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Evening Brief: Jan. 20, 2023

Skiers cruise down the slopes at Snowmass ski area in Colorado. While this winter has already delivered snow totals above 130% of average, climate scientists say it will take more than one wet winter to pull the Southwest out of a 23-year drought.

This winter’s rain and snow won’t be enough to pull the West out of drought

Climate scientists warn, however, that it will take more than one wet winter to end the West's drought and the strain on the Colorado River.

Morning Brief: Jan. 20, 2023

Gov. Spencer Cox delivers his 2023 State of the State address to the legislature at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.

Cox aims his 3rd State of the State Address at Utah’s youth

Gov. Spencer Cox highlighted education, housing, water and quality of life issues in his annual state address.

Evening Brief: Jan. 19, 2023

The Harris Fine Arts Center with gates surrounding the building as crews prepare to demolish the facility, Jan. 18, 2023.

‘The memories aren’t being demolished’: BYU bids adieu to the Harris Fine Arts Center

Students past and present recount magical moments at the longtime home for the arts on the north end of the Brigham Young University campus.

Host Nalini Nadkarni on a research location in Costa Rica.

Into the Tree Canopy

Even though I’m in the tropics, it’s dark, damp and still here on the ground. The sun’s intense rays are absorbed by the layers of leaves over my head. Looking upward, I feel a familiar jig of excitement. What will I find today?

FILE - A firefighter monitors a backfire, flames lit by fire crews to burn off vegetation, while battling the Mosquito Fire in the Volcanoville community of El Dorado County, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2022. Wildfires in the U.S. scorched some 65,000 square miles and about 85,000 houses and other structures nationwide over the past decade.

Feds will spend $930M on the West’s wildfire ‘crisis’

The money comes as government officials have struggled to contain destructive infernos being made worse by climate change.

Morning Brief: Jan. 19, 2023

Ballet dancers backstage at the Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center after performing in the competition, Jan. 16, 2023. These dancers performed in the Junior Classical Competition. Their ornate costumes have flat tutus and they wear pointe shoes.

A day for ballet as the Youth America Grand Prix leaps through Utah

Hundreds of ballet dancers around Utah gathered to perform at the Youth America Grand Prix scholarship competition.

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