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USU study highlights gender disparity in unpaid care work
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A study by the Utah Women and Leadership Project at Utah State University shed light on the gender disparity in unpaid caregiving work in Utah. The research found that when it comes to doing unpaid work like childcare, eldercare and household chores, women carry most of the burden — doing over four hours of unpaid care work daily compared to over two hours for men.
Unemployment claims in Utah increased last week
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Utah rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 1,413 in the week ending June 22, up from 1,372 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment...
Utah Outdoor Recreation targets off-highway, boater DUIs
The division says alcohol use is a leading factor in recreational boating fatalities and is participating in a national Operation Dry Water campaign to bring awareness to the dangers. Alcohol use is the leading known contributing factor in recreational boater fatalities, as well as incidents involving OHVs, according to the...
Largest geothermal energy development in the U.S. is here in Utah
MILFORD, Utah — Something exciting is happening in southwest Utah. The largest new geothermal energy development in the country is underway near Milford, Utah. Some 125 wells are planned to be drilled on over 100,000 acres of land leased from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). What is geothermal...
University inclusion centers close and USU Eastern employee scandal on Access Utah
We talked with Tribune reporter Courtney Tanner about this and the closure of inclusion centers at various Utah college campuses. We’ll also hear a portion of our 2013 interview with legendary lyricist Sheldon Harnick. Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah...
Intermountain Health Transplant Program first in Utah to use new state-of-the-art organ-saving technology
Salt Lake City — Intermountain Health’s Transplant Program is the first in Utah to use a new state-of-the-art organ-saving device that helps to maintain donated livers in a near-physiological state outside the body to enhance successful transplantation. This new organ-saving technology being used by Intermountain, called the OrganOx,...
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