Tilda Wilson
Growth, Wealth and Poverty ReporterTilda Wilson is KUER’s Growth, Wealth and Poverty reporter based in central Utah. Before KUER she spent a year as a Kroc Fellow at NPR. This included rotations reporting for their national desk, investigations desk, and culture desk, and producing for Weekend Edition. Tilda grew up in Salt Lake City, and spent a year attending Utah State University before finishing her history degree at Cornell. Tilda spends her spare time knitting things without a pattern that couldn’t fit anyone.
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Building upkeep costs and lower tax revenue have left Provo’s library with a large budget shortfall. -
Wild horse advocates are frustrated they can’t bring dehydrated horses water, but the BLM says that would do more harm than good. -
The board of the nonprofit Civilian Marksmanship Program voted to withdraw their plans after community pushback. -
Provo sees the statewide program as a one-size-fits-all conservation solution that doesn’t fit its needs. One water expert disagrees. -
The Bureau of Land Management is considering a large shooting range near Payson, Utah. The proposal has some nearby residents worried.
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Magna has one of Utah’s longest-running Independence Day celebrations. It dates back more than 100 years. -
With lots of new growth and a hot dry summer ahead, Utah fire departments are working to mitigate fire risk, and helping people prepare in case of an emergency evacuation. -
Twenty-two athletes and alumni competed in the trials. A few have already stamped their Olympic tickets to Paris. -
Invasive phragmites used to dominate the shores of Utah Lake, now volunteers are planting native plants in their place. -
As insurance companies re-evaluate risk, they’re increasing premiums or refusing renewals for parts of Salt Lake City where residents might not think of themselves as living in a high wildfire risk area. -
The stipend was suggested by the police department, where officers who speak Spanish have to take extra calls to keep up with the need. -
As part of its Fighting Hunger Statewide Initiative, the Utah Food Bank built new facilities in Springville, Blanding, Montezuma Creek and the Monument and Hurricane valleys.
