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• Jon Huntsman Sr., Mitt Romney among those helping to raise money for Rep. Mia Love

  25-10-2017 23:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — Jon M. Huntsman Sr. and Mitt Romney are among the leaders of Republican Rep. Mia Love's fundraising effort for her 2018 re-election bid, news that comes after Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, a Democrat, got into the race.
  Love, R-Utah, said in a statement she's confident her campaign will have the necessary resources to promote her record "as well as combat the expected attacks that will be coming from Democrats who do not want to see me in Congress."
  McAdams announced
  
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• Family recounts car hitting wagonful of kids on Halloween, warns others to stay safe

  25-10-2017 23:43
  SALT LAKE CITY — On Halloween night in 2015, Keith and Anna Simmon had just finished trick-or-treating with their kids when it happened.
  The couple had only visited a handful of houses in their neighborhood, and the sun had barely set. But it was nearly 7 p.m. and their 3-year-old twins, Eleanor and Frederick, had bedtime in half an hour.
  The kids piled into a wagon pulled by their grandfather. Anna Simmon's sister and her husband, Brett and Amy Davis, had also finished trick-or-treating w
  
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• Layton teen charged with murder in car crash agrees to plea deal

  25-10-2017 22:31
  
  A Layton teenager charged with speeding into another car and killing two people when police tried to pull her over on the way to carry out a suicide pact has agreed to a plea deal.
  
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• States urge revamp on sage grouse management

  25-10-2017 22:19
  SALT LAKE CITY — Leaders in Western states pressed their case in a congressional hearing Wednesday that management of the greater sage grouse is best carried out without federal interference.
  "Federal land management agencies have made threats to the sage grouse worse," said Idaho Speaker of the House Scott Bedke, R-Twin Falls.
  Bedke testified before the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, chaired by Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, during an oversight hearing on "state-based management sol
  
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• Teen accused of killing 2 in deliberate crash begins deal with plea in juvenile court

  25-10-2017 21:56
  OGDEN — A teenage girl accused of deliberately ramming a stolen SUV into another car, killing two people, admitted to one charge of attempted murder in juvenile court Wednesday.
  The second charge will now be transferred to the adult system, where 17-year-old Marilee Gardner is expected to plead guilty.
  Gardner was originally charged as an adult with two counts of murder, a first-degree felony, after police said she deliberately crashed her mother's SUV into another car in a suicide attempt
  
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• Jon Huntsman Sr., Mitt Romney among those helping to raising money for Rep. Mia Love

  25-10-2017 21:38
  SALT LAKE CITY — Jon M.Huntsman Sr. and Mitt Romney are among the leaders of Republican Rep. Mia Love's fundraising effort for her 2018 re-election bid, news that comes after Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, a Democrat, got into the race.
  Love, R-Utah, said in a statement she's confident her campaign will have the necessary resources to promote her record "as well as combat the expected attacks that will be coming from Democrats who do not want to see me in Congress."
  McAdams announced
  
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• Utah members of Congress walk line between Trump and Flake, Corker

  25-10-2017 21:16
  SALT LAKE CITY — A TV news commentator posed this question Wednesday to Sen. Mike Lee: Who would you hold up to high school students as a role model of who we are? President Donald Trump or Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake?
  "I think I could point to aspects of both of their personalities, aspects of both of their careers as examples of people who stood behind something they believed in," the Utah Republican said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "Now, they don't always agree with each other, but they don't
  
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• Utah's ski resorts announce opening dates for 2017-2018 season

  25-10-2017 20:45
  
  The weather is slowly getting colder, with several mountain ranges already seeing snow. The local ski resorts are prepping for the upcoming season and recently announced the opening dates for the upcoming ski season.
  
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• Police arrest 4th man accused in kidnapping plot

  25-10-2017 20:13
  SANDY — Police have arrested a fourth person accused of kidnapping and stabbing a man in an attempt to get money from him.
  After Sandy police released surveillance images and called for tips Tuesday, John Ewing, 19, voluntarily met with detectives that evening and was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail, according to the department.
  Ewing was booked for investigation of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery and aggravated assault. The Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office will
  
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• Intermountain's flagship hospital celebrates 10th anniversary

  25-10-2017 20:09
  MURRAY — Intermountain Medical Center, Utah's largest and busiest hospital, has cared for 6.3 million patients in the decade since its opening in October 2007.
  Among those served are 50,644 new babies who were born at the flagship hospital of Intermountain Healthcare and 848,940 patients seen in the emergency room, according to Intermountain data released in anticipation of the milestone celebration on Oct. 29.
  "We're excited to celebrate Intermountain Medical Center's impact in the lives
  
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• Economic development office names life science director

  25-10-2017 19:58
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Governor's Office of Economic Development has named Clark Cahoon, fund manager for the Technology Commercialization and Innovation Program, as its life science cluster director.
  Cahoon will retain his role and responsibilities with the innovation program, overseeing a competitive grant process that helps bring new technologies to market.
  To support the diversification of Utah's economy, GOED focuses efforts on six strategic industry clusters: aerospace and defense; ene
  
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• 11-year-old from Idaho wows crowd while singing at Utah Jazz game

  25-10-2017 19:45
  
  In front of her largest crowd ever, an 11-year-old singer wowed thousands of Utah Jazz fans while performing the National Anthem.
  
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• Utah Guard to conduct live-fire artillery exercise

  25-10-2017 19:40
  CAMP WILLIAMS, Salt Lake County — The Utah National Guard will conduct a live-fire artillery exercise at Camp Williams Monday through Wednesday.
  Soldiers from the 640th Regional Training Institute will be train for new careers in the artillery field.
  Artillery fire will occur sporadically throughout the day, beginning at approximately 8 a.m. and ending around 5 p.m. each day. The exercises are not open to the public.
  For more information, call the Camp Williams hotline at 801-878-5421.
  
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• Sierra Club names new director of Utah chapter

  25-10-2017 19:36
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah chapter of the Sierra Club has named Ashley Soltysiak as its new director.
  Soltysiak comes to the chapter from Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah, where she worked as policy director. With HEAL Utah, Soltysiak directed clean air campaigns, lobbied lawmakers and regulators, and advocated for better air quality through outreach to the public and the media.
  Soltysiak holds a bachelor's in environmental biology and zoology and a master's in public administration in
  
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• 'Up' comes to life as this man literally strapped himself to 100 flying balloons

  25-10-2017 19:25
  A British man decided to take his “Up” fandom to a new level.Tom Morgan recently flew 15.5 miles across South Africa with the help of 100 helium balloons, according to BBC. He spent two days suspended in the air, ascending to about 8,000 feet in the sky while sitting in a camping chair.If this at all sounds familiar, it should: The scene was reminiscent of the Pixar hit “Up.”Watch the epic balloon trip below.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M76Yl8Oor8YMorgan attempted the
  
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• A.M. notes: U. president pens apology, Jeff Flake won't seek re-election, Dodgers take Game 1

  25-10-2017 19:24
  Here’s a look at the news for Oct. 25.Utah teen carries teammate across finish lineRiverton High School senior Sean Rausch made a decision this week that changed the outcome of a cross-country race, the Deseret News reported.Rausch had his eyes set on finishing the state cross-country championship race, until he noticed his teammate, Blake Lewis, laid out on the ground.Lewis learned later he had broken his tibia during the race, which knocked him to the ground, unable to finish the race, a
  
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• Police shooting of Bountiful man was legally justified, report says

  25-10-2017 19:19
  SALT LAKE CITY — Two police officers have been found to be legally justified in shooting a Bountiful man following a shooting and a chase earlier this year, while an autopsy confirmed the fatal gunshot was self-inflicted.
  Tooele County Attorney Scott Broadhead issued the finding Wednesday, clearing two Salt Lake police officers in the shooting of Roman Jade Carrillo, 19, after he fled to Lake Point on May 30.
  Broadhead pointed to the shooting Carrillo was involved in before the chase, shot
  
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• U. nurse at center of controversial arrest plans news conference

  25-10-2017 18:46
  
  The University of Utah Hospital nurse whose arrest gained national attention and lead to the firing of a Salt Lake City police detective will hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Police still searching for Farmington woman with mental disorder

  25-10-2017 18:30
  
  Police are still searching for a 26-year-old woman with a mental disorder after she went missing from her Farmington home three weeks earlier on Oct. 3.
  
