Tyler Hewitt
Web/Social Media AssistantTyler Hewitt is the web/social media assistant at UPR. He writes stories every day, updates the website and manages the station's Twitter and Facebook pages. Tyler is a senior at Utah State University and is studying public relations, marketing, and psychology. He loves to write, listen to music, play video games, play tennis and hang out with his fiancé and cat, Juno. He is a great plant dad and recently started collecting vinyl records!
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More than a month after the suicide death of a Davis County student, Izzy Tichenor, Gov. Cox says he has taken the conversation about racism and bullying in schools to the superintendents. -
Police took a student into custody Thursday after a threat was made against a junior high school in Magna. The threat was posted on social media and included names of faculty members and other students. -
The Utah Department of Health on Wednesday reported 15 more people have died from COVID-19. One of the deaths was a boy between the ages of 1 - 14, according to the department. -
Salt Lake City has submitted a bid to host the 2024 Republican National Convention. -
Before the storm hit much of Utah on Thursday, the state set 8 consecutive daily records for the lowest amount of snow recorded in the mountains. -
The Utah Highway Patrol responded to 189 crashes on state roads Thursday, and that was before the evening commute. -
The Utah Department of Transportation says it’s ready to see some snow and clear it from the roads. -
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is proposing to spend $45 million to help preserve and protect the Great Salt Lake. -
Teachers in Davis County recently received training on how to handle situations when a racial slur is used at school. This training comes after 10-year-old Isabella Tichenor, who was Black and autistic, died by suicide after reports of bullying and harassment within the school district. -
While tipping may not be the standard in most places, it’s an essential source of income in some industries. Justin Clegg, Founder and CEO of Allset, says the company is “normalizing tipping in otherwise forgotten industries.”
