Our behavior on public lands can have a profound impact on our natural and cultural resources. Today on the show we’ll look at the responsible enjoyment of the outdoors with Tom Flanigan, Forest Archaeologist for the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Plus, your daily local headlines.
(KCPW News) The Governor’s Prison Relocation and Develop Authority board, or PRADA, decided on Wednesday to delay any recommendations to the state Legislature regarding the relocation of Utah’s State Prison. Citing a need for more information on the issue, board chairman Lane Summerhays says PRADA won’t make a recommendation to the Legislature before 2015. The…
A New documentary from R.H. Greene, “War of the Welles,” telling the back-story of the production of “War of the Worlds”, correcting many myths, and explaining why it works as a radio broadcast. This broadcast aired on KCPW-FM 88.3 and 105.3 at 9 AM on Friday, October 25, 2013. Also, listen Friday night at 8…
On the show today, we take a look at a rare $20 gold coin minted in the Salt Lake Valley in 1849. What’s the big deal? It was the first $20 gold piece ever struck in the United States. We’ll speak with Mark Borckardt of the auction house selling the coin to hear that story.…
Today on the program we hear from University of Utah Law Professor Robert Keiter, Director of the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment. We’ll be examining the state of Utah’s ambitions to wrest control of public lands from the federal government. Plus, your top local headlines.
(KCPW News) After 16 days of shutdown, the federal government is up and running again. But for how long? KCPW’s Roger McDonough posed that question to Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily online roundup of Utah politics.
Today on the show we visit with retired television anchor Dick Nourse and activist Dr. Brian Moench to follow up on the Op-Ed they published in the Salt Lake Tribune decrying the decline of quality news reporting. Plus, the day’s headlines and Political Cornflakes with Tribune Washington Correspondent Thomas Burr.
How does design affect our daily lives and how can we define what is good design? Salt Lake Design Week Chair Robyn Erkelens joins us today to talk about the role of design in our community, and about this year’s event.
(KCPW News) A proposal to eliminate the personal tax exemption in order to fund schools was presented to a legislative committee on Wednesday. KCPW reporter Kim Schuske has the story.
The Shutdown’s effect on Senator Mike Lee, Gov. Herbert’s deal to keep National Parks open, What’s next for John Swallow?
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