Victims of a data breach on a state server storing information for the Utah Department of Health had an opportunity to ask questions and express frustrations to health officials at a public forum Wednesday. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, officials and advocacy groups are focused on getting more people to take advantage of services to keep their credit and identities safe.
Salt Lake County is asking for the public’s advice on transportation issues in Mill Creek Canyon at an open house today. Transportation engineer Andrea Pullos says they’ve got a lot of ideas to share on how to manage parking in the canyon, whether it’s a paid parking system or signs that direct users to different trailheads when the lots are full to disperse traffic.
Vince Rampton officially filed paperwork this morning to run for office alongside Democratic gubernatorial candidate Peter Cooke. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the Democrats outlined Rampton’s vision for the Lieutenant Governor’s office at the State Capitol.
The Utah Department of Health has sent letters to nearly everyone who had their social security number stolen by hackers earlier this month in a massive Medicaid breach. Spokesman Tom Hudachko says 275,000 of the 280,000 people with stolen social security numbers have been informed, and the department is now working to identify those who had less-sensitive information compromised.
U.S. Army officials recognized the work of employees at the Deseret Chemical Depot weapons storage facility in Tooele Thursday for their part in destroying the largest stockpile of chemical weapons in the United States. KCPW’s Whittney Evans spoke to employees and officials about looking back and life after the project.
Outdoor Retailer, the tradeshow that’s helped boost Utah’s economy twice a year for nearly two decades, is outgrowing Salt Lake City. And as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the solution could mean expanding the venue here or finding a new host city altogether.
The Salt Lake City metropolitan area is the seventh worst in the country for short-term particle pollution, according to a new American Lung Association report card, called “State of the Air.” That’s a slight improvement from last year, when it ranked fifth.
Conservation groups say the state of Utah’s attempt to take over federal rights of way is a multimillion-dollar poke in the eye that will only harm the scenic backcountry. Utah officials filed a notice of intent to sue with the federal government last year, seeking rights to more than 25,000 claims across Utah they say are existing roadways.
The Utah Department of Transportation employee who was fired after being accused of leaking confidential information about a contract bid wants compensation for her time out of work and her old position back.
Activists groups are protesting tar sands extraction in Utah this afternoon in front of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration or SITLA building in downtown Salt Lake City.
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