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• Could Utah arrest help investigation into killings of two Florida officers?

  16-10-2017 23:54
  MORGANPolice in Florida are investigating whether a man arrested in Utah and charged for alleged drug distribution has information regarding the killings of two police officers.
  Donald Ray Tartt, 30, of Kissimmee, Florida, was charged in 3rd District Court with drug distribution, a third-degree felony.
  On Aug. 26, Tartt was pulled over for speeding. As a Utah Highway Patrol trooper questioned Tartt, he noted in charging documents that, "I felt his story was unrealistic. He was traveling from Flo
  
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• Loveland Living Planet Aquarium acquires a pair of sloths

  16-10-2017 23:40
  DRAPERLoveland Living Planet Aquarium is welcoming a pair of Linnaeus' two-toed sloths into its family.
  According to a statement from the aquarium, the male and female sloths' home was destroyed by deforestation in their native Guyana and they were taken to a rescue center. After experts determined the pair could not be released back into the wild, they found a new home here at the aquarium.
  The sloths will be on display for the public beginning Nov. 3. Their exhibit is in the main aviary in the
  
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• Police: Duchesne County restaurant employee photographed customer credit cards

  16-10-2017 23:36
  SALT LAKE CITYAn employee at a Duchesne County restaurant was arrested last week after police said he used his cellphone to take pictures of customers' credit cards.
  A sheriff's deputy contacted Andrew Shane Encoe, 32, at his home in Duchesne County on Friday after he allegedly used someone else's financial card for three separate purchases, according to a probable cause statement from the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office.
  Encoe told the deputy he had memorized the card number, called various co
  
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• SUU breaks ground on sports performance center

  16-10-2017 23:35
  CEDAR CITYOfficials at Southern Utah University broke ground earlier this month on the George S. Eccles Sports Performance Center, the future home for SUU Athletics sports performance operations.
  The center will be located west of the J.D. & Alice C. Harris Center and Eccles Coliseum. It will feature more than 9,000 square feet of functional sports performance space, including weight-training equipment, dedicated areas for agility and cardiovascular training, and a full nutrition station whe
  
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• Man targeted by ex-wife in hitman scheme wants her to get help

  16-10-2017 23:26
  UTAH STATE PRISONA woman sentenced to prison for trying to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband in order to get custody of their children and a million-dollar life insurance payout says she doesn't remember ever having that conversation.
  "Ma'am, I do not recall ever saying anything like that. At the time, I'll be honest with you, I had tried bath salts. And I apologize if I did say something. I really do not recall saying anything about that," Billie Jo Agee told Board of Pardons and Parole memb
  
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• Utah Clean Air Partnership names new executive director

  16-10-2017 23:20
  SALT LAKE CITYThe Utah Clean Air Partnership announced Monday the selection of Thom Carter as the nonprofit organization's new executive director.
  "After an extensive search, we are excited to have Thom at the helm as we write UCAIR's next chapter," Steve Sands, chairman of the group's board, said in a statement. "He has the skill set, talent and passion we were looking for in our next executive director, and we have every confidence that Thom is prepared to help UCAIR continue to work in partne
  
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• Saratoga Springs sponsoring holiday house-decorating contest

  16-10-2017 23:16
  SARATOGA SPRINGSThe city's Arts Council is inviting residents who go all out decking the halls for Christmas to enter its holiday house-decorating contest.
  To enter participants, must live in the Saratoga Springs and register online between Nov. 1 and Nov. 27 at saratogaspringscity.com/civicevents.
  Residents will then be able to view and vote on their favorite home.
  The winning homes will be announced on Dec. 18.
  
