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FILE - Wind turbines stand at a wind farm along the Montana-Wyoming state line on June 13, 2022. Wyoming and federal officials will formally kick off construction Tuesday, June 20, 2023, of a massive transmission line project to export wind power from Wyoming to southern California. But despite extensive wildlife studies, design tweaks and clearing of lengthy federal environmental reviews, the projects are now being built amid a more tepid attitude about wind power in Wyoming than when they were first proposed more than 15 years ago. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin, File)

Build begins on Wyoming-to-California power line amid growing wind power concern

RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — Portrait photographer Anne Brande shoots graduation and wedding engagement photos at scenic spots throughout southeastern Wyoming’s granite mountains and sprawling sagebrush valleys, but worries what those views will look like in a few years. Wind energy is booming here. “Dandelions in my yard, you know, when […]

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Ruiz, Muscovski propel Real Salt Lake past DC United 2-1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pablo Ruiz scored from midfield in the first half, Danny Muscovski added a second-half goal and Real Salt Lake held off D.C. United 2-1 on Saturday night. Things went bad for DC United (6-8-5) after defender Steven Birnbaum sent off for a red card in the 26th […]

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Judge Rules St. George Violates First Amendment Rights In Regard To Drag Show

Judge Rules St. George Violates First Amendment Rights In Regard To Drag Show

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The city of St. George must issue a permit for a Utah-based group that organizes drag performances to host an all-ages drag show in a public park, a federal judge ruled, calling the city’s attempt to stop the show unconstitutional discrimination. “Public spaces are public spaces. Public […]

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San Diego State seeks info from the Mountain West related to a potential exit, an AP source says

San Diego State seeks info from the Mountain West related to a potential exit, an AP source says

San Diego State University has sent a letter to the Mountain West seeking information related to a potential exit next year, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday night due to the sensitivity of the situation. According […]

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This photo provided by Morgan County (UT) Fire & EMS shows an abandoned litter of racoons that found at a construction site in northern Utah on  found new homes a demolition crew on June 14, 2023.   (Morgan County (UT) Fire & EMS via AP)

Demolition crew saves abandoned litter of baby raccoons in Utah

MORGAN, Utah (AP) — An abandoned litter of raccoons discovered at a construction site in northern Utah found new homes earlier this week after a construction crew uncovered the animals below the remnants of a demolished home. “A big-hearted foreman for the demolition crew working on Morgan Valley Drive came […]

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FILE - A sign is shown in front of Planned Parenthood of Utah Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, that will effectively ban clinics from providing abortions, setting off a rush of confusion among clinics, hospitals and prospective patients in the deeply Republican state. With the law set to start taking effect May 3, both the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and the Utah Hospital Association declined to detail how the increasingly fraught legal landscape for abortion providers in Utah will affect their operations.  (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Planned Parenthood of Utah Shuts Down Its Logan Location; Plans State It Is To Reopen in August

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thursday, the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah shut down its Logan clinic. The northern Utah city of 52,000 is home to Utah State University and about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Idaho, where abortions have been effectively banned since last year. Planned Parenthood said in a […]

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Madonna Pappan, top, hugs her 4-year-old daughter Charlie Pappan before speaking at a press conference at the Adobe Eco Hotel in Rapid City, S.D. on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Pappan is one of three mothers represented by the American Civil Liberties Union in a class action suit filled by the ACLU on behalf of the Rosebud Sioux and Oglala Sioux tribes. The tribes are challenging the state's practices and policies that they say violate the Indian Child Welfare Act.  (AP Photo/Rapid City Journal, Kristina Barker)

Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thursday, the Supreme Court preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from some Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race. The court left in place the 1978 Indian […]

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FILE - A house where Kouri Richins and Eric Richins lived is shown, May 11, 2023, in Francis, Utah. Kouri Richins, the woman who wrote a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death and was later arrested on accusations of killing him, is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, June 12, after new evidence pertaining to possible motives led to her case being postponed. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Utah woman accused of killing husband then writing grief book for kids requests bail

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Attorneys for a Utah woman who wrote a children’s book about coping with grief after her husband’s death, and was later accused of fatally poisoning him, argued in court on Monday she should be released on bail for the duration of her trial. Kouri Richins, 33, is […]

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Protest derails planned celebration of 20-year ban on oil drilling near Chaco national park

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was supposed to be a homecoming of sorts for U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, after her agency spent many months hosting public meetings and talking with Native American leaders about curbing the pace of oil and gas development in the San Juan Basin and protecting […]

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New York City, Real Salt Lake play to scoreless draw

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Luis Barraza saved four shots in goal for New York City FC and Zac MacMath made one for Real Salt Lake as the two clubs played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night. NYCFC (4-7-6) earned its first road point in the series after losing on […]

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