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• Super adoption places hundreds of cats, dogs with Utah animal lovers

  23-09-2017 22:35
  FARMINGTON — Utah is close to obtaining no-kill status at animal shelters and rescue operations across the state.And anyone who adopts a pet, or spays or neuters their own is helping toward the cause, said Temma Martin, director of public relations for Best Friends Animal Society. The group developed the No Kill Utah Super Adoption to give hundreds of animals more exposure to would-be pet owners, moving it farther north earlier this year."The goal is to have 90 percent of the animals leave
  
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• I-215 ramp to I-80 will reopen Saturday after water main break

  23-09-2017 21:24
  
  A ramp from northbound I-215 to I-80 eastbound in Parley’s Canyon should be opened by about 2 p.m. Saturday, Utah Department of Transportation officials said.
  
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• I-215 ramp to I-80 reopened Saturday after water main break

  23-09-2017 21:24
  
  A ramp from northbound I-215 to I-80 eastbound in Parley’s Canyon reopened Saturday, Utah Department of Transportation officials said.
  
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• 3 arrested after Friday shooting in West Valley City

  23-09-2017 19:11
  
  Police arrested three people after a late-night shooting Friday in West Valley City.
  
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• Purple Heart a symbol for Cyprus High math teacher of path back from battle

  23-09-2017 17:02
  
  The particulars are fuzzy. But John Angell described the scene as best he could to KSL-TV just days before Cyprus High School was set to honor him with the receipt of the Purple Heart award Friday night during its game against region rival Kearns.
  
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• In our opinion: Legislature takes important steps to help Rio Grande

  23-09-2017 14:05
  State lawmakers did the right thing during a special session Wednesday when they overwhelmingly approved two bills to help authorities deal with lawlessness near the homeless shelter in Salt Lake City.The two bills themselves — one providing nearly $5 million in immediate aid to law enforcement and the other making it possible for the city to close a portion of Rio Grande Street — were greatly needed to help the multijurisdictional efforts in the area stay on task.More than that, how
  
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• Kearns market hit by burglars at least 5 times in 3 months

  23-09-2017 06:47
  
  One burglary could be viewed as simply bad luck, but at least five break-ins within the past three months have owners and employees of a corner market fearing the store is being intentionally targeted.
  
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• Photos: A look at some of the best costumes from Comic Con 2017

  23-09-2017 06:02
  
  Salt Lake City's biannual Comic Con attracted thousands of cosplayers to the Salt Palace Convention Center Friday as fans let their nerd flag fly high.
  
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• Orem chiropractor convicted of sexually assaulting 3 female patients

  23-09-2017 04:50
  OREM — An Orem chiropractor has been convicted of sexually assaulting three women who were his patients during a four-year period.Dale Harland Heath, 58, was arrested and is in Utah County Jail after a jury on Thursday found him guilty of object rape, a first-degree felony; forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony; and three counts sexual battery, a class A misdemeanor, according to a statement from the Utah County Attorney's OfficeHeath originally was charged with two more counts of
  
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• Utah not among states targeted by hackers, Lt. Gov says

  23-09-2017 04:02
  
  Utah's top elections officer says the state was not one of 21 where hackers targeted elections systems last year.
  
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• All kinds of fans find acceptance at Salt Lake Comic Con

  23-09-2017 03:55
  SALT LAKE CITY — Though she hasn't been using her cane long, Grace Priest wasn't worried about coming to Salt Lake Comic Con.She had heard positive reviews from her cousin, who requires a wheelchair, and saw the camaraderie in a Facebook group for fans with disabilities.The 18-year-old Springville woman dressed up as her favorite Disney princess and agreed to attend the comic and pop culture event, delighted to find convenient ADA parking, lines that allow her to sit when she needs and wid
  
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• Provo man anxiously awaits word from sons in Puerto Rico after hurricane

  23-09-2017 03:31
  
  A man in Provo anxiously awaits word from his two sons in Puerto Rico. He hasn't heard from them since Hurricane Maria washed ashore.
  
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• Former Gov. Mike Leavitt blasts federal audit of Western Governors University

  23-09-2017 03:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt says a newly released audit of Western Governors University by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General was a "sneak attack by the past on the future."The audit report recommends that the nonprofit online university repay $713 million in federal student financial aid claiming faculty did not have "regular and substantive" interaction with students, something WGU officials dispute. Moreover, the audit says the university,
  
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• Fall kicks off with Utah's giant pumpkin contest

  23-09-2017 03:00
  
  Mountain Green resident Matt McConkie will join others on Saturday for Utah's Giant Pumpkin Growers' biggest pumpkin contest at Thanksgiving Point.
  
