David Condos
Reporter at KUER-FM (Salt Lake City, UT)
Covering southern Utah for @KUER, NPR Utah • Past: @HPPR + @KSNewsService • National Edward R. Murrow Award recipient • Bluesky + IG: @davidcondos
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1 week ago |
kuer.org | David Condos
It’s the end of an era in St. George. After a 15-year run, no pun intended, the iconic Ironman triathlon will hold its final endurance race in southwest Utah May 10. Its absence will leave an economic void hundreds of millions of dollars deep that Washington County leaders are already working to fill. And it leaves a hole in the hearts of world-class athletes. “It had become a fixture on the triathlon calendar,” triathlete Jordan Blanco said.
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2 weeks ago |
kuer.org | David Condos
When it comes to international migration, St. George isn’t like other Utah cities. Nearly all of Utah’s net migration between 2023 and 2024 came from people who moved in from outside the country. From Salt Lake City to Logan to Heber City, international immigration was the only reason some communities grew at all. Not in St. George. International movers made up just 10% of its total net migration, according to U.S. Census data released in March.
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2 weeks ago |
kuer.org | David Condos
Utah’s wet conditions from a year ago seem like a distant memory. Drought has returned in a big way in 2025 and now covers nearly three-quarters of the state. That’s a stark change from April 2024, when just 3% of Utah was in drought. As temperatures heat up, conditions could deteriorate even more and threaten everything from the state’s wildfire risk to city water supplies and growing grass for livestock.
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3 weeks ago |
kuer.org | David Condos
Utah is far behind other Colorado River Basin states when it comes to a potential way to stretch its limited water supply — the recycling of sewage wastewater. A recent UCLA analysis shows Utah cleaned and reused less than 1% of its wastewater in 2022 — the lowest figure among the seven basin states. Nevada and Arizona recycled 85% and 52% of their sewage, respectively.
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4 weeks ago |
kuer.org | David Condos
The power of erosion built Zion National Park. And just because there are roads and trails now, that doesn’t mean the landscape is going to let up. “If you were to videotape this canyon over the course of a million years, and then speed it up, it would look like this whole place is falling apart,” Zion physical scientist Robyn Henderek said. Landslides and falling rocks are common in Zion. In fact, they’re “integral to the canyon forming processes,” Henderek said.
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