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Zion visitors asked to report excessive coughing by bighorns

Zion visitors asked to report excessive coughing by bighorns

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park visitors are being asked to alert wildlife biologists if they encounter bighorn sheep coughing a lot. Excessive coughing is a symptom of pneumonia and park officials and the state Division of Wildlife Resources said Tuesday that a bacterium commonly associated with […]

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Man arrested for impersonating officer, stealing vehicle

Man arrested for impersonating officer, stealing vehicle

HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Utah man, who claimed he was an FBI agent and on his way to the airport to see Russian President Vladimir Putin before carjacking a vehicle, has been arrested. The Deseret News reports Luke Dennis Menders, the 30-year-old Park City man, was arrested Sunday […]

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Boy Scout lost in Wyoming wilderness survived on bugs, bark

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy who became separated from his Boy Scout group during a hiking trip in the Wyoming wilderness survived partly on bugs and tree bark for the nearly 37 hours he was alone. Searchers found Garrett Hunter of Draper, Utah, in good health about 10:15 […]

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Hunger strike puts more scrutiny on Mormon youth interviews

Hunger strike puts more scrutiny on Mormon youth interviews

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon man has launched a hunger strike to bring attention to a campaign calling on church leaders to bring an end to closed door, one-on-one interviews between youth and lay leaders where sexual questions sometimes arise. Sam Young of Houston says he started his […]

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Teen missing from outdoor program found hungry but healthy

Teen missing from outdoor program found hungry but healthy

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a teenager who ran away from a youth-treatment program in Utah has been found safe. Officials with Redcliff Ascent said Saturday that 13-year-old Roberto Madrigal was found on the side of a road in Beaver County, hungry but otherwise healthy. The California native […]

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Nearly $1M inmate medical bill highlights problem for jails

Nearly $1M inmate medical bill highlights problem for jails

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Medical bills for a Utah jail inmate are nearing $1 million, sparking the sheriff’s resignation and highlighting widespread struggles to pay for inmate health care. Jails are required to provide inmates with necessary medical care, and the Salt Lake Tribune reports the cost of 49-year-old […]

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Man, teen accused in fatal drive-by shooting in Taylorsville

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a man and a teenager are in custody in connection with a drive-by shooting in Taylorsville that killed a woman. Unified police say they’ve arrested 20-year-old Euziel De La Torre of West Jordan for his alleged involvement in the July 10 shooting of […]

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St. George Tabernacle reopens after 2-year restoration project

St. George Tabernacle reopens after 2-year restoration project

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A historic Mormon church building in southern Utah has re-opened its doors after a two-year project to restore the tabernacle built by early settlers even as the new town struggled to survive through floods and heat. The Spectrum newspaper reports the Tabernacle in St. George, a LDS […]

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Man accused of sexual assault on elderly St. George woman

Man accused of sexual assault on elderly St. George woman

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 79-year-old St. George woman in her home three months ago. St. George police say 31-year-old Spencer Glen Monnett of Hurricane is being held on suspicion of first-degree felony counts of rape, a second-degree […]

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Search on for 13-year-old Boy Scout in Wyoming mountains

Search on for 13-year-old Boy Scout in Wyoming mountains

PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — A search is underway in the mountains of western Wyoming for a 13-year-old boy from Utah who became separated from his Boy Scout group during a backcountry hiking trip. Sublette County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Travis Bingham says the search for Garrett Hunter, of Draper, intensified Sunday […]

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