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Utility seeks bids for alternative energy projects in Utah

Utility seeks bids for alternative energy projects in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A utility company is seeking proposals for the construction of new alternative energy projects in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Rocky Mountain Power said Tuesday it is looking for bids for projects generating a total of 308,000 megawatt hours of power — enough for about 34,000 […]

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Romney says he voted for his wife for president

Romney says he voted for his wife for president

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney says he voted for his wife for president in 2016. Romney, a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah, told the Deseret News on Wednesday that he cast a write-in vote for Ann Romney even though he knew the choice wouldn’t go anywhere. Still, […]

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Utah prosecutors looking into alleged inhumane pig slaughter

Utah prosecutors looking into alleged inhumane pig slaughter

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities are investigating concerns that a butcher shop inhumanely killed two pigs. Tooele County Attorney Scott Broadhead said Thursday his office is looking into Tooele Valley Meats after receiving word of a U.S. Department of Agriculture report referred by animal welfare activists People for […]

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Crash Near Meadow

Crash Near Meadow

MILLARD COUNTY, Utah-Per the official Twitter of UDOT, a significant crash occurred on Interstate 15 five miles south of Meadow. UDOT confirmed the incident struck at 11:58 am MDT and was at milepost 153 on southbound I-15. It’s significant enough that a clearance time of 1:15 pm this afternoon has […]

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Deep-red Utah pushes reform to parole, probation

Deep-red Utah pushes reform to parole, probation

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Deeply conservative Utah has become a focal point for an effort to reduce the number of people on probation and parole. State corrections leaders and the chief prosecutor of Utah’s most populous county signed on to a national push this month encouraging officials to use […]

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Report: Medicaid spending per capita in Utah is lowest in US

Report: Medicaid spending per capita in Utah is lowest in US

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A recent report says Medicaid spending per capita in Utah is the lowest in the nation. The Deseret News reports a study by Utah Foundation, a nonpartisan policy research nonprofit in Salt Lake City, says $703 in combined state and federal Medicaid dollars were spent per capita […]

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Neighboring states’ legal pot means bigger busts in Utah

Neighboring states’ legal pot means bigger busts in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol is seizing more marijuana on state highways and interstates since the drug has been legalized in a number of Western states. John Huber, the U.S. Attorney for Utah, says drug busts within the state’s borders historically yielded only a few pounds […]

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Geologist: Loss of homes to Utah landslide is ‘inevitable’

Geologist: Loss of homes to Utah landslide is ‘inevitable’

RIVERDALE, Utah (AP) — Recent rains have raised the threat that an expanding landslide will send multiple homes tumbling down a hillside in northern Utah. A state geologist monitoring the Spring Creek Road Landslide in Riverdale south of Ogden says a sharp drop-off has moved closer to the homes over […]

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Facebook to build data center in Utah

Facebook to build data center in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Facebook will build a nearly 1 million-square-foot data center in Utah that officials say will bring millions of dollars to the region. Gov. Gary Herbert and other state officials unveiled plans for the project Wednesday, after days of speculation about a mysterious company interested in […]

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Mid-Utah Radio Coverage Area Crashes

Mid-Utah Radio Coverage Area Crashes

MT. PLEASANT, Utah-Per the official Twitter of UDOT, this has been a crash-heavy day in the Mid-Utah Radio coverage area. Milepost 279, 1 mile north of Mt. Pleasant, on U.S. Highway 89, has seen a pair of crashes today. The first one was cleared at 11:53 am MDT Wednesday only […]

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