Lexi Peery
Reporter, Southwest Utah BureauLexi Peery joined KUER in June 2020 as the Southwest Bureau reporter. She is also part of Report for America, a public service program that partners with local newsrooms to bring reporters to under-covered areas across the country. Prior to KUER, she reported on the environment, politics and development for The Spectrum & Daily News, which is the USA Today paper in St. George. She’s a Salt Lake area native but studied journalism at Boston University, and spent time at WBUR and The Boston Globe. She loves exploring the beauty and quirks the southwest corner of the state has to offer.
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Despite the extreme heat across the state, there are ways to have a fun and safe time outdoors this Labor Day weekend. -
This is what happens when you give a reporter a microphone, a GoPro and a fun outdoor assignment to one of Utah's hidden gems. -
The Utah Department of Transportation doesn’t have the money to build the gondola right now. Instead, it plans for a phased approach to traffic issues. -
Though town leaders said fire prevention and preparedness are top of mind. -
The water the state gets from monsoons doesn’t always end up in reservoirs. It’s also often muddy and full of debris. -
The director of Forestry, Fire and State Lands gave a scathing report of the development proposal to Utah legislators on Wednesday. -
While some will have to make historic cuts, Utah leaders are still “fighting aggressively” for the state’s allocation of Colorado River water. -
The county assessor says that’s because of high property values and freezes to the school fund tax rate. -
This summer compared to last year there’s been about a 25% dip in visitors entering the park, according to park data. -
As water levels at Lake Powell continue to drop, the groups say important and old mechanisms on the dam will be useless. -
Ozone forms by combining pollution with sunlight and warm temperatures. -
The sinkholes in St. George in recent years aren’t geological hazards, rather they are issues with old infrastructure.
