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Month: September 2017

Moab man drowns in Colorado River while trying to save child

MOAB, Utah (AP) — Utah officials say a 70-year-old Moab man drowned during a family trip to the Colorado River after he tried to save a young relative. A news release by the Grand County Sheriff’s Office says James Laverne Gregoire was attempting to bring a child back to safety, […]

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Utah man accused of setting several wildland fires in Oregon

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man from Salt Lake City, Utah, has been accused of intentionally starting three wildland fires in central Oregon. The Bulletin reports (https://goo.gl/1eRofS) 37-year-old Christopher Glen Wilson was indicted Friday by a Deschutes County grand jury on three counts of arson and reckless endangerment. […]

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Justice Department probes Utah State’s handling of assaults

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Utah State University is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, an unusual step that comes after a string of sexual assault cases, school officials have confirmed. Federal officials’ investigation into the school is more serious than those going on at hundreds of other colleges […]

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The Latest: Mayor: Probe shows policies broken in nurse case

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The mayor of Salt Lake City says an investigation found evidence that officers violated department policies in the rough arrest of a nurse who refused to allow a blood draw on an unconscious patient. Mayor Jackie Biskupski discussed the findings Wednesday in an unusual step […]

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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert holding annual fundraising gala

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is holding is his annual fundraiser this week though the Republican says he’s not seeking another term as governor after winning re-election last fall. Herbert’s annual governor’s gala in Salt Lake City on Friday night comes as state fundraising reports show […]

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Appeal filed in Canada child-bride case

CRANBROOK, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian woman is seeking to have her conviction overturned after she was sentenced to seven months in jail for taking a 13-year-old girl to the United States to marry the leader of a polygamous church. Gail Blackmore filed an appeal Wednesday arguing that British […]

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Expect Lots of Rain

DENVER (KUSA-9) Because of south-central Utah’s remote location, far way from Salt Lake City and its unique geography, many times northern Utah meteorologists don’t quite see what’s going on in our atmosphere. Consistently, however, KUSA-TV Channel 9 of Denver meteorologist Marty Coniglio, has pinpointed weather in our coverage area. Today […]

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Crash Near Bryce Canyon

BRYCE CANYON CITY, Utah (UDOT)-Per the official Twitter account of UDOT, there was a crash near Bryce Canyon City Wednesday morning. The incident occurred on westbound S.R. 12 at milepost 10, three miles west of Bryce Canyon City in Garfield County at 9:30 am MDT Wednesday. The estimated clearance time […]

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SUU Has the Largest Increase in Students in Utah, Study Confirms

CEDAR CITY, Utah (Southern Utah University PR)-Southern Utah University has seen the largest percentage increase in student enrollment over the past year. In statement from university president Scott L. Wyatt released Tuesday, SUU has had the largest percentage increase in students in the Beehive State at 6.2 percent. The average […]

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Utah town of Panguitch’s water supply tainted with E. coli

PANGUITCH, Utah (AP) — About two months after a Utah wildfire stopped burning, testing has shown unacceptable levels of E. coli bacteria in most of the water that filters through the taps of the rural town of Panguitch. Town manager Lori Talbot says suspects the cause of the contaminated water […]

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