(KCPW News) Last year, Unified Fire Authority employees discovered missing vials of morphine in their ambulances. The UFA speculated that theft was to blame, so they alerted the police to investigate further. That investigation has led to three charges of prescription fraud, but the way evidence for those charges were obtained is now under scrutiny…
(KCPW News) Tuesday is April 15, which means taxes are due for millions of Americans this week. But while tax procrastinators are up all night crunching the numbers, they might want to step outside and look at the sky sometime between midnight tonight and 3:33 a.m. MT. That’s when a lunar eclipse will be taking place…
(KCPW News) Each Friday we speak with Salt Lake Tribune Washington Correspondent Thomas Burr, author of Political Cornflakes, a daily online round-up of Utah politics. To kick off today’s conversation, KCPW’s Roger McDonough asked Burr if he was able to sit down with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in advance of her one-year anniversary in office.
(KCPW News) A group in Utah is trying to turn all animal shelters in Utah into “no-kill” shelters. The “No-Kill Utah” campaign kicked off at The Leonardo on Sunday, and they hope to achieve their goal by 2019. KCPW’s Ryan Cunningham has the story.
Several of Utah’s winter Olympians were at the White House this week. What were they doing there? 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.
(KCPW News) A Salt Lake City family digging out a pond in their backyard has come across a rather unexpected object: a human skeleton. Medical examiners have since analyzed the remains, and the individual could be as much as 1,000 years old. KCPW’s Ryan Cunningham has more.
(KCPW News) Last week, hikers alerted officials to a potential oil spill at Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. After some speculation that it may have been a recent spill, further analysis indicates it’s likely decades old. KCPW’s Ryan Cunningham has more.
(KCPW News) A new partnership between the University of Utah and the Salt Lake County jail is working to bring a scientific education curriculum to inmates. KCPW’s Roger McDonough has the story.
(KCPW News) In terms of female elected officeholders, Utah has one of the lowest participation rates in the country. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Utah’s lawmaking body ranked 46th in the country in female representation, with women comprising of just 16.3%. But after this year’s election, that percentage could drop even lower.…
(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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