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• More Utah women choosing to give birth at home

  17-09-2017 23:56
  SALT LAKE CITY — Lauren Lewis has been pregnant six times in the last five years.It wasn't until early last month that Roman Vance Lewis finally made his debut. He arrived for the most part, safely, following his birth at the family's Sugar House home.Roman is Lewis' third child and he was the second to be born at home."I was never fearful of giving birth," Lewis said. "I knew I was going to have this baby and as long as it looked healthy on all the ultrasounds and I had no problems with m
  
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• Colorado family of 4 ID'd as victims of fatal plane crash

  17-09-2017 23:56
  
  A Colorado family of four has been identified as the victims of a fatal small airplane crash.
  
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• Providence mother killed in head-on crash with 15-year-old driver

  17-09-2017 23:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Providence mother was killed in a head-on crash with a 15-year-old driver near Smithfield on Saturday.Samantha Perkes, 28, was westbound on state Route 218 in her Pontiac Grand Am when a teen with a learner's permit driving an eastbound Ford Fusion drifted into the oncoming lane about 3:40 p.m., according to Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Lee Perry.While the vehicle in front of Perkes was able to veer out of the way, Perkes wasn't."As they got close, (the front driver) realized
  
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• BYU, USU scientists say fluids study could aid traumatic brain injury research

  17-09-2017 23:40
  PROVO — Researchers from BYU and Utah State say they have made findings about a phenomenon in fluids that could lead to better understanding and diagnosing traumatic brain injuries.The research suggests a new way to calculate a process known as cavitation — "a process well-known to engineers for causing damage in pipes and marine propellers," BYU spokesman Todd Hollingshead said.An improved understanding of cavitation in an at-rest fluid may have an impact on research into the fluid
  
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• Feds cut 61 percent of funding for Utah nonprofits that help people enroll in ACA marketplace

  17-09-2017 23:31
  
  Government funding for the Take Care Utah network, which helps people sign up for health care on the federal exchange, has been cut by 61 percent for the upcoming enrollment period, the Utah Health Policy Project said.
  
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• USU competes to be national outdoor champion

  17-09-2017 22:35
  LOGAN — Hiking. Kayaking. Backpacking. Bicycling. Even bird-watching. These are just a few of the activities students and faculty at Utah State University will be participating in beginning Monday through Oct. 15 as they compete to win the 4th annual Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge.Participants may include students, faculty, as well as community members not currently associated with the Utah State.Hosted by the Outdoor Foundation, a nonprofit committed to reconnecting millennials with the
  
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• Bryce Canyon City builds apartment building for seasonal workforce

  17-09-2017 22:31
  BRYCE CANYON CITY, Garfield County —Bryce Canyon National Park attracts over 1 million visitors each year. To meet the demands of visitors and employees, Bryce Canyon City opened the doors to a new employee housing building.“As with many resort areas such as ours, we have to attract a large amount of seasonal staff,” said Kam Roundy, employee housing manager for Ruby's Inn. “Housing for employees in the Bryce Canyon and Tropic areas is a huge issue. For several years, our
  
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• Teenage boy wounded in Kearns shooting

  17-09-2017 22:30
  KEARNS — Police are investigating a Sunday afternoon shooting that wounded a teenager.The 17-year-old boy was shot in the legs and had been stabilized in fair condition, Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke said. The shooting was reported about noon near 5183 W. Menzel Court.Police are still searching for two people in connection with the shooting.The two were spotted in a tan-colored car, believed to be either a Prizm or an Impala with a temporary registration, Lohrke said. Police in West Jord
  
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• Exhibit honors Utah’s best designs

  17-09-2017 22:29
  SALT LAKE CITY — Projects by graphic designers, architects, and product designers will be showcased in the annual exhibition of the best of design in Utah.DesignArts '17 is open at the Rio Gallery in Salt Lake City through Oct. 20.Juror Brooke Hodge selected 10 designs by Utahns with projects ranging from bakeware to architecture. The juror’s award winner in the professional category are graphic designers Nick Mendoza and Andrew Scott Galloway with BYU Arts Creative. Two student desi
  
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• Teenager injured in Kearns shooting

  17-09-2017 21:43
  
  Unified police are investigating a Sunday morning shooting in Kearns.
  
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• Provo couple marching path of success with high-end shoe business

  17-09-2017 21:16
  PROVO — It should have been a total disaster.Two fashion novices from Provo thinking they could help themselves to a slice of the $80 billion global footwear market by simply deciding to launch their own line of mens shoes appeared to be the epitome of self-deception and naiveté.Until it wasn't.BYU grads Kory and Mallory Stevens are not only killing it with their 20-month-old foray into online mens shoes sales, this is the second product line the couple has found success with under
  
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• These women are undercover freedom fighters

  17-09-2017 20:30
  PARK CITYJane Greer doesn’t look much like a freedom fighter; nor do the three women she works alongside at Juxtapose Design. They look just like interior designers, which is appropriate since that’s what they are. Their handiwork can be seen all over Park City, especially at the celebrated Stein Eriksen Lodge, recently named the world’s top ski hotel.But since seeing when something’s not right and fixing it is what they do as professionals, they just had to do something
  
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• Cache County crash kills mother of 2

  17-09-2017 19:14
  
  A Providence woman died in a crash Saturday afternoon on state Route 218 near Smithfield, according to Utah Highway Patrol.
  
