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Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox speaks during a COVID-19 briefing at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cox unveiled a plan Friday to ramp up Utah's COVID-19 vaccine distribution as the state sees a post-holiday surge in new cases. Cox, a Republican, said he will issue an executive order requiring facilities to allocate their doses the week they are received and have local health departments manage distribution, with an expectation of administering 50,000 doses a week. (Jeffrey D. Allred/Deseret News, via AP, Pool)

Cox Visits Mexico City On Trade Mission

(Mexico City) — Governor Spencer Cox says his latest trade mission to Mexico City has been fruitful. The governor is visiting the Mexican capital this week for the second time in two years. He says his trip is meant to strengthen Utah’s cultural and economic ties with our neighbors to […]

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Arizona starts talks on addressing dwindling Colorado River

Arizona starts talks on addressing dwindling Colorado River

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona is getting a jump start on what will be a years-long process to address a dwindling but key water source in the U.S. West. Several states and Mexico rely on the Colorado River for drinking water and growing crops. But climate change, drought and demand […]

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FBI investigating killing of US women and children in Mexico

FBI investigating killing of US women and children in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — FBI agents are in Mexico helping investigate the fatal shootings of nine American women and children in northern Mexico last week. FBI spokeswoman Lauren Hagee said Tuesday that agents are “providing assistance at the invitation of the Mexican Government.” A Mexican federal official says FBI agents […]

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Father who lost wife, sons says life ‘turned upside down’

Father who lost wife, sons says life ‘turned upside down’

A U.S. citizen who lost his wife and two of his sons when they were ambushed by gunmen in Mexico said his life has been upended and he’s leaving the country with the rest of his family, ABC News reported. David Langford told ABC’s “World News Tonight” Sunday that “my whole life […]

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Stay or go? US residents of Mexico town torn after 9 killed

Stay or go? US residents of Mexico town torn after 9 killed

LA MORA, Mexico (AP) — U.S. citizens living in a small Mexican farming community established by their ancestors are trying to decide whether they should stay or leave after burying some of the nine American women and children slaughtered this week in a drug cartel ambush. What had been a […]

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Utah man arrested in Mexico after couple found dead in Texas

Utah man arrested in Mexico after couple found dead in Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Authorities say police have arrested a man in Mexico who’s suspected of stealing a car that belonged to a New Hampshire couple found buried at a South Texas beach. Kleberg County Sheriff Richard Kirkpatrick told KIII-TV in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Wednesday that Adam Curtis Williams was […]

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Relatives remember women gunned with kids down near border

Relatives remember women gunned with kids down near border

HERRIMAN, Utah (AP) — The three women who were gunned down with six of their children in northern Mexico by suspected drug cartel members were remembered Tuesday as good people who loved their families and enjoyed quiet lives centered around a successful pecan farming operation south of the U.S. border. […]

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Salt Lake City’s 1st all-female race could bring 1st Latina mayor

Salt Lake City’s 1st all-female race could bring 1st Latina mayor

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — 8:25 p.m. A Salt Lake City councilwoman who rose to prominence fighting pollution has taken an early lead in the race to become the next mayor. Erin Mendenhall won 59 percent of the vote in the first round of ballots released shortly after polls closed. […]

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Monsoon brings high hope, delivers little rain in Southwest

Monsoon brings high hope, delivers little rain in Southwest

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The monsoon season was a dud across much of the U.S. Southwest this year, bringing high hope but delivering little rainfall. Several communities in northern Arizona had the driest monsoon season on record, including Flagstaff. Phoenix’s season was the fifth driest recorded. The seasonal weather pattern […]

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People across Southwest longing for seasonal rainstorms

People across Southwest longing for seasonal rainstorms

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Across the Southwest, people are longing for seasonal rainstorms like a lost summer romance. They’re declaring their love online for the weather pattern that makes the scorching heat somewhat bearable in places like Phoenix and Las Vegas, and helps snuff out wildfires. They’re peering out their […]

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