Southwest Utah Public Health Department Laboratory detected E. coli in a water sample collected Oct. 20. Since then, the area has been under a water boil order until testing comes back negative.
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At the epicenter of concern on Friday sits Farmington, New Mexico, where 600 people have been evacuated. Utah, Colorado, and the Navajo Nation were also hit hard.
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Supporters of the amendment, which Colorado voters will decide on this election, say it would prevent attempts to limit hunting. Opponents worry it could complicate wildlife management.
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Atrazine contamination is most widespread in the Midwest, but extends into Colorado and New Mexico. Environmental and public health groups want water quality protections for the weedkiller.
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The Willow Wind RV Park and homes along Gould Wash were evacuated Thursday morning because of the floods. Much of southern Utah is under either a flood watch or warning through Thursday evening.
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Utah's top election official said her office doesn't know how many will come or where they'll be stationed. The monitors won't identify themselves to voters, but aren't allowed to interfere with them.
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Utah Supreme Court Justice Michael Menssen signed the petition seven months before he was appointed to the bench. An advocacy group wants him to recuse himself from the case.
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Forward Party challenger Annette McRae is running against Republican incumbent Ronald Winterton for Utah Senate District 20. It covers five counties: Daggett, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch, and Duchesne.
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For most Americans, fairy tales feel like Disney inventions. But the "original" stories were filled with sharp moral lessons, psychological terror, and bizarre magic.
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Keith Gido researches freshwater fish communities and how environmental changes reshape aquatic ecosystems. He says dams can make it more difficult for native fish to survive drought.
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Helen Thayer once walked 4,000 miles across the Sahara from Morocco to the Nile River, kayaked 2,200 miles of the Amazon River, and became the first woman to travel alone to any of the world's poles.
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Two years after her death, the world-famous grizzly bear's legacy endures. At the same time, federal protections for the species are on their way out the door.
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Our hosts discuss President Trump comments on Ukraine, the role the Iran War is playing in partisan politics, and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson's appearance on "60 Minutes."
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.
A show designed to showcase local Utah musical artists and highlight public radio.
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Taiz, a city in southwestern Yemen, faces a severe water crisis as Houthi rebels backed by Iran tighten their encirclement. The city has struggled with water issues for over a decade, but the situation has worsened in recent weeks.
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Intense rainfall slammed the Four Corners region late this week. As rivers flooded, towns declared evacuations and emergencies and made rescues.
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Russia is renewing familiar tactics in its efforts to influence American voters in the final run-up to Election Day, according to researchers and U.S. lawmakers
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Israel's Prime Minister is vowing to launch a major military operation in the West Bank in response to an attack by two Palestinian gunmen on an Israeli military checkpoint that killed two soldiers.
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The Pentagon is building weapons and projects with AI capabilities that officials say don't always closely adhere to the agency's own guidelines for AI, according to a congressional watchdog report published in October.
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Ohio has been a reliably red state for several elections but it's competitive this year. If Democrats want to prevail, they'll have to win people who have backed Republicans, like rural voters.
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Trump's most recent rendering of East Potomac Park overtakes the D.C. peninsula with a sprawling golf course, without the grassy areas and road beloved by locals. That's prompted grassroots pushback.
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Lee Chang-dong's novelistic drama tells the story of two very different couples who meet during the filming of a documentary.
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Like its protagonist, the film shoots out its goopy, mud-brown, protoplasmic feelers into the undiscovered territory of horror, but it does so too tentatively.
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Republicans have long accused the FBI of mishandling the laptop and the investigations into the younger Biden.