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• Utah State Title IX director out, former Logan police detective takes interim role

  18-04-2018 23:53
  Gillian Friedman of the Deseret News is reporting that Utah State University Title IX director Stacy Sturgeon will no longer serve in her position:#BREAKING: Utah State University Title IX director Stacey Sturgeon will no longer serve in her position. Role to be filled temporarily by Scott Bodily, former detective with Logan City PD. @DeseretNews— Gillian Friedman (@gill_friedman) April 18, 2018
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• Utah GOP asks for full appellate court review of SB54 ruling

  18-04-2018 23:32
  SALT LAKE CITY — Republicans want the entire 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to review a three-judge panel's decision last month upholding Utah's controversial election law that gives candidates an alternative path to the primary election ballot.The state GOP filed a petition Wednesday asking for an "en banc" hearing of the court's 2-1 ruling in favor of the 2014 law known as SB54. It allows candidates to bypass a political party's traditional caucus and convention system for selecting nomin
  
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• Utah man gets 100 years in prison for sexual abuse of girls

  18-04-2018 23:31
  OGDEN — A 38-year-old Utah man convicted of sexually abusing five young girls will spend the rest of his life behind bars.A judge in Ogden sentenced Jacob Streeper of Riverdale to at least 100 years in prison. He still faces sentencing for two additional felony charges after he violated a court order and contacted victims after his arrest.Streeper maintained his innocence during Monday's sentencing hearing but said he was "deeply sorry" for any pain he may have caused, the Standard-Examine
  
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• Toddler dies in San Juan County fire

  18-04-2018 22:52
  
  A 2-year-old boy died after a fire broke out in the bedroom he was napping in Saturday, authorities said.
  
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• Police lift shelter-in-place order in Salt Lake City neighborhood

  18-04-2018 22:44
  SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City police have lifted a shelter-in-place order for a southeast neighborhood.But now the department has called for an outside agency for an "officer-involved critical incident."Police have not yet said what the critical incident is or why the shelter in place has been lifted, other than there is no longer a threat to nearby residents. There was no immediate word if anyone had been arrested or injured.The incident began just after 1 p.m. in the area of 1100 East
  
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• Riverton launches new mobile app for residents

  18-04-2018 22:27
  RIVERTON — The city has launched a new mobile app aimed at connecting residents with information and services from their mobile devices.The Riverton Connect app, available on both the Apple Store and Google Play, provides access to basic city information, including a contact directory, event calendar, news feed and places listing.According to the city, the app will allow users to send reports directly to city officials about problems within the city, ranging from malfunctioning city sprink
  
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• Digging in the yard? Call 811 before you do

  18-04-2018 22:23
  SALT LAKE CITY — With the onset of spring, Rocky Mountain Power is reminding customers to protect themselves and their families by calling the Call Before You Dig line at 811 before doing any digging in the yard.The national toll-free number puts customers in touch with a locating service that alerts local underground facility owners so they can mark the approximate location of their lines with paint or flags.According to the power company, there are nearly 20 million miles of underground
  
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• Timpanogos Cave opens for the season May 19

  18-04-2018 22:18
  AMERICAN FORK — Timpanogos Cave National Monument will begin daily tours Saturday, May 19, and continue through Monday, Sept. 3.The monument is open only to ranger-guided tours during the summer, since snow usually covers the 1.5-mile trail that climbs about 1,100 feet from the floor of American Fork Canyon to the cave entrance.Tickets can be purchased up to 30 days in advance beginning Thursday at nps.gov/tica.Tickets are $8 for those ages 16 and older; $6 for children 6 to 15; $4 for chi
  
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• Photos: Red Butte Garden springing to life

  18-04-2018 22:15
  Horticulturist Fritz Kollmann plants a beaked yucca in Red Butte Garden's Water Conservation Garden in Salt Lake City on Wednesday.Despite the recent snow and rain, the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Water and Climate Center said snowpack levels in the Salt Lake City, Provo and Ogden area remain 50 percent to 70 percent of normal. According to the National Weather Service, residents along the Wasatch Front will be greeted Thursday with mostly cloudy skies and a high near 65. Friday wil
  
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• Hurricane man runs 100 miles aboard a cruise ship

  18-04-2018 22:02
  
  Cory Reese, of Hurricane, is no stranger to trekking 100 miles. From road races to solo runs on the trail to high school track, Reese has covered just about every surface. So why not try running on water —with a little help from a cruise ship.
  
