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• West Valley man sentenced in Idaho crash that killed fiancée

  09-08-2017 23:38
  
  A Utah man who was the driver in a crash that killed his fiancée last year was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation and two more days in jail Tuesday.
  
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• Utah panel greenlights cash for final homeless shelter site

  09-08-2017 23:35
  
  A state committee has approved $4.5 million to buy a downtown Deseret Industries thrift store to replace an overcrowded homeless shelter beset by violence.
  
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• Weapons testing brings more air traffic to HAFB, western desert

  09-08-2017 22:40
  CLEARFIELD — The volume of jet traffic flying over northern Utah will be higher than normal for the next couple of weeks.Starting this week, residents around Hill Air Force Base will likely notice an increase in aircraft takeoffs and landings as the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron conducts the military air-to-ground exercise known as Combat Hammer, along with the air-to-air exercise called Combat Archer."The first week, we drop bombs," said Lt. Col. Tapan Sen, commander of the 86th Fighter W
  
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• Kaysville review of $13K found in safe uncovers no crimes

  09-08-2017 22:38
  KAYSVILLE — City Manager Shayne Scott says the investigation that led to the discovery last year of $13,000 in a Kaysville Public Works Department safe has concluded with no revelations of misdeeds.Scott says the investigation could not "prove any misuse of money," though investigators also could not definitively disprove misuse.Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings' office launched an investigation into the public works department in 2016, as sought by the city, stemming from unspecified al
  
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• Attorney charged with smuggling drugs into Weber County Jail

  09-08-2017 22:18
  OGDEN — An Ogden attorney has been charged with smuggling drugs into the Weber County Jail.Tony Brenchley Miles, 53, was charged Aug. 2 in 2nd District Court with forgery, a third-degree felony; two counts of having drugs inside a correctional facility, a third-degree felony; and possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor.The investigation began when three inmates at the jail were caught with drugs, according to charging documents. Detectives then learned of an individual with
  
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• The best tweets for National Book Lovers Day

  09-08-2017 22:11
  Time to dust off the old book and celebrate — it’s National Book Lovers Day.This pseudo-holiday allows people across the country to celebrate their favorite books and share their book love with other bibliophiles.Twitter on Wednesday morning was ablaze with people sharing their favorite quotes about books, reading and writing. So much so that #BookLoversDay became the top trending hashtag on Wednesday morning.We’ve collected some of the best quotes and tweets about this nationa
  
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• Ogden City Council OKs $165M budget for 2018

  09-08-2017 21:55
  OGDEN — The Ogden City Council adopted a $165 million budget for the 2018 fiscal year, following a truth-in-taxation hearing Tuesday.As part of the budget, the council approved a proposal to maintain the 2017 property tax rate instead of adopting the lower certified tax rate, which will produce 7.2 percent more revenue, enabling the city to begin to adjust for the impacts of three decades of inflation.Other highlights of the budget include step pay increases for public safety employees, me
  
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• Chaffetz named 2017 fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics

  09-08-2017 21:55
  SALT LAKE CITY — Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, will be a 2017 fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.According to a statement from the institute, Chaffetz, who resigned his 3rd Congressional District seat in June to become a contributor at Fox News, will spend the fall semester lecturing on political, regulatory and personal challenges to Americans' expectations of privacy in a rapidly evolving technological environment.“I feel
  
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• Triple police presence near shelter appeared to slow crime, officers say

  09-08-2017 21:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake police dramatically increased their presence in the Rio Grande area over the past several days.Between 20 and 25 Salt Lake police officers were reassigned from other areas to patrol the area around the downtown homeless shelter from Friday night until Tuesday night, tripling the department's presence, said Salt Lake police detective Robert Ungricht.The move was in reaction to three homicides in two weeks around the shelter area:• Aug. 3 — A 32-year-old
  
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• Annual telethon raising funds to help Utah kids in foster care

  09-08-2017 21:45
  
  KSL is hosting it’s annual Wednesday’s Child telethon to raise money to help Utah kids in foster care find a permanent home.
  
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• Who is the best MLB hitter ever born in Utah?

