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Evening Brief: May 6, 2022

University of Utah student and DACA recipient Sam Aguilar stands outside the J. William Marriott Library. He’s the first in his family to graduate from college.

Even with Utah’s help, DACA students can still face a hard road to graduation

After growing up undocumented in Salt Lake City, Sam Aguilar navigated an arduous journey to college graduation.

Morning Brief: May 6, 2022

Carla Arancibia is graduating from Westminster in 2022. She already has a job with the Utah Department of Health and Human Services.

Utah graduates find themselves in a hot job market where they’ve got the upper hand

The job market tanked for college grads in 2020. With record-low unemployment, this year they have more leverage than ever.

Hundreds of sheep graze on a hillside west of Carson City, Nev., on April 25, 2022. The sheep are eating cheatgrass as part of an annual program to reduce wildfire fuels in the region.

Sheep help reduce wildfire risks in Northern Nevada

With the bulk of wildfire season on the horizon, officials in the Mountain West region are working to minimize risks. And sometimes they’re getting help from four-legged friends.

Cedar City sets voluntary lawn watering schedules for the summer

The city is asking people to limit outdoor watering to three specific days a week, depending on their address.

U.S. Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.

What an overturned Roe v. Wade looks like for the states surrounding Utah

The Mountain West is as divided on abortion as the nation itself.

Child football players and ball on the football field

Utah Youth Soccer Association adopts zero-tolerance policy toward referee abuse

Referees as young as 13 have been verbally assaulted, chased to their cars and even prevented from leaving the field by adults.

Salt Lake City está viviendo un gran boom inmobiliario pero se ven menos niños en las escuelas

"Estamos perdiendo estudiantes a un paso increíblemente rápido porque se están mudando fuera del vecindario y mudándose a otras comunidades donde la vivienda es más asequible”, dijo un educador.

Salt Lake City schools feel it too when gentrification pushes families away

“We're losing students at an incredibly rapid rate because they're moving out of the neighborhood and moving to other communities where housing is more affordable,” said one educator.

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