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• Audit says Box Elder town lacks fiscal policies, fails to post public notices

  18-04-2018 21:44
  SALT LAKE CITY — A state review of Plymouth, Box Elder County, that was conducted at the request of town officials found several procedural weaknesses, including lack of written fiscal policies and failure to post public meeting notices according to state law.The state audit also found a lack of internal oversight to prevent misuse of public funds and deemed three town debit card transactions "inappropriate," including two purchases of Utah Jazz tickets totaling $684 that were meant as ann
  
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• Police respond to barricaded man in Salt Lake neighborhood

  18-04-2018 21:37
  SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake police are asking residents in the area of 1100 East and Princeton Avenue (1155 South) to shelter in their homes while officers respond to a barricaded man.The man barricaded himself inside a home in that area, according to police. Nearby residents are being asked to lock their doors and remain inside until the situation is over. Police have described the man as "suicidal."Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.
  
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• West Jordan names new city attorney, economic development director

  18-04-2018 21:27
  WEST JORDAN — The City Council has appointed a new city attorney and a new economic development director.Rob Wall will serve as city attorney and replaces David R. Brickey, who was appointed city manager in January. Kent G. Andersen replaces David Oka as economic development director. Oka retired in December.Wall worked as the city attorney for Sandy; assistant city manager and general counsel for South Jordan; and deputy city attorney and risk manager for West Valley City. In addition to
  
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• UDOT names new regional director

  18-04-2018 21:27
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Department of Transportation Executive Director Carlos Braceras has tapped Rob Clayton as the agency's new Region Three director.In this role, Clayton will be responsible for the construction and maintenance of state roads in Utah, Juab, Wasatch, Duchesne, Uintah and Daggett counties. Clayton replaces Teri Newell, who was recently appointed as an additional deputy director at UDOT.Since 2011, Clayton has served as the director of UDOT's traffic management division, wh
  
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• Man dies after falling off ledge in Garfield County while celebrating wife's birthday

  18-04-2018 21:22
  
  A man died after falling off a ridge in Garfield County while en route to shoot a flaming arrow at a heart shape on the ground for his wife's birthday festivities, officials said.
  
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• New report dings Utah for its ozone levels

  18-04-2018 21:08
  SALT LAKE CITY — A new report by the American Lung Association shows Salt Lake City had fewer days of short-term pollution spikes and lower levels of particle pollution year-round from 2014 to 2016 than it did in a previous assessment.That's the good news.As with the rest of the country, ozone levels in the state increased significantly — with much of that due to 2016 going down as the second hottest year on record, the report notes.The increase in ozone led the Salt Lake City-Provo-
  
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• Man swallows Taser prong, tries to grab officer's gun, police say

  18-04-2018 20:21
  SALT LAKE CITY — An unruly passenger who refused to get off a Greyhound bus was arrested after he attempted to grab an officer's gun multiple times and swallowed a prong from a Taser used to try and subdue him, police say.Shawn Andrew Clark, 26, was charged Wednesday in 7th District Court with five counts of disarming a police officer, a first-degree felony; assaulting a police officer, a second-degree felony; and seven counts of propelling a substance at an officer, a third-degree felony.
  
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• Authorities issue hepatitis A exposure warning to customers of Edible Arrangements in Murray

  18-04-2018 20:19
  MURRAY — Health authorities issued a hepatitis A exposure warning Wednesday to anyone who may have eaten any of approximately 600 products sold by Edible Arrangements in Murray between March 21 and April 13.Only those who ate products from that store are at risk for exposure, said Salt Lake County Health Department spokesman Nicholas Rupp."This possible hepatitis A exposure occurred when an employee infected with hepatitis A worked while ill," Rupp wrote in a release.Rupp estimates the bus
  
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• Charges: Owner sold drugs, guns from his auto repair shop

  18-04-2018 19:51
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — The Utah Attorney General's Office believes the owner of a South Salt Lake auto repair shop has been selling guns and drugs out of his business.Luis Miguel Valdes-Rodriguez, 34, was charged last week in 3rd District Court with seven counts of drug distribution, and possession of a firearm by a restricted person, all second-degree felonies.Valdes-Rodriguez is the owner of Kali Auto Detailing and Restoration, 547 W. 3900 South.On March 21, an undercover officer from the att
  
