Gov. Spencer Cox held his monthly press conference Thursday to answer reporters' questions about water levels, elections, and other issues relevant to the state.
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Spending time outdoors boosts our physical, mental, and spiritual health. We form connections with those we share our wild journeys with and we develop “a sense of where we are.”
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New findings about sublimation explain how snow is lost to evaporation before it can melt. The data can help form better predictions about water supplies from the Colorado River.
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This week host Tammy Proctor talks about how to turn much-loved food traditions into vegan or vegetarian friendly offerings.
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In other news, a conservation project in Summit County has received $40 million in federal funding. And, an immersive art exhibit in Sandy is looking for a new home as Utah's new professional hockey team prepares to move in.
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Bombay Beach was once a thriving resort community along California’s largest lake. Now more exposed playa than water, the Salton Sea’s disappearance is a mirror to the Great Salt Lake.
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Corinne — often referred to as the first “Gentile city” in Utah — was one of the first settlements in the state founded by people not members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Tuesday’s weather will be warm, lightly breezy, and a bit rainy.
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A series of weak storm systems will affect Utah starting this afternoon through Wednesday. Northern Utah may have thunderstorms this evening, but light showers are expected throughout the night.
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In other news, a popular recreation site at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument will be closed for much of the summer. And, two Cache Valley residents will represent Utah at the Democratic National Convention in August.
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Saline lakes across the world are drying up. The Youth Coalition for Great Salt Lake is connecting with youth groups in Argentina and California to protect these salty landlocked lakes before it's too late.
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Stream a variety of music and talk programs in Spanish from Radio Bilingüe.
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NPR News
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There's trouble in the town of Bad Göodsburg! A wishing well has stopped working! NPR's Tamara Keith talks with Jess Hannigan about her new children's book, "Spider in the Well."
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Dr. Adam Hamawy is a former U.S. Army combat surgeon currently in Gaza. He said he's treating primarily civilians, rather than combatants: "mostly children, many women, many elderly."
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The ultimatum by war cabinet member Benny Gantz reflects discontent among Israel's leadership about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza war and his far-right political partners.
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McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing to champion are as salient as ever.
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Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.
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An art installation called The Portal was shut down this week in New York and Dublin because of rude gestures and other bad public behavior, as NPR's Scott Simon explains.
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Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism in the nation's K-12 schools has skyrocketed. These teens are working to get their attendance back on track.
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At the height of the racial reckoning, a school district in Virginia voted to rename two schools that had been previously named for Confederate generals. This month, that decision was reversed.
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Students arrested at Columbia University and the City College of New York spoke with NPR about their choice to risk legal and academic consequences.
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Ian Roberts has competed in some of the most high-profile races in the world. But his biggest competition to date was a determined fifth-grader in jean shorts and Nike tennis shoes.