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• Most municipal workers quit in Utah FLDS town

  10-03-2018 20:23
  SALT LAKE CITY — The new mayor of a mostly polygamous town on the Utah-Arizona border is finishing off a complete overhaul of municipal staff and boards after mass resignations when she took office in January to become the first woman and first non-member of the polygamous sect to hold the seat.Six of the seven Hildale, Washington County, town workers quit after Mayor Donia Jessop was elected and took charge of the local government run by the Fundamentalist LDS Church for more than a centu
  
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• Police department tweet mistakenly identifies HS senior as suspect in hit-and-run

  10-03-2018 19:47
  
  A social media mix-up left a high school senior trying to explain to his friends why police were seeking him as a suspect in a hit-and-run crash.
  
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• Local coffee shop one of few to offer $14 a cup, siphon coffee

  10-03-2018 19:03
  
  John Piquet said Caffe D’Bolla is one of just a few dozen coffee shops on the entire continent—and perhaps just a "handful" that are "dedicated"—to offering siphon coffee.
  
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• Family of Elder Keetch giving Taco Amigo's proceeds to Huntsman Cancer Institute on late father's birthday

  10-03-2018 19:00
  PLEASANT GROVE — Elder Von G. Keetch had a favorite saying, according to his family, "If you don't like your lot in life, build a service station on it."With that in mind, the family of the recently deceased LDS general authority has planned a day of service that will allow them to give back to the organization that helped their father in his long battle with cancer.On March 17, the same day Elder Keetch would have celebrated his 58th birthday, his family has decided to donate all proceeds
  
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• Ever wonder how we got daylight saving time?

  10-03-2018 17:49
  
  Clocks around the country and parts of the world will jump forward one hour beginning at 2 a.m. Sunday for daylight saving time. But have you ever wondered how it came about?
  
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• Man killed in rollover near Saltair

  10-03-2018 17:32
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Lyft driver happened upon an accident early Saturday, discovering the driver of a vehicle had been thrown from his car and was killed.Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke said a man in his 20s was ejected from a 1997 Subaru Legacy sometime before 3:30 a.m. at about 9400 W. North Temple, along the frontage road just east of Saltair. Physical evidence at the scene, Lohrke said, indicates the driver veered into the weeds while heading west and apparently overcorrected, rolling h
  
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• Romney focuses on Utah campaign, downplays feud with Trump

  10-03-2018 17:14
  
  Mitt Romney is shaking hands, posing for pictures and cracking jokes as he barnstorms Utah seeking votes for his Senate bid. What he isn't doing is talking about his well-documented feuds with President Trump.
  
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• Man dead in Saturday morning crash near The Great Saltair

  10-03-2018 16:01
  
  A man is dead after an early-morning crash Saturday near The Great Saltair, police said.
  
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• When Hogle Zoo almost moved back to Liberty Park in 1936, plus more Utah animal tales

  10-03-2018 15:05
  Editor's note: Portions of this article have been previously published on the author's website.SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City’s Hogle Zoo moved from its original Liberty Park location to its current mountainside residence near the mouth of Emigration Canyon in 1931. However, less than five years later there was a seldom reported effort to move the zoo back to Liberty Park.“Plans to move Zoo to Liberty Park Indorsed (sic)” was an April 24, 1936, headline in the Salt Lake
  
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• Construction worker dies in Sandy after concrete pipe falls on him

  10-03-2018 06:26
  
  A construction worker died after a piece of concrete piping fell on him at a construction site, police said Friday.
  
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• FrontRunner leg closure among changes coming to UTA service

  10-03-2018 05:50
  OGDEN — Meeting new federal safety mandates for trains will impact northern Utah after the Utah Transit Authority determined one leg of FrontRunner is too sparsely used to justify spending the money to meet the standards.As part of that determination, UTA will suspend its FrontRunner service between Ogden and Pleasant View in mid-August, transportation officials announced Thursday.Other changes will affect rail and bus lines in northern Utah beginning April 8, transportation officials anno
  
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• Judge orders release of video in courthouse shooting

  10-03-2018 05:43
  
  A judge on Friday ordered the release of courtroom video of the fatal shooting of a defendant who lunged at a witness in a 2014 racketeering trial.
  
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• Salt Lake City leaders call on governor to veto inland port bill

  10-03-2018 05:11
  
  Salt Lake City Council Chairwoman Erin Mendenhall likened the council's emergency meeting Friday to what it would do after a "major earthquake."
  
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• Legislature failed to help struggling families, advocates say

  10-03-2018 04:51
  SALT LAKE CITY — Several proposals that would have helped Utah's low-income families get ahead died this year at the Utah Legislature, advocates and a faith leader said Friday on the steps of the state Capitol."Our representatives missed a critical opportunity to support working parents," said Rev. Monica Dobbins, assistant minister at First Unitarian Church in salt Lake City.Rev. Dobbins and advocates for the poor called out Utah's Republican-controlled Legislature for failing to pass sev
  
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• Utahn with rare disease gets surprise from soldiers on special mission

  10-03-2018 04:37
  
  Twenty-six-year-old Talan Summers always wanted to be in the military, but because of a rare disease where he’s constantly in pain, he couldn’t join. Friday, the military decided to surprise him by coming to his home in Tremonton.
  
