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• Utah County Jail culinary program develops skills and more

  18-02-2018 23:49
  PROVO (AP) — The smell of fresh-baked bread fills the air of the commercial kitchen as an industrial dishwasher hums in the background. Men in a variety of colored hairnets and maroon shirts, with Utah County Jail printed in black lettering, wipe down tables, peel vegetables, and prep meals.The Utah County Jail Culinary Arts program utilizes inmates labor in the commercial kitchen. The kitchen produces thousands of meals a day for the Meals on Wheels program, jail staff, and for the inmate
  
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• Legislature: Lawmakers honor fallen soldiers, child health measure advances

  18-02-2018 23:32
  
  This week in the Utah State Legislature, lawmakers held a solemn tribute to honor fallen soldiers.
  
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• Proposed license plate options include retro black look

  18-02-2018 22:10
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers are considering a trio of bills that would create new license plates, recognizing the Utah State Historical Society, promoting Autism awareness and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted American women the right to vote.Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, last week presented to the Senate Business and Labor Committee SB41, which would create a Utah State Historical Society license plate.The plate would be solid black with
  
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• Photos: Performers mark Lunar New Year

  18-02-2018 22:05
  Members of Nishang Dance perform during a Lunar New Year celebration at Cottonwood High School in Murray on Saturday. Known as the Spring Festival, or more commonly, Chinese New Year, it is the largest and most important annual festival celebrated by Chinese around the world. This year, the Lunar New Year fell on Friday, marking the beginning of the Year of the Dog.
  
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• How an LDS calling led to a charity that gives color coordinated kits for the needy

  18-02-2018 22:04
  SALT LAKE CITY — Some very nice ladies could use your help.That is, if your definition of very nice means helping out victims of domestic abuse and refugees who have made their way to Utah from war-torn lands.On a daily basis.For 10 straight years.Meet the women of Hearts Knit Together, a charity Mother Teresa might have started. The women (and a few men) of the charity assemble rescue kits full of life's essentials for those in need.When a battered spouse nervously walks into a shelter, h
  
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• About Utah: Reaching out in color coordinated kindness

  18-02-2018 22:04
  SALT LAKE CITY — Some very nice ladies could use your help.That is, if your definition of very nice means helping out victims of domestic abuse and refugees who have made their way to Utah from war-torn lands.On a daily basis.For 10 straight years.Meet the women of Hearts Knit Together, a charity Mother Teresa might have started. The women (and a few men) of the charity assemble rescue kits full of life's essentials for those in need.When a battered spouse nervously walks into a shelter, h
  
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• Utah House passes bill to import cost-saving pharmaceutical drugs from Canada

  18-02-2018 21:18
  
  House Majority Leader Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, called the idea that Utahns can find cheaper drugs by importing them from another country a "snipe hunt." But Rep. Norm Thurston, R-Provo, is sponsoring a bill that he says would do just that.
  
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• Orrin Hatch apologizes to Rob Porter's ex-wives

  18-02-2018 19:58
  
  The ex-wives of Rob Porter, a White House aide who recently resigned over domestic abuse allegations, say they have received letters of apology from Porter's old boss, Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who previously defended his former staffer as a "decent man."
  
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• Utahns could see biggest storm of the season with heavy snow tonight and Monday

  18-02-2018 18:16
  
  A winter storm will move through Utah from Sunday, lasting into either Monday or Tuesday in some areas, and it could be the biggest storm of the season.
  
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• 85-year-old man dies in Richfield house fire

  18-02-2018 07:08
  
  An 85-year-old man is dead after a house fire early Saturday morning.
  
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• Utah lawmaker brings back bill to end auto registration requirements

  18-02-2018 06:41
  SALT LAKE CITY — The third time was a charm for Rep. Christine Watkins, R-Price, who found support from a House committee on her proposal to repeal the requirement that motorists have vehicle registration in the car.The House Transportation Committee voted last week to send Watkins' HB161 to the full House for further debate. The bill had been shot down in a previous presentation to the committee.This time, lawmakers gave it a unanimous thumbs-up."We're in a different day and time than we
  
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• Police: Juvenile injured in West Valley shooting

  18-02-2018 06:18
  WEST VALLEY CITY — A juvenile was transported to the hospital in stable condition after being shot Saturday evening, police said.West Valley City Police Lt. Amy Maurer said police were called around 7 p.m. to respond to a scene of what looked like a group of people arguing at 3980 S. 5600 West.When officers arrived, they found a juvenile male had been shot after a dark SUV pulled up alongside the group and fired on the vehicle containing the youth. Police did not have the age of the victim
  
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• Salt Lake County GOP chairman resigns unexpectedly

  18-02-2018 05:27
  SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake County GOP Chairman Jake Parkinson resigned unexpectedly Saturday.On an announcement made over Facebook, the Salt Lake County Republican Party wrote that Vice Chair Jennifer Jensen would become the new acting chairwoman."We thank Jake Parkinson for his dedicated and tireless service to the Party and to all Republicans in Salt Lake County and throughout Utah," the post stated.No reasons for Parkinson's sudden departure were given in the announcement.Parkinson did
  
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• Officials: 2 critically injured in Box Elder County crash

  18-02-2018 05:26
  
  Two people were critically injured in a crash in Box Elder County on Saturday afternoon, officials said.
  
