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Man sought in Las Vegas murder case arrested, held in Utah

Man sought in Las Vegas murder case arrested, held in Utah

BEAVER, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 41-year-old man sought in a criminal investigation in southern Nevada was arrested in a rural Utah county about midway between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Beaver County Correctional Facility records showed Sunday that Lee Frank Wilson was being held on a fugitive […]

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Utah authorities identify snowmobiler killed in avalanche

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have identified a central Utah man who died after an avalanche buried him as he was snowmobiling. Summit County sheriff’s officials say 49-year-old Jason Lyman, of Mona, was on a snowmobile about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of Salt Lake City on Saturday when […]

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Body of missing snowmobiler recovered after avalanche in Beaver County

Beaver County Search and Rescue crews have recovered the body of a snowmobiler who disappeared in an avalanche Thursday evening on Circleville Mountain. Sergeant Glen Woolsey says three people on snowmobiles were in the bowl area on Circleville Mountain when the avalanche hit.  A man riding behind the first two […]

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High performing Utah school is off the beaten path

High performing Utah school is off the beaten path

BEAVER, Utah (AP) — Principal Brad Harris, half-apologizing, notes the sign on the wall that declares Belknap Elementary School as a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. “The U.S. Department of Education hasn’t sent us our signs yet so we made our own,” Harris said. Give Harris […]

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Election Results: Beaver County

Election Results: Beaver County

Beaver County Commissioner (A) Candidate % Popular Vote Popular Vote TAMMY T. PEARSON REPUBLICAN 100.00% 1717 Beaver County Commissioner (B) Candidate % Popular Vote Popular Vote MARK S. WHITNEY REPUBLICAN 100.00% 1662 Beaver County Attorney Candidate % Popular Vote Popular Vote VON J. CHRISTIANSEN DEMOCRATIC 100.00% 1299 Beaver County Clerk/Auditor […]

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Wildlife Officials Looking For Deer Poacher In Beaver County

Wildlife Officials Looking For Deer Poacher In Beaver County

The state Division of Wildlife Resources is looking for whoever shot a mule deer and left it to waste near Minersville. Officials said Wednesday the deer was killed more than a month ago but it wasn’t reported to them until about three weeks later. The DWR says none of the […]

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Utah to drill 2 wells near Milford for geothermal study

Utah to drill 2 wells near Milford for geothermal study

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A U.S. government-funded research project in Utah to study the feasibility of man-made geothermal energy will use a new type of directional drilling on two wells. The Deseret News reports that University of Utah chemical engineering associate professor John McLennan says the advent of horizontal drilling and […]

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Beaver County Sheriff searching for runaway teen

Beaver County Sheriff searching for runaway teen

The Beaver County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing boy who’s runaway from a youth program. 13-year-old Roberto Madrigal is missing from The Redcliff Ascent program for youth in the remote desert area in Western Beaver County. He’s wearing tan shorts and a brown cargo shirt. Campers in the […]

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Utah highway reopened, fire moves away from Minersville

Utah highway reopened, fire moves away from Minersville

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have reopened a state highway in southwest Utah that had been closed due to threats from one of a half-dozen wildfires burning across the state. Bureau of Land Management officials said Friday firefighters made good progress overnight on the Black Mountain Fire, which is […]

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Mid Utah Election results by county

Mid Utah Election results by county

Republican for U.S. Senate Candidate % Popular Vote Popular Vote MITT ROMNEY 71.71% 217049 MIKE KENNEDY 28.29% 85622 – County: Sevier  Republican for County Commissioner A Candidate % Popular Vote Popular Vote SCOTT T. JOHNSON 65.88% 2442 CONRAD MILLER 34.12% 1265  – Republican for County Clerk/Auditor Candidate % Popular Vote […]

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