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• National parks vs monuments: What’s the difference?

  16-04-2018 23:45
  
  With a proposal to shift Grand Staircase Escalate National Monument to a national park, here is everything you need to know about the differences between the two.
  
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• Herbert signs Our Schools Now compromise legislation

  16-04-2018 23:27
  BOUNTIFUL — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert joined a few hundred of his newfound friends at Meadowbrook Elementary School Monday to sign legislation celebrating the Our Schools Now compromise.The event, which was a ceremonial bill signing, brought together lawmakers, educators as well as the community leaders who had backed the Our Schools Now citizen initiative which sought to ask voters statewide to raise sales and income taxes to raise some $700 million for education.A compromise among the parti
  
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• UHP finds 356 pounds of marijuana in pickup truck

  16-04-2018 23:24
  COALVILLE — The Utah Highway Patrol made a large marijuana bust on Monday.A traffic stop on I-80 near Coaville resulted in the discovery of 356 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $890,000 in the bed of a pickup truck about 7:30 a.m.The truck was pulled over for making an improper lane change, according to a statement from the UHP."After speaking to the driver of the vehicle, the UHP trooper became suspicious of criminal activity. In his conversation with the driver, the
  
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• Girl killed in Provo crash identified

  16-04-2018 23:24
  PROVO — Provo police have released the name of a young girl killed in a four-car crash Sunday.Chelsey Parkinson, 3, was killed, and a 15-month-old girl critically injured when a Pleasant Grove utility truck traveling at a high rate of speed smashed into the back of a red station wagon at the intersection of 3700 North and University Avenue.The station wagon was one of three vehicles waiting to make a left turn, according to police. Police had originally reported that the young girl was an
  
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• 1 dead, 1 arrested in Tremonton shooting

  16-04-2018 22:49
  
  A 33-year-old man died and another man was arrested after an argument led to a shooting early Monday morning, police said.
  
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• Utah lawmakers to hold veto override session on expansion of power bills Wednesday

  16-04-2018 22:43
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers will hold a veto override session Wednesday to reconsider bills giving the legislative branch more power that Gov. Gary Herbert nixed after the 2018 Legislature.SB171 allowed the Legislature to intervene in lawsuits filed against the state and allocates $700,000 a year for three new attorneys, a paralegal and a legal secretary. HB198 required the Utah Attorney General's Office to provide legal opinions to lawmakers upon request.The legislation stems from the
  
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• 3-year-old killed in Provo crash identified

  16-04-2018 22:23
  
  Police on Monday identified a 3-year-old girl who died in a four-car crash Sunday afternoon.
  
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• St. George couple charged with luring, beating man

  16-04-2018 22:13
  SALT LAKE CITY — A St. George couple were charged Monday with luring a man to an isolated area and then beating him "within an inch of his life."Sasha Michelle Davis, 20, and Kade Robert Shearer, 21, are charged in 5th District Court with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery, first-degree felonies; aggravated assault, a second-degree felony; tampering with a witness, a class A misdemeanor; and threat of violence a class B misdemeanor.On Saturday night, a 40-year-old St. George man,
  
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• Pollution advisories issued due to high winds stirring dust, salt

  16-04-2018 22:05
  
  High winds are kicking up dust from the dry Sevier Lake in Millard County and blowing it to the Wasatch Front. Tooele County has low visibility for driving due to salt being stirred up by the winds. Pollution advisories were issued as a result.
  
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• Student suspected of making threats says she lost phone for 20 minutes

  16-04-2018 21:48
  WASHINGTON TERRACE, Weber County — A 17-year-old girl who claimed she lost her phone for 20 minutes, is being investigated for allegedly making false threats to her school.A recently unsealed search warrant reveals details of a threat at Bonneville High School last month that prompted extra Weber County sheriff's deputies to patrol the school.On March 13, the SafeUT app received a tip "naming 13 teachers at Bonneville High School saying they were in danger," the warrant states. "The catego
  
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• Pollution advisories due to high winds stirring dust, salt

  16-04-2018 21:17
  SALT LAKE CITY — High winds are carrying dust from a dry lake in Millard County to the Wasatch Front, where multiple counties had pollution warnings in effect due the dust storms.The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City said much of the dust along the Wasatch Front was the result of winds whipping up dust from the dry Sevier Lake,In Tooele County, the weather service warned travelers of decreasing visibility due to high winds creating dust and salt storms.The Utah Department Transpor
  
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• Have You Seen This? Utah crowd helps after Rachel Platten forgets national anthem lyrics

  16-04-2018 21:15
  
  The pop singer performed the national anthem at the Utah Royals' first home game this weekend. But things didn't quite go as planned.
  
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• High winds halt LDS Church's Jordan River Temple tours

  16-04-2018 21:14
  SALT LAKE CITY — Due to high winds affecting the tents set outside the Jordan River Temple for open house visitors, tours have been canceled for the remainder of Monday, a church spokeswoman announced."All the guests that were scheduled for today will be accommodated," said Irene Caso, media relations manager with the LDS Church's Public Affairs Department.The Jordan River Utah Temple closed in February 2016 for renovation. A public open house began March 17 and will run through April 28,
  
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• Make Your Week: Holding the door for a stranger in need

  16-04-2018 21:08
  
  There are kind people everywhere, as evidenced by the following stories.
  
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• Sen. Mike Lee questions president's authority to attack Syria

  16-04-2018 20:53
  SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Mike Lee continues to question the authority President Donald Trump cites to justify the U.S. missile strike on Syria last week."While the president has the authority under the War Powers Act to respond when the U.S. is under attack or in imminent danger, such circumstances did not exist with regard to Syria," the Utah Republican said Monday."Promoting regional stability, mitigating humanitarian catastrophe and deterring the use of chemical weapons might be important
  
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• Study recommends toll for Little Cottonwood Canyon's traffic troubles

  16-04-2018 20:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — A new study warns Little Cottonwood Canyon Road is facing catastrophic congestion if steps aren't taken to avert impacts from a growing number of visitors.Findings by a civil and environmental engineering class at the University of Utah point to an annual visitation growth rate of 2 percent, which means doubling the number of users in 50 years.During peak season, the seven-mile long road that is the gateway to Snowbird and Alta ski resorts sees 6,600 vehicles and 12,400 vi
  
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• The Sitdown: Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox gets real with Utah millennials

  16-04-2018 20:29
  
  In the debut of KSL.com's "The Sitdown with Xoel Cardenas," Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox talks about the impact millennials are making in local politics, DACA, the future of the Republican Party, and if he has any plans on running for governor in 2020.
  
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• 15-year-old killed in dirt bike accident in Moab identified

  16-04-2018 20:23
  MOAB — Police identified the teen killed in a dirt bike accident in Kane Creek Friday as Truette Rhoda of Idaho Falls, Idaho.San Juan County Sheriff Rick Eldridge said the 15-year-old boy was visiting the area with his dad.Rhoda and his father were riding dirt bikes with about 20 other people on a dirt road when the teen, who was going 40-50 miles per hour, failed to make a curve, sending him off the road and sliding about 80-100 feet through rocks, Eldridge said.First responders arrived a
  
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• Photos: Cherry trees in full bloom at the Utah Capitol

  16-04-2018 20:19
  Carolina Gonzalez of Salt Lake City walks under a canopy of blooming cherry trees at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Monday. Another spring storm is heading to Utah as a cold front approaches. KSL-TV weatherman Grant Weyman says the Wasatch Front forecast includes rain turning to snow Monday night, with more snow accumulating Tuesday.See the world through the eyes of award-winning photojournalists. Click through the gallery above to view the unique images our visual storytellers captured today.
  
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• Police investigating fatal rollover on Bangerter Highway

  16-04-2018 20:17
  SALT LAKE CITY — A man with a history of driving while intoxicated is being investigated for a crash in March that resulted in the death of his passenger, according to court documents.On March 25, Danyelle Marie Jennings, 44, was killed in a rollover crash at the intersection of California Avenue and Bangerter Highway. Jennings was a passenger in a Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Felix Calata, 31, that ran a red light while speeding and hit another vehicle, according to the Utah Highway Patr
  
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• Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox crowdsources Jazz-themed UDOT signs in honor of playoffs

  16-04-2018 19:16
  
  You may have noticed Utah Jazz-themed signs on the freeway Monday morning, and you can thank Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox for that.
  
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• Utah quadruplets born in 2004 are now busy teens

  16-04-2018 18:58
  PROVO, Utah — For a home where teenagers outnumber adults by a 2-1 margin, the Ruiz household is remarkably lacking in drama or angst. Gerardo, Leslie, Milagros and Salvador don't argue over clothes, chores or whose turn it is.Unlike lots of siblings, they say they'd rather spend time with each other than with almost anyone else in the world, whether they pal around or tackle homework and housework.That has been true their entire 13 years, clear back to the days when they shared first a wo
  
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• Dirt biker in critical condition following crash at Sand Hollow

  16-04-2018 16:38
  
  A man is in critical condition after he and a fellow dirt bike rider crashed into each other in Sand Hollow State Park Saturday evening.
  
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• State treasurer has $38.4 million in property just waiting to be claimed

  16-04-2018 15:38
  
  Utahns have more than $38 million in property just waiting to be claimed this year.
  
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• Utah State Prison history: Favored penal sites always 'way out of town'

  16-04-2018 15:00
  A new Utah State Prison has been in the news lately, as a replacement prison is being planned for the northwest quadrant of Salt Lake City. And Salt Lake County residents have always seemed to favor a prison "way out of town."According to the Salt Lake Telegram of March 12, 1951, when the first prison in the territory was constructed in 1849, it was located at 1400 East and 2100 South, or "way out of town."The Telegram story provides a very abbreviated prison history and stated that just over tw
  
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• Utah state treasurer has $38.4 million in property just waiting to be claimed

  16-04-2018 07:26
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utahns have more than $38 million in property just waiting to be claimed this year.The Utah State Treasurer's Office recently announced the Utah Unclaimed Property Division received more than $38.4 million in lost property at the end of 2017. The property is from a variety of sources, including dormant bank accounts, stock certificates and uncollected insurance payouts, explained Utah Treasurer David Damschen."We encourage Utahns to check mycash.utah.gov as they file their
  
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• Police: 3-year-old dead, 8-month-old injured in Provo crash

  16-04-2018 05:54
  
  A 3-year-old child died in a crash involving four vehicles on Sunday afternoon, officials said.
  
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• Police: Two in custody after St. George man is tied-up, beaten, tased and robbed

  16-04-2018 04:49
  SALT LAKE CITY — Two people were arrested Sunday after police say a man who thought he was meeting a female acquaintance for "intimate relations" in an isolated area outside St. George late Saturday night was tied up, beaten with a hammer, strangled, tased and robbed before the two alleged attackers fled the scene.St. George Police Lt. David Crouse said officers were dispatched to Dixie Regional Medical Center Saturday night on a report that an assault victim was being treated there.A 40-y
  
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• Officials: 2 arrested in Cedar City after man says they tied him up, beat him with hammer

  16-04-2018 04:26
  
  A man and woman were arrested Sunday in connection with a St. George aggravated assault case after a man told police they tied him up and beat him with a hammer.
  
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• One child dead, another critical, following Provo chain-reaction accident

  16-04-2018 02:24
  PROVO — A 3-year-old is dead and infant in critical condition following a chain-reaction car accident shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday in Provo.Provo Police detective Nick Dupaix said three cars stopped and waiting to make left-hand turns from the northbound lane of University Avenue on to 3700 North were all damaged when a fourth vehicle, thought to be traveling at or near the speed limit, failed to stop and struck the back vehicle, resulting in a chain-reaction collision.Dupaix said a family
  
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• Man found dead in Sandy identified

  16-04-2018 01:57
  SANDY — A man found deceased in a vehicle Saturday has been identified as 44-year-old David Gordon of Sandy.He was found alone in a red truck in a parking lot at 10305 S. 1300 East about 2:30 p.m, according to Sandy Police Sgt. Jason Nielsen.His body was transported to the medical examiner's office Saturday for investigation, Nielsen said.
  
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• Children injured in Salina ATV accident released from hospital

  16-04-2018 01:54
  SALINA, Sevier County — Police report two 12-year-olds, injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident Saturday have been released from hospitals and are "doing well."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."Everyone, for the Love of your family, friend
  
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• About Utah: She helped pioneer putting the human in resources

  16-04-2018 01:33
  SALT LAKE CITY —This past Tuesday in a banquet room at the Grand America Hotel, Frances Hume was honored for outstanding performance in a career she couldn't even dream about when she was a girl.Because it hadn't yet been invented.Frances works in human resources — H.R. in the modern lexicon. When she was growing up in the little town of Benjamin in Utah County in the 1960s, H.R. stood for home run, if it stood for anything at all.There certainly was no major for it in 1971 at Utah T
  
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• American Fork police K-9 program offers obedience classes to the public

  16-04-2018 01:32
  AMERICAN FORK — It doesn't take much to be proud of a dog. Learning to sit, stay, and fetch is usually more than enough.So, you can imagine how proud Nick Cunningham was after his dog Zeke sniffed out drugs for the very first time."You're standing there just hoping he does the job and he did it. He's a great dog. It doesn't take much to develop a relationship with the dog," Cunningham said.You see, Zeke is a K-9 with the American Fork Police Department, and Cunningham is his handler."It's
  
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• Motorcyclist injured after flying through back window of SUV in collision near St. George

  16-04-2018 00:35
  ST. GEORGE — A motorcycle driver who flew through the back window of an SUV and ended up inside the vehicle in a crash early Friday is expected to survive, according to police.The Utah Highway Patrol reports the crash, which involved a Suzuki motorcycle and a Chevrolet Tahoe, occurred just after 1 a.m. Friday on I-15 near milepost 13 in the St. George area.Troopers say the motorcycle was traveling at a higher rate of speed than the Tahoe in one of the northbound lanes when it approached fr
  
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