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• BYU students challenge U of U students to pause rivalries, unite on climate change

  23-08-2017 23:51
  SALT LAKE CITY — A small group of Brigham Young University students gathered together at a University of Utah parking lot on Wednesday. No, they didn't come to the rival campus to prank anyone or vandalize anything during the first week of classes.The students were part of The Climate Campaign, a nonprofit group advocating for climate change awareness.Dressed in purple shirts and armed with purple daisies, the 10 students ran through the parking lot, placing nearly 3,000 flowers and cards
  
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• BYU students challenge U. students to pause rivalries, unite on climate change

  23-08-2017 23:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — A small group of Brigham Young University students gathered at a University of Utah parking lot on Wednesday. No, they didn't come to the rival campus to prank anyone or vandalize anything during the first week of classes.The students were part of The Climate Campaign, a nonprofit group advocating for climate change awareness.Dressed in purple shirts and armed with purple daisies, the 10 students ran through the parking lot, placing nearly 3,000 flowers and cards on car wi
  
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• Don't fall for unclaimed property scam, Utahns warned

  23-08-2017 23:48
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah State Treasurer David Damschen is warning Utahns about NeverClaimed.com — a scam website that requires users to pay fees up to $29.99 per month to identify, claim and obtain missing personal property held for safekeeping by the Utah Division of Unclaimed Property.“This scam website has users search for their name and then charges fees for results and processing — which is an absurd abuse of the free nationwide unclaimed property system designed to re
  
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• Boy locked in basement, forced to eat carrots, had orangey tint, warrant states

  23-08-2017 23:34
  PROVO — A 5-year-old boy allegedly locked in a basement by his parents and whose forced diet was mostly carrots, had an "orangey" tint to his skin when he was examined by doctors, according to a newly unsealed search warrant.Clarissa Anne Tobiasson, 27, and Brett Parker Tobiasson, 31, were charged Aug. 9 in 4th District Court with child abuse, a second-degree felony. The couple is accused of "disciplining" their adopted son by locking him in a basement room for many hours each day, often w
  
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• U. Farmers Market opens Thursday for its 10th season

  23-08-2017 23:29
  SALT LAKE CITY — The 10th season of the University of Utah Farmers Market begins Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Tanner Plaza, west of the Student Union, and continues every Thursday through Oct. 5.The market began as a way to bring fresh, local food to the campus in order to help build healthier, more sustainable lifestyles. This fall’s market features 25 vendors selling local produce, handmade lunches, baked goods, beverages, fresh salsa, crafts and more.In addition, the Double Your D
  
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• Here's how Salt Lake City's airport ranks among the 45 busiest airports

  23-08-2017 23:00
  Salt Lake City International Airport will make sure you’re on time.RewardExpert released a new report, called the 2017 Labor Day Air Travel Forecast, which ranked the 45 busiest airports over the Labor Day weekend.RewardExpert examined Department of Transportation flight data during the eight days surrounding Labor Day, plus the holiday itself, from 2011-15 (latest available data) to assess which days during the travel period have the best on-time performance.The Salt Lake airport was rank
  
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• S.L. police: Man lucky he wasn't shot by officers after carjackings

  23-08-2017 22:46
  SALT LAKE CITY — A man who went on a 20-minute rampage, armed with a knife and gun, Tuesday in downtown Salt Lake is lucky to be alive, according to Salt Lake police.And he owes it all to a group of people he never met."They saved his life. There was no de-escalation to this. He's lucky he wasn't shot," said Salt Lake police detective Robert Ungricht. "He pointed his gun at our officers."On Tuesday, police arrested Eddie C. Sanchez, 45, after officers say he threatened several people, carj
  
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• Police: Man arrested after pulling gun on group of kids at 7-Eleven

  23-08-2017 22:38
  WEST JORDAN — A man who police say pulled a gun on a group of juveniles he was arguing with in front of a 7-Eleven was arrested Monday.Christopher Wayne Lucero, 26, of Salt Lake City, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of five counts of aggravated assault, child abuse and threatening to use a dangerous weapon.Police say a car with a group of adults pulled into a 7-Eleven near 7100 South and 1400 West on Monday night.Five juveniles, ranging in age from 12 to 14, got
  
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• This map thinks it knows what food Utahns hate the most

