Firings at Utah national parks and more on Behind the Headlines

By Tom Williams

Published March 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM MST

Dozens of people gathered outside red rock mountains holding signs like "Protect our parks!" — Protestors gather in Wayne County on Saturday, March 1.

Tribune reporters Anastasia Hufham and Brock Marchant join host UPR’s Tom Williams to talk about the latest news, including former national park superintendents saying that President Trump’s mass firings are ‘a really big deal.’

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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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