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2 months ago | 
ctpublic.org | Caroline Ballard
By Caroline Ballard Published March 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM EDT A Vermont company with operations in Utah says it can have electric air taxis ready for service in time for the 2034 Olympics in Salt Lake City. Pending federal regulations will be a big factor. Copyright 2025 NPR
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2 months ago | 
tpr.org | Caroline Ballard
A Vermont company with operations in Utah says it can have electric air taxis ready for service in time for the 2034 Olympics in Salt Lake City. Pending federal regulations will be a big factor.
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2 months ago | 
wesa.fm | Caroline Ballard
A Vermont company with operations in Utah says it can have electric air taxis ready for service in time for the 2034 Olympics in Salt Lake City. Pending federal regulations will be a big factor.
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2 months ago | 
weku.org | Caroline Ballard
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:Last year, Salt Lake City won the bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2034. Now, state leaders are trying to have electric air taxis operating in time for the Games. KUER's Caroline Ballard reports. (SOUNDBITE OF AIRCRAFT ENGINE HUMMING)CAROLINE BALLARD, BYLINE: The small, white ALIA aircraft buzzes down the runway and lifts into the sky above Utah's snow-capped mountains. It looks similar to any other small plane overhead.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
kuer.org | Caroline Ballard
Utah’s legislative and judicial branches are locked in a bitter fight in the waning days of the session. Now, the Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court is weighing in. In a letter to Speaker of the House Mike Schultz and Senate President Stuart Adams, Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant expressed significant concerns about one of the nine bills lawmakers have on the table.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
kuer.org | Caroline Ballard
In 2019, Utah leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the Utah Compact on Immigration. The agreement, originally drawn up in 2010, advocates for a bipartisan, common-sense approach to immigration. The compact has five pillars: a free society, federal solutions, families, economy and law enforcement. Now in 2025, Utah lawmakers are considering a suite of legislation that would affect immigration largely through that last pillar: law enforcement.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
kuer.org | Caroline Ballard
Hill Air Force Base has confirmed that Utahns recently spotted unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, flying near the base in Davis County. In a statement, officials said they will continue to monitor the area and are working with local authorities to track the drones. “To date, unmanned aerial systems have not impacted Hill AFB operations and all appropriate measures are being taken to safeguard Hill AFB personnel, assets, and infrastructure,” the statement read.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
kuer.org | Caroline Ballard
Peaches, apricots and cherries hang ripe from Utah trees this time of year. But the pulpy, sweet flesh of the unpicked fruit also covers the sidewalk. Recent Utah transplant Chase Collins began to notice all the waste on his daily walks around Salt Lake City’s Sugar House neighborhood. “I just saw tons of fruit trees and tons of stained sidewalks of fruit that has been left rotting.”Collins loves fruit too much to just let it go to waste.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
kuer.org | Caroline Ballard
Even though Utah was not in the path of totality, residents still gathered to view what they could of Monday’s solar eclipse. Dozens came to the Clark Planetarium’s viewing party at Pioneer Park in downtown Salt Lake City. There were games, free glasses, high-powered binoculars and telescopes. Clouds obscured much of the sky during the two hours it took for the moon to traverse the sun, so there was a lot of waiting around for the perfect moment.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
kuer.org | Caroline Ballard
Under U.S. law, corporations and other non-human entities can hold legal “personhood.” Meaning they can own property, enter contracts and be sued. It’s a pathway environmental advocates say could be used to help protect western features like the Colorado River and Great Salt Lake. But one Utah lawmaker wants to bar bodies of water, including Great Salt Lake, from establishing those personhood rights.
