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• Firefighters working Brian Head Fire found bunker filled with grenades, ammunition

  30-11-2017 23:45
  
  Firefighters working the Brian Head Fire over the summer discovered a bunker full of modified grenades and other ammunition when they heard bullets exploding as the fire raged.
  
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• How this Utah dentist's office is spreading holiday cheer to kids without insurance

  30-11-2017 23:17
  RIVERTON — On Dec. 1, Dr. Samuel Richey and the staff at Lighthouse Dental and Orthodontics will come into work like any other day. However, unlike other days, they will be working for free and the day's 30-60 young patients won't pay a dime for treatment.
  From 8 a.m.-3 p.m., the staff will welcome children who don't have dental insurance and do not qualify for CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program) to provide them with basic dental care through a program called "Smiles for Santa." Chi
  
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• Utah fire uncovered man's weapons cache, survival bunkers

  30-11-2017 23:09
  
  A massive wildfire in southern Utah this summer uncovered scattered underground bunkers stocked with guns, grenades and food that were illegally built in the wilderness, authorities said Thursday.
  
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• PETA plans billboard memorializing cows killed in Riverdale crash

  30-11-2017 22:31
  
  The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is planning to place a billboard near the location where several cows died in an I-84 on-ramp crash last week.
  
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• Looking for 'indie electronica dreamy trip pop?' SLC band has you covered

  30-11-2017 22:10
  
  Tarot Death Card has a little of everything up its sleeve. The Salt Lake City band delivers haunting vocals, detuned synths, psychedelic swirls and lyrics filled with death, destruction and revenge — all paired with a touch of pop sensibility.
  
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• BYU-led team finds this possible protection against Alzheimer's disease

  30-11-2017 22:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — A new way to examine Alzheimer's disease has provided a tantalizing potential treatment approach to prevent the devastating condition, according to BYU-led research published online in the journal Genome Medicine.
  More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, which is the sixth-leading cause of death. Expectations are the number will triple by 2050. But despite decades-long efforts, a cure or even effective treatment has eluded researchers.
  That's one
  
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• Logan woman sentenced to jail for crash that killed her husband

  30-11-2017 21:39
  
  A woman was sentenced to a year in jail for causing a crash that involved multiple vehicles in a northern Utah city and led to her husband's death last year.
  
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• Suspect in Salt Lake motel slaying now in jail, police say

  30-11-2017 20:58
  SALT LAKE CITY — A man who police say is their main suspect in the shooting death of a woman in a motel earlier this week has been booked into jail.
  But Salt Lake police detective Greg Wilking declined to release that person's name Thursday while the search continues for two other people of interest in the case.
  The man was arrested for investigation of an unrelated charge and was being held in the Salt Lake County Jail on a parole violation, Wilking said. "Evidence strongly suggests" the
  
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• California couple gets married on space net suspended over Moab canyon

  30-11-2017 20:45
  
  Suspended 400 feet over the stark beauty of a Moab canyon, California couple Ryan Jenks and Kimberly Weglin tied the knot and said “I do.”
  
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• Lieutenant throws hat in ring for Salt Lake County sheriff

  30-11-2017 20:02
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal announced Thursday he is running for Salt Lake County sheriff.
  The 21-year veteran of the Unified Police Department and sheriff's office, and a long time spokesman for the department, officially threw his hat into the ring to seek the Republican nomination for sheriff during a press conference outside the Salt Lake County Jail.
  Hoyal said adding more jail beds will be one of his top priorities if elected, as well as bringing all sides to th
  
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• The stories behind 5 Christmas traditions you celebrate

  30-11-2017 19:58
  
  There are plenty of Christmas traditions that people who celebrate the holiday have fond memories of, but how did they come to be?
  
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• The history behind the Elizabeth Smart court case

  30-11-2017 19:52
  Elizabeth Smart's story was recently unveiled in a new Lifetime movie released in November.
  But plenty of significant events occurred where the movie leaves off.
  The new film, "I Am Elizabeth Smart," debuted on Nov. 18, and a two-part documentary on Smart and her case aired on Lifetime on Nov. 12 and 13 as well, according to the Associated Press.
  Smart said she appreciates the Lifetime movie that retells her story.
  "I will say that it is the best worst movie I've ever seen. I mean, I think it's
  
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• Police: Person suspected in SLC motel homicide in custody

  30-11-2017 19:31
  
  A person suspected in the homicide of a woman killed in a motel Tuesday was arrested on unrelated charges while two persons of interest remain at large, police said Thursday.
  
