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• Authorities investigating report of sexual abuse at Park City day care

  09-01-2018 23:49
  
  Authorities are investigating a report of sexual abuse of a child at a day care facility at one of Park City’s resorts, according to Summit County sheriff’s officials.
  
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• User submitted: Photos capture eerie Utah scenes caused by weekend fog

  09-01-2018 23:30
  
  If you want to relive Sunday's dense fog that blanketed the Wasatch Front for several hours, we've got photos for you.
  
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• Supreme Court won't hear prairie dog protection suit from Utah

  09-01-2018 23:22
  SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Cedar City residents challenging endangered-species protections for prairie dogs, but the plaintiffs say their case alleging that their community has been overrun by the animals has had an impact.
  The lawsuit was a key driver of the new federal plan that would make it easier to remove or kill prairie dogs, lawyers for the residents of the southwestern Utah city said Monday.
  Attorney Jonathan Wood said his clients w
  
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• Curtis' monument bill earns praise, criticism

  09-01-2018 23:06
  SALT LAKE CITY — Tribal leaders, politicians and lobbyists sharply disagreed during a congressional hearing Tuesday over a proposed management plan for two newly declared national monuments in southeastern Utah.
  In his bill attempting to put into law President Donald Trump's order breaking the Bears Ears National Monument into two significantly smaller areas, Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, proposes to give Native American tribes a management role.
  Suzette Morris, a Ute Mountain Ute, told the Ho
  
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• S.R. 148 through Cedar Breaks closes for the winter

  09-01-2018 22:55
  CEDAR BREAKS NATIONAL MONUMENT — State Route 148, the scenic road through Cedar Breaks National Monument, has closed to vehicle traffic for the winter.
  Although the road is closed, visitors can still easily access the park via S.R. 143 and the town of Brian Head. That road, which connects Parowan to Panguitch, will remain open throughout the winter but could be closed temporarily due to heavy snowstorms.
  As the snow continues to build, Cedar Breaks rangers will offer guided snowshoe hikes
  
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• Utah groups honored for fighting 'modern-day slavery'

  09-01-2018 22:51
  SALT LAKE CITY — Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world and the second most lucrative behind only drugs, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes said Tuesday.
  Calling it a "horrible, evil institution," Reyes, in front of a standing room-only crowd in the Gold Room of the state Capitol, read a proclamation from Gov. Gary Herbert declaring January as Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in Utah, and honored local groups who have been fighting against tra
  
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• Sandy man dies after being hit by car driven by 15-year-old

  09-01-2018 22:42
  
  A man who police say was in the middle of a dark road was hit and killed by a 15-year-old driver with a learner's permit Monday.
  
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• Former Bonneville High art teacher has created everything from ads to sculptures

  09-01-2018 22:31
  
  Ogden-based artist David W. Jackson learned from every brush stroke during his experiences as a former Bonneville High School art teacher and as a working professional artist. While inspiring students, he also was inspired by what he was teaching.
  
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• Prosecutor Nathan Evershed announces run for district attorney

  09-01-2018 22:26
  WEST JORDAN — Citing a loss of confidence in Sim Gill's leadership that he claims is eroding public trust and leading to an exodus of prosecutors from the county, prosecutor Nathan Evershed announced his campaign Tuesday for Salt Lake County district attorney.
  Accompanied by law enforcement officers, fellow prosecutors and a few defense attorneys backing his bid, Evershed touted his experience prosecuting "everything from traffic tickets to homicides" over the past decade as he kicked off
  
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• USU's Science Unwrapped announces ‘Science of Art’ series

  09-01-2018 21:28
  LOGAN — Science Unwrapped, an outreach program of Utah State University's College of Science, will launch its new "The Science of Art" series on Friday, Jan. 26, in the Eccles Science Learning Center auditorium.
  The series is being held in conjunction with the university's "Year of the Arts" celebration and features an eclectic selection of speakers that focus on the intersections of art and science.
  The upcoming presenters include:
  • "Nabokov's Butterflies," presented by biologists Z
  
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• Toddler drank soda laced with meth, charges say

