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Complaints to Sundance hotline prompt investigations

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Police in the Utah community that hosts the Sundance Film Festival says two complaints to a hotline set up to report sexual misconduct during the event have prompted investigations. Park City police Capt. Phil Kirk tells the Salt Lake Tribune one complaint was about a […]

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Manti native receives patent using local company

It’s not the first patent obtained by a resident of Sanpete County, but it is the first time a local company has been instrumental in obtaining that patent. Milt Olsen, owner of Maintenance Technology Systems of Manti, is a senior vibration analyst, and his company collects vibration data for surface […]

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Sanpete County refinances jail bonds and saves big bucks

Due to the action of the Sanpete County Commission before the end of 2017, the county will save a significant amount of money over the next 17 years. By refinancing and changing the financial structure of bonds used to construct the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Complex, the county is looking at […]

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Fish Lake Perch Tournament canceled due to unsafe ice conditions

The Division of Wildlife Resources will not be holding one of Utah’s most popular fishing events this year. The Fish Lake Perch Tournament, which was scheduled to begin on Feb 24, has been canceled because of unsafe ice conditions. Officials are predicting that the ice thickness won’t be improving in […]

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Proposals allowing pot growth, use by terminally ill advances

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Utah measures that would allow terminally ill people to use certain forms of marijuana and farmers to grow it for research purposes passed their first legislative hurdle Wednesday despite criticism from medical marijuana advocates that the piecemeal approach doesn’t go far enough. The proposals […]

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Bill punishing doctors who don’t follow abortion law gets OK

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state Senate committee has approved a bill that would penalize doctors in Utah who do not show an informational video to women seeking an abortion. The Deseret News reports the committee unanimously passed the bill Wednesday. Sen. Todd Weiler says doctors who are “willfully […]

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Army: 60 hospitalizations, 2 deaths blamed on vaping oils

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Army is warning about the dangers of vaping synthetic cannabinoid oil after about 60 soldiers and Marines in North Carolina and 33 troops in Utah experienced serious medical problems in January. In a Monday public health alert, the U.S. Army Public Health Center said […]

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Mom, 2 girls facing deportation take refuge at Utah church

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A mother and her two daughters have taken sanctuary in a converted classroom at a Utah church rather than move to Honduras on a federal deportation order. Unidad Inmigrante activist Amy Dominguez told The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday that Vicky Chavez fears for her […]

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New University of Utah president to take office in April

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ruth Watkins, who will become the first female president of the University of Utah, has earned a reputation of being personable, collaborative and determined and is hoping to take advantage of being a relative newcomer to the state to improve the university. The Salt Lake […]

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Bill offering IUDs to low-income women moving forward

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bill offering IUDs and other family planning assistance through Medicaid has passed through the state House and is headed to the state Senate. The Deseret News reports Republican Rep. Ray Ward, who is sponsoring the bill passed Tuesday, says while reversible and long-term birth […]

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