A conservation group is appealing the Utah Division of Water Quality’s preliminary approval of a permit for a tar sands project at a two-day hearing in Salt Lake City. Rob Dubuc, an attorney for Moab-based Living Rivers, made the case against granting a groundwater discharge permit for the PR Springs project in Uintah County this morning.
While longtime Republican Utah Senator Orrin Hatch will fight to keep his party’s nomination on June 26, former Senator Bob Bennett didn’t have the luxury of being in a primary election in 2010, when his bid for a fourth term in office fell right at the state GOP convention. Hatch, who is facing former State Senator Dan Liljenquist, seems to have the upper hand going into the primary. KCPW’s Jeff Robinson asked Senator Bennett, his former colleague in Washington for 18 years, whether Hatch’s re-election to a seventh term in office is assured as this point.
Human error is to blame for a Medicaid data breach that compromised hundreds of thousands of Utahns personal information earlier this spring. That’s according to Governor Gary Herbert, who announced new plans Tuesday afternoon to restore public confidence in the state. KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports on what the state plans to do.
International regulators and experts on nuclear power plant safety have converged in Salt Lake City. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, representatives from 37 countries are here to talk about increased safety expectations following last year’s meltdown in Japan.
Bicyclists in Salt Lake City have a new tool to help them explore where and how to ride. This morning, the city launched a website with maps, information and safety tips at BikeSLC.com. Bicycle-Pedestrian Coordinator Becka Roolf says the site will also highlight several upcoming projects, like a cycle track that will be implemented along a portion of third east later this summer.
Segment 1: Finding stories of community and connection. That’s how five 20-somethings are spending 2012. In January, the young college grads loaded up in an old school bus and launched Bus 52, a video journalism project that is traveling through the 48 contiguous states collecting the stories of ordinary Americans who are dealing with challenges…
Utahns who are packing on the pounds will cost the state billions of additional dollars in health care over the next few years if obesity trends continue, according to a new study by the Utah Department of Health. The report says if the rate doesn’t stabilize, Utah’s obesity related health care expenses will be about $2.4 billion by 2018, a nearly $2 billion dollar increase.
New data shows poverty, sexually transmitted diseases and lack of insurance are on the rise among Utah children. The state’s newest KIDS COUNT figures were released Monday, outlining the health and well-being of Utah’s children. KCPW’s Jessica Gail takes a closer look at what the report has to say.
Salt Lake City is welcoming small businesses back to downtown. After years of empty storefronts, Mayor Ralph Becker will celebrate the opening of four new businesses along Main Street later this week that were all established within the last year.
Segment 1: For decades, Thomas Goodale has been one of the top leisure experts in the country, exploring the historical, social and theoretical underpinnings of free time. Now he’s turning his attention to social and economic justice for children. On Tuesday, Goodale joins us to discuss the research tying health, poverty, the environment and children…
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