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• 'Never let your guard down': Utah avalanche experts offer safety advice

  17-02-2019 23:52
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah avalanche season is in full swing and has claimed the lives of four people already, leaving experts urging that learning more about the deadly slides is an important way to stay safe."A little bit of avalanche education can go a long way and help people feel confident that they can go out, get out in the snow, have fun, and come home safely every day," said Mark Staples, director and avalanche forecaster for the Utah Avalanche Center.According to the center, the 30-ye
  
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• Sandy mayor apologizes as drinking water ban is partially lifted

  17-02-2019 23:39
  SANDY — About 2,200 homes in Sandy were given the OK by city officials and the state on Sunday to drink water out of their taps again.But another 600 were still waiting Sunday to hear whether test results would show that the levels of lead and copper in their drinking water had returned to normal.On Sunday, Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn held a news conference to update residents on the drinking water situation, as well as issue an apology for not properly communicating with them about what was
  
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• Richfield man retires from mail delivery at age 91

  17-02-2019 23:25
  
  It was August 1949, when the U.S. Postal Service stopped using the train to deliver mail to Richfield, and a 21-year-old kid made his first mail run in a delivery truck from Salt Lake, back to his hometown.
  
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• Director of Ogden treatment center charged with child abuse

  17-02-2019 23:06
  OGDEN — The director of a group home in Ogden has been charged with allegedly abusing one of the residents.Allan David Falls, 38, of Lander, Wyoming, was charged Feb. 12 in Weber County Justice Court with child abuse, a class B misdemeanor.On Jan. 26, a 16-year-old boy was in the dining room of Canyon River Ranch Group Home, 244 Ogden Canyon, arguing with another boy over rap music, according to charging documents. Falls told the boy to stop, the charges state."The victim told (Falls) to s
  
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• Midwest couple made a sweet deal in Springdale

  17-02-2019 22:51
  SPRINGDALE — A little over five years ago, Dave and Kim Watts, as people tend to do when they're in the middle of their careers, started thinking about their retirement "someday."And since both of them are mechanical engineers, they thought about it like engineers.What would it look like? What would they do? Where would they do it? How would they make it work?The first step, they decided, was that every year for their vacation they would visit an area of the country they thought might be a
  
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• Have You Seen This? Music solo will make you rethink the tambourine

  17-02-2019 22:47
  
  If you think the tambourine is just goofy percussion overused by the Partridge Family, you got another think coming.
  
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• Photos: Full of warmth at Legacy Winter Fest

  17-02-2019 22:45
  Attendees of the IBU Biathlon World Cup were treated at no cost to family friendly activities at the Legacy Winter Fest, including live music, food trucks, a petting zoo, live ice sculpting and paintball biathlon. The event started Thursday and ended Sunday.See the world through the eyes of award-winning photojournalists. Click through the gallery above to view the unique images our visual storytellers captured today. Follow the official Deseret News Instagram account for more photographs and vi
  
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• Man accused of unlawful sex with teen charged with voyeurism while out on bail

  17-02-2019 20:43
  WEST VALLEY CITY — A man waiting for his case on charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor to proceed in the courts now faces new charges of voyeurism.Walter Raul Chambergo-Juica, 28, of West Valley, was charged Saturday in West Valley Justice Court with two counts of voyeurism, a class B misdemeanor, and giving false identity to a police officer, a class C misdemeanor.On Friday, Cambergo-Juica was arrested by West Valley police when he was caught "looking through multiple windows a
  
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• Clear the Air Challenge encourages you to 'do your part'

  17-02-2019 18:52
  
  The Clear the Air Challenge is at the midway point and if you haven’t been participating in the month-long competition to reduce vehicle emissions, there’s still time to make a difference.
  
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• Drinking water ban in Sandy partially lifted

  17-02-2019 18:46
  SANDY — More than 2,000 homes in Sandy were given the OK by Sandy city officials on Sunday to drink water out of their taps again.The no-drink order was lifted for the area between 700 East and 1700 East, and 10600 South to 11400 South. A no-drink order remained in placed for residents between 1700 East and 2000 East, and 10600 South to 11400 South.A press conference to go over the latest on the Sandy water problem was scheduled for 11 a.m.The order telling residents not to drink water fro
  
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• Sandy mayor apologizes as drinking water ban is lifted

  17-02-2019 18:38
  
  Nearly 3,000 homes in Sandy were given the OK by city and state officials on Sunday to drink water out of their taps again.
  
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• What to do if you’re caught in an avalanche

  17-02-2019 17:27
  
  With 2019 being well above average in terms of snowfall, avalanche danger has increased causing a number of fatal accidents for snowmobilers and skiers alike. Here are some ways to protect yourself in the event of an avalanche.
  
