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@kuer.orgCan you trust your ballot? We went straight to the clerks to hear all about it. #Utah ballots start hitting the mail tomorrow, BTW. #utpol
Reported in partnership w/ @utahnewsdispatch.com & @pbsutah.bsky.social
@kuer.orgThe backlash over Kevin O'Leary's #Utah data center plan was so big it caught Saturday Night Live's attention this weekend. But the moratorium in Box Elder is running short...
@kuer.orgA doctor and a veteran walk into a debate... Last night was slogans and sharp contrasts on the Iran war, as both candidates tried to appeal to conservatives in Utah's redrawn 4th. #utpol #elections2026
@kuer.orgIn the 50s, downtown St. George “was the place to be” — and then it wasn’t. Here's how they're trying not to be “another vanilla city.”
@kuer.orgWhen the call came, Tracy Mazur was “glad that it went to voicemail, and I didn't have time to answer it because I really, I wasn't sure what to say at first. I mean, I was very honored, and I was, ‘Are you sure you want me? You sure you wanted to call me?’”
@kuer.orgHenderson doesn't know what the “end game” is for all of these efforts “because I am not creative enough, maybe — or devious enough — to think about what in the world the motivation could be.” #utah #utpol #elections2026
Produced in partnership w/ @utahnewsdispatch.com
@kuer.orgDoes the site become a park? A music venue? Or, as one rascally Moabite put it, a site with "big red letters that can be seen from the air, just ‘oops.’ Because it was an oops, and it still is an oops."
@kuer.org@kuer.orgIf it's good enough for Vegas or Phoenix, why not Cedar City, Utah — population 41,000? #water
@gbrumfiel.bsky.socialReposted by @kuer.orgSCOOP: Valar Atomics is planning a massive nuclear powered data center on public lands in Utah. The 9,600 acre site would include 456 reactors, along with fuel fabrication and waste storage facilities.
@davidcondos.bsky.socialReposted by @kuer.orgNPR reporting a huge data center is now planned next to Price, Utah
@kuer.orgLast night's meeting between McAdams and Owen was an exercise in politeness and similarities that said more about where voters are in the 1st District than the candidates.
@macylip.bsky.socialReposted by @kuer.org“I’m not quite sure how I’ll be able to finish morning and afternoon sessions,” one judge said.
@kuer.orgTrail trash is a growing problem in #Utah, but that doesn't really explain why the Pliking volunteers once found an abandoned vacuum. 🤯
@kuer.org“Drought is stressful for plants, and extreme #drought is extremely stressful,” one scientist said. Not a good recipe for a vibrant, long #fall foliage season. #utah #fallcolors
@smbrnsn.bsky.socialReposted by @kuer.orgI had the pleasure of talking to Ciara Hulet at @kuer.org about the Mormon church's Idaho letter on abortion, tax-exemption, and other related stuff.
@macylip.bsky.socialReposted by @kuer.orgAs the saying goes, when one dump goes up in price, another dump... opens up nearby?
@kuer.orgIf you’re wondering which of our problems today drive the plight of #GreatSaltLake, the answer is “all of the above,” said one hydrology professor. by @davidcondos.bsky.social #GSL #Water #Utah
@kuer.orgUh oh. "The jump in nonrenewals is raising a lot of eyebrows, and it should," said state Rep. Matt MacPherson. via @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social
@kuer.org“The first thing that we're emphasizing is for people to pump the brakes,” said Utah's assistant state climatologist — and not get out over your skis (meteorologically speaking).
