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• Bishop launches new congressional website

  07-12-2017 23:52
  SALT LAKE CITY— Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, has launched a newly redesigned congressional website at robbishop.house.gov.
  The new design will allow constituents to seek assistance with federal agencies; learn about Bishop's legislative priorities; share their views about current legislative issues; and ask the representative to attend events.
  In addition, Bishop has launched a website for the Speaker's Task Force on Intergovernmental Affairs, which he oversees. In May, House Speaker Paul Ryan
  
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• Draper to swear in new police chief Wednesday

  07-12-2017 23:46
  DRAPER — Draper Deputy Police Chief John E. Eining has been tapped to become the city's next police chief and will be sworn in during a ceremony on Wednesday.
  Eining, who has 26 years of experience and has been in his current role for the past four years, replaces Bryan Roberts, who was abruptly fired by the City Council on Nov. 22. The council didn't give a reason for his termination.
  The public is invited to attend the ceremony, which will take place at 4 p.m. at City Hall, 1020 Pioneer
  
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• State School Board gets sneak peek at ‘Utah Education Roadmap’

  07-12-2017 23:34
  
  Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox on Thursday gave the Utah State Board of Education a sneak peek of the "Utah Education Roadmap," which will be released in its entirety in early 2018.
  
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• Police say autopsy backlog is causing delay in Davis jail death investigation

  07-12-2017 23:20
  FARMINGTON — Police say an investigation into the death of a 20-year-old man at a Farmington jail is still open nearly 16 months later because of a backlog of cases at the Utah Medical Examiner's Office.
  Police were called to conduct an independent investigation after Dominic Landreth died in the Davis County Jail in August 2016, the Standard-Examiner reports.
  Unified Police Sgt. Tim Duran says the death appears to be self-inflicted, but officers require a medical examiner's report and tox
  
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• Salt Lake man heading to prison in $10M illegal guns sales case

  07-12-2017 23:16
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake man who made more than $10 million illegally selling guns over the internet and from his basement is heading to federal prison.
  Adam Michael Webber, 40, will spend the next four years behind bars for dealing in firearms without a license and filing fraudulent tax returns.
  Webber owned an online gun parts business, HK Parts, and added guns to his product line in 2008 despite reaching an agreement with the government the year before that barred him from selling g
  
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• Why meteorologists say inversion will be here to stay for awhile

  07-12-2017 23:01
  
  The National Weather Service is projecting a lengthy inversion period that will last potentially through early January — if not longer — because of a high-pressure ridge over central and northern Utah, National Weather Service officials said.
  
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• 8 ways you can improve your business communication

  07-12-2017 22:35
  
  Here are eight ways you can keep your communications working well, and help your business improve.
  
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• Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, Rep. Mia Love say Franken right to step down

  07-12-2017 22:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Al Franken's decision to step down was right for his constituents and for the U.S. Senate, Sen. Orrin Hatch said Thursday.
  "Serving in the Senate is a privilege," said Hatch, R-Utah, "and here we hold our members to the highest ethical standards, and I expect any of my colleagues to adhere to those standards."
  Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, announced Thursday he will resign "in the coming weeks" after seven women accused him of groping or trying to forcibly kiss them.
  
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• Jurors deliberating whether Salt Lake Comic Con name violates trademark

  07-12-2017 22:25
  SAN DIEGO — The question of whether Salt Lake's popular comics and nerd culture convention violated trademark when it named itself a "comic con" is now before a jury.
  And with dozens of similar events across the country currently using the term, both with and without permission from San Diego Comic-Con International, the verdict in the case likely will be felt nationwide.
  The two conventions have been locked in legal combat since the summer of 2014, when the organizers of Salt Lake Comic C
  
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• Feds arrest woman at Utah bus stop allegedly carrying heroin in diaper bag

  07-12-2017 22:22
  SALT LAKE CITY — Federal agents arrested a woman who allegedly had a package of heroin in a diaper bag as she exited a bus in West Valley City on Tuesday.
  The Drug Enforcement Administration's Metro Narcotics Task Force was doing a plain-clothes operation at the Tufesa bus stop when they encountered Elva Zosa-Bernal. As passengers got off the bus, she stayed on and appeared to be texting and condensing her luggage in an "unusual manner," according to criminal complaint filed in U.S. Distri
  
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• Charges: Utah man reported gunman to get police to hurry up

  07-12-2017 21:45
  OREM — A man who thought he could get police to respond to his house faster if he told them there was an active shooter inside is now facing a felony charge.
  The 53-year-old Orem man was charged this week with emergency report abuse, a third-degree felony.
  On July 3, the man called 911 to report "there was a person in his residence that 'had a gun and wanted to kill two people,' and that 'shots had been fired,'" according to charging documents.
  Based on that call, police responded in "emer
  
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• Herriman man charged with enticing 'teen girl'

  07-12-2017 21:22
  
  A Herriman man accused of trying to lure a 13-year-old girl into having sex with him has been charged.
  
