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Biden Approves Disaster Relief Funding For Utah Counties Hit By Flooding Runoff

Biden Approves Disaster Relief Funding For Utah Counties Hit By Flooding Runoff

(Cedar City, UT) — President Biden has granted a major disaster declaration for five counties in southern and central Utah, hit by devastating flooding from runoff last spring. Spring runoff from record mountain snowpack left homes, businesses, and roadways damaged and destroyed. The declaration announced Monday opens up federal funding […]

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Manti Utah Temple Open House Dates Announced

Manti Utah Temple Open House Dates Announced

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released the open house and rededication dates for the Manti Utah Temple. In an announcement released on Nov. 20 it was shared that a media day will be held on Monday, Mar. 11, 2024, followed by the […]

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New Trial date set in Ephraim kidnapping case

New Trial date set in Ephraim kidnapping case

The man accused of kidnapping and raping a Snow College student in December 2021 appeared before Judge Marvin Bagley on Wednesday, June 7 as his attorney asked to vacate his trial date in August.  Brent Brown has been in jail since he was arrested on the charges, and according to […]

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Utah hospitals raise security after threats; man arrested

Utah hospitals raise security after threats; man arrested

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say several Utah hospitals were placed on lockdown or otherwise heightened their security following alleged threats of a shooting and that a man was arrested in the case. Unified Police Sgt. Melody Gray said Wednesday three hospitals in the Salt Lake City area and […]

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Utah Highway Patrol: 3 teens killed when car rear-ends truck

Utah Highway Patrol: 3 teens killed when car rear-ends truck

MOUNT PLEASANT, Utah (AP) — Authorities say three teenagers were killed in a two-vehicle wreck in central Utah. The Utah Highway Patrol says the wreck occurred Friday night near Mount Pleasant in Sanpete County when a sedan carrying four teens crested a hill and rear-ended a flatbed truck moving slower […]

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Search underway for skier missing after avalanche reported

Search underway for skier missing after avalanche reported

CLEAR CREEK, Utah (AP) — Authorities in central Utah are searching for a skier reported missing in a canyon where an avalanche was reported. The Emery County Sheriff’s Office says another skier went for help late Friday after the missing man failed to complete a run in an area north […]

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Utah couple on track to open state’s first tilapia farm

Utah couple on track to open state’s first tilapia farm

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah couple is on track to open the state’s first tilapia farm after they got an exemption from a law that prohibits commercial farming of the species because it can pose a threat to native fish. Cliff and Teri Sackett are looking to build […]

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Man Arrested For Injuring Pregnant Woman; Man In Collision With Stolen Vehicle

Man Arrested For Injuring Pregnant Woman; Man In Collision With Stolen Vehicle

HEBER CITY, Utah-Saturday, a man was arrested after injuring a pregnant woman and a man in a head-on collision with a stolen vehicle in Wasatch County. The 22-year-old Tyson Uresti was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, an invalid driver’s license, reckless driving, failure to operate within a single […]

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Utah high school athlete accused of sexual assault, hazing

Utah high school athlete accused of sexual assault, hazing

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah high school athlete accused of hazing and sexually assaulting at least nine boys is facing multiple charges. The central Utah student, who attends Gunnison Valley High School, was charged Friday in Sanpete County’s juvenile court with six counts of first-degree felony object rape […]

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