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• Family argument leads to Thanksgiving dog attack in Santa Clara

  30-11-2017 19:14
  
  Police are saying it was a family argument that triggered a dog attack inside a Santa Clara home on Thanksgiving, sending six people to the hospital.
  
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• Utah youth suicides jump 141 percent, new report says

  30-11-2017 19:06
  
  The number of Utah teenagers lost to suicide per year jumped 141 percent from 2011 to 2015, according to a new report released Thursday by the Utah Department of Health.
  
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• Report: Bears Ears to be cut by 85 percent, Grand Staircase by half

  30-11-2017 18:17
  SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump intends to reduce the size of the Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by half, according to a report by the Washington Post on Thursday.
  The newspaper cited "individuals close to the matter," speaking on the condition of anonymity who cautioned that there could be some changes before Trump announces the changes in Salt Lake City on Monday.
  Maps of the proposed changes were leaked to the newsp
  
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• Jay Evensen: Planning for a good future could get you booted from office

  30-11-2017 17:20
  Maybe, like me, you picked up the phone sometime before the most recent election and heard a robot asking you questions about high-density housing. The ones I got asked me to press buttons to indicate whether I thought my city had enough of it, needed more, or would do better with less.These were not frivolous questions during a municipal campaign season in a rapidly growing metropolitan area. Political careers hung in the balance.Which brings me to the ironies of dealing with growth.The Point o
  
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• Woman steals photographer's purse, vehicle from Draper business

  30-11-2017 16:39
  
  Ashley Martin said she and another employee noticed a woman in their front lobby acting a bit odd. Moments later, her purse and car were gone.
  
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• 9 arrested during police raid of Magna home

  30-11-2017 16:16
  
  Nine people were arrested early Thursday morning after police searched a home in Magna, police said.
  
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• This is Utah's favorite Christmas candy

  30-11-2017 16:00
  Candy may not have as high a place at Christmas as it does for Halloween, but there are still plenty of sugary delights to go around.What candy you find in your stocking depends on your state, according to candystore.com, which recently ranked each state’s top three Christmas candies.The website surveyed more than 50,000 customers to find out their favorite candy. The company also spoke with major candy manufacturers and distributors to see how the survey matched up with their sales number
  
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• Rep. John Curtis to serve on 2 House committees

  30-11-2017 15:53
  
  The newest member of the state's congressional delegation, Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, will serve on the House Foreign Affairs and the Small Business committees.
  
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• Slow-moving landslide forces evacuation of 3 Riverdale homes

  30-11-2017 15:31
  
  Officials in Riverdale say they're trying to determine the cause of a slow-moving landslide that's forced the evacuation of three homes.
  
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• Salt Lake City Council to approve law allowing mother-in-law apartments — if votes hold

  30-11-2017 14:45
  
  Salt Lake City's struggle to write an ordinance to allow mother-in-law apartments or other add-on living structures — also known as accessory dwelling units — is inching closer to a resolution.
  
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• What Mark Twain had to say about Utah and Mormons when he visited Salt Lake City

  30-11-2017 08:05
  Samuel Langhorne Clemens — better known by his pen name, Mark Twain — was born nearly two centuries ago today on Nov. 30, 1835. Yet the influence of the American writer, humorist and lecturer is very much alive in contemporary American culture.
  Twain's novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" are considered American classics, dominating required reading lists and still generating controversy in today's libraries and classrooms.
  A prestigious award de
  
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• International service builds world peace, Elder Christofferson tells Westminster students

  30-11-2017 07:47
  SALT LAKE CITY — Elder D. Todd Christofferson joked in August when he accepted the World Peace Prize in India that the large trophy that came with the award would have to be shipped back to Utah because it wouldn't fit in his suitcase.
  He joked about the trophy again Wednesday night. It turns out that upon the trophy's arrival in the United States, it was turned away by U.S. Customs because it is made partly of real gold, said Elder Christofferson, who is a member of the Quorum of the Twel
  
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• Woods Cross police announce initiative to thwart package theft

  30-11-2017 07:26
  
  The Woods Cross Police Department says they thankfully haven't dealt with a package theft case this year, but in the past they have. So, they've announced a new initiative to thwart the problem. Call them Santa Squad.
  
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• Utah teen sews hundreds of pillow cases for foster kids

  30-11-2017 07:04
  
  A Utah teen is spreading a little Christmas cheer via his sewing machine.
  
