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The Jordan River is almost at the bottom of the Great Salt Lake Basin. An expert says that means that a lot of upstream pollution ends up concentrated in the river.
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A show designed to showcase local Utah musical artists and highlight public radio.
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.
UPR News & Programs
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Actors jump around stage, run through the aisles, and interact with audience members in Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre's performance of "The Cat in the Hat." -
Thomas Lowe Fleischner invites us to see clearly and feel deeply the living world around us, while recognizing the vital link between our well-being and the health of the Earth. -
It's not clear yet how the money would be distributed among several states in a river basin where political fights over how to share water long term have persisted even during historic drought. -
The Dragon Bravo fire burned about 145,000 acres and destroyed nearly half of all structures on the North Rim. Some businesses and trails are back open, but evidence of the fire is still visible. -
In Colorado, visits dropped about 8% in the first year after wildfires. But recreation stayed flat or even increased after low-intensity prescribed fires. -
Below Rockslide Rapid, a red-tailed hawk flew from one side of the river to the other and perched, unaware of both the political boundary it had crossed and the freedom it embodied. -
It’s not unheard of for birds to be active in the nighttime. But most nocturnal birds are not songbirds. Then there’s the yellow-breasted chat. -
This week Evelyn Funda continues her conversation with Shakespeare scholar Phebe Jensen on herbal subtexts, or beliefs, that Shakespeare's audience might have already known as they experienced a performance of his plays. -
The trappings might be traditional and customary, but I promise you, this will get your heart racing. -
Utilities across the West are launching a new regional energy market designed to help them buy and share power a full day before it's needed, which could lower costs and improve reliability. -
Eight of the 10 most turbulent airports in the country are in the Mountain West, where air moving over major mountain ranges can create unstable conditions during takeoff and landing. -
In other news, Utah's first Great Salt Lake Commissioner is stepping down. And, a Taylorsville police officer is being charged with second degree felony manslaughter for a 2024 shooting.
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The AgWellness podcast explores mental health in the farming and ranching community.
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Commencement speakers who bring up the sweeping changes that artificial intelligence is driving are facing boos from the Class of 2026. -
The company is on track to pull off the largest IPO in history — making CEO Elon Musk even wealthier. -
Children closest to an incident of gun violence have the most risk of lasting psychological effects. Here's what all parents should know about how to buffer trauma. -
A leaked State Department memo shows the U.S. threatened to revoke Palestinian visas if they pushed for a senior United Nations post. -
Facebook and Instagram's parent company has been investing huge sums of money in AI, but it lags behind competitors. -
A California judge has given Kars4Kids 30 days to either take its ads off the air or update them to disclose its affiliations to a Jewish charity based in the Northeast. -
The 94-year-old former leader of Cuba faces several charges, including four counts of murder for an attack on a humanitarian group more than 30 years ago. -
The bill is meant to encourage home construction, and would ban corporate investors from buying up more homes to rent out. -
Amin Abdullah, Nadir Awad and Mansour Kaziha distracted and delayed two gunmen at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Their actions saved the many children and staff inside the mosque and cost them their lives. -
The kecak dance involves a retelling of one of the stories in the Ramayana, the Hindu epic poem. At the story's climax, there is an eruption of fire as tufts of dried coconut husks are set aflame.
