(KCPW News) A national conservation organization has named the Colorado River the nation’s most endangered river. In a report released on Wednesday, the group American Rivers said that the Colorado is being overused and under-protected. KCPW’s Roger McDonough reports.
(KCPW News) After months of negotiating, a bipartisan group of US senators known as the Gang of Eight has released their proposal for immigration reform. KCPW’s Roger McDonough spoke with Mark Alvarez, a Salt Lake Attorney and Spanish language radio host to learn more about the proposal.
(KCPW News) Nearly 10,000 people are expected to run in this weekend’s Salt Lake Marathon. In the wake of the explosions at Boston’s race, the Salt Lake Police Department is adding extra security measures. KCPW’s Roger McDonough spoke with race organizers and with Salt Lake Police Chief Chris Burbank to learn more about the additional…
(KCPW News) Earlier this year, a historic building on Salt Lake’s South Temple changed hands after nearly 100 years of continuous use. KCPW’s Roger McDonough had a tour of the Ladies Literary Club building with some club members, and with a representative of the Utah Heritage Foundation, the building’s devoted new steward.
(KCPW News) A 34-year-old Utah Department of Transportation avalanche forecaster was killed on Thursday evening, during the course of his job. Craig Patterson, from Park City, was working in Big Cottonwood Canyon when the tragedy occurred. KCPW’s Roger McDonough Reports
(KCPW News) A new Interior Secretary was sworn in on Friday – after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate. How did Utah’s senators vote? KCPW’s Roger McDonough asked Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and an author of Political Cornflakes, a daily online roundup of Utah politics.
(KCPW News) KCPW is the media sponsor of the Utah Museum of Natural History’s Nature of Things Lecture Series. This year, the series focuses on the science of being human. On Thursday, Evolutionary Anthropologist Dr. Brian Hare tries to answer the question what makes us human?, focusing especially on the nature of human behavior, and…
(KCPW News) President Obama is expected to make the call soon on whether to authorize the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. But Utah’s Democratic Representative Jim Matheson wants to take that decision out of the President’s hands. KCPW’s Roger McDonough reports.
(KCPW News) Presidents from various Utah Chambers of Commerce came together on Tuesday morning to urge Congress to pass immigration reform legislation this year. The group expressed concern that both high- and low-skilled sectors of the economy would continue to be negatively affected by further inaction in the US Congress.
(KCPW News) The West Valley City Police Department has been rocked by controversy in recent months, from the shooting of an unarmed 21-year-old woman to the dismissal of narcotics cases because of unspecified problems relating to one West Valley City Detective.
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