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• Lehi company triples in size after acquiring part of Silicon Valley giant

  01-11-2017 23:42
  
  Skyrocketing from 300 employees to over 1,000, Lehi-based DigiCert more than tripled in size Wednesday when the security company acquired a portion of Silicon Valley giant Symantec.
  
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• Op-ed: San Juan drought has morphed from economic issue to one of public safety

  01-11-2017 23:35
  I have lived my whole life in San Juan County, and, as a fifth-generation rancher, I know the meaning of hard work, grit and determination. It has been a struggle to provide for my family at times, due to the strict and cumbersome regulations involving grazing permits on land around the county and the water rights within the county. I’m not alone on this matter. For generations, grazing permits and water rights have been controlled by mainly state, tribal and federal government agencies, l
  
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• Police helicopter rescues father, son stranded above cliff

  01-11-2017 23:23
  LITTLEFIELD, Ariz. — Authorities say search and rescue teams from two states and a police helicopter rescued a man and his 5-year-old son who got stranded on a dark hillside above a cliff while hiking in northwestern Arizona.
  Rescue teams from Arizona's Mohave County and Utah's Washington County responded to the father's call for help and the Arizona Department of Public Safety's Kingman-based helicopter perched with one skid on the hillside to pick up the hikers before flying them to safe
  
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• I-215 closed in Murray due to police activity

  01-11-2017 23:05
  
  Both directions of I-215 are closed due to police activity, according to Utah Department of Transportation officials.
  
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• Feds make third attempt to convict Utah businessman Rick Koerber

  01-11-2017 22:27
  SALT LAKE CITY — Federal prosecutors say they will take another crack at convincing a jury that a Utah venture capitalist ran a multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme.
  The U.S. Attorney's Office sent notice Wednesday that it intends to retry the case against Claud R. "Rick" Koerber in federal court. It asks U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby to hold a hearing for a new trial date.
  "While we recognize the cost, time and energy it will take to retry this case, it is the right thing to do," U.S. Att
  
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• Rangers searching for Tooele man missing from Grand Canyon National Park

  01-11-2017 22:15
  
  National Park Service rangers are searching for a Tooele man who went missing from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on Tuesday.
  
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• Monroe father sent to prison for baby's neglect death

  01-11-2017 22:12
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Monroe man whose young daughter died of dehydration and neglect was sentenced to prison Tuesday.
  David Lewis Anderson, 38, was ordered to serve at least one year and up to 15 years in prison for child abuse homicide, a second-degree felony, in the death of his daughter.
  As he handed down the sentence, 6th District Judge Marvin Bagley rejected requests to leave Anderson an option to have his conviction reduced in the future.
  Siri Alexis Anderson died of dehydration and ne
  
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• Woman killed in rollover crash near Erda

  01-11-2017 21:55
  
  A woman died after the vehicle she was driving rolled over, temporarily closing both directions of state Route 36 Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
  
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• Student arrested on suspicion of rape outside Utah County high school

  01-11-2017 21:31
  
  A high school student was arrested Monday after police say he raped a fellow student in a parking lot outside of a high school.
  
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• Coalville man charged with aiming laser pointer at helicopter

  01-11-2017 21:06
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Coalville man who allegedly aimed a laser pointer at a medical helicopter in August faces a felony charge in federal court.
  An Airmed pilot was flying from Rocks Springs, Wyoming, to Salt Lake City when his cockpit was hit with a laser beam near Echo Reservoir about 3 a.m. on Aug. 28. The pilot was hit again at the same location on his return flight, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
  The pilot was able to identify the vehicle at the source of the laser and passed
  
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• Have You Seen This? Layton police pull over trick-or-treater for 'distracted driving'

  01-11-2017 21:00
  
  One little Utah toddler named Hank is spending today recovering after a wild night of trick-or-treating that included getting "pulled over" by Layton police.
  
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• Can't wait for 2026 or 2030? Here's how to buy 2018 Winter Games tickets

  01-11-2017 21:00
  We’re only 100 days away from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and tickets are still available.Time magazine recently highlighted a few locations where U.S. residents can buy tickets for the Olympics, which are normally sold through the National Olympic Committees and ticket resellers.Here are Time's notes about buying tickets: U.S. residents can visit CoSport/Jet Set Sports to buy both individual tickets and packages for sports events and opening and closing ceremonie
  
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• Feds reduce case against ex-UTA board member Terry Diehl to one charge

