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Covering southern Utah + the environment at @kuer.org, NPR Utah • Past: High Plains Public Radio + Kansas News Service • Reporting: kuer.org/david-condos Send tips confidentially on Signal: davidcondos.75

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David Condos @davidcondos.bsky.social · May 14

So excited and honored to win an Edward R. Murrow Award today for my work covering southern Utah with @kuer.org 📻🥹🎉

Big thanks to my editors and to all the folks who trusted me to share their stories in my reporting this past year.

Full list of winning entries: www.rtdna.org/2025-regiona...

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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KUER @kuer.org · 6d

Conservationists aren’t just concerned about desert 🐢. They worry a precedent could be set that could threaten the West’s protected lands.

Trump admin takes another swing at reviving St. George’s Northern Corridor Highway

The proposed road through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area has been a long-fought tug-of-war between administrations, courts, Congress and the threatened Mojave Desert tortoise.

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KUER @kuer.org · 6d

Hey St. George! Come see "RadioWest" tonight at the Electric Theatre. Doug Fabrizio will be discussing the past, present and future of your city. The event is FREE, you just need to RSVP.

RVSP NOW: buff.ly/LnooR8c

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Macy Lipkin @macylip.bsky.social · 6d

Growing up in Washington County, Suleyma Plancarte felt like an outsider.

Now she hosts a radio show that’s made her a bit of a household name among the Spanish-speaking crowd.

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On the radio, DJ Suleyma wants to fill a cultural hole for Latinos in St. George

As a radio host and event organizer, Suleyma Plancarte wants the next generation to enjoy cultural spaces she longed for while growing up in southwest Utah.

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Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · 6d

June 11: GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces a bill to defund NPR and PBS because of their "left-wing propaganda" and "radical leftist gender ideology."

October 7: The news industry's main trade group gives Blackburn its "Support Journalism Champion Award."

Just shameless.

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NPR @npr.org · 10d

South Dakota Public Broadcasting says there's an ironic result to President Trump's successful attack on public media: It will have to rely more on NPR programs.

A public broadcaster's path after losing U.S. funds: Youth sports and less local news

South Dakota Public Broadcasting says there's an ironic result to President Trump's successful attack on public media: It will have to rely more on NPR programs.

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NPR @npr.org · 14d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 21d

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

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KUER @kuer.org · 22d

St. George, we're coming for you!

Oct. 9-11: There'll be a Mug Stop, a farmers market hangout, and Doug Fabrizio will host a live talk on your city's past, present and future.

DETAILS: buff.ly/fShvZO5

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Ben Winslow @benwinslow.bsky.social · 23d

Good morning from the Utah legislature's first redistricting committee meeting! We are expecting a potentially long day of public comment and discussion of proposed maps for court approval. Here's the proposed options put forward by the legislature... #utpol #Utah

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KUER @kuer.org · 25d

“It sounds really easy to outsmart a 2-pound rodent,” says biologist Barbara Sugarman. “It's not.”

There’s an art to prairie dog trapping, and these scientists are well-versed.

Saving Utah prairie dogs from the Black Death with peanut butter and flea meds

Centuries after devastating Medieval Europe, the Black Death is targeting Utah prairie dogs. Now, scientists are testing a new way to protect the threatened species before it’s too late.

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 26d

Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital is the second deadliest single attack on the press ever recorded by CPJ, following the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines. Read more: cpj.org?p=522184

Israel’s killing of 31 Yemeni journalists marks deadliest global attack in 16 years - Committee to Protect Journalists

Washington, D.C., September 19, 2025—Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10, signal that it...

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 26d

Indeed. Earlier this summer, the White House did this to me, as a scientific expert source in media, and issued a formal statement regarding my personal campaign contribution history in an attempt to discredit my commentary on wildfire, climate, and federal policy. Yet more alarm bells ringing...

Amy Kristin Sanders @amykristinsanders.bsky.social · 27d

I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.

This is *not* normal.

I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 27d

I find this extremely chilling:
I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 28d

I’m in Delta, Utah, this week, doing a story on California’s last coal plant. It’s been one of L.A.’s largest electricity sources for 40 years, and under CA law it needs to shut down by the end of 2025. Gas and green hydrogen to come.

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · 28d

A new report by the prestigious US National Academy of Sciences concludes that the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding was accurate, has stood the test of time, and is now reinforced by even stronger evidence:

Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions on U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare | The National Academies Press

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.

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David Condos @davidcondos.bsky.social · 29d

And more screenshots from Tyler Robinson's charging document that show some of the communication between him and his roommate after the shooting.

You can read the full document here, via NPR: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

David Condos @davidcondos.bsky.social · 29d

Utah authorities have charged Tyler Robinson - the suspect in the Charlie Kirk killing - with seven counts, including aggravated murder.

Here are some screenshots from the charging document that talk about what happened between Robinson and his family the day after the shooting.

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KUER @kuer.org · 29d

Robert Redford died “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” publicist Cindi Berger said in a statement.

Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor and Sundance founder, dies at 89

Redford died “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” publicist Cindi Berger said in a statement. No cause of death was provided.

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 13

"This is everywhere. Every community, every town, every state," one of the suspect's neighbors said. "It's going to be everybody's neighbor, everybody's classmate. It's not at all unusual anymore."

Utah residents are reeling knowing the Charlie Kirk suspect is one of their own

"This is everywhere. Every community, every town, every state," one of the suspect's neighbors said. "It's going to be everybody's neighbor, everybody's classmate. It's not at all unusual anymore."

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · Sep 13

Spotted from Bluff, UT

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · Sep 13

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After Trump’s Cuts, ‘Crippled’ NPR and PBS Stations Must Transform

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David Condos @davidcondos.bsky.social · Sep 12

“I'm upset. This is horrific. But I am not shocked.”

I visited Tyler Robinson’s family home today to learn how the neighborhood is reacting to his arrest in the killing of Charlie Kirk.

My latest from southern Utah for @kuer.org ⤵️
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KUER @kuer.org · Sep 12

A quiet street in a small town in the southwest corner of Utah is now near the epicenter of the world’s attention on Charlie Kirk.

Washington County is shocked the Charlie Kirk suspect is one of their own

“This is everywhere. Every community, every town, every state,” one of the suspect’s neighbors said. “It's going to be everybody's neighbor, everybody's classmate. It's not at all unusual anymore.”

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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · Sep 12

This is the first NPR/PBS station I've seen that's going out of business as a result of the federal rescission:
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Penn State plans to 'wind down' WPSU after board committee rejects plan to transfer it to WHYY

WPSU, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary of bringing public media to Pennsylvania, is slated to close soon, after a Penn State board of trustees committee voted Thursday against a proposal...

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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · Sep 11

At least 489,000 people died annually from heat between 2000 and 2019, according to the World Health Organization, many from climate change-fueled heat waves. @juliaradio.bsky.social @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/09/11/n...

Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to fossil fuel producers' pollution

A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies.

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