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1 week ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Simone Seikaly |Bryanna Willis
SALT LAKE CITY — Construction on a major three-year expansion of Provo Airport began Monday with a ceremonial groundbreaking at the facility that one official said is “desperately” in need of an update. The existing airport has come a long way since the early 1940s, when an airstrip was built at the request of the military, according to the airport’s website. Commercial service began in 2005 and was expanded with a new terminal in 2022.
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1 week ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Carter Williams |Bryanna Willis
“It’s a one-of-a-kind place. It truly is,” customer Deirdre Babcock described it to KSL TV last year. While it’s been a popular spot for residents and visitors alike, it went through recent turbulence. Babcock was among the many customers who came back to the business after a large 2023 fire closed it for months.
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2 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Bridger Beal-Cvetko |Daniel Woodruff |Shelby Lofton |Bryanna Willis
SALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah Republican Congresswoman Mia Love was remembered as a passionate public servant, loving family member and friend, and proud believer in and beneficiary of the American dream during a funeral service Monday. Family, friends, current members of Utah’s congressional delegation, and former politicians gathered for Love’s memorial service at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Institute of Religion at the University of Utah.
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2 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Shelby Lofton |Bridger Beal-Cvetko |Bryanna Willis
SALT LAKE CITY — A crowd of mourners filled the capitol rotunda Sunday to pay their respects to former Utah Congresswoman Mia Love’s family. A laying-in-state service was held for the former representative. People who stood in the long line to pay their respects smiled and teared up reflecting on Mia Love’s contributions to their lives, and the lives of Utahns. “She’s an amazing example of perseverance to me,” said friend DeLaina Tonks.
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2 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Jon Jensen |Mary Richards |Joel Randall |Bryanna Willis
Listen at 12:00 p.m.👇 for KSL NewsRadio’s conference special, “Sacred Stewardship: The Church Cares for the Earth”The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints works to be a good steward of the earth — believing that caring for the earth is a sacred responsibility entrusted to all of God’s children. Therefore, the Church makes an effort to prioritize environmental sustainability in many ways around the world, from increasing energy efficiency to conserving water and reducing waste.
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2 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Carter Williams |Bryanna Willis |Bridger Beal-Cvetko
SALT LAKE CITY — More than 40 Utah lawmakers are asking top leaders in Congress to reboot a program providing compensation to people exposed to radiation following nuclear weapons tests last century, after the program expired last year. Utah was one of the states most heavily impacted by radiation fallout from midcentury tests in Nevada. The bipartisan group of lawmakers joined with Gov. Spencer Cox and Sen.
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2 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Jacob Freeman |Carlysle Price |Clayre Scott |Bryanna Willis
CEDAR CITY — A Canyon View Middle School student was in critical condition after authorities believe she was hit by two vehicles while walking on Interstate 15 in Cedar City. Lt. Cam Roden with Utah Highway Patrol said the accident happened at 8:38 a.m. Friday near exit 59. On Friday afternoon, Shauna Lund, communications director and foundation coordinator for the Iron County School District, confirmed the girl was a student at Canyon View Middle School.
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3 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Logan Stefanich |Bryanna Willis |Clayre Scott
Two separate motions were made during the meeting — to postpone action on the resolution until the board’s meeting on May 2, and to indefinitely postpone action — both of which failed. Board member Sarah Reale called the resolution a “complete waste of time,” and others expressed concern that the resolution doesn’t actually do anything from a prescriptive standpoint and only affirms the board’s position on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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3 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Bryanna Willis |Carter Williams |Mariah Maynes |Kennedy Camarena
SALT LAKE CITY — Right now is the perfect time to plant milkweed seeds for incoming monarch butterflies. The once-abundant insect is being considered for the endangered species list, with the count of overwintering, or migrating, western monarchs coming in at 9,000. That’s the second-lowest count since tracking began in 1997, and well below the millions estimated from the 1980s.
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3 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Lisa Riley Roche |Bryanna Willis
The price of housing is causing a significant number of Utahns to consider leaving leaving the state for some place that’s more affordable, according to a new poll.
