Zion National Park begins annual removal of human waste
Overuse of composting toilets at Scout Lookout in Zion National Park have the National Park Service using a helicopter to remove human refuse. The effort will cause temporary trail closures this week.
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Study: Drugmakers fought state opioid limits amid crisis
Follow the money into the politicians’ pockets. A new study finds that may be a big reason Utah is slow to make laws restricting opioid prescriptions. More on the story: https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/09/18/20200/politics-pain-drugmakers-fought-state-opioid-limits-amid-crisis
37s Sep 19, 2016
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UTA hopes to boost ski buses by 35 percent
UTA wants to get more people to ski resorts this winter, but it won’t make changes until it gets your input first. To weigh in: http://www.rideuta.com/news/2016/09/Give-Feedback-on-Proposed-UTA-Ski-Service-Changes
37s Sep 16, 2016
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Hildale resident: “I can sleep when it rains now”
A year after flash floods killed 13 people in Hildale, new construction is ready to prevent similar tragedy in the future.
37s Sep 14, 2016
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Balancing opioid abuse prosecution, treatment for addicts
State and local leaders are trying to refine approaches toward the growing opioid addiction crisis through a summit at Salt Lake County headquarters.
36s Sep 13, 2016
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Study: More Utah teens drinking while vaping, smoking e-cigarettes
More than half of Utah teenagers are not just stopping with alcohol abuse. They have a second substance of choice.
37s Sep 12, 2016
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Expert sees good intentions, problems with bill to sue Saudi Arabia
The House’s voice vote to allow families of Sept. 11 attack victims to sue Saudi Arabia for its role may not help them, and hurt the U.S. in the long run.
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Special trip for special presentation to Dallas police
He was already in Dallas for a big college football game -- which his team lost -- so KSL Newsradio’s Peter Samore visited two police departments there. He presented tokens of gratitude to police departments who lost five officers in shootings in July.
37s Sep 08, 2016
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Suicide rates growing in Utah
Middle-aged Utahns have had the largest spike in suicide rates, and the overall state rate continues to rise year over year. For immediate help, call 800-273-TALK. For a copy of the "Suicide in Utah" report visit http://www.health.utah.gov/vipp. For more information on suicide prevention visit http://utahsuicideprevention.org.
37s Sep 08, 2016
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Dozens of health code violations in Utah County schools
The inspection reports came from a public records request. Districts say they're fixing problems, but consider them "minor."
36s Sep 08, 2016
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New study links pollution to brain diseases
The damage magnetites cause looks like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or dementia, according to the new research.http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/08/31/1605941113.abstract
36s Sep 07, 2016
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Proposed rule changes could drastically alter Utah high school sports
They could expand eligibility for student athletes, and an organization that represents their schools is not in support. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865661832/Proposed-rule-changes-could-drastically-alter-Utah-high-school-sports.html
36s Sep 07, 2016
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Farmington residents angry about paying for city's proposed project
The proposal would have more than 100 residents paying tens of thousands of dollars -- and forfeiting pieces of land -- to create streets, curbs and sidewalks.http://www.ksl.com/?sid=41378805&nid=148&title=farmington-residents-upset-about-paying-for-citys-proposed-project
36s Sep 07, 2016
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Shuttered ITT campuses include one in Murray
Staffers and students are scrambling to secure their next steps, after ITT Technical Institute campuses closed across America.
36s Sep 06, 2016
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Ex-CIA chief: major presidential candidates unworthy, unbalanced
Russian hacks of two states’ election databases don’t nearly scare former CIA Director Michael Hayden as much as Donald Trump.
36s Aug 31, 2016
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New food bank opens in American Fork
Fourteen percent of northern Utah County goes hungry, and the “Utah Food Bank’s” newest location hopes to reduce that number.
37s Aug 30, 2016
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Layton drivers coping with ThrU-turns
UDOT and Layton’s mayor say, trust them, you’ll love the new thru-turns near the Layton Hills Mall. They're designed to improve traffic speeds.
37s Aug 29, 2016
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FDA instructs all blood banks to screen for Zika
Zika virus has afflicted more people in the southeast. One blood bank in Utah says it expected to start testing for it. http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm518218.htm
37s Aug 26, 2016
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Utah volunteer heads to help in Baton Rouge
Thousands of people suffering in Baton Rouge flood waters will get some help from a Utah American Red Cross volunteer.
37s Aug 15, 2016
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Agents discuss real ways of settling warrants amidst new scam
Don’t panic if law enforcement agents – real or scammers – call you about paying off outstanding warrants. A constable says you can protect yourself either way. https://secure.utah.gov/warrants/index.html
37s Aug 12, 2016
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Utah high school football participation up after drops
More Utah high schoolers are playing football this year after the sport saw two years of declines for fears of injuries.
37s Aug 11, 2016
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Police chief believes boy's kidnapping story
Saratoga Springs Police continue to look for a man who may have kidnapped a 9-year-old boy before he managed to escape.
37s Aug 10, 2016
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Sneak peak of new DPS Crime Lab
The state crime lab director takes us through the construction dust and noise of what will be his future headquarters in Taylorsville.
37s Aug 09, 2016
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Delta passengers flying, wondering after technical problems
Most Delta passengers are getting out of Salt Lake after a worldwide ground stop. They wonder how one power outage kept them down.
18s Aug 08, 2016
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Hill AFB celebrates new fighter jets
It took two years, but Hill Air Force Base finally has the world’s only combat-ready F-35A fighter jets.
38s Aug 05, 2016
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Website pinpoints risk in middle of wildfire season
State-of-the-art online software can now show Utah homeowners their exact risk of fire during the busy wildfire season. www.utahwildfirerisk.com
37s Aug 04, 2016
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Layton man killed in shootout with police
They called it a last resort, but Clearfield Police say they shot and killed a stolen car suspect who wouldn’t stop threatening them. http://desne.ws/4QXfbJ
37s Aug 03, 2016
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Mayor: give parking fines to charity, not city coffers
Got an old, unpaid parking ticket in Salt Lake City? You can pay it and pick the charity where the fine will go.
38s Aug 02, 2016
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Disgraced St. George businessman off to prison
Jeremy Johnson, connected to two troubled former Utah attorneys general, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for lying to banks and credit card companies. More from the Deseret News: http://desne.ws/tTmvdz
37s Jul 29, 2016
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LDS Church moves 15 volunteers from Turkey to Germany
The LDS Church makes the move after Turkey's recent coup, but a BYU political science professor says foreigners are not the only ones in danger. http://desne.ws/29T595 U.S. travel warning to Turkey: https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/alertswarnings/turkey-travel-warning.html
38s Jul 28, 2016
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'Space junk' spotted in Utah's night sky
The space junk that brightly streaked across last night’s sky came as no surprise to Utah’s NASA Ambassador. He thinks some of it, seen over Utah, could have landed in the Pacific Ocean.
35s Jul 28, 2016
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Planned Parenthood chooses not to hand out controversial contraception
Planned Parenthood of Utah gives in to public pressure not to hand out condoms with an LDS Church acronym at a Salt Lake festival.
35s Jul 27, 2016
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911 recordings recall devastation of large Tooele fire
For the first time, we’re hearing the initial chaos from the Tooele fire through frantic recordings of residents, dispatchers and firefighters. http://www.ksl.com/?sid=40823333&nid=148
36s Jul 27, 2016
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Police: man killed boy, then himself
Salt Lake City Police have determined a man used an "improvised firearm" to kill an 8-year-old boy, and then himself, in an apartment building near the state capitol.
35s Jul 26, 2016
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Utahns rescue young women covered in bear spray
A nozzle pops and hot bear spray covers three young women driving through Saint George. They lacked water and ice to treat themselves.
37s Jul 26, 2016
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Utah GOP leaders tell delegates it's OK to vote Trump
Leaders also tell the delegates to be respectful when Donald Trump accepts the Republican Party nomination for president. http://desne.ws/XyKT6P
38s Jul 21, 2016
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Republicans visit first LDS temple
Utah’s Republican delegation got away from the Cleveland convention and took a pilgrimage to a holy site for the LDS Church.
37s Jul 20, 2016
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Tooele residents return to see their burned homes after fast moving fire
The Tooele residents forced out of their homes overnight by a fast moving grass fire have been allowed back to go through the charred remains. Ten homes were destroyed and eight others damaged. photo credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News
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Lee on Trump fight: 'That's the end of the matter'
Utah Senator Mike Lee says he won’t fight Donald Trump’s race for president any more, and that has Utahns happy. http://desne.ws/uNQu5T
38s Jul 19, 2016
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Utah business leaders react to Nice attack one month after being there
Utah businesses just participated in a trade mission to Nice, France. (Picture from World Trade Center Utah)
32s Jul 15, 2016
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Utah Congressman finally releases public lands bill
We’re finally getting a look at the Public Lands Initiative, a compromise for conserving and developing federal lands in south and eastern Utah. http://desne.ws/QcXVaB
36s Jul 14, 2016
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U of U study looks at importance of shade when watering
It is possible you are watering too much, because you haven't taken shade into account.(picture from University of Utah study)
45s Jul 14, 2016
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Utah AG & partners announce multiple arrests, charges in human trafficking cases
Dozens of arrests have been made in Utah after child pornography and human trafficking stings. The Utah attorney general's office announced the results of their investigations today.
1m Jul 13, 2016
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Families hurting after fire destroys future houses
Three South Jordan families are mourning the loss of two homes and wondering how the fire that consumed them started.
33s Jul 12, 2016
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Team of "angels" helps free boys pinned under tree
The aunts of two brothers nearly crushed to death by a falling cottonwood in their Provo campground recount how they helped rescue them.
36s Jul 11, 2016
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Fire officials investigating 5 suspicious blazes around Centerville
Concerns about a serial arsonist in Davis County after more suspicious fires were set this morning.
44s Jul 11, 2016
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Utah Rep Jason Chaffetz leading grilling of FBI Director
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wants to know why James Comey did not think Hillary Clinton should be prosecuted.
59s Jul 07, 2016
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Briana Scroggins/Pool Teen charged with double murder in crash deaths 'very frightened,' attorney says
A 16-year-old girl charged as an adult with murdering two people when she crashed her car into them last week made her initial appearance in court Wednesday.
36s Jul 06, 2016
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SLCPD investigating deadly shooting
A 16 year old boy was shot and killed early Tuesday morning in a car-to-car shooting.
36s Jul 05, 2016
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16 year old charged as adult for deadly Roy hit and run
Serious charges for the teenage driver who Roy police say killed two people early Thursday morning. And the court documents show more of what happened.
38s Jul 01, 2016
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