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• Cedar City man killed in rollover crash near Kanarraville Saturday

  22-04-2017 23:00
  
  KANARAVILLE, Iron County — A Cedar City man was killed when he was thrown from his pickup truck after it drifted off I-15 early Saturday.Daniel A. Jones, 29, was headed north near milepost 47 at about 6 a.m. when for unknown reasons his Chevrolet Avalanche drifted to the left. He overcorrected to the right and rolled three times, according to the Utah Highway Patrol, which is investigating the incident. Jones was reportedly not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the vehicle.A medical
  
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• Volunteers, Fidelity employees help revitalize Utah's oldest school

  22-04-2017 22:45
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Fourteen-year-old Celeste Litchfield said she feels right at home walking through the halls at West High School, even though she's only in eighth grade.And she notices the finishing touches, saying that they help the really old building feel nice."I remember thinking when school started that the sayings on the walls were really cool," Celeste said. "It's nice to have good things to look at."The inspirational quotes, at least 22 of them, that now adorn the tall concrete wal
  
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• Tiny quakes shake remote areas of Utah

  22-04-2017 22:40
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — At least three small earthquakes rattled different, remote areas of Utah and just outside of the state on Saturday.The first quake, recorded at the University of Utah Seismograph Stations in Salt Lake City, came at about 4 a.m. just south of Blanding, in southeastern Utah, measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale. There was no damage reported, though some Twitter posts indicate that people felt the minor temblor.A bit later, ground shook outside of Rangely, Coloado, just off the
  
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• An inside look at InsideSales

  22-04-2017 22:40
  
  PROVO — A remarkable thing happens when a company spends years collecting first millions, then billions and eventually trillions of pieces of data on more than 100 billion interactions between salespeople and their customers.It acquires the ability to predict the future.Well, not quite, but in the hands of InsideSales co-founder/CEO David Elkington and his team, this enormous trove of data can be manipulated in just such a way to produce some very, very good guesses about how to approach a
  
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• Utah authorities trying to ID people involved in road rage shooting

  22-04-2017 22:38
  
  Utah authorities are trying to locate two people who were in a vehicle involved in a shooting that investigators say stemmed from road rage.
  The state Department of Public Safety says somebody in a mid-sized dark-colored sedan or SUV shot and struck ... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Chaffetz wants to know: What will happen with money Trump's businesses earn from foreign governments?

  22-04-2017 22:38
  
  Washington :The top two members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - including Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah - are asking President Donald Trump's attorney to explain how and when he'll donate to the U.S. Treasury any profits t...
  
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• Salt Lake City officials proposing water, sewer rate increases over next five years

  22-04-2017 22:35
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The proposal hasn't yet been cleared, but Salt Lake City water users may see significant increases in their water and sewer bills this year — and next year.And the year after that.In fact, Salt Lake City public utilities officials are projecting a need for sewer rates to increase steadily over the next five years until they more than double, with a 127 percent total increase by 2021.That means an average household's monthly sewer bill would increase from about $16 a
  
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• University of Utah students say charging a toll is the way to fix Big Cottonwood Canyon traffic problems

  22-04-2017 20:35
  
  Big Cottonwood Canyon :A few miles up the gorge, sandwiched between Mount Olympus and Twin Peaks, the highway makes two sweeping bends where the canyon takes a steep step up to Elbow Fork.
  On busy weekends, the challenges vexing this popular canyon ...
  
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• Book review: 'News of the World' is Paulette Jiles' newest Western about duty and family

  22-04-2017 20:25
  
  "NEWS OF THE WORLD," by Paulette Jiles, William Morrow, $22.99, 209 pages (f)Paulette Jiles, a New York Times best-selling author, has once again crafted a story of cinematic proportions with crystalline beauty. Her newest historical-fiction novel, "News of the World," tells the story of Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a 71-year-old widower and veteran of multiple early American wars, who takes on the responsibility of returning a girl, Johanna, to her extended family. Taken captive by members of the
  
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• Minor earthquake shakes southeastern Utah

