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16-year-old Preston Summerhays wins US Junior Amateur

16-year-old Preston Summerhays wins US Junior Amateur

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Preston Summerhays won the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship on Saturday, beating Bo Jin of China 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final at Inverness Club. “I don’t even know how to explain how it felt,” Summerhays said. “It’s just one of my goals being accomplished.” Summerhays, […]

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An F-35A Lightning II fighter jet takes off during Astral Knight 2019 on June 3, 2019, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The U.S. Air Force has deployed one squadron of F-35A Lightning II fighter jets, Airmen, and associated equipment to Aviano Air Base, Italy, from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings, at Hill AFB, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Araos)

Hill Air Force Base personnel conducting training in Europe

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AP) — Combat aircraft and support personnel from Hill Air Force Base in Utah are conducting training in several European countries. Hill officials said Friday the readiness exercise includes having F-35As land, refuel and re-arm with dummy munitions at forward airfields in Poland and conduct […]

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2 killed in Utah crash when pickup truck goes off dirt road

2 killed in Utah crash when pickup truck goes off dirt road

HUNTSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A pickup truck went off a northern Utah dirt road and rolled multiple times while plunging into a ravine and ejecting its seven occupants early Saturday, killing two people and injuring at least four, authorities said. The Weber County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responding to a […]

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Utah call-center company to add up to 200 Montana employees

Utah call-center company to add up to 200 Montana employees

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A call-center company will add as many as 200 employees in Montana after landing contracts with a national meal-kit delivery service. American Fork, Utah-based ROI Solutions recently expanded to Billings. The business will handle customer service operations for HelloFresh, a meal-kit service that sends ingredients and […]

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Ogden high school to restart childcare for student-parents

Ogden high school to restart childcare for student-parents

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah high school will re-start a child-care program for students, a move that could help young parents finish their education. Two Rivers High School in Ogden is planning to open the on-site program at the beginning of the upcoming school year, the Standard-Examiner reported . It will […]

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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, then 91, works in his office at the Supreme Court on Sept. 28, 2011.

Utah governor order’s flag-lowering Tuesday for Stevens

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert is ordering that U.S. and Utah flags at state facilities be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday in honor of former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who will buried that day at Arlington National Cemetery. Herbert’s office said […]

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Biodiesel executives linked to polygamous group plead guilty

Biodiesel executives linked to polygamous group plead guilty

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two executives of a Salt Lake City biodiesel company linked to a polygamous group are pleading guilty to charges filed in a $511 million tax credit scheme. Court documents made public on Friday show Jacob Kingston and Isaiah Kingston with the company Washakie Renewable Energy […]

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Plan to slow Western wildfires would clear strips of land

Plan to slow Western wildfires would clear strips of land

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Trump administration is proposing an ambitious plan to slow Western wildfires by bulldozing, mowing or revegetating large swaths of land along 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) of terrain in the West. The plan that was announced this summer and presented at public open houses, including […]

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Regulations to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy get early nod

Regulations to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy get early nod

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah psychologists would be prohibited from practicing so-called conversion therapy on LGBTQ kids under proposed state regulations that got an early nod of approval from a state licensing board on Thursday. The vote came after Republican Utah Gov. Gary Herbert called on state regulators to […]

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Vietnam War veteran bikes up canyon daily to combat PTSD

Vietnam War veteran bikes up canyon daily to combat PTSD

PAYSON, Utah (AP) — For those who frequently head up Payson Canyon during the morning hours, they’ll likely see a man riding his bike and with a grin on his face. Going up or down, it doesn’t matter — he’s always smiling. That man is 74-year-old Jim Taylor, who for […]

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