Vehicle burglaries in Salt Lake City are down from last year. Detective Rick Wall with the Salt Lake City Police Department says there were more than 100 fewer car prowls reported between August and November compared to the same period in 2011.
Segment 1: Salt Lake City recently completed a study that looked at the local food stream, from the garden to the table to the scrap heap. The report concluded that while a growing number of people don’t know where their next meal is coming from, more food is also being thrown away. On Wednesday,…
Protesters gathered outside the Bureau of Land Management Office in downtown Salt Lake City yesterday, angry over the agency’s recent decision to approve thousands of acres of Utah land for tar sands development.
Utah Governor Gary Herbert wants more answers about what the federal health insurance exchange means for Utah. Monday, he sent a list of questions to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that he wants answered before considering whether joining the federal heath exchange would be in the best interest of the state. Norm Thurston, Utah’s Health Reform Implementation Coordinator, says the state has run its own program since 2009 and there are still a lot of questions that need to be answered before the federal government’s December 14th deadline.
Utah college students who wait too long to pick a major will soon have to pay more to complete their degree due to a policy change announced today by the State Board of Regents.
More than a year after a request by the Utah Democratic Party, the Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel have released more than 14,000 documents relating to the 2011 redistricting process. Democratic Party Chair Jim Dabakis says the party feels vindicated after paying thousands of dollars in legal fees in an attempt to…
Segment 1: From 2 million inhabitants in Revolutionary times to over 300 million today, the population of the U.S. has seen exponential growth over the past 250 years. While the increase has brought economic prosperity, it’s also spawned fears of exhausting finite resources and providing for aging Baby Boomers. On Tuesday, we talk about…
What do 23 Utah High School students have in common with The Beatles, Frank Sinatra and Elton John? In a few months they will all have performed at the most famous concert hall in the country, Carnegie Hall. Caleb Chapman’s Crescent Super Band is made up of high schoolers from across the state who are among the youngest performers to get an invite to perform at the venue. KCPW’s Jessica Gail tells us the story behind the band.
After years of planning, a controversial Walmart opened for business on Friday on Parleys Way in Salt Lake City. Walmart purchased the property in 2005 from K-Mart, but the company faced zoning and other public challenges while getting the new 113-thousand square foot store up and running. Walmart Spokeswoman Delia Garcia says the company was limited to remodeling the inside of the building, which was built in 1968, after its rezoning request was denied by the city.
Segment 1: From trial to execution, capital punishment costs an estimated $1.6 million per inmate, according to state officials. But some families of victims recently told Utah lawmakers that you can’t put a price tag on closure. On Monday, we’ll explore the social and financial costs associated with the death penalty and the scope of…
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