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• Utah Corrections Director Rollin Cook stepping down

  18-04-2018 19:18
  DRAPER — Utah Department of Corrections Executive Director Rollin Cook announced Wednesday that he is stepping down.Cook, who was appointed head of the department five years ago, will leave effective May 15."It's just time for me to move forward. I've been doing this a long time with the sheriff's department and now here. I'm just looking forward to taking advantages of some other opportunities and time with my family," Cook told the Deseret News.
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• Utah governor orders flags lowered to half-staff in honor of Barbara Bush

  18-04-2018 18:48
  SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert has requested all flags at state facilities and public grounds be lowered to half-staff through Saturday to honor the life and service of former first lady Barbara Bush, who died Tuesday at 92.President Donald Trump has also issued a directive to lower flags to half-staff across the country.Individuals and businesses are encouraged to fly the flag at half-staff for the same length of time.
  
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• 75 temples in 75 months: How consistent temple attendance has made a difference for one Utah couple

  18-04-2018 16:00
  LEHI, Utah — In September 2016, Rhett and Jolene Ogden got up early one morning and flew to Indianapolis, Indiana.Upon arrival, the Ogdens drove to a shopping mall parking lot and slept in their rental car while it rained. When the Indianapolis Indiana LDS Temple opened, the couple participated in one endowment session. A few hours later, they picked up lunch at a Panda Express and returned to the airport where they boarded a flight for Utah, arriving home less than 24 hours after they dep
  
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• Hotel, apartments, and more retailers planned for historic Trolley Square

  18-04-2018 15:21
  
  In three years historic Trolley Square will get new retail shops, housing, and a hotel.
  
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• SL County Council eyeing sales tax option to bring Prop 1 tax hike back from the dead

  18-04-2018 15:03
  
  Faced with the chance to collect 100 percent of its revenue until June 2019, Salt Lake County leaders are eying the opportunity to revive the failed sales tax hike that would have captured about $58 million in new revenue for transportation projects.
  
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• Police: No one injured when man steps off bus, fires at windows

  18-04-2018 06:50
  
  Two windows of a Utah Transit Authority bus were shot out Tuesday night after the driver asked four young men to leave the bus following a confrontation, police said.
  
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• Reward offered to find out who tortured a 2-year-old filly, left her to die

  18-04-2018 05:51
  
  A Colorado City family is looking for help finding the person who brutalized their horse, leaving her to die.
  
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• Gas-soaked clothes ignite blast at Logan laundromat

  18-04-2018 05:20
  
  A washing machine full of gasoline-soaked clothing exploded in a Logan laundromat Tuesday afternoon, blowing out the windows but sparing injury for the handful of people who were inside.
  
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• Salt Lake County Council eyeing sales tax option to bring Prop 1 tax hike back from the dead

  18-04-2018 04:58
  SALT LAKE CITY — Faced with the opportunity to collect 100 percent of its revenue until June 2019, Salt Lake County leaders are eying their chance to revive the failed sales tax hike that would have captured about $58 million in new revenue for transportation projects had voters approved in 2015.The Salt Lake County Council on Tuesday was briefed on the new tax opportunities provided to counties in the sweeping transportation bill passed by the Utah Legislature this year, and council membe
  
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• Arrest made in Logan crash that killed 23-year-old man

  18-04-2018 03:41
  
  A 23-year-old Cache valley man is dead following a Logan crash that also hospitalized his mother and sister, police said.
  
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• A 'strong matriarch': Utah leaders remember Barbara Bush

  18-04-2018 03:25
  SALT LAKE CITY — Condolences from Utah leaders and political candidates poured in following the Tuesday death of former first lady Barbara Bush, who was known for her wit and focus on family. She was 92."Today, we lost a woman of wit, grace, humility, and humor," Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, wrote on Twitter. "Through the eloquence of her example, Barbara Bush inspired us all to be the best version of ourselves."HATCH on the passing of Barbara Bush:
  "Today, we lost a woman of wit, grace, humi
  
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• Facing staff shortages, Oxbow jail isn't on track to fully open this summer

  18-04-2018 03:12
  SALT LAKE CITY — Even though Salt Lake County leaders budgeted millions to fully open the long-shuttered Oxbow Jail this summer to help alleviate an overcrowding crisis, things aren't going according to plan.Sheriff Rosie Rivera told the County Council on Tuesday that officials have the money for operations, but they're struggling to find enough new hires to man a fully opened Oxbow. That means, at the current rate, Oxbow will only be able to add another 184-bed pod by July 1, when county
  
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• Utah lawyers laud Supreme Court ruling that curbs removal of immigrants convicted of certain crimes

  18-04-2018 02:59
  SALT LAKE CITY — Local attorneys applauded a Supreme Court decision issued Tuesday that will reduce the number of people facing mandatory deportation for committing certain crimes, ruling that the federal law requiring expulsion is "unconstitutionally vague."The court, in a 5-4 vote with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch joining the court's four more liberal members, handed down a decision that will limit the Trump administration's efforts to deport people convicted of what federal law calls crimes
  
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• 3 water main breaks plague Carbon County

  18-04-2018 02:45
  WELLINGTON, Carbon County — Three water main breaks have affected roughly 1,500 homes in unincorporated Carbon County, leaving some without water and others with low pressure.Carbon County and the city of Wellington declared a state of emergency Tuesday morning saying the failures were straining county resources beyond their capability, affecting public safety and creating "agricultural impacts in an already declared drought disaster."Homeowners in Wellington had low water pressure, but ci
  
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• Provo cybersecurity firm shooting for $41 million in crypto-token offering

  18-04-2018 02:34
  PROVO — In a move that's becoming increasingly popular with tech-centric companies, Provo's Heroic.com is launching a $41 million fundraising effort that will offer cryptocurrency tokens for sale in lieu of the more traditional venture capital or stock offering routes.The cybersecurity firm plans to leverage the funding to build out a cloud-based cybersecurity software package that the company says will "provide a universal solution to protect against current and future cyberattacks."Heroi
  
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• 15-year-old faces 6 felonies in brutal attack of jogger in Sandy

  18-04-2018 02:10
  WEST JORDAN — A 15-year-old boy is facing six first-degree felonies after police say he dragged a woman off a trail in the Dimple Dell gully last month, telling her she was going to die while brutally attacking her as she struggled to get away.If the case is bound over for trial, prosecutors intend to ask that the teen face the charges — including attempted aggravated murder and sexual assault — as an adult.The boy was quiet as he sat shackled in a courtroom Tuesday while an ev
  
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• State of emergency declared as water main breaks affect 1.5K Carbon County residents

  18-04-2018 01:49
  
  Three water main breaks have affected roughly 1,500 homes in Carbon County, leaving some without water and others with low pressure.
  
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• USU taps Wyoming dean as new executive vice president

  18-04-2018 01:35
  LOGAN ? Francis D. Galey, who is a veterinarian and dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming, has been selected executive vice president and provost of Utah State University.Galey, a researcher, author, educator and veteran university administrator, succeeds Noelle Cockett, who left the position when she was named the 16th president of USU in January 2017."He has had a distinguished and successful career as a faculty member and in university administr
  
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• Videos show man's actions before West Valley police shot, killed him

  18-04-2018 01:28
  WEST VALLEY CITY — He refused to remove his hand from his pocket despite repeated commands. Then, his right hand came up in a quick motion with his elbow near his shoulder.Police responded by shooting three times, killing the man.Those last moments of Elijah James Smith's life are shown on body camera videos released Tuesday by West Valley police. The videos were recorded by three officers looking for Smith, who had barged into a random house where three young children were home and alone.
  
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• Videos show man's actions before police shot, killed him

  18-04-2018 01:21
  
  On Tuesday, West Valley police released body camera videos recorded by three officers.
  
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• Volunteer's 'shared bond' brings hope to Utah cancer patients undergoing treatment

  18-04-2018 00:58
  SALT LAKE CITY — After a prolonged stay at the hospital, most people would likely rather not return to its sterile halls anytime soon.But that wasn't the case for Sandy Crandell, a cancer survivor who volunteers in the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinic at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. The clinic is recognizing her for her service during Volunteer Week, which runs April 15-21."If I could put a smile on somebody's face who's here, who doesn't have family here, kinda get to know them, kinda
  
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