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• Credit union donates 100 backpacks, supplies to needy students

  30-08-2017 23:58
  OGDEN — America First Credit Union employees donated 107 backpacks filled with school supplies as part of the Catholic Community Services of Northern Utah’s Backpack Bonanza.Employees filled the backpacks with notebooks, binders, pencil boxes, writing utensils and other supplies to ensure homeless, low-income and refugee children are equipped and ready for the school year.Last year, more than 3,000 backpacks were distributed through the program to schools throughout Ogden and Salt La
  
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• Zion expecting a crowded Labor Day weekend

  30-08-2017 23:55
  ZION NATIONAL PARK — As the summer season unofficially comes to a close this Labor Day weekend, officials say visitors should expect crowded conditions throughout Zion National Park.Traffic lanes have been narrowed due to construction at the park’s south entrance in preparation for a larger project on state Route 9 in Springdale, which may make wait times into the park longer than normal.Officials are also warning visitors that parking inside the park will fill up early, often by 9 a
  
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• Customers left hanging as Utah smartphone company fails to deliver over 2 years later

  30-08-2017 23:47
  
  Dubbed the “muscle car of smartphones,” the Saygus phone debuted to rave reviews at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas two years ago. Over two years later, no one has received a phone.
  
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• Tooele football coach to be fired following arrest in sting

  30-08-2017 23:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Tooele High School assistant football coach has been placed on unpaid administrative leave and is expected to be fired following a recent arrest in Salt Lake City.Mark Lyne Jackson, 39, of Tooele, was arrested during a weeklong prostitution sting conducted last week by Salt Lake police. He was arrested Aug. 23 for investigation of patronizing a prostitute.Jackson "arranged with an undercover officer to pay cash in exchange for sex acts," according to a Salt Lake County J
  
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• Tooele football coach to be fired following arrest in prostitution sting

  30-08-2017 23:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Tooele High School assistant football coach has been placed on unpaid administrative leave and is expected to be fired following a recent arrest in Salt Lake City.Mark Lyne Jackson, 39, of Tooele, was arrested during a weeklong prostitution sting conducted last week by Salt Lake police. He was arrested Aug. 23 for investigation of patronizing a prostitute.Jackson "arranged with an undercover officer to pay cash in exchange for sex acts," according to a Salt Lake County J
  
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• Utahn among climbers rescued by Grand Teton rangers in recent days

  30-08-2017 23:40
  MOOSE, Wyo. — National Park Service rangers have rescued two injured climbers — including a Utah man — in separate incidents in Grand Teton National Park in northwest Wyoming over a three-day period.On Monday, rangers were called about 10 a.m. that a climber was injured at the base of the Grand Teton Mountain.A helicopter was used to extract 22-year-old Mounier Fizari, of Bountiful, who had fallen about 20 feet as he was climbing. Fizari treated at St. John's Medical Center in
  
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• Ute football tickets double as UTA fare

  30-08-2017 23:18
  SALT LAKE CITY — Ute fans, don’t forget that your football tickets double as Utah Transit Authority fare to all home football games, including Thursday’s season opener.For fans riding FrontRunner from Utah County or southern Salt Lake County, UTA suggests they transfer to TRAX at the Murray Central Station. For those coming from Davis or Weber counties, UTA suggest fans grab a direct bus at the Salt Lake Central Station.For Thursday’s game against North Dakota, UTA will r
  
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• The most popular vehicle in Utah

  30-08-2017 22:05
  There’s no stopping the Ford F-150.The Ford truck topped the Kelly Blue Book’s recent list of most popular cars and trucks across the country, sweeping 21 states in 2016.The F-150 was also the most popular vehicle in Utah last year, according to Kelly Blue Book.Car buyers have started to purchase more SUVs than pickups or sedans, according to USA Today. In fact, 10 states chose SUVs over pickup trucks.But compact cars, like a Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla, led the way in California,
  
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• Water main break closes section of 3300 South in Millcreek

  30-08-2017 21:27
  
  A water main break has closed a section of 3300 South, causing traffic delays Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Police: K-9, gunman injured in southern Utah shootout

  30-08-2017 21:23
  
  A police K-9 attempting to apprehend a carjacking suspect was shot late Tuesday and the alleged gunman injured in a shootout in southern Utah.
  
