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August 15th 2025

This month marks the 50th anniversary of Edward Abbey’s seminal novel, The Monkey Wrench Gang, first published on August 1, 1975. The book was fou

July 30th 2024

Outdoor advertising companies across the country are cajoling and enticing communities to allow conversion of static billboards to digital formats. To

November 1st 2023

Thanks to state laws, removing a billboard in Utah is nearly impossible. Utah billboard owners demand huge ‘just compensation’ payments for buying out

October 1st 2023

With deep roots in the past, a modern-day billboard campaign in Orem targets advertisers. In the 1920s, a group of women’s associations, including

August 1st 2023

Only in Utah is the billboard industry given such a radically favorable and unlevel playing field vs. other property owners, municipalities, and resid

July 1st 2023

Sales of digital billboard ad space are soaring, but most cities and towns have not updated their digital sign ordinances. Now is a good time to do it

May 1st 2023

Legacy Parkway is billboard-free thanks to some savvy local leaders who saw well in advance the threat of outdoor advertising on the new highway. Thei

February 1st 2023

In January, a federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit that claimed the City of Madison’s sign and billboard ordinances are unconstitutional. It's the

September 27th 2022

Scenic Utah's Executive Director Kate Kopischke discusses the growing issue of digital billboards and their impact on community aesthetics in an artic