  01-11-2017 20:57
  SALT LAKE CITY — And then there was one.
  Attorneys for a former Utah Transit Authority board member accused of financial crimes say federal prosecutors have led them on a "wild goose chase" to defend him against charges the government can't and now won't try to prove.
  The U.S. Attorney's Office filed a fourth superseding indictment Wednesday against prominent Utah real estate developer Terry Diehl that reduces the charges to just one count of making a false declaration.
  Prosecutors at one
  
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• Charges: Bail bond company did not reimburse collateral money

  01-11-2017 20:52
  WEST JORDAN — A bail bond company accused of taking the money customers put up as collateral and not returning it has resulted in prosecutors filing 16 criminal charges.
  The investigation began in March when the Utah Insurance Fraud Division received several complaints that Rebel Bail Bonds was not reimbursing collateral money.
  Bail bond companies can collect collateral for bond when the bond is considered high risk, such as when the defendant has an out-of-state address, according to cour
  
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• New $$ available to turn wood stoves into gas

  01-11-2017 20:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — Two Salt Lake refineries and the Eccles Foundation are providing money for the Utah Clean Air Partnership to replace 80 wood-burning stoves with cleaner gas-burning appliances.
  Chevron and Andeavor, formerly known as Tesoro, each contributed $50,000 to a pool to offer $1,000 incentives to eligible wood stove owners in Weber, Davis, Salt Lake, Utah and Tooele counties.
  The voluntary Show UCAIR Wood Stove Exchange Programwill provide discounts in those counties most impacted
  
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• Natalie Gochnour: Dispatches from Jordan to Israel, pt. 4: Western Wall blessing for our governor

  01-11-2017 20:40
  Editor’s Note: Natalie Gochnour traveled recently on a trade mission to Jordan and Israel led by the World Trade Center Utah. The Deseret News asked Gochnour to write about her experiences. In this, her final dispatch, Gochnour shares the highlights of the trip through a few stories and quotes.Mark Twain said, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cann
  
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• Prescribed fire east of Kamas to be set Thursday, Friday

  01-11-2017 20:11
  SALT LAKE CITY — Fire management personnel with the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest will start a prescribed fire, weather permitting, approximately 10 miles east of Kamas on Thursday and Friday.
  This 6,007-acre burn will be on the northeast side of the Mirror Lake Highway, between the Norway Flats road on the east and the Upper Setting road on the west.
  Personnel will use handheld drip torches, terra torches and a helicopter to ignite the fire. Engine and hand crews will monitor the fi
  
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• Farmington High School's mascot? The Phoenix

  01-11-2017 20:09
  FARMINGTON — Construction of Farmington High School isn't quite complete but area students have selected the mascot of the new school: the Phoenix.
  Davis School District Board of Education named the new high school in June with community input but allowed students to select the school's mascot.
  Other mascots considered were the Farmers, Eagles, Firebirds, Silverback, Fox and Silverfox but Phoenix rose as the favorite.
  Phoenix was "by far the favorite mascot" suggested by students from the
  
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• One dead, one arrested in Willard murder investigation

  01-11-2017 20:02
  WILLARD, Box Elder County — A man was found dead in a Willard garage Wednesday and another man was arrested a couple of hours later in Idaho for investigation of murder.
  As of noon Wednesday, police had released very little information about the homicide investigation.
  About 9 a.m., the body of a man in his 20s was found in the garage of a Willard home, said Box Elder County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Dale Ward. Police did not say who found the man, how long he had been dead, how he might have
  
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• Trial for man accused of starting Brian Head fire set for next year

  01-11-2017 19:47
  
  The man accused of starting the Brian Head fire is scheduled to go to trial early next year.
  
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• Bonneville International to operate radio stations in Bay Area, Sacramento

  01-11-2017 19:39
  SALT LAKE CITY — Bonneville International Corp. has entered into an agreement to operate four radio stations in San Francisco and four radio stations in Sacramento, California, which have been divested as part of the merger between Entercom Communications Corp. and CBS Radio Inc., company officials announced Wednesday.
  The stations Bonneville will operate in San Francisco are KOIT-FM, KMVQ-FM, KBLX-FM and KUFX-FM. In Sacramento, Bonneville will operate KYMX-FM, KZZO-FM, KHTK-AM and KNCI-FM
  
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• Feds 'finally' approve $100M Medicaid expansion for Utah: ‘Very exciting day’

  01-11-2017 19:36
  
  Utah leaders announced Wednesday morning the approval of a $100 million Medicaid expansion for Utah that will help up to 6,000 Utahns.
  
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• 1 dead, 1 arrested in Willard murder investigation

  01-11-2017 19:25
  
  Police arrested a person of interest in Idaho after finding a man dead in his garage in Willard, Box Elder County.
  