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• Elk Ridge dad accused of giving newborn drugs pleads guilty

  30-08-2017 21:14
  PROVO — An Elk Ridge father accused of giving his newborn daughter drugs in the hospital to hide her addiction from doctors pleaded guilty Tuesday.Colby Glen Wilde, 29, admitted as part of a plea deal to distribution of a controlled substance, a second-degree felony, while language was stricken indicating the offense happened in a drug-free zone.Additionally, Wilde pleaded guilty Tuesday to child abuse, reduced from a second-degree felony to a third-degree felony. In exchange for his plea,
  
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• Utah Symphony's Great American Road Trip 'taking the symphony to the people'

  30-08-2017 20:55
  SPRINGDALE — Clif and Elaine Conner had been contemplating moving to St. George for about a year before finally making the transition.In mid-July, the couple packed their belongings and moved from a small town west of San Antonio to Washington, Utah.Although they’ve only lived in the Beehive State for a month, the couple is already making the most of their new home: They bought a lifetime national park pass, they’ve traveled to Zion National Park three times, and on Tuesday nig
  
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• 16-year-old boy shot in Sandy

  30-08-2017 20:44
  SANDY — Sandy police are investigating the shooting of a 16-year-old boy.The incident happened about 11 a.m. at the Jefferson Place Condominium complex, 683 W. Jefferson Cove (9260 South). A single shot went though the boy's right hand and into his right leg, according to Sandy Police Sgt. Jason Nielsen.The boy was taken to a local hospital and was reported to be stable.It was not immediately known if the boy was shot inside or outside a condominium or the circumstances surrounding the sho
  
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• 16-year-old boy injured in Sandy shooting

  30-08-2017 20:40
  
  A teenager was injured after a shooting Wednesday morning, police said.
  
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• Police K-9, gunman injured in shootout in southern Utah

  30-08-2017 20:06
  SANTA CLARA, Washington County — A police K-9 was shot and a wanted man injured in a shootout in southern Utah late Tuesday.Just before 10 p.m., police were called to the area of 400 N. Bluff St. where a man was "causing a disturbance" and later "physically assaulted a citizen and stole his truck," according to a prepared statement from the Washington County Attorney's Office.The truck owner told officers that he had a an assault rifle and ammunition in his truck. St. George police briefly
  
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• Police search for missing teen last seen at Viewmont High

  30-08-2017 19:50
  
  Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a teenager who was last seen getting into a vehicle during a lunch period at Viewmont High School Tuesday.
  
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• Utah search and rescue team helps Houston woman about to give birth

  30-08-2017 19:35
  HOUSTON — Utah Task Force 1 members have seen a lot during disaster relief efforts around the country over the years.But Wednesday brought an unexpected, though presumably blessed, event.As they were staging outside the A 1 Flea Market store is southeast Houston, a pregnant woman and her husband pulled into the parking lot asking for help in Spanish.“We have a young lady who is having an imminent delivery,” said Brandon Boshard, a rescue squad officer. “Luckily, we have s
  
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• A.M. notes: Harvey pivots to Louisiana, Utah team heads to Houston, Beehive State prepared for disaster

  30-08-2017 19:26
  Here’s a look at the news for Aug. 30.Harvey pivots to LouisianaTropical storm Harvey will no longer wreak havoc on Texas, "pivoting" to nearby Louisiana on Tuesday, according to The Washington Post.The storm rained down heavily in southern Louisiana. Some cities also saw warnings for high water levels about 2 to 4 feet higher than normal.A second round of rainfall is expected Tuesday night.Back in Texas, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced a curfew to help people stay safe at night,
  
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• 28-year-old woman killed in auto-pedestrian crash downtown

  30-08-2017 19:24
  
  An auto-pedestrian accident killed a 28-year-old woman and closed the I-15 and I-80 exits at 600 South Wednesday morning.
  
