Jeff Caplan’s Afternoon News

KSL News Brief 6:30pm May 22, 2026

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KSL News Brief  4:00pm May 22, 2026

Today...policy makers and industry leaders spoke at the Operation Gigawatt Summit here in Utah...addressing energy production here in the state.

KSL.com's Bridger Beal-Cvetko was THERE...and he joins me now LIVE. 

KSL News Brief  3:30pm May 22, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:30pm – May 22, 2026

KSL News Brief  3:00pm May 22, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:30pm May 21, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:00pm May 21, 2026

The Democratic party has released a report on why Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election to President Trump.

Joining me live is Adam Gardiner with ASG consulting.

KSL News Brief 5:30pm May 21, 2026

Governor Cox has declared a state of emergency because of the drought...

Utah's Water Watch.....KSL NewsRadio's Adam Small begins our team coverage... 

KSL News Brief 4:30pm May 21, 2026

We are now in an emergency drought. That was issued by the governor today. But what does that mean for us...and our PERSONAL water use?  Joining me live is KSL TV's Courtney Johns... who's been looking into this story today.

KSL News Brief 4:00pm May 21, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:30pm May 21, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:30pm May 21, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:00pm May 21, 2026

KSL's Top Story:

State lawmakers have decided it might be a good idea to take a closer look at these massive data centers.  Voting today...  to study the environmental impact of projects like the one in Box Elder County.

KSL NewsRadio's Heather Peterson has the story.

We're seeing more protests today... against the proposed AI data center in Box Elder County. 

Letters against the request for water rights can now be sent to the state division of water rights... and joining me live is KSL TV's Mike Anderson.

We're learning more...about the two suspects in the deadly shooting at a San Diego Mosque. 

Investigators say one of the teens posted a video of the attack online. Joining me now LIVE with more is ABC's Alex Stone

KSL News Brief 6:30pm –  May 19, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:00pm –  May 19, 2026

KSL News Brief 5:30pm –  May 19, 2026

KSL's Top Story:

Another immigration judge has been hired for Salt Lake City… but one lawyer says that's not enough to tackle Utah's tens of thousands of backlogged immigration cases.

KSL NewsRadio’s Eric Cabrera is LIVE with why attorneys say some families are waiting years for answers.

KSL News Brief 5:00pm –  May 19, 2026

Primary elections today for Georgia, Pennsylvania, Alabama and Kentucky. And lots of attention on Kentucky...where the fate of current representative Thomas Massie will be decided. 

Joining me now LIVE is the President of ASG Consulting, Adam Gardiner

KSL News Brief 4:30pm –  May 19, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:00pm –  May 19, 2026

We've been following the settlement of the president's lawsuit against the IRS...which has created a 1.8 billion dollar fund for anyone victimized by the Biden administration. 

Joining me now LIVE with more...ABC Legal Analyst Royal Oakes.

KSL News Brief 6:00pm May 18, 2026

KSL's Top Story:

New details today... on what they're planning for the Box Elder Data Center.  

Three-thousand acres of solar panels.  That's more than 22 hundred football fields .. and it's still doesn't come close to generating the 7-point-5 gigawatts  the project would eventually need. 

The story from KSL NewsRadio's Heather Peterson . 

KSL News Brief 5:30pm May 18, 2026

KSL News Brief 5:00pm May 18, 2026

We've been following a shooting at an Islamic Center in San Diego...where police say two teenage suspects...and at least three adult victims...are dead. Joining me now LIVE with the latest...is former special agent in charge Rich Frankel

KSL News Brief 4:30pm May 18, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:00pm May 18, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:30pm May 18, 2026

DEVELOPING NEWS...

We're learning more from police...about a shooting at a San Diego Mosque where at least five people are dead...including the suspected shooters.

Mark Grimmili, FBI Special Agent in charge Mark Grimmili says its an ongoing investigation...