  09-01-2018 21:22
  GRANTSVILLE — Criminal charges have been filed against three Grantsville relatives after police say a 3-year-old girl became sick when she drank soda mixed with methamphetamine in her home.
  The child's mother, Lucinda Marie Black, 30, and the girl's aunt and uncle, Ashley Lee Black, 27, and Danie Adam Black, 23, are each charged in Tooele's 3rd District Court with causing a child to be exposed to a controlled substance, a second-degree felony.
  The three are also charged with drug possessio
  
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• 3 charged in connection with meth found in toddler's system

  09-01-2018 21:18
  
  Three siblings were charged after a 3-year-old girl tested positive for having methamphetamine in her system during a checkup at a hospital in December, according to court documents.
  
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• 3 arrested after meth found in toddler's system, police say

  09-01-2018 21:18
  
  Three siblings were arrested after a 3-year-old girl tested positive for having methamphetamine in her system during a checkup at a hospital in December, police said.
  
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• New Mexico official declines offer to head Utah's School Children's Trust

  09-01-2018 20:19
  SALT LAKE CITY — Craig Johnson, an administrator in the New Mexico State Land Office, has declined the position of director of the School Children's Trust Section.
  The State School Board offered Johnson the job last week, with the understanding that salary negotiations were ongoing.
  Emilie Wheeler, spokeswoman for the Utah State Board of Education, said Johnson "has been presented with some new opportunities at his current workplace and opted to stay in New Mexico."
  The process to find a s
  
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• South Jordan seeks applicants for Youth Council

  09-01-2018 20:17
  SOUTH JORDAN — The city's Youth Council is inviting students to apply for the opportunity to be a council member.
  Applications are available online at sjc.utah.gov/pdf/youthcouncil-application-form.pdf.
  Applications must be submitted by Saturday, March 17, and applicants will be contacted for an interview.
  Applicants must be South Jordan residents entering ninth through 12th grades and be interested in learning how government works. Council members are expected to commit to six to seven ho
  
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• Bluffdale considering rain barrel water-saving program

  09-01-2018 20:13
  BLUFFDALE — The city is considering offering rain barrels to residents in an effort to help conserve water.
  Residents are being asked for their input in the form of a four-question survey at surveymonkey.com/r/7MXMXX7.
  Among the questions the survey asks is whether residents would be willing to spend $75 for the 50-gallon barrels, how many they would buy and how the cost should be assessed on their water bills.
  
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• Sheriff's office seeks inmate who escaped from work release program

  09-01-2018 19:26
  
  The Cache County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s help in locating a man who they say absconded from his work release program Friday.
  
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• This Trump ally is running for Jeff Flake's open Arizona Senate seat, and Twitter freaked out

  09-01-2018 19:12
  Contenders have started lining up for Jeff Flake's Senate seat, one of whom is an ally to President Donald Trump.
  Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, announced Tuesday that he plans to run for Senate, hoping to fill the spot left vacant by Flake, who plans to retire at the end of his term.
  Arpaio is a close ally of Trump, who pardoned the sheriff last summer, "sparing the former sheriff jail time after he was convicted of ignoring a federal court order in a racial-profi
  
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• Viracon plant to close, eliminating 200 jobs in St. George

  09-01-2018 18:59
  
  Nearly 200 St. George employees will need to find a new place to work when the Viracon glass plant permanently closes its doors in March.
  
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• Former BYU running back Ryan Folsom dies in California head-on crash

  09-01-2018 18:43
  
  A former BYU football player was killed in a head-on car accident in California Sunday.
  
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• Sandy man killed in auto-pedestrian crash

  09-01-2018 17:34
  MIDVALE — A man who police say was in the middle of a dark road was hit and killed by a 15-year-old driver with a learner's permit Monday.
  The incident happened just after 10 p.m. at 300 East and 8000 South. Jordan Heugly, 23, of Sandy, was crossing the road to go to work when he was hit by a Ford Mustang driven by a 15-year-old boy, said Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke.
  The driver stopped and immediately called 911, but Heugly was pronounced dead at the scene, Lohrke said.
  Investigators s
  
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• Homeowner displays VW Beetle in tree; Clearfield officials demand she take it down

  09-01-2018 17:22
  
  Some people prefer the road less traveled, and Janis Zettel has certainly taken a few detours with her yard.
  
