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• Two Utah men in separate auto-pedestrian accidents die, police say

  12-02-2019 23:28
  MAGNA — Two people recently involved in separate auto-pedestrian accidents in Magna and Midvale have died as a result of their injuries, Unified police announced Tuesday.About 10:30 p.m. Monday, Harold D. Phillips, 86, of Midvale, was riding his bicycle through the intersection of 480 West and Center Street in Midvale when he was hit by a vehicle and killed, said Unified Police Sgt. Melody Gray. There was a stop sign for Phillips' direction of travel, but investigators were unsure Tuesday
  
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• Utah House springs bill to add regulations for trampoline parks

  12-02-2019 23:24
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House voted 54-19 Tuesday to add standards for trampoline parks across the state.HB150 would require the parks to follow safety standards, get an inspection before acquiring a business license and have liability insurance."The standard that is incorporated here is what I think is the least intrusive possible, it's simply that if you're going to operate a trampoline park you ought to follow industry standards," said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Norm Thurston, R-Provo.B
  
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• University of Utah enacting changes after student killing, but no firings, president says

  12-02-2019 23:13
  SALT LAKE CITY — Conducting proper background checks. Improved domestic violence training. Improved communication between departments on campus and outside law enforcement agencies.These are just some of the many steps that have already been taken to make the University of Utah a safer campus, according to U. President Ruth Watkins and U. Department of Public Safety Chief Dale Brophy.Watkins, Brophy and other school leaders delivered a presentation to the University of Utah board of truste
  
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• Owner, longtime customers reflect on loss of Provo restaurant

  12-02-2019 22:39
  
  A landmark in Utah County had to stop taking reservations when a fire destroyed the historic Los Hermanos restaurant in Provo Monday night.
  
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• Utah House OKs allowing campaign funds to be used for child care

  12-02-2019 21:46
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill allowing candidates for public office to use campaign funds to pay for child care passed its final hurdle in the Utah Legislature Tuesday.The House voted, 64-4, to approve an amendment made in the Senate to allow use of funds during legislative duties as well as campaign duties.The bill, HB129, is co-sponsored by Rep. Craig Hall, R-West Valley City, and Rep. Stephanie Pitcher, D-Salt Lake City, each opened a similar bill and they decided to join efforts."The purpose
  
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• Polar bear at Utah's Hogle Zoo recovering ‘nicely’ after breaking leg

  12-02-2019 21:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's Hogle Zoo reported Tuesday that Nora, the 3-year-old polar bear who broke her right front leg between her shoulder and elbow, is recovering "nicely" from surgery last week to repair the break.According to a post on the zoo's Facebook page, surgeons and zoo veterinarians are pleased with her progress."She's protecting her leg and putting just a little bit of weight on it, which is just what the surgeons wanted. Her incision looks clean and her foot flexion is also ju
  
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• Legislative spotlight on nuclear power for Utah consumers draws criticism, praise

  12-02-2019 21:28
  SALT LAKE CITY — A resolution encouraging development of advanced nuclear reactor technology for Utah's future energy needs is on the docket for possible passage this session, but critics say it would be financial folly for future ratepayers.HEAL Utah, a local watchdog organization and advocate for clean energy, held a press conference Tuesday at the state Capitol to detail why small modular reactor technology is not financially viable.The media event was held the same day as the Millennia
  
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• Pedestrian hit by SUV in Magna dies from injuries almost 2 weeks later

  12-02-2019 21:11
  
  A pedestrian who was hit by an SUV while crossing a street in Magna has died from his injuries almost two weeks later, police said.
  
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• Fire guts Provo restaurant and upstairs offices; cause unknown

  12-02-2019 21:06
  PROVO — A Mexican restaurant that erupted in flames Monday night in Provo is a total loss, and so are several second-story offices above, fire officials said Tuesday.The cause of the fire wasn't known, but investigators don't believe there was any foul play.The blaze began in the basement of Los Hermanos, making it difficult and dangerous for crews to battle. One firefighter sustained a minor shoulder injury after falling down stairs, Provo Fire and Rescue officers said in a Facebook post.
  