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• Colorado man wanted for arson jailed in Utah

  25-10-2017 18:20
  RICHFIELD — A man wanted in Colorado for allegedly burning down his father's barn, killing four horses in the process and causing an estimated $200,000 in damage, was being held in a Utah jail Wednesday awaiting extradition.
  Christopher Thomas Reyes, 30, of Aurora, Colorado, was in the Sevier County Jail as authorities went through the process of returning him to Colorado.
  On Oct. 1, a large barn fire in Boulder County, Colorado, resulted in the deaths of four horses, the destruction of a
  
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• Jay Evensen: How do we know when a politician has lost it?

  25-10-2017 17:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — The day we really knew my father had dementia was when a doctor asked him what year it was and he answered, tentatively, “1948?”All the suspicions and doubts, the inclination to pass things off as minor lapses, suddenly crystalized. Other questions followed. Who is the president? Where are we? He couldn’t answer.Once the family was sure of the diagnosis, the preceding few years suddenly came into focus.Things we had thought were one-time “senior mom
  
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• Rocky Mountain Power rate pledge called not meaningful

  25-10-2017 15:49
  
  Rocky Mountain Power Tuesday announced its "pledge to all Utah customers that base rates will not go up at any time before the year 2021." The Utah Office of Consumer Services called the promise "disingenuous" and meaningless.
  
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• This Utah teen carried a teammate with a broken leg across the finish line

  25-10-2017 15:11
  SALT LAKE CITY — With just 200 meters to go in the state cross-country championship, Riverton High School senior Sean Rausch was fixated on finishing the race — until he came across teammate Blake Lewis, who was writhing in pain on the ground.
  Moments earlier, Lewis heard a crack, followed by a horrible pain in his left leg. He later learned he had broken his tibia.
  Rausch, who was running behind Lewis and did not witness the fall, saw him on the ground in pain and in tears. He stopp
  
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• Count My Vote set to hold public hearings this week

  25-10-2017 15:07
  SALT LAKE CITY — Backers of the recently revived Count My Vote initiative to replace what's now a hybrid system for nominating political candidates with a direct primary election are holding public hearings this week around the state.
  The seven hearings set for Friday and Saturday are one of the final steps before petitions can be circulated for voter signatures around the state in an effort to qualify the initiative for the 2018 general election ballot.
  It's an opportunity for Count My Vo
  
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• Joe Bauman: Utahn, Nobel laureate Kip Thorne helped open new window on universe

  25-10-2017 14:05
  Professor Kip S. Thorne, a newly minted Nobel laureate, will never forget his feelings when he learned the observatory that was the focus of his career had registered a disturbance caused by two black holes merging 1.3 billion light-years away.The detection was by the miles-long instruments making up the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, which are in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston, Louisiana. By the time they reached Earth, the brief jiggles in the fabric of space were no
  
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  25-10-2017 13:43
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• This Utah teen carried his teammate with a broken leg across the finish line

  25-10-2017 08:22
  SALT LAKE CITY — With just 200 meters to go in the state cross-country championship, Riverton High School senior Sean Rausch was fixated on finishing the race — until he came across teammate Blake Lewis, who was writhing in pain on the ground.
  Moments earlier, Lewis heard a crack, followed by a horrible pain in his left leg. He later learned he had broken his tibia.
  Rausch, who was running behind Lewis and did not witness the fall, saw him on the ground in pain and in tears. He stopp
  
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• Police arrest man in St. George home intrusions

