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View photos from the Rat Fink Reunion car show

View photos from the Rat Fink Reunion car show

The 16th Annual Rat Fink Reunion in Manti brought cars from around the country for the car show. Below is just a taste of the variety.  

Rock fall injures 2 hikers, closes trail at Zion

Rock fall injures 2 hikers, closes trail at Zion

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — A popular trail at Zion National Park is closed after two people were hurt in a rock fall. Park ranger John Marciano says one person suffered serious leg injuries in the Sunday-afternoon rock fall on the trail that leads to the iconic Narrows hike. […]

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Utah scientists look to uncover mystery of lightning

Utah scientists look to uncover mystery of lightning

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Data collected from a remote high-desert lab in Utah could help scientists learn more about the origin of lightning. The Telescope Array Lightning Project in Millard County is the first to detect the downward flashes at the beginning of cloud-to-ground lightning and to show where […]

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Utah trucker comes to trooper’s aid on Wyoming highway

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wyoming Highway Patrol officials are praising a Utah trucker who stopped on to help a trooper wrestling roadside with a man for the trooper’s gun. Trucker Darren Phillips of Taylorsville, Utah, says service with the Marines and the Army National Guard helped him put the […]

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Wildfire threat prompts restrictions in southwestern Utah

Wildfire threat prompts restrictions in southwestern Utah

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Public land managers in southwestern Utah are imposing new fire restrictions due to high temperatures and drought conditions adding up to a potential for dangerous wildfires. Nick Howell with the federal Bureau of Land Management’s Color Country District says projections indicate that June is probably […]

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Two Killed in Kane County Motorcycle Crash

Two Killed in Kane County Motorcycle Crash

ORDERVILLE, Utah-Per a report from Yvette Cruz of KSL.com, a Saturday afternoon motorcycle crash on U.S. 89 resulted in the deaths of a man and a woman, officials report. The incident occurred roughly around 2:00 pm MDT when a southbound Harley Davidson motorcycle with two occupants rear-ended a Toyota Tacoma […]

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Sheriff candidate says police helped opponent’s campaign

Sheriff candidate says police helped opponent’s campaign

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A candidate for Utah County sheriff has filed a complaint with election officials after seeing video he claims shows a police officer hanging a campaign sign for his opponent. The complaint filed by retired U.S. Marshal Jim Phelps last week says a uniformed Pleasant Grove […]

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Fire officials say 1 dead, 1 injured in Provo fire

Fire officials say 1 dead, 1 injured in Provo fire

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Fire officials say one person died and another person was injured in a fire in Provo. Provo Fire and Rescue said in a Facebook post that the fire was reported early Friday morning. Provo Fire and Rescue says one person made it out of the fire […]

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Navajo judge won’t toss claims of abuse in Mormon program

Navajo judge won’t toss claims of abuse in Mormon program

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Navajo Nation judge is refusing to dismiss lawsuits claiming Native American children were sexually abused while enrolled in a Mormon church foster program. Judge Carol Perry said in the ruling released Thursday the cases should be heard in Navajo court. The allegations were said […]

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FILE - This Feb. 19, 2013 file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. A report released Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, by U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill finds that companies selling some of the most lucrative prescription painkillers funneled millions of dollars to advocacy groups that in turn promoted the medications’ use. Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, contributed the most money to the groups, funneling $4.7 million to organizations and physicians from 2012 through last year, according to the report. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Utah files lawsuit against OxyContin drugmaker Purdue

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has filed a lawsuit accusing manufacturers of the opioid OxyContin of creating a drug abuse epidemic in the state. Attorney General Sean Reyes said Thursday that drugmaker Purdue Pharma misrepresented the risk opioids posed and the likelihood of addiction, amounting to fraud, negligence and […]

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