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• 1 killed, 1 injured in head-on crash near Vernal

  09-01-2018 17:10
  VERNAL — One person was killed and another injured in a head-on crash outside Vernal on Monday evening.
  The driver was traveling along state Route 40 near 895 West about 6:30 p.m. when the vehicle shifted into oncoming traffic, hitting another vehicle head on, according to Vernal Assistant Police Chief Keith Campbell.
  The driver in the first vehicle was killed while a passenger was rushed to an area hospital, then taken by medical helicopter to another hospital along the Wasatch Front, Cam
  
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• Police ID pedestrian who died after being hit by car Monday

  09-01-2018 16:55
  
  Unified police have identified a pedestrian who died when he was hit by a car in Salt Lake County Monday night.
  
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• No money for travel? Davis Art Center's new photo exhibition brings the world to Utah

  09-01-2018 15:00
  BOUNTIFUL — As curator Cara Krebs contemplated what to title a new travel and adventure photography exhibit coming to the Bountiful Davis Art Center, the line, "Not all those who wander are lost" from the poem "All That is Gold Does Not Glitter" in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring" came to mind.
  "The poem is about Aragorn, who is a member of the Rangers in Lord of the Rings," Krebs said. "In the books, the Rangers are viewed unfavorably by those they protect, as 'wanderers' or
  
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• In our opinion: Compassionate and effective solutions to emulate in the opioid crisis

  09-01-2018 14:05
  Efforts to address homelessness in Utah and the high rate of opioid drug abuse have had the beneficial effect of bringing community organizations together to foster greater awareness and better responses to the problem of untreated mental illness.And now there are solutions worthy of emulating.A campaign in Carbon County to create an integrated and holistic approach to a crisis in abuse of opioid-based narcotics, focusing on detection, diagnosis and treatment, is underway.In Utah County, authori
  
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• Help us find Sterling Scholars for an upcoming feature story

  09-01-2018 14:00
  Since 1962, the Deseret News has honored high school seniors from around the Beehive State through its Sterling Scholar program. In recent years, the program has been sponsored by both Deseret News and KSL Broadcasting Group.
  For an upcoming feature story, we want to catch up with our Sterling Scholars and find out where they are today. If you are a Sterling Scholar, please complete the form on this page. If you know someone who was a Sterling Scholar between 1962 and 2017, please send them a li
  
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• 1 killed, 1 hospitalized in Vernal crash

  09-01-2018 09:35
  
  One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash, police confirmed Monday night.
  
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• New York Times issues response to complaints about President Monson obituary

  09-01-2018 05:21
  
  The New York Times has issued a formal response to the many readers who "reacted strongly" to the paper's coverage of the death of LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson.
  
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• At least 1 killed in Vernal crash

  09-01-2018 04:54
  
  At least one person was killed in a crash near 1000 W. Main Street on Monday night.
  
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• New federal tax law may not mean windfall for Utah coffers after all

  09-01-2018 03:46
  SALT LAKE CITY — The new federal tax changes just passed by Congress may not mean a windfall in Utah income tax collections after all, Senate President Wayne Niederhauser warned Monday.
  "I think everyone needs to understand that we're not sure," the Sandy Republican told an audience of lobbyists, lawmakers and others gathered for the annual Utah Taxpayers Association's Legislative Outlook Conference.
  He said predictions of additional income tax collections, estimated earlier in the confere
  
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• Salt Lake family's Christmas dreams come true thanks to a homebuying assistance program

  09-01-2018 03:37
  
  Thanks to a homebuying assistance program, one Utah family has a dream come true just in time for Christmas.
  
