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93% of Utah 988 crisis hotline calls answered
About 7% of Utah calls to the 988 crisis hotline have gone unanswered this year. Why it matters: It's a lower rate than in most of the country, and lower than the 9% missed in April and May 2023 but that still amounts to more than 200 unanswered crisis calls each month.
Utah mill linked to Arizona uranium mining takes 136 tons of Japanese nuclear waste
The White Mesa Mill in southeastern Utah is where uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain Mine in Arizona will soon be trucked through the Navajo Nation. Meanwhile, that same facility has also recently received waste materials from a much farther location, one that is frustrating another tribe. Energy Fuels, the...
Sundance Institute brings free summer screenings to Utah
A new free film screening series from Sundance Institute will give Utahns a second chance to see some of the films featured in the 2024 Sundance Festival. The series, Local Lens, will showcase 10 films in various Park City and Salt Lake City locations between July 17-21. “For us, it...
Pickleball Kingdom to Open Second Location in Utah
Pickleball Kingdom will see its latest franchise open in American Fork, UT. This new facility is the second announced in Utah and reportedly “underscores Pickleball Kingdom’s commitment to bringing premier indoor pickleball facilities to the Beehive State.”. “We’re pleased to bring Pickleball Kingdom to American Fork. The local...
Utah university cultural centers choose to shutter after DEI ban
Cultural centers at some Utah universities are deciding to close down in response to the state’s partial diversity, equity, and inclusion restriction despite the law not requiring them to do so. The DEI restriction, which does not ban the ideology but pares back some of the programs in the state’s universities and government offices, went […]
Heavy metals produce the dazzling colors in fireworks. But they also contribute to a spike in air pollution during the summer
Fireworks season is underway, and colorful celebrations are slated this week across the Wasatch Front. But as a new study shows, all those explosions in the sky bring a significant uptick in air pollution.
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