  09-08-2017 21:35
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are on the cusp of history.The National League front-runners are on the cusp of history, winning 43 of their last 50 games. More impressively, the team is heading toward a 117-win season, which would eclipse the record 115 regular season wins by the 2001 Seattle Mariners, according to The Big Lead.There are questions about whether or not this will make the Dodgers the most historic team in baseball. There are some who are also rooting for the Houston Astros, who have had
  
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• Utah panel green-lights cash for final homeless shelter site

  09-08-2017 21:35
  SALT LAKE CITY — A state committee has approved $4.5 million to buy a downtown Deseret Industries thrift store to replace an overcrowded homeless shelter beset by violence.The LDS Church-owned building at 131 E. 700 South is one of three future homeless resource centers in Salt Lake City and South Salt Lake to replace the downtown Road Home shelter.The State Homeless Coordinating Committee approved the purchase of the last of the three sites for the shelters Tuesday. The Church of Jesus Ch
  
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• View partial solar eclipse at Capitol Reef National Park

  09-08-2017 21:26
  CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK — Park officials are offering visitors a chance to view the “Great American Eclipse” on Monday, Aug. 21.Although not in the zone of totality, Capitol Reef should experience approximately 82 percent obstruction during the solar eclipse beginning at 10:14 a.m. to 1:01 p.m. The period of greatest eclipse will occur at 11:35 a.m.A solar telescope and a telescope with a solar filter will be set up in front of the visitor center starting at 9 a.m. In additi
  
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• Charges: Eagle Mountain couple locked 5-year-old in dark basement

  09-08-2017 21:26
  
  An Eagle Mountain couple accused of locking their 5-year-old adopted son in the basement has been charged.
  
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• Lehi lifeguards win state competition

  09-08-2017 21:07
  LEHI — Lifeguards from the city’s Legacy Center indoor pool and its outdoor pool claimed first place in the state lifeguard competition held at the end of July.This is the second consecutive year a team from Lehi has won the championship. The lifeguards competed in 14 events against 23 teams from across the state.The lifeguards were tested on their water and first-aid skills. Scenarios ranged from deep- and shallow-end spinal victims, unconscious victims in the deep end, first aid, a
  
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• Subway owners sue Layton in false drink poisoning case

  09-08-2017 20:55
  LAYTON — The owners of a Subway sandwich shop that received international attention after an employee was accused of putting drugs in a police officer's drink has filed a civil lawsuit against Layton and its police department.Subway owners Dallas Buttars and Kristin Myers, along with their attorney Robert Sykes, claim their business lost money and employees due to false information being released to the media and the negative publicity it created, and from being harassed by Layton officers
  
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• 3 girls struck by lightning in Uinta Mountains expected to make full recovery, family says

  09-08-2017 20:53
  
  Three Wyoming sisters who were struck by lightning while fishing in the Uinta Mountains Friday are expected to make a full recovery, the girls’ family said in a statement Tuesday night.
  
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• Couple stops racing to rescue injured volunteer

  09-08-2017 20:40
  COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — Jeffery and Traci Andreason said it was the "right thing to do" when they quit their race Saturday and helped to rescue an off-road vehicle driver who had rolled down a Weber County hillside.The husband and wife were 2 miles into the Spartan Race course near Nordic Valley Ski Resort when they heard what sounded like a crash.“Someone was like, ‘Someone’s just rolled off!’” Traci Andreason recalled Tuesday.Suddenly, the race didn’t see
  
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• Roy couple pleads guilty to binding, abusing 3 boys

  09-08-2017 20:35
  OGDEN — A Roy couple accused of cruelly binding three boys they adopted and locking them in their rooms for hours at a time has pleaded guilty to child abuse.Matthew Earl Waldmiller, 39, and his wife, Diane Seifert Waldmiller, 40, pleaded guilty Aug. 3 to a single count each of child abuse, a second-degree felony.The charge carries a potential maximum sentence of one to 15 years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 29.The Waldmillers were each originally charged in 2nd District Cou
  
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• This is how Utah continues to keep the American dream alive

  09-08-2017 20:30
  Utah might be a place to find the American Dream.According to MarketWatch, a new analysis from Development Counsellors International outlined which states are good for millennials “to get a financial foothold and buy a home.”Iowa proved to be the top state in the nation, with Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota also among the best states for young homeowners, according to the report, which used U.S. Census Bureau data.Utah, Minnesota, Kansas and Idaho were also ranked h
  
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• Charges: Abused boy kept home from school to hide bruises

  09-08-2017 20:18
  
  A Holladay man has been charged with severely abusing his girlfriend's son, not allowing him to go to school so others wouldn't see his bruises.
  
