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Year: 2017

Scammers in Utah impersonate sheriff’s deputies

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A telephone fraud where scammers act as law enforcement agents has cost some Utah residents thousands of dollars in recent months. The Spectrum reports a release from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office says the suspects typically identify themselves as law enforcement and call armed with […]

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Utah woman accused of embezzling $45K at Payson store

PAYSON, Utah (AP) — A 49-year-old Utah woman has been arrested on charges accusing her of embezzling more than $45,000 from a grocery store in Payson. Kathleen Garner is accused of stealing the money from the Payson Market south of Provo between October 2016 and 2017. KSL-TV reports she was […]

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BLM hosts sage grouse meetings in Utah Tues, Wed, Thurs

VERNAL, Utah (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is hosting three public meetings in Utah this week to gather input on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s plans to reassess sage grouse management policies adopted under the Obama administration. The evening scoping sessions are scheduled Tuesday in Vernal, Wednesday in […]

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Zinke says Democrats holding Interior nominees ‘hostage’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is complaining that Senate Democrats are holding the department’s nominees “hostage” to a political agenda that includes opposition to his review of presidentially designated monuments. In a sharply worded letter to Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, Zinke says it’s […]

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The Latest: Police identify family dead in murder-suicide

Utah police say a family of four from Switzerland was found shot to death in their home in an apparent murder-suicide. Mapleton Police Chief John Jackson said in a statement Friday the family moved to the small town of Mapleton months ago after 45-year-old Timothy Griffith got a job in […]

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Daughter says she was abused by polygamous sect leader

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A daughter of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs tells NBC News he sexually abused her when she was a child. Rachel Jeffs spoke about her life within the secretive group during a Friday appearance on “Megyn Kelly Today.” The 33-year-old woman says the abuse began […]

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Vernal man pleads guilty to defrauding boss

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who pleaded guilty to skimming cash he persuaded his employer to invest in a planned cellphone app has been ordered to pay restitution and placed on probation. Cortney Blaine Pierce of Vernal will be on probation for four years and had a […]

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US sage grouse policy heading back to square one

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — U.S. scientists and land managers who’ve been crafting strategies to protect a ground-dwelling bird across the American West for nearly two decades are going back to the drawing board. Federal officials wrap up a series of public meetings with three sessions in Utah in the coming […]

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Lifetime to premiere movie on Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapping

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart is pleased with how a Lifetime movie and documentary she helped produce about her harrowing ordeal turned out, but says her visit to the movie set brought back terrible memories when she saw actor Skeet Ulrich looking so similar to the […]

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Scientists: Central Utah’s Pando aspen grove could soon die out

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Pando aspen grove in Utah is united by a shared root system, making it one of the largest single living organisms in the world, but scientists say it could be on the brink of collapse. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the grove is dying […]

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