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• Utah teen sew hundreds of pillow cases for foster kids

  30-11-2017 07:04
  
  A Utah teen is spreading a little Christmas cheer via his sewing machine.
  
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• Ogden mother loses quadriplegic son; seeks community's help to keep home

  30-11-2017 06:43
  
  Lorrie Godman’s life changed forever in 1987, when the car she and her son were riding in was hit.
  
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• 2 Utah mothers, one slated for deportation on Christmas Day, supported in fundraising dinner

  30-11-2017 06:26
  
  Dozens gathered Wednesday night to offer their support to two Utah mothers facing deportation in the coming month.
  
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• Missing Riverdale man, daughter located in Las Vegas

  30-11-2017 06:06
  
  A man and his 2-year-old daughter who went missing after a minor vehicle crash Tuesday have been located in Las Vegas, family members confirmed.
  
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• Muslims say outreach, service can combat stereotypes after Trump’s retweets

  30-11-2017 05:59
  
  Even though actions such as President Donald Trump’s retweets Wednesday might fuel anti-Islam flames in other states, Utahns are more understanding of other faiths, one local Muslim leader said.
  
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• Nevada rancher refuses judge's offer of release during trial

  30-11-2017 04:43
  
  A federal judge on Wednesday offered to release a rancher and states' rights figure from custody during his trial on charges involving an armed standoff that stopped a government cattle roundup three years ago in Nevada.
  
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• Federal court ordered to release video of fatal shooting in 2014 gang trial

  30-11-2017 04:27
  SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge has sided with news organizations seeking video of a courtroom marshal fatally shooting an accused gang member as he lunged at a witness.
  Magistrate Judge Paul Cleary on Wednesday ordered the release of an altered version of the recording, which obscures the faces of law enforcement officers, including the marshal who fired and struck the 25-year-old Siale Angilau four times during the federal racketeering trial in 2014.
  The decision "satisfies the obligati
  
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• Congressional budget debate worries local military leaders

  30-11-2017 04:26
  SALT LAKE CITY — Budget debates in Washington, D.C., are causing anxiety among some military leaders in Utah.
  As Congress works to negotiate and pass a new budget for the coming year, military officials at Hill Air Force Base are expressing concern about whether they will have the financial resources necessary to do their jobs effectively.
  During a conference call Wednesday, top officers at the state's largest military installation voiced their apprehension about the state of budgetary unc
  
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• Op-ed: Sen. Orrin Hatch is performing his greatest work at a critical time in the nation's history

  30-11-2017 04:05
  At the time of the federal convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was 81 years old. He performed his greatest work in Philadelphia as an elder statesman. Franklin‟s presence at the convention provided the leadership the delegates needed at a crucial time in the formation of the U.S. Constitution.Sen. Orrin Hatch's position as chairman of the Finance Committee and as a member of the Judiciary Committee is pivotal at this time. Like Franklin, the elder statesman is performing his greatest wor
  
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• BYU researchers uncover genetic link that could protect against Alzheimer’s disease

  30-11-2017 04:03
  
  Researchers at Brigham Young University have made a discovery they say brings them a step closer to being able to one day treat — and hopefully prevent — Alzheimer’s disease.
  
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• Trump's popularity may be boosted by Utah visit despite split over monuments

  30-11-2017 04:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump's trip to Salt Lake City on Monday to announce reductions in the size of two of the state's national monuments may give him a boost in Utah, despite the split over the issue.
  "His popularity level here, I think has a chance to improve," Jason Perry, head of the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics, said Wednesday. "I think there's just an upside for him."
  Polling has shown Utahns are divided over whether the president should shrink the
  
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• Survey: Nearly 1 in 3 physicians unhappy with costs of health care

  30-11-2017 03:26
  SALT LAKE CITY — Physicians' rate of dissatisfaction with what they charge for health care is higher than patients' unhappiness with what they pay, according to the findings of a national survey released Wednesday by University of Utah Health.
  Only 13 percent of 5,031 American patients surveyed said they were at least somewhat dissatisfied with the price they paid for health care in the past year, but 32 percent of 687 physicians who answered questions were somewhat or very dissatisfied wi
  
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• Salt Lake City Council to approve law allowing mother-in-law apartments — if votes hold

