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Utah cities are implementing water restrictions because of the drought in the state. “Time of day watering” ordinances is one way cities are trying to conserve water, but preliminary research from Utah State University questions the effectiveness of these regulations.
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The Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs are likely to drop to historically low levels later this year, prompting mandatory conservation by some of the river’s heaviest users. -
Kate Groetzinger/KUERThe Biden administration is focused on addressing abandoned oil and gas wells as part of its effort to combat climate change. But Utah faces a bigger issue in adequate oil and gas bonding.
In 2015, 21 young people sued the federal government. Their claim? The U.S. has violated their constitutional rights to life, liberty and safety by failing to address the climate crisis. RadioWest talks with the chief legal counsel for the plaintiffs and the director of the documentary Youth v Gov, which follows these young activists as their case makes it way through the court system.
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Death doulas are also called death midwives or end-of-life doulas, but whatever you call them, their numbers have blossomed in the last decade. -
After more than three years, a Honduran mother is granted freedom. Vicky Chavez and her two daughters took sanctuary inside First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City to avoid deportation. Thursday, she announced she’s been granted a stay of removal by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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At his monthly news conference Thursday, Utah Governor Spencer Cox announced people who recently tested positive for COVID-19 were now encouraged to get the vaccine as soon as they no longer have symptoms.
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Having stable income, safe housing and social support have greater combined impacts on a person’s health than any individual behavior, according to the World Health Organization. Addressing these social determinants of health in Utah is a priority of Gov. Spencer Cox’s administration, and the focus of a free health clinic in rural Moab, Utah.
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A new study by researchers in Utah found that Indigenous people used fire over a thousand years ago to improve forest health around Fish Lake. They said the findings could have implications for land managers.
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Despite concerns that the pandemic would drive many teachers away, more Utah teachers stayed in their jobs this year than they have over the last five years, according to data from the Utah State Board of Education.
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Following the release of the police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, we look at the Little Village community where the shooting took place in Chicago.
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A Finnish computer scientist had a dream that a blackbird was speaking to her in human language. So she devised a computer program to transform the sounds of the human voice into birdsong.
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The Trump administration banned federal funding for scientific research on fetal tissue from abortions. The Biden administration is expected to reverse that.
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Coronavirus cases are surging in Michigan. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Michigan's chief medical executive, about the state's decision not to implement new restrictions.
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