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• Utah fathers, sons learn lessons of love, service in Puerto Rico

  25-12-2017 23:40
  RINCON, Puerto Rico — Statton Davis planned to turn 17 in style.
  The well-planned celebration included a friend-centered party, a vintage turntable, some classic rock vinyl and new snowmobile gear that he picked out long before his Dec. 2 birthday.
  Instead, the Cache County teen marked his birthday with his dad, scrambling across battered tin roofs in Puerto Rico, converting orange buckets into water filtration systems — and learning a life lesson that all that stuff he thought was i
  
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• Former Utahns who lost daughter in Sandy Hook shooting reflect on past 5 years

  25-12-2017 23:39
  BRUSH PRAIRIE, Wash. (TNS) — On an autumn afternoon in the Northwest, aspen trees drop golden leaves as a damp breeze pulls through the branches of tall cedars outside the home of Robbie and Alissa Parker. Painted pumpkins sit in the shade of their covered porch. A small fountain bubbles next to the front walk, where a child's pail and shovel sits on a stone wall.
  Inside, the picture is no less bucolic. Lines of hazy sunlight filter through the blinds in the family room where Robbie reads
  
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• Mother Nature delivers white Christmas to Utah

  25-12-2017 21:42
  SALT LAKE CITY — A backcountry avalanche warning was in effect Monday for much of northern Utah after a Christmas storm dumped more than a foot of snow in the upper elevations and several inches along the Wasatch Front.
  At least 16 inches of snow had fallen at Park City, with nearly 8 inches at West Weber and 5 inches at Bountiful and South Ogden, the National Weather Service said.
  Salt Lake International Airport reported 4 inches of new snow on the ground. Logan had 3.8 inches.
  The snow w
  
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• Avalanche warning issued for much of northern Utah

  25-12-2017 21:42
  
  A backcountry avalanche warning was in effect Monday for much of northern Utah after a Christmas storm dumped more than a foot of snow in the upper elevations and several inches along the Wasatch Front.
  
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• Cedar City man wearing body armor shot by police in standoff

  25-12-2017 21:38
  ST. GEORGE — Police shot a Cedar City man in the chest early Monday after he claimed he had explosives in his home and wielded a medieval-style battle ax, but he survived with no serious injuries because he was wearing body armor, authorities said.
  Two officers first tried using stun guns, but the darts had no apparent effect before an officer shot 38-year-old Benjamin Dee Wilcken, Cedar City police said.
  Wilcken retreated to the garage of the home for several more hours before he surrende
  
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• Utah family doubles down on solar investment in the name of clean air

  25-12-2017 02:04
  DRAPER — Twelve-year-old Elline Harrison's motivation for a recent school science project also captures the heart of her family's decision to invest in a new rooftop solar power system — and a high-speed electric vehicle charging station — for their home on the bench above this Salt Lake County suburb.
  "I was just interested in solar and wanted the world to be a better place and wanted the environment to be better," Elline said.
  Elline's mom, Dr. Suzanne Harrison, is an anesthe
  
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• Officials warn of dangerous avalanche conditions in northern Utah

  25-12-2017 01:55
  SALT LAKE CITY — A building winter storm could drop several inches of heavy snow along the Wasatch Front and create dangerous avalanche conditions in the higher elevations of northern Utah.
  The U.S. Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center Sunday issued an avalanche watch for local mountains ranges, including peaks near Logan, Ogden and Salt Lake City, as well as the western Uinta Mountains. Forecasters warn of high snowslide potential and extremely hazardous conditions developing overnight in
  
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• 12 (mostly) holiday movies filmed in Utah

  25-12-2017 00:33
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Film Commission recently announced its holiday movie recommendation list, and, no surprise, all the films on it had at least one locally filmed scene.
  Utah Film Commission Director Virginia Pearce said in a press release that she's not surprised Utah is featured so often in Christmas movies.
  "We continue to be an attractive destination for holiday season content. Location is key, and it's often the more mundane, unexpected and even off-the-beaten-path locations th
  
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• If you want to save $3,000, this Utah county is the one for you

  25-12-2017 00:27
  A new study that looked at where the country's biggest savers live indicated that a higher income leads to more savings.
  The study by SmartAsset found that in Utah, Summit County led the way, where residents saved an average $3,867 per year. Summit ranked ahead of Morgan, Wasatch, Salt Lake and Davis counties.
  Residents in Summit County, where Park City is located, had an average income of $98,128, which was more than double for residents in Morgan, Wasatch, Salt Lake and Davis, according to the
  
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