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• Law firm serving Navajo Nation closing 3 offices

  19-08-2017 23:17
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A law firm that for years has provided free legal services to low-income people in the Southwest and won groundbreaking cases for Native Americans is closing three of its nine offices.The firm called DNA is closing New Mexico offices in Crownpoint and Shiprock, and a Utah office in Monument Valley, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.Santa Fe attorney Richard Hughes, who once worked for the firm, called the loss of the offices huge because DNA has "provided Native people
  
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• 94-year-old man tells story behind baseball game performance

  19-08-2017 21:47
  SOUTH OGDEN (AP) — Harold "Hal" Golde may not be the oldest person to perform the national anthem at a baseball game, but he's certainly in that ballpark.The 94-year-old — "It's actually 94 and a half," he corrects — sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the Ogden Raptors baseball game at Lindquist Field in downtown Ogden on Aug. 11. The proud World War II veteran, decked out in his Army uniform, was invited to sing the anthem for the Raptors' Military Awareness Night.So, how
  
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• Multimillion-dollar effort underway to help the Logan River

  19-08-2017 21:44
  SALT LAKE CITY — One of northern Utah's most critical rivers is getting a targeted boost to its health in a multimillion-dollar effort to reduce phosphorus, a naturally occurring nutrient that threatens its water quality.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week awarded Utah a little over $1 million, which will add to a million dollars already allocated by the state Water Resources Board to address nutrient pollution in the Bear River watershed.The money is being directed to the U
  
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• Frank R. Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb: Negative ads lose big in Curtis 3rd District win

  19-08-2017 20:05
  Well, the summer heat wave has cooled a bit — and we’re not talking about the weather. The hot, three-way, GOP 3rd Congressional District primary race is over (no more obnoxious TV and radio ads!), and now we get to haggle over what it all means.Pundits and the media predicted this would be a close race — especially with the some $1 million spent by outside groups trying to influence Utah voters. But Provo Mayor John Curtis easily bested Chris Herrod and Tanner Ainge. What does
  
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• Search crews looking for missing Vernal man near Chepeta Lake

  19-08-2017 19:47
  DUCHESNE COUNTY — A search is underway near Chepeta Lake for a Vernal man reported missing by his family late Thursday, according to the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office.Joseph Weyerman, who is in his late 70s or early 80s, had been camping in the area for the last two weeks and was scheduled to return home Wednesday night. In a press release, Chief Deputy Travis Tucker said Weyerman was last heard from on Monday.Search crews were in the area looking for Weyerman on Friday with assistance
  
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• Search crews find body of missing Vernal man in Uintas

  19-08-2017 19:45
  DUCHESNE — Search teams found the body of a missing Vernal man in the remote wilderness of the High Uintas Saturday.Joseph Weyerman, 81, died when he fell about 300 feet while attempting to rappel down a cliff, Duchesne County Sheriff's Lt. Jeremy Curry said in a press release.A search team found Weyerman at the bottom of a cliff north of Reader Lakes after discovering his sleeping bag nearby, Curry said.Due to the steep terrain, search crews were not able to recover Weyerman's body. The U
  
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• Food, music and decoration ideas for the perfect Eclipse party

  19-08-2017 18:20
  
  Whether traveling or staying local, there are plenty of things you can take to create the perfect eclipse party.
  
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• Police searching Uintas for missing Vernal man

  19-08-2017 17:45
  
  Police are searching Saturday morning for a Vernal man who has been missing since Monday.
  
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• In our opinion: 3rd District primary retaught Utahns important lessons

  19-08-2017 14:05
  Two things ought to be clear after last Tuesday’s special election to choose a candidate to represent the Republican Party in the race to replace Jason Chaffetz in the state’s 3rd Congressional District.The first is that money from out-of-state political action committees, especially when used to fund negative ads, does not work in Utah. The second is that the convention delegate system for choosing the party’s candidates is out of touch with the party’s electorate.Neithe
  
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• Special eclipse glasses selling out quickly

  19-08-2017 04:21
  SALT LAKE CITY — Eclipse mania is building and so is demand for the glasses that make it safe to view the first total solar eclipse to cross the U.S. in 99 years.Lines are forming, prices are rising and shelves are emptying as people scurry to obtain special eyewear to view the sun Monday as it is obscured by the passing moon.Complicating the rising demand from last-minute shoppers was a recent recall by Amazon that forced libraries and health centers around the country to recall glasses t
  
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• The Border Inn: A 'lonely' place with a split personality

  19-08-2017 03:36
  
  On the loneliest road in America, there's a place to stop for food, gas and lodging. But it has a bit of a split personality. Customers often have one foot in Utah and the other in Nevada. Welcome to the Border Inn.
  
