2021 | Reporting from across the state

Utah’s Independent Redistricting Commission presented its maps to state lawmakers this week. Something that sets them apart from the Legislature’s redistricting committee is one of the principles the commission used to guide them: communities of interest.

Virgin is a small gateway town to Zion National Park. Residents there are debating where tourism development goes in town and who should have a say in the matter. It’s led to a battle of zoning ordinances and referendums — and a stark political divide.

The Grand County Commission says it should be put into a district with northern San Juan County, but some officials there think the areas are too different.

A new study released by Utah State University found Utah will likely warm dramatically due to climate change. The study looked at the impact that reality will have on Utah’s ski resorts and what can be done to sustain them.

Census data shows ten years after Robert Marshall’s 1925 lynching, few African Americans remained in Price, Utah.

The U.S. government once had a paranormal division to psychically gather military intelligence. George Clooney fans may remember his portrayal of a psychic spy from this program in the 2009 movie “The Men Who Stare at Goats.” Although the CIA has since abandoned the work, it's found new life in Utah.

This last year the Navajo Nation Department of Diné Education reported only about 0.4% of students were considered fluent in the language.

The Intermountain Indian School in Brigham City was once the largest native boarding school in the world, with up to 3,000 students attending. The school has a complicated legacy, but it’s a place many students say provided them opportunities they wouldn’t otherwise have had.

Hildale, Utah largely kept its doors shut to outsiders for generations. Now, it's starting to build a tourism-based economy.

This summer, KUER producer Benjamin Bombard is traveling around Utah looking for places that are … extra. Extreme. He recently took his family on the road and went looking for the oldest thing in the state, and they found it. It’s a rock formation in northwestern Utah.

People are the leading cause of wildfires in Utah, and they can be lit in a variety of ways. Target shooting is one of them. Here’s how fires can spark in this way, from the finger to the flame.

Park City officials said a proposed contaminated soil repository is seen as a socially responsible choice for the city. Residents argue there’s not enough information to move forward.