Utah's first execution in 14 years and more on Behind the Headlines

By Tom Williams

Published August 12, 2024 at 8:49 AM MDT

Tribune reporters Jessica Miller and Tamarra Kemsley join host UPR’s Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories, including the execution of Taberon Honie by lethal injection, the first execution in Utah in 14 years.

Every Friday at 9:00 a.m., stream "Behind the Headlines" at upr.org or tune in to Utah Public Radio for the broadcast. Join the live conversation this week by email to upraccess@gmail.com or Twitter @upraccess.

LINKS:

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/08/08/utah-executes-taberon-honie-by/

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/08/05/how-utahs-lds-vs-non-lds-divide/

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.

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