EPHRAIM, Utah (AP)—Adrianne Beazer and Courtney Duncan each scored goals as the Cedar Lady Redmen downed the Manti Lady Templars, 2-0 Wednesday in non-region soccer action.

(RICHFIELD) – The Sevier County Planning Commission met in session Wednesday afternoon to hear comments from the Zoning Administrator concerning abuses in the appeals process on Conditional Use Permits. Larry Hanson says the language in the appeal ordinance is vague but the intent is correct. He said the appeals process should involve only the applicant of the CUP and adjoining property owners and not anyone who wants to vent and hold up the application process. Planning members said they want to clarify the language with the county attorney.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Revised figures show at least 20,000 more Utahns have lost their jobs than previous estimates have indicated. The chief economist for the Department of Workforce Services, Mark Knold, said questionnaires sent to every employer in the state at the end of every quarter reveal jobs losses are deeper than what initial surveys showed. The job loss rates the department reports each month are based on a survey method devised by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Knold later sent the follow-up questionnaires, which provide comprehensive information. For example, Knold said in the year ending in March, 4.5 percent of Utah’s jobs were eliminated. The preliminary rate reported was 2.6 percent. Knold has no figures for the second quarter, but says he expects that the trend continued.

(HELPER)—Two teachers at a small-town school are facing charges, accused of illegal sexual conduct with students. Both women had been working at Helper Junior High, until the Carbon School District learned of the cases at the end of July. Investigators say Melissa Andrini developed a sexual relationship this summer with a boy who may have been one of her students the previous year. Andrini has since resigned. Another teacher is accused of unlawful touching during the 2007-08 school year. Carbon School District Special Programs Director Robert Cox said she is currently on paid administrative leave, pending the investigation. Carbon County Attorney Gene Strate said both cases are being screened by his office. District officials are currently weighing their options while as more information becomes available, additional steps will be taken.

(OREM)—Orem police arrested two men they say were using fake identities to steal copper materials. Orem police Lieutenant Gary Downey said the two suspects went to a heating and cooling supply store August 5 and identified themselves as being from a local contracting company. The order was soon loaded up in the suspects’ vehicle, they filled out the paper for the order and drove off with over $600 in copper pipes, copper fittings and copper insulation. The supply store employees became suspicious when the two returned the next day and ordered an additional $1000 in copper goods. A store employee called the contracting company the two claimed to be from and discovered they were impostors. The police then called the store, but the suspects fled before they arrived. A store employee followed the suspects and helped direct police to their location. James Campbell and Darrin Dowley were arrested for identity fraud, forgery, and theft by deception. They also had other warrants out for their arrest on unrelated charges.

(FARMINGTON)—A Farmington doctor has been busted for prescribing drugs after surrendering his license. Thirty-two-year-old Jeremy McCandless was arrested Monday on federal charges with 29 counts of unlawful distribution of Oxycodone. Federal authorities say McCandless would prescribe the drug to family and friends without proper authority and would even sell the drugs himself. In March 2008, McCandless was licensed to practice medicine and prescribe controlled substances in the state of Utah. According to court documents two months later, the University of Utah School of Medicine graduate was terminated from his residency program due to falsifying medical records. Special Assistant United States Attorney Vernon G. Stejskal said McCandless would meet family and friends at golf courses and other various places and strike deals to prescribe controlled substances. Additionally, Stejskal said from December 2008-March 2009, McCandless would receive controlled substances himself by writing prescriptions to another person. The person would then bring the drugs back to him and he in turn would pay the people and sell them the drugs back at street value. After McCandless was arrested Monday, he made an initial appearance in court where he pleaded not guilty to the 29 charges. McCandless was released by the judge Wednesday after it was determined he was not a flight risk. He is scheduled to go to trial October 19 and if he’s convicted, the maximum penalty for each charge is 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Travel and Leisure Magazine ranked Salt Lake City International Airport as the best in the country for on-time arrivals, with only 12 percent of flights being delayed more than 15 minutes. The magazine based their findings on flight records from April 2008-March 2009. This is the second consecutive year Salt Lake International has come in at the top of the list.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—AAA Utah says gas prices in the state are down 4 cents from last month. The organization says the average cost for a gallon of regular, self-serve gasoline in the state is $2.61, which is $1.50 less than the average a year ago. The national average price of a gallon of regular, self-serve gas is $2.64, 12 cents higher than last month, but $1.22 lower than a year ago.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Crews shut a Salt Lake City road for about an hour Tuesday while they investigated a mysterious substance that turned out to be harmless. Residents in the neighborhood noticed a green liquid flowing down the gutter Tuesday around 12:00 p.m. and called 911. Authorities traced the impetus of the liquid and discovered it came from a harmless dye contractors use to find breaks and poor connections in pipes. The Salt Lake Tribune reported whoever used the dye did not properly notify city officials that the green liquid would be showing up in the water system.

