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1 week ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Mike Anderson |Bridger Beal-Cvetko
CLEARFIELD — If you have the spare time to give, volunteers like Maury Kettell say Meals on Wheels is a good place to spend it. “I like to help people,” Kettle said. “That’s a good thing in my life. And I get a social connection when I do that.”Unfortunately, the program in Davis County is facing a shortage of good volunteers like Kettell, just as the need for more help with meals is going up.
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2 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Mike Anderson |Shelby Lofton |Bryanna Willis
GARDEN CITY — Construction is underway for a brand new marina at Bear Lake State Park that promises hundreds of boat slips and easier access in and out of the water. There’s often a big bottleneck on major holiday weekends at Bear Lake’s current marina. However, this new construction will do more than help boats get out. Park managers said a new second marina will help keep people safe during times when many boats are trying to come back in.
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3 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Mike Anderson |Shelby Lofton |Verl Johansen
LOGAN — Changes to EPA regulations that would implement the filtering of harmful so-called ‘forever chemicals’ in our drinking water could mean increased health risks, according to some scientists who study the harmful compounds. “They cause toxicity to humans even in very, very, very low doses,” Dr. Ryan Dupont, a professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering at Utah State University, said. “Some of them are known carcinogens.
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4 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Mike Anderson |Carlysle Price |Bryanna Willis
OGDEN — While three of the 154 dogs rescued from a hoarding situation have passed, veterinarians at shelters that have taken many of them in remain positive about their recovery. “We were actually pleasantly surprised,” Dr. Libby Gutting, a resource center veterinarian with The Humane Society of Utah said. “We had a few with defects that they were born with that we had to treat.
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2 months ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Mike Anderson |Mariah Maynes |Alexandrea Bonilla
LAYTON — Workers with the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District are making early preparations to remove additive fluoride from their systems. Gov. Spencer Cox is expected to sign HB81 into law, which would ban the chemical from water systems, starting in May. Scott Paxman, CEO and general manager at the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, estimates they’ll need to remove several thousands of gallons from distribution stations that send the additive into Davis County drinking water.
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
kslnewsradio.com | Mike Anderson |Mariah Maynes
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — A fresh dumping of new snow is drawing people into the backcountry as a storm Thursday and Friday brought several feet to some areas. Christian Romano was among those who decided to try some skiing off the White Pine trail head Friday. “There was at least a couple feet of new snow,” Romano said.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
kslnewsradio.com | Mike Anderson |Mariah Maynes
LOGAN, Utah — A research project at Utah State University is targeting so-called ‘forever chemicals’ that often end up in our groundwater and ultimately in some food sources. The harmful compounds are more commonly known in the science community as polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. Dr. Ryan Dupont, a professor in civil and environmental engineering, said PFAS are found just about everywhere.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
kslnewsradio.com | Mike Anderson |Britt Johnson
LOGAN – Though many of us might have forgotten about it, the impacts of a trade war with China in 2018 and 2019 still linger in Utah. In response to tariffs levied by President Trump back then, the country imposed a number of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agriculture that still remain. “As an economic tool, tariffs are really blunt instrument,” John Gilbert, a professor of economics at Utah State University’s Huntsman School of Business, said.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
ksl.com | Mike Anderson
CLEARFIELD — The Davis County Health Department is installing 41 air quality sensors across the county to give people a better idea of what's happening in their specific area. The sensors, made by a company called Tellus, start at about $300 each and only need an internet connection to start sharing data in real-time. "It's not quite as advanced as the monitors the state used," Randy Olson, the county's deputy director of environmental health, said. "But those are also very expensive.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
ksl.com | Mike Anderson
BRIGHAM CITY — The Drivers License Division office may not be a favorite destination, but it is a place where people often make their choices regarding organ donation. Family members of 11-year-old Payge Gould are hopeful a plaque placed in her honor will help inspire people to check 'yes.'"I encourage everybody to, and very honestly, think about it," Justin Gould, Payge's father, said. "She's my guardian angel now.