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• 'City' teens spend summer on farm, growing crops, learning life lessons

  30-08-2017 19:18
  
  Pita Tafisi was in the last place he expected to be spending his summer — on a farm in Utah.
  
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• Texas LDS meetinghouse becomes shelter, boat command center

  30-08-2017 19:16
  
  Hassan Mohammed, his wife and mother-in-law spent the night on cots in a classroom at a Mormon meetinghouse here after being rescued by boat from their flooded apartment not far from the Houston LDS Temple.
  
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• Suspected serial burglar arrested after taking hard fall

  30-08-2017 19:08
  MILLLCREEK — A man who police suspect broke into several Millcreek homes at random early Wednesday was arrested after falling off a 25-foot wall while trying to elude police, possibly breaking his arm.About 1:45 a.m., a couple at 3213 S. Orchard St. were awoken by a noise in their basement, said Unified Police Lt. Brain Lohrke. When they went to investigate, they found a man with a rifle stealing items, Lohrke said. The man threatened the couple and then ran off.Investigators believe the m
  
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• Fatal accident closes I-15 off-ramp at 600 South

  30-08-2017 19:02
  SALT LAKE CITY — The I-15 northbound exit at 600 South was closed for more than four hours Wednesday morning as police investigated a fatal auto-pedestrian accident.Police said a woman was crossing the street near 500 West when a vehicle exiting the freeway on 600 South hit her about 6:30 a.m.She was pronounced dead at the scene.The 600 South off-ramp from I-15 and I-80 was closed until about 10:45 a.m.The I-15 400 South off-ramp, normally reserved for the carpool lane, was opened to all v
  
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• Bountiful fire half the size firefighters feared

  30-08-2017 18:52
  BOUNTIFUL — New mapping Wednesday of a grass fire burning east of a Bountiful neighborhood revealed the blaze is about half the size that firefighters feared.As firefighters focused on attacking the brush fire that broke out about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, crews estimated the blaze to be about 150 acres but didn't go to additional efforts to map it, said Kim Osborn, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service.A GPS review by helicopter early Wednesday revealed the fire to only be about 75 acres, an
  
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• Pedestrian critically injured in bullet bike hit-and-run

  30-08-2017 18:38
  
  Police are searching for a man on a bullet bike who hit a pedestrian and fled overnight.
  
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• KSL Hope for Houston

  30-08-2017 18:34
  
  KSL TV, KSL Newsradio, FM100.3, and 103.5 The Arrow is offering a way for you to help Texas residents impacted by Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Man critically injured in bullet bike hit and run

  30-08-2017 18:28
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — Police are searching for a man on a bullet bike who hit a pedestrian and fled overnight.Shortly before midnight Tuesday, the motorcycle hit a man crossing the street at 900 West and 3300 South, South Salt Lake Police Sgt. Matthew Oehler said.The man on the bullet bike didn't stop, Oehler said, but fled west on 3300 South.The pedestrian was transported to an area hospital. He remained hospitalized Wednesday in critical condition.
  
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• K-9 shot in the line of duty in St. George

  30-08-2017 18:28
  
  A carjacking at a St. George gas station late Tuesday night led to a police shootout in a residential neighborhood in Santa Clara that resulted in a police K-9 and the carjacking suspect being shot. Both the K-9 and the suspect underwent surgery for their injuries early Wednesday morning. Their condition is unknown as this report publishes.
  
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• Crews continue battling wildfire near Bountiful; City Creek Canyon remains closed

  30-08-2017 18:08
  
  Crews on Wednesday resumed efforts to battle a wildfire that sparked uphill from a neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Real Food Rising teaches teens valuable lessons

  30-08-2017 17:30
  
  Pita Tafisi was in the last place he expected to be spending his summer — on a farm.
  
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• Jay Evensen: Should police departments equip themselves like an invading army?

