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Several Cache County offices are up for grabs this year.
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UPR News & Programs
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Utah's top election official said her office doesn't know how many will come or where they'll be stationed. The monitors won't identify themselves to voters, but aren't allowed to interfere with them. -
Utah Supreme Court Justice Michael Menssen signed the petition seven months before he was appointed to the bench. An advocacy group wants him to recuse himself from the case. -
Forward Party challenger Annette McRae is running against Republican incumbent Ronald Winterton for Utah Senate District 20. It covers five counties: Daggett, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch, and Duchesne. -
For most Americans, fairy tales feel like Disney inventions. But the "original" stories were filled with sharp moral lessons, psychological terror, and bizarre magic. -
Keith Gido researches freshwater fish communities and how environmental changes reshape aquatic ecosystems. He says dams can make it more difficult for native fish to survive drought. -
Helen Thayer once walked 4,000 miles across the Sahara from Morocco to the Nile River, kayaked 2,200 miles of the Amazon River, and became the first woman to travel alone to any of the world's poles. -
Two years after her death, the world-famous grizzly bear's legacy endures. At the same time, federal protections for the species are on their way out the door. -
Our hosts discuss President Trump comments on Ukraine, the role the Iran War is playing in partisan politics, and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson's appearance on "60 Minutes." -
The iconic insects arrive in Utah every summer, but since the 1990s, their populations have declined by 80%. The Trump administration delayed a final decision on protecting them. -
The $105 million donation will go toward conservation, research, and a new visitor center. However, skeptics question the donating company's ties to pipelines and data centers in Wyoming. -
A judge already ruled this year that prediction markets like Kalshi are subject to Utah's anti-gambling laws. Now, the state seems poised to enforce those laws and reclaim the money Utahns have lost. -
Tracy Mazur of Draper was shocked when she got a call from the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. She'll be the first Utahn to judge the premier event's Masters Agility Championship.
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The AgWellness podcast explores mental health in the farming and ranching community.
NPR News
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There are multiple toss-up races in Ohio, including a high profile contest for U.S. Senate. But if Democrats want to win the seat, they'll have to reach out to traditionally Republican voters.
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In swing states, clergy of all faiths are training as Election Day "poll chaplains," to be stationed 100 feet from some voting sites to help voters and maintain order.
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Skerritt was Captain Dallas in Alien, Viper in Top Gun, and a small town sheriff in the TV series Picket Fences. -
The judge found the department's field operations to identify noncitizens who voted likely violated the Voting Rights Act, which bars voter intimidation. -
"There's an understandable pull in my industry to make things ... super safe, super familiar," Gilpin says. She wants to go the other way. Gilpin currently stars in the noir drama The Lowdown. -
In '72, filmmaker William Greaves hosted a cocktail party for the surviving members of the Harlem Renaissance. Our critic says the footage is "like watching a 50th college reunion set on Mt. Olympus."
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We take y'all to church on this episode. We presents three artists backed by choirs behind the Desk. Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station. -
The Iguazú Falls span more than a mile across both countries. A rain-soaked October, which scientists link to the Super El Niño, has sent near-record volumes of water surging over the towering cliffs. -
With President Trump and former President Barack Obama on the campaign trail, can campaign surrogates really move the needle in high profile, high-stakes races?
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NPR's A Martinez asks veteran political strategist Doug Sosnik about the shape of the midterm race as Election Day draws closer.
