Kate Groetzinger
Reporter, Southeast Utah BureauKate joined KUER from Austin, Texas. She has a master's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody School of Communication. She has been an intern, fellow and reporter at Texas Monthly, the Texas Observer, Quartz, the Texas Standard and Voces, an oral history project. Kate began her public radio career at Austin’s NPR station, KUT, as a part-time reporter. She served as a corps member of Report For America, a public service program that partners with local newsrooms to bring reporters to undercovered areas across the country.
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‘There Isn't Just One Way’: Students On The Navajo Nation Find Ways To Learn At Home During PandemicMost students are back in the classroom now. But that’s not the case on the Navajo Nation. Teachers and parents there have had to find creative ways to help students with limited internet access learn at home because of the pandemic.
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Rep. Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, wants to create at least one House district in every county in Utah. He said it would give rural residents more representation. But it would also violate federal law.
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Vaccination is moving quickly on the Navajo Nation in San Juan County. People there over the age of 45 are now eligible to get the shot, but it’s hard to say exactly what percent of the county’s Navajo population has been vaccinated.
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The city of Moab is planning to implement water conservation measures in the coming months, based on a recent study that found the Moab Valley may hold less water than previously thought.
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A study shows a bill to protect millions of acres of public land in Utah would help slow climate change. But it has to get through Congress first.
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Republican state representative Mike Winder is running a bill to implement ranked-choice voting in all of Utah’s primary elections. But county clerks across the state oppose the change.
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Ballots mailed on election day in Utah are not valid, according to state law. But a bill filed by Rep. Brian King this session would change that.
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President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to announce an extended moratorium on oil and gas leasing Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. The ban would apply to all federal public lands and would follow a 60-day pause on new leasing announced last week.
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Off-Roading Advocacy Group Threatens To Sue Grand County Over Ban On OHV Events And Business PermitsThe Blue Ribbon Coalition is threatening to sue Grand County over a ban it placed on off-highway vehicle events and businesses. But county officials said the measure is necessary as long as the vehicles are street-legal in Moab.
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President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday directing federal agencies to review a long list of changes former President Donald Trump made to environmental regulations and the management of public lands, as well as his reduction of national monuments.
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All healthcare workers and teachers in Utah are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But public health directors in the southeast part of the state report many are opting out.
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All of Utah’s House delegation voted Wednesday against impeaching President Donald Trump.