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• 5 items to increase your ice fishing catch

  07-12-2017 21:02
  
  Being prepared in multiple aspects of ice fishing as a sport will enhance your experience and give you a new outlook on getting out in the winter to satisfy your fishing habit.
  
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• Net neutrality protests break out at Verizon stores in Utah and nationwide

  07-12-2017 20:48
  
  If you’ve been online at any point in the last few months or so, you’ve likely heard or seen something about net neutrality.
  
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• Ephraim swears in new police chief

  07-12-2017 20:36
  EPHRAIM — A veteran Salt Lake police officer has been selected to become the Ephraim Police Department's new chief.
  Aaron Broomhead was sworn into office Wednesday.
  Broomhead was a Salt Lake officer for 18-years, working in the gang unit, patrol and as a member of the SWAT team.
  He replaces longtime Chief Ron Rasmussen, who announced his retirement in September.
  In all, 13 people applied for the chief's position, and the top three applicants were interviewed by a five-person panel, accordi
  
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• One killed, one critically injured in crash near Camp Williams

  07-12-2017 20:27
  SARATOGA SPRINGS — One man was killed and another person critically injured in a head-on collision Thursday near Camp Williams.
  About 6:45 a.m., a sedan traveling south on Redwood Road crossed all lanes and traveled through the center median before hitting a northbound Jeep, said Saratoga Springs Police Sgt. Shane Taylor.
  The 20-year-old driver of the sedan was killed. The driver of the Jeep was taken by medical helicopter to a local hospital in critical condition. Police did not release a
  
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• 1 killed, 1 critically injured in crash near Camp Williams

  07-12-2017 20:14
  
  One man was killed and another person critically injured in a head-on collision Thursday near Camp Williams.
  
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• Park City superintendent to step down at end of school year

  07-12-2017 20:04
  PARK CITY — Ember Conley is stepping down as superintendent of the Park City School District effective June 30, 2018.
  Conley, who has served as superintendent in the district since 2013, said she wanted to give the Park City Board of Education time to select her successor.
  "A successful transition is extremely important as we move into the next chapter for leadership in Park City School District," Conley said in a prepared statement.
  Andrew Caplan, president of the Park City School Board,
  
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• Make Your Week: Paying for a stranger’s groceries, other feel-good stories

  07-12-2017 19:57
  
  It seems that things always get a little hectic around the holidays.
  
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• Photos: Students explore real-world research during Science Day at the U.

  07-12-2017 19:55
  Cead Nydegger plays a piano that causes flames to erupt in phase with frequency of the sound waves during Science Day at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Utah high school students spent Nov. 4 exploring 30 unique interactive workshops at the 29th annual Science Day at the U. The workshops included activities like analyzing voting systems, using microscopes, creating 3-D fossils and studying artificial body parts. The event was hosted by the College of Science and the College of Mines an
  
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• UTA offering 10-minute Blue Line service on Saturdays in December

  07-12-2017 19:53
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Transit Authority is offering 10-minute Blue Line service every Saturday through the end of December to help holiday shoppers and sightseers to beat the traffic.
  All other lines will operate under regular service.
  Ten-minute service starts at the Salt Lake Central station at 3:36 p.m. and the Draper station at 4:14 p.m. It ends at 10:16 p.m. from the Salt Lake Central station and 9:14 p.m. from the Draper station.
  
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• Salt Lake City named the second most hipster city in the U.S.

  07-12-2017 19:41
  Is Salt Lake City a hipster haven?
  It surely looks that way. A new report from MoveHub, an international relocation company, identified the top 10 cities for hipsters. Salt Lake City finished at No. 2 on the list, right behind Vancouver, Wash.
  Salt Lake City finished ahead of Cincinnati, Ohio; Boise, Idaho; and Richmond, Virginia, within the top five.
  Tacoma and Spokane, Washington, earned the sixth and seventh spots, finishing just ahead of Atlanta, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Rochester, New Yo
  
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• Two more lawsuits filed over Trump order breaking up Bears Ears National Monument

  07-12-2017 19:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — Two more coalitions made up of conservation groups, Native American organizations and an outdoor retailer have sued President Donald Trump over his dismantling of Bears Ears National Monument.
  Patagonia Works and Utah Diné Bikéyah are among eight groups that banded together in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in Washington, D.C. They contend the president's proclamation is contrary to law, ignores overwhelming public support for the original monument designa
  
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• Wanna race? Skip this sleeper Subaru

  07-12-2017 19:12
  
  This Subaru is fast, but you wouldn't know it by looking at it. Read this article before you get embarrassed trying to race it.
  