(PROVO)—Brigham Young University police are searching for a cyclist who reached out and grabbed women pedestrians on two occasions. The Daily Universe reported the incidents occurred on July 25 and August 10, around 8:00 p.m. both evenings. The women say the man touched them in inappropriate places as he rode by. The Daily Universe stated the man is an 18-22 year old white male between 5’7-and 6’0 tall. Additionally, he has brown hair and hazel or brown eyes, weighs from 160-170 pounds and rode a mountain-type bicycle.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) – A new report released by the National Commission on Vision and Health shows public school screenings for child vision care in the U.S. is falling short. Dr. Edwin Marshall, Doctor of Optometry and Chair of the National Commission on Vision and Health, says vision screenings are not the most effective way to determine vision problems in children. Dr. Marshall said that 86% of children entering kindergarten have not had an eye exam and a third of children who are screened and fail a vision test, don’t receive any follow-up care. Dr. Marshall said that millions of children are not receiving essential eye care services which can prevent eye disease, developmental delays, improve school achievement and contribute to other social problems.

(RICHFIELD) – Three wildland fires continue to burn on the Fishlake National Forest. Fire personnel say the Sawmill Fire, located southeast of Scipio, is burning in steep, rocky terrain. The fire, which started by lightning on August 6th, is being managed for resource benefit and has consumed about 250 acres. The Amos Canyon Fire, burning in the mountains west of Aurora, is now estimated at near 1500 acres and has been burning since July 5th. Temporary closures of forest roads and trails remain in effect until personnel reopen the area. Also, the Solomon Basin Fire, burning about 11 miles northeast of Fremont, is estimated at 192 acres and is being managed for resource benefit. The fire started by lightning July 30 and several forest roads and trails are closed in the area. No injuries or threatened structures have been reported since the fires began.

(BRIAN HEAD) – Federal stimulus funds will be used to build a new multi-million dollar water system at Brian Head. The town, nestled in the mountains above Parowan in Iron County, also plans to purchase water rights, develop a new well and lay new transmission pipes in a project to upgrade its water system. The projects will be paid for with a $5.5-million loan and a $3.6-million grant in federal stimulus money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Brian Head’s is the only Utah project to receive funds through the agency’s Rural Development Water and Environmental Program. Mayor Dutch Deutschlander said Tuesday the new reservoir and well will help avoid disasters like the one in the ‘80’s that left the town dry for five days when the pump broke on the town’s only water tank.

(SALT LAKE CITY) – A new poll shows that Utah’s newest governor is more conservative than his predecessor. During his inaugural address, Gov. Gary Herbert spoke on his forward-thinking philosophy, advocating self-reliance and a limited role for government. In a Dan Jones and Associates poll for KSL-TV and the Deseret News, two-thirds said they would vote for Huntsman if he returned from China and ran again. The poll of 400 Utahns showed that 45% say they are very or somewhat conservative, 33% say they are moderate and 10% say they are liberal. 44% say Huntsman is more moderate and 41% call him conservative. The poll indicated that just over half of Utahns saw Herbert as conservative, 12% call him moderate and 33% don’t know. Herbert says that economic growth is his top priority.