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• 4 people in Lehi injured after UTV rolled 3 or 4 times

  18-10-2017 23:52
  
  A 21-year-old man is in “very critical condition” after an UTV crash in Utah County, police said.
  
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• 4 people in Lehi injured after ATV rolled 3 or 4 times

  18-10-2017 23:52
  
  A 21-year-old man is in “very critical condition” after an ATV crash in Utah County, police said.
  
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• Ex-UTA board member now faces 3 criminal charges after feds drop 11

  18-10-2017 23:51
  SALT LAKE CITYA federal grand jury returned a new indictment Wednesday against a former Utah Transit Authority board member that drops the number of finance-related charges against him to three.
  Prosecutors originally charged Terry Diehl with five counts of filing a false declaration and seven counts of concealing assets in connection with his Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Earlier this month, they added tax evasion and filing a false tax return for a total of 14 charges.
  The second super
  
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• Natalie Gochnour: The next 50 years will be a test of community leadership for a growing Utah County

  18-10-2017 23:25
  The numbers are hard to ignore. A mountain of economic and demographic data as high as Mount Timpanogos shows Utah County on the rise. Economic, demographic and political power are shifting south, and Utah’s second largest county is the epicenter of growth and change in the Beehive State. The only question is are we ready?The state’s most recent employment report shows Utah County's economy growing at more than twice the state average and nearly three times the national average. This
  
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• Bountiful man admits defrauding elderly business owner

  18-10-2017 23:19
  SALT LAKE CITYA Bountiful man accused of defrauding an elderly business owner of $125,000 pleaded guilty on Monday.
  Leslie Jay Price, 66, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted exploitation of a vulnerable adult, a second-degree felony. He was originally charged with exploitation of a vulnerable adult, a second-degree felony.
  In exchange for Price's plea to the reduced charge, prosecutors agreed that he will be placed on probation rather than serving time, and Price won't be restricted from ow
  
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• Investigation continues in Utah assisted suicide case

  18-10-2017 22:58
  LOGANInvestigators in the case of a Cache County woman accused of trying to help an acquaintance kill herselfresulting in the deaths of two dogsare looking into where the drugs allegedly used were obtained, according to a newly unsealed search warrant.
  Teresa Renae Clark, 36, of Millville, is charged in 1st District Court with three counts of attempted aggravated murder, a first-degree felony, and two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, a class A misdemeanor.
  On June 25, Clark allegedly gav
  
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• Struggling to sell something online? You’re too attached, according to new BYU, U. study

  18-10-2017 22:31
  
  Those who feel an attachment to an object are more likely to overvalue it, according to a new study co-authored by a BYU professor and two University of Utah students.
  
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• Sen. Orrin Hatch raises nearly $1M in 3 months, still mum on re-election decision

  18-10-2017 22:06
  
  Sen. Orrin Hatch raised nearly $1 million over the past three months, though his plans to run for an eighth term remain unclear.
  
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• Sen. Orrin Hatch raises nearly $1 million in three months, still mum on re-election decision

  18-10-2017 21:12
  SALT LAKE CITYSen. Orrin Hatch raised nearly $1 million over the past three months, though his plans to run for an eighth term remain unclear.
  The Utah Republican pulled in $945,382 from July through September and has $4.7 million in his campaign account, according his latest Federal Election Commission report.
  During that same period, Democratic candidate Jenny Wilson raised $155,454. After expenditures, she has $139,582 in cash on hand, her FEC report shows.
  Hatch, the 83-year-old chairman of
  
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• Nationwide human trafficking crackdown nets 1 arrest in Utah

  18-10-2017 19:51
  SALT LAKE CITYA four-day effort to stop underage human trafficking resulted in law enforcement officials recovering 84 juveniles and the arrest of 120 suspected traffickers, including one in Utah.
  The FBI on Wednesday announced the results of its annual Operation Cross Country, now in its 11th year.
  Between Oct. 12-15, 55 FBI field offices worked with 78 state and local task forcesconsisting of hundreds of law enforcement officersand "staged operations in hotels, casinos and truck stops, as well
  
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• Utah mum on Amazon bid but outdoor recreation is likely key

  18-10-2017 19:33
  
  Utah officials working to lure Amazon to the Salt Lake City area are keeping details of their bid under wraps but economic development officials say recreation opportunities play a big part in their pitch to any company considering a move to the state.
  