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• Why Utahns love do-it-yourself projects

  09-08-2017 20:15
  It’s no secret that Utah — the land of self-sufficiency — is full of crafty people.Speaking purely from statistics, Utahns love crafts and do-it-yourself projects. When Pinterest launched in 2011, major traffic didn’t come from California and Texas, the two most social media aware states. Instead, most Pinterest visits — nearly 5 percent — came from Utah. In 2013, Utah became home to the world’s first Pinners Conference, a convention for DIY-lovers to me
  
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• Why Utahn love do-it-yourself projects

  09-08-2017 20:15
  It’s no secret that Utah — the land of self-sufficiency — is full of crafty people.Speaking purely from statistics, Utahns love crafts and do-it-yourself projects. When Pinterest launched in 2011, major traffic didn’t come from California and Texas, the two most social media aware states. Instead, most Pinterest visits — nearly 5 percent — came from Utah. In 2013, Utah became home to the world’s first Pinners Conference, a convention for DIY-lovers to me
  
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• Utah seeking $1.9 billion from EPA over mine spill

  09-08-2017 19:52
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for $1.9 billion in damages after the agency inadvertently triggered a multistate spill from an old gold mine in Colorado, the Utah Attorney General's Office confirmed Tuesday.The state filed the claim in February but never publicly announced it, said Dan Burton, a spokesman for the attorney general's office. Word of the claim first surfaced Friday when the EPA made a passing reference to it in a news release.It is by
  
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• Utah's $1.9 billion claim from mine spill reveals no details

  09-08-2017 19:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's $1.9 billion claim against the Environmental Protection Agency for a multistate mine waste spill says the state's water, soil and wildlife were damaged, but it offers no specifics.The Utah Attorney General's Office provided a copy of the claim to the Associated Press on Wednesday.The claim stems from the release of 3 million gallons of wastewater from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado in August 2015. An EPA-led contractor crew inadvertently trigge
  
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• West Valley man sentenced in Idaho crash that killed fiancee

  09-08-2017 19:25
  TWIN FALLS, Idaho — A Utah man has been sentenced following a car crash that killed his fiancee on a trip to Idaho to tell her mother they were getting married.Sean David Rees, of West Valley City, was sentenced Tuesday to 180 days in jail and two years of unsupervised probation, the Times-News reports.Fifth District Judge Thomas Kershaw suspended 150 days in jail and credited Rees with 28 days spent in jail while the case was pending, meaning Rees must serve two more days in jail.Rees ple
  
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• A.M. notes: 'Cloud hanging' over the U. after HCI rift, Trump threatens North Korea, Disney to pull Netflix content

  09-08-2017 19:19
  Here’s a look at the news for Aug. 9.U. still feel effects of cancer institute riftDr. Loris Betz, the University of Utah's acting senior vice president of health sciences, said Tuesday that the school is still feeling the effects of the Cancer Institute rift from earlier this year, according to the Deseret News.Betz said there are "clouds hanging over the health sciences" that will continue until new leadership is chosen.Betz also said "he is forging ahead with many of the initiatives sta
  
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• West Valley police investigating overnight shooting

  09-08-2017 19:18
  WEST VALLEY CITY — Police on Wednesday were trying to sort out the details of an overnight shooting.Just before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, officers were called to an area hospital where a man who had been shot in the shoulder was being treated, said West Valley police spokeswoman Roxeanne Vainuku. Friends had taken the man to the hospital, she said.The man told detectives he was shot while sitting in a vehicle near 1315 West and 4100 South by someone he doesn't know, Vainuku said."Investigators ha
  
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• Report: 3 Utah hospitals ranked among nation's top 50

  09-08-2017 18:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — Intermountain Medical Center's pulmonology program, the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute and the U.'s Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic all received top 50 designations Tuesday in the 28th annual U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings.The rankings, which analyzed more than 4,500 hospitals in 25 specialties, also recognized University of Utah Health Care Hospitals and Clinics, and Intermountain Medical Center with a lesser, un-numbered "high-performing"
  
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• Rep. Bishop says North Korea talk on Guam is just rhetoric

  09-08-2017 18:32
  
  Utah Rep. Rob Bishop said Wednesday that current talk from North Korea about Guam is mainly just rhetoric.
  
