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Estimates indicate that visitors and seasonal residents make up more than a quarter of the people in the St. George area on a typical day during peak season.
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Courtesy of Salt Lake Community College“We know very clearly who we serve and why we serve them,” said Salt Lake Community College’s president. “I think community colleges have that legacy.” -
Sean Higgins/KUERThe largest Asian grocery store chain in the country, H Mart, is set to open its first Utah location later this year. Grocery stores have served as an important community meeting place for not just minority communities, but for Utahns as a whole.
Mary Beard is an expert on the Roman Empire, and her latest book is about the rulers who presided over it — 30 emperors in nearly three centuries. You'll find no dusty chronology of men here, though. In typical Mary Beard fashion, she's interested in larger questions about those men, like the nature of power they wielded, their personalities, their relationships and how the people imagined them.
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The governor said it’s “important to protect women and children in private spaces” while defending the rollout of a law that restricts transgender people from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. -
The governor is scheduled to meet the press at 10:00 a.m. MDT on Thursday, May 16, 2024. -
Presidents from Weber State University and the University of Utah appeared before lawmakers to report how they’re implementing the law ahead of the July 1 deadline. -
The University of Utah was expected to host a presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Now, that might not be the case. -
A new report from the Bureau of Land Management highlights how a proposed highway through protected land north of St. George could increase wildfire risk and harm endangered desert tortoises. -
The June 10 expiration deadline for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is fast approaching. Utah members of the downwinder community say a “last ditch effort” is underway to save the program. -
A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes in Arizona has taken a significant step forward with an introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. It's the first of many approvals needed to finalize a deal decades in the making. -
As part of their “Shovel Bums” club, private school students from Sandy are learning about and protecting Native American rock art along the shore of Utah Lake. -
New findings about sublimation explain how snow is lost to evaporation before it can melt. The data can help form better predictions about water supplies from the Colorado River.
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