  23-08-2017 22:35
  Looks like Utahns won’t be having the caprese salad.A new map from the dating app Hater, which matches people based on things they hate, revealed every state’s least favorite food item. Or, as the map puts it, the good every state hates, according to The Inverse.For Utahns, the most hated food is balsamic vinegar, often seen on caprese salads.The map offered some intriguing findings. Nevadans, for example, hate the trendy sparkling water drink LaCroix.Coloradans, meanwhile, really ha
  
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• Evidence hearing underway for Spanish Fork student charged with murder in girl's suicide

  23-08-2017 22:01
  PROVO — An evidence hearing is underway for a Spanish Fork man charged with murder after police say he helped a teenage friend kill herself.Tyerell Przybycien, 18, is charged in the death of 16-year-old Jchandra Brown, who was found hanging from a rope near Maple Lake in Payson on May 6. Prosecutors say Przybycien helped Brown prepare to kill herself, then recorded her on a cellphone while she did, never trying to help the girl.Przybycien is charged with murder, a first-degree felony, and
  
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• This Utah tech company made Inc.'s 5000 list for the 4th year in a row

  23-08-2017 21:44
  A Utah tech company continues to boast its fortune for the fourth-straight year.Boostability, a search engine optimization and digital marketing company, made the Inc. 5000 list for the fourth-consecutive year, making one of the fastest-growing companies in the country."We're excited to make such a prestigious list four years in a row," said Boostability CEO Gavan Thorpe in a statement. "It's a fantastic achievement and a testament to the success of our clients and partners. We're helping their
  
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• 111 Utah companies made Inc.'s latest list

  23-08-2017 21:40
  A Utah tech company continues to boast its fortune for the fourth-straight year.Boostability, a search engine optimization and digital marketing company, made the Inc. 5000 list for the fourth-consecutive year, making one of the fastest-growing companies in the country."We're excited to make such a prestigious list four years in a row," said Boostability CEO Gavan Thorpe in a statement. "It's a fantastic achievement and a testament to the success of our clients and partners. We're helping their
  
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• San Juan County hosts funeral for Navajo Nation policeman killed in off-duty accident

  23-08-2017 21:02
  GOULDING, San Juan County — Navajo Nation officials say a senior officer with the police department in Kayenta, Arizona, has died in an off-duty car accident.Tribal officials say Nelson Martin was killed in a crash Monday. His funeral was held Tuesday in Goulding.Martin had been with the police department since 2002, officials said. He was a member of the strategic reaction team and a school resource officer, they said.Martin worked in collaboration with the Kayenta Unified School District
  
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• Family member of Idaho murder victims visits scene of crime

  23-08-2017 20:41
  
  Two months after the bodies of two women and a teen girl were discovered inside a shed on the property of an Idaho home, a family member of two of the victims entered the house.
  
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• West Valley man admits stabbing woman, hiding body in shed

  23-08-2017 20:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — A West Valley man has pleaded guilty to repeatedly stabbing a woman he shared a house with, then hiding her body in a shed.Justin VanCleave, 20, pleaded guilty last month to murder, a first-degree felony, in the May 2016 death of Amanda Garcia, 33. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dismissed a charge of obstructing justice, a second-degree felony.A sentencing hearing for VanCleave will be scheduled Sept. 29. He faces a potential prison sentence of 15 years to life.VanC
  
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• Experts gather in Salt Lake to tackle wild horse overpopulation problem

  23-08-2017 19:52
  SALT LAKE CITY — Rick Danvir with the Western Landowners Alliance told a crowd of several hundred people Wednesday that he was lucky in his early association with the wild horse of the West, working on the ground to conserve the species and boost its numbers.That was in the aftermath of a national act in 1971 to protect the dwindling wild horse and burro populations — which now dramatically eclipse federal management levels and speak emphatically to the success of the early conservat
  
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• Groups gather in Salt Lake to tackle wild horse overpopulation problem

  23-08-2017 19:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — Rick Danvir with the Western Landowners Alliance told a crowd of several hundred people Wednesday that he was lucky in his early association with the wild horse of the West, working on the ground to conserve the species and boost its numbers.That was in the aftermath of a national act in 1971 to protect the dwindling wild horse and burro populations — which now dramatically eclipse federal management levels and speak emphatically to the success of the early conservat
  
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• S.L. police: Man lucky he wasn't shot by officers during 20-minute rampage

