Patrick Semansky
/
AP, file
The University of Utah was expected to host a presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Now, that might not be the case.
-
David Condos/KUERA new report from the Bureau of Land Management highlights how a proposed highway through protected land north of St. George could increase wildfire risk and harm endangered desert tortoises. -
Courtesy Lilly AdamsThe June 10 expiration deadline for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is fast approaching. Utah members of the downwinder community say a “last ditch effort” is underway to save the program.
On July 12, 1776, James Cook set sail on his third voyage and never returned home again. He was a celebrated explorer and a gifted cartographer, and was also responsible for the deaths of many Native Hawaiians. In a new book, historian Hampton Sides tells the story of James Cook’s last journey and why it went wrong. It may have had to do with Cook’s secret orders: to claim territory for Britain before her rivals could.
More from RadioWest
More from RadioWest
-
A new study from University of Colorado Boulder researchers finds a strong chance that precipitation will make the next two decades on the Colorado River wetter than the last. -
Cedar Breaks National Monument sits at more than 10,000 feet of elevation and typically holds onto its snow into late May or early June. We got a chance to take a guided snowshoe hike before the season shut down. -
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.” -
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. -
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. -
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.
KUER's newsroom and “RadioWest” received numerous journalism awards this spring.
KUER is listener-supported public radio. Support this work by making a donation today.