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• Pact keeps 3.4 million acres of Utah trust lands open to hunters, anglers

  16-10-2017 23:11
  SALT LAKE CITYA new agreement between the Utah Department of Natural Resources, the Division of Wildlife Resources and the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration will keep 3.4 million acres of trust lands open to hunters and anglers through 2032.
  Trust lands are parcels of land held in trust to benefit 12 state institutions, primarily public schools. When Utah became a state, Congress granted parcels of land to the state and created permanent endowments to support these institu
  
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• Salt Lake forms exploratory committee for 2026 or 2030 Winter Olympics

  16-10-2017 22:46
  SALT LAKE CITYAnother Salt Lake Olympic bid just got a lot more likely, with an announcement Monday that Utah leaders, including Gov. Gary Herbert and Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, are forming an exploratory committee.
  "It's a very big step," said Fraser Bullock, who will serve as one of three co-chairmen of the new committee, along with Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser and Utah Sports Commission President and CEO Jeff Robbins.
  Bullock, the chief operating officer of the 2002 Wi
  
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• Grant aims to help more refugees in Utah achieve citizenship

  16-10-2017 22:40
  SALT LAKE CITYCatholic Community Services of Utah and the English Skills Learning Center have been awarded a $250,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help more than 400 refugees and immigrants achieve citizenship by 2019.
  According to a statement from the organizations, each year Utah becomes home to 1,200 new refugees and immigrants from all around the world. Many arrive with little to no English skills. This becomes one of the greatest challenges new arrivals face in tryin
  
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• Utah therapist charged with 17 felonies told victim he was a ‘sex addict,’ police say

  16-10-2017 22:33
  
  A therapist accused of sexually assaulting a former juvenile patient numerous times at a youth treatment center told the girl that "he was a sex addict," according to newly unsealed court documents.
  
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• 89-year-old missing Brigham City man found dead

  16-10-2017 22:16
  
  An 89-year-old Brigham City man missing since Oct. 11 was found dead Sunday night, the Brigham City Police Department said.
  
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• Woman dies after being hit by car in West Valley City

  16-10-2017 21:59
  WEST VALLEY CITYA 21-year-old woman died after being hit by a car here early Monday.
  Kaitlynn Wicker was attempting to cross the street at the intersection of 4100 South and 5100 West about 7:10 a.m when she was hit, according to West Valley Police Lt. Jeff Conger.
  The driver of the car, who stayed at the scene of the accident and cooperated with investigators, couldn't see Wicker in the darkness, Conger said.
  Wicker was transported to an area hospital where she died.
  
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• Woman killed in West Valley auto-pedestrian crash

  16-10-2017 20:51
  
  A woman died after being struck by a vehicle Monday morning, authorities said.
  
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• Utah man faces charges in BYU, UVU bookstore thefts

  16-10-2017 20:44
  
  Charges have been filed against a man accused of stealing textbooks from the BYU bookstore and selling them to another store.
  
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• Police make 2nd arrest in Millcreek shooting

  16-10-2017 20:17
  
  An 18-year-old man with the moniker "Menace" has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a 19-year-old man last week.
  
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• Police make second arrest in Millcreek shooting

  16-10-2017 20:02
  MILLCREEKAn 18-year-old man with the moniker "Menace" has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a 19-year-old man last week.
  Darrious Amour Lee Houston, of Taylorsville, was arrested over the weekend and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of attempted murder and two counts of felony discharge of a firearm.
  On Thursday night, a 19-year-old man was standing outside a house near 4000 South and 500 East when a car pulled up, words were exchanged, and the man was shot
  
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• 16-year-old girl dies after being struck by pickup truck in Perry

  16-10-2017 19:42
  
  A 16-year-old girl hit by a pickup truck while crossing U.S. 89 Sunday afternoon died from her injuries. A 14-year-old girl also struck by the vehicle remains in critical condition.
  
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• Davis County drops case of Utah woman accused of poisoning husband with eyedrops

  16-10-2017 19:17
  
  The case against a Davis County woman charged with poisoning her husband using eyedrops has been dismissed.
  
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• In our opinion: Utah, America must avoid a demographic winter

  16-10-2017 16:45
  Utahns are marrying later, having fewer children than in the past and delaying when they are having their children, according to an analysis by the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.The change appears to be driven by economic factors that include income levels, an increase in housing prices, student debt and education and work patterns. It’s likely “the new normal,” according to one of the study’s authors, noted economist and demographer Pamela Pe
  
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• New York Times highlights Utah's 'unicorn' and 'bootstrap' companies

  16-10-2017 15:50
  Silicon Slopes and Utah’s growing business sector received some New York Times treatment this week.In a report about Utah’s “unicorn” businesses, The Times reported on how the state's culture often breeds entrepreneurial success.Ryan Smith, founder of Qualtrics, told the New York Times that many Utah businesses embrace the bootstrapping method, or the idea of starting from the ground up with your business.“Founders viewed their companies like they’re building
  
