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• Layton woman killed in crash on icy I-15

  18-11-2017 22:45
  FILLMORE — A Layton woman died when the vehicle she was riding in apparently slipped on icy roads early Saturday.
  Hailey Buh, 27, was a passenger in a Toyota Highlander heading north on I-15 near Fillmore when it began to slip left on a right curve, likely due to icy road conditions, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The 33-year-old male driver overcorrected, causing the vehicle to leave the road and hit the adjacent hillside just after 4 a.m.
  The accident report states Buh's head hit
  
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• UHP identifies teen killed in slushy I-84 crash

  18-11-2017 22:44
  MORGAN — The Utah Highway Patrol has identified a Weber County teenager was killed Friday in a weather-related crash on I-84.
  Hyrum Rasmussen, 17, of Taylor, wasn't wearing a seat belt when he apparently lost control of his vehicle while heading east on the slushy highway at about 10 a.m., according to the UHP. Rasmussen's car drifted into the back of a semitrailer that was pulling off the road and almost stopped in the emergency lane.
  The driver of the semitrailer was not injured. There w
  
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• Frank R. Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb: The political machinations of Hatch re-election — or retirement

  18-11-2017 22:30
  It’s tempting to describe the last week in politics as one of the most interesting and strange ever. But that wouldn’t do justice to the last 140 weeks — which were equally as interesting and strange. It seems to be the new normal.Sen. Orrin Hatch is right in the middle of the hot tax reform debate in Congress and he just announced a number of new staff additions — making it appear he plans to stay forever in the Senate. On the other hand, a new PAC formed by some promine
  
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• Layton woman dies after early-morning crash on I-15

  18-11-2017 22:13
  
  A 27-year-old woman died early Saturday morning after she was partially ejected from a car on I-15, UHP officials said.
  
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• Officials identify teenager killed in I-84 crash

  18-11-2017 21:53
  
  Utah Highway Patrol officials on Saturday identified the teenager who died in a Friday morning crash on I-84.
  
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• Bridge completes Jordan River Parkway after decades of planning, work

  18-11-2017 21:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — As a transportation engineer for the city, Dan Bergenthal has a lot on his plate.
  Saturday, he was able to cross off one of the biggest projects — taking nearly 18 years to complete the final connection along the Jordan River Parkway Trail — a 120-foot arch bridge.
  "You can now go from Utah Lake to Legacy in Davis County on one trail," Bergenthal said, adding that there's all kinds of wildlife and access to a beautiful ecosystem "right here in the city."
  "It gi
  
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• Natalie Gochnour: Utah economic advice — stop, look and listen

  18-11-2017 19:25
  John Maynard Keynes said, “It is better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong.” I’m going to make an attempt to be vaguely right about Utah’s near-term economic forecast. The Utah economy has started to moderate. I think this modest growth will continue and now is a good time for businesses and households to “stop, look and listen.”Utah’s rate of job growth has now decelerated for three consecutive months. Year-over job growth reached 3.8 percent in 2
  
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• Op-ed: Utah is poised to be a shining example of lifting children out of poverty

  18-11-2017 17:05
  For people living in a state claiming the largest middle class and the lowest income inequality in the nation, Utahns unsurprisingly understand a great deal about their neighbors in need. In a recent survey conducted for the Next Generation Freedom Fund (NGFF) by Heart+Mind Strategies and ORC International, over a quarter (27 percent) of Utahns have heard of intergenerational poverty (high for a relatively obscure issue) and can aptly describe it. Furthermore, Utahns seem to have an intuitive fe
  
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• Orem students crochet wigs for cancer patients

  18-11-2017 16:56
  
  Students at Lumen Scholar Academy crocheted wigs that will go to children with cancer all across the country.
  
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• Downtown Salt Lake ice rink starts season with frosty first night

  18-11-2017 15:41
  
  Noel Hogue, Sequoia Oswald and Nina Giardinelli skate on opening night at the Valda E. Tarbet Ice Rink in the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City on Friday evening.
  
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• Boy, 5, found safe but sleepy after leaving school, boarding public bus

  18-11-2017 07:04
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — After a kindergartener in South Salt Lake slipped away from school, hopped on a public bus in search of a doctor and woke up at the end of the line, the school is creating a new policy to monitor children set to go home sick.
  When the boy reported he didn't feel well on Nov. 6, staff members in the front office of Lincoln Elementary sent him back to his classroom to get his coat and backpack, said Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley.
  The 5-year-old, whose name h
  
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• Roy woman recounts dog attack that left her arm mangled

  18-11-2017 06:40
  
  A woman said Friday she faced several more weeks of recovery after a dog attacked her earlier in the week, leaving her arm swollen and mangled.
  
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• Outdoor experts raising avalanche awareness as ski season approaches

  18-11-2017 06:20
  
  After last winter successfully resulted in no avalanche-related deaths for the first time in 26 years, many outdoor enthusiasts are hoping to keep it that way this season.
  