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• Toddler in coma at Primary Children's after family flees Hurricane Harvey

  23-09-2017 02:35
  
  As the due date for Amber and Ryan Dollinger’s second son approached, so did Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Cox: It's no SNAP living on federal food benefits

  23-09-2017 02:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — When Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox accepted the challenge to subsist for two days on no more than what a food stamps recipient receives, he anticipated there would be moments of unmet hunger.What he didn't realize until starting was that the nutritional quality of what he did get to eat would quickly take a back seat to just filling up."I realized very quickly that I would be one of those not healthy eaters when it comes to the SNAP Challenge," Cox said. "It's just too easy to get
  
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• Cox: It's no SNAP living on fed food benefits

  23-09-2017 02:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — When Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox accepted the challenge to subsist for two days on no more than what a food stamps recipient receives, he anticipated there would be moments of unmet hunger.What he didn't realize until starting was that the nutritional quality of what he did get to eat would quickly take a back seat to just filling up."I realized very quickly that I would be one of those not healthy eaters when it comes to the SNAP Challenge," Cox said. "It's just too easy to get
  
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• Nominees announced for Utah Supreme Court vacancy

  23-09-2017 02:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission has selected nominees for a vacancy on the Utah Supreme Court. The vacancy results from the retirement of Justice Christine Durham, effective Nov. 16.The nominees for the vacancy are: Christopher Ballard, assistant solicitor general, Utah Attorney General’s Office; Michele Christiansen, judge, Utah Court of Appeals; Paige Petersen, judge, 3rd District Court; Margaret Plane, city attorney, Salt Lake City Corp.; Jill Pohlman
  
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• Volunteer at Cedar Breaks National Monument for Public Lands Day

  23-09-2017 01:56
  CEDAR BREAKS NATIONAL MONUMENT — Officials are asking the public to help collect native seeds, and transplant native plants and grasses to rehabilitate trails as part of National Public Lands Day.Volunteers are asked to meet at the Cedar Breaks Visitors Center at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, and bring good boots, gloves, a warm jacket, water and food.National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest single-day volunteer effort to give back to the lands where Americans play, learn, exercise
  
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• Water main break shuts down I-215 east ramp to I-80 (+video)

  23-09-2017 01:52
  Water and mud cover a portion of the road after a water main break between Wasatch Boulevard and I-125 east near I-80 in Millcreek on Friday.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlWWeWlrnS8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlWWeWlrnS8A ramp from northbound I-215 to eastbound I-80 in Parleys Canyon may be closed throughout the weekend after a break spewed high amounts of water onto the freeway, a Utah Department of Transportation official said.
  The agency originally estimated the closure, which includes
  
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• Are Star Trek and Star Wars actually the same, or vastly different rivals?

  23-09-2017 01:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — Star Wars and Star Trek have operated in different mediums for 40 years. They’ve had different stories, characters and taken us to different planets and galaxies among the stars.But are they the same in more ways than we think?At the 2017 Salt Lake City Comic Con, five panelists debated how the two franchises actually can work together, admitting that there is no major rivalry between the two entities. They said that fans can build themselves better lives when they w
  
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• HAFB visits Comic Con to recruit for STEM workers

  23-09-2017 01:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — This weekend, representatives from the state's largest military installation are "boldly going" where few like them have gone before — to the center of the comic book and science fiction fantasy world in hopes of finding willing "recruits" for real jobs in the real world of science, technology, engineering and math.Hill Air Force Base is searching for candidates to hire for hundreds of current and future civilian positions, explained Alison Sturgeon, civilian enginee
  
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• Washington County Landfill receives special designation

  23-09-2017 01:38
  ST. GEORGE — Republic Services Inc., a nonhazardous solid waste and recycling firm, has given the Washington County Landfill a World Class Landfill designation.The internal program recognizes company landfills that display operational excellence and environmental compliance beyond state, local and federal regulations.The Washington County Landfill is the first to be recognized among 190 landfills across the country. To achieve the designation, a landfill must receive a 95 percent or higher
  
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• SL Comic Con: Utah author, BYU grad discuss what writers get wrong about mental health