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• Police locate man wanted in fatal Ogden shooting; still seeking another

  12-02-2019 20:56
  
  Police on Tuesday located a 23-year-old man who is a person of interest in an Ogden shooting that left a man dead and his brother critically injured.
  
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• 'Walls divide. We must build bridges,' Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico says at Utah talk

  12-02-2019 20:48
  
  "Walls divide. We must build bridges," Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, told an enthusiastic audience at the University of Utah on Tuesday.
  
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• Utah Senate approves bill adding 4 judgeships in 3rd District Court

  12-02-2019 20:17
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill creating four new 3rd District Court judgeships passed the Senate Tuesday.SB92, sponsored by Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, was approved 27-1 and now goes to the House. Yet to be decided is whether the $1.81 million cost of adding the new judges will be included in the final budget.The sole vote against the bill came from Sen. David Hinkins, R-Orangeville, who questioned why judges weren't transferred from some of the state's seven other court districts for a day
  
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• Committee OKs bill allowing no tuition for qualifying students; appointed school board proposal is put on hold

  12-02-2019 18:00
  
  Lawmakers Monday advanced a bill that calls for no tuition or fees for qualifying college students, and stopped a proposal that would create an appointed State School Board.
  
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• Jay Evensen: Why was Prop. 3 changed? Voters contradicted themselves

  12-02-2019 17:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Simply put, the problem is this: Last November, Utah voters contradicted themselves.On the one hand, they voted to pass Proposition 3, which expanded Medicaid coverage to people earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line, as called for under the Affordable Care Act.On the other hand, they voted to put people in charge of the Legislature who, generally speaking, dislike the so-called Obamacare and view Medicaid expansion as fiscally irresponsible.What did you exp
  
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• ‘Extremely shocked’: Utah families hit hard, paying more under new tax law

  12-02-2019 16:08
  
  Tax season is turning into a tax nightmare for many Utah families, especially those with more than two children, as they discover a significant jump in state income taxes.
  
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• Bicyclist hit and killed in Midvale Monday night

  12-02-2019 14:34
  
  A man on a bicycle was hit and killed in Midvale Monday night, police said.
  
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• Utah lawmaker pulls back proposed constitutional amendment to create appointed State School Board

  12-02-2019 07:26
  SALT LAKE CITY — A freshman representative pulled back Monday a proposed constitutional amendment that would have asked voters whether to change the elected State School Board to a nine-member board appointed by the governor.After more than an hour of testimony and debate on HJR13, Rep. Melissa Garff Ballard, R-North Salt Lake, asked the House Education Committee to hold the bill and refer companion legislation, HB242, to a task force.The resolution was supported by two former members of t
  
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• Your up-to-the-hour look at Day 16 of the 2019 Utah Legislature

  12-02-2019 06:15
  SALT LAKE CITY — On Tuesday, the Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee is scheduled to discuss SB151, which would amend the initiative procedure in the state.Among other things, SB151 requires an application for a statewide initiative petition to contain information relating to funding sources for the proposed law. The bill also proposes modifying public hearing and ballot requirements.Other issues expected to be discussed at the Statehouse during the day includ
  
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• Provo police targeting drivers distracted by cellphones

  12-02-2019 05:45
  
  Officers with the Provo Police Department are watching and issuing citations for drivers distracted by their phones.
  
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• Firefighter injured after Utah Mexican restaurant catches fire

  12-02-2019 05:11
  PROVO — Firefighters Monday night were working to put out a basement fire that started in a Provo Mexican restaurant.Crews were called to Los Hermanos at 71 E. Center St. at 7:02 p.m., Provo Fire and Rescue Captain Dean York said.The fire's basement location made it more difficult and dangerous for firefighters to reach, York said, but crews were "aggressively" trying to get to it.One firefighter sustained minor injuries after falling down a set of stairs at the business, York said. That f
  
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• Woman seriously injured after being struck by car in Provo crosswalk

  12-02-2019 04:48
  
  A woman was seriously injured Monday night in Provo after a car hit her while she was in a crosswalk, police say.
  
