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A truck drives along Old Highway 91 in southwestern Washington County, May 9, 2025. This road that travels through Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area is one of the pieces of land included in Rep. Celeste Maloy’s proposed federal land sale.

Southwest Utah has plans for the public lands Rep. Maloy proposes to sell

Local leaders want to shore up roads and water infrastructure for Washington County’s future growth. Conservationists worry it could open the door to privatizing Western landscapes.

Evening Brief: May 12, 2025

KUER's evening headlines for May 12, 2025

The Olympic rings at the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park at Rice-Eccles Stadium on the campus of the University of Utah, March 27, 2024.

Utah Olympic organizers kick off tour to gather community ambitions for 2034

Brad Wilson, the organizing committee’s new CEO, wants to make sure the 2034 Winter Games live up to “Utah's high expectations and tremendous values.”

Morning Brief: May 12, 2025

KUER's morning headlines for May 12, 2025

Respiratory syncytial virus season in Utah typically runs from December through March. While the virus causes cold-like symptoms in most people, it can be a serious illness for newborns.

Utahns are having fewer kids. One BYU prof says that could spell problems later

According to one BYU professor, a decline in religion and marriage and a lack of child care are to blame.

FILE - Hikers look up at a fast moving storm as it makes its way through Zion National Park outside of Springdale, Utah, July 22, 2013.

A Republican push to sell Utah and Nevada public lands reignites a political fight

Without clear details on how Congressional Republicans' plan to sell or transfer 460,000 acres of public land will work, skeptics worry it could be a giveaway for developers and mining companies.

Evening Brief: May 9, 2025

KUER's evening headlines for May 9, 2025

Utah Governor Spencer Cox announced the GRIT initiative on May 9, 2025 to help make state government more efficient, accountable and responsible to the people it serves. While inspired by the federal government’s DOGE, Cox said GRIT is more like putting a name to something that already exists in Utah.

Forget DOGE, Utah has GRIT

The Utah GRIT initiative aims to examine how each department in state government works, with the goal of improving efficiency and delivering better results.

Morning Brief: May 9, 2025

KUER's morning headlines for May 9, 2025

Becky Golly receiving her information technology certificate at the 2025 David Technical College graduation ceremony. Golly completed the certificate 10 days before being released from prison and then attended the graduation ceremony after she was released.

‘I am doing really great’: What prison education meant for one Utahn after her release

Salt Lake Community College has one of the largest in-person prison education programs in the nation. Incarcerated students can also get technical certificates, a high school diploma and female inmates can also get a bachelor’s degree.

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