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• A.M. notes: SLC to end Twilight series, Jazz open new NBA season, Trump under fire for soldier comments

  18-10-2017 18:55
  Here’s a look at the news for Oct. 18.Salt Lake cancels Twilight Concert SeriesThe Twilight Concert Series won’t be around in 2018, but it’s poised to make a return in 2019, according to the Deseret News.Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski's office recommended to the City Council on Tuesday night that the concert series not receive funding for summer 2018, hoping that leaders can rework how the series functions.Biskupski said the City Council was worried about how the mayor&r
  
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• Jay Evensen: How many votes do you need to be considered a winner?

  18-10-2017 17:05
  SALT LAKE CITY —John Curtis won the Republican primary for the state’s 3rd Congressional District, a three-way race, with 43.28 percent of the vote. He is the party’s candidate in next months’ general election, but does his inability to get a clear majority of votes mean he has less than total support from members of his party?My guess is many people would say no. The winner of a substantial plurality is just as legitimate as the winner of a majority.But would we feel the
  
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• Accomplice in drug sale killing sentenced to prison

  18-10-2017 15:22
  
  An accomplice in a drug-related killing pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced to prison Monday.
  
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• Father of contemporary Mormon fiction Douglas Thayer dies at 88

  18-10-2017 07:27
  PROVODouglas Thayer, called "the father of contemporary Mormon fiction and one of its major voices," died Tuesday afternoon at his home in Orem after a battle with liver cancer, according to his wife, Donlu Thayer.
  He was 88.
  Thayer was diagnosed with terminal lymphoma and given six months to live in November 2015. He defeated the disease but was diagnosed in May with liver cancer, his wife said.
  Thayer was treasured by many Mormons for his novels on LDS boyhood and culture, and the relationship
  
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• Utah teen's Eagle Scout project helps thousands in California breathe easier

  18-10-2017 07:17
  
  The destruction caused by the recent wildfires in California has prompted a Utah teenager to step up and do something about it — and his simple project is making a difference for thousands of people in need.
  
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• Utah lawmakers may take attorney general to court to get opinion released

  18-10-2017 07:06
  SALT LAKE CITYA special meeting of the Legislative Management Committee has been called for Wednesday to look at legal options for forcing the release of an attorney general's opinion on the special 3rd Congressional District election.
  The opinion was sought by lawmakers earlier this year during their battle with Gov. Gary Herbert over what the Legislature's role should be in setting up the special election to fill the vacancy left when former Rep. Jason Chaffetz stepped down.
  The governor, who
  
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• 'I have never seen anything that works this well,' say experts about new addiction treatment

  18-10-2017 06:25
  
  Addiction hijacks the brain, and new research is revealing why rehab often doesn't work. But science is leading to a promising new treatment.
  
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• Looking back at the Mark Hofmann bombings and his life of deceit

  18-10-2017 06:22
  This week marks the anniversary of a significant event in one of the most bizarre, complex and ultimately tragic criminal cases in Utah history.
  On October 15, 1985, Mark Hofmannone of the most accomplished forgers and counterfeiters of all timekilled two prominent Utahns with homemade bombs in a desperate attempt to thwart the discovery of his fabrications.
  Following these bombings, police investigations revealed Hofmann had forged a number of historical documents including a previously unknown
  
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• Salt Lake City Council approves Biskupski's pick for new airport director

  18-10-2017 05:40
  SALT LAKE CITYThe Salt Lake City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved Mayor Jackie Biskupski's pick for the new director of the Salt Lake City Department of Airports.
  Bill Wyatt, formerly the CEO of the Port of Portland, now takes over for Russel Pack, who has been serving as interim executive director since Maureen Riley retired in June.
  Wyatt will be overseeing the $3 billion redevelopment of Salt Lake City International Airport.
  When being interviewed by the council Tuesday afternoon, W
  
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• Audit: Utah's spending on homelessness exceeded $80M in 2016

  18-10-2017 05:37
  
  Utah's spending on homelessness has grown by nearly $20 million over the past two years, according to a legislative audit released Tuesday.
  
