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Month: March 2017

Budget: Schools, state worker pay raise, homeless shelters

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are using their final week of the legislative session to settle a budget that will top $15 billion. The budget legislators are circling around this week includes $68 million to pay for 10,000 extra students in schools, $116 million for districts to raise […]

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Utah warns of solar energy phone scams

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials are warning residents about phone scams targeting those with solar panels on their homes and businesses. Julie Price with the state Department of Commerce says there has been a rise in the number of solar-related phone scams in the last two months. Rocky […]

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Salt Lake City’s new Catholic bishop to be installed Tuesday

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The first Filipino-American bishop ordained in the United States is set to be installed as the leader of Salt Lake City’s Catholic diocese. The official installation for the 63-year-old Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis is scheduled for Tuesday at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. Solis will […]

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Utah’s unemployment rate remains at 3.1 percent in January

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.1 percent in January for the third month in a row. The Department of Workforce Services on Friday released employment figures for January. The data show about 47,800 residents were jobless that month but looking for work. Utah’s unemployment […]

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Trash-burning plant that provides steam for base to close

LAYTON, Utah (AP) — A trash-burning plant that supplies steam for Hill Air Force Base will close due to what officials say is reduced demand and a need for costly upgrades. The Standard-Examiner (https://goo.gl/SWCC1M ) reports that closure this year of the Davis Energy Recovery Facility in Layton will eliminate […]

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House OKs bill allowing restaurant diners to see drinks made

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s House of Representatives has passed a bill that could allow restaurants to stop shielding diners from seeing alcoholic drinks as they’re prepared. House lawmakers voted 58-10 late Friday afternoon to approve the measure, sending it to the Senate for consideration. Utah’s Senate will have […]

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Florida man arrested in 1977 killing extradited to Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man arrested last week in the 1977 killing of a Salt Lake City teen has been extradited to Utah. The Deseret News (http://bit.ly/2mw9rus ) reports 59-year-old Patrick McCabe of Bell, Florida, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail Sunday. Authorities accuse him of […]

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Body of hiker found after fall from Zion National Park trail

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a man who apparently fell to his death while hiking in Zion National Park in southern Utah. Park spokesman John Marciano says other visitors hiking the West Rim Trail in Refrigerator Canyon found the man’s body Friday morning. […]

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3.3 magnitude quake reported Sunday in southwestern Utah

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — The University of Utah Seismograph Stations has reported a minor earthquake in the southwestern part of the state. Seismograph Stations officials say a magnitude 3.3 quake occurred shortly after noon Sunday. They say the epicenter of the shock was located in the Cedar Valley, six […]

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Moab police: 2 teens dead after crash on way home from prom

MOAB, Utah (AP) — Police in Moab say two teenagers are dead after their vehicle crashed on the way home from a prom. They say the teens were driving home when their car went off the road on La Sal Loop Road. Police say the vehicle rolled multiple times and […]

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