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Month: April 2017

Plane Crashes On Cedar City Runway 

(Cedar City, UT)  –   A pilot is recovering after his plane flipped upside down on the runway at Cedar City Airport.  Investigators say the man’s plane crashed while he was trying to take off from the airport yesterday afternoon.  The pilot was the only one on board the plane, which took […]

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Wage Disparity Between UT Genders Significant

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah has one of the biggest disparities in wages between men and women in the U.S. A study by the National Partnership for Women and Families says women in Utah make 71 cents for every dollar a man makes. It says that’s the third biggest […]

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Utah energy provider plans major wind turbine expansion

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s largest electricity provider has announced plans to build a wind turbine in Wyoming that would power more Utah homes by 2021. Rocky Mountain Power officials said Tuesday that they want to build a $3.5 billion wind generation and transmission project in southwestern Wyoming over […]

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Navajo Nation considers implementing gun registration

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Navajo Nation Tribal Council officials are reviewing a proposal that would require tribal land residents to register their firearms. The Daily Times reports the proposed bill would require residents to register firearms such as rifles and shotguns to the Navajo Nation Police Department. The bill would […]

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2 Dead after Early Morning Crash on I-70

A multi-vehicle accident claimed the life of two men, including an internationally known cyclist, early Wednesday on I-70. The Utah Highway Patrol said the accident began when an eastbound semi truck and trailer overcorrected near the Utah-Colorado border after drifting off of the right soft shoulder. The semi overturned, landing […]

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Utah schools to pay $100,000 for ‘drunk goggles’ injury

KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A Utah school district has agreed to pay $100,000 to the family of a teenage girl who was injured while wearing so-called “drunk goggles” in a 2014 exercise. The Standard-Examiner reports (http://bit.ly/2nXXMCQ ) that the Davis School District has agreed to put more than $61,000 into […]

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Family survives 2 days stranded on Utah river, credits faith

DENVER (AP) — The names of a Colorado pastor and his family who were rescued after crashing their kayaks into boulders along a Utah river and spending two days in a steep canyon have been released. KMGH-TV reports Jay Vonesh, his wife, Julie, their two teenage daughters and the family […]

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Utah transit agency cooperating with DOJ corruption probe

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors have agreed not to file charges against Utah’s public transit agency in exchange for cooperation with a Department of Justice investigation of corruption and misuse of public funds. U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber and Utah Transit Authority leaders announced the deal Tuesday. […]

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Utah school stabbing victim speaks about anger, confusion

OREM, Utah (AP) — One of five victims of a high school locker room stabbing in Utah says he no longer feels safe at school and is angry and confused about why he and others were attacked last November. The teenager spoke Tuesday at a hearing in Orem in which […]

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Utah Woman Hurt In London Attack To Attend Memorial 

(London)  –  The Utah woman who lost her husband and was seriously hurt during a terrorist attack in London will be a guest of honor at a royal memorial service.  Melissa Cochran of West Bountiful will be one of several victims attending the service at Westminster Abbey today.  Cochran’s husband […]

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