Governor Spencer Cox urges all Utahns to be a part of water solutions in the state, including farmers. State leaders and agricultural industry experts to discuss optimizing water use on Utah farms on Thursday, August 4, at the USU Research Landscape event in Salt Lake City.
Utah food producers provide products that are unique to the state, referred to as specialty crops. Utah Public Radio will spend the next few months featuring some of these crops, their health benefits and the role they play in helping us access fresh food.
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Out Of This World is the theme of this year’s Annual Small Satellite Conference in Logan at Utah State University. Small Sat attracts thousands of aerospace engineers and researchers from across the globe. This year’s keynote address was delivered by one of the industry’s top rocket scientists, Peter Beck.
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Utah speaker of the house, Brad Wilson, says proactive measures to the save the Great Salt Lake will save Utah billions of dollars in the long run. He talked to the Great Salt Lake initiative at the Farmington Bay Wildlife Refugee on the banks of Great Salt Lake.
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As rain and thunderstorms rolled into northern Utah over the weekend, official Flood Advisories were issued in Salt Lake, Davis, and Tooele counties Saturday afternoon by the National Weather Service.
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With the new school year approaching, hundreds of Utah kids received a free dental check at Roseman University on Friday.
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When Stone Hunt and Preston Parker were kids, they both loved to spend time at the miniature golf course that sat behind Angie’s restaurant for years. According to the duo, the golf course was open for an extended period of time in its early years, but struggled to find a consistent owner through the 1990s and the 2000s.
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On this episode, Rocky Anderson plans to run for SLC mayor again, alleged police intimidation on animal rights protestors, trees dying and orchards dwindling.
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A new study from Idaho Power said it should lower the rate it pays to solar customers who send energy back to the grid. Supporters of solar say this could hurt the industry.
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West Valley City Police are currently searching for the suspect involved in a drive-by shooting that put a teenager in the hospital.
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With crime in the ballpark neighborhood putting residents on edge, Salt Lake City officials recently announced a new police substation located in Smith’s Ballpark.
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After failing to complete their new apartment complex on time, Nelson Partners Student Housing has released students from their leases who were scheduled to move in at the end of August. Though the leases contain a contingency addendum requiring concessions from the company, it is unclear how those concessions will be handled.
Stream a variety of music and talk programs in Spanish from Radio Bilingüe.
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Former President Trump said FBI agents executed an "unannounced raid" at his home in South Florida Monday. His son said it was related to documents taken from the White House when Trump left office.
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Fiona the Hippo got a baby brother last week. Her 23-year-old mom gave birth to a healthy calf, who has not been named yet.
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Last week's primary in Pinal County was marred by ballot issues, giving both Republicans and Democrats opportunity to push their respective narratives about election administration.
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Once a mortal threat, the Taliban have let Afghanistan's leading news channel stand. But every day is a struggle for the journalists who still work there.
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English-Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73. She was one of the the biggest pop stars in the 1970's and early 1980's.
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He wrote acclaimed books about Harry Truman and John Adams, along with the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal. He also was the authoritative voice narrating TV films such as The Civil War in 1990.
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The reservoir continues to suffer from a 22-year drought that now has water levels at only 27% of capacity. That's surfaced four sets of skeletal remains in the past four months.
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"Axios" is Greek for "worthy" — and now we know how much the company is worth, less than six years after its news site debuted.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is blasting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, saying he has used thousands of innocent people as "political pawns."
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When it comes to disability, a lot of ableist language and tropes are perpetuated by the media. Here's what experts have to say about how to talk about disability.
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