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• 9 ways to save on your next family vacation

  25-05-2018 23:32
  
  Travel can seem out of reach when you're living on a budget, but it doesn't have to be. Here are nine ways to save on your next vacation so you can experience the world with your family.
  
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• Man 'obsessed' with West High teen charged with murdering her

  25-05-2018 22:58
  SALT LAKE CITY — Shaun French was "obsessed" with 15-year-old Baleigh Bagshaw, and harassed her in the days leading up to her brutal murder, investigators say.On Friday, the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office charged French with aggravated murder, a first-degree felony, in West High teenager's death. Charging documents say French slit the teen's throat and told an acquaintance that he "damn near cut her head off," the charges state.French is also charged with aggravated burglary,
  
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• Photos: Alta students turn school's sidewalks into surrealist museum

  25-05-2018 22:57
  Zeta Bsharah, top, and Alyssa Larsen, 11th-graders at Alta High School, replicate a Salvador Dali painting during Chalk the Walk at the Sandy school on Friday. The students worked in teams of two and had four hours to re-create a famous work of art from any art movement that fit the theme of surrealism. Chalk the Walk has been a tradition at the school since 1985.
  
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• Cyclist in medically-induced coma after collision with FrontRunner train

  25-05-2018 22:36
  
  An 18-year-old cyclist is in a medically-induced coma after colliding with a FrontRunner train in Salt Lake City Thursday.
  
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• Connecticut superintendent selected to lead Park City School District

  25-05-2018 22:16
  PARK CITY — A Greenwich, Connecticut, school administrator has been selected superintendent of the Park City School District.The Park City Board of Education voted unanimously Friday to appoint Jill Gildea as superintendent of the 4,800-student school district.A career educator, Gildea is superintendent of Greenwich Public Schools. She has worked as a superintendent for 11 years, assistant superintendent, educational programs director, curriculum director, high school division administrato
  
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• New UVU President Astrid Tuminez to assume duties in September

  25-05-2018 21:47
  OREM — Incoming Utah Valley University President Astrid Tuminez will assume official duties at the university on Sept. 17.Tuminez, regional director of corporate, external and legal affairs for Microsoft in Southeast Asia, was selected the seventh president of UVU by the Utah State Board of Regents on April 20.She will succeed President Matthew S. Holland, who has been called to serve as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the North Carolina Raleigh M
  
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• Spanish Fork health fair set for June 16

  25-05-2018 21:42
  SPANISH FORK — Residents are invited to attend a health fair on Saturday, June 16, at the Spanish Fork Sports Park, 295 W. Volunteer Drive.The day will kick off with a 1.5 mile Family Fun Walk and Run at 9 a.m. The event is open to all ages and strollers will be allowed; no registration is required.During the fair, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., participants can visit vendor booths to learn more about fitness, nutrition, mental health and social health.The city's Parks and Recr
  
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• Utah cheerleader dismissed over profane video says school violated free speech

  25-05-2018 21:18
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Mountain Crest High School student claims in a federal lawsuit that the school violated her free speech rights by kicking her off the cheer squad for posting a video containing profane song lyrics to her personal SnapChat account.The girl, identified as S.J. in court documents, wants to be reinstated as a cheerleader without punishment and wants the school to amend or remove its policy that she says violates her First Amendment and 14th Amendment rights. She also is seek
  
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• Wild Horse & Burro Festival June 8, 9 in Farmington

  25-05-2018 21:08
  FARMINGTON — The 20th annual Utah Wild Horse & Burro Festival is set for Friday and Saturday, June 8 and 9, at the Legacy Events Center, 151 S. 1100 West.During the event, 27 halter-trained yearling and 2-year-olds, as well as six saddle-started 4-year-old geldings will be available for adoption. There will also be six wild yearlings and six wild burros available for adoption.The event will also feature a variety of competitions in which the once-wild mustangs demonstrate skills honed
  
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• Humane Society to waived adoption fees for military members Memorial Day weekend

  25-05-2018 20:53
  MURRAY — The Humane Society of Utah is partnering with the Animals for Armed Forces Foundation to waive adoption fees for all active and retired military looking to adopt a pet over the Memorial Day weekend.The adoption center, 4242 S. 300 West, will be open Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., and Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.The adoption special applies to active duty, reserve and veterans of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and National Guard. Last year,
  
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• Family 5K and diaper derby set for June 9

  25-05-2018 20:51
  RIVERTON — Registration is now open for the Riverton Hospital Family 5K and Diaper Derby set for Saturday, June 9.The entry fee is $15 for one person, $25 for two and $60 for a family or group of five to six people. There will be no registration on the day of the race.Early packet pick-up will be available from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, June 8, in the south lobby of Building 1 at the hospital. All participants who register will receive a timing chip, race shirt and a finisher's medal.The
  
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• Appeals court upholds jealous Cedar City man's double murder conviction

  25-05-2018 20:51
  
  An appeals court has upheld a pair of aggravated murder convictions against a Cedar City man who shot and killed his girlfriend and his friend in 2013 because he believed they were having an affair.
  
