Lee Hale
Podcast Host/ReporterLee Hale began listening to KUER while he was teaching English at a Middle School in West Jordan (his one hour commute made for plenty of listening time). Inspired by what he heard he applied for the Kroc Fellowship at NPR headquarters in DC and to his surprise, he got it. Since then he has reported on topics ranging from TSA PreCheck to micro apartments in overcrowded cities to the various ways zoo animals stay cool in the summer heat. But, his primary focus has always been education and he returns to Utah to cover the same schools he was teaching in not long ago. Lee is a graduate of Brigham Young University and is also fascinated with the way religion intersects with the culture and communities of the Beehive State. He hopes to tell stories that accurately reflect the beliefs that Utahns hold dear.
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Sam Young, the former Mormon bishop who challenged his recent excommunication from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has had his appeal…
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Braxton Dutson distinctly remembers the first time he heard the word “masturbation.”He was 13, and at church in the predominantly Mormon town of Payson,…
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An obscure section of Utah law recently piqued Ryan McKnight’s interest after he heard stories about the mishandling of sexual abuse in Mormon…
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Updated 4:45 p.m. MST 11/9/18 Utah voters have approved a ballot initiative on medical marijuana, following a trend nationwide to relax laws targeting the…
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Sister Lisa Harkness, First Counselor in the General Primary Presidency that oversees Mormon children, is worried that Utah voters might be confused about…
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Mormon pageants — big theatrical dramatizations of church history and scripture stories — have been part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…
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Outside Water Canyon Elementary School in Hildale, Utah, children are dressed up in costumes and scurrying from car to car in the parking lot asking…
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Gov. Gary Herbert joined religious leaders in Salt Lake City last night at a vigil to honor the 11 victims killed Saturday during a shooting at a…
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Last month, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert made a plea to former public school teachers to return to the profession but a new survey shows it will take more than…
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It all started with an allergy to “brilliant blue.”That’s the name of the artificial coloring added to drinks like Gatorade that caused an allergic…
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Utah’s Board of Regents is being asked by state auditors to be more rigorous in the way its members approve tuition increases at colleges statewide.The…
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Michele Jones likes to believe she's pretty good at spotting students who are struggling.The 41-year-old math teacher at Cyprus High School in Magna is…