  30-08-2017 17:00
  SALT LAKE CITY —Six years have passed since Chris Burbank, who then was police chief in Salt Lake City, surprised much of the nation by peacefully disbursing a group of “Occupy Salt Lake” protesters who had set up camp in Pioneer Park.The surprise was that, at a time when police departments were starting to look more like invading armies than friendly neighborhood cops, Burbank and his officers showed up in regular police uniforms.The surprise was that Burbank and a couple of o
  
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• LDS student body president organizes food, clothing drive for Harvey evacuees

  30-08-2017 16:50
  TOMBALL, Texas — Cypress Woods High School student body president Haley Gunderson wasn’t expecting much when she put the word out on social media for donations for Harvey evacuees.But after the football team and other school organizations got involved, mountains of clothes, food and hygiene items poured in. In all, the teens hauled seven truckloads of supplies to a newly opened shelter.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HzqbwBL6UY&feature=youtu.be“It was really cool to see ev
  
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• Man suspected in Millcreek burglary arrested after falling off 25-foot wall

  30-08-2017 16:40
  
  A man suspected in a home burglary and a car theft was taken into custody after falling off a wall he was trying to scale as he fled early Wednesday morning, police said.
  
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• Running of the ewes: Soldier Hollow Sheepdog Classic's 15th year

  30-08-2017 16:30
  MIDWAY, Wasatch — If you can’t make it to the Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City, head to Soldier Hollow for a show of drama and comedy as dogs and sheep take center stage on the beautiful hillside in Midway.Mark Petersen, founder of the Soldier Hollow Sheepdog Classic, fell in love with Scotland’s British Internationals in 1994. He thought if the event was presented correctly in the United States, then other people would fall in love with it too. But he needed to find the perf
  
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• Texas LDS meetinghouse becomes shelter, boat command center (+video)

  30-08-2017 16:22
  HOUSTON — With floodwaters lapping at her front door and a veritable lake in the parking lot behind her southeast Houston house, Annette Goree decided she should take her grandchildren and leave.A boat carrying her, two grandchildren and a niece, Destiny Earl, floated to the edge of the Sam Houston Tollway just as Clay Vaughan, Emmitt Reed and Harris County deputy sheriff Trent Stegall pulled up in a pickup truck pulling an aluminum fishing boat and a jet ski.Stegall grabbed one of the chi
  
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• Fatal auto-pedestrian accident closes 600 South offramp

  30-08-2017 15:55
  
  An auto-pedestrian accident killed a 28-year-old woman and closed the I-15 and I-80 exits at 600 South Wednesday morning.
  
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• Fatal accident closes I-15 offramp at 600 South

  30-08-2017 15:52
  SALT LAKE CITY — The I-15 northbound exit at 600 South was closed Wednesday morning because of a fatal auto-pedestrian accident.Police said a woman was crossing the street near 500 West when a vehicle exiting the freeway on 600 South hit her around 6:30 a.m.She was pronounced dead on the scene.The 600 South ramp was expected to remain closed from I-15 and I-80 for up to three hours.The I-15 400 South off ramp was open to all vehicles.This report will be updated as more information becomes
  
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• Fatal auto-pedestrian accident closes I-15 offramp at 600 South

  30-08-2017 14:51
  
  A fatal auto-pedestrian accident closed the I-15 northbound exit at 600 South Wednesday morning.
  
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• Pedestrian seriously injured in hit-and-run with motorcycle

  30-08-2017 14:49
  
  South Salt Lake police are looking for a motorcyclist who hit a man then left the scene early Wednesday morning.
  
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• In our opinion: Solar compromise agreement strikes balance for Rocky Mountain and solar

  30-08-2017 14:05
  Utah rooftop solar and Rocky Mountain Power have reached a sensible compromise.That the deal doesn’t allow Rocky Mountain Power or the state’s burgeoning rooftop solar industry to declare victory is evidence that the compromise is genuine.This is welcome news.The details of the proposed agreement, released yesterday, allow current net-metering rooftop solar customers to continue receiving reimbursements for the kilowatts that they kick back to Rocky Mountain Power’s grid until
  
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• 7-year-old hospitalized after ATV crash

  30-08-2017 07:44
  
  A 7-year-old boy was hospitalized after an ATV crash Tuesday night, officials confirmed.
  