  23-08-2017 19:10
  SALT LAKE CITY — A man who went on a 20-minute rampage in downtown Salt Lake City armed with a knife and a gun is lucky to be alive, according to Salt Lake City police.And he owes it all to a group of people he never met."They saved his life. There was no de-escalation to this. He's lucky he wasn't shot," said Salt Lake police detective Robert Ungricht. "He pointed his gun at our officers."On Tuesday, police arrested Eddie C. Sanchez, 45, after officers say he threatened several people, ca
  
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• A.M. notes: The cause of Utah wildfires, Trump attacks Flake in rally speech, Rio Grande arrests climb

  23-08-2017 19:04
  Here’s a look at the news for Aug. 23.What caused so many Utah wildfiresThe state forester told the Deseret News on Tuesday that "stupid human tricks" caused multiple wildfires across the Beehive State this year.In total, humans started 397 fires from the start of the year until August.Brian Cottam, director of the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, told the Deseret News that nearby Nevada only had 30 human-caused wildfires."That number is extremely high," he said. "They do n
  
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• Montana carjacking suspect arrested in Utah

  23-08-2017 19:03
  
  A man accused in a Montana carjacking has been arrested in Utah.
  
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• Evidence hearing begins for Spanish Fork man charged with murder in girl's suicide

  23-08-2017 17:37
  PROVO — An evidence hearing is underway for a Spanish Fork man charged with murder after police say he helped a teenage friend kill herself.Tyerell Przybycien, 18, is charged in the death of 16-year-old Jchandra Brown, who was found hanging from a rope near Maple Lake in Payson on May 6.During the two-day preliminary hearing, prosecutors must present evidence showing there is probable cause to support the charges against Przybycien. After the hearing, 4th District Judge James Brady will de
  
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• Jay Evensen: An easy way to boost the economy

  23-08-2017 17:00
  SALT LAKE CITY —Five years have passed since Jestina Clayton, a native of Sierra Leone, won a court case giving her the right to braid hair in her Utah home without undergoing 2,000 hours of mandatory cosmetology training.You may have thought this piece of good news, now relegated to the dustbins of narrow Google searches and distant memory, means Utah’s economy is much more friendly toward those who just want to work hard and earn a modest living. You would be wrong.The Institute fo
  
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• Provo company creates app to detect concussions in real time

  23-08-2017 15:55
  
  Concussions may be one of the biggest worries for parents of student athletes. A Utah company has developed an app to evaluate players after an injury in real time.
  
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• Dust off your chain mail, it's time for the Utah Renaissance Faire

  23-08-2017 15:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — While dealing with the heavy demands of medical residency while living in Kansas, Utah native Richard Thurman stumbled upon an event that engulfed him in a stress-free world.In place of white coats and scrubs he found embroidered dresses and chain mail armor, and it wasn't long before Thurman became enchanted with the Kansas City Renaissance Festival.“It was kind of like going back in time to a different era,” he said. “it was just captivating: the music,
  
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• In our opinion: Utah needs to fight sexual assault on college campuses

  23-08-2017 14:05
  A college fraternity member witnessed his fellow “frat bother” leading an intoxicated woman upstairs at a house party, according to a story from U.S. News and World Report. Concerned about the situation, the student belted out: “Hey, dude, your car is getting towed!”The simple diversion, prompted by a training session, worked.Creating a culture in which students proactively shape a safer environment for themselves and those around them is essential to reducing sexual assa
  
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• Eclipse traffic clogs I-15 in northern Utah for more than 24 hours

  23-08-2017 06:47
  
  Drivers who thought leaving the "zone of totality" a day later than other eclipse-gazers would help them avoid heavy traffic coming out of Idaho got a surprise Tuesday morning: The southbound lanes of I-15 were just as crowded as the night before.
  
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• Protesters decry arrests in Rio Grande neighborhood

  23-08-2017 06:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — With chants of "homes, not jails," and "homeless rights are human rights," about 60 protesters Tuesday rallied against a crackdown on crime and drugs in a neighborhood that has become known for homeless camps and reports of violence.The group cheered as speakers decried Operation Rio Grande, saying it targets those whose only offense is not having a place to sleep and favors arresting people over treating drug addiction. Many said they believe the effort launched last week
  
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• Plain City teen performs CPR after his father collapses on a high school track

  23-08-2017 06:25
  
  A Plain City teen is being credited with saving his father's life. It all happened as the man collapsed while exercising on the Fremont High School track earlier this month.
  
