Segment 1: The Utah Performing Arts Center is emerging as a centerpiece of a vibrant downtown Salt Lake City. So what will the venue look like? City leaders are asking the public to weigh in during the design phase and on Thursday, we’ll hear about the vision for the UPAC structure. Guests: Mike Vela,…
Utah’s education system is run by the legislature, the state school board, the state superintendent as well as elected representatives in each district. But Wednesday Democratic Salt Lake County Mayor candidate Ben McAdams pointed out there are a lot more decision makers that are involved in the process, including county government. And as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, he says it’s time the county got more involved.
Utah was hit hard by wildfires this year, leaving hundreds of thousands of acres of vegetation destroyed. Wednesday, the Division of Wildlife Resources began planting wildland seeds in an effort to restore that vegetation. Alison Whittaker, Project Leader for the Great Basin Research Center, says this fire season was four times worse than usual, adding…
The Draper City Council is moving forward on a $5.6 million dollar contract with Zions Bank for the purchase of 2,200 acres of undeveloped land in the SunCrest development, including part of Corner Canyon. Mayor Darrell H. Smith says the property is located next to 1,800 acres of undeveloped land the city already owns, adding…
Come December, Jim Karpowitz will walk away from the only job he’s known for more than three decades – managing Utah’s wildlife.
More work is being done underneath Utah’s surface to protect the state in case of an earthquake. Questar has teamed up with engineers from the University of Utah to use “geofoam,” a plastic foam material to protect natural gas pipelines from rupturing in the event of an earthquake. Steven Bartlett, Associate Professor of Engineering at the U, says geofoam has been around for years, but it’s never been used in this fashion.
South Salt Lake is positioning itself to get a share of Utah’s film business. City officials announced Tuesday that the former Granite High School campus will be renovated into a film and television production studio. As KCPW’s Charlotte Duren reports, city officials and the Utah film industry hope the renovation will spur economic growth.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill will take on the issue of bullying in schools at a conference in Murray tonight. Gill says bullying and hazing is a huge problem in U.S. schools, with a national statistic of about 2.7 million victims each year. Gill says some behavior associated with bullying, like assault, harassment…
As the November election inches closer, one Utah candidate wants voters to think about the state’s long-term economic future when they go to the polls. Tuesday, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Peter Cooke held another press conference to tell reporters more needs to be done to save Hill Air Force Base, one of the state’s largest employers. But as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, the candidate struggled to offer any suggestions of his own.
Segment 1: “Escape from Camp 14” tells the story of the only person to have been born and raised in a North Korean prison camp – and to have escaped to the West. On Wednesday, author and journalist Blaine Harden joins us to describe life in the world’s most repressive regime and how one…
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