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• Police: Iron County residents make citizen arrest in burglary, arson investigation

  15-04-2018 23:54
  SALT LAKE CITY — A man police believe may be connected to a burglary and house fire at two locations outside Cedar City on Saturday is now in custody after residents in one of the homes performed a citizen's arrest.The Iron County Sheriff's Office reports the residents, who have not been identified, say they saw 49-year-old Michael Cross removing things from a shed behind their home near Tipple Road in Shurtz Canyon late Saturday morning. The residents "took Cross into custody without inci
  
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• Wrangling invasive phragmites is daunting, dirty job

  15-04-2018 23:53
  FARMINGTON — The muddy marshes and tall grasses stretch on nearly as far as the eye can see, with the wind-swept terrain, bugs and birds occupying thousands of acres.Paul Etcheverry shakes his head."To get out there, it's wicked. You don't know what's out there. It's like Vietnam."Well, not quite — but there's no doubt it is an unforgiving landscape that can suddenly turn dangerous, and dirty.Etcheverry's war is against the invasive phragmites, and his battlefield is the wetlands at
  
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• Wrangling invasive phragmites around Utah lakes is daunting, dirty job

  15-04-2018 23:53
  FARMINGTON — The muddy marshes and tall grasses stretch on nearly as far as the eye can see, with the wind-swept terrain, bugs and birds occupying thousands of acres.Paul Etcheverry shakes his head."To get out there, it's wicked. You don't know what's out there. It's like Vietnam."Well, not quite — but there's no doubt it is an unforgiving landscape that can suddenly turn dangerous, and dirty.Etcheverry's war is against the invasive phragmites, and his battlefield is the wetlands at
  
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• Bountiful gas leak leads to evacuation of church, 3 homes

  15-04-2018 23:22
  
  South Davis Metro Fire reports, as of 3:45 p.m., westbound 1500 South in Bountiful is open, but eastbound lanes remained closed from 50 West to Orchard Drive following the discovery of a gas leak earlier Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Bountiful gas leak leads to evacuation of church, three homes

  15-04-2018 23:00
  BOUNTIFUL — South Davis Metro Fire reports 1500 South is closed to traffic from 50 West to Orchard Drive following the discovery of a gas leak.Three homes and an LDS church in the area have have been evacuated, and fire officials say Dominion Energy is on site. The leak was first reported about 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the roadway near 75 East and 1500 South.This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
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• Idaho teenager killed in motorcycle crash, authorities say

  15-04-2018 18:38
  
  The young man killed in a motorcycle crash in Kane Creek Friday has been identified as a 15-year-old from Idaho.
  
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• Suspect in burglary, arson taken into custody by Iron County citizens

  15-04-2018 18:00
  
  A man is in jail on suspicion of burglary after police say he was found taking items from a residence in Iron County and subsequently taken into custody via citizen’s arrest Saturday. A short while later, a house fire was reported across the street, and police believe the incidents are connected.
  
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• Utah County program bringing together retirees, seniors

  15-04-2018 17:42
  PROVO — Felicity Varkevisser got tired of looking at the four walls of her apartment and took a chance on becoming a volunteer for the Senior Companion program.Since Varkevisser started in the program, she has been meeting Marian Christensen for a few hours each week for seven years. They have filled their time together with grocery shopping, household chores, and talking about current events and their families."I really look forward to her coming on Fridays, because she does the shopping,
  
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• Family of man shot by police demands answers

  15-04-2018 17:29
  
  Protesters gathered outside the West Valley City Police Department Saturday demanding action after a police shooting last weekend.
  
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• Trump administration loosens Utah prairie dog protections

  15-04-2018 15:32
  
  Federal wildlife managers under the Trump administration are loosening contentious endangered-species protections for Utah prairie dogs, which worries animal advocates but relieves people in southern Utah who say their town was overrun by thecreature
  
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• Here is the best place to live in Utah, according to a new report

  15-04-2018 07:59
  A new report from Niche, which ranks the best and worst places to live across the country, identified the Greater Avenues neighborhood as the No. 1 spot to live in the Beehive State.Park City finished second on the list, followed by Yalecrest (located on the east bench of Salt Lake City), Kaysville and North Logan.Niche ranks the best cities across the entire country based on cost of living, public school information, job security, local amenities and more data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the C
  
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• High school students unite to help family of 7th grade boy get wheelchair accessible van

  15-04-2018 06:59
  
  High schools each have their rivalries, but in Utah County right now, two longtime rivals are coming together to help a family in need and a 13-year-old boy is helping to unite them.
  
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• Washington County to make changes recommended by auditors

  15-04-2018 06:27
  
  Washington County officials say they'll make changes recommended by state auditors who found shortcomings in financial accountability for the county's mostly volunteer search and rescue operation.
  
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• Utah moms offer support to Syrian moms through social media

  15-04-2018 05:13
  
  A network of Utah moms who follow the Syrian crisis on social media, decided to use their networks to empower change.
  
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• Two 12-year-olds in Sevier County injured in ATV rollover

  15-04-2018 05:13
  SALINA, Sevier County — Two 12-year-olds were injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident Saturday, police said.The incident occurred in a riding area east of Salina when an ATV rolled onto the two children, who weren't wearing helmets or other safety gear, Salina police said.One victim was flown to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City and the other was transported to a local hospital.Their conditions were unknown as of Saturday evening, according to the agency."Everyone, for the L
  
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• Greg Hughes fires back at Salt Lake over port authority pushback

  15-04-2018 05:09
  SALT LAKE CITY — As it made its way through the Utah Legislature, Salt Lake City leaders condemned the bill that would create a Utah inland port authority, sounding off alarms that it would usurp city land use decisions and capture an absurd amount of tax increment.But House Speaker Greg Hughes — who spearheaded SB234 in efforts to establish the Utah Inland Port Authority before the end of his final term this year — is firing back at the city, claiming that while he was "gettin
  
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• 'Fight back' program against active shooters gains traction in Utah charter schools

  15-04-2018 04:42
  
  While efforts to arm teachers have been no stranger to headlines in recent years, a far broader, “fight back” approach to school safety now appears to be gaining traction.
  
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• Here is the best place to live in Utah

  15-04-2018 04:00
  A new report from Niche, which ranks the best and worst places to live across the country, identified the Greater Avenues neighborhood as the No. 1 spot to live in the Beehive State.Park City finished second on the list, followed by Yalecrest (located on the east bench of Salt Lake City), Kaysville and North Logan.Niche ranks the best cities across the entire country based on cost of living, public school information, job security, local amenities and more data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the C
  
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• Police: 2 children injured in ATV crash near Salina

  15-04-2018 03:26
  
  Two 12-year-old children were injured in an ATV accident in Sevier County on Saturday, officials said.
  
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• Greg Hughes fires back at S.L. over port authority pushback

  15-04-2018 01:02
  SALT LAKE CITY — As it made its way through the Utah Legislature, Salt Lake City leaders condemned the bill that would create a Utah inland port authority, sounding off alarms that it would usurp city land use decisions and capture an absurd amount of tax increment.But House Speaker Greg Hughes — who spearheaded SB234 in efforts to establish the Utah Inland Port Authority before the end of his final term this year — is firing back at the city, claiming that while he was "gettin
  
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• 'Zeke' Dumke, a Utah visionary and philanthropist, dies at 94

  15-04-2018 00:59
  SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah athletics director Chris Hill remembers having a discussion with Ezekiel R. "Zeke" Dumke about whether they should put the Dumke name on the gymnastics training center Zeke and his wife Kay had just donated $1 million to help build.Dumke was hesitant. Hill wasn't."I assured him it wasn't so his name would be associated with us," said Hill. "It was because we wanted our name to be associated with his."He was the sweetest guy going. A wonderful, wonderful
  
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• Inside the newsroom: How we follow the prophet (literally) around the world

  15-04-2018 00:48
  SALT LAKE CITY — Plans were changing rapidly. LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson, his wife and members of their traveling party arrived to Jerusalem from London and made an early visit to the BYU Jerusalem Center Friday night in anticipation of Saturday meetings with area church members and visitors.Church News Editor Sarah Jane Weaver and Deseret News photojournalist Jeffrey Allred are part of our team of journalists chronicling a portion of his World Ministry Tour and arrived the day
  
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• Hundreds rally at Utah Capitol to support 2nd Amendment

  15-04-2018 00:39
  SALT LAKE CITY — Flag-bearing, gun-wearing passionate Second Amendment supporters turned out by the hundreds Saturday to rally in support of a right they say is under vicious attack across the country."The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," said Steven Lund, who owns ACE Firearms in West Jordan."As my God-given right to self-defense, I want a bigger, badder gun than my enemy."The crowd roared in support of Lund's remarks and criticism of the media, the "l
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in 'severe accident' in Moab

  15-04-2018 00:34
  MOAB — A young man was killed in a motorcycle accident in Kane Creek Friday, Grand County Emergency Medical Services said. The name and the age of the victim have yet to be released.First responders arrived at the scene of what the agency called a "severe" accident about 1:20 p.m. When they arrived, they found the victim critically injured and being assisted by off-duty medical providers.He was then transported to the hospital, where hospital staff tried save him using "every possible life
  
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• Metal Detectors the Norm at Schools and Ballparks. State Capitols? Not So Much

  15-04-2018 00:14
  More than one-third of the nation’s statehouses do not have the security systems that can be found in a range of public places, from middle schools to museums.
  
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