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• BYU grads' 'Adam & Eve' web series a metaphor for modern relationships

  09-08-2017 18:20
  SALT LAKE CITY — For married couple Davey and Bianca Morrison Dillard, Provo residents and graduates of Brigham Young University, their "Adam & Eve" web series was a jumping-off point for talking about modern relationships."It's sort of a metaphor for dating and marriage," Davey Morrison Dillard said. "It feels like a fun, comic way of getting at that — and a very direct way."The series actually began as something of a way for him to impress his future wife when they were dating.
  
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• Police seek man in connection to armed bank robbery in Midway

  09-08-2017 17:46
  
  Authorities are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man they say robbed a bank at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Racers become unsuspecting 1st-responders in Weber County hoist rescue

  09-08-2017 17:31
  
  Husband-and-wife Spartan race competitors said it was the right thing to do when they quit their race Saturday and helped to rescue a UTV driver who rolled down a Weber County hillside.
  
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• Singer, Summit County apologizes for performance of National Anthem at demolition derby

  09-08-2017 17:29
  
  The singer of a particularly controversial rendition of the National Anthem apologized Tuesday, along with Summit County officials, for her performance at the county fair's annual demolition derby held over the weekend.
  
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• Utah girl with rare condition 'defies the odds' after doctors said at birth she only had a year to live

  09-08-2017 17:10
  A young Utah girl continues to defy the odds, living even though doctors said she wouldn’t celebrate her first birthday.Brielle Burr, who is now 4 years old, was born with Beare Stevenson syndrome, which causes premature fusing of the skull. Only about 20 people have the disease worldwide, with most babies dying by the age of 1, according to the National Institute of Health.Doctors said she’d only have a few months to live, according to People magazine.But four years have since passe
  
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• Jay Evensen: Want to make the world more civil? Dress better

  09-08-2017 17:05
  OREM — I can’t remember the last time I stood dumbstruck in front of my closet, trying to decide what to wear before an interview.But then, I seldom interview someone like Judith Rasband, an internationally known authority on image consulting and management, a former Deseret News fashion columnist and the operator of the Conselle Institute of Image Management in Orem.She can size people up in a millisecond and tell them what nonverbal message they are suggesting, or perhaps screaming
  
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• Police searching for man suspected of sexually assaulting woman with mental disability

  09-08-2017 16:37
  
  Orem police are searching for a man suspected of picking up a woman with mental disabilities and sexually assaulting her in a nearby hotel on June 28.
  
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• In our opinion: State Board's policy expands choice but may limit opportunity

  09-08-2017 14:05
  When it comes to educating Utah’s rising generation, state leaders should find a balance between rigid requirements and radical choice. The Utah State Board of Education’s recent decision to remove certain courses from the state’s middle-school core requirements fails to strike this balance.Last week, the Board of Education voted 9-6 to remove physical education, the arts, health and career and college readiness from the core course requirements for Utah middle schools. The cou
  
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• Heroic dog honored by Sandy City Council

  09-08-2017 06:35
  
  The Sandy City Council made history Tuesday night when it honored a four-legged hero. The 1-year-old Australian Shepherd heeler-mix saved the life of one of her owners in March.
  
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• Charges: Ex-trooper started wildfire 'to feel the excitement of it'

  09-08-2017 06:35
  
  A Utah Highway Patrol trooper has been charged with purposely starting an eastern Utah forest fire with a cigarette in June "because he wanted to feel the excitement of it."
  
