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City leaders consider new electric scooter regulations

City leaders consider new electric scooter regulations

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — City leaders in Salt Lake City threatened to crack down on electric scooters amid a spike in injuries and growing complaints of sidewalk riders from residents. The City Council will consider an ordinance that would regulate the scooters in the coming weeks, the Salt Lake […]

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Father of girl killed by his errant golf ball speaks

Father of girl killed by his errant golf ball speaks

OREM, Utah (AP) — A 6-year-old Utah girl who was accidentally fatally struck by a golf ball hit by her father died in her dad’s arms, he said. Kellen Hill recently returned to the course where an errant drive struck his daughter Aria in the back of the head as […]

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Chinese travel company defends bus driver in fatal US crash

Chinese travel company defends bus driver in fatal US crash

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Chinese-based travel company overseeing a U.S. trip that ended in a deadly tour bus crash in Utah is defending its licensing and the new company bus driver who was at the wheel. The U-Tour Group in Shanghai, China, said in a statement Monday that […]

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Officials: Tour bus crash near national park in Utah kills 4

Officials: Tour bus crash near national park in Utah kills 4

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tour bus crashed near a national park in southern Utah, killing at least four people, authorities said Friday. The morning crash near Bryce Canyon National Park also left a number of people seriously injured, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. It happened near a […]

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Searchers rescued kayakers who lost boats on Great Salt Lake

Searchers rescued kayakers who lost boats on Great Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Searchers have rescued three kayakers who lost their boats and were forced to swim while being battered by 8-foot (2.4-meter) waves on the Great Salt Lake in northern Utah. Davis County authorities says the last two kayakers were found alive early Friday morning and are […]

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No charges for mayor accused of misusing retirement fund

OREM, Utah (AP) — Utah County prosecutors will not file criminal charges against the Orem mayor who was accused of misusing his city retirement account. The Daily Herald reports the prosecutors’ office said in a statement Thursday that it appears dates were altered on Mayor Richard Brunst’s withdrawal documents, but there’s no […]

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Utah Schools

Utah Schools

Here is the latest listing of the schools who spend the most per student in their districts in the state:

Woman dies from injuries in wreck that killed her daughter

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman has died from injuries suffered in an Aug. 17 crash that killed her 16-year-old daughter. Police say 44-year-old Brandilee Kussee Chacon died Tuesday, one month after Sierra Rosalina Chacon was fatally injured in the wreck in Big Cottonwood Canyon in the mountains […]

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Utah school district accidentally shares ex-employee threat

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A private notice sent to the top officials of a Utah school district about an ex-employee threatening to kill people has been publicly shared and caused panic among students. The Salt Lake Tribune reports police had recently alerted Davis School District officials to a former employee who […]

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Court halts timber activity in Southwest over threatened owl

Court halts timber activity in Southwest over threatened owl

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal court has halted timber activity across tens of thousands of square miles of the American Southwest over a threatened owl. An order issued earlier this month out of the U.S. District Court in Tucson covers 18,750 square miles (48,562 square kilometers) in all five […]

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