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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ICU capacity at Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital has been 100% or more the majority of this month. -
The proposed Northern Corridor would cut through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, which is set aside to protect Mojave Desert tortoises.
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The Cove Reservoir in Kane County is planned to be for agricultural use. But environmental groups say where the water will be used isn’t agricultural.
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All of Utah’s House delegation voted Wednesday against impeaching President Donald Trump.
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Some conservative Utahns have been looking for other ways to communicate amid social media changes.
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Just over 2,000 hospital workers have been vaccinated at Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital, and last week around 200 received their second dose.
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Gov. Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, along with other statewide elected officials, took the oath of office Monday.
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Gov.-elect Spencer Cox will be the first governor sworn-in in southern Utah. Cox said getting off the Wasatch Front for the ceremony is part of his commitment to represent all Utahns.
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St. George golf is booming this winter. City officials attribute it to the good weather and ability for people to safely social distance while playing.
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It may be an understatement to say a lot happened in Utah in 2020, both on and off the Wasatch Front. KUER southern news bureau reporters Kate Groetzinger, based in Bluff, and Lexi Peery, based in St. George, spoke with All Things Considered host Caroline Ballard about some of the biggest stories they covered in 2020.
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With southern Utah institutions dropping Dixie from their names, some local residents are still fighting for legislators to stop a bill from changing the name of the university.
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Now that the board of trustees and the state board of higher education have recommended changing the name of Dixie State University, it goes to the state legislature.