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• Salt Lake City passes ordinance for 2-year closure of Rio Grande Street

  18-10-2017 05:28
  SALT LAKE CITYThe Salt Lake City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to facilitate the long-term closure of Rio Grande Street on Tuesday night.
  The ordinance was the final step to make a two-year closure of the streetuntil the downtown homeless shelter closes in 2019legally possible.
  Last month, the Utah Legislature changed state law in a special session to allow Salt Lake City to close Rio Grande Street near the corner of 200 South and lease it to the state to create a "safe space" for pe
  
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• Utah woman becomes professional fighter after leaving abusive relationship

  18-10-2017 05:15
  
  Professional MMA, muay thai fighter and gym owner Tandi Suitter’s life has the makings of a blockbuster film, though her life is anything but scripted.
  
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• Is Salt Lake City a water monopoly? State commission dives for answers

  18-10-2017 05:05
  SALT LAKE CITYThe state Water Development Commission voted Tuesday to do a deep dive on surplus water contracts and municipal control of land use outside city boundaries, signaling state law may need to change.
  The vote came after a lengthy discussion aimed primarily at Salt Lake City and its ownership of water rights in the Wasatch Canyons watershed.
  Salt Lake City owns water up Little Cottonwood Canyon, as an example, and sells that water to the town of Alta via a surplus water contract. That
  
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• Man hospitalized after car collides with cement truck

  18-10-2017 04:50
  
  A man was hospitalized after his car collided with a cement truck on the Mountain View Corridor Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Spanish Fork man ordered to stand trial for murder in Utah teen's suicide

  18-10-2017 03:40
  PROVOA Spanish Fork man accused of encouraging and assisting a teenage girl as she took her own life was ordered to stand trial Tuesday.
  After several days of deliberation, Tyerell Przybycien, 18, was bound over for trial on charges of murder, a first-degree felony, and desecration of a human body, a class B misdemeanor, in the death of 16-year-old Jchandra Brown.
  Prosecutors had argued in a preliminary hearing that concluded earlier this month that while Brown had sought to take her own life, P
  
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• Salt Lake cancels Twilight Concert Series for 2018

  18-10-2017 03:32
  SALT LAKE CITYThe Twilight Concert Series won't be coming back next year.
  But it should return in 2019it just might look a little different.
  Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski's office recommended to the City Council on Tuesday that the concert series not be funded for the 2018 season while city leaders try to re-work how the series is planned and funded.
  "We're taking a pause for a season," said Lara Fritts, director the mayor's Office of Economic Development.
  According to an analysis Fritts
  
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• Judge halts newest Trump travel ban, saying it has same woes

  18-10-2017 02:48
  
  A federal judge in Hawaii blocked most of President Donald Trump's latest travel ban Tuesday, just hours before it was set to take effect, saying the revised order "suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor."
  
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• Utah National Guard breaks ground on new Special Forces Readiness Center

  18-10-2017 02:42
  CAMP WILLIAMS, Salt Lake CountyThe Utah National Guard broke ground Tuesday for a $37 million, state-of-the-art Special Forces Readiness Center.
  The 140,000-square-foot facility, funded by the federal government, will serve as the administrative building, classroom building, main training and operations space for the 19th Special Forces Group Headquarters and 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne).
  The 19th Special Forces Groupone of the army's elite fighting forcesis spread out ove
  
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• Attorney files to expand lawsuit against Mountain Accord to all counties, cities involved

  18-10-2017 02:38
  SALT LAKE CITYThe attorney representing canyon owners in a lawsuit against the now-defunct Mountain Accord wants to expand the lawsuit to include all the governmental signatories of the group.
  If a judge approves the request made Monday, that means entities including Salt Lake County, Summit County, Salt Lake City, Sandy, Park City, Cottonwood Heights, Utah Transit Authority and others would be named as defendants in the legal fight against Mountain Accord, with plaintiff's arguing the group vio
  
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• Op-ed: Utah's new tool for changing the bail system

  18-10-2017 02:30
  Since graduating from Brigham Young University Law School in 1998, I have spent the majority of my career in public safety. In 2006, I was extremely honored to be appointed the U.S. attorney for Utah. At the time, our state prosecuted countless dangerous criminals, including Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee, the kidnappers of Elizabeth Smart. Based on my experiences, I learned what works in our justice system and, just as importantly, what doesn’t.Since leaving public office, I have f
  
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• Audit: Utah's spending on homelessness exceeded $80 million in 2016

  18-10-2017 02:25
  SALT LAKE CITYUtah's spending on homelessness has grown by nearly $20 million over the past two years, according to a legislative audit released Tuesday.
  Utah spent roughly $81.2 million on direct and indirect costs for federal, state, county and city homeless services and programs in 2016, the legislative auditor general's report states.
  That's up from $71.5 million in 2015 and $63.6 million in 2014, according to the report.
  And that doesn't factor in the estimated $67 million the state expects
  
