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Man dresses as woman to rob bank
SANDY - Police are searching for a man who was dressed as a woman Wednesday when he robbed a Zions Bank just before closing. Police said a white man wearing a white blouse, white hat and white sunglasses entered Zions Bank ...
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Teen brother questioned in death of 2 Utah boys
WEST POINT, Utah (AP) -- Davis County sheriff's deputies are investigating the deaths of two boys in West Point and have identified their older brother as a person of interest in the ...
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John Saltas Jerre Wrobles Impact on CW
Excluding me, there have been six editors. And you can kind of break them into eras. Tom Walsh was the first. He was the one who kind of established our voice. Chris Smart elevated our voice. Both those guys were good, old-style journalists who cared about news-they came directly from a news background. The era that Jerre was in was the one where the newspaper industry wasn’t as easy. And ...
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Police investigating deadly fall at Bridal Veil Falls
Bridal Veil Falls . Police received a report of the fall just after 8 p.m., Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Cannon said. The couple who made the call told dispatchers they were sightseeing along a nearby road and saw the man fall. They said they didn't feel comfortable hiking up to the man because he was in an area that appeared to have unsafe terrain, Cannon said. When ...
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2 children found dead in West Point home police searching for brother
WEST POINT — Deputies in Davis County are searching for a 15-year-old boy after his two younger brothers were found dead in their home Wednesday ...
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Couple adopts pit bull rescued from Idaho dog-fighting ring
SALT LAKE CITY - An Idaho couple has adopted one of the 64 pit bulls involved in a dog fighting operation that were discovered after a triple murder in Idaho. Dispite the dog's rough past, they say it is a great pet. ...
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Latinos in Utah call on Hatch to support immigration reform
Laren Ruiz shields her candle from the breeze as she attends a DREAM Team event Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the Mexican Federation of Clubs of Utah in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake DREAM Team urged Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, to stand by Utah families and support immigration ...
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University of Utah graduate Michael Smith crowned The Schwab champion
Knowing the answers to random sports trivia questions helped Utahn Michael Smith become ';The Schwab'; champion on an ESPNU ...
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Utah contestants of The Voice will perform tour in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah contestants who performed on "The Voice" will soon be performing in their home state. A new Utah company that helps developing musicians will go on tour with the local artists in June. The music company, Refinement Records, is based out of Draper and got some popular local artists for their first tour. Ryan Innes and Amy Whitcomb sang as soloists on the current ...
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CrossFit karate gyms fundraising for family of mother who died in childbirth
OREM - The family of a Utah County woman who died during childbirth has received a tremendous outpouring of support from Utahns and people around the country. Katrina Lawrence died on May 6 while giving birth to her sixth child, her son Jett Li. Since then her story has touched many people who never knew or met her. Friends and family said her story inspired more than 17,000 on Facebook and ...
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Criminal sketch artist retires after 41 years of service
SALT LAKE CITY - A woman who has drawn sketches to help police identify criminals is retiring after 41 years of service. Karen Kido has been involved in every major Salt Lake City police case for over four decades. She is a talented artist who has been able to draw sketches with enough detail to help investigators identify criminals. Kido said that she has really enjoyed her work. ...
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New West Davis Corridor to destroy bird habitats says environmental group
SALT LAKE CITY - Environmental groups in the Salt Lake Valley are urging UDOT to examine how a proposed highway could affect wildlife along the Great Salt Lake. The environmentalist volunteers are spending dozens of hours logging and counting specific birds in Davis County's wetlands, and they want to show UDOT how the habitats will be affected by the new highway. Members of the ...
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UHP using data to patrol prevent accidents during Memorial Day weekend
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Highway Patrol officers were originally guided by road experience and instincts in making arrests and patrolling holiday traffic. Now, they are governed by science and data to prevent fatalities during holiday weekends. Utah Highway Patrol troopers - just ahead of the Memorial Day weekend - spoke publicly for the first time about their new approach to road enforcement ...
