Kristin Murphy
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Deseret News
Bombay Beach was once a thriving resort community along California’s largest lake. Now more exposed playa than water, the Salton Sea’s disappearance is a mirror to the Great Salt Lake.
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Alex Hager/KUNCNew findings about sublimation explain how snow is lost to evaporation before it can melt. The data can help form better predictions about water supplies from the Colorado River. -
David Condos/KUEREven after a wet winter, the runoff that’s forecast to flow downstream in Utah’s Colorado River Basin looks underwhelming compared to snowpack levels.
Has America's gratuity culture reached a tipping point? Customers increasingly find themselves in the awkward situation of wondering where to tip, whether to tip and how much is fair. Meanwhile, service workers grapple with the need to make a living wage, and their employers struggle to manage expectations on both sides of the cash register. Even the etiquette experts are confused about tipping these days. We’ll talk about how we got to this point and if there’s any way out of the tipping conundrum.
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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. -
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. -
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. -
Nationally, the CDC is seeing a widening gap in mortality rates between urban and rural communities. -
Nineteen protesters were arrested during the demonstration, but organizers say that won’t stop them from protesting. -
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. -
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. -
After nearly 17 hours, the Utah GOP nominating convention concluded with some surprises along the way. -
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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