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The Utah Democratic Party will hold a special election for House District 10 this weekend. The seat was vacated by Rep. Lou Shurtliff, who died late last year.
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Kate Groetzinger/KUERAll healthcare workers and teachers in Utah are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But public health directors in the southeast part of the state report many are opting out. -
Courtesy of Salt Lake City Fire DepartmentOn the morning of Jan. 8, people on the Salt Lake City's west side woke up to a sickly smell wafting through their homes. Residents of nearby neighborhoods were alarmed, and some began feeling health effects. It took 48 hours for local authorities to respond to their concerns.
Paleoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman says regular exercise — working out, on purpose, to get healthier — was never part of the plan for natural selection. RadioWest talks with Lieberman about his book Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding.
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In the past week, Utah has administered almost the same number of vaccines it did during the first roughly three weeks it was available.
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The proposed Northern Corridor would cut through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, which is set aside to protect Mojave Desert tortoises.
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The Cove Reservoir in Kane County is planned to be for agricultural use. But environmental groups say where the water will be used isn’t agricultural.
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The Utah Legislature reconvenes Jan. 19. Here’s what House Minority Leader Brian King, D-Salt Lake City, is focusing on this session.
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Utah lawmakers are hoping 2021 is the year that they can pass some gun-related bill that didn’t make it through last year’s legislative session.
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All of Utah’s House delegation voted Wednesday against impeaching President Donald Trump.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Gregory Koger, a political science professor at the University of Miami, about the challenge President-elect Biden faces passing legislation in a split Senate.
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