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Utah fossil discoveries are rewriting our understanding of fearsome tyrannosaur dinosaurs

April 21, 2021 Roger McDonough

Today on “In the Hive,” new research from fossils found in Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is challenging commonly held beliefs about the behavior of ancient tyrannosaur dinosaurs. In 2014, paleontologists surveying a section of the fossil-rich Kaiparowits Plateau stumbled across a veritable treasure trove of fossilized animals from ancient Earth. A wealth of different…

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Checking in with SLC’s mayor, and the dismantling of a homeless encampment

April 15, 2021 Roger McDonough

Today on “In the Hive,” we check in with Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall. We’ll hear about why the mayor decided to extend the city’s mask mandate, even as the state requirement came to an end. Mendenhall also tells us why she thinks our region needs another homeless resource center. Plus, we visit the…

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Yes, there are more squirrels than there used to be in northern Utah

March 31, 2021 Roger McDonough

It’s not just your imagination: there’s been an increase in the squirrel population in the Salt Lake Valley. Around a decade ago, a non-native species, the Fox Squirrel, arrived in Utah. It’s hard to say exactly how they got here, but their population has since exploded. It’s a cute infestation, to be sure, but there…

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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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Mitigating the city-caused deaths of hundreds of millions of migratory birds

March 4, 2021 Roger McDonough

There are myriad threats to birds around the world. Prominent among those threats are habitat destruction, pollution, and climate change. Today on “In the Hive” we’ll look at the risk the human built environment itself poses to birds. Most of the birds found in North America migrate from one place to another. And most of those migrants…

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Sanctuary families hope Biden administration will lift threat of deportation

February 25, 2021 Roger McDonough

Today on “In the Hive,” a conversation about sanctuary and immigration policy under the Biden administration. Since January of 2018, Vicky Chavez and her two daughters have been living inside of The First Unitarian Church in Salt Lake City. Chavez, who came to the U.S. from Honduras in 2014, requested asylum in the United States…

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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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Coronavirus variants, vaccines, and where the pandemic is headed

February 4, 2021 Roger McDonough

Today on “In the Hive,” a primer on coronavirus variants. Three variants of SARS-Cov-2 have drawn the attention of health officials because they may spread more easily or in some cases may be more deadly than the original. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the so-called UK Variant has now been detected…

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A road by any other name: RS2477 and the battle over Western public lands

January 27, 2021 Roger McDonough

Today on “In the Hive,” we delve into a story about public lands, wilderness and what makes a road a road. Revised Statute 2477 is a now-repealed section of frontier-era U.S. law that allowed the construction of right-of-way highways over unreserved federal lands. A part of the 1866 Mining Law, the statute meant to encourage…

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