Salt Lake County is taking steps to treat kids before they get sick. Yesterday, the County signed the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative Compact, a plan that helps create healthier homes for children living with asthma and other chromic illnesses. KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports on how the program works.
The Salt Lake City Council has unanimously approved a ban on the demolition of buildings in the city’s Central Business District in favor of surface parking lots.
Whooping cough is on the rise again in Utah. There have been more than 1,100 reported cases of pertussis or ‘whooping cough’ statewide so far this year, five times the national rate. Nicholas Rupp of the Salt Lake Valley Health Department says the state has seen twice as many cases as last year. “We tend…
Segment 1: He pleaded not guilty to a St. Louis murder, but a jury took less than an hour to convict Darryl Burton of capital murder. At age 22, Burton got a life sentence and it took 24 years for the wrongful conviction to be overturned. On Thursday, we’ll talk about Burton’s case, innocence…
Do men form closer relationships with their sisters’ kids than with their own? Some scientists say yes. KCPW’s Jessica Gail introduces us to a University of Utah anthropologist who explains it might be all about evolution.
Segment 1: For the past decade, air quality alerts in Utah have mirrored a traffic light, with green meaning clean skies, yellow meaning voluntary no-burn days and red meaning mandatory no-burn days. This week, the state announced it’s replacing the traffic light model with the EPA’s six-color index. Air quality alerts will also recommend…
New data released by the U.S. Department of Education shows Utah’s high school graduation rate sits in the bottom half of the country. In 2011 the Beehive State’s graduation rate was 76 percent; lower than 31 other states. State Associate Superintendent Judy Park says more needs to be done to improve graduation rates, but it’s hard to do without funding.
A national survey shows Utah has the lowest number of underage drinkers in the country. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows just 14.3 percent of Utah teens surveyed reported using alcohol during the previous month, more than twelve percent below the national average.
Consumer confidence in Utah took a big dive this month according to the Zions Bank Consumer Attitude Index report on consumer spending. Randy Shumway, CEO of the Cicero Group, says the consumer attitude index fell more than 11 points, which he attributes to Utah favorite Mitt Romney losing the Presidential election. “You saw a really…
Segment 1: Traffic congestion, a lack of parking and issues between pedestrians, bikes and vehicles aren’t just city issues. As more and more people want access to Big Cottonwood Canyon, Little Cottonwood Canyon and Mill Creek Canyon, Salt Lake County is mapping out ways to accommodate development while providing environmental protections. On Tuesday, we’ll talk…
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