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• Canyons District to ask voters to bond for $283 million to build schools

  23-08-2017 06:07
  SANDY — Hillcrest High School and Brighton High School would be rebuilt along with Union Middle School and four elementary schools under a $283 million bond proposal approved Tuesday by the Canyons Board of Education.The Canyons School Board voted 6-1 to adopt a resolution to place the general obligation bond issue on the Nov. 7 ballot.According to school district documents, estimated cost for the new high schools would be $85 million to $87 million each.The proposed bond would fund recons
  
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• Lawmakers hear advice on restoring Utah Lake, planning water development

  23-08-2017 05:22
  SALT LAKE CITY — The challenges of ridding Utah Lake of future algae blooms could cost "tens of billions of dollars," the Legislature's Water Development Commission was told during a meeting Tuesday.Lawmakers listened to concerns from environmental quality and wildlife resource authorities about eliminating invasive species from Utah Lake, fostering native species growth and mitigating nitrogen- and phosphorous-based nutrients seen as the primary cause for the harmful algal blooms that spr
  
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• Rep. Chris Stewart donates school supplies Utah Refugee Services Office

  23-08-2017 04:20
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — In a country where notebooks, pens and pencils only cost a few dollars, refugee families in Utah still struggle to provide their kids with school supplies, Asha Parekh said.As director of the state Refugee Services Office, Parekh knows that many refugee families come from refugee camps and places where children may not have had opportunities to attend school."It’s only the stuff, but that makes a big difference when you have pencils and papers that are as shiny and
  
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• Intermountain Healthcare wants to cut prescribed opioids by 40% by end of 2018

  23-08-2017 04:03
  
  Intermountain Healthcare announced Tuesday that its hospitals and clinics will commit to trying to reduce the number of opioid tablets prescribed for acute pain by 40 percent by the end of 2018.
  
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• Was Utah investor's business a scam or a success? Jurors must weigh long-running fraud case

  23-08-2017 03:51
  SALT LAKE CITY — An eight-week trial began Tuesday for a long embattled Utah businessman accused of running one of the state's largest Ponzi schemes.Prosecutors told jurors that Claud R. "Rick" Koerber's multimillion-dollar "equity mill" was a fraud, using investors' money to pay off new investors, support his lavish lifestyle and make purchases other than the promised real estate deals.But Koerber's attorney told jurors that the businessman's model was, in fact, legitimate and successful,
  
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• Rio Grande arrests mount to 423 as leaders announce timeline for new treatment beds

  23-08-2017 03:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — Eight days.That's how long it's taken about 150 Operation Rio Grande officers from multiple agencies to make 423 arrests in the latest effort to clean up Salt Lake City's most troubled neighborhood.But when state, city and county leaders released that figure on Tuesday — up from 282 on Thursday — they emphasized that the focus of Operation Rio Grande is not just on arresting criminals and drug dealers, but also on treatment for the drug-addicted and mentally il
  
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• Teen jumped from moving vehicle to escape kidnapping, police say

  23-08-2017 03:31
  
  A man accused of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl who had to jump out of a moving vehicle to escape has been arrested.
  
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• Intermountain Healthcare wants to cut prescribed opioids by 40 percent by end of 2018

  23-08-2017 03:20
  SALT LAKE CITY — Intermountain Healthcare announced Tuesday that its hospitals and clinics will commit to trying to reduce the number of opioid tablets prescribed for acute pain by 40 percent by the end of 2018."We overprescribe (opioids) to some degree, the truth of it is," said Dr. Todd Allen, director of Intermountain Healthcare's emergency departments and the organization's chief quality officer.Intermountain said in a release that it is "the first U.S. health system to formally announ
  
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• HAFB has $3.4 billion impact on local economy, commander says

  23-08-2017 02:45
  HILL AIR FORCE BASE — The state's largest single-site employer — Hill Air Force Base — is responsible for more than $3 billion in annual economic impact, along with the continuing development of a growing technology corridor located in northern Utah.During a meeting of the Utah Legislature's Veterans and Military Affairs Commission Tuesday at the Hill Aerospace Museum, base commander Col. Jennifer Hammerstedt told members that the installation creates about $1.29 billion in job
  
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• FBI sees no evidence of rise in hate rhetoric, extremism in Utah

  23-08-2017 02:19
  
  The FBI in Salt Lake City hasn't seen an uptick in the kind of racially charged activity that precipitated deadly violence in Virginia earlier this month.
  