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• Utah climber rescued by Grand Teton rangers

  30-08-2017 06:31
  
  National Park Service rangers have rescued two injured climbers in separate incidents in Grand Teton National Park in northwest Wyoming over a three-day period. One of the climbers is a Bountiful man.
  
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• Bountiful brush fire burns 150 acres; no homes threatened

  30-08-2017 06:25
  BOUNTIFUL — A brush fire burning uphill from a neighborhood was moving away from homes Tuesday, but homeowners were preparing to evacuate just in case.About 150 acres had burned late Tuesday as crews fought the blaze through steep terrain near Hidden Hollow Court, 10 miles north of Salt Lake City. Teams hadn't contained any of the blaze.A voluntary evacuation was under way, the U.S. Forest Service reported on Twitter, and a relief center was set up at an LDS Church on South Bountiful Boule
  
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• What to know about (and how to visit) Utah's 14 national historic landmarks

  30-08-2017 06:07
  Utah's national historic Landmarks give a sundry look at the state's history, from the bustle of Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City, to more desolate sites like Danger Cave.The 14 landmarks might not be as well known as the Beehive State's five national parks and slew of monuments — but each add knowledge of the struggle, triumph and wonder etched into the timeline of Utah.Check out the history and information for visitors of each National Historic Landmark below.Danger Cave Retired
  
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• Call by 'Diesel Brothers' to help Harvey victims generates overwhelming response

  30-08-2017 06:01
  
  An automotive shop known for custom modifications of diesel engines is sending truckloads of help to Texas. When "Diesel Brothers" asked fans of their show to donate relief supplies for hurricane victims, the response was overwhelming.
  
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• Solar advocates, manufacturers supportive but not thrilled with temporary power deal

  30-08-2017 05:48
  SALT LAKE CITY — Clean energy advocates offer cautious optimism for new rules to temporarily govern how owners of rooftop solar systems are compensated for electricity they feed back into the grid, but the consensus comes only after the shelving of an initial proposal from Rocky Mountain Power they feel may have killed the consumer solar power industry in Utah.Utah Clean Energy posted a statement on its website that captures the sentiment of many organizations that have been working to bui
  
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• New state middle school policy boon to local control, board member says

  30-08-2017 04:40
  WEST JORDAN — The State School Board's policy change on middle school curriculum is a boon to local control, a member of the Jordan Board of Education said Tuesday.Earlier this month, the State School Board voted 9-6 to drop physical education, health, the arts and college and career readiness courses as state core requirements in Utah middle schools.Backers of the change said the intent of the change was to give local education authorities more control of middle school coursework.Under th
  
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• Op-ed: The southern Utah economy should not be dependent on coastal elites

  30-08-2017 04:10
  There is an advertisement currently running on the local television stations promoting that public lands be kept in their pristine state for the benefit of generations to come. I don’t think it is a coincidence that this ad is running at the same time that Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has made recommendations concerning the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase monuments for the way they were formed and the size and scope of the monuments. The purpose is to put pressure on public official
  
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• Changing seasons could be factor in recent bear sighting in Mapleton

  30-08-2017 04:03
  
  A bear sighting on Monday afternoon is generating some excitement in a typically quiet Utah County neighborhood.
  
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• Photos: Why did Bear cross the road? To highlight school safety

  30-08-2017 03:05
  The Jazz Bear makes sure everyone gets safely across the crosswalk outside Muir Elementary School in Bountiful on Tuesday. A group of parents, students and Bear walked to the school to encourage students to get in the habit of walking and biking safely. The group, selected in a contest from hundreds across the state using the Utah Department of Transportation’s Walking School Bus app last spring, got to eat breakfast with Bear before the group walk. According to UDOT, the Walking School Bu
  
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