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Utah News Dispatch
Seven teens who say Utah’s policies promoting fossil fuels are impacting their constitutional rights took their argument to the state supreme court on Wednesday, asking the justices to consider their case after it was dismissed by a lower court.
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We talk about this week's news, including the State Auditor concluding it’s ‘statistically likely’ that Gov. Cox gathered enough valid signatures for the 2024 ballot. -
Utah State University students in the JCOM department won the program’s first national Edward R. Murrow Award for their program “Cache Rendezvous: Better Than We Found It.” Recipients included former UPR news interns Anna Johnson and Clayre Scott. -
Utah lags behind the national average of identifying children for autism. When early identification is missed, children and families don't receive critical services to increase overall quality of life. -
In other news, bats were removed from Juab High School on Thursday. And, what you can do to help birds migrate successfully. -
In "The Age of Melt," environmental journalist Lisa Baril explores the deep-rooted cultural connection between humans and ice through time. -
The Logan Municipal Council discussed expanding secondary housing units and limiting short-term rentals in the city during its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 3. -
Aired Sept. 3. In "The Peanuts Papers," 33 writers and artists, including Ira Glass and Ann Patchett, reflect on the deeper truths of Schulz’s deceptively simple comic, its impact on their lives and art and on the broader culture. -
Aired Sept. 4. In 2012, Matika Wilbur sold everything in her Seattle apartment and created Project 562 to photograph all 562+ Native American sovereign territories in the U.S. -
For centuries, the burning of fossil fuels had produced huge volumes of planet-warming gasses. But now, we may have reached the point in which the emissions responsible for climate change are starting to fall. -
Two Utah State University researchers, one of them UPR’s own Ryan Helcoski, published a paper in which they describe eleven new species of wasp native to Arizona. However, this is just a few of the many thousands of undescribed wasp species at USU alone.
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The AgWellness podcast explores mental health in the farming and ranching community.
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Multiple people were shot on a highway north of London, Ky., on Saturday, the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said. I-75 was closed but has since reopened in both north and southbound directions. -
The fatal collapse of Chance Gainer, a senior at Port St. Joe High School, is the latest in a string of recent deaths of young football players. Seven school athletes died last month. -
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus got past American Jessica Pegula to win her first U.S. Open women’s title and third career Grand Slam title. -
Eggs branded Milo's Poultry Farms and Tony's Fresh Market were recalled after they were linked to a salmonella outbreak that has hospitalized at least 24 people. -
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said his decision had to do with Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. -
In a post shared widely on social media, Jennifer Carter gave her account about what it took to keep her students safe at the Georgia school where four people died this week. -
Stellantis is recalling nearly 1.5 million Ram pickup trucks worldwide to fix a software problem that can disable the electronic stability control system. -
So far, there have been 14 human cases of bird flu this year. All the patients — except the one from Missouri — had been linked to sick dairy cows or poultry. -
The Israeli military vows to stamp out Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian fighters tell NPR they are willing to die to resist Israeli occupation. -
Nicole Kidman stars in a juicy, nifty little end-of-summer mystery on Netflix — where the people are beautiful, the arguments are public and sloppy, the house is gorgeous and the drinks are bottomless.
