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Historic structure to get modern new life in Utah town

Historic structure to get modern new life in Utah town

HYRUM, Utah (AP) — A historic grain elevator in a small Utah town is getting a new life as part of a modern bank building. The Herald Journal reports the Cache Valley Bank is dismantling and rebuilding the century-old tower in Hyrum. It will be incorporated into the design of […]

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Parents of slain attacker accept no-charge decision

OREM, Utah (AP) — The parents of a man fatally shot when a passerby intervened to stop an attack on a woman says they’re at peace with prosecutors’ decision to not criminally charge the man who killed their son. Kathleen and Paul Sorensen of Orem told KSL that 26-year-old Jeremy […]

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Police: 2 missing Idaho kids may be tied to suspicious death

REXBURG, Idaho (AP) — Authorities are searching for two children tied to a suspicious death case in Idaho. The Rexburg police department said 7-year-old Joshua Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan have not been seen since September. Rexburg police said the parents never reported the kids missing, have repeatedly lied about […]

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Feds weigh Utah highway plan through tortoise habitat

Feds weigh Utah highway plan through tortoise habitat

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Federal officials are considering whether to allow a highway through habitat for a protected tortoise in southern Utah. The proposed four-lane road has drawn criticism from conservationists. The Spectrum newspaper reports it would pass through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area to connect traffic from Washington […]

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Forest Service curtails ski area public land fees disclosure

Forest Service curtails ski area public land fees disclosure

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — As competition among ski companies heats up, information about what they pay to use public land is diminishing. The Aspen Times reports that the U.S. Forest Service reversed its policy on releasing permit fees paid by individual ski areas after Vail Resorts objected. Vail and others […]

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Police: Arizona hitchhiker arrested in Utah stabbing

An Arizona man has been arrested in Utah on suspicion of stabbing a woman who picked him up while he was hitchhiking. Fernando Ray White was charged with attempted murder Friday in the attack that police say left the woman with wounds on her face, hands, neck and teeth. Authorities say […]

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Saxophonist Joe McQueen remembered as Utah jazz pioneer

Saxophonist Joe McQueen remembered as Utah jazz pioneer

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A saxophonist who played with the likes of Nat King Cole and Ray Charles has been remembered as a pioneer who broke down racial barriers in Utah music clubs. Hundreds of people filled the The Monarch in Ogden on Saturday to sing the praises of Joe […]

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Nebraska man charged in a 1982 cold case homicide in Utah

A Nebraska man has been formally charged in a Utah cold case homicide from 1982. The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office says 55-year-old Bryan Reed of Sioux City was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with criminal homicide, second-degree murder and aggravated burglary. Reed is being held on $1 […]

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Feds weigh Utah highway plan through tortoise habitat

Feds weigh Utah highway plan through tortoise habitat

Federal officials are considering whether to allow a highway through habitat for a protected tortoise in southern Utah. The proposed four-lane road has drawn criticism from conservationists. The Spectrum newspaper reports it would pass through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area to connect traffic from Washington City to St. George. Elected […]

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Parents of slain attacker accept no-charge decision

The parents of a man fatally shot when a passerby intervened to stop an attack on a woman says they’re at peace with prosecutors’ decision to not criminally charge the man who killed their son. Kathleen and Paul Sorensen of Orem told KSL that 26-year-old Jeremy Sorensen had mental health […]

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