Today on “In the Hive,” the plan for Utah’s flagship university to reopen, with various precautions in place, this fall. The University of Utah’s ‘Return to Campus’ plan calls for a hybrid of in-person and online classes. Masks will be required. But what happens if Utah’s sustained spike in coronavirus cases continues? Will the U…
(KCPW News) Utah lawmakers are examining the potential benefits of a later start time for high schools in the state. In a Monday afternoon committee meeting, Draper Democratic Rep. Suzanne Harrison explained the rationale behind House Concurrent Resolution 3. “Our kids are exhausted – impacting their mental and physical health as well as their academic…
Last week, around 200 teachers in the Salt Lake City School District staged a walkout of a meeting of the board of education. That happened on the heels of two months of salary negotiations between the teachers union and the district – negotiations that have now stalled. In the background is a bigger picture about…
-Audio below- (KCPW News) For its second year in Salt Lake City, the Rock N’ Roll Camp for Girls is pushing girls out from backstage and into the limelight. The weeklong camp gives girls ages 8-18 a chance to form bands and learn to sing, play drums, bass, guitar and keys. The girls write their own…
The final gavel fell on the 2016 Utah State Legislative Session late last night. On today’s Better Utah Legislative Update we feature a recap of what got funded, defunded, passed and shelved on the hill this year – from Medicaid to marijuana, coal exports to water pipelines, education to air quality and beyond.
During this year’s meeting of state lawmakers, KCPW is joined once again by representatives from Alliance for a Better Utah for our Better Utah Legislative Update. Today Matt Lyon, strategic advisor to the group talks about what’s passed so far and about various measures to restore education funding in Utah.
(KCPW News) Utah Governor Gary Herbert says he has assurance from the Secretary of the Interior that no new federal monument will be created in Utah. The governor, recently back from a trip to Washington, DC, spoke with various officials from the Obama Administration last week on issues ranging from healthcare to public lands. He…
(KCPW News) Monday marks the first day of the Summer Food Service Program in Salt Lake City. The city’s school district offers free lunches to children, in lieu of the lunches they’d normally receive throughout the school year. But for the first time ever, students can get their lunches at Salt Lake City’s main…
(KCPW News) From Dead Sea scrolls to dead animals. The Leonardo Museum in downtown Salt Lake City has a new exhibition that takes a look at animals—real animals—inside-out. KCPW’s Ryan Cunningham has more.
(KCPW News) After a few months of setbacks, the new Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper opened its doors to the public on Tuesday. The aquarium in land-locked Utah is now the ninth-biggest aquarium in the United States, and it houses animals such as penguins, otters, sharks, and sting rays. KCPW’s Ryan Cunningham got a…
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