Utah's Juneteenth celebrations kick off Friday, with festivals and ceremonies this week and next. Why it matters: Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people following the Civil War. On June 19,

While Salt Lake City officials gathered Tuesday for a celebration to raise the city’s new Juneteenth flag over City Hall, Utah’s governor had a blunt response to the ongoing feud over the display of such banners: “The whole thing’s just dumb,

Utah State University will be hosting a free Juneteenth barbecue from 5-8:30 p.m. Thursday, and is inviting all USU students, faculty, staff and members of the public.

For beginners and those brushing up on history, here are some answers:

This weekend is PACKED with events across Utah for you, no matter where you are! Here's what's happening across the Beehive State!

In Denver, for example, more than a dozen companies backed out of supporting the Juneteenth Music Festival, which is one of the city’s biggest celebrations of the holiday, according to Norman Harris, executive director of JMF Corporation, which puts on the event.

Salt Lake City officials and leaders from the Black community gathered to mark Juneteenth and to raise the city's controversial new Juneteenth-themed flag.

Salt Lake Community College is turning history into action with music, spoken word, food, and Black-owned vendors. Website: slcc.edu/Juneteenth

Juneteenth has been considered a federal holiday in the country since 2021. However, that doesn’t guarantee that all workers around the U.S. will get the day off for it. It is up to individual employers to decide whether they offer time off or additional pay for work on federal holidays.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who let a first-in-the-nation flag ban become law without his signature, now says the ongoing debate over flags and Salt Lake City leaders’ response is “ridiculous.”

Four UT Arlington alumni are doing just that. James Lawrence, Aleksandar Milenkov, Tobin Ezekwesili and Richard Long are playing major roles at KAI Enterprises, a national design-and-build firm with an office in Irving, and the executive architect for the National Juneteenth Museum coming to Fort Worth’s historic Southside neighborhood.