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This prototype of a new USPS mail delivery truck is part of a recent contract to upgrade the Postal Service's fleet of delivery trucks. Only about 10% of the new vehicles will be electric, despite pressure from the president and Congress to do more.

When It Comes To Clean Energy, USPS Delivery Trucks Don't Yet Answer The Mail

The U.S. Postal Service announced a half-billion-dollar contract to replace its aging fleet, but only a fraction will be electric-powered.

Parkite Makes His Appearance on American Idol This Weekend

A 20-year-old Parkite will make his appearance on American Idol Sunday. Wyatt Pike began his audition process back in November. After a number of zoom…

Local News Hour - March 10, 2021

Today on the Local News Hour:(01:57) - Utah Avalanche Forecast Center Report (07:03) - Wasatch County Representative Mike Kohler recaps the Legislative…

Local News Hour - March 11, 2021

Today on the Local News Hour:(02:01) - Utah Avalanche Forecast Center Report(08:49) - Summit County Council Member Roger Armstrong recaps Wednesday's…

Miriam De La Torre receives a COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month. The LA Unified School District and the United Teachers LA union say they've reach a tentative agreement to return to in-person learning next month.

LA Schools, Teachers Reach Tentative Deal To Reopen Classrooms To In-Person Learning

The agreement, which still must be ratified by members of the teachers union, would see most students returning to physical classrooms for the first time in more than a year.

A Philips cassette tape is shown in 1965. Lou Ottens, who led the invention of the first cassette tape, has died at 94.

Lou Ottens, Inventor Of The Cassette Tape, Has Died

"Next time you make that perfect playlist on Spotify or send a link to share a song, you can thank Lou Ottens," documentary filmmaker Zack Taylor told NPR.

Old Town Park City Liquor Store Set To Reopen March 22

The Old Town Park City Liquor Store - located on Swede Alley - has set a reopening date of Monday, March 22, after temporarily closing in mid-January. The…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks from the House floor during the vote on the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday. Despite Republican criticism that the bill has provisions unrelated to the pandemic, Pelosi insists the bill is "coronavirus-centric."

House Gives Final Approval To $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package

The bill will deliver a new round of aid to Americans almost a year after the pandemic first upended daily life in the United States.

A press badge for <em>Des Moines Register</em> reporter Andrea Sahouri features the jail booking photo from her May 31 arrest while covering a Black Lives Matter protest.

Iowa Reporter Found Not Guilty By Jury After Arrest At Black Lives Matter Protest

Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri was arrested by police as she was covering a Black Lives Matter protest. She was charged with failing to disperse and interfering with official acts.

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic antibiotics were frequently prescribed to seriously ill patients, even though the disease is caused by a virus.

Antibiotic Use Ran High In Early Days Of COVID-19, Despite Viral Cause

Many doctors have used antibiotics to treat COVID-19 patients, but that's largely unnecessary — and could even promote drug-resistant germs.

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