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• Beaver County man wanted on sex abuse charges turns himself in

  18-11-2017 04:56
  
  A Beaver County man who previously was wanted on a warrant for 35 sexual abuse-related felonies turned himself in on Friday afternoon, Beaver County Sheriff Cameron Noel said in a news release.
  
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• Memorial trail will honor mountain bike-loving teens killed in Corner Canyon crash

  18-11-2017 04:02
  
  One year ago Sunday, two Draper teenagers were killed in a car crash that sent ripples of grief through the community. Now, one of their friends plans a memorial to honor their passion for playing in the mountains.
  
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• Kindergartner missing for over an hour; Granite District now revamping policy

  18-11-2017 03:31
  
  The Granite School District is re-evaluating protocols for young elementary students who need to leave early after a kindergartener walked out of school and hopped on a UTA bus last week.
  
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• Drug-related fatal car crashes continue upward trend in Utah

  18-11-2017 02:13
  SALT LAKE CITY — Drug-related fatal car crashes were up again in Utah last year, while alcohol-related fatalities declined slightly, a new state report shows.
  In all, 108 Utahns died in incidents where someone chose to drink or use drugs before getting behind the wheel in 2016, according to the "15th Annual DUI Report to the Utah Legislature." The Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice compiles the report.
  Deadly collisions in which a driver tested positive for illicit, prescribe
  
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• Reading fiction flexes the brain, study says

  18-11-2017 01:50
  
  Research says opening a good novel can be healthy for the brain.
  
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• Layton military family honored with free groceries for a year

  18-11-2017 01:50
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — Spending at least $200 on groceries every week is normal for Nicholas and Stephanie Mannino, especially when providing for six kids.
  "You try not to just buy ramen," Nicholas Mannino said, smiling. "And fresh food isn't cheap."
  So the Layton couple was astonished after winning an entire year's worth of free groceries at the grand opening of the WinCo Foods store in South Salt Lake on Friday.
  "Groceries are a pillar of one of the bills you pay each month," Nicholas Mannino
  
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• It's snowtime! Winter arrives along the Wasatch Front

  18-11-2017 01:50
  Annie Stewart, of Lake City, Florida, falls into the snow at Park City Resort after sledding during the first snowfall of the season in Park City on Friday. It was the first time Annie had seen snow. As of late Friday afternoon, the resort had received 2 to 4 inches of new snow. Alta reported that 6 inches of snow had fallen since Thursday afternoon, Brighton reported getting 7 inches, and Snowbird reported 12. Several of the resorts are expected to open next week. The Salt Lake Valley saw mostl
  
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• State, federal agencies considering how to eliminate 2 wildfire dispatch centers

  18-11-2017 01:48
  
  Firefighting agencies in Utah are considering how to eliminate two of the state’s dispatch centers, but that won’t affect how fire crews are distributed across the state, according to a state spokesman.
  
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• Ex-trooper pleads guilty to arson in eastern Utah wildfire

  18-11-2017 01:27
  VERNAL — A former Utah Highway Patrol trooper and fire chief has pleaded guilty to purposely sparking a blaze that ultimately charred 1,000 acres in eastern Utah.
  Rex R. Olsen, 37, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of arson, a third-degree felony, as part of a plea deal. He was originally charged with arson, a second-degree felony. A separate misdemeanor charge of igniting a wildfire with a smoldering object was dropped as part of the deal.
  The case cost him his trooper job.
  Olsen, former
  
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• Man charged with impersonating federal agent in Clinton

  18-11-2017 00:27
  CLINTON — A Salt Lake man was recently charged with impersonating a police officer in Clinton.
  But whether the man had intentions of kidnapping a juvenile girl, as police and court documents indicate, was still unknown Friday.
  William Joseph Nunn, 30, was charged in Clinton Justice Court on Oct. 30 with impersonating an officer, a class B misdemeanor. He pleaded not guilty to the charge on Nov. 9. His next court hearing is scheduled for Dec. 19.
  According to a Davis County Jail report and
  
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• Changes to Regents' Scholarship emphasize college readiness, affordability

  18-11-2017 00:20
  LOGAN — The Utah State Board of Regents on Friday approved new requirements to the Regents' Scholarship that still encourage high schoolers to take rigorous coursework but give colleges more flexibility with scholarship funds to help low-income students.
  One significant change is that all scholarship applicants must apply for federal financial aid, a revision that state higher education officials say will increase the numbers of students who receive grants and other forms of financial aid.
  
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• 17-year-old driver killed in crash with semitrailer on slushy Utah freeway

  18-11-2017 00:00
  MORGAN — A 17-year-old from Weber County was killed Friday morning when he lost control of the car he was driving on I-84 near Morgan and crashed into a semitrailer that had stopped in the emergency lane.
  The driver's name has not been released. He was not wearing a seat belt, police said.
  The teen, of Taylor, was traveling east in a Hyundai Sonata about 10 a.m. when the car slid sideways and its passenger side slammed into the rear of the semitrailer, the Utah Highway Patrol said in a pre
  
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