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• Group questions necessity of Salt Lake mayor's security detail

  09-08-2017 06:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — After learning how much it costs for Mayor Jackie Biskupski to have a security detail, Salt Lake City residents are raising concerns about how the money could be better spent.During a Tuesday night meeting of the Salt Lake City Council, Bonnie Peters Gabrielson read a letter she penned on behalf of neighbors she met with to discuss the $163,000 annual cost for protecting Biskupski."In a city of approximately 193,000 people, and in this age of advanced security and technolo
  
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• Plant picked as interim head of School Children's Trust following director's resignation

  09-08-2017 05:51
  SALT LAKE CITY — Paula Plant has been named interim director of the state's School Children's Trust following the resignation of Director Tim Donaldson on Aug. 4.Donaldson, who had been director of the trust since since 2013, submitted his resignation to the Utah State Board of Education on Friday. Other than a brief statement announcing his resignation, the State School Board has not commented on the matter except to say it is a personnel matter.Plant's appointment was authorized Tuesday
  
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• Case challenging 'extreme' Ogden gang rules moves ahead

  09-08-2017 05:42
  
  A federal judge has refused to toss out a lawsuit from two Utah men who say they were falsely labeled as gang members under sweeping city rules that forbid alleged members of an Ogden street gang from being seen together in public.
  
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• S.L. Symphony holding auditions

  09-08-2017 05:37
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake Symphony will hold auditions for principal viola and principal bass on Tuesday, Aug. 15, at Gardner Hall on the University of Utah campus.Auditions for second bassoon and string seating will be held Tuesday, Aug. 22, at the same venue. To make an appointment, e-mail [email protected] more information, visit saltlakesymphony.org or call 801-250-9419.
  
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• Zion reopens climbing routes after peregrine nesting season

  09-08-2017 05:27
  ZION NATIONAL PARK — All climbing routes on cliffs used by nesting peregrine falcons have been reopened after closures were initiated March 1 to protect nesting areas.During the nesting period, wildlife biologists at the park monitored the birds’ activity and found five territories were occupied by pairs of adults. Six juveniles successfully fledged, including two on the Tunnel Wall, two on Mount Kinesava, one on Cable Mountain and one on Mount Isaac.According to a statement from the
  
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• 'Amazing' Midvale Middle School opens to high praise

  09-08-2017 05:10
  
  The rebuilt Midvale Middle School at 7852 S. Pioneer St. is opening just in time for the start of school. It’s constructed on the same spot as the old middle school, which was more than six decades old when it was demolished.
  
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• Danny Ainge says family has 'zero to do' with how $250,000 super PAC contribution spent

  09-08-2017 05:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — Danny Ainge and his wife contributed $250,000 to a political action committee supporting their son, Tanner, in his 3rd Congressional District primary race but have nothing to do with how the money's being spent, the elder Ainge said Tuesday."The money is theirs to do what they want to do with it. We're at their mercy," Danny Ainge told the Deseret News. "I know it sounds like there is some involvement, but there is not. We have zero to do with the super PAC."Ainge, the gen
  
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• Ogden artist to recreate works of Da Vinci in mural

  09-08-2017 04:37
  
  Brent Atwood says it will take him over 100 hours to create a mural dedicated to Renaissance artist Leonardo Davinci.
  
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• Utah County, IHC providing 30 free prediabetes blood tests

  09-08-2017 03:36
  PROVO — The Utah County Health Department and Intermountain Healthcare are partnering to raise awareness of prediabetes by offering free hemoglobin A1c blood tests to the first 30 qualifying individuals.The A1c blood test, which are $15 at the health department, determines if a person has prediabetes. IHC has made it possible for the first 30 qualifying people to receive the test for free. To qualify, individuals must be low-income and meet specific requirements on a prediabetes self-asses
  
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• Bible Springs Complex wild horse removal begins Aug. 15

  09-08-2017 02:47
  CEDAR CITY — The Bureau of Land Management will be removing excess wild horses from areas within and outside the Bible Springs Complex in Iron and Beaver counties beginning Tuesday, Aug. 15.The Bible Springs Complex encompasses the Four Mile, Tilly Creek and Bible Springs herd management areas. The current wild horse population estimate in the complex is approximately 619 animals, and the BLM plans to gather and remove 100 wild horses. Animals removed from the range will be available for a
  
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