Posts – KCPW

Earlier this week, medical researchers and doctors from the University of Utah held a press conference to talk about an uptick in coronavirus infections in Utah, and to draw attention to the arrival in the state of the more-contagious Delta variant of the virus. The variant, first identified in India, was recently classified as a […]

Last week, a preservation-minded activist chained himself to the doors of a building on Salt Lake City’s Main Street. Michael Valentine wants to see the 103-year-old Pantages Theatre saved from demolition after the city inked a deal with real estate giant Hines and the Utah-based Lasalle Group to replace the aging structure with a luxury apartment […]

On this episode of “In the Hive,” we continue the conversation we started last week about drought in Utah. Today, we speak with Brian Steed, head of the Utah Department of Natural Resources, an agency that has a great deal of control over water in the state. Steed says that we can do a lot […]

Scientists say a swath of the western United States is in the midst of a persistent, decades-long ‘megadrought.’ Utah is far drier today than it was one year ago at the start of the record-breaking 2020 fire season. Researchers with the USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service say that water managers in the state “should prepare […]

After a 42-year career in broadcasting, local jazz music host Steve Williams has retired. Again. Williams was a beloved jazz DJ in Utah long before he landed at KCPW back in October of 2015. He first worked as a jazzman at KRCL in 1979 and then spent several decades at KUER before landing at KCPW […]

On this week’s “In the Hive” we try to get to the bottom of the question “why do all of the new apartment buildings going up have to look like that?” The short answer is that building codes were adjusted in the early 2000s allowing developers to expand the use of so-called “podium and stick” […]

Today on “In the Hive,” we speak with two researchers from the Utah Women and Leadership Project (UWLP) at Utah State University about the distinct impacts the pandemic has had on career advancement opportunities for Utah women. Of course, COVID-19 has significantly impacted everyone, financially and otherwise, but in Utah jobs held by women declined […]

On this episode of “In the Hive,” we take a look at the use of pesticides to kill mosquitoes in and around Salt Lake City. This past week, the group Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment called for a two-year pause on pesticide-spraying to treat for the pesky pests – saying that the practice represents a […]

Today on “In the Hive,” new research from fossils found in Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is challenging commonly held beliefs about the behavior of ancient tyrannosaur dinosaurs. In 2014, paleontologists surveying a section of the fossil-rich Kaiparowits Plateau stumbled across a veritable treasure trove of fossilized animals from ancient Earth. A wealth of different […]

Today on “In the Hive,” we check in with Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall. We’ll hear about why the mayor decided to extend the city’s mask mandate, even as the state requirement came to an end. Mendenhall also tells us why she thinks our region needs another homeless resource center. Plus, we visit the […]