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Officials Warn Yuba Lake Visitors to Avoid the “Dark Sand”

Officials Warn Yuba Lake Visitors to Avoid the “Dark Sand”

Officials at Yuba State Park are warning visitors that they need to be careful where they park, as water has receded. Specifically, officials are worried about visitors driving large recreational vehicles too close to the water’s edge. In a post to their Facebook page, officials stated that “just because it […]

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County health director ‘really scared’ about maskless school

County health director ‘really scared’ about maskless school

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The school year is days away for many kids in Utah and public health experts are worried about whether kids too young to get vaccinated will stay safe in school amid a wave of coronavirus cases. Salt Lake County Health Department Executive Director Dr. Angela […]

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Couple charged in kids’ deaths face potential death penalty

Couple charged in kids’ deaths face potential death penalty

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors in Idaho say they will seek the death penalty against a couple in the killings of the wife’s two youngest children and the husband’s previous wife in a convoluted case involving doomsday religious beliefs and another suspicious death in Arizona. The prosecutors made the announcement […]

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Boa constrictor accidentally freed found month later in Utah

Boa constrictor accidentally freed found month later in Utah

TOOELE, Utah (AP) — A boa constrictor accidentally freed from its container in Utah has been found a month after it went missing. KSL TV reports the snake’s owner contacted police Wednesday and said the 8-foot-long reptile was found near a deep freezer in his home. The owner told officers […]

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Recreation at risk as Lake Powell dips to historic low

Recreation at risk as Lake Powell dips to historic low

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — The water level at Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border has hit a historic low amid a climate change-fueled megadrought engulfing the U.S. West. The milestone reached last week has closed boat ramps and forced some houseboats off the water, leaving tourists and businesses scrambling. Houseboat-rental […]

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Kane County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Help After Cows Found With Marks and an Open Wound

Kane County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Help After Cows Found With Marks and an Open Wound

The Kane Count Sheriff’s Office is seeking the publics help in finding the individual or individuals responsible for injuries to some cows. In a post to their Facebook page on Aug. 5, they shared that dispatch received a call from a local rancher who had cows with abnormal round marks […]

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Miss Sanpete County and Outstanding Teen Pageants Saturday

Miss Sanpete County and Outstanding Teen Pageants Saturday

This Saturday, August 7, the 60th Miss Sanpete County and Outstanding Teen pageants will take place. The competition will be hosted at the Snow College Eccles Performing Arts Center in Ephraim. Last years Miss Sanpete County Lydia Madsen and Miss Sanpete County’s Most Outstanding Teen Noelle Condi are ready to […]

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Sevier School District Shares COVID Safety Protocols for the Upcoming School Year

In a letter send out on Aug. 3, the Sevier School District shared that they have received guidelines from state and local health officials regarding COVID-19 protocols.  They then shared a summary of how those guidelines will affect the Sevier School District specifically. Those protocols are broken down into eight […]

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Utah’s hospitals feeling the strain of latest COVID wave

Utah’s hospitals feeling the strain of latest COVID wave

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s hospitals are feeling the strain as coronavirus cases increase, the vast majority among unvaccinated people, officials said Tuesday. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox called the latest wave a pandemic of the unvaccinated. He maintained the state would not require people show they got the shot. […]

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Sundance Film Festival sets vaccination requirement for 2022

Sundance Film Festival sets vaccination requirement for 2022

Anyone looking to go to the Sundance Film Festival in Utah next year is going to need more than a badge. All participants must be fully vaccinated, festival director Tabitha Jackson said Tuesday. The 2022 Festival is requiring people attending the festival or Sundance-affiliated events to have received the COVID-19 […]

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