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• S.L. makes ADA improvements to 2 picnic sites in City Creek

  25-05-2018 20:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Department of Public Utilities has upgraded two picnic sites in City Creek Canyon, making the spaces more accessible to people with disabilities and helping to usher in the canyon's summer season.At picnic site 1, about 200 yards from the canyon entrance, upgrades include an Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant parking space for vans, a large concrete pad beneath the grill to accommodate wheelchairs and a table in keeping with ADA height requirements.Picnic site 3
  
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• Lane closures on Bangerter Highway at 9000 South begin June 3

  25-05-2018 20:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — Commuters who take Bangerter Highway to and from work should be aware that one of the three lanes in both directions will be closed at 9000 South starting June 3.The Utah Department of Transportation began work last year to add a freeway-style interchange to the intersection but has been avoiding construction at peak commute hours.But that's going to change, UDOT spokesman John Gleason said, advising drivers to choose another route during the month and a half that the lane
  
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• Mother of Elizabeth Salgado hopes to raise funds to return to Utah

  25-05-2018 20:33
  
  The mother of Elizabeth Salgado is trying to raise enough money to return to Utah to see her slain daughter's remains.
  
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• Mother of slain Mexican woman hopes to raise funds to return to Utah

  25-05-2018 20:13
  PROVO — The mother of Elizabeth Salgado is trying to raise enough money to return to Utah from Mexico to see her slain daughter's remains and where they were found.This week, Utah County authorities announced that the skeletal remains of Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado, 26, missing since 2015, had been found in Hobble Creek Canyon and that the case is now considered a homicide investigation. Salgado, a Mexican national, had come to Provo just three weeks earlier after serving an LDS mission
  
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• Man arrested after barricade situation at Salt Lake motel

  25-05-2018 19:40
  
  A police situation involving at least one person barricaded inside a Salt Lake City motel ended peacefully Friday morning, according to police.
  
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• Beaver Mountain pot party results in felony charges

  25-05-2018 19:11
  SALT LAKE CITY — An April 20 party on the pavilion at Beaver Mountain Lodge that included marijuana joints being passed out to everyone who attended and six times more people than the event was licensed for has resulted in felony charges.Justin Rashah Marion, 21; Medina Selimovic, 21, of Sandy; and Cole Thomas Flowers, 23, of Salt Lake City; were charged Thursday in 5th District Court with drug distribution.Flowers is charged with a second-degree felony; the other two are charged with thir
  
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• St. George enacts daytime watering ban

  25-05-2018 19:01
  
  As higher temperatures roll in, so too do the annual watering restrictions implemented by the city of St. George.
  
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• Murray man sentenced to prison for sexually abusing 3 boys

  25-05-2018 18:52
  WEST JORDAN — A Murray man accused of luring young boys to meet him and sexually abusing them has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison.Weston Ray Kubbe, 38, took plea deals Monday in 3rd District Court in three criminal cases against him, then was sentenced the same day to prison.In the first case, Kubbe pleaded guilty to forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony. He admitted to meeting a boy when the boy was about 14 years old and touching him inappropriately.Kubbe met the teen
  
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• Tesla in Autopilot mode sped up before crashing in South Jordan

  25-05-2018 18:35
  SOUTH JORDAN — A Tesla that crashed while in Autopilot mode in Utah this month accelerated in the seconds before it smashed into a stopped fire truck, according to a police report obtained by the Associated Press. Two people were injured.Data from the Model S electric vehicle show it picked up speed for 3.5 seconds before crashing into the fire truck in South Jordan, the report said. The driver manually hit the brakes a fraction of a second before impact.Police suggested that the car was f
  
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• Students from past 20 years surprise choir director with special performance

  25-05-2018 18:02
  
  A Pleasant Grove choir teacher got an anniversary gift to remember Wednesday evening.
  
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• Police respond to barricaded person in Salt Lake City motel

  25-05-2018 17:20
  
  Police responded to a person barricaded in a motel in Salt Lake City Friday morning.
  
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• Police find missing Sandy man with dementia

  25-05-2018 16:24
  
  Police found a missing man with dementia Friday after the Sandy resident went missing Thursday afternoon, police said.
  
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• Trooper saves woman’s life, even after his death

  25-05-2018 15:42
  
  For the first time, Janica Ellsworth is talking about her husband’s sacrifice and how he continues to help others even after he’s gone.
  
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• $1 million prize offered for best ideas to help Utah families

  25-05-2018 15:20
  
  University of Utah President Ruth V. Watkins and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox called on Utahns Thursday to step up to the challenge of developing the best policy and technology innovations to support a thriving middle class.
  