  30-11-2017 03:25
  SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City's struggle to write an ordinance to allow mother-in-law apartments or other add-on living structures — also known as accessory dwelling units — is inching closer to a resolution.
  If votes remain the same as they did in a series of straw polls Tuesday night, the new law could pass next week — though at least one opposing council member hopes some of her colleagues will have a change of heart.
  After months of grappling with each other over th
  
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• Photos: Gallivan Center all decked out for the holidays

  30-11-2017 02:53
  Yukari and Christopher Walker and their children, Miiwa, 10 months, second from left, and Kirito, 4, right, gaze at a 60-foot Christmas tree at the annual holiday lighting celebration at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. The holiday display features more than 350,000 lights. Wednesday's lighting ceremony featured family friendly activities, entertainment, ice skating and a visit from Santa Claus. The ice rink is open Mondays through Thursdays, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Fridays and Satu
  
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• Federal judge reportedly set to release Cliven Bundy and two sons

  30-11-2017 02:29
  
  A federal judge in Las Vegas is expected to order the release of Cliven Bundy and his sons Ammon and Ryan from federal prison.
  
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• New equipment allows preschoolers to build their own playground

  30-11-2017 01:58
  SALT LAKE CITY — When the weather is bad or the air quality is poor, preschoolers at Utah Community Action know just what to do with their playtime.
  The program received new indoor playground equipment on Wednesday, making the Salt Lake organization one of just four places across the country to have the unique play equipment.
  The new playground is not a typical brick-and-mortar structure, said Joni Clark, chief development officer at Utah Community Action.
  Instead, the Imagination Playgrou
  
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• Judge won't toss charge in cliff crash that killed twin

  30-11-2017 01:48
  
  A judge has denied a motion to dismiss a murder charge against a woman accused of deliberately driving off a cliff in Maui and killing her identical twin sister.
  
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• Who buckles up in Utah? Women in Davis County, survey says

  30-11-2017 01:41
  SALT LAKE CITY — Who in Utah is most likely to wear their seat belt? Women in vans in Davis County, according to a survey by the Department of Public Safety.
  On the other hand, the Utahns least likely to use seat belts are men driving trucks on rural roads in San Juan County.
  The department published its annual survey earlier this month measuring seat belt use around the state, revealing the differences between men and women, as well as urban and rural drivers.
  According to the survey &mda
  
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• 1 hospitalized in downtown duplex fire

  30-11-2017 01:39
  SALT LAKE CITY — A duplex near several restaurants and businesses in Salt Lake City caught fire Wednesday, sending one person to the hospital with injuries.
  Few details were immediately available about the fire that ignited about 2:50 p.m. Wednesday at 254 S. Poplar Court (224 West). The Salt Lake City Fire Department declined to say the extent of the victim's injuries.
  Firefighters doused the flames within minutes, but continued to monitor the building for hidden embers. A cause and cost
  
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• Rep. Chris Stewart introduces bill to disclose Capitol Hill sexual harassment settlements

  30-11-2017 01:08
  SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., introduced legislation Wednesday that allows sexual harassment victims on Capitol Hill to release the names of their perpetrators and taxpayer-funded financial settlements.
  Victims currently must sign a nondisclosure agreement as part of the settlement process through the Office of Compliance. The legislation would remove the requirement, giving victims the option to speak publicly.
  In the wake of recent high-p
  
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• Report: Increasing Utah's graduate rate would give big boost to local economy

  30-11-2017 00:14
  SALT LAKE CITY — Student success is important to many parents, teachers and district officials, and it turns out it should be the focus for Utah businesses as well.
  Increasing Utah's high school graduation rate by 5 percentage points — to 90 percent — would lead to more education and increased income for those graduates, which means increased spending in terms of taxes, homebuying and other purchases, according to research by the Alliance for Excellent Education.
  It would also
  
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• Group calls investing in education 'best economic development package'

  30-11-2017 00:14
  SALT LAKE CITY — Student success is important to many parents, teachers and district officials, and it turns out it should be the focus for Utah businesses as well.
  Increasing Utah's high school graduation rate by 5 percentage points — to 90 percent — would lead to more education and higher income for those graduates, which means greater spending in terms of taxes, homebuying and other purchases, according to research by the Alliance for Excellent Education.
  It would also mean
  
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• Utah population grows by nearly 60K; Wasatch County sees fastest rise

  30-11-2017 00:01
  
  Utah’s population continues to grow, with central and southwestern Utah experiencing the largest population change from 2016 to 2017, according to a new state population estimate released Wednesday.
  
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