  23-09-2017 01:38
  SALT LAKE CITY — Local authors Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells brought their nationally recognized writing podcast to Salt Lake Comic Con on Friday to talk about mental health issues with another Utah author.Both Wells, a North Salt Lake native, and Brandon Sanderson, who lives in American Fork and attended BYU, spoke at Salt Lake City Comic Con 2017 alongside fellow podcasters Mary Robinette Kowal and Howard Tayler for a future episode of their Writing Excuses podcast.Writing Excuses, cur
  
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• 1 dead in single-car crash in Provo Canyon

  23-09-2017 01:32
  OREM — One person has died in a car crash near the mouth of Provo Canyon.No other vehicles were involved in the accident that happened about 3:30 p.m. on the 800 North ramp onto eastbound U.S. 189, Orem police said via Twitter.The crash snarled Friday evening traffic, and Orem police urged drivers to take alternate routes until 7:30 p.m.Further details were not immediately available.
  
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• Driver, 70, dead in single-car crash in Provo Canyon

  23-09-2017 01:30
  OREM — A 70-year-old man died when his car rolled near the mouth of Provo Canyon.No other vehicles were involved in the accident that happened about 3:30 p.m. on the 800 North ramp onto eastbound U.S. 189, said Orem Police Lt. Craig Martinez.The man, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. He was not wearing a seatbelt. Officers weren't sure Friday why his car veered from the road.The crash snarled Friday evening traffic, and Orem police urged drivers to
  
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• Bluffdale Elementary students raise money for Houston students displaced by Hurricane Harvey

  23-09-2017 01:30
  BLUFFDALE — On Friday morning, hundreds of students from Bluffdale Elementary School crowded into their school's gymnasium to make a video conference call. On the other end of the call were students in Houston.After Moore Elementary was flooded by Hurricane Harvey, the Texas students lost classroom supplies, computers and more than 20,000 books from their school library. Upon hearing about the troubles faced by their fellow students in Texas, children at Bluffdale Elementary emptied their
  
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• Waterline work to close lane on 12th Street in Ogden

  23-09-2017 01:25
  OGDEN — Work on a new waterline from A Avenue to 17th Street will close the eastbound outside lane on 12th Street, from 900 West to A Avenue, from 9 a.m. Monday through 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29.According to the Utah Department of Transportation, the lane may be opened sooner, contingent on concrete panels reaching sufficient strength to allow traffic to drive on them.
  
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• Students in 2nd Congressional District invited to enter Congressional App Challenge

  23-09-2017 01:17
  SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, is inviting high school and elementary students from Utah’s 2nd Congressional District to participate in the third annual Congressional App Challenge.Students are invited to create and submit original apps by Nov. 1. The contest is open to all students who meet the eligibility requirements, regardless of coding experience.Winners will be selected by a panel of judges and be given congressional recognition for their achievements. Their apps
  
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• Chevron, Rocky Mountain Power reach deal on oil spill costs

  23-09-2017 01:15
  SALT LAKE CITY — An electrical arc shot into a crude oil pipeline and left a hole during a summer thunderstorm seven years ago on a Salt Lake City mountainside.Which heavyweight — Rocky Mountain Power or Chevron Pipeline Co. — ultimately bears responsibility for paying the $30 million in cleanup costs stemming from the crude oil spill that blanketed Red Butte Creek, closed Liberty Park Pond and reached the Jordan River?Eleven men and one woman spent the week as members of a civ
  
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• Lt. gov. says Utah not among states targeted by elections hackers

  23-09-2017 01:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's top elections officer says the state was not one of 21 where hackers targeted elections systems last year.Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox told the Associated Press that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security informed his office Friday that hackers did not breach or attempt to breach any state or local elections systems in Utah.Cox said that even before Friday's notification, the state did not suspect that hackers had made any attempts to breach Utah elections systems.Homelan
  
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• New map of Utah earthquakes and faults now available

  23-09-2017 00:55
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Geological Survey, University of Utah Seismograph Stations and Utah Division of Emergency Management has published a new map that shows earthquakes within and surrounding Utah from 1850 to 2016 and faults considered to be sources of large earthquakes.According to a statement from the Utah Department of Natural Resources, the faults shown on the 44-by-62-inch map are considered geologically active, have been sources of large earthquakes (magnitude 6.5 and greater)
  
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• Police: 1 dead in Provo Canyon crash

  23-09-2017 00:24
  
  One person is dead after a fatal crash in Provo Canyon, Orem Police Lt. Craig Martinez confirmed.
  
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• First phases of Salt Lake City International Airport's $3B redesign underway

  23-09-2017 00:11
  
  After more than a decade of planning, the $3 billion redesign of Salt Lake City International Airport is taking shape, moving from paper to steel.
  
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