  22-04-2017 17:51
  
  Seismologists say a minor earthquake shook an area in southeastern Utah late Friday night but no damage or injury was reported.
  The University of Utah Seismograph Stations said the magnitude 3.8 tremor was centered 13 miles (21 kilometers) west-south... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Family of Utahn who survived helicopter crash trying to bring him home from Russia

  22-04-2017 07:21
  
  Utahn Mike Trabert was on a heli-skiing trip down a volcanic mountain in Kamchatka, Russia, when a gust of wind crashed the helicopter carrying him and his friends.
  Everyone on board survived Tuesday's crash, but three people broke their necks - incl... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Utah Democrats 'have no place to go but up,' says Bernie Sanders at rally

  22-04-2017 07:18
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders knows Utah is a red state."Your four members of U.S. Congress are Republicans," he said. "I am more than aware your two United States senators are Republicans. I am more than aware that your governor is Republican. And I am more...
  
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• State fights Shurtleff's attempt to get $1.1M in legal fees

  22-04-2017 07:18
  
  State attorneys are urging a judge to toss a lawsuit from former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who seeks $1.1 million in legal fees that he spent to defend himself against bribery allegations that ultimately were dismissed.
  The attorney gener...
  
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• Police: Driver, child OK after car turns into Hyrum Reservoir

  22-04-2017 07:15
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Police say a driver and a child are alert and talking after their car turned into Hyrum Reservoir Friday night.The driver told police she missed a turn and swerved into the water about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City, where the vehicle was half-submerged. Both people in the car were alert, talking and appeared to have only minor injuries, said Cache County Sheriff's Sgt. Wyatt Goring.The call came into police about 9:30 p.m., Goring said. The road was closed temporarily a
  
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• Huntsman calls for 'inept' U. administrators to be fired over cancer institute CEO's termination

  22-04-2017 05:34
  
  The already-public spat between the Huntsman family and University of Utah administrators broadened Friday, with Jon Huntsman Sr. calling for the U.'s top leader to be fired and the publication of a strongly worded advertisement on the controversy in...
  
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• Survey to gather input on course credit requirements in Utah

  22-04-2017 04:40
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Members of the public are invited to take a short survey conducted by the Utah State Board of Education in regard to course credit requirements for seventh through 12th grades.The survey can be accessed at surveymonkey.com/r/UtahCourseCreditRequirements until April 28.“We are ultimately looking for new ways to promote each student’s academic success,” Laura Belnap, the task force’s chairwoman, said in a statement. “We are looking for ways to b
  
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• UTA construction season gets underway

  22-04-2017 04:37
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Transit Authority has announced several spring and summer projects aimed at keeping the transit system in good condition.The largest project, expected to start Memorial Day weekend and continue on weekends through mid-July, will see the replacement of the TRAX rails that run along the two curves on 700 South. All three TRAX lines run through the area, and as a result the work will impact riders and neighbors. Traffic lane closures and some train delays can be expe
  
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• U. engineering study recommends variable toll for Big Cottonwood Canyon

  22-04-2017 03:31
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — A University of Utah engineering study probing the problems of unmanaged access at Big Cottonwood Canyon recommends a variable tolling system that assesses vehicle fees that increase as the canyon becomes more congested.That recommendation is accompanied by the call for free public transit to provide year-round access to popular recreation sites within the highly used canyon.The Big Cottonwood Canyon 3T Management Project was done by the senior design class in the engineer
  
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• New Salt Lake children's museum ride takes 'physics to new heights'

  22-04-2017 03:12
  
  A science lesson and thrill ride all in one.
  That's how Discovery Gateway Children's Museum is describing the SkyCycle, an outdoor exhibit opening Saturday that organizers say "takes physics to new heights."
  "We're offering an outside adventure, gett... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Bernie Sanders revs up Utah crowd of fans who wish he'd been the Democratic nominee

  22-04-2017 03:09
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders knows Utah is a red state."Your four members of U.S. Congress are Republicans," he said. "I am more than aware your two United States senators are Republicans. I am more than aware that your governor is Republican. And I am more...
  
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• Why Utah slaughterhouse inspections received a failing grade in animal welfare report

  22-04-2017 03:06
  
  There were six times between 2010 and 2015 that animals in a state-inspected slaughterhouse in Utah suffered inhumane treatment, requiring a "noncompliance report" to be filed with the federal government.
  Depending on what group interprets the data, ...
  