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• USS Utah artifact returns to U. on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

  07-12-2017 19:11
  SALT LAKE CITY — On the 76th commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the bell from the battleship USS Utah returned to the Beehive State.
  The USS Utah sank after being struck by two torpedoes during Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
  The artifact was first given to the University of Utah in the 1960s and sat on a pedestal outside the U.'s Naval Science building. It spent eight months away from home at a special display at the Senior Enlisted Academy in Newport, Rhode Isla
  
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• USS Utah artifact returns to U.

  07-12-2017 19:11
  SALT LAKE CITY — On the 76th commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the bell from the battleship USS Utah returned to the Beehive State.
  The USS Utah sank after being struck by two torpedoes during Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
  The artifact was first given to the University of Utah in the 1960s and sat on a pedestal outside the U.'s Naval Science building. It spent eight months away from home at a special display at the Senior Enlisted Academy in Newport, Rhode Isla
  
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• 1 dead, northbound Redwood Road closed near Camp Williams after accident

  07-12-2017 19:08
  
  One person is dead and northbound Redwood Road is closed after an accident Thursday morning, police said.
  
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• School board gets sneak peek at Utah Education Roadmap

  07-12-2017 19:07
  SALT LAKE CITY — Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox on Thursday gave the Utah State Board of Education a sneak peek of the "Utah Education Roadmap," which will be released in its entirety in early 2018.
  The plan, the product of Gov. Gary Herbert's Education Excellence Commission, has four components: ensuring early learning; strengthening and supporting educators; ensuring access and equity to students; and completing certificates and degrees.
  Cox said the 10-year plan was developed by a diverse group o
  
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• SR-14 reopens after rockslide near Cedar City

  07-12-2017 18:34
  
  State Route 14 reopened Thursday morning after a rockslide that closed the highway for at least an hour, Iron County dispatch officials said.
  
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• SR-14 reopens after rock slide near Cedar City

  07-12-2017 18:34
  
  State Route 14 reopened Thursday morning after a rock slide that closed the highway for at least an hour, Iron County dispatch officials said.
  
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• Jay Evensen: As I was saying, publicly funded stadiums are money losers

  07-12-2017 17:05
  I hate to be the one to say I told you so, but …The truth is I’d have to get in line.And I’d have to stand somewhere behind former Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon, who would be first.Eleven years ago, when the then-owners of the professional soccer team Real Salt Lake argued like breathless teenagers that they had to have public funding for a new stadium right now or they would simply die, I wrote columns urging politicians not to buy it.Corroon was way ahead of me.Not that
  
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• Are Trump's national monument proclamations legal?

  07-12-2017 17:04
  
  President Trump signed two presidential proclamations; one, modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and a second modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Will Trump’s actions be met with successful legal challenges?
  
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• Rockslide closes SR-14 near Cedar City

  07-12-2017 16:21
  
  A rockslide is causing traffic delays for drivers on state Route 14 Thursday morning, Iron County dispatch officials said.
  
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• Accident closes northbound Redwood Road near Camp Williams

  07-12-2017 15:59
  
  Officials are asking commuters to seek alternate routes Thursday morning after a traffic accident closed northbound Redwood Road.
  
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• Rob Bishop: Trump rights a wrong in Utah

  07-12-2017 15:45
  “Welcome to Utah, Mr. President. Thank you.” That’s what I said when the president of the United States came to the Beehive State to remedy one of the largest abuses of power foisted upon Utah.Just days after Christmas last year, President Obama stepped away from his vacation in Hawaii long enough to sign a piece of paper that locked up 1.35 million Utah acres. By signing that executive order, Obama was telling Utahns they weren’t smart enough to live their own lives.Pres
  
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• Man stabbed by hitchhiker in West Jordan, police say

  07-12-2017 15:40
  
  A man drove himself to a hospital after a hitchhiker he picked up in West Jordan punched him then stabbed him, police said.
  
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• NORAD celebrating 62 years of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey

  07-12-2017 15:23
  SALT LAKE CITY — The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 62nd anniversary of tracking Santa's yuletide journey.
  The NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, launched Dec. 1 and features Santa's North Pole Village, which includes a holiday countdown, games, activities and more.
  The website is available in eight languages — English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Chinese.
  Starting at 12:01 a.m. MST on Christmas Eve, website vis
  
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• In our opinion: 'Dignity of Work' phase could lift up Utah's homeless

  07-12-2017 14:05
  Of all the time, effort and money invested so far in addressing the crisis of homelessness in Utah, the third phase of the campaign — to help those living on the streets and in shelters to move permanently into the workforce — has the potential to deliver a beneficial impact. Operation Rio Grande is expected to cost $67 million over two years. If a sustainable process can be developed to help the homeless find long-term stability, it will be worth it.A dozen residents of the Road Hom
  