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• Teen girls critically injured attempting to cross Perry highway

  16-10-2017 06:19
  PERRY, Box Elder CountyTwo teenage girls were hit and critically injured attempting to cross a highway here Sunday afternoon.
  The two girls, ages 14 and 16, were attempting to cross U.S. 89 near 3484 South about 4 p.m. when they were hit by a northbound pickup truck, according to Perry Police Sgt. Scott Hancey.
  Both girls were transported by helicopter in extremely critical condition, Hancey said. One was taken to a hospital in Ogden, while the other was transported to Salt Lake City.
  No additio
  
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• Mostly complete tyrannosaur fossil gets airlift to Natural History Museum

  16-10-2017 05:15
  SALT LAKE CITYThe most complete remains of a tyrannosaur unearthed to date arrived via helicopter Sunday at the Natural History Museum of Utah.
  Discovered two years ago in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by Alan Titus, the monument's paleontologist, the fossilized remains are 80 percent complete and 75 million years old, according to the museum.
  Experts from the museum have helped painstakingly excavate and prepare the remains for transport.
  "This site it truly amazing," said Tylor B
  
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• Christofferson brothers share how they remained 'as one'

  16-10-2017 04:56
  
  Nearly 40 years ago, Tom Christofferson told his family he was gay. The initial reactions from his parents and brothers varied but their love for him never changed.
  
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• Police identify Michigan man killed in I-15 crash

  16-10-2017 04:54
  NEPHIPolice have identified a Michigan man killed Saturday when his Camaro slammed into the back of a semitrailer.
  Tyler J. Hinken, 20, from Burr Oak, Michigan, died at the scene of the crash about 6:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.
  Hinken was driving north on I-15 when his Camaro rear-ended the semitrailer in the right lane, lodging under the rear of the trailer, the UHP reported.
  The semitrailer driver was not injured, and there were no other occupants in either vehicle,
  
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• Salt Lake bid for 2026 Winter Games gets new push after Innsbruck referendum fails

  16-10-2017 04:44
  SALT LAKE CITYThere's a new push for Salt Lake City to seek another Olympics now that Innsbruck, Austria, has pulled out of contention after voters rejected a referendum backing a bid for the 2026 Winter Games.
  "I think we all thought (Innsbruck) would be the leading candidate for 2026, but given the referendum, things are very much up in the air," Fraser Bullock, the chief financial officer of the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, said Sunday.
  Bullock said the referendum, coupled with a deci
  
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• How a Mormon father of four became a world-champion obstacle racer despite a chronic health condition

  16-10-2017 04:35
  SALT LAKE CITYBy day, Cody Moat is a high-school shop teacher, a devoted husband and a father of four. On an obstacle course, he's also a Beast.
  Moat, a native of Duchesne, Utah, who now lives in Fillmore, Utah, earned that gnarly title by completing Spartan Race's most difficult level of obstacle racing, the Spartan Beast, where racers face 30 or more obstaclessuch as climbing a wall and crawling under barbed wirewhile running a course of 12-16 miles.
  Spartan Race, a military-style challenge so
  
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• Tribes showcase art at Salt Lake market

  16-10-2017 04:25
  Cynthia Yazzie showcases her pottery during the Indian Art Market at the Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. The event featured more than 20 artists from tribes spanning multiple states. The art show and sale highlighted handmade jewelry, paintings, pottery, beadwork, textiles, photography and more.
  
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• Provo company's innovation could solve 2 environmental issues

  16-10-2017 02:57
  PROVOA patented process developed in a Utah County basement could be the answer to two critical environmental issues facing the world today.
  When Gay Wyn Quance, 63, president and chief executive officer of Provo-based Solid Carbon Products, describes the day her late husband, Dallas Noyes, told her about his work on his prospective breakthrough discovery, her eyes light up and the enthusiasm about the potential impact it could have on the world is palpable.
  With the excitement of a person who r
  
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• Weber State University has record-breaking enrollment

  16-10-2017 02:19
  
  Weber State University is reporting record enrollment. According to totals released this week, the school's 2017-18 enrollment has reached nearly 28,000 students.
  
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