One mother told KUER she worries about her son who’s in the facility and that the show is taking advantage of an “already marginalized group of people.”
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Window collisions are a big threat during spring bird migration. New window treatments going up at Zion National Park are part of a movement to reduce glass strikes.
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Eighteen tribes that use Colorado River water sent a list of principles to the federal government as contentious talks about how to share the shrinking supply continue.
Last weekend, Gov. Spencer Cox was booed at the 2024 Republican Nominating Convention. Utah Republicans have traditionally leaned more moderate, even if in past conventions, moderate politicians Mitt Romney, Gary Herbert, Mike Leavitt and Bob Bennett were all booed. Still, they went on to win over voters in the primary, which also will likely be the case for Gov. Cox this year. We’re asking how things are changing in Utah’s Republican Party and what that means for this year’s elections.
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The move follows calls from tribal nations, Indigenous community leaders and others for the permanent protection of nearly 120,000 acres of important cultural and environmental land.
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KUER asked two Utahns — one Palestinian, the other Jewish — about their thoughts on the pro-Gaza student protest movement that has now arrived at the University of Utah.
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Legislators left it up to each school district to decide how it would communicate the changes. Some have held classroom presentations. Others have sent home fact sheets or met privately with families who might be affected.
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Nationally, the CDC is seeing a widening gap in mortality rates between urban and rural communities.
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Nineteen protesters were arrested during the demonstration, but organizers say that won’t stop them from protesting.
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The seven-hour protest in President's Circle, including a tent encampment, was later dispersed by police late into the evening. Seventeen protestors were arrested, according to the University of Utah.
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Snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin — which includes Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico — appears to have peaked on April 3, within a few days of the average.
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After nearly 17 hours, the Utah GOP nominating convention concluded with some surprises along the way.
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Even though Lyman garnered over 67% of the final delegate vote, Gov. Spencer Cox will still appear in the June 25 primary after gathering the required signatures.
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