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• After a week of arrests, Operation Rio Grande leaders focus on treatment

  19-08-2017 03:06
  SALT LAKE CITY — Following a week of arrests around Salt Lake's downtown homeless shelter, state leaders say they are ready to begin the treatment stage of the three-phase plan to clean up the beleaguered neighborhood.While new detox, substance abuse and mental health treatment beds to bolster existing resources won't become available until the end of the month, organizers of the initiative dubbed Operation Rio Grande said Friday that social workers are increasing outreach to those who are
  
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• Sea lions draw crowds at Davis County Fair

  19-08-2017 03:05
  FARMINGTON — Katrina Adamson and her 10-year-old daughter, Natalie Pack, have been coming to the annual Davis County Fair for seven years.The Woods Cross residents enjoy entering cakes, drawings and other works of art for prizes. However, one of their favorite parts of the fair, Adamson said, is the various shows, which change every year.This year, the fair featured a sea lion show put on by Sea Lion Splash, a company based in Mojave, California, that adopts injured sea lions and trains th
  
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• Woman hospitalized after car crash with garbage truck

  19-08-2017 03:01
  
  A woman was hospitalized after officials say the driver of a garbage truck drove through a stop sign, causing a crash.
  
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• Provo mayoral candidates holding out for second place vote count

  19-08-2017 02:50
  PROVO — While Provo mayoral candidate Michelle Kaufusi holds a strong lead in the latest municipal primary results released Friday, there is still a close race for the second-place candidate who will also be on the November ballot.Kaufusi held 30 percent of the vote in the Provo race. Following behind, Odell Miner had 21.4 percent, only 156 votes ahead of Cherie Hall Everett, who had 19.8 percent of the vote.Utah County Clerk/Auditor Brian Thompson said the county would continue a methodic
  
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• John Curtis sews up 3rd District GOP victory; Herrod concedes

  19-08-2017 02:19
  
  Additional results released Friday in the 3rd Congressional District primary election nailed down victory for Provo Mayor John Curtis, prompting the runner-up in the three-way race to concede.
  
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• Celestial harmony or an evil omen? Solar eclipse superstitions throughout history

  19-08-2017 01:49
  
  The word “eclipse” comes from the Greek word “ekleipsis,” which means “an abandonment.” So it comes as no surprise that civilizations throughout history have associated bad things with solar eclipses.
  
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• College student refugees placed in careers with new program

  19-08-2017 01:38
  SALT LAKE CITY — When Arob Mandang-Belabek started his freshman year at the University of Utah, he felt very alone. It was difficult to study economics, he said, while living in Utah as a refugee from South Sudan."I was paying for school by myself, I was working. So it was very hard to focus on school," he said.But things changed after he learned about the Refugee Education Initiative, a Salt Lake nonprofit dedicated to helping refugees graduate from universities."It’s made me feel l
  
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• Utah Labor Commission names new division chief

  19-08-2017 01:20
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Labor Commissioner Jaceson Maughan has tapped Brian Stewart as director of its adjudication division. He will also serve as chief administrative law judge.The division’s seven administrative law judges conduct the commission’s formal hearings on such matters as workers’ compensation claim denials, employment and housing discrimination, and occupational safety and health violations and penalties.Stewart has been with the commission for more than eight
  
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• UVU launches new College of Health and Public Service

  19-08-2017 01:13
  OREM — In an effort to better serve students, Utah Valley University has created a new college focused on health professions, public and emergency services, and aviation.The College of Health and Public Service comprises 14 schools, departments and major programs, including two graduate programs and five online degrees.Areas of study within the new college include allied health, aviation sciences, criminal justice, dental hygiene, emergency services, forensic science, national security stu
  
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• Septic line break forces closure of Jones Hole hatchery, creek

  19-08-2017 00:45
  JENSEN, Uintah County — A septic line break at the Jones Hole Fish Hatchery has closed the hatchery and Jones Hole Creek in Dinosaur National Monument, federal officials said.According to a statement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wednesday break resulted in increased levels of E. coli in the water downstream from the hatchery, which is located just outside the monument.In a separate statement, the National Park Service said all waters of Jones Hole Creek have been closed to
  
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• Utah jobless rate edges up slightly to 3.5 percent

  19-08-2017 00:40
  
  The state Department of Workforce Services reported Friday that the seasonally-adjusted jobless rate for July rose one-tenth of a percentage point to register at 3.5 percent, while the U.S. unemployment rate registered at 4.3 percent.
  
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• Utah jobless rate edges up slightly to 3.5%

  19-08-2017 00:40
  
  The state Department of Workforce Services reported Friday that the seasonally-adjusted jobless rate for July rose one-tenth of a percentage point to register at 3.5 percent, while the U.S. unemployment rate registered at 4.3 percent.
  
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• Alta Justice Court vacancy filled

  19-08-2017 00:06
  ALTA — The Salt Lake County Nominating Commission has appointed Judge Paul Curtis Farr to fill the vacancy on the Alta Justice Court. Farr replaces Judge Clinton Balmforth, who retired March 31.Farr was appointed as a justice court judge in 2010 and currently serves in Herriman and Sandy. He received an associate degree in history from Dixie State in 1995, a bachelor’s in criminal justice from Weber State University in 1997, and a Juris Doctor from Brigham Young University in 2000.Fa
  
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