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Navajo name change fails to garner enough support

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — A proposal that called for changing the name of the Navajo Nation to Dine Nation has failed to win enough support from the tribal council. Legislation proposing the official name change went before the council Tuesday, with only nine delegates voting in favor. The measure […]

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Judge: Ex-Utah State player accused of rape to stand trial

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge has determined that there’s enough evidence against a former Utah State University football player accused of sexually assaulting seven women for the case to go to trial. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Judge Brian Cannell ruled on Wednesday that 23-year-old Torrey […]

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Judge spares police in polygamous towns, orders monitoring

PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government’s bid to dismantle the police department in a polygamous community on the Arizona-Utah border has been rejected by a judge. But the towns will still be under court supervision for the next decade as punishment in a religious discrimination case. Under orders issued Tuesday […]

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Chaffetz avoids re-election battle, eyes Utah governor race

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s surprising decision not to run for re-election gives the GOP congressman a chance to avoid a potentially damaging re-election campaign and make a future run for governor while clearing the way for a number of ambitious Utah Republicans to try to […]

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Jazz Issue a Fraud Warning For Tickets

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-As the Utah Jazz return to Salt Lake City for Games 3 and 4 against the Los Angeles Clippers in their first round NBA playoff series Friday and Sunday, the team has issued a fraud-alert for single-game tickