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Police: Man who fired at officer dead by suicide

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Police say a man who exchanged gunfire with a police officer in suburban Salt Lake City died of a self-inflicted gunshot. Police in Taylorsville say an officer responding to a suspicious vehicle around 4:30 a.m. tried to stop a man but he ran away. Police Chief […]

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Provo Man Charged With Greeting Trick-Or-Treaters Naked

Provo Man Charged With Greeting Trick-Or-Treaters Naked

(Provo, UT) — A man is behind bars after he allegedly greeted trick-o-treaters while naked. Provo Police say 48-year-old Steven Little was charged yesterday after he was recorded answering his door naked to four children. According to reports, three were under the age of 10 and one was over 14-years-old. […]

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New Study: Sexism Is “Normalized,” “Prevalent” In Utah

New Study: Sexism Is “Normalized,” “Prevalent” In Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT) — New research says sexism is considered normal in Utah. Researchers with Utah State University say their recent study found that sexist comments are widespread in the state. According to the 2020 study, the sexist remarks are more likely to occur in workplaces, within the home, […]

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County Clerks Say Ranked Choice Voting Trial Going Well

County Clerks Say Ranked Choice Voting Trial Going Well

(Undated) — Election officials say Utah’s first large-scale experiment with ranked-choice voting is going well. Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swenson tells KUTV that software designed to count ranked-choice votes is working as expected. Utah County is also counting ranked-choice ballots in several races, and their clerk says there have […]

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Private Collection Of LDS Artifacts Valued At $3.2M To Be Auctioned

Private Collection Of LDS Artifacts Valued At $3.2M To Be Auctioned

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A private collection of rare artifacts related to the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is up for sale. The G. Ralph Bailey collection contains more than four-thousand items, including letters, books, documents and artwork, valued at three-point-two-million-dollars. Letters in the […]

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Unofficial 2021 Municipal Election Results

Unofficial 2021 Municipal Election Results

This story will continue to be updated as results are posted Beaver County Beaver: Mayor Matthew N. Robinson 500 City Council Alison Yardley Webb 379 Owen Spencer 341 Russell Bradshaw 304 James Nay 161   Minersville: Mayor Caleb Max Evans 108 Gary Ward Dotson 101 City Council Brad Eyre 148 […]

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Independent Redistricting Committee Map Challenged For Perceived Bias

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A state lawmaker is convinced that a congressional map submitted by the state’s Independent Redistricting Committee is politically biased. The map was created by a member of the public, and the chair of the redistricting committee defended it because the map passed their independent tests […]

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Poll Shows Lee With Strong Lead Over Republican Primary Challengers

Poll Shows Lee With Strong Lead Over Republican Primary Challengers

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senator Mike Lee is getting strong support from Utah Republicans who are likely to vote in next year’s GOP primary. A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows Lee favored by 53-percent of those asked. Only seven-percent of those polled supported Republican candidate Becky […]

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Conviction-review unit includes criminal justice reformers

Conviction-review unit includes criminal justice reformers

FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — A Utah prosecutor has established a new unit dedicated to reviewing cases for possible wrongful convictions. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the panel established by Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings differs from many others by including criminal-justice reform advocates. He says he wants people who are […]

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Boy, 13, hit by car while trick or treating dies

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 13-year-old Utah boy died Monday after being struck by a car while trick-or-treating. Fox-13 reports that Karl Finch was with his younger brother and friends when he was hit while using a crosswalk in Taylorsville on Saturday. Finch was flown to Primary Children’s Hospital, […]

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