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• Utah company focused on safety for, and from, a drone future

  18-02-2018 05:11
  PLEASANT GROVE — In a scenario that one Utah businessman says is much closer to reality than not, the world will be in need of technology that will ensure our collective safety both for, and from, an explosion of drones expected to be plying the airspace just over our heads.Utah's Fortem Technologies Inc. is stepping in to fill that need with innovative micro-radar technology that will help thwart drone-based terror threats as well as coordinate the travels of the 7 million drone craft tha
  
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• Police investigate apparent stabbing that closed, TRAX S-Line

  18-02-2018 03:57
  SALT LAKE CITY — A man was transported to the hospital in critical condition with apparent stab wounds Saturday afternoon, police said.The victim was found and taken to the hospital by passersby before police arrived on scene, said Salt Lake City Police Lt. Victor Siebeneck.Siebeneck added that although the victim was discovered at a business, police have found evidence along the TRAX S-Line.However, the incident did not occur on the train, Siebeneck said.The S-Line was shut down at the 90
  
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• Police doubt Islamic State flag at Hurricane High School was from terror group

  18-02-2018 03:56
  
  Authorities said Friday they suspect an Islamic State group's flag found flying outside a southern Utah high school was likely a prank and not the work of the terrorist group.
  
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• Utah House passes bill commemorating the 50th anniversary of Fair Housing Act

  18-02-2018 03:22
  SALT LAKE CITY — "The health, education (and) economic opportunities that we see in Utah families are directly impacted by where they live," Rep. Gage Froerer, R-Huntsville, said as he presented HJR6 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act."It is also clear that diversity creates stronger communities and provides Utahns with the best opportunity to achieve the American dream that we call home ownership," said Froerer, a Realtor."The Fair Housing Act protects citizens fro
  
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• Ballet dancers embrace 'feeling you get on stage' in bid to make elite competition

  18-02-2018 02:54
  SALT LAKE CITY — As she prepared to put on a ballet dance performance fashioned to charm a panel of judges Saturday at the University of Utah's Marriott Center of Dance, 16-year-old Olivia Latham admitted it: She had some jitters."I'm a little nervous. But I'm not trying to be," Latham said, noting that most of the pressure she was feeling was the kind that she puts on herself. "I'm trying to just have fun."One thing the Salt Lake City teen had going in her favor was the fact that the act
  
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• Jake Parkinson resigns as Salt Lake County GOP chairman

  18-02-2018 02:39
  
  Jake Parkinson has resigned as chairman of the Salt Lake County Republican Party.
  
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• Blind 11-year-old Utah girl acts through obstacles as star of ‘Princess Academy’ musical

  18-02-2018 02:32
  
  Mia Walker, a blind, 11-year-old actress playing the lead role in a new show, identifies with her character’s refusal to let her physical abilities limit her.
  
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• Weber County: Evidence worker allegedly under the influence

  18-02-2018 01:08
  
  Weber County officials say investigations are underway in the wake of the firing of a Sheriff's Office evidence room employee who allegedly was "under the influence" at work.
  
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• Police: Street racer loses control of car, crashes into Salt Lake monument

  18-02-2018 00:42
  
  Street racing led to a car crashing into a monument in Salt Lake City early Saturday morning, sending the driver to the hospital in critical condition, police say.
  
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• Lawmaker mulls bill to address Utah ballot initiative 'concerns'

  18-02-2018 00:34
  SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Brad Daw is considering introducing legislation that would address "concerns about what we're seeing" with the recent proliferation of ballot initiative campaigns in Utah.Six separate ballot initiative campaigns are seeking signatures to put their measures before voters in November, tackling issues from fighting gerrymandering to broadly legalizing the medicinal use of cannabis.Daw, R-Orem, said he is troubled that the campaigns are taking advantage of what was "desig
  
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• Police: Man shot in ankle after argument at work site

  18-02-2018 00:20
  KEARNS — A man is in fair condition after being shot in the ankle Saturday, police say.The shooting occurred around 10:30 a.m. when the 24-year-old victim got into an argument with another man in an industrial area located near 4820 S. 5100 West, said Unified Police Department Lt. Brian Lohrke.After the shooting, the victim's girlfriend called 911, Lohrke said.The suspect was described as a male, possibly Hispanic and 5 feet 5 inches tall with a stocky build, Lohrke said.Police are trying
  
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• Police doubt Islamic State flag at Utah school from terror group

  18-02-2018 00:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — Authorities said Friday they suspect an Islamic State group's flag found flying outside a southern Utah high school was likely a prank and not the work of the terrorist group.The flag was discovered Thursday morning at Hurricane High School, along with graffiti on a school wall that said, "ISIS is comi," said officer Ken Thompson of the Hurricane Police Department. The small city is located near the Arizona border.The American flag had been taken off the flagpole and was f
  
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