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Salt Lake Tribune reporters join us to discuss the week's top stories, including the possible future of the Sugar House pond and Idaho's Prop 1 abortion vote.
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Cache County voters will head to the polls this fall to choose who will serve on the County Council. UPR spoke to the candidates competing for the council's third Logan seat.
UPR News & Programs
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The historic, violent, and disheveled tone of this film is believable and consistent, but the director and his team forgot to make the tone dynamic as well.
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John Northup, host of UPR's program The Edge of Jazz, joins us to talk about how the show started and what excites him about it.
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Our hosts sit down with Andrea Brandley, senior education analyst at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, to discuss how Utah's education system compares and how to improve it.
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The aptly-named "Aspen Alley" near Breckenridge, Colorado, is one of the most popular leaf-peeping destinations in the region. That can lead to trail and parking lot congestion.
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The Justice Department said the incident proves voting fraud is real and stricter regulations are needed. The suspect said he didn't have a political motive and just wanted to "lighten his workload."
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One year ago, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was eliminating and radio stations across the country lost funding. We talk with station managers about the past year.
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We talk with folklorist Lynne McNeill about the dangers and positives of artificial intelligence, social media and phone bans in schools, and the value of folklore.
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The prominent activist and community organizer is running to be Cache County Council's first Latino member. If elected, she plans to center education and dialogue.
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Voters in Logan will choose between Republican incumbent JoAnn Bennett and Democrat Allison E. Goulais in November.
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Contractors across the nation lost over $1 billion between 2024 and 2025. Small businesses in the West were hit hard, especially those that mitigate and suppress wildfires on the ground.
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In 2025, nearly 1 in 20 Utah homeowners policies were not renewed by insurance providers. That's the highest in the country, and well over double Utah's rate from 2024.
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UPR recently hired two new staff members: Frank Mueller and Colette Czarnecki. We asked them how they got into radio and why they stuck around.
Stream a variety of music and talk programs in Spanish from Radio Bilingüe.
Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
A show designed to showcase local Utah musical artists and highlight public radio.
NPR News
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President Trump said he was rejecting an Iranian plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian proposal is similar to a memorandum of understanding agreed upon by the U.S. and Iran back in June.
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The disclosure is the latest in a string of incidents in which the AI platform has been caught going rogue. OpenAI says it is reviewing the findings.
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Thousands of people are without power across the East Coast as a nor'easter rips through the area. Forecasters expect significant winds and rain throughout the weekend.
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In mid-September, Fiji's government declared a national emergency because of a startling rise in HIV infections. The country's crystal meth epidemic is a strong contributing factor.
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Some states deliver meals to Medicaid patients that address their dietary needs. Evidence shows it aids recovery and saves healthcare costs, but federal budget cuts may lead some states to cancel it.
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The battle over AI's promise and perils is not a clash between two opposing sides, but a debate among a range of competing voices and ideologies. Here is a guide to who's who in that debate.
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In the 1950s and 1960s, doctors gave the drug thalidomide to pregnant patients without telling them — and without FDA approval. Now those patients' children want recognition.
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Pope Leo XIV has warned that a "paradise of machines" could undermine humanity. He raises concerns about artificial intelligence, nuclear arms, and human rights during his visit to France.
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Thousands are without power on the U.S. East Coast, while roads are flooding in some coastal New Jersey communities.
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The White House has signaled that CNN will be left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump's Saturday trip in the latest media restriction in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications.