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Month: August 2017

Bottled water may sell in Utah’s National Parks again

PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government says it’s eliminating a policy that let national parks like the Grand Canyon ban the sale of bottled water. The National Parks Service announced the change in a statement released Wednesday. The rules were put in place in 2011 in response to discarded water […]

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Utah officials submit Medicaid plan to help homeless

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has asked President Donald Trump’s administration to approve a limited Medicaid plan to help the homeless and those in need of mental health and drug addiction treatment. It’s part of a state strategy to curb violence and drug trafficking in a Salt Lake City […]

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Boy, 10, found shot in head at Mt. Pleasant home with 11-year-old

MOUNT PLEASANT, Utah (AP) — Police say a 10-year-old boy was found with a gunshot wound to the head while at a central Utah home with an 11-year-old. Mount Pleasant police said in a statement that officers were called to the home Wednesday and found the two children there. The […]

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Mt. Pleasant Police Respond to call of Shot 10-year-old

MT. PLEASANT, Utah (AP)-Wednesday, per a tweet from the official account of KUTV-2 News of Salt Lake City reporter Heidi Hatch, Mt. Pleasant Police are responding to the call of a 10-year-old being shot. Police chief Jim Wilberg stated officers responded to a house on the report of the injured […]

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Enhanced fire restrictions easing in Central Utah

Following a decrease in human caused fires in the past couple of weeks, fire restrictions are loosening for most of Utah. Fire Managers have decided to rescind the enhanced fire restrictions on unincorporated private lands, State lands, Bureau of Land Management lands and Fishlake National Forest lands in Southwest and […]

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Defense lawyer questions charges in Brian Head fire

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — A defense attorney questioned misdemeanor charges against a man accused of accidentally sparking a massive Utah wildfire that destroyed 13 homes and cost some $40 million to fight. Attorney Andrew Deiss said after a Tuesday court hearing that part of the case against Robert Ray […]

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1 dead, 5 hurt in spectator crash near Speed Week

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say one person is dead and five others are hurt after two cars of Speed Week spectators crashed on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Tooele County Sheriff’s Lt. Ron Johnson says one man in a pickup truck died after the vehicle veered into the path […]

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Confederate monuments removed overnight in Baltimore

BALTIMORE (AP) — Confederate monuments in Baltimore were quietly removed and hauled away on trucks in darkness early Wednesday, days after a violent white nationalist rally in Virginia that was sparked by plans to take down a similar statue there. Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh told The Baltimore Sun that crews […]

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Planned power outage for Fairview, Mt. Pleasant and Spring City

The lights will go out in Fairview, Mt. Pleasant and Spring City on Thursday due to a planned power outage. The outage is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Currently, all three cities share an electrical switch, and the outage is to allow a new switch to be installed […]

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Sanpete County Primary Election Results

Utah’s primary election yesterday has narrowed the field of candidates for mayor in Mount Pleasant and city council in Spring City. Pending the canvass in a couple of weeks the results are as follows; In Spring City’s Council race: Chris Anderson 222 Michael Black 127 Tom Brunner 126 Kimberly Lloyd-Stewart […]

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