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• 6-foot 'Sub' for Santa charity event set for Saturday in Provo

  07-12-2017 07:25
  PROVO — Rocco's Big City Deli is teaming up with Platinum Sports & Music Memorabilia, the Provo police and fire departments, Ruby River and MusicCon for a 6-foot "Sub" for Santa charity event Saturday.
  Between now and Saturday, participants can donate funds to the police department's Sub for Santa program at Rocco's or Platinum Sports in the Provo Mall. They'll then be entered in a raffle to win a guitar signed by such country music artists as Rascal Flatts, Reba McEntire, Toby Keith,
  
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• Red Butte to celebrate winter solstice on Dec. 16

  07-12-2017 07:23
  SALT LAKE CITY — Red Butte Garden will mark the winter solstice with a celebration on Saturday, Dec. 16, from 9 a.m. to noon.
  During the event, participants will learn about the solstice — which takes place on Thursday, Dec. 21 — create winter crafts, listen to stories told by a professional storyteller and make wishes at a yule log. The winter solstice marks the day longest night of 2017.
  Cost is $3 per person; children under 2 get in free.
  The garden is located at 300 Wakara
  
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• Weber County Sheriff’s Office gets 44 steel-plated vests

  07-12-2017 07:20
  OGDEN — Blue Line Ladies, a local nonprofit organization, has presented the Weber County Sheriff's Office with 44 steel-plated vests after raising more than $10,000 during summer fundraisers.
  "As we met with different agencies, we discovered a large need statewide for steel-plated vests," Lydia Hebdon, director of Blue Line Ladies, said in a statement. "As wives of officers, we wanted to do more than watch our husbands go to work every day. We wanted to help them somehow."
  The organization
  
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• Santa to ride through Syracuse Dec. 16

  07-12-2017 06:58
  SYRACUSE — Santa will take time out of his busy schedule to ride through the streets of town on a fire truck at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16.
  And, as always, he'll be bringing treats for all the good boys and girls in town.
  For a map of Santa's route, log onto www.syracuseut.com. City officials ask that residents refrain from calling 911 for Santa's location.
  
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• KSL Investigates: The pros and cons of dollar store shopping

  07-12-2017 06:52
  
  KSL TV’s investigative team went shopping for more than a hundred items at five dollar stores across Salt Lake County. Here’s what they discovered.
  
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• From bags to beds: U students aim to create sleeping pads for homeless

  07-12-2017 06:32
  
  University of Utah students are hoping to create sustainable sleeping pads for the city’s homeless by turning plastic bags into beds.
  
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• Census data pinpoints diversity among Utah's Pacific Islanders

  07-12-2017 06:22
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's longtime Pacific Islander community remains mostly Polynesian, but new census data show that others from a constellation of Pacific nations also call the Beehive State home.
  "We're such a small group, and yet there's so much diversity within that group," said Melsihna Folau, who has watched as scores of families from her native Marshall Islands have moved to Utah and grown their families here.
  Figures released late Wednesday from the U.S. Census Bureau shed light on
  
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• Utah County commissioner accused of sexual harassment, intimidation, bullying

  07-12-2017 06:06
  PROVO — Utah County Commissioner Greg Graves is facing calls for his resignation amid allegations of sexual harassment and bullying after his fellow commissioners decided Wednesday that the complaints against him should become public.
  Graves is adamantly denying any wrongdoing, saying he plans to serve the remainder of his term. And Utah County Attorney Jeff Buhman said Wednesday there will be no criminal investigation related to the allegations leveled against Graves.
  Several hours after
  
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• American Community Survey says Utah's getting older, earning more and paying more for housing

  07-12-2017 06:01
  SALT LAKE CITY — Both nationally and in Utah, household size is increasing, even as two traditional drivers of living arrangements are going in the opposite direction — women are having fewer children and the share of people over age 65 is increasing.
  That's according to the just-released five-year data estimate from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, which covers 2012-2016 and examined 40 points on economic, social, demographic and housing data.
  The survey found that ave
  
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• Utah man who brought food to tiny Nevada town for years dies at 90

  07-12-2017 05:07
  
  Before he died last month, Robert “Lee” Allen wondered what would happen to the people of Montello, Nevada, after he was gone.
  
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• Wednesday's Child: 'You just fall so in love with them'

  07-12-2017 03:18
  
  Ammon and Sarah are siblings who have lived in the Utah Foster Care system for the past six years. They are looking for a permanent and loving home.
  
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• Good Samaritan who lost his leg opens a special gym in Draper

  07-12-2017 03:00
  
  Lions are known for courage and strength. Lionheart Health & Wellness in Draper is helping people discover those qualities within themselves.
  
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