Michele Rowe is a KSL traffic reporter and sometimes digital content producer.

Traffic Reporter/Digital Content Producer

Michele Rowe

Michele Rowe started in TV, and has since moved to KSL NewsRadio as a traffic reporter and digital content producer. Contact Michele at mrowe@ksl.com.

US says its airlines can resume limited flights to China

American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta Air Lines — were all flying to China before the coronavirus pandemic, but demand dropped off sharply as the outbreak took hold and they eventually suspended their flights in February when the US government imposed travel restrictions.
6 years ago

Utah Humane Society offers reward for information leading to arrest in Eagle Mountain dog shooting

The Utah Humane Society is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of whoever killed an Eagle Mountain family's dog. 
6 years ago

You can now pay thousands of dollars to talk to celebrities for 10 minutes. Thanks, Cameo

Cameo, a startup that lets you pay celebrities for personal video messages, now lets users book a 10-minute Zoom call with, let's say, well-known people. The costliest are former football star Brett Favre for $5,000, ex-NSYNC singer Lance Bass for $1,250 and skateboarder Tony Hawk for $1,000.
6 years ago

Nasdaq tops 10,000 for the first time ever

The Nasdaq, an index that includes the top FAANG stocks, Microsoft, Tesla, and many other titans of tech, topped 10,000 for the first time ever Tuesday. The index has surged more than 11% this year.
6 years ago

This is what good news looks like in the aviation industry: Boeing’s canceled orders slowed

Boeing's deliveries ground to a near halt. But the company reported only 14 canceled orders for the troubled 737 Max last month.
6 years ago

Reopened Macy’s stores are performing better than expected

As stores reopen -- 450 at last count -- customers are returning in much larger numbers than Macy's had believed possible.
6 years ago

Spectacular drone footage captures thousands of turtles nesting

Researchers have captured beautiful aerial footage of thousands of green turtles congregating on the edge of Australia's Great Barrier Reef during the nesting season.
6 years ago

New guidelines for small business loans

The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, a bipartisan measure that was signed last Friday by President Donald Trump, businesses now have more flexibility with how and when the new small business loans are used.
6 years ago

Utah surpasses 10,000 cases of COVID-19; 6th day in a row of 200+

State health officials report 10,202 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Utah, an increase of 203 from the day before and the sixth day of increases over 200.
6 years ago

Yellowstone opens with a number of earthquakes (don’t worry though, it’s normal)

As Yellowstone National Park opens back up, scientists have been out placing seismic detectors showing that the park is as active with earthquakes as ever.
6 years ago

Entertainment leaders release Covid-19 production guidelines

Hollywood is inching closer to getting back to work, with the entertainment industry's guilds and unions signing off on a 22-page guideline document outlining how to do so safely.
6 years ago

SpaceX captures the flag, beating Boeing in cosmic contest

The first astronauts launched by SpaceX have captured the flag left behind at the International Space Station nearly a decade ago by the last crew to launch from the U.S. NASA astronaut Doug Hurley showed off the flag Monday, a day after arriving at the orbiting outpost.
6 years ago

Automakers have another COVID-19 problem: Suppliers

Building cars during the COVID-19 pandemic requires more than keeping auto-plant workers safe. Hundreds of supplier plants must stay safe and healthy, too.
6 years ago

Hertz paid top executives $16 million in bonuses ahead of its bankruptcy filing

Hertz paid out millions of dollars in bonuses to its executives before its bankruptcy -- and a month after it started laying off thousands of employees.
6 years ago

Dow soars 700 points on big hopes for a vaccine and the economy’s reopening

Floor trading reopened at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, and at the end of the trading day the numbers showed bounding investor optimism.
6 years ago

Lost athletic scholarship opportunities for some high school seniors

The pandemic is affecting so many aspects of people's lives and their futures. One thing being affected that you may not normally think about, scholarship opportunities.
6 years ago

Treating rebound headaches with early preventative meds best choice, study finds

What happens when the meds you've always taken for your headaches stop working? You may be dealing with "medication overuse headache."
6 years ago

JK Rowling will release new children’s book ‘The Ickabog’ online for free

JK Rowling will release her new book online, stressing that it isn't a Harry Potter spinoff. Instead, she says "The Ickabog" is a standalone fairy tale.
6 years ago

As malls reopen, what’s different?

It's been a long two months since people have been able to hit the mall and do some retail therapy. Despite the long Memorial Day weekend where crowds usually can't wait to get outside, there's a whole group of people that can't wait to get inside for some shopping as malls begin to reopen. 
6 years ago

Some nursing homes are taking residents’ stimulus checks, FTC warns

The Federal Trade Commission reported that that nursing homes in several states are requesting residents sign over their stimulus checks.
6 years ago

A creative way you can honor our veterans in Utah nursing homes

Caregivers at the state-run nursing homes are concerned about the emotional toll this isolation is taking on the veterans. 
6 years ago

Europe promises to reopen for summer tourism in wake of coronavirus

(CNN) — The world’s biggest tourist playground has been roped off since it became a coronavirus epicenter, but as summer looms Europe is desperate to lift restrictions to get visitors pumping much needed cash into stricken economies. Across the continent, various nations currently sitting behind the firewall of quarantines or sealed frontiers, are figuring out […]
6 years ago

Prince Charles wants furloughed workers to pick fruit and vegetables

Prince Charles called on students and furloughed workers to pick fruit and vegetables to plug shortages in the labor market caused by the pandemic.
6 years ago

People are flying again … sort of

For the first time in weeks, Americans are booking more flights than they're canceling, and US airlines are adding flights to their schedules.
6 years ago