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• 'Air pollution, it's scarier than you think': Utah high schoolers use art to send a message about clean air

  17-02-2019 17:20
  SALT LAKE CITY — Teenagers can have an influence on parents' driving behaviors when they talk about ways to make the air cleaner, like avoiding idling. That's according to an analysis of survey responses from parents and teens who participated in the 2019 Utah High School Clean Air Poster Contest.Contest organizer Edwin Stafford, marketing professor at Utah State University's Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, calls it the "inconvenient youth" effect, based on a Wall Street Journal articl
  
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• Ted Bundy survivor talks about healing at Salt Lake City book signing

  17-02-2019 16:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — In October of 1974, just one week after infamous serial killer Ted Bundy killed 16-year-old Nancy Wilcox, Rhonda Stapley says he tried to kill her.Stapley, originally from Washington, was a first-year pharmaceutical student at the University of Utah. She was at a bus stop near Liberty Park after a dentist appointment on Oct. 11 and the bus was running late.She was about to walk to another stop when she said a cute young man pulled up in a tan Volkswagen.The man offered her
  
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• Ex-Weber County judge ends harassment suit with court clerk

  17-02-2019 06:42
  
  A former Weber County court clerk has reached a settlement to end a sexual harassment lawsuit against a former judge who wrote a love poem to her.
  
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• Natural gas leak suspected in Utah apartment complex explosion, fire officials say

  17-02-2019 06:35
  ALTA — An apartment building is a total loss after it exploded Saturday then caught fire, causing an estimated $1 million in damage but no injuries, according to officials.The explosion occurred in the attic of the building where Keith Garner, public information officer with Unified Fire Authority, confirmed a gas line leaked natural gas into the area.The exact cause of the leak and explosion is under investigation.The blast occurred around 4 p.m. in a four-unit complex of condos/apartment
  
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• Utah company provides employees a way to show compassion to co-workers

  17-02-2019 05:41
  MIDVALE — A Utah company is building a culture of kindness and giving through an initiative aimed at helping its employees help each other during their times of greatest need.And CHG Healthcare Services' Employee Compassion Fund is one of the reasons the Midvale-based company has landed on Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list, ranking it among the top employers across the country.Established in 2014, the fund was created to help employees who are suffering a financial b
  
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• Photos: Utah kids take aim in archery tournament

  17-02-2019 05:40
  Kids from all over the state represented their schools in the National Archery in the Schools Program event, which took place during the Western Hunting & Conservation Expo. The National Archery in the Schools Program teaches international-style target archery in physical education classes for grades 4 through 12, usually taken as a two-week PE course. The course covers archery history, safety, technique, equipment, concentration, core strengthening, physical fitness and self-improvement. Th
  
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• Fourth earthquake in two days strikes northern Utah

  17-02-2019 04:31
  SALT LAKE CITY — A 2.4 magnitude aftershock struck Bluffdale Saturday night, according to the University of Utah Seismograph Stations — the fourth earthquake to affect northern Utah in less than 48 hours.The University of Utah also reported a 3.3 magnitude earthquake southwest of Kanosh at about 3 p.m. Saturday.The Saturday quakes followed two others in Bluffdale on Friday morning — a 3.3 magnitude earthquake at 5:02 a.m. and a 3.8 magnitude earthquake at 5:10 a.m.
  
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• 2 small quakes shake Utah Saturday

  17-02-2019 03:51
  
  Two small earthquakes measuring 2.2 and 3.3 shook different parts of Utah on Saturday, according to the University of Utah Seismograph Station.
  
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• 'In the nick of time': Neighbors recount rescuing woman from home explosion

  17-02-2019 03:28
  HEBER CITY — Mark Pierce was enjoying a quiet Friday night with his wife in their Timber Lakes cabin when they heard a loud boom.He thought it was a sonic boom at first, but when he looked out the window he quickly realized it was something much worse — an explosion had occurred at his neighbor's home, which was now on fire."I couldn't believe the debris," he said Saturday, describing his experience the night before. "There were windows blown out and sheet rock blown off the walls."P
  
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• Utah city delayed notifying state, public of contaminated water

  17-02-2019 01:57
  SANDY — Contaminated drinking water sickened a three-month-old baby in an area of Sandy where a no-drink order is in place pending more lab results.The city, which was urged for a week by the Utah Division of Drinking Water to hand over testing results to show the extent of contaminants like lead and copper that flooded residents' pipes following a winter storm, was cited by the state Saturday for exceeding fluoride levels in drinking water and not notifying the public adequately."We have
  
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• Cougar sighted in Utah tranquilized, police say

  17-02-2019 01:50
  RIVTERON — A cougar was caught and tranquilized Saturday in a Riverton neighborhood Saturday, a day after several sightings were reported to police, according to officials with Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.Residents spotted the animal, a young male, near 1926 W. Dansie Way and alerted authorities. It climbed into a tree where it was tranquilized and retrieved by the division.The cougar is in good shape and will likely be taken far away, although the exact location has not been decid
  
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• Have You Seen This? Thwup … thwup, says the treadmill ball

  17-02-2019 00:42
  
  Sometimes the best internet videos are 10-second unwitting physics experiments.
  
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