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• Why 'don't talk to strangers' is no longer good advice

  25-05-2018 08:23
  SALT LAKE CITY — For most of history, human beings regarded people they didn't know as a potential threat. Now we get into cars with perfect strangers, sleep on their couches, and entrust our young children to them.What happened?The easy answer is that technology has enabled ride-sharing, couch-surfing and online marketplaces to buy and sell almost anything from anywhere and anyone.But the change goes deeper than that. We're witnessing a fundamental change in trust, the foundation of human
  
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• Rock climber, 63, dies after fall in southwestern Utah

  25-05-2018 06:42
  MOTOQUA, Washington County — A 63-year-old man has died after he fell 60 feet while rock climbing in remote southeastern Utah on Wednesday, authorities said.Fiorenzo Marino Antognini, of St. George, was known as a veteran outdoorsman who also rappelled and BASE jumped, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said in a prepared statement.Crews responded to the Lone Pine Arch Trail about 5 p.m. on Wednesday to find a friend of Antognini trying to revive him under the direction of a dispatcher
  
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• FanX founder taking 'indefinite leave of absence' over sexual harassment policy dispute

  25-05-2018 06:19
  
  In the wake of controversy and public outcry about the pop culture convention's handling of sexual harassment complaints, Salt Lake FanX co-founder Bryan Brandenburg confirmed Thursday he is taking a leave of absence.
  
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• Video shows drama of fatal July 4 shooting by UHP trooper

  25-05-2018 06:07
  
  Investigators on Friday released dramatic video of police fatally shooting a Bountiful man on the Legacy Parkway following a chase near a July 4 parade route last year.
  
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• Former Draper man rails against African Americans before being sentenced for federal hate crime

  25-05-2018 05:41
  
  A Draper man being sentenced for a federal hate crime went on racist diatribe in U.S. District Court on Thursday, saying African Americans are "pimps" and "drug dealers."
  
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• Trump nominates Utahn to be an assistant secretary of state

  25-05-2018 03:33
  
  Utahn Ronald Mortensen was nominated by President Donald Trump Thursday to serve as assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration.
  
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• Police: Death of woman missing 3 years now 'an active homicide investigation'

  25-05-2018 03:09
  
  The death of a Provo woman who had been missing for three years is being investigated as a possible murder, police said Thursday.
  
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• Family that lost daughter in crash urges drivers to be safe during Utah's '100 Deadliest Days'

  25-05-2018 03:00
  
  A Utah family who lost their daughter five years ago urges drivers to be safe during Utah's "100 Deadliest Days" this summer.
  
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• Weber County joins legal fight against opioid makers

  25-05-2018 02:42
  OGDEN — Weber County on Thursday joined the list of local governments in Utah suing opioid manufacturers, alleging they engaged in deceptive marketing practices that diminished the public's understanding of the risks associated with their products."This case is about one thing: corporate greed," the new lawsuit filed Thursday in 2nd District Court states. "Defendants put their desire for profits above the health, well-being, and safety of Weber County residents."Salt Lake, Summit and Tooel
  
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• Local cardiologist travels to China to find the secret to centenarians' longevity

  25-05-2018 02:30
  
  A local doctor traveled across the world to learn why it’s not uncommon for many citizens in Asia to live comfortably past 100 years of age.
  
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• American Fork man headed to prison for selling kits turning rifles into machine guns

  25-05-2018 02:09
  
  A federal judge handed an American Fork man a nearly three-year prison term Thursday for illegally making and selling more than 1,400 machine-gun converter devices for AR-15-style rifles.
  
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• Wanted: Utah's best thinking about how to make the American dream reality for more

  25-05-2018 01:54
  SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah President Ruth V. Watkins and Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox called on Utahns Thursday to develop the best policy and technology innovations to support a thriving middle class in Utah.The best ideas may be eligible for up to $1 million in funding.The goal of the challenge is to find, fund and develop policy and technology innovations that have the potential to increase net income by 10 percent for 10,000 Utah middle-class households by the year 2020, according
  
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• High school counselor accused of sexually abusing student

  25-05-2018 01:53
  
  A high school counselor has been arrested for investigation of sexually abusing a student.
  
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• Crash victim's parents warn Utah drivers slow down this Memorial Day weekend

  25-05-2018 01:48
  TAYLORSVILLE — Maria Fernanda Herrera should have turned 24 Thursday.Five years ago she was hurrying home from work on I-15. Her parents texted and called her asking when she would get home, but she never replied.Because she was speeding, Maria Herrera didn't have time to stop when she came upon unexpected standstill traffic. She died on impact. Now, her parents decided to commemorate her birthday by sharing her story with Utahns in the hopes that they won't make the same mistake their dau
  
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• U. professor awarded $2M to develop tech that protects power grids from disaster

  25-05-2018 01:43
  
  When Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico last September, it left nearly all of the island’s 3.4 million residents without electricity. University of Utah professor Masood Parvania wants to prevent that from happening again.
  
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• 911 call captures harrowing moments before crews arrive at Brigham City fatal fire

  25-05-2018 01:11
  
  A 911 call regarding a fire at a trailer home that left one man dead and another critically injured captured the dramatic moments before firefighters arrived on scene.
  
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• Utah man headed to prison for selling kits to turn rifles into machine guns

  25-05-2018 00:04
  SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge handed an American Fork man a nearly three-year prison term Thursday for illegally making and selling more than 1,400 machine-gun converter devices for AR 15-style rifles.Scott Ray Bishop told U.S. District Judge Dee Benson that he thought his product was the same as bump stocks or trigger assemblies that are sold legally."In my view, my kit was no different. In my view, my kit was as legal as they were. I was wrong obviously," he said.A jury in January fou
  
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