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• Motorcyclist critically injured after colliding with school bus in Highland

  13-02-2018 23:58
  
  A motorcyclist was critically injured after police say he collided with a school bus Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• UVU, Oxford launch 'groundbreaking' platform to study constitutions, treaties

  13-02-2018 23:54
  OREM — Utah Valley University, in partnership with the University of Oxford, launched on Tuesday the Quill Project, a "groundbreaking" research platform to conduct contextual study of negotiated texts, with its initial focus on the 1787 Constitutional Convention.The project re-creates what it was like to be present in the room and witness what was being discussed at the time of the U.S. Constitution's creation."Quill models formal negotiations, including legislative and quasi-Parliamentary
  
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• Little Sahara Recreation Area Visitor Center reopens

  13-02-2018 23:17
  FILLMORE — The Bureau of Land Management's Fillmore field office will reopen the Little Sahara Recreation Area Visitor Center on Sunday, just in time for those planning a visit during Presidents Day weekend.In addition, all four campgrounds will be open with access to vault toilets. The one-night permit fee is $18 per vehicle. This fee includes use of the area for two days and one night. Discounts are available for veterans and senior citizens.Season passes are available at the Fillmore fi
  
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• Police ID man found dead in Clearfield after neighbors report shooting in Clinton

  13-02-2018 22:56
  
  Police are investigating a deadly shooting in Clinton Tuesday morning. The person who was shot was later found deceased in a pickup truck, police say.
  
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• Deputy: Truck driver arrested for DUI after inability to stand during sobriety test

  13-02-2018 22:31
  
  Joe Medina, 45, was swerving back and forth on I-84 in Morgan County while traveling east in a commercial semitruck, according to Morgan County deputy Jeremy Jaques.
  
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• Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams renews pledge to pull support of homeless site if revenue bill fails

  13-02-2018 22:22
  SALT LAKE CITY — In his fifth State of the County address — potentially his last should he win his congressional bid — Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams highlighted 2017 successes, from overcoming challenges while working to reform the county's homeless system, to maintaining the county's strong financial standing."I am honored to be here today, repeating the words you've heard from me before: The state of our county is strong," McAdams said in his speech at the Salt Lake Coun
  
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• Bail reduction denied for Utahn accused of killing stepdad in fight

  13-02-2018 22:01
  PROVO — A judge has denied a reduction in bail for a South Jordan man accused of killing his stepfather in a fight last year.But despite the decision, Jace Zeeman posted bail and was released from Utah County Jail on Monday night, according to a spokesman for the Utah County Sheriff's Office.Police say Zeeman, 27, may have been fighting with his stepfather, Brandon Bourgeois, 47, in an effort to defend his mother, but took the altercation too far.Zeeman was originally charged with manslaug
  
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• Renewing driver's license? Bill would tell you about improving air quality

  13-02-2018 21:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — Information about what drivers can do to improve air quality would be available as part of issuing and renewing drivers' licenses under a bill unanimously approved by the House Transportation Committee Tuesday.The sponsor of HB331, Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Alpine, said he sees the effort as using a carrot rather than a stick to persuade drivers to take measures to limit vehicle emissions, a major contributor to air pollution.Kennedy said he appreciated hearing there would be c
  
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• Salt Lake Arts Council seeking nominations for artists award

  13-02-2018 21:41
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake Arts Council is seeking nominations for the 2018 Mayor's Artists Awards, which honors the contributions individuals and organizations make to the city's cultural life.Nominees must be residents of Salt Lake City, work in the city or demonstrate their contribution to the arts in the city. Cash awards of $500 will be presented to each of the winning nominees at the Utah Arts Festival in June.Nominations must be received by 5 p.m. on Friday, March 2. More inform
  
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• Bill directing cultivation of full-strength cannabis in Utah narrowly passes House

  13-02-2018 21:24
  SALT LAKE CITY — By the thinnest of margins, the state House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would instruct the Department of Agriculture to oversee the cultivation and processing of full-strength cannabis in Utah.HB197 passed with 38 votes, the fewest a measure can receive in that body and still pass. Thirty-two representatives voted against the so-called cannabis cultivation bill, and four were absent.About a dozen representatives switched sides on the measure since last
  
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• 3 Utah inmates charged in violent prison attack

  13-02-2018 21:23
  SALT LAKE CITY — Three documented gang members accused of brutally attacking another inmate at the Utah State Prison have been charged with a number of felonies, including attempted murder.In addition, the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office is seeking enhanced penalties for at least one of the men for allegedly being a habitual offender.Andres Delacruz, 31, was charged Monday in 3rd District Court with attempted murder, possession of a prohibited item in a correctional facility an
  
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• Ogden woman who survived terminal colon cancer struts catwalk for New York Fashion Week

  13-02-2018 20:57
  
  Darla Rodgers, who was diagnosed with stage IVB colon cancer in 2014, participated in New York Fashion Week, along with more than a dozen other cancer survivors.
  
