🌱 How Murray’s smelter past reshaped farms, air, and the valley’s future

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• How Murray’s smelter past reshaped farms, air, and the valley’s future

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A morning rain or snow shower, with a high of 49 and low of 32 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 62, low: 41.
• Sunday: Pleasant with some sun, with a high of 75 and low of 51 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Way We Were: A smelter smorgasbord (parkrecord.com) — Murray’s past as a thriving agricultural town turned smelter hub plays a central role in this look back at the Salt Lake Valley’s mining and refining boom. The story traces how railroads, ore, and toxic smelter emissions reshaped Murray and Midvale, then faded as mines declined, leaving decades of environmental cleanup that still echo in the region today.
   

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📸 Around Murray

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Murray

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Saturday April 18

• Boys tennis: Rosanne Newell Memorial Spring Slam @ Brighton
  Brighton High Salt Lake City, UT 84121
  7:15 am
• Track: Airshow Invite @ Cedar Valley HS
  Cedar Valley HS Salt Lake City, UT 84121
  8:00 am

Monday April 20

• Girls Lacrosse: Bountiful @ Brighton (TA)
  Brighton High Salt Lake City, UT 84121
  7:30 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Baseball: Viewmont @ Brighton
  Brighton High Salt Lake City, UT 84121
  4:00 pm
• Boys volleyball: Brighton @ Alta
  Brighton High Salt Lake City, UT 84121
  6:30 pm
• Boys Lacrosse: Brighton @ Mtn. Ridge
  Brighton High Salt Lake City, UT 84121
  7:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Baseball: Brighton @ Viewmont
  Brighton High Salt Lake City, UT 84121
  4:00 pm
• Girls Lacrosse: Brighton @ Skyline
  Brighton High Salt Lake City, UT 84121
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Baseball @ Alta
  Alta High School , 11055 S 1000 E , Sandy
  4:00 pm
• Viewmont Varsity Baseball @ Olympus
  Olympus High School , 4055 S 2300 E , Holladay
  4:00 pm
• Play and Learn
  2150 E Murray Holladay Rd , Holladay
  4:15 pm
• Hunter Boys JV Soccer @ Hillcrest
  Hillcrest High School , 7350 S 900 E , Midvale
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Report of smoke at Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah.
  12:05PM on Apr 15: A massive smoke plume was reported near the airport starting around noon. (Nextdoor )
• Please share & repost to help reunite this stray cat!
  FOUND on April 14, 2026 in Salt Lake City, UT 84111 near Near s and 200 e Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the… (Nextdoor East 4500 South)

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🗞 Nearby News

Midvale

• Turning retail into events: Boosting community, revenue and growth (utahbusiness.com)
• Medical incident briefly blocks northbound I-15 traffic in Midvale (kutv.com)

Taylorsville

• Utah man, daughter, stranded in Colombia, press for US visa so girl can go back home (ksl.com)
• 2026 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Utah TE Dallen Bentley (steelersdepot.com)
• UDAF to offer grants to innovative food producers (cachevalleydaily.com)

South Salt Lake

• How Salt Lake City residents can get hundreds from the city for their lawn care (fox13now.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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