Oct 21 Watch 25:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode, Oct. 21, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 21, Nebraskans and other red states will vote in November on the expansion of Medicaid, and Utah draws fans to the annual Moab Music Festival. Also, a documentary tells the journey of three women… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch 6:55 Will conservative Nebraska vote to expand Medicaid? By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo Nebraskans will vote in November on whether to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The state’s Republican legislature and governors have refused to expand Medicaid after states were given that option in 2012 by the Supreme Court. The ballot… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch 7:09 Moab Music Festival draws fans to Utah’s ethereal desert By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman For the past 26 years, the Moab Music Festival has been attracting fans from around the world for some of the most unique performances of classical and chamber music. During three weeks in September, the southwestern town, located near Arches… Continue watching
Oct 09 Pot legalization advocates seek foothold in Midwest states By David Eggert, Associated Press Backers of broad marijuana legalization are looking to break through a geographic barrier in November and get their first foothold in the Midwest after a string of election victories in Northeastern and Western states. Continue reading
Sep 19 Woman who helped kidnap Elizabeth Smart released from prison By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Wanda Barzee, 72, left the Utah state prison in the Salt Lake City suburb of Draper. Continue reading
Jun 26 Mitt Romney wins GOP primary in Utah Senate race By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Mitt Romney has won the Republican primary for a Utah Senate seat, setting him on the path to re-start his political career with a Senate seat left open by retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 5:49 Utah’s Navajo residents hope redistricting brings needed resources By PBS News Hour There is a heated battle in one Utah county over voting district lines and the effect on Native American representation. Last year, a federal judge ruled that the districts had been gerrymandered by lumping the Navajo into a single bloc,… Continue watching
May 10 Watch 8:17 Why the fate of Bears Ears’ cultural treasures is uncertain By Jeffrey Brown In the rugged and remote canyons of Southern Utah, scientists say they've barely scratched the surface of discoveries that can reach back millions of years, or shed light on the last 10,000 years of human history. But their work in… Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch 7:33 Can this rural town go from a youth exodus to an art epicenter? By Jeffrey Brown What kind of future should a struggling rural town choose? In the town of Green River, population 950, a nonprofit called Epicenter aims to use art and architecture to bring new energy, life and economic development. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Feb 16 From presidential nominee to freshman senator? Romney’s bid makes history By Daniel Bush There are few cases like Romney’s, where a major party presidential nominee with no prior experience in Congress later ran for a seat in the House or Senate,… Continue reading