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• Bill allowing cyclists to roll through stop signs clears first hurdle

  13-02-2018 20:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill allowing cyclists to roll through stop signs was unanimously advanced Tuesday by the House Transportation Committee despite concerns raised about safety."Cyclists do this anyway," the sponsor of HB58, Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, D-Holladay, told the committee. Moss said studies have shown that similar laws have not caused an increase in accidents.She described the bill as letting cyclists treat stop signs as yield signs but said they would still have to wait for a tra
  
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• 2 light pollution groups to hold conferences at Snowbird

  13-02-2018 20:32
  SNOWBIRD — This fall, members of two international organizations dealing with the issue of light pollution will convene conferences at Snowbird.The International Dark-Sky Association's 30th annual general meeting will be held Nov. 9 and 10, followed by the Artificial Light at Night's fifth international conference Nov. 12 through 15. The conference, which is being held in the United States for the first time, is put on in collaboration with the University of Utah's Consortium for Dark Sky
  
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• Washington County GOP elects lawyer to replace Utah House member caught in sex scandal

  13-02-2018 20:18
  
  Washington County Republicans elected Travis Seegmiller on Monday to replace a Utah House member who abruptly resigned last week.
  
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• Man found with gunshot wound in parking lot of Taylorsville hotel

  13-02-2018 19:33
  TAYLORSVILLE — Police are looking for a man and woman after a man was found with a gunshot wound to his hand in the parking lot of a Taylorsville hotel.About 5:25 a.m., police were called by a tenant of the Crossland Economy Suites, 5683 S. Redwood Road, stating she heard a gunshot and someone moaning, said Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke.When officers arrived, they found blood on the back of one of the buildings and followed a trail of blood to one of the rooms, he said.Investigators sear
  
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• St. George's Gary Esplin retires as longest-serving city manager in nation

  13-02-2018 19:30
  
  A lot has changed since 1975 when a part-timer in city administration earning $1.92 per hour was made the city manager of St. George. Over 40 years later, he’s credited with being a driving force behind the city’s development.
  
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• Should Utah Constitution include protection against electronic data searches?

  13-02-2018 19:10
  SALT LAKE CITY — A proposal to add electronic data and communications to the Utah Constitution protection against unreasonable searches sparked a thought-provoking debate among state lawmakers but no conclusion Tuesday."It's a tricky, tricky issue," Rep. McKell, R-Spanish Fork, said after an hourlong House Judiciary Committee discussion.Rep. Craig Hall, R-West Valley City, proposed a resolution, HCR9, that would ask voters to amend the state constitution to include electronic data such as
  
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• Bountiful man faces additional child sex abuse charges

  13-02-2018 19:09
  BOUNTIFUL — A Bountiful man already charged with kidnapping a toddler in his neighborhood and sexually abusing her now faces more criminal charges.Kyle Curtis Jones, 23, was charged Monday in 2nd District Court with two counts of sexual abuse of a child, a second-degree felony. He was already charged in December with child kidnapping and aggravated sexual abuse of a child, both first-degree felonies.In December, Jones was charged with taking a toddler to his basement and sexually abusing h
  
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• A.M. notes: Jazz roll for 10th straight win, Utah lawmaker calls for more state powers, 6 Salt Lake goats found

  13-02-2018 19:09
  Here's a look at the news for Feb. 13, 2018.Jazz roll for 10th straight winThe Utah Jazz won their 10th consecutive game Monday night against the San Antonio Spurs at Vivint Arena in a game that featured a nail-biting finish, according to the Deseret News.Donovan Mitchell scored a game-high 25 points, including the Jazz's final five points in the last minute of the game.The Jazz controlled both the steals and 3-pointers made in the game, outdueling the Spurs in both areas.The Jazz will face the
  
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• Surveillance footage reviewed in alleged entrapment of state senator

  13-02-2018 18:22
  
  Sen. Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City, said Monday he's reviewed surveillance footage from the Little America Hotel as part of the ongoing investigation into whether a woman claiming to be his "date" tried to entrap him.
  
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• Committee revives bill to create legislative oversight entity, water task force won't support reform measures

  13-02-2018 18:00
  
  Several GOP lawmakers changed their votes to revive a bill to create a legislative oversight entity, and water task force members will not support controversial legislative reform measures.
  
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• Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes meets with Trump team on road issues

  13-02-2018 17:21
  
  Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes is in Washington today for a meeting on the Trump administration’s infrastructure initiative.
  
