Utah farmland is extremely expensive, but one proposed bill could help offset the upfront costs for small farmers
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Amidst recent funding cuts, the connection has hired a new executive director: Karina Brown.
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Game Night Games, a board game store in Salt Lake City, hosts a weekly game night open to all ages and play levels.
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In other news, Brigham Young University sent acceptance letters to nine people by mistake. And, Hogle Zoo euthanized a newborn gorilla this week after it was injured by other gorillas.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters Andy Larsen, Brooke Larsen, and Addy Baird join Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories, including the ongoing debate over Utah public lands, and more.
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Co-founder Ed Stafford speaks about a high school clean air contest with more than a thousand Utah and southern Idaho student participants.
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In other news, Utah's bell-to-bell phone ban will likely go into effect next school year. And, snowplows in northern Utah are getting new tech to navigate traffic faster.
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Today we're doing another nonprofit spotlight. Amy Anderson, regional coordinator for A Bolder Way Forward joins us, and we hear from representatives of other nonprofits throughout the hour.
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Our hosts discuss the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks, the increase in U.S. forces around Iran, President Trump's Board of Peace, and the Supreme Court's ruling on Trump's tariff powers.
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Cancer advocates gathered at the State Capitol last week in support of the tax hike, while tobacco companies have claimed it's unfair to lower-income customers.
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Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Walt Longmire mystery novels, which are the basis for Longmire, the Netflix series.
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A new report found those disasters were also closely connected, with drought and low snowpack creating ideal conditions for large wildfires.
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In other news, state leaders are asking the federal government for $1 billion to support Great Salt Lake after President Donald Trump said it was "very important" to save the lake.
Stream a variety of music and talk programs in Spanish from Radio Bilingüe.
Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
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In this visual guide, certified car seat experts walk through common installation mistakes and how to fix them. Learn what a secure car seat base and a tightly fastened tether look like and more.
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Israel and the U.S. have launched strikes against Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran and air raid sirens sounding across Israel.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he's "not happy" with the latest talks over Iran's nuclear program but indicated he would give negotiators more time to reach a deal to avert another war in the Middle East.
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Former President Bill Clinton told members of Congress on Friday that he "did nothing wrong" in his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and saw no signs of Epstein's sexual abuse as he faced hours of grilling from lawmakers over his connections to the disgraced financier from more than two decades ago.
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Experts say this kind of media campaign is unprecedented and paints a distorted picture of immigrants and crime
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After threatening to sever ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts, Defense Secretary Hegseth announced a 6-month reprieve
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In shaking up its Artemis lunar program, NASA's new moon plan looks more like the Apollo missions of the 1960s. Instead of landing on the surface on Artemis III, NASA hopes to do so on Artemis IV.
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Shortly after the president's ban of artificial intelligence company Anthropic, rival OpenAI announced it had done a deal with the Defense Department to provide its technology for classified networks.
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The rule would allow housing agencies and landlords to impose such requirements "to encourage self-sufficiency." Critics say most who can work already do, but their wages are low.
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The nearly $111 billion marriage would unite Paramount and Warner film studios, streamers and television properties — including CNN — under the control of the wealthy Ellison family.