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• Bill advances that would prohibit certain doctor competency tests

  26-02-2018 23:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — Legislators on Monday advanced a bill that would prohibit testing a physician's competency via a cognitive test when they reach a certain age.SB217 states that "a health care facility may not require … that a physician … take a cognitive test when the physician reaches a specified age," unless such a test conforms with standards set by the American Medical Association "for testing whether an older physician remains able to provide safe and effective care for
  
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• Utah House panel OKs new authority over Point of Mountain land sale

  26-02-2018 23:26
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill creating a new entity with the power to sell the 700-acre site at Point of the Mountain in Draper once the Utah State Prison is moved was endorsed Monday by a House committee.The Point of the Mountain State Land Authority would "plan, manage and implement the development" of the site, expected to be vacated in 2021, once the new prison under construction west of the Salt Lake City International Airport is completed.The state is "getting closer to that time," the spo
  
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• Bill would bill Utah cities to help pay for homeless shelters

  26-02-2018 23:04
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would require Utah cities and counties that don't host homeless shelters — and don't have enough affordable housing — to help pay for shelters in other cities cleared its first hurdle Monday.It's a bill that's advancing under a lot of political pressure — and one that's been expected all session, but was only filed late last week.House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, has called the bill "critical" to efforts to homeless reform and has said it m
  
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• Utah governor talks school shootings, gun control with Trump

  26-02-2018 22:31
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert sounded out Monday over the national tragedy of school shootings, telling President Donald Trump during a governors meeting the answers begin with the states."I think there are roles for the federal government, but I think most of the solutions are going to come from the states," Herbert said during a televised meeting of the National Governors Association in Washington, D.C."Each state is going to have to find their own way, based on their own cultu
  
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• Ogden students to stand in protest of gun violence

  26-02-2018 22:06
  
  A group of high school students in Utah are coming together to stand in protest of gun violence in schools.
  
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• Make Your Week: Kindness at the grocery store

  26-02-2018 21:42
  
  It’s the beginning of another week. For some people, that may mean facing another long, stressful workweek. For others, it may mean enduring more cold weather as we get closer to spring.
  
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• Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Salt Lake City; witnesses report seeing flames

  26-02-2018 21:37
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Southwest Airlines flight had to return to the Salt Lake City International Airport shortly after takeoff Monday due to an engine malfunction.Witnesses on the ground reported hearing an explosion and seeing flames shooting from one of the engines. One person posted video shot from the ground of the plane on YouTube, showing what appears to be flames coming from the engine in the right wing."I can't imagine if the person that was sitting over the wing maybe saw those fire
  
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• Spanish Fork to discuss future of River Bottoms March 8

  26-02-2018 21:24
  SPANISH FORK — City residents are invited to an open house on Thursday, March 8, to provide input on their vision for the area known as the River Bottoms.The meeting will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Ponderosa Building at the Fairgrounds, 435 S. Main. Refreshments will be provided, and children are welcome.This year city officials hope to create a guide for preservation and responsible growth in the area.The city is aiming to develop a draft plan by the fall and complete a final pl
  
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• Southwest flight makes emergency landing in S.L.; witnesses report seeing flames

  26-02-2018 21:12
  
  A Southwest Airlines flight had to return to the Salt Lake City International Airport shortly after takeoff Monday due to an engine malfunction.
  
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• Everything you need to know about RootsTech 2018

  26-02-2018 21:01
  SALT LAKE CITY — One of the pivotal events that led Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. to become the host of the PBS television program, "Finding Your Roots," took place in Utah one Saturday morning in the early 1990s.Gates was in town for a speaking engagement that afternoon and had some free time. He realized his hotel was within short walking distance from the LDS Church's Family History Library. He arrived at the library about five minutes after it opened that morning.Gates was st
  
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• Springville Community Pool closing April 14

  26-02-2018 20:56
  SPRINGVILLE — The city's Recreation Department has announced the Community Pool will close its doors to the public after Saturday April 14.The pool will be used exclusively for staff trainings until the new Clyde Recreation Center opens.The new $18 million facility is being built directly behind Meadow Brook Elementary, 748 S. 950 West. It will feature multiple pools, including a 10-lane multiuse pool, spa, recreational pool with a current channel, toddler pool, and two slides that will dr
  
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• HB300 could cap nonresident tuition waivers; allow governor to remove regents

  26-02-2018 20:46
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Senate Education Committee gave unanimous support Monday to HB300, which would allow governors to remove — for cause — members of the Utah State Board of Regents and university and college trustees.The catch-all "Higher Education Modifications" bill will be substituted before it reaches the Senate floor to further clarify if and under what circumstances a governor can remove a sitting regent or remove a college or university trustee, said the bill's sponsor
  
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• Surprise GOP bylaw change targets candidates who gather signatures

