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High housing prices are squeezing Utahns, and residents who say “not in my backyard” to affordable housing development can get in the way of solutions. A new St. George project, however, shows one way it can be done.
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Macy Lipkin/KUERBack in March, the city council agreed to test three Flock cameras. But after hearing concerns from residents and Gov. Spencer Cox, they called it off. -
Francisco Kjolseth/Salt Lake Tribune, poolThe man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk as he spoke at Utah Valley University last year will stand trial and could face the death penalty. Robinson’s attorneys entered a plea of not guilty to the charges.
Can even the best technology outshine what your body can do already? Mary Roach’s latest book explores prosthetic limbs, lab-grown organs and some truly bizarre ideas about the human body. Could a butt be used as a lung? Could a finger replace another digit lost to cancer? Roach joins RadioWest to explore just how far medical science can go.
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U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani put a new 14-day hold on the plan following a fresh round of lawsuits just days before mail ballots begin to go out. The case could be headed back to the Supreme Court, which sided with Trump earlier this week -
“It felt like you were suffocating,” said one Wayne County resident. When smoke from the Widemouth 2 fire overlapped with a heat wave this summer, it left some Utahns without air conditioning in a tough spot. -
More than three quarters of all wildfires in the U.S. are caused by human behavior including accidents, negligence and arson. -
Law enforcement agencies that collaborate with ICE can request reimbursement and bonuses, thanks to funding from the Big Beautiful Bill. At least two in Utah have signed on. -
The latest legal development in the fight over mail-in voting has left Utah election officials weighing their options as a new Postal Service rule could upend ballots ahead of November’s midterm elections. -
“For the first time, Meta must put kids’ safety ahead of its business model,” said Attorney General Derek Brown. Utah's share of the massive settlement is worth $212 million. -
The Utah State Correctional Facility sits just off the Great Salt Lake — and shares in its problems like mosquitoes and the need to conserve water. The landscaping work inmates are doing offers something else harder to measure: purpose and pride. -
Bateman was convicted of child abuse stemming from a 2022 traffic stop in Arizona that led to the discovery of three girls, ages 11 to 14, in the trailer. Bateman is already serving a 50-year federal sentence for orchestrating sex involving children. -
“The biggest misconception is that lawns are cooling our urban areas,” said Doug Bennett of the Washington County Water Conservancy District. So why not add a “treebate” to convince residents to add shade?
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