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Missing hiker from New Jersey found dead in Utah desert

BOULDER, Utah (AP) — Utah deputies have found the body of a New Jersey man about a month after he went for a hike and did not return. Garfield County sheriff’s office deputies said Wednesday that the body of 72-year-old Norman Everett Applegate was discovered Tuesday and recovered by a […]

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Fallen Utah Marine killed in WWII identified after 75 years

Fallen Utah Marine killed in WWII identified after 75 years

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A U.S. defense agency has identified and recovered the body of a Utah Marine about 76 years after he was killed in battle during World War II. The U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Wednesday that 21-year-old Pfc. Robert Hatch of Woods Cross […]

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Utah among the last in US to lay weak beer to rest

Utah among the last in US to lay weak beer to rest

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The first change to beer alcohol limits since the end of Prohibition is coming to Utah. The state will become the next-to-last in the country to say goodbye to lower-alcohol 3.2% beer on Friday, when drinkers will welcome new, slightly stronger brews to grocery stores, […]

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Navajo Nation President: Vote no on Utah county proposition

Navajo Nation President: Vote no on Utah county proposition

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez is calling on voters in a southeastern Utah county to reject a ballot proposition that could lead to expanding a three-member county commission that Native Americans took the majority of last year. Nez said Tuesday in a statement that the […]

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Governor appoints Salt Lake City lawyer to judgeship

Governor appoints Salt Lake City lawyer to judgeship

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert has appointed Salt Lake City lawyer Kristine Johnson as a judge for the state district court that serves Salt Lake, Teoele and Summit counties. Johnson is a shareholder with the Parsons Behle & Latimer law firm and she has practiced law since […]

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Halloween display with guillotine riles some in Utah city

Halloween display with guillotine riles some in Utah city

BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) — Officials in a Utah community say they’ve received “more than a few” complaints over a family’s Halloween display that includes a guillotine chopping off the heads of baby dolls. However, the city attorney for Brigham City, Michael Christiansen, said the display isn’t a public nuisance […]

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Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control out of bar licenses again

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is running out of bar licenses for potential business owners again after a similar shortage two years ago, the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control said. The liquor commission handed out its last 2019 bar permits Tuesday to two establishments in Lehi and West […]

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Freezing temps blanket Utah, setting records around state

Freezing temps blanket Utah, setting records around state

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Freezing temperatures normally seen only during the heart of winter are sweeping across Utah as long-standing records fall in several spots across the state. National Weather Service meteorologist Monica Traphagen said Tuesday that more records are expected to be broken overnight as temperatures dip even […]

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Utah FedEx manager charged in $1M suspected fraud scheme

Utah FedEx manager charged in $1M suspected fraud scheme

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a FedEx Ground manager on accusations that he accepted bribes from multiple Utah truck company owners who paid more than $1 million to secure hundreds of millions in revenue over the last 10 years. Ten people were charged Monday in U. […]

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Centennial event scheduled Nov. 19 for Zion National Park

Centennial event scheduled Nov. 19 for Zion National Park

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — A centennial event celebrating Zion National Park’s founding 100 years ago is planned Nov. 19 at Dixie State University in St. George. The park’s nonprofit partner, Zion National Park Forever Project , said the 7:30 p.m. event is free and open to the public, with tickets available online […]

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