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• Utah attorney general's office reviewing Daggett County jail misconduct case

  22-04-2017 03:06
  
  An investigation into alleged misconduct by staff members at the Daggett County jail - in which two corrections officers have been fired and the jail commander resigned - has been turned over to the Utah attorney general's office for review.
  In Febru...
  
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• Trump declares disaster over northern Utah's February flooding

  22-04-2017 03:06
  
  President Donald Trump on Friday declared that "a major disaster exists" in northern Utah after the region was socked by severe winter storms and flooding in February.The state will receive federal assistance to go toward road repairs, Trump announ...
  
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• Mysterious 'private' trust is actually a government body, auditor says

  22-04-2017 02:40
  
  A mysterious trust - which some former Utah League of Cities and Towns officials asserted was private and not subject to public scrutiny - actually is a governmental entity that uses taxpayer money, according to a state auditor's report released Frid...
  
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• Australian investigation of Russian porn site lands Ogden man in prison

  22-04-2017 01:28
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — An Ogden man nabbed in an Australian undercover operation on a Russian photo-sharing site known for trading child pornography is heading to prison.A federal judge sentenced Laron Thomas Zaugg, 50, to 15 years in prison this week after he pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography. The judge also imposed lifetime probation after his release.“This is a significant sentence for a child predator whose conduct represents a danger to children in our community,” U.
  
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• Chaffetz: What will happen with the money Trump's businesses earn from foreign governments

  22-04-2017 01:06
  
  Washington :The top two members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - including Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah - are asking President Donald Trump's attorney to explain how and when he'll donate to the U.S. treasury any profits t...
  
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• Utah County conducting health assessment with door-to-door surveys

  22-04-2017 00:50
  
  PROVO — The Utah County Health Department and Utah County Medical Reserve Corp. will be conducting a community health assessment with door-to-door surveys of approximately 210 randomly selected county residents between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday.Additional surveys may be conducted Monday through Friday until the required number of surveys are collected. To ensure the safety of residents and staff, surveyors will be wearing bright safety vests and name badges.Residents whose households are
  
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• L.L.Bean to open first Utah store in Park City

  22-04-2017 00:45
  
  PARK CITY — A venerable old name will be among the high-profile monikers residing at the newest commercial development on Main Street in Park City.L.L.Bean announced Friday that it will open its first Utah store later this year or early in 2018. When it opens its doors, it will be the Maine-based retailer’s westernmost store in the country.The new 6,300-square-foot store will be located on the corner of Main Street and Heber Avenue in the new the Kimball on Main retail development, a
  
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• State asks judge to dismiss Shurtleff claim for $1.1M in attorney fees

  22-04-2017 00:40
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — State attorneys asked a 3rd District judge Friday to dismiss former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff's claim for more than $1 million in attorneys' fees in the abandoned criminal case against him.The Utah Attorney General's Office argues in a new court filing that Shurtleff isn't entitled to protection under state law because he was not an officer or employee of the state when the felony charges were dropped last summer.In addition, Shurtleff can't claim attorneys' fee
  
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• Feds free up disaster aid to help Box Elder, Cache cope with winter flood damage

  22-04-2017 00:40
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — It was much more than a wintry mix.Snowmelt and severe storms joined forces in February to transform front yards into icy islands across northern Utah and send sewage backing up into homes. Cache and Box Elder counties have aired out in the last two months, but an estimated $6 million in clean-up costs lingers.The counties took consolation Friday as the White House pledged to help them rebuild and recover, saying the flooding amounted to a major disaster. The move opens up
  
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• Federal government to help Box Elder, Cache cope with winter flood damage

  22-04-2017 00:40
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The White House says winter flooding that turned Cache and Box Elder front yards into icy islands and sent sewage back into homes there amounted to a "major disaster."The move is important because it opens up federal funds for state and local governments to rebuild and recover this summer. Federal officials announced the aid in a Friday prepared statement.The statement from the White House did not go into detail on how much money would be available and when.The relief come
  
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