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• Utah Education Savings Plan managing $12B in assets

  09-01-2018 02:57
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Education Savings Plan is now managing $12 billion in assets, a 20 percent increase from a year ago. UESP is the fourth-largest 529 college savings plan in the nation.
  Utah's plan administers almost 355,000 accounts, up 7 percent from a year earlier. A year ago, the plan was managing $10 billion in assets.
  "Assets under management are a key indicator of consumer confidence," said Lynne Ward, UESP executive director. "Families in every state of the country are draw
  
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• Ex-BYU student pleads guilty, sentenced for making meth again

  09-01-2018 02:57
  SALT LAKE CITY — A former BYU student who has been convicted and jailed for making methamphetamine inside his student apartment in Provo has again pleaded guilty to trying to make meth in a different case.
  Bryce Cazier, 25, pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced second-degree felony count of attempted operation of a clandestine lab. He was sentenced to 24 months probation.
  Cazier was charged August 2016 in 3rd District Court with attempting to operate a clandestine lab, a first-degree felony &
  
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• Photos: Fourth-graders schooled on raising rainbow trout

  09-01-2018 02:35
  Fourth-graders Limhi Madrigal, left, and Kari Neklason look at rainbow trout eggs in a cup at Hawthorne Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Monday. Thirty-three Utah schools will receive approximately 200 eggs as part of Trout Unlimited's Trout in the Classroom program. The eggs, which were provided by the Division of Wildlife Resources, will be placed in specially designed tanks where students can observe changes as the eggs develop into young fish. The students will help raise the fish and
  
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• Hundreds calling about convenience store hepatitis A scare

  09-01-2018 02:34
  WEST JORDAN — Salt Lake County health workers were busy taking calls Monday after warning people over the weekend that about 2,000 recent customers of a 7-Eleven could be at risk of contracting the hepatitis A virus.
  "We have nine call-takers … at our call center, and the phones are constantly busy," said Nicholas Rupp, Salt Lake County Health Department spokesman. "The phones haven't stopped."
  "The message got out there, which we appreciate."
  By 1 p.m., 256 people who had called ha
  
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• 5 rising tech trends at CES

  09-01-2018 02:12
  
  The Consumer Electronics Show, while perhaps an overwhelming marketing mass, is also a harbinger of the future. Here are five tech trends you’ll likely be seeing in the years to come.
  
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• Ex-Superfund site now one of fastest-growing neighborhoods

  09-01-2018 02:08
  MIDVALE — The Salt Lake Valley's most rapidly growing neighborhood consists largely of a former Superfund site that has shed its toxic status and given way to glossy apartment buildings.
  Now known as Bingham Junction, the land once was part of the Midvale Slag site, with smoking smelters that contaminated groundwater and soil with arsenic and lead.
  Two years after federal regulators removed the site from its list of toxic areas most in need of environmental cleanup, newly released state da
  
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• North Ogden mayor first to deploy while in office

  09-01-2018 02:05
  NORTH OGDEN — A Weber County official is about to become one of the first known sitting mayors in state history to deploy for wartime service.
  North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor, who also serves as an officer in the Utah Army National Guard, announced Monday he will be deploying to Afghanistan later this month for an anticipated 12-month tour of duty. Taylor previously served two tours in Iraq and one tour in Afghanistan. He served the tour in Afghanistan while a member of the North Ogden City
  
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• Law simplifies sale of seized guns to limit destruction

  09-01-2018 02:00
  
  A new Utah law aimed at stopping the destruction of guns seized by police is making it easier to sell the firearms instead.
  
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• Rube Goldberg competition set for Jan. 19 at WSU

  09-01-2018 01:39
  OGDEN — Students of all ages will have the chance to explore the fun side of science, technology, engineering and math, as Weber State University and the Utah Air Force Association sponsor the Live Division II Rube Goldberg Competition at noon on Jan. 19 in the Shepherd Union Ballroom.
  "The Rube Goldberg Contest really brings STEM home to kids," Dana Dellinger, director of the Center of Technology Outreach for the College of Engineering, Applied Science & Technology, said in a statemen
  
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• Charges: S.L. man caused fatal crash he blamed on dead friend

  09-01-2018 01:36
  TOOELE — A Salt Lake man who prosecutors say tried to pin the blame for a fatal DUI crash on his dead friend in 2016 was charged Monday with automobile homicide.
  The key piece of evidence came from comparing DNA collected off the car's airbag with the deceased man and the man who police say was the actual driver.
  Isaac James Hernandez, 29, is charged in Tooele's 3rd District Court with automobile homicide, a second-degree felony; DUI, a third-degree felony; DUI, a class A misdemeanor; and
  
