Gay Couples Try to Marry   Gay Couples Try to Marry 01:52
February 13, 2009
During their lunchtime break, five couples paid a visit to the City and County Building yesterday to apply for marriage licenses.  Along with others across the nation, they were celebrating Freedom to Marry Day.  But none of the couples walked away with a license.  KUER's Anne Milliken reports.
 
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

An Interview with
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

05:18
December 11, 2008
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was in Deer Valley, Utah, for his annual Waterkeeper Alliance fundraiser.  He spoke with Anne Milliken about his environmental views, while driving from the Salt Lake City airport to his hotel.
 
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Team Obama Team Obama 03:10
November 2008
During the 2008 Presidential campaign, a group of mothers and daughters from Utah traveled to Thornton, CO, to campaign for Senator Obama.  Teens and pre-teens were given offices, registered voters, made phone calls, and learned that democracy is a contact sport.
 
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The Debate in Sigurd The Debate in Sigurd 02:57
September 8, 2008
The coal industry is trying to move a plant into Sigurd, Utah, a ranching community in a five mile wide valley.  The town of Sigurd is torn between remaining the same, clean country town or bringing in jobs and industry that will harm their environmental health.
 
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Weather Reports Weather Reports 05:40 (PART 1)
05:48 (PART 2)
July 2-3, 2008
A two-part chronicle of the work of Terry Tempest Williams and her non-fiction writing graduate students at the University of Wyoming.  Part 1 is Williams and Milliken driving to the Sage Grouse lek along the Powder River Basin ridge in Wyoming.  Part 2 is the story of Wyomingites living through an oil and gas drilling boom.
 
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Foundry Worker Foundry Worker 05:23
May 7, 2008
A profile of David Thomlin, lead molder at the May Foundry and Machine Company in Salt Lake.  This is the tale of a man who has pretty much everything he wants in life, without being greedy.
 
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Annabelle's Passion Annabelle's Passion 06:35
November 21, 2006
On the road for a series of three-day events - the triathlon of horseback riding - with Milliken's youngest daughter, Annabelle.
 
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Veteran of Today's War Veteran of Today's War 05:54
November 10, 2006
A conversation with a young Utah soldier recently returned from Iraq.
 
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Wind Power Conflict in Utah Wind Power Conflict in Utah 05:53
July 10, 2006
How a rancher sees an opportunity to keep his kids, and the next generations, working on the land he calls home. But the bureaucracy, the powers that be, and the state don't make it easy to harvest the wind.
 
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World's Fastest Lawnmower World's Fastest Lawnmower 03:51
July 4, 2006
Imagine the Salt Flats next to the Great Salt Lake on July 4th and then a man, his machine and his girl who all share the same dream...
 
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Downtown in Those Days Downtown in Those Days 08:36
May 15, 2006
When I moved to Utah in the 1980s, I kept hearing about the thriving, thrilling downtown of the old days.  The commonly held belief is that the LDS Church killed downtown by building two huge malls across from each other.
 
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Road Home Reading Road Home Reading 03:30
March 3, 2006
What do the homeless read?  A simple question with some surprising answers.
 
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What Makes a Good Citizen What Makes a Good Citizen 05:23
November 4, 2003
NPR asked KUER to participate in a series on DEMOCRACY!  "What makes a good citizen?" was Milliken's first assignment.  Anne Milliken received a Public Affairs award from the Utah Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for this story.
 
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