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Month: February 2018

Forbes: Utah County 2nd-best place for housing investment

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Owning a home in Utah County is a good investment. The Daily Herald reports the Provo-Orem metro area — which includes much of Utah County — came in second on Forbes’ 2018 list of the best places to invest in housing. Only Orlando, Florida, came in […]

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Cedar man sentenced to jail, probation for sexual assaults

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Cedar City man has been sentenced to nearly one year in jail and three years of probation for sexually assaulting two teenagers. The Spectrum reports 19-year-old Jakey Joshua Wall was sentenced Tuesday to 360 days in jail and 36 months of probation for one […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 2/6

*Girls Basketball* HERRIMAN, Utah-Brinley Henrie and Shaylee Fowles had 13 points apiece as the Delta Rabbits edged Providence Hall 40-37 Tuesday in Region 14 girls basketball action. Isabel Page had 16 points in the loss for the Patriots. NEPHI, Utah-Hannah Robins netted 19 points and 10 rebounds as the Juab […]

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House OKs $1.72M tax break to nuclear waste disposal company

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s House of Representatives has approved giving a $1.72 million tax break ever year to a Utah-based nuclear waste disposal company. The tax break comes as Utah’s governor has called on lawmakers to scale back tax breaks. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Salt Lake City-based […]

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Bill bans officials’ fundraising during legislative session

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers and the governor are barred from raising campaign cash during the legislative session and they want to ensure the attorney general and other top elected officials face a similar ban. Democratic Rep. Mark Wheatley of Murray has introduced a bill banning the attorney […]

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Attorney who withdrew from death penalty case sues county

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — An appellate attorney has sued a Utah county alleging his free-speech rights were violated when he was fired after speaking publicly about a lack of funding in a death penalty case. Defense attorney Samuel Newton on Wednesday filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Weber […]

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Bill to create way to change gender designation clears panel

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A panel of Utah lawmakers approved a Republican senator’s plan Monday to create a process for transgender people to legally change their gender designation through the courts, though not without some disagreement. The LGBT rights group Equality Utah said they’re concerned about some revisions in […]

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Utah House OKs bill banning abortions based on Down syndrome

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s House of Representatives passed legislation Monday barring abortions sought because a fetus has been diagnosed with Down syndrome, sending the measure to the Senate despite warnings from their attorneys that there’s a high probability a court will rule it’s unconstitutional. Bill sponsor Rep. Karianne […]

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Utah girl dies in fall from narrow cliff hike at Zion

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Zion National Park officials say a 13-year-old girl has fallen to her death from a popular narrow trail bordered by steep drops. Zion park ranger John Marciano said Tuesday the Utah girl was hiking with family when she tumbled from the Angel’s Landing Trail Monday […]

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Crash At Cedar City

CEDAR CITY, Utah (UDOT)-Per the official Twitter of UDOT, a crash occurred in the northern sector of Cedar City that may negatively affect Interstate 15 traffic Tuesday morning. UDOT reports the crash occurred at milepost 62, the north Cedar City exit off of Interstate 15 at 9:51 am MST Tuesday. […]

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