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Mining in the West often results in polluted watersheds, but a new study shows efforts to clean up leaking mines are extremely effective.
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RICK EGAN | Salt Lake Tribune/A staffer at West Ridge Academy, a Utah facility for “troubled teens,” is facing a child abuse charge after prosecutors say he fractured a teen’s wrist during a restraint. -
Marina Skutina/iStockphotoA new survey reveals that Hispanics have twice as much interest in getting vaccinated "as soon as possible" as non-Hispanic whites or non-Hispanic black people
Sports news outlets rarely cover women’s athletics as exhaustively as men’s leagues. Even when male reporters and broadcasters do talk about women’s sports, they don't always take the subject as seriously. Julie DiCaro talks about the changes she's seen in the industry and about her book Sidelined: Sports, Culture and Being a Woman in America.
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At least 10 Utah counties have declared themselves a sanctuary for the Second Amendment, which means they won’t enforce gun restrictions. -
Gov. Spencer Cox has said Utah will likely sue if President Joe Biden enlarges Bears Ears National Monument. But experts say that could be a hard case to win.
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Gov. Spencer Cox said he chose only to lift the school mask requirement for the last week as a compromise between parents who wanted it gone immediately and those who wanted it to stay.
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A rare but serious COVID-19-related condition has disproportionately affected Hispanic and Latino children in the Mountain West.
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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-UT, and Rep. John Curtis, R-UT, introduced legislation Thursday to designate 289,000 acres of land in Illinois as federally protected wilderness. It’s an attempt to troll Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, who introduced America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act Monday that would designate 8.4 million acres in Utah as federally-protected wilderness areas.
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The University of Utah is launching a workshop this summer for teachers to update their curriculum around Indigenous people and culture.
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KUER 90.1 announced today that Cristy Meiners, executive producer of RadioWest, will lead KUER as interim station manager beginning May 10.
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Renee Bright/KUERSt. George is known as a desert tourism hotspot and a retirement destination, but business and city leaders are hoping to rebrand it as a tech hub. To do that, they want to turn the 180 acres around a shuttered airport into a multi-use community.
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Renee Bright/KUERUtah’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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Jack Misiura plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Ben Wedeman of CNN about the latest developments in the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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A 9-year-old in Dubai is considered one of the world's top DJs. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Michelle Rasul about how she became a wizard at scratching on a portable turntable.
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The Houston Ballet made its return to in person performing this month. The experience was powerful both on and off stage.
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