and traditional websites to help local businesses capture qualified demand.

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Comprehensive Psychological Services office exterior with the CPS logo in the upper-left

Comprehensive Psychological Services

Since 1986, CPS has offered Utah families, employers, and referral partners a single trusted front door — services, three locations, a 30+ provider team, and direct contact, all publicly verifiable.

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Converge Physical Therapy performance clinic brand artwork

Converge Physical Therapy

Converge brings physical therapy, pelvic health, and nutrition into one practical path for Utah patients who want to keep moving.

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Imperium symbol on a dark cosmic background

Imperium

Imperium is built for readers who want discipline, leverage, and self-command presented as a repeatable intelligence practice.

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Utah Trauma and Addiction Centers

Utah Addiction Centers

When addiction and mental-health concerns collide, families often have to make decisions before they understand the vocabulary of care. Utah Addiction Centers offers a direct place to begin, with a published 24-hour hotline, individualized assessment, and multiple residential and outpatient pathways.

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Sitani Mafi

The spotlight follows the builder behind the federation: a founder treating artificial intelligence as leverage, attention as the battlefield, and the agentic era as the path toward a more secure future.

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Purple Mythos AIS constellation artwork on a black background

Mythos AIS

A featured look at Mythos AIS — the brand installing AI ads, an AI CEO, agentic websites, and custom CRMs as one system, so acquisition runs while the infrastructure builds itself.

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Events

Concerts, traditions, and gatherings happening across Utah.

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Custom editorial scene for Art Design Board Meeting: August 2026 at Salt Lake City Art Barn
5Wed
Aug
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Art Design Board Meeting: August 2026

The Art Design Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on August 5th.

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Custom editorial scene for Reinvestment Advisory Committee Meeting: August 2026 at Salt Lake City & County Building, Room 118
5Wed
Aug
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Reinvestment Advisory Committee Meeting: August 2026

The Salt Lake City Reinvestment Advisory Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on August 5th, 2026.

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Custom editorial scene for Sister Cities Board Meeting: August 2026 at Salt Lake City & County Building, Room 335
5Wed
Aug
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Sister Cities Board Meeting: August 2026

The Salt Lake Sister Cities Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on August 5th, 2026.

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6Thu
Aug
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Historic Landmark Commission

The Historic Landmark Commission typically meets on the first Thursday of every month.

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Custom editorial scene for PNUT Advisory Board Meeting: August 2026 at SLC Public Lands Administrative Building
6Thu
Aug
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PNUT Advisory Board Meeting: August 2026

The Salt Lake City Parks, Natural Lands, Urban Forestry, and Trails Advisory Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on August 6th, 2026.

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Custom editorial scene for City Council Truth-in-Taxation at City & County Building/Online
11Tue
Aug
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City Council Truth-in-Taxation

The public can register to comment in person at City Hall or comment online through Zoom.

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Custom editorial scene for Airport Board Meeting: August 2026 at Salt Lake City International Airport
12Wed
Aug
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Airport Board Meeting: August 2026

The Airport Advisory Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on August 12th.

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12Wed
Aug
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Planning Commission

The Planning Commission meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month unless a special meeting is planned.

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Custom editorial scene for C.R.A. & City Council Meeting at City & County Building/Online
18Tue
Aug
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C.R.A. & City Council Meeting

The public can register to comment in person at City Hall or comment online through Zoom.

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Custom editorial scene for Arts Council Board Meeting: August 2026 at Art Barn
19Wed
Aug
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Arts Council Board Meeting: August 2026

The Salt Lake City Arts Council Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on August 19th, 2026.

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Custom editorial scene for C.R.A. & City Council Meeting at City & County Building/Online
25Tue
Aug
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C.R.A. & City Council Meeting

The public can register to comment in person at City Hall or comment online through Zoom.

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Custom editorial scene for Planning Commission at City Hall
26Wed
Aug
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Planning Commission

The Planning Commission meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month unless a special meeting is planned.

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