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• Elementary students celebrate Year of the Dog with lion dance

  13-02-2018 17:02
  
  Students from Calvin Smith Elementary in Taylorsville perform a Chinese lion dance Monday in the state Capitol rotunda in Salt Lake City to commemorate the Chinese New Year, which falls on Friday.
  
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• Lawmaker: Proposed bill will create jobs in rural Utah

  13-02-2018 17:01
  
  A Utah lawmaker has introduced a bill that would create a pilot Utah State University Extension program to help boost employment in rural parts of the state.
  
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• Utah moves to sue California over fee on coal power

  13-02-2018 16:02
  
  Utah lawmakers gave initial approval Monday to a proposal that would set aside $2 million to sue California over rules that make coal-fired power more expensive.
  
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• Fatal shooting under investigation in Clinton

  13-02-2018 14:38
  
  Police are investigating a deadly shooting in Clinton Tuesday morning. The person who was shot was later found deceased in a pickup truck, police say.
  
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• Police investigate report of person shot in Taylorsville

  13-02-2018 14:21
  
  Police are responding to a report of an individual shot in the hand in Taylorsville Tuesday morning.
  
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• Inside the movement for paid time off to have a baby — in Utah and beyond

  13-02-2018 12:00
  COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — After giving birth to her daughter River in April, Kelsey Hixson-Bowles began a quick countdown from 10 — the number of paid days she could take off work.Hixson-Bowles, 27, scraped together another five days by cashing in the few paid sick and vacation hours she'd managed to accrue since accepting a position at Utah Valley University last February.When River was a month old, Hixson-Bowles was working full-time from home and a few weeks after that, was back in the
  
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• Olympic sport of badminton proves to be golden at Payson junior high

  13-02-2018 06:45
  
  Most public schools offer the major sports — football, basketball, baseball. Far fewer schools in Utah offer badminton as more than an occasional P.E. activity. That’s not the case at Payson Junior High School.
  
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• Elk fells helicopter in remote Wasatch County

  13-02-2018 06:22
  FRUITLAND, Duchesne County — A pilot and passenger from Australia sustained only small cuts and bruises when an elk jumped and severed the tail rotor of their helicopter Monday evening near Currant Creek in Wasatch County.The pair was attempting to net the animal, Wasatch County Search and Rescue said on Facebook.Few details were immediately released, and it was not clear how the elk fared. First responders from Fruitland evaluated the two aboard the helicopter."Not something you see every
  
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• 6 Salt Lake goats found after disappearing overnight

  13-02-2018 05:45
  
  A half-dozen baby goats that disappeared overnight from a ranch in unincorporated Salt Lake County were back at home less than 24 hours later, their owners said.
  
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• 6 missing Salt Lake goats found

  13-02-2018 05:21
  SALT LAKE CITY — A half-dozen baby goats that disappeared overnight from a ranch in unincorporated Salt Lake County were back at home less than 24 hours later, their owners said."We're just in shock. We cannot believe they're found," said Cross E Ranch co-owner Dalon Hinckley. "They were all starving, but they're all fine and back home, so wow, what a miracle!"Early Monday morning, Hinckley woke up to find a four-wheeler in the road. He believes thieves tried to steal the ATV that needs ne
  
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• Utah County woman nearly becomes victim of 'port-out' phone scam

  13-02-2018 05:14
  
  A nationwide scam targeting customers of T-Mobile has arrived to Utah. A customer in American Fork says someone “ported” her number, and within minutes was able to gain control of her bank account and credit card.
  
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• Are major water reforms poised to take a dive?

  13-02-2018 04:38
  SALT LAKE CITY — At an emergency meeting of the state Executive Water Task Force, members said they will not throw their support behind controversial legislative reform measures and would instead prefer they receive study over the coming interim.That Monday decision was followed by a legislative subcommittee's endorsement of moving to establishing a working group of "subject matter experts" to take up the issue of extraterritorial jurisdiction in Wasatch watersheds and transparency involvi
  
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• Police find missing South Jordan teen in need of medication

  13-02-2018 04:24
  
  Police found an endangered teen who went missing Sunday night after she left her home in South Jordan.
  
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• Police find missing South Jordan teen

  13-02-2018 04:24
  
  Police found an endangered teen who went missing Sunday night after she left her home in South Jordan.
  
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• CNA charged with posting inappropriate video on Snapchat of senior at assisted living center

  13-02-2018 04:10
  
  A nursing assistant at an assisted living center was charged Monday with making an inappropriate video of a resident and sharing it on social media.
  
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• Fatal crash temporarily closes Redwood Road near Saratoga Springs

  13-02-2018 04:02
  
  A crash three miles south of Saratoga Springs temporarily closed Redwood Road in both directions Monday afternoon.
  
