SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency @heatmap.news

Conservationists aren’t just concerned about desert 🐢. They worry a precedent could be set that could threaten the West’s protected lands.

Hey St. George! Come see "RadioWest" tonight at the Electric Theatre. Doug Fabrizio will be discussing the past, present and future of your city. The event is FREE, you just need to RSVP. RVSP NOW: buff.ly/LnooR8c

Growing up in Washington County, Suleyma Plancarte felt like an outsider. Now she hosts a radio show that’s made her a bit of a household name among the Spanish-speaking crowd. www.kuer.org/race-religio...

June 11: GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces a bill to defund NPR and PBS because of their "left-wing propaganda" and "radical leftist gender ideology." October 7: The news industry's main trade group gives Blackburn its "Support Journalism Champion Award." Just shameless.

South Dakota Public Broadcasting says there's an ironic result to President Trump's successful attack on public media: It will have to rely more on NPR programs.

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

St. George, we're coming for you! Oct. 9-11: There'll be a Mug Stop, a farmers market hangout, and Doug Fabrizio will host a live talk on your city's past, present and future. DETAILS: buff.ly/fShvZO5

Good morning from the Utah legislature's first redistricting committee meeting! We are expecting a potentially long day of public comment and discussion of proposed maps for court approval. Here's the proposed options put forward by the legislature... #utpol #Utah

“It sounds really easy to outsmart a 2-pound rodent,” says biologist Barbara Sugarman. “It's not.” There’s an art to prairie dog trapping, and these scientists are well-versed.

Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital is the second deadliest single attack on the press ever recorded by CPJ, following the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines. Read more: cpj.org?p=522184

Indeed. Earlier this summer, the White House did this to me, as a scientific expert source in media, and issued a formal statement regarding my personal campaign contribution history in an attempt to discredit my commentary on wildfire, climate, and federal policy. Yet more alarm bells ringing...

I’m in Delta, Utah, this week, doing a story on California’s last coal plant. It’s been one of L.A.’s largest electricity sources for 40 years, and under CA law it needs to shut down by the end of 2025. Gas and green hydrogen to come.

A new report by the prestigious US National Academy of Sciences concludes that the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding was accurate, has stood the test of time, and is now reinforced by even stronger evidence:

Utah authorities have charged Tyler Robinson - the suspect in the Charlie Kirk killing - with seven counts, including aggravated murder. Here are some screenshots from the charging document that talk about what happened between Robinson and his family the day after the shooting.

Robert Redford died “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” publicist Cindi Berger said in a statement.

"This is everywhere. Every community, every town, every state," one of the suspect's neighbors said. "It's going to be everybody's neighbor, everybody's classmate. It's not at all unusual anymore."

Spotted from Bluff, UT

“I'm upset. This is horrific. But I am not shocked.” I visited Tyler Robinson’s family home today to learn how the neighborhood is reacting to his arrest in the killing of Charlie Kirk. My latest from southern Utah for @kuer.org ⤵️ www.kuer.org/news/2025-09...

This is the first NPR/PBS station I've seen that's going out of business as a result of the federal rescission: radio.wpsu.org/2025-09-11/p...

At least 489,000 people died annually from heat between 2000 and 2019, according to the World Health Organization, many from climate change-fueled heat waves. @juliaradio.bsky.social @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/09/11/n...

Spencer Cox: "Our nation is broken. We had political assassinations recently in Minnesota. We had an attempted assassination on the gov of Pennsylvania. And we had an attempted assassination on a president. Nothing I say can unite us as a country. Nothing I can say right now can fix what is broken"

As hot weather becomes more frequent and intense, it means kids have fewer days when it’s safe to play in the yard for an extended time. It can also disrupt learning in school as heat lingers into the fall. Read the story from @kuer.org & learn more ⤵️ www.kuer.org/health/2025-...

UPDATE: President Trump says Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at UVU event.

My latest for @kuer.org looks at the local impacts of a new @climatecentral.org report on how increasing heat is changing the childhood experience ⤵️ www.kuer.org/health/2025-...

Zion National Park has been considering a timed entry system to better handle the boom in visitors. Some Utah officials don't want a reservation system, though. Washington County passed a resolution in opposition to the park's anticipated draft visitor use management plan.

More people = more 🏘️. And Washington County’s population could double by 2050. Advocates want to ensure outdoor rec areas are preserved.

This tactic - pressuring corporations financially until they put a regime friendly voice in charge - is exactly how Orbán took over the free press in Hungary

Love to see this about plans to expand local reporting at my former station. There are so many important stories happening on the High Plains and in other rural areas, and I really hope efforts like this can help public radio cover more of them.

Wondering whether late August rain made a dent in Utah's dry summer? @davidcondos.bsky.social has your answer: www.kuer.org/science-envi...

More than 85 scientists have issued a rebuttal to a recent Department of Energy report on climate change, finding it full of errors and misrepresentations. The Trump administration cited the DOE report in its proposal to roll back rules regulating climate pollution. More here ⬇️ on @npr.org

"As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if hired." @apnews.com apnews.com/article/noaa...

Reeling from Trump cuts, staffers unionize at Yosemite, Sequoia national parks

10/10 by the Huskers

International travelers have put off visiting Utah’s national parks thanks to economic uncertainty, tariffs and rhetoric. Towns say they’re feeling it.

Another very painful day for the public media community. Please donate. The need is immediate the good you can do is real. vtdigger.org/2025/08/27/v...

Border patrol, and other federal agents, arresting firefighters on a red flag day. This isn’t normal.

St. George was banking on $87M in Biden-era grants to reconnect neighborhoods split by I-15 — but Donald Trump's spending bill cuts have derailed those plans.

“Air pollution knows no bounds,” said @protectparks.bsky.social's Ulla Reeves. While national parks are thought to be pristine, untouched areas, she notes that “the reality is quite different.”

The volunteer Pine Valley firefighters defended their community from the ferocious Forsyth Fire. Now they're processing the emotional toll and helping their community recover. “This was traumatic,” said Pine Valley Fire Chief Robert Hardy. “The whole department felt it.”

National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments. Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Southern Utah Just in: Parents at both schools in Hildale are being informed that if their children are not inoculated against #measles that it is recommended they stay home for the next 21 days. #stgeorge 1/8

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

The Revolution Wind farm was slated to start sending power to homes and businesses in Rhode Island and Connecticut starting next year.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS 🎵 PLAY THAT EARLY 2000s CFB ON ABC THEME MUSIC 🎵

A quarter century ago, lack of 🌧️ and ❄️ were the main driving forces behind drought. Now it’s mainly 🌡️