  25-10-2017 06:42
  ST. GEORGE — Police have arrested a man who they say broke into two homes Tuesday.
  Jaime Santos Torres, whose hometown and age were not released Tuesday, was taken into custody after officers spotted a red Ford F-150 earlier captured by security cameras as it left a St. George home, police said.
  The truck was parked at a construction site near the Stone Cliffs neighborhood, where officers found Torres, the St. George Police Department said on its Facebook page.
  Torres was being held for in
  
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• Bus stop mix-up leaves 5-year-old stranded

  25-10-2017 06:35
  
  A series of admitted mistakes from Granite School District officials and the family of a 5-year-old South Salt Lake boy resulted in the kindergartener being stranded at an unfamiliar bus stop. It's a situation all parents can learn from.
  
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• Angel Moroni statue returns to Bountiful Temple after spire renovation

  25-10-2017 06:32
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Angel Moroni statue was back on top of the LDS Church's Bountiful Utah Temple on Tuesday after a five-month absence due to renovations to the spire.Workers removed the Angel Moroni and stripped the spire to the metal framework in May to repair an airflow problem that allowed moisture buildup, according to ldschurchtemples.org. Workers removed rust and the spire was surrounded by scaffolding all summer.A church spokesman declined to comment on Tuesday.Lightning irrepara
  
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• Riverton High School cross country team finishes race — together

  25-10-2017 06:20
  SALT LAKE CITY — With just 200 meters to go in the state cross-country championship, Riverton High School senior Sean Rausch was fixated on finishing the race — until he came across teammate Blake Lewis, who was writhing in pain on the ground.
  Moments earlier, Lewis heard a crack, followed by a horrible pain in his left leg. He later learned he had broken his tibia.
  Rausch, who was running behind Lewis and did not witness the fall, saw him on the ground in pain and in tears. He stopp
  
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• Woman injured following apparent moose attack in Summit County

  25-10-2017 06:09
  PARK CITY — A woman is recovering after an apparent moose attack over the weekend in Summit County.
  Two hikers on a trail along Daybreaker Drive near Jeremy Ranch on Sunday afternoon found an injured woman lying on the trail with her dog, according to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
  A cow moose and her calf were about 20 feet away, and the mother was acting aggressively, officials said. The hikers got the woman and dog away from the area and called for help.
  The woman was taken to
  
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• U. Pres. David Pershing pens apology to Jon Huntsman

  25-10-2017 05:25
  SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah President David Pershing, in a letter to cancer research benefactor Jon M. Huntsman Sr., says he deeply regrets actions by the university "which were detrimental to the long-standing history of communication and trust between us."Simmering friction between the university and the Huntsman Cancer Foundation came to a head in the spring when Pershing and Dr. Vivian Lee, former senior vice president of U. health sciences, fired Huntsman Cancer Institute CEO
  
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• Salt Lake County mayor wants to open Oxbow Jail in 2018

  25-10-2017 04:26
  SALT LAKE CITY — After about 14 years, Salt Lake County's partially mothballed Oxbow Jail may fully open next July — that is, if the County Council likes Mayor Ben McAdams' proposed budget.
  McAdams on Tuesday presented to the council his $1.3 billion budget, within it outlining a plan to open 368 jail beds at Oxbow in summer 2018 using county and state funds already budgeted for contracting with surrounding counties to expand jail capacity.
  That way, the county can avoid raising taxe
  
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• What happens to a mother's brain when her baby cries

  25-10-2017 04:10
  
  The mother and baby relationship may be more complex than previously thought. A new MRI study finds that mothers' brains are hardwired to comfort crying babies.
  
