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The Utah State Correctional Facility cost over $1 billion and opened just four years ago. But despite a tight budget year, lawmakers say the prison needs more beds.
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UPR News & Programs
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen and Robert Gehrke join host UPR’s Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories, including Utah snowpack hitting the worst levels on record, and more. -
The Utah Climate Center's Casey Olson predicts a storm next week and increased moisture this weekend. -
In other news, a permit lottery for Zion's Angels Landing hike opens on Friday. And, a lawsuit that aims to block Utah's new congressional map now has legislative support. -
The Utah Climate Center's Casey Olson predicts increased moisture this week, and a likely storm next week.
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Our hosts discuss the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the University of Utah’s new $4.5 million statue, data centers, and the expansion of the Utah Supreme Court. -
Our guest today is folklorist Lynne McNeill. Lynne McNeill is an associate professor of folklore at Utah State University, as well as co-founder of and faculty advisor for the USU Folklore Club. -
Park City distiller Sara Sergent has turned years of experimentation and a rare distilling technique into international recognition, becoming one of the most decorated botanical distillers in the U.S. -
The Utah Climate Center's Bradley Vernon predicts more active weather in the near future, with increased valley rain and mountain snow.
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In other news, a program for first-time homebuyers could be expanded to include those buying an existing home — though for less financial assistance than for those buying new construction.
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The Utah Climate Center's Bradley Vernon predicts increased valley rain and mountain snow this week.
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"Twinless" proves Dylan O’Brien has the range to be heartbreaking and vulnerable as well as funny and clumsy. I’m so glad I have seen this film, and I hope you feel this way too. -
Today we talk with Caroline Fraser, author of the new book "Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers."
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Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
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A federal judge in Illinois quickly issued a restraining order after the Trump administration slashed more than $600 million in CDC grants to four blue states. -
U.S. snowboarders psych themselves up before competition with heavy metal and pop music, cat photos, and apparently many on the men's halfpipe team now do Qigong. -
In its ruling, the court said an earlier decision to ban the Pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was "disproportionate." -
The four are set to dock with the space station on Saturday, returning the orbital lab to its full complement of seven. NASA's last mission, Crew-11, left a month early due to an ill crew member. -
Emerald Fennell's extravagant adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic cares little for subtlety. Ultimately, this love affair is more photogenic than it is deeply moving. -
Plus: more Olympics, the Super Bowl and some monks. -
Under President Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan, Arab countries and the European Union are supposed to train a new police force in the Gaza Strip. But U.S. plans have run into serious challenges. -
A bipartisan effort in Congress to restrain immigration enforcement tactics is flailing despite a Friday deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The pattern is increasingly familiar. -
Kathy Ruemmler, a former White House counsel to President Obama, says she will resign from Goldman Sachs after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship between the pair. -
Those pardoned include ex-NFL players Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon.
