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3 weeks ago | kslnewsradio.com | Heather Peterson |Britt Johnson |Brogan Houston

Editor’s note: An employee at KSL has also complained to authorities about a CPR training with Burk. SALT LAKE CITY — For the first time, the public is hearing from the victims accusing a former Salt Lake City fire captain of forcible sex abuse. A pretrial hearing was held on Tuesday in the case against Chris Burk. Chris Burk, who has since been terminated by the Salt Lake City Fire Department, taught CPR and EMT classes throughout the region, including at Salt Lake City Community College.

1 month ago | kslnewsradio.com | Heather Peterson |Britt Johnson |Bridger Beal-Cvetko |Verl Johansen

SALT LAKE CITY — The IRS in Ogden is backtracking on its order to return to the office after realizing there is not enough space for its employees. More than 7,000 Internal Revenue Service workers have been squeezing into the overcrowded IRS offices in Ogden since being told to return to in-person work last week. “So we have people teleworking in hallways at the IRS in conference rooms. We have them everywhere. A lot of these people can’t go to the same desk every day.

1 month ago | kslnewsradio.com | Heather Peterson |Verl Johansen |Kennedy Camarena |Mariah Maynes

SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly two dozen students from the architecture program at Utah Valley University are helping those who lost their homes in the California wildfires. Program coordinator for UVU’s architecture department, Paul Monson, says after they heard about the tens of thousands of homes burned in Los Angeles County, they decided to pivot away from their normal curriculum and previously planned student projects.

1 month ago | kslnewsradio.com | Heather Peterson |Bryanna Willis |Candy Zillale

SALT LAKE CITY — A massive effort is underway to gather enough signatures to reverse a recently-passed law that would ban collective bargaining for public employees. A coalition of several public employee unions, representing teachers, firefighters, police officers and more, are trying to reverse it by putting a referendum on the next ballot. They launched a signature gathering effort on Saturday.

1 month ago | kslnewsradio.com | Heather Peterson |Bryanna Willis |Candy Zillale

Editor’s note: This story has been revised to reflect that maximum-security inmates at the Utah State Correctional Facility can participate in rehabilitation planning. SALT LAKE CITY — Inmates under maximum security at the Utah State Correctional Facility are getting the opportunity to take part in the state’s peer support program. The Department of Corrections has been offering its peer support program in their correctional facilities since April 2024.