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• Forum touts virtues of diversity in Utah's culture and economy

  18-10-2017 02:24
  SALT LAKE CITYUtah's increasing diversity is having an enormous impact on the state in a variety of ways. To maintain that momentum, those efforts must continue long into the future.
  That theme was echoed passionately by Gov. Gary Herbert and other notable voices during the Utah Global Forum on Tuesday at the Grand America Hotel.
  The annual eventorganized by World Trade Center Utah, the Governor's Office of Economic Development and the Salt Lake Chamberis dedicated to helping Utah companies of a
  
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• U. basketball facility takes the LEED

  18-10-2017 02:00
  SALT LAKE CITYThe Jon M. and Karen Huntsman Basketball Facility at the University of Utah has received a LEED Gold Certification, the eighth building on campus to be certified Gold or higher.
  According to the U.S. Green Building Council, which oversees the certification, LEEDor Leadership in Energy and Environmental Designis the most widely used sustainable building rating system in the world. Available for virtually all building, community and home project types, LEED provides a framework to cr
  
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• Another section of Salt Lake's Parleys Trail opens Tuesday

  18-10-2017 01:59
  SALT LAKE CITYAvid cyclist Angie Vincent notes she and her husband own one vehicle and five bikes apiece.
  The retired couple bike almost every day, from mountain biking to cross-country bike tours to just riding along the Jordan River Parkway Trail near their home in Taylorsville.
  The bike community has changed over the past 13 years they've lived in Utah, Vincent added.
  "Every day you get in your car, you see somebody on a bike. No matter what the weather is," Vincent said. "You meet so many co
  
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• Salt Lake police to release body camera videos within 10 days of incidents

  18-10-2017 01:32
  SALT LAKE CITYDescribing a need to balance public responsiveness with due process, Salt Lake officials say police body camera video from "critical incidents" will be released after 10 days.
  Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski and Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill stood together Tuesday to announce the new policy for the Salt Lake City Police Department.
  Effective immediately, all body camera video from an officer-involved critical incidentsuch as an officer-involved shooting, a fatal
  
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• SLC police to release body camera videos within 10 days of incidents

  18-10-2017 01:30
  
  Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski and Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill stood together Tuesday to announce a new policy for the release of body camera video from the Salt Lake City Police Department.
  
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• Audit: U. didn't follow state bidding laws with $12 million gift for gene sequencing

  18-10-2017 01:25
  SALT LAKE CITYThe University of Utah did not follow state procurement laws when awarding a $10 million contract to NantHealth to sequence 1,372 genome samples from the Utah Population Database, a legislative audit concludes.
  The objective of the Heritage 1K project, also called the H1K, was to understand the genetic basis of 25 different conditions such as autism and breast cancer.
  The Heritage 1K project was made possible by a $12 million gift to the university by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a bil
  
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• Police: Man choked son with football jersey to break up fight

  18-10-2017 01:15
  
  A man was arrested after police allege he choked one of his sons with a football jersey to break up a fight between the child and his brother.
  
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• Police focus on teens in connection with dozens of broken windows in West Jordan

  18-10-2017 01:02
  
  Police said Monday they were investigating three teens in connection with a vandalism spree that included between 40 and 50 reports over two weekends.
  
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• Farmington woman with mental disorder still missing 2 weeks later

  18-10-2017 00:47
  
  Police are still searching for a 26-year-old woman with a mental disorder after she went missing from her Farmington home two weeks earlier on Oct. 3.
  
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• Utah's Olympic facilities need $39 million in upgrades, legislative audit finds

  18-10-2017 00:43
  SALT LAKE CITYUtah needs to spend more than $39 million to ready the ski jumps, speedskating oval, bobsled track and other Olympic facilities for hosting another Winter Games, according to a legislative audit released Tuesday.
  "Maintaining Olympic assets is essential for an effective Olympic bid," the legislative auditor general's report stated, recommending that the state support ongoing improvements and upgrades to the former 2002 Winter Games venues.
  The report, delivered to the legislative l
  
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• Judge in Hawaii blocks latest version of Trump's travel ban

  18-10-2017 00:38
  
  A federal judge in Hawaii blocked most of President Donald Trump's latest travel ban Tuesday, just hours before it was set to take effect, saying the revised order "suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor."
  
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