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If you’ve ever stayed at Utah State University’s on-campus inn, you may have noticed: It’s a death trap for birds. Two professors wanted to change this. And for a while, they did.
The need for and value of public media funding has become a common topic of conversation this year. Utah Public Radio has put together answers to some frequently asked questions about public media funding.
UPR News & Programs
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In other news, a rural Utah community is celebrating finally getting access to running water. And, graduation celebrations honoring diverse communities are largely absent in Utah this year.
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Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the annual City Nature Challenge encourages people to find and photograph plants and wildlife in their own cities using iNaturalist.
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It’s time again for us to compile another UPR community booklist. So we want to know what you’re reading. What’s on your nightstand or device right now?
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The decision comes a week after a judge ruled the Utah Fits All program was unconstitutional. In other news, Utah Lake is hoping to shed its bad reputation and encourage visitors with a new ad.
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On this year's Earth Day episode we’ll take stock of conservation on Utah’s public lands and ask: What has been accomplished? How was success achieved? What happens next?
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A Native American law group has launched a free online resource to help tribal nations obtain legal information about their water rights. This comes at a time when tribes face increasing water challenges.
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As a result of Utah's largest education budget cut in a decade, Utah State University's Eastern campus loses their theater program.
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Host Laura Gelfand talks with author Mariaelena Huambachano on her book "Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways: Indigenous Traditions as a Recipe for Living Well."
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The Utah Rivers Council has teamed up with several cities to offer $57 rain barrels as a way to conserve water and support Great Salt Lake.
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Our hosts discuss Utah's unemployment rate during recessions, Sen. Mike Lee's social media presence, and the legacy of the post-World War II global order.
Stream a variety of music and talk programs in Spanish from Radio Bilingüe.
Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
NPR News
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Ukrainians displaced by Russian occupation are helping the war effort — and longing for the homes they fled and the loved ones they left behind.
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As he prepares to enter the seclusion of a conclave to elect a new pope, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, reflects on diversity and sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
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The legendary west African kingdom of Kaabu has long been memorialized in the songs and stories of griots. That's inspired archaeologists to excavate the kingdom's capital.
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National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is on April 30. To bring awareness to the day, the Up First newsletter is sharing some stories from readers about how their pet has impacted their lives.
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NPR's Lauren Frayer plays the puzzle with MPR listener, Dave Scheid of Rochester, Minn., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration's workforce cuts are now throwing that sense of stability up in the air.
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A man was arrested after his vehicle ran into a crowd at an event celebrating Filipino culture, Vancouver police posted to social media. Police said they are confident this was "not an act of terrorism."
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أكثر من 51 ألف فلسطيني قُتلوا في حرب إسرائيل مع حماس، بحسب مسؤولي الصحة في غزة. أعدنا بناء ما حدث في واحدة من أكثر الغارات الإسرائيلية دموية في الحرب.
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Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights of women, Black people and American workers over the course of decades.
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He had to wait until the fifth round, but Shedeur Sanders, son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders — his coach at the University of Colorado — has finally been drafted by the NFL.