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Utah’s tech industry needs out-of-state talent in order to continue growing, according to industry lobbyists. Making Utah an attractive place to live is critical to that recruitment effort, they say.
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Critical April 1 snowpack readings once again spell trouble, and new studies show the warming climate is lengthening dry spells and shrinking the snowpack, even in winter. -
Trent Nelson/staffState epidemiologist Angela Dunn said health officials haven’t been able to tie those increases to anything in particular, including the repeal of the statewide mask mandate.
Recently, newly appointed Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Utah to tour two controversial national monuments: Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. RadioWest asked Zuni tribal member Jim Enote what her identity as an Indigenous person might mean for how she’ll manage the nation’s public lands and waters. And they talked with Native writer David Treuer whether or not some of that land should be given back to tribes so that they can manage it themselves.
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Utah’s public school students are required to wear masks, unless they have certain medical conditions. But at least two school districts in the state are now granting exemptions for students without a doctor’s note. -
A new meta-analysis of more than 70 studies looks at what impact religion can have on the mental health of gender and sexual minorities. The answer? It varies. Psychologist Tyler Lefevor explains the research.
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Officials Say It’s Time To Shift The Strategy To Reach Hesitant Groups As More Utahns Get VaccinatedUtah’s seven -day average for vaccine doses administered has fallen by about 23% over the last week and a half, suggesting interest in getting the shot is starting to wane.
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Sex therapists who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are concerned about why one woman is being disciplined by leaders.
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Current and former elected officials praised the guilty verdicts, but added there is more work to be done.
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Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, has been found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
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Rapid COVID-19 tests are now available at pharmacies in the U.S. Dr. Michael Mina of Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health says these can help people wondering if they are infectious right now.
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Kidnappings and a deadly crime wave is crippling Haiti. Critics say the U.S. isn't doing enough to help the hemisphere's poorest country find a solution for the current crisis.
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Scientists are working on boosters to deal with the possibility that current COVID-19 vaccines may eventually wear off — or the virus will mutate in ways that will evade the vaccine's protections.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Michelle Zauner, a musician who performs under the name Japanese Breakfast, about her memoir, Crying in H Mart. It's an exploration of grief, food and identity.
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