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• Feds approve Utah's $100M Medicaid waiver

  01-11-2017 19:13
  SALT LAKE CITY — After more than a year, the federal Health and Human Services Department has approved Utah's long-awaited Medicaid waiver, which will bring in roughly $100 million for 4,000 to 6,000 poor Utahns without children.
  The waiver, including $70 million in federal dollars and $30 million in state dollars, will also allow $10 million to go toward Operation Rio Grande — the effort to root out lawlessness and addiction in Salt Lake City's most troubled neighborhood — to
  
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• Feds approve $100M Medicaid waiver for Utah's most needy

  01-11-2017 19:13
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah leaders, including Republican lawmakers and Democratic mayors, were all smiles as they gathered for a hasty announcement Wednesday, less than an hour after they got the green light from federal officials.
  "I am so happy," House Speaker Greg Hughes said. "I am so, maybe, relieved."
  After more than a year, the federal Health and Human Services Department on Wednesday approved Utah's long-awaited Medicaid waiver, which will bring in roughly $100 million in Medicaid servi
  
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• Speed likely factor in crash that killed 17-year-old motorcyclist, police say

  01-11-2017 18:38
  
  Police believe speed likely factored in a crash that killed a 17-year-old motorcyclist on Oct. 22 that remains under investigation.
  
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• Man was killed and 'dumped' in street, West Jordan police say

  01-11-2017 18:38
  WEST JORDAN — West Jordan police on Wednesday attempted to retrace the steps of a man who was found dead in the middle of a residential street.
  The death is being treated as a homicide.
  About 1:30 a.m., at least two cars were causing a disturbance near 6700 South and 4800 West. The commotion was so loud that it caused several residents to look out their windows, said West Jordan police detective J.C. Holt.
  "There was something going on in the streets with the cars that led them to belive i
  
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• Get free perks at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival by doing this

  01-11-2017 18:25
  SALT LAKE CITYYou can get a backstage pass to the 2018 Sundance Film Festival without the hefty price tag.The organization is looking for volunteers to staff its upcoming festival, which will take place Jan. 18-28 in Park City.Volunteers will receive exclusive access to screenings and nontheater venues, as well as a limited-edition 2018 Kenneth Cole Sundance Film Festival jacket, snacks and a ticket to a party specifically for volunteers, according to an email from the Sundance Institute.Anyone
  
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• A.M. notes: Terrorist attack in NYC, University nurse settles for $500K, Obama strategist speaks at BYU

  01-11-2017 17:55
  Here’s a look at the news for Nov. 1.8 people killed in NYC attackEight people were killed and 11 injured in an attack on New York City when a driver hit people on a bicycle path on Tuesday afternoon.The driver, a 29-year-old man who immigrated to the U.S. from Uzbekistan, was shot and injured by police.President Donald Trump responded to the incident on Twitter, calling for increased vetting from the Department of Homeland Security.As BBC reported, the suspect reportedly yelled "Allahu Ak
  
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• Jay Evensen: Tragedy at the U. and social media — a mixed bag

  01-11-2017 16:05
  SALT LAKE CITY —It didn’t take long for social media to react to a police tweet about the suspect sought in connection with Monday night’s murder near the University of Utah campus.“This is why you need to exercise your 2nd Amendment!” said one. “Maybe without the 2nd Amendment he wouldn’t be running around shooting people in the first place,” countered another.Really, people?Rather than wait at least until police caught the man suspected of killin
  
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• Man stabbed at motel in Midvale

  01-11-2017 16:00
  
  A man was stabbed at a motel in Midvale then walked to a relative's home, according to Unified police.
  
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• Police: Man found dead in West Jordan street in possible homicide

  01-11-2017 15:05
  WEST JORDAN — Police were investigating a suspected homicide early Wednesday after a man's body was found in the street.
  Police responded to a call near 6700 South and 4800 West around 1:30 a.m. of a man in the street, according to West Jordan police detective J.C. Holt.
  It was apparent that the man in his 20s was dead when officers arrived. Police believe his body was dropped off in the middle of the road.
  Holt said the deceased man's family lives in the neighborhood.
  Police did not comme
  
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• Police investigate possible homicide in West Jordan

  01-11-2017 13:45
  
  Police are investigating a suspected homicide after a man's body was found in the street in West Jordan early Wednesday.
  
