Posts – KCPW

Today on the program we take a look at an early 20th century Salt Lake City murder, and the unusual method detectives used to try to catch the killer. Plus, back in the present day, we’ll hear about efforts by the Utah Cold Case Coalition to launch the first nonprofit crime lab in the country. […]

Today on In the Hive: air quality in the spotlight. A new study from the Huntsman Cancer Institute and the University of Utah shows that young cancer survivors face an increased risk for hospitalization on poor air quality days. We hear from the authors of that study, from the mother of a young-adult cancer survivor, […]

Today on the program, we hear about what the passage of the Community Renewable Energy Act (HB411) means for Utah. Salt Lake City, Park City, Summit County, Cottonwood Heights and Moab have all committed to transitioning to a net-100% renewable electricity portfolio. Without the buy-in of the state’s electric utility monopoly, Rocky Mountain Power, those […]

Today we feature a history of alcohol production in Utah, focusing in particular on brewing and distilling – both of which have a rich history in the state. Beer was produced by early settlers to the Salt Lake Valley as early as 1850, when the Beach & Blair brewery opened. Meanwhile, the famed “Valley Tan” […]

Today we explore a new, first-of-its-kind law in Utah requiring law enforcement to get a warrant to gather information from third parties like applications, websites, cell phone providers, and cloud storage sites. Who owns your information? Isn’t that data already protected from unreasonable search and seizure under the U.S. Constitution? We hear from Marina Lowe, […]

Today, we revisit a 2017 show that looked at some places of note that are no more, including Lamb’s Grill and Bill & Nada’s cafe.

Today we speak with Susie Marvin about the Seeds of Success program, a new initiative by Wasatch Community Gardens that aims to help low-income mothers through gardening. Also, a conversation with Salt Lake City forester Tony Gliot about the city’s database of 86,000 trees, and about what it takes to maintain our urban forest. And an […]

We’re featuring a conversation with Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski about her decision to sue over the Utah Inland Port. Biskupski says that the law that came out of last year’s legislative session creating the project usurped city land and future tax revenue and that it was unconstitutional. In addition to a conversation with […]

It was inevitable that with a show called “In the Hive” we’d have an episode dedicated to bees. But it turns out most bees don’t actually live in hives. Go figure. First, a conversation with Scott Christensen, a historian with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, about the origins of the beehive as […]

Right now, you can’t drive a heavy truck, like a diesel semi, on the Legacy Parkway in Davis County. But the prohibition on heavy trucks for the road expires January 1, 2020. Many residents along the parkway were caught off guard by the news that big rigs could soon be rolling through their neighborhood, so […]