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Month: July 2017

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Opening Up Singer Applications

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Monday, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir announced the dates for the 2017 application period for singers to join the organization. The period is currently ongoing and will run through August 15 with auditions open for all voice parts. For membership in the storied choir, all applicants must be […]

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S.R. 143 Completely Opened

BRIAN HEAD, Utah (AP)-Per the official Twitter of Utah Fire Info, all of S.R. 143 has been opened Monday. This is the highway connecting Parowan to Panguitch that passes through Brian Head. However, drivers are reminded that fire crews are still working on the road. For the safety of firefighters, […]

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Boy Scout leader killed, Scouts hurt in highway crash

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Boy Scout leader is dead and several scouts are injured following a crash in central Utah. The Utah Highway Patrol says the 78-year-old leader was driving with another leader and five boys on Saturday when the camp trailer hitched to their sport-utility vehicle began […]

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Utah water park chlorine spill causes evacuation, injuries

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A chlorine spill on Friday prompted a Utah water park to evacuate and caused multiple injuries, including the hospitalization of one person. The spill was found when a Seven Peaks water park patron called 911 coughing and saying they were having difficulty breathing. Provo Fire and […]

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Prices rise, partitions fall under new Utah liquor law

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new Utah law is making wine, liquor and higher-alcohol beer more expensive. Parts of a broad liquor law passed by state legislators this year takes effect Saturday, including the price increase and measures allowing some restaurants to take down walls and partitions known as […]

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Health agency probes E.coli outbreak in polygamist Utah city

HILDALE, Utah (AP) — Utah health authorities say they are investigating an outbreak of E.coli after two children died in a city on the Arizona border that’s home to a polygamist Mormon sect. The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2szo4Mj.) that the Southwest Utah Public Health Department said Saturday that the […]

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Utah inmate pleads guilty to charge for cellmate’s killing

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah inmate has pleaded guilty to a murder charge in his cellmate’s killing. The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2svZm4i ) 39-year-old Timothy Maez pleaded guilty on Friday. He will be sentenced Aug. 21 and could face up to life in prison. Maez is accused […]

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Southern Utah wildfire eases as fishing lake, road reopens

BRIAN HEAD, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah fishing lake is reopening as firefighters gain more of a handle on a two-week old wildfire that has forced out 1,500 people from the area. The US Forest Service said Sunday that firefighters have made good progress on the blaze that’s burned […]

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Mormon Tabernacle Choir director mentors inmate music group

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The newest students of the director of the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir have the talented you would expect to be honed under the guidance of an experienced music teacher, but come from an unlikely source — Utah State Prison. Director Mack Wilberg spent months helping […]

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Utah officials watching Jordan River for algal bloom

PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is warning people headed to Provo Bay of potential health risks posed by algal bloom. Officials say the blooms are spreading north from their original location in Provo Bay and could reach the Jordan River in a few days. A […]

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