KSL News Brief 3:00pm May 18, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:30pm May 15, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:00pm May 15, 2026

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KSL News Brief 3:30pm Mar. 15, 2026

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KSL News Brief 6:30pm May 14, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:00pm May 14, 2026

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KSL's Top Story:

something that hardly ever happens.  A Taylorsville Police Detective has been charged in connection with a shooting incident.

The DA says the shooting was unjustified.  
KSL NewsRadio’s Heather Peterson has the details.

KSL News Brief 5:00pm May 14, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:30pm May 14, 2026

The senate has adopted a measure...that will suspend the senators' pay during government shutdown.

Congressman Mike Kennedy has been pushing for the No Work No Pay Bill...which would do something similar for all of Congress. He joins me now live

KSL News Brief 4:00pm May 14, 2026

The Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office has ruled an officer-involved shooting UNJUSTIFIED...for the first time in more than a decade. Now the Taylorsville detective is facing a manslaughter charge.

Joining me live is former Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder.

KSL News Brief 3:30pm May 14, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:00pm May 14, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:30pm – May 13, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:00pm – May 13, 2026

KSL News Brief 5:30pm – May 13, 2026

KSL News Brief 5:00pm – May 13, 2026

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KSL News Brief 6:30pm – May 12, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:00pm – May 12, 2026

There's now a vacant seat on the Salt Lake City Council.  Ava Lopez Chavez has been removed from her council seat because she no longer lives in the district she represents.

KSL NewsRadio's Heather Peterson joins us LIVE with the story.

KSL News Brief 5:30pm – May 12, 2026

KSL News Brief 5:00pm – May 12, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:30pm – May 12, 2026

As immigration policy shifts...Afghan refugees are facing more hurdles to stay in the U-S. And here in Utah...some citizens are trying to help. That's what we hear about in a new, bonus episode of the KSL Podcast Stranger Becomes Neighbor.

Joining me now LIVE is senior podcast producer...Andrea Smardon. 

KSL News Brief 4:00pm – May 12, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:30pm – May 12, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:00pm – May 12, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:00pm May 11, 2026

Imagine thinking you're going on a cruise vacation and the next thing you know you're calling work to say you're being supervised by the federal government for the Hantavirus.

That's the reality for three Utahns right now... who were on the ship at the center of the outbreak.

KSL NewsRadio’s Eric Cabrera joins me live after hearing directly from Utah health officials today. 

KSL News Brief 5:30pm May 11, 2026

KSL's Top Story:

Some Box Elder County residents plan to fight the controversial Data Center at the ballot box.  Referendums are being filed... in hopes of overturning the project.

The story... from KSL NewsRadio's Heather Peterson..

KSL News Brief 5:00pm May 11, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:30pm May 11, 2026

A big focus for those *against* the proposed data center in Box Elder County...WATER. Protesters say they're worried about how much water the center would use to cool its servers.

But those behind the development say it would re-use the same water.

KSL TV's Mike Anderson got a tour of a smaller center at the University of Utah... that uses the closed-loop system. He joins me now live

KSL News Brief 4:00pm May 11, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:30pm May 11, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:00pm May 11, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:00pm - May 8, 2026

KSL News Brief 5:30pm - May 8, 2026

KSL's Top Story:

A Utah Supreme Court Justice is hanging up her robe.  She's resigning ...ahead of an investigation into claims she had a relationship with an attorney who argued in the redistricting case before the high court.

KSL NewsRadio's Heather Peterson has the story.

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - May 8, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - May 8, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - May 8, 2026

You'd really have to *try* to visit every single park... 511 of them... in Salt Lake County. 

Well... we'd like to introduce you to someone who's done it. 

Joining me live is Ali Vallarta..

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - May 8, 2026

Little green men and flying saucers are getting extra scrutiny today from armchair experts... now that the Pentagon has released its first batch of U-F-O reports from the last 80 years. 

Joining me live is Deseret News congressional correspondent Cami Mondeaux.

KSL News Brief 3:30pm - May 8, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:00pm - May 8, 2026