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• Chamber joins tech advocates to elevate economic punch

  23-08-2017 02:15
  SALT LAKE CITY — On Tuesday, the state's largest and longest-running business association forged a new partnership with the tech/startup community in a collaboration both say will not only continue to keep the red-hot Utah innovation sector booming, but help it become a driver to expand benefits to other economic areas.Salt Lake Chamber President/CEO Lane Beattie said the new memorandum of understanding with Silicon Slopes, the Utah nonprofit technology and innovation business advocacy gro
  
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• 'Stupid human tricks' caused hundreds of wildfires in Utah, state forester says

  23-08-2017 01:43
  SALT LAKE CITY — The state forester Tuesday attributed "stupid human tricks" to the "abysmally high" number of wildfires ignited by people in Utah this year.There have been 397 human-caused fires on state and private land through early August, said Brian Cottam, director of the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. In comparison, he said, the number in neighboring Nevada totaled 30 as of two weeks ago."Pardon me sir, there’s just more stupid human tricks that occurred this
  
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• Teen jumps from moving vehicle to escape kidnapping, police say

  23-08-2017 01:40
  WEST VALLEY CITY — A man accused of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl who had to jump out of a moving vehicle to escape has been arrested.Oscar Dennis Aguilar, 23, was arrested for investigation of kidnapping and intoxication.Early Sunday morning, a 16-year-old girl was getting a ride home from Aguilar. The two had just been at the same party in West Jordan, according to a Salt Lake County Jail report.But once she got in the car, Aguilar started driving in the opposite direction of the girl's
  
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• Updated primary election results in Utah County show change in Provo mayoral race

  23-08-2017 01:36
  PROVO — As ballots continue to trickle in, the race for a spot on the November ballot in the Provo mayoral race is getting tight.A new batch of votes added to Provo's primary election totals Tuesday show Sherrie Hall Everett moving ahead of Odell Miner with an 18-vote lead for second place, according to the Utah County Clerk/Auditor's Office.Michelle Kaufusi remained the top vote-getter in the race, with about 30 percent of the vote. Everett and Miner both have 20 percent.Utah County vote
  
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• 2 teens charged as adults in fatal shooting of sleeping woman

  23-08-2017 01:34
  
  Two 16-year-old boys accused of fatally shooting a woman as she slept have been charged in adult court with murder.
  
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• Police: Boy, 11, injured in Taylorsville hit-and-run

  23-08-2017 01:20
  TAYLORSVILLE — An 11-year-old boy was in the hospital Tuesday after a hit-and-run accident at the intersection of 6200 South and Margay Street.Crews rushed the child to Intermountain Medical Center, where he was in fair condition, said Unified police spokesman Ken Hansen. The crash happened about 3:35 p.m., police said in a tweet.Police were searching for a silver F-150 Ford truck with a crew cab in connection with the crash.
  
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• West Jordan police use risk assessment program in weekend arrest

  23-08-2017 01:15
  WEST JORDAN — A man was arrested for investigation of attempted murder over the weekend in an incident that had the potential to turn into a domestic violence-related murder-suicide.But West Jordan police apprehended the man using a risk assessment protocol for domestic violence cases. Officers at the scene determined the man was a high risk and needed to be in jail, according to a Salt Lake County Jail report.Cesar Augusto Ugas, 22, was arrested after police say he threatened a woman and
  
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• Boy in fair condition after Taylorsville hit-and-run

  23-08-2017 01:15
  
  Police are searching for the driver of a silver pickup truck they say struck an 11-year-old boy Tuesday afternoon before fleeing the scene.
  
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• Op-ed: Attorney General Sean Reyes has emerged as a strong yet collaborative leader

  23-08-2017 00:05
  One call — late in the evening on Dec. 30, 2013 — changed my life. "This is Sean Reyes. Are you available to meet?" Although we were both candidates in 2012, we did not know each other well. I knew I liked him as a candidate, had voted for him and was disgusted by the negative campaign that was launched against him, but not much more.We met, we talked, he inspired and on Jan. 3, 2014, I entered the Utah Attorney General's Office as chief communications officer. Within one day I reali
  
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