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• Cache County crash involving 15-year-old driver kills mother of 2

  17-09-2017 19:14
  
  A Providence woman died in a crash Saturday afternoon on state Route 218 near Smithfield, according to Utah Highway Patrol.
  
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• Op-ed: Non-producing oil and gas leases tie up 1.7 million acres of land in Utah

  17-09-2017 19:05
  Despite strong public support for protecting our outdoor heritage, since the start of the Trump administration the scale has been steadily tipping in favor of the special interests that threaten access to public lands. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and the Department of the Interior (DOI) are short-changing families, using loopholes to capitalize off of our public lands and unfairly diverting taxpayer money to a handful of elites. From day one, this administration has opted to shelter the
  
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• NBC's Chuck Todd: Huntsman likely to be confirmed as ambassador to Russia

  17-09-2017 17:02
  
  NBC political director Chuck Todd told KSL he'd be "shocked" if former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. isn't confirmed as the new U.S. ambassador to Russia.
  
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• Colorado sheriff: Family of 4 traveling to Utah killed in small plane crash

  17-09-2017 07:47
  
  Authorities say two adults and two children were killed when the private plane they were traveling in went down in western Colorado.
  
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• Politician, 2-time boxing champion face off in charity boxing event

  17-09-2017 06:56
  
  A Utah politician and a two-time boxing champion squaring off in the ring? You better believe it.
  
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• Nevada Amber Alert canceled, authorities say

  17-09-2017 06:25
  
  An Amber Alert issued for three Nevada children Saturday was canceled late that night, authorities with the Nevada Highway Patrol confirmed.
  
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• A politician and a two-time champion face off in charity boxing event

  17-09-2017 06:00
  DRAPER — Ding. Ding. Ding. Up to the very last second of the bout, two boxers circled the ring and rained blows down on each other.Even after the buzzer rang, Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes and two-time Toughman champion Kelly McCleve still exchanged punches until the referee pulled them apart."I've never faced a political opponent before in my life," McCleve told the crowd of onlookers after the fight. "Speaker Hughes put up a hell of a fight.""Kelly wasn't supposed to train for this. He
  
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• Photos: Honoring a fallen Utah soldier

  17-09-2017 04:57
  Apache, Black Hawk and Dakota helicopters fly over members of the Utah National Guard at Camp Williams in Bluffdale on Saturday as the guard honors a fallen soldier by presenting the Bronze Star to his parents.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. Don't forget to follow the official Deseret News Instagram account for more photographs and videos from the staff.
  
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• Sen. Orrin Hatch may not be ready to walk away, NBC analyst says

  17-09-2017 04:54
  
  Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, may not be ready to walk away from the Senate next year, but if he does, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney would have outsize influence on the nation's politics by taking his place.
  
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• Hundreds join Salt Lake march to preserve DACA

  17-09-2017 02:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — Raphael and Elisa da Silva, who spent more than 30 years in the United States without documentation, joined a march Saturday to support the continuation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.Their 1 1/2-year-old daughter, Victoria, quietly hugged a stuffed Mickey Mouse toy as her father pushed her in a stroller up State Street toward the state Capitol where hundreds of people gathered for a pro-immigrant rally."It meant possibilities," Elisa da Silva said o
  
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• Inside the newsroom: A smart way to give a dollar to the homeless

  17-09-2017 02:20
  SALT LAKE CITY — Downtown Salt Lake City is a rich place to live, so much so that rental rates keep increasing and the influx of people isn't stopping. This past week the Deseret News reported that the vacancy rate is at an all-time low, 2.6 percent. That's down from 2016 when it was 2.9 percent.In both cases that's considered "full occupancy" in Salt Lake City, and that's brought a building boom to get more units built and made available.That will help those who want to come live and work
  
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• Fairview man dies after hitting cow in the road

  17-09-2017 01:45
  FAIRVIEW, Sanpete County — A Fairview man died in an accident after he hit a cow in the road while driving a few miles north of Fairview, Utah Highway Patrol officials reported.Randall Hill, 60, was traveling northbound on state Route 89 in a white GMC pickup truck Saturday around 5 a.m. Visibility was low due to heavy fog in the area. The truck struck a deceased black cow in the roadway and ran off the road, according to UHP.The truck rolled over a fence and hit a power pole. The man wasn
  
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• West Valley City shooting sends man to hospital

  17-09-2017 01:21
  
  An early morning shooting sent one man to a hospital on Saturday, according to police.
  
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