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• Crews pull injured man from Utah cave following 12-hour rescue

  09-01-2018 01:33
  SALT LAKE CITY — A California man who fell while exploring Utah's longest cave near Vernal remained hospitalized Monday following a dramatic 12-hour rescue.
  On Sunday, a 24-year-old man and three friends were exploring Little Brushcreek Cave, located in the Ashley National Forest near Dinosaur National Monument, when the man slipped and fell approximately 50 feet, breaking both of his arms, said Uintah County Sheriff's Cpl. Brian Fletcher. The men were an estimated 500 feet inside the cave
  
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• Woman to stand trial in deadly hit-and-run near Salt Lake homeless shelter

  09-01-2018 01:21
  SALT LAKE CITY — A woman accused of plowing a car into a group of people on a street corner last July, killing one woman, has been ordered to stand trial.
  Shutney Lee Kyzer, 37, is charged in 3rd District Court with leaving the scene of an accident involving death, a third-degree felony; unauthorized control of a vehicle for an extended time, a third-degree felony; and driving on the sidewalk, an infraction.
  Prosecutors allege Kyzer drove onto the sidewalk near 425 W. 200 South and hit six
  
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• Sen. Orrin Hatch honors 'dear friend' President Thomas S. Monson on Senate floor

  09-01-2018 01:10
  SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Orrin Hatch paid tribute to his "dear friend" LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson, who died last week, in a speech in the U.S. Senate on Monday.
  President Monson's love for God defined a lifetime of selfless service, the senator said. Growing up during the Depression, he learned from his parents the importance of taking care of others.
  "From any early age, Tom displayed a remarkable concern for the most vulnerable among us, and throughout his life he showed that con
  
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• Sen. Orrin Hatch says Oprah Winfrey would have a shot to be president

  09-01-2018 01:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Orrin Hatch said Oprah Winfrey would have a shot to be president if she were to run and that he'd like to talk to her about the job.
  "I think a lot of people would consider her because she's a winner," the Utah Republican told TMZ in a brief interview Monday as he walked through the Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
  When asked what he thought about her running, Hatch said, "That'd be great. She's a great soul."
  Winfrey's speech at the Golden Globes on Sunday
  
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• Satellite phones now available for cellphone-challenged areas in Iron County

  09-01-2018 00:45
  
  Iron County commissioners, concerned with the lack of cellphone coverage at the Iron County shooting range and in Cedar Canyon along state Route 14, have come up with a solution.
  
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• Mitt Romney treated for prostate cancer over the summer

  09-01-2018 00:44
  
  Mitt Romney was treated for prostate cancer last year, according to an aide to the likely candidate for the Utah seat in the U.S. Senate now held by retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch.
  
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• Mitt Romney was treated for prostate cancer over summer

  09-01-2018 00:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney was treated for prostate cancer last year, according to an aide to the likely candidate for the Utah seat in the U.S. Senate now held by retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch.
  "Last year, Gov. Mitt Romney was diagnosed with slow-growing prostate cancer. The cancer was removed surgically and found not to have spread beyond the prostate," the aide said in a statement to the Deseret News.
  Romney, 70, was treated over the summer, according to a source cited by The Washington P
  
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• Wasatch Yeti Bash set for Feb. 2 at Ogden’s Union Station

  09-01-2018 00:24
  OGDEN — The third annual Wasatch Yeti Bash is set for Feb. 2 at Union Station, 2501 Wall Ave.
  The free event will kick off at 4 p.m. and will include an interactive winter arts market, a community bike ride, fat bike demonstrations, yeti yoga, live entertainment, s'mores, a beer garden, yeti sightings, a beard competition and costumed fun for all ages.
  In addition to the Yeti Bash, the Sweaty Yeti Fat Bike Race will take place at 9 a.m. on Feb. 3 at Wolf Creek Resort, 3900 North Wolf Creek
  
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