Federal Funds

Rural communities account for about half of Utah's library systems. It's unclear whether funding for any libraries will be in a budget Congress must pass by the end of the month.

The new agency will be composed of the multiple fire programs within the Department of the Interior. Congress funded other wildland firefighting efforts, but not the agency itself.

The funding was cut, partially restored, then put on hold. Now the future of AmeriCorps is the air while lawmakers in Washington debate dollars.

Lea Palmer and Heidi LeBlanc from USU Extension's Create Better Health SNAP-Ed talk about changes being implemented due to the government shutdown.

The northern Utah school said seven staff and about 80 student or part-time positions have been impacted.

The Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice could lose its core grant starting next year — funds that allow the institute to gain access to a much larger portion of its budget.

Rural radio and television stations may soon be contending with $1.1 billion cut to public broadcasting funding.

In other news, firefighters continue to make progress on containing the season's largest wildfires, with the France Canyon Fire now 84% contained.

Congress is voting this week on whether to take back already-approved funds for public media.

After some uncertainty, Friends of the Bridger-Teton gains federal funding to get toilets cleaned and pumped this year.