Wednesday May 31, 2023

An excited and determined group of local middle schoolers gathered at the shores of Ken’s Lake on Tuesday. Their goal? Be the first ones to make it across the lake in homemade, cardboard boats. And later, we hear from the Great Salt Lake commissioner on why Utahns should avoid 'Great Salt Lake fatigue'. Plus, a federal judge has ruled in a trespassing case involving our region’s checkerboard pattern of land ownership. And, new research shows ancient chile peppers were likely growing in Southwestern states millions of years earlier than previously thought.

// Photo: At this year’s second annual cardboard duct tape boat race, there was a lot of enthusiasm…and a lot of capsizing. KZMU / Emily Arntsen