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• Utah drivers to face increased construction challenges on Bangerter Highway

  10-03-2018 04:05
  
  A major road closure on 7000 South and Bangerter Highway starts Monday that will impact thousands of motorists.
  
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• GOED approves incentives to create over 300 jobs

  10-03-2018 03:46
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Governor's Office of Economic Development recently announced incentives that are expected to create more than 300 new jobs over the next several years.The GOED board of directors announced Thursday that cybersecurity firm Centrify will expand its presence in Utah and grow its engineering team, adding up to 200 jobs, $2.7 million in new state revenue and an estimated $4.5 million in capital investment.The company has had a presence in Utah since 2014 with customer suppo
  
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• Some Utah national parks get fewer visitors when it gets too hot, USU study says

  10-03-2018 03:33
  
  A recently published study from Utah State University's Department of Environment and Society highlights some challenges southern Utah's national parks may face as summer temperatures continue to increase.
  
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• Officials: Man arrested after using cellphone to film teen as she showered

  10-03-2018 02:49
  
  A Lehi man has been arrested after a teenager caught him filming her as she showered, officials said Friday.
  
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• New Mexico A.G. files fraud, racketeering suit against Vivint Solar

  10-03-2018 02:39
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's Vivint Solar is named in a 17-count civil complaint, filed Thursday by New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas, that includes allegations of unfair business practices, fraud and racketeering.In a release, Balderas said an investigation conducted by his office uncovered evidence that Vivint's actions in New Mexico have led to "hundreds of clouded titles" to residents' homes, that the company employs "high-pressure sales techniques and procedures designed to misle
  
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• Special needs school principal uses technology to help students exercise more

  10-03-2018 02:28
  
  Special education students at the Summit Center in Springville are finding it easier to work out more often with help of a Fitbit.
  
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• Trump's export tariffs could negatively impact Utah businesses

  10-03-2018 02:19
  LOGAN — Some Utah companies could be heavily impacted by soon-to-be enacted taxes aimed at steel importers.President Donald Trump Thursday ordered major tariffs on imported steel and aluminum in an effort to combat what he called an "assault on our country" by foreign competitors.The new tariffs — 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum — will take effect on March 23. While the president believes the tariffs will even the playing field for U.S. steel manufacturers, criti
  
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• It's official: McAdams files for run in 4th District

  10-03-2018 01:54
  Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams enters the Utah Lt. Governor's Office with wife Julie and son James to file candidacy papers with the state's elections office at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday. McAdams, a Democrat, is running to unseat incumbent GOP Rep. Mia Love in Utah's 4th Congressional District. Because McAdams isn't up for re-election until 2020, he will remain county mayor if he doesn't win the congressional race. He was elected mayor in 2012 after serving in the Utah Senate s
  
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• NRA gives $828K to Utah groups, including $47K to schools

  10-03-2018 01:53
  SALT LAKE CITY — The National Rifle Association gave nearly $47,000 in materials to Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps at four Utah high schools and $178,000 to local Boy Scouts of America in recent years, according to an Associated Press analysis.The AP review of the NRA Foundation's public tax records finds that those grants were part of $828,500 in cash and noncash grants given to Utah organizations from 2010 through 2016, mostly through competitive grants meant to promote shooting s
  
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• Longtime Utah lawmaker Mike Noel leaving Legislature

  10-03-2018 01:32
  SALT LAKE CITY — Calling it "a great ride" and declaring that "16 years is enough," longtime state Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab, has announced his retirement from the Utah Legislature, according to UtahPolicy.com.Noel, who first took office in 2002, over the years built a reputation for challenging environmentalists and conservationists and advocating for rural Utah. He did not immediately respond a request for an interview Friday.As the sponsor of the failed Donald J. Trump Utah National Parks
  
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• District attorney calls new office building 'a dream come true'

  10-03-2018 01:16
  SALT LAKE CITY — A dream more than three decades in the making came true Friday as the doors of the new Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office were opened.As he breezed through the light and airy offices, welcomed staff and visitors, led tours of the building's highlights and cut a ribbon on the front steps, Salt Lake District Attorney Sim Gill beamed like a proud father over the space that will become a hub of the county's justice system in the coming week."I can't believe that we're
  
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• Woman on trial for trying to hire hit man charged with same crime again

  10-03-2018 00:04
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Herriman woman now convicted of trying to arrange to have her ex-husband murdered — who was previously charged with seeking a second hit man while in jail — was charged yet again Friday with trying to hire a third hit man.The stunning charges against Linda Tracy Gillman, 70, were filed on the same day a jury began deliberating her initial case. She was found guilty Friday afternoon of one count of criminal solicitation, a first-degree felony, but was acquitte
  
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