The average U.S. household is expected to spend more than three times the rate of inflation on utility bills this year. States are receiving federal funds to ease the burden.
UPR News & Programs
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In other news, Utah's air quality has improved in the last two decades, even with its population doubling. And, tracking vehicles without consent is illegal in Utah — but what about people?
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After seven years of management and a combined 50 years of service to UPR, Station Co-Managers Kerry Bringhurst and Tom Williams will retire in fall 2026.
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The Utah Climate Center's Bradley Vernon predicts an upcoming storm next week. As for this week, expect irregular temperatures.
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Tooele Rep. Nicholeen Peck introduced House Joint Resolution 12 this session in hopes of strengthening Utah families.
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The warm Utah winter brought temperatures up for the annual Bear Lake Monster Winterfest polar plunge. Air temperatures were in the low 40s, but the water only went from the usual 32 degrees to 36.
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The Utah Climate Center's Tim Wright predicts valley haze and warmer temperatures this week, and a possible storm early next week.
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The Utah Climate Center's Tim Wright predicts changing temperatures this week, and a possible storm early next week.
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We check in with Utah State University President Brad Mortensen. We get his reaction to the Utah Legislature’s audit of USU, the university's strategic reinvestment plan, and more.
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Negotiators are approaching a Feb. 14 deadline to make an agreement on how to manage the dwindling waterway. Friday's meeting didn't complete that goal, but governors called the gathering productive.
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The lawsuit argues the state legislature has sole power to create redistricting maps, while opponents argue the current map avoids gerrymandering.
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Participatory Science used to be called Citizen Science, and then Community Science, but the emphasis on participation highlights that we are contributing to something large and impactful for which we don’t ask what science can do for us, but what we can do for science.
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.
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Italy's Winter Olympics promised sustainability. But in Cortina, environmentalists warn the Games could scar these mountains for decades.
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The Travis Scott signee came up in the shadow of his mentor's rootless sound. On Octane, he taps his hometown's lineage and finds a star power all his own.
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Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's underground arts scene to the prestigious film festival.
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The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the recovery of Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.
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These wildly different artists both reach the top of the pop charts this week.
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Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, as in the rest of the world, resistance takes place closer to the ground.
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The Trump administration proposes to include a question about U.S. citizenship status in this year's field test of the 2030 census, as Republicans push to alter the counts behind voting maps.
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A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
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Julia Loktev's documentary My Undesirable Friends follows young independent journalists covering Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
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As South Carolina's outbreak grows to 876 confirmed cases, vaccinations in the state surged in January. Cases have also been reported in two ICE detention facilities.