  26-02-2018 20:22
  SALT LAKE CITY — A small group of far-right Republicans staged a coup of sorts over the weekend, changing Utah GOP bylaws to kick out candidates in two congressional districts who choose to collects signatures to get on the 2018 primary election ballot.But Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, and Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, have not declared their intent to gather signatures — nor has any other Republican in those districts. The rule, though, could jeopardize the party's ability to put candidate
  
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• Bill to help hire more school counselors moves to Senate

  26-02-2018 19:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would authorize the Utah State Board of Education to award matching grants to increase the number of school counselors in Utah elementary schools was unanimously approved Monday by the Senate Education Committee.Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, who is the Senate co-sponsor of HB264, said he used to be of the mindset that special programs weren't needed in schools, that struggling children "can buck up and they can survive and do well without any kind of specia
  
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• Bill would remove voter birth days from releasable records

  26-02-2018 18:48
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would remove the day a voter was born but not the month and year from records that can be released advanced Monday from the House Government Operations Committee.SB74, sponsored by Senate Minority Whip Karen Mayne, D-West Valley City, initially was intended only to allow a specified research institution to obtain a voter's full date of birth but was amended so other organizations could as well.Mayne told the committee she wanted the information provided only to
  
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• Spencer Cox: Let's talk about suicide

  26-02-2018 17:48
  
  Let’s talk about suicide. Does that sentence make you uncomfortable? That’s ok. It made me uncomfortable for a long time too.
  
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• Bill cuts down wait time for Utah divorces

  26-02-2018 16:20
  
  A new bill would cut the mandatory waiting period from 90 days to 30 days to finalize a divorce in Utah.
  
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• Police: Man jumps from patrol car on I-15 in attempted escape

  26-02-2018 15:13
  
  Police said a man arrested on suspicion of assault got away while being taken to jail early Monday morning, but his escape didn't last long.
  
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• Court denies new trial for Utah man in babysitter's overdose death

  26-02-2018 05:06
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Court of Appeals rejected a North Ogden man's claims that his attorney failed him as he faced allegations at trial that he had given his teenage babysitter a lethal dose of drugs, then hid her body.Eric Millerberg, now 42, is currently serving a sentence of at least six years and up to life in prison for the death of 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen.In a decision handed down Friday, the appellate court denied Millerberg's arguments, upholding his conviction.In Septemb
  
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• Photos: Enjoying the snow

  26-02-2018 04:50
  Nathan Ellis and Lauren Snow catch air sledding at Eastwood Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Sunday. More snow could return to the Wasatch Front this week. There's a 20 percent chance of snow Monday afternoon, with snow likely Monday night and Tuesday morning, but not a lot of accumulation, according to the National Weather Service. Some rain and snow is also possible Thursday, Friday and maybe into the weekend. Highs Monday in Salt Lake City should be in the low 40s, but only the upper 30
  
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• Sandy man escapes house fire through bedroom window

  26-02-2018 03:59
  SANDY — A Sandy man escaped his burning home through a window early Sunday.Firefighters responded to the home near 9000 South and 400 East shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday when a man awoke to sounds of the blaze that had nearly consumed the house.As soon as firefighters at a nearby station opened the bay doors to respond to the call, Sandy Fire Battalion Chief Eric Larson said they could see the smoke and glow of the fire in the distance."They knew what they were getting into," Larson said. "Th
  
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• Police: Man rammed ex-girlfriend's car, ran over her new boyfriend

  26-02-2018 02:05
  TOOELE — Police have arrested a man accused of deliberately backing into his ex-girlfriend's car, running over her new boyfriend.Kelly Andrews, 43, was arrested in Murray on Sunday, about 20 hours after the crash in Tooele. Court records list Andrews' most recent address as a home in Murray.Andrews crashed a pickup truck, which was believed to be stolen, into the woman's car near 915 N. Main about 4:30 p.m. Saturday, a Tooele County Jail report states.Andrews had been swerving toward the o
  
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• Bill cuts down wait time for Utah divorces, but marriage experts urge caution

  26-02-2018 01:36
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill cutting down the required waiting period for divorces in Utah is ready for the governor's signature, but the change meant to increase efficiency in the court system has some marriage experts in the state concerned.Should Gov. Gary Herbert sign off on SB25, which received the final necessary approvals last week after passing both the House and the Senate, divorcing couples in Utah will only need to wait 30 days rather than 90 days to have their divorce finalized.In r
  
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• BYU turns to Instagram to help students combat sexual abuse

  26-02-2018 00:27
  PROVO — Brigham Young University is using Instagram to let students know help is available after sexual abuse.The university decided to use Instagram to deliver the message to not only ensure students would hear it, but also in hopes that it will better resonate with them so they can help others who are victims of sexual assault.The message was posted on Instagram stories Tuesday and outlined an important finding from a recent campus survey: Most sexual assaults go unreported to authoritie
  
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