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Month: September 2017

Lawmakers get close look of Utah Lake’s algal bloom issue

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Several state legislators visited Utah Lake near Provo this week to get a tour and find out why state money should be used to help clean up a body of water that has been plagued by potentially toxic algal blooms. The Wasatch Front Water Quality Council […]

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Colorado family of 4 ID’d as victims of fatal plane crash

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado family of four has been identified as the victims of a fatal small airplane crash. Relatives on Sunday said in a statement that 47-year-old Jeff Makepeace, his 45-year-old wife, Jennifer, and their twin 10-year-old children, Addison and Benjamin, died in the crash late […]

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Arizona man gets prison term for threatening Mormons in Utah

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man has been sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for threatening members of the Mormon church in Utah. Prosecutors say 72-year-old Richard Corrie Beals of Tucson was sentenced to 13 months and one day in prison and fined $5,000. Beals was […]

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Fairview man killed when his pickup truck hits cow in a road

FAIRVIEW, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Fairview man is dead after his pickup truck hit a cow in the road. Utah Highway Patrol officials say 60-year-old Randall Hill was driving on state Route 89 a few miles north of Fairview around 5 a.m. Saturday when his pickup truck struck […]

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Activists Reportedly Steal Piglets then Protest Smithfield Foods in Beaver County

Beaver County Sheriff Cameron Noel told Mid-Utah Radio that they received a report of a break-in at Smithfield Foods near Milford. The reported break-in happened several months ago, but wasn’t reported until recently due to a video released to the Washington Post by animal rights activist group Direct Action Everywhere. […]

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Crash Near Jordanelle Reservoir

HEBER CITY, Utah-Friday morning, per the official Twitter of UDOT, a crash occurred in Wasatch County near Jordanelle Reservoir. UDOT reports the incident is on S.R. 32 at milepost 6, due east of U.S. 40 north of Heber City and occurred at 11:46 am MDT Friday. It is anticipated to […]

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Flash Flood Warnings Issued in Central and Southern Utah

A large portion of the southern half of Utah is on flood watch. The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City issued flash flood warnings for Zion National Park, North Creek, areas near Virgin River, and the Brian Head Fire burn scar. A severe thunderstorm expected to produce heavy rain […]

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Man who skipped court date in case involving daughter’s death, found

David Lewis Anderson was taken into custody Wednesday in Wilmington, North Carolina. According to the Sevier County Sheriff, Anderson was trying to check into a homeless shelter there. Anderson was to be sentenced in a case involving the death of his daughter, but failed to make the court appearance on […]

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Utah governor endorses GOP senators’ health plan

ALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is backing a new plan by two Republican senators to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. The GOP governor said at a news conference on KUED-TV Thursday that the plan from Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy […]

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Herbert: Zinke signaled Grand-Staircase should be shrunk

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor says Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has signaled he’s recommending that President Donald Trump shrink Utah’s two-decade old Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Gov. Gary Herbert said at a press conference on KUED-TV Thursday that he doesn’t know specifically what Zinke recommended for the 1.9-million […]

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