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• At BYU, Obama strategist David Axelrod praises Mitt Romney, urges students to 'help heal our democracy'

  01-11-2017 06:02
  PROVO — David Axelrod, known as Barack Obama's top attack dog during his re-election campaign against BYU alum Mitt Romney, spoke at Romney's alma mater on Tuesday.In what would have been considered improbable in 2012, several thousand BYU students, faculty and staff rewarded Axelrod with a 45-second standing ovation.It was a fitting metaphor for Axelrod's message.Agreeable and humorous during a 38-minute speech in which he talked about his post-election friendship with Romney, and express
  
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• Utah woman injured after man falls on her during concert at Saltair

  01-11-2017 04:10
  
  A Utah woman is recovering from serious injuries after a unidentified man fell more than 15 feet from a balcony Saturday night during a concert at Saltair.
  
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• A 'lovely person': Friends, leaders grieve student slain in shooting

  01-11-2017 02:46
  SALT LAKE CITY — A month before he was killed in an attempted carjacking late Monday, ChenWei Guo told friends he didn't mind that he had recently dented his car when he scraped a planter near the road.
  "He said he was glad it happened to him and not somebody else," said his friend Ricky Almanzor, recalling Guo's talk at a meeting of their LDS ward. "It shows he doesn't think about himself. He thinks about other people."
  Almanzor and roughly 100 other people gathered in the University of U
  
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• 'There will be no lawsuit': Nurse reaches settlement with Salt Lake, University of Utah

  01-11-2017 01:43
  SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah nurse at the center of a highly controversial arrest that was recorded on the officers' body cameras has reached a $500,000 settlement with all parties involved.
  In addition, Alex Wubbels announced Tuesday afternoon that she will use part of that money to launch a new initiative to make body camera video more accessible to all residents in Utah involved in a police incident.
  "I am not in the business of setting anyone up for failure. I want us to be
  
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• 'There will be no lawsuit': Nurse reaches $500,000 settlement with Salt Lake, University of Utah

  01-11-2017 01:43
  SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah nurse at the center of a highly controversial arrest that was recorded on the officers' body cameras has reached a $500,000 settlement with all parties involved.
  In addition, Alex Wubbels announced Tuesday afternoon that she will use part of that money to launch a new initiative to make body camera video more accessible to all residents in Utah involved in a police incident.
  "I am not in the business of setting anyone up for failure. I want us to be
  
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• Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox? ?names? ?new? ?chief? ?of? ?staff?, director? ?of? ?elections

  01-11-2017 01:35
  SALT? ?LAKE? ?CITY? ??— ?Lt.? ?Gov.? ?Spencer? ?Cox? ?has? ?appointed Kirsten? ?Rappleye? ?as? his ?chief? ?of? ?staff? ?and? ?Justin? ?Lee? ?as? ?director of? ?elections?.
  Rappleye? ?currently? ?serves? ?the? ?Herbert ?administration? ?as? ?public? ?information? ?officer,? ?overseeing media? ?relations,? ?interagency? ?communications? ?and? ?assisting? ?with? ?communications? ?strategy.? ?From 2012-16,? ?she ?served? ?as? ?majority? ?assistant? ?to? ?the? ?Utah? ?Senate.? ?She? ?holds? ?a
  
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• Layton house fire kills several pets, does $150K in damage

  01-11-2017 01:31
  
  A house fire in Layton killed several pets and gutted a garage and did $150,000 in damage over the weekend.
  
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• Brain teaser: Solve puzzles or risk being trapped with zombies

  01-11-2017 01:00
  WEST POINT, Davis County — With the clock ticking, teams of students at West Point Junior High encountered zombies — and a series of challenging math problems — as they labored Tuesday to find clues to unlock a cure for the living dead.
  As zombies roamed about her classroom, Kara Oliverson's seventh- and eighth-grade students worked their way through equations and story problems. If the teams came up with the correct answers, they were awarded keys to unlock boxes that containe
  
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• Utahns can help decide how to use $35 million Volkswagen settlement

  01-11-2017 00:32
  
  Volkswagen reached a $15.7 billion legal settlement during the largest auto scandal in U.S. history. Utah will receive about $35 million of that.
  
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• Mail-in ballots trickling in, causing concern among county clerks

  01-11-2017 00:18
  SALT LAKE CITY — Facing lower-than-expected turnout for early and by-mail voting with Election Day just a week away, county clerks are urging Utahns to cast their ballots as soon as possible.
  "Don't delay — vote today!" Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen's office urged in a news release Tuesday.
  Less than 21 percent — about 93,000 — of mail-in ballots in Salt Lake County had been returned as of Tuesday, Swensen said, though she's hoping for at least 50 percent turnout
  
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• U. nurse arrested by S.L. detective settles for $500K

  01-11-2017 00:16
  
  University of Utah nurse Alex Wubbels will settle for half a million dollars with the Salt Lake City Police Department and the University of Utah.
  
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