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• Student illness being blamed for high absences in Utah County

  13-02-2018 03:37
  
  One elementary school in the Alpine School District reported 150 kids absent Monday due to sickness — and they're not alone. Several other schools in Utah County have been hit hard during this cold and flu season.
  
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• $2.5 million tech career incentive program wins House committee approval

  13-02-2018 03:06
  SALT LAKE CITY — While the sponsor of legislation that would create a $2.5 million program to offer debt relief to Utah college grads in STEM fields that stay in-state to work would bolster critical workforce needs in the growing tech industry, critics say it's an unfair attack on the fair market.Sen. Ann Milner, R-Ogden, said her SB104 would create a program similar to a previous effort that retired student loan debt for educators that stayed and worked in Utah schools after graduation.Th
  
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• Immigrant proud to be part of Team USA's 'patchwork' of diversity

  13-02-2018 02:57
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — If it weren’t for the restrictions on what can be bought with food stamps, Allen Tran may never have found his way to be the man in charge of nutrition for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team.The son of refugees, Tran wondered why his mother didn’t buy the popular sugar frosted cereal that all of his friends seemed to be enjoying.“We were on food stamps,” said Tran, who was born in Chicago’s inner city after his family fled post-war Viet
  
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• Son of refugees proud to be part of Team USA's 'patchwork' of diversity

  13-02-2018 02:50
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — If it weren’t for the restrictions on what can be bought with food stamps, Allen Tran may never have found his way to be the man in charge of nutrition for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team.The son of refugees, Tran wondered why his mother didn’t buy the popular sugar frosted cereal that all of his friends seemed to be enjoying.“We were on food stamps,” said Tran, who was born in Chicago’s inner city after his family fled post-war Viet
  
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• School funding equalization bill would create no winners or losers, says sponsor of SB145

  13-02-2018 02:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill intended to help equalize public school funding "does not create any winners and (any) losers," according to its sponsor, was endorsed Monday by the Senate Education Committee.SB145, sponsored by Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, would set aside $36 million from the state's education fund to increase the statewide minimum funding level for school districts, adding funding each year."Over time, every district can count themselves a winner under the Minimum Schoo
  
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• House panel OKs ban on donations to executive branch during session

  13-02-2018 02:48
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill to prohibit campaign contributions to the executive branch while the Utah Legislature is in session advanced Monday.HB320 passed 9-0 out of the House Government Operations Committee. It now goes to the House floor.The bill corrects what sponsor Rep. Mark Wheatley, D-Salt Lake City, called an "oversight" in state code by prohibiting fundraising by the lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor and state treasurer when the Legislature is in session. The same
  
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• Theft victim just wants her mother’s ashes back

  13-02-2018 02:43
  
  Thieves broke into several cars in a Liberty Park neighborhood overnight, taking something that means everything to the woman who lost it.
  
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• Committee approves telehealth mental health pilot for schools

  13-02-2018 02:22
  SALT LAKE CITY — The House Education Committee endorsed legislation Monday that would create a two-year telehealth mental health pilot program that could be accessed by a limited number of public schools.Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, sponsor of HB308, said there is tremendous need for mental health services in Utah schools such as crisis intervention and to buttress the labors of the extremely limited number of school counselors and social workers. Rural schools have especially limited re
  
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• Senate approves bill making Utahraptor state dinosaur

  13-02-2018 02:04
  SALT LAKE CITY — Standing on a chair to address the Senate, 10-year-old Kenyon Roberts displayed his knowledge of dinosaurs to senators after they passed a bill designating the Utahraptor as the state dinosaur.Roberts was the reason behind SB43, the bill's sponsor, Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, said. Bramble said Roberts, the son of a friend, convinced him to put aside his cynicism about state symbols.The bill, which passed 26-0 and now goes to the House, initially would have replaced anothe
  
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• Utah's Martha vs. Philo debate marches on

  13-02-2018 01:54
  SALT LAKE CITY — In the ongoing saga of suffragette versus scientist, a House legislative committee on Monday voted in support of a resolution to replace a Washington, D.C. statue of Philo T. Farnsworth with one of Martha Hughes Cannon, but the end of the debate seems far from over.Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, highlighted the extraordinary life of Cannon, a Mormon pioneer who became a doctor, women's rights advocate and the first woman elected to a state senate in the country, in prese
  
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• Bill seeks to prevent quiet tax devaluations, inspired by Rio Tinto Stadium appeal

  13-02-2018 01:46
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Senate passed a bill Monday meant to ensure large tax devaluations don't go unnoticed, inspired by the property tax appeal Real Salt Lake's Rio Tinto Stadium won years ago resulting in millions in tax savings.After no debate, the Senate voted 27-0 to pass SB101. It now goes to the House.The bill's sponsor, Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, said in an interview Monday he's concerned that such a large tax evaluation went unnoticed for years until media reports broug
  
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