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• U. president apologizes to Jon Huntsman Sr. over Beckerle controversy

  25-10-2017 03:50
  After a torrent of news coverage this spring surrounding the University of Utah’s unexpected firing and subsequent rehiring of Dr. Mary Beckerle, CEO of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, the eponymous benefactor of the institute, Jon Huntsman Sr., agreed to discuss his life-long battle to cure cancer and the Huntsman Cancer Foundation’s new memorandum of understanding with the university. During preliminary conversations in preparation for the Q&A that follows, I learned that Univer
  
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• Hal Boyd: U. president apologizes to Jon Huntsman Sr. over Beckerle controversy

  25-10-2017 03:50
  After a torrent of news coverage this spring surrounding the University of Utah’s unexpected firing and subsequent rehiring of Dr. Mary Beckerle, CEO of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, the eponymous benefactor of the institute, Jon Huntsman Sr., agreed to discuss his life-long battle to cure cancer and the Huntsman Cancer Foundation’s new memorandum of understanding with the university. During preliminary conversations in preparation for the Q&A that follows, I learned that Univer
  
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• UDOT apologizes for I-15 maintenance on UEA weekend

  25-10-2017 03:31
  
  What was perfect weather for the Utah Department of Transportation to replace concrete panels on I-15 near Scipio and Nephi turned into a nightmare for motorists traveling back from UEA weekend Sunday evening.
  
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• Heber bounce house operator pleads guilty in child sex abuse case

  25-10-2017 02:23
  SALT LAKE CITY — The operator of a bounce house business in Heber City has pleaded guilty in a sex abuse case involving three boys who worked for him.
  Bryce Johnson, 33, pleaded guilty Oct. 18 to three counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child. While the charges remained first-degree felonies, they were reduced from allegations of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
  A fourth count of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and one count of sexual battery, a class A misdemeanor, wer
  
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• Jury finds West Valley man guilty in random road rage shooting

  25-10-2017 02:20
  SALT LAKE CITY — A jury has convicted a West Valley man of shooting another driver at random and then leading police on a high-speed chase.
  Joseph "Cyko" Granados, 35, was found guilty Friday of attempted murder, a first-degree felony, and 15 other charges stemming from the dramatic June 2016 incident.
  According to police, Granados was driving near 7900 South and Grizzly Way in West Jordan when he brandished a gun and began pursuing the 43-year-old man at random. Granados forced the driver
  
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• Police arrest man in St. George home intrusions, sexual assault

  25-10-2017 02:12
  
  A man believed to have broken into two St. George homes, sexually assaulting a woman in one of them, was taken into police custody Tuesday.
  
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• Park fees may jump to $70 at 4 Utah national parks

  25-10-2017 02:11
  
  Fees at four of Utah's national parks may jump to $70 per carload during the peak visitation season as part of an effort by the U.S. Department of Interior to address $11.3 billion in unfunded maintenance needs. The money would pay for improvements.
  
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• Photos: Expanded 911 Center opens in Ogden

  25-10-2017 01:45
  Trevor Wynn and Treasa Stevens train at the Weber Area Dispatch 911 and Emergency Services District's newly renovated 911 Center in Ogden on Tuesday. The expanded center, which added 8,400 square feet, has 76 employees and is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The expanded space includes the state-of-the-art 911 Center, a training room, break room, quiet room, conference room and office space. It provides 911 services and dispatch services in Weber and Morgan counties.
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• Rocky Mountain Power rate pledge called meaningless

  25-10-2017 01:18
  SALT LAKE CITY — The state's top consumer advocate had strong criticism for Utah's largest electricity utility following the company's issuance of a pledge to hold rates steady for the next three years.
  Rocky Mountain Power Tuesday announced its "pledge to all Utah customers that base rates will not go up at any time before the year 2021." In a statement, the utility said the move was motivated in part to maintain affordable rates for customers who pay nearly 20 percent less than the natio
  
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• Herbert meets with Jordan's king during trade mission

  25-10-2017 00:39
  
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert met with Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday during a trade mission and is slated to meet Thursday with Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister. Utah's exports to those countries include computers and electronic products.
  
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• User submitted: Photos show Wasatch County fires, more fall colors

  25-10-2017 00:32
  
  This week's gallery includes photos of two fires that broke out in Wasatch County over the weekend, as well as several shots of the gorgeous fall colors that Utah is enjoying this fall.
  
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