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Digital time capsule to preserve momentos memes
SALT LAKE CITY — What would you put in a digital time capsule to be opened in five years? Eliza McKinney, an artist living in Salt Lake City, had the idea to create a time capsule, but she had two problems: she doesn't have much in the way of stuff and doesn't own any land to speak of. So she went to the Internet, asking her Facebook friends if there was a way to create a ...
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Salt Lake Valleys healthiest principals earn $1000 for schools
Thirteen elementary principals from the Salt Lake Valley competed for a chance to win $1,000 for their respective schools in the My Heart Challenge, a contest sponsored by the Intermountain Heart ...
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Intermountain to track radiation due to medical exams
MURRAY - Intermountain Healthcare has launched a new system that tracks cumulative radiation exposure from medical exams. Intermountain is the only health care organization in the country currently monitoring medical radiation exposure, said David Barnes, an emergency physician at Intermountain Medical Center. The tracking goes back to August 2012. It started with some of the most popular and ...
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Construction workers rescue woman from burning home
SYRACUSE — Fire investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a Davis County house fire Wednesday afternoon. A woman who was inside at the time said she credits nearby construction workers with saving her life. The fire broke out just before 3 p.m. in a home near 2900 South and 2000 West. Syracuse firefighters say they arrived within minutes of the first 911 call and found the ...
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Gay Parents In The U.S. Salt Lake City Has Highest Population Of Same-Sex Couples Raising Kids
some startling facts about the demographics of gay and lesbian parents. Metro areas with the highest percentages of same-sex couples who are raising children are located in socially conservative states with constitutional bans on marriage equality in place, officials at the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law point out in a press release. The following infographic was created as part ...
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University of Utah makes list of most-attended schools by Fortunes top 100 CEOs
U.S. News and World Report released a report on Wednesday of where America's business leaders went to college, and a local school was featured. The study, also published on Yahoo!, looked at the top 100 CE0s on the Fortune 500 list. While the usual suspects were at the top of the list, the University of Utah awarded three degrees to CEOs of some of the top 100 companies, including one ...
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Solicitor arrested in Herriman after alleged aggression
HERRIMAN — A solicitor was arrested Wednesday after residents complained that he was being aggressive. Aaron Howell, 38, was arrested Wednesday after Unified Police received reports Tuesday of him being aggressive while selling cleaning products door-to-door. Officers had been looking for Howell, Lt. Justin Hoyal said, when they received another call about an aggressive solicitor. ...
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$2.6B needed for Utah to reach per-pupil national education spending average
To match Washington, D.C. — currently the highest per-pupil spending rate in the country — Utah would need more than $8 billion, which would require a 19.8 percent income tax rate and an additional annual household cost of ...
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Man stabbed in downtown Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY — An early morning stabbing sent one man to the hospital with serious injuries Wednesday. According to Lt. Brian Purvis with Salt Lake police, two men were involved in an altercation about an unknown subject at about 6 a.m. near 600 West and 200 South. One man stabbed another and then fled the scene. The alleged assailant has not been found. The victim was taken to ...
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Education coalition attacks Utahs efforts to get federal lands
A new network that includes representation by school board members, teachers, college and high school students says Utah's efforts to get control of federal lands is the wrong move. They say it will ultimately hurt education and damage public ...
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State parks host scavenger hunt contest
SALT LAKE CITY — As if you needed another excuse to spend some time in Utah's state parks, the state is offering prizes to the people who complete the most tasks in a state park scavenger hunt. Starting June 1, contestants can enter the Utah State Parks and Recreation State of Adventure Scavenger Hunt. Throughout the summer, contestant who are in top standing will receive prizes, ...
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Downtown Salt Lake City redevelopment
Salt Lake’s downtown area has, like many major cities across the US, deteriorated in recent decades as businesses and homeowners have moved out into the suburbs, but now, even in the midst of one of the worst real estate crisis in recent history, a number of major Salt Lake City developers are turning the tide.
Salt Lake City will have an entirely different downtown area in the next few years as major residential and mixed-use developments and new condominiums come online. Well over 1000 residential units are under construction or in the planning stages with major developments such as the City Creek Project leading the new trend. Read more
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