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• Qualifying college students would pay no tuition or fees under 'access scholarship' OK'd by committee

  12-02-2019 04:26
  SALT LAKE CITY — Qualifying college students would pay no tuition or fees for two years under HB260, which creates the Access Utah Promise Scholarship program.On Monday, the House Education Committee unanimously supported the legislation, which would cover costs of tuition and general student fees where federal financial aid falls short for low-income students who take full academic loads.The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Derrin Owens, R-Fountain Green, would be available to students stat
  
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• Millcreek City Council wants bill about Brickyard land dispute with Salt Lake City to be withdrawn

  12-02-2019 04:16
  MILLCREEK — Salt Lake City and Millcreek came one step closer to reaching a resolution on a land dispute Monday.The fight has been over an annexation that happened four decades ago, when Salt Lake City swallowed about 50 acres of what was at the time unincorporated Salt Lake County — a commercial area called the Brickyard near 1100 East and 3300 South.During Monday's work session, the Millcreek City Council agreed to ask to withdraw legislation that would target situations like the B
  
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• Millcreek City Council agrees to ask that legislation in land dispute be withdrawn

  12-02-2019 04:16
  MILLCREEK — Salt Lake City and Millcreek came one step closer to reaching a resolution on a land dispute Monday.The fight has been over an annexation that happened four decades ago, when Salt Lake City swallowed about 50 acres of what was at the time unincorporated Salt Lake County — a commercial area called the Brickyard near 1100 East and 3300 South.During Monday's work session, the Millcreek City Council agreed to ask to withdraw legislation that would target situations like the B
  
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• Teen killed, brother critically injured in Ogden shooting

  12-02-2019 03:41
  OGDEN — A teenage boy was killed and his brother was critically injured Monday evening in a shooting.The shooting happened about 5:35 p.m. in a home at 864 W. Lake St., Ogden Police Lt. Clint Christensen said. Family members identified the boy killed as 16-year-old Kamron Johnson.His brother, Eric Johnson, 22, was critically injured. Kamron was dead when police arrived and Eric Johnson was taken to a local hospital, according to the family.Police said no suspects were in custody as of Mond
  
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• Photos: Random acts of kindness aim to lift women

  12-02-2019 03:15
  A group, spearheaded by the owner of Beautiful You studio, drove around town to find hard-working women to celebrate by rolling out a red carpet, giving them a handmade flower crown, and providing gifts and words of encouragement. "Our goal is to lift up the women around us, because all women deserve to be loved and celebrated," said Julie Smith Wride, Beautiful You street crowning team leader, "We want women in our community to treat themselves as a queen, because they are queens everyday."See
  
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• 'I can't take my kids out into the snow': Residents of Utah apartment building given 3 days to evacuate

  12-02-2019 02:37
  SALT LAKE CITY — On Monday morning, residents of one Salt Lake apartment building received a shock when they learned they need to evacuate their homes within 72 hours.It wasn't for lack of rent payment, but because the owner of Georgia Apartments, 203 E. 2100 South in the Liberty Wells neighborhood, had ignored the fire marshal's repeated requests to get the building up to code, city officials said.Angela Moreno, who lives at the apartment with her two children, ages 13 and 14, said reside
  
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• 1 killed, 1 injured in Ogden shooting

  12-02-2019 02:27
  OGDEN — One person was killed and one was injured Monday evening in a shooting, police said.The shooting happened near 860 W. Lake St., Ogden police said.Police said no suspects were in custody as of Monday evening. Police, however, do not believe there is a danger to the general public.Additional details were not immediately available.This story will be updated.
  
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• Bill relaxing legal notice requirements in newspapers surfaces again, gets approval from Senate panel

  12-02-2019 02:25
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would loosen requirements that legal notices be published in local newspapers has risen from the grave.The bill, which failed in the House last week as HB69, reincarnated as SB145, sponsored by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, in a Senate committee Monday.While the new version of the bill included an amendment to address concerns raised in the House that the bill would hurt rural newspapers, newspaper publishers and the Utah Press Association still opposed the bill,
  
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• Church opposes sale of heavy beer in Utah grocery, convenience stores

  12-02-2019 01:59
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came out against legislation Monday to allow the sale of heavy beer in Utah stores."The church opposes SB132 in its current form. We, along with other community groups, oppose legislation which represents a 50 percent increase in alcohol content for beer sold in grocery and convenience stores," Marty Stephens, director of government relations for the church, said in a statement.Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, introduced a bil
  
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• Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signs replacement for Proposition 3 Medicaid expansion

  12-02-2019 01:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — The GOP leadership-backed replacement for the voter-approved full Medicaid expansion ballot initiative easily cleared its final legislative hurdle Monday and was signed into law by Gov. Gary Herbert a few hours later.The Senate voted 22 to 7 to concur with changes made in the House last week to the more limited Medicaid expansion in SB96 amid protests from supporters of the initiative known as Proposition 3, sending the bill to the governor."I think we are doing the long-t
  
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• Photos: On a clear day you can ski forever

  12-02-2019 01:45
  Residents along the Wasatch Front will see sunny skies and high temperatures in the upper 30s and lower 40s on Tuesday. According to KSL's Dan Guthrie, another wet storm is expected to move into northern Utah Wednesday afternoon and evening. Valleys will see a rain and snow mix, with snow along the benches and mountains.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. Follow the off
  
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• Stabbed woman jumped out of moving vehicle, police say

  12-02-2019 01:33
  SALT LAKE CITY — A West Valley woman was charged Monday with stabbing a woman at her workplace.Lisa DeHerrera, 47, is charged in 3rd District Court with aggravated kidnapping, a first-degree felony, and aggravated assault, a second-degree felony.On Feb. 2, DeHerrera saw her former live-in girlfriend talking with a man and "told her that she was going to kill her," according to charging documents. Two days later, DeHerrera went to the woman's work to "talk" about the incident.But when the w
  
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• Utah's interstate in the sky could be a reality one day

  12-02-2019 01:14
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah may one day be home to an airborne version of the I-15 freeway thanks to technology being developed right here in the Beehive State.Imagine tooling around the skies in vehicles that are human-guided or autonomous, much in the same way that we move about in our motorized four- and two-wheeled vehicles today. That time is approaching faster than some may realize.Ultra-cool technology was on full display at Utah's Capitol as part of 2019 Aerospace Day on the Hill. Variou
  
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• Police: 5-year-old says his mom's attacker chased him with a knife

  12-02-2019 00:59
  WEST VALLEY CITY — West Valley police say a child called 911 over the weekend to report that a woman had been violently attacked.But which child made that call was still under investigation Monday.West Valley police were called to 3292 W. Chester Park Dr. (2850 South) about 6:30 p.m. Saturday on a report of an injured woman. Officers arrived to find Belinda Thomas, 46, unresponsive on the floor of the trailer home and not breathing, according to a Salt Lake County Jail report."The female h
  
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• Could medical isotopes and molten salt reactor be Emery County's new coal?

  12-02-2019 00:57
  SALT LAKE CITY — Coal-producing Emery County could become the global epicenter for research involving molten salt nuclear reactors and medical isotopes used in cutting-edge cancer treatment.The nuclear reactors that use thorium, which is widely occurring in the Earth, and concurrently produce electricity and medical isotopes had a brief run the 1960s at a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory. And more recently in the Netherlands in 2017.According to Mike McKee, executive director of the Se
  
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