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Mitchell trade, U. football opener, BYU volleyball probe and a canyon gondola

September 2, 2022 JCE

The Utah Department of Transportation says it prefers a gondola for Little Cottonwood Canyon — eventually. BYU continues investigating reports that racist slurs were yelled at a Duke volleyball player after video footage appeared to clear the fan originally blamed. We preview the University of Utah football season ahead of its opener against Florida in “The Swamp.” And the Utah Jazz unload Donovan Mitchell,…

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Spencer Cox raises alarm about COVID surge, faces blowback after ‘extreme masker’ comment

August 31, 2021 Roger McDonough

(KCPW News – AUDIO follows text) Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Tuesday raised an alarm about a surge in coronavirus cases in the state, and about a resulting crisis for Utah’s healthcare system. During a coronavirus briefing at the state capitol Tuesday morning, Cox said that Utah recently reached an unwelcome milestone. “For the first…

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Scientists Warn of Potential Ecosystem Collapse at Great Salt Lake

July 15, 2021 Roger McDonough

Researchers in Utah are raising the alarm about the potential collapse of the Great Salt Lake ecosystem as low water levels threaten to destroy fragile colonies of microbes that underpin that system. Michael Van Denberg, senior geologist with the Utah Geological Survey says that underwater reef-like rock mounds called microbialites, are at risk of being…

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U of U Health reports blood clotting case with suspected J&J vaccine tie

May 5, 2021 Roger McDonough

(KCPW News) Doctors at University of Utah Health say they recently treated a man suspected of suffering from an extremely rare blood-clotting syndrome after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. During a press conference Wednesday afternoon, doctors with the healthcare group said their experts immediately diagnosed and treated the man who is now recovering at…

In the Hive

Utah’s role in the pending overhaul of America’s nuclear missile program (part 2)

March 19, 2021 Roger McDonough

Today on “In the Hive,” the second part of a discussion about the overhaul of America’s land-based nuclear missile program. Utah’s Hill Air Force Base is set to play host to a new Mission Integration Facility that will serve as headquarters for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program. Testing of components of a new missile…

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Utah’s role in the pending $83 billion overhaul of America’s land-based nuclear missiles

March 11, 2021 Roger McDonough

Today on “In the Hive,” we’re discussing the role that Utah’s Hill Air Force Base is set to play in the overhaul of America’s intercontinental ballistic missiles – or ICBMs. The Minuteman III nuclear missiles located in silos in Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota are part of a nearly 60-year-old U.S. missile infrastructure. Recently the…

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Legislative Coverage

Resolution commemorating 2020 election passes Utah House – after significant changes

February 16, 2021 Roger McDonough

(KCPW News) A resolution recognizing Utah’s clerks and election workers for their efforts during the 2020 election cleared the Utah House of Representatives on Tuesday, but not before language endorsing vote-by-mail and commemorating the security of the recent election was stripped out. House Concurrent Resolution 11, by Salt Lake Democratic Representative Joel Briscoe, sought…

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Committee endorses extension for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls task force

February 16, 2021 Roger McDonough

(KCPW News) A bill that would extend the life of a state task force on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) easily cleared a Senate committee on Tuesday. The task force was created during the 2020 legislative session at the urging of the nonprofit group Restoring Ancestral Winds. The group pointed to data…

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Bill that would prohibit transgender girls from competing in girls’ sports passes House committee

February 11, 2021 Tim Pierce

On Thursday, the House Education Committee voted to pass a bill that would ban transgender girls from competing in K-12 girls’ sports. Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, is sponsoring House Bill 302, which would also bar transgender girls in private schools from competing against public schools. Birkeland says that even though there are currently no transgender…

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Homelessness, the affordable housing crisis, and tiny homes to the rescue?

February 11, 2021 Roger McDonough

Today on “In the Hive,” we return to the topic of homelessness in the Salt Lake Valley. We’ll ask a resident of Salt Lake City’s Fairpark neighborhood why he invited people experiencing homelessness to camp in his yard. And we’ll hear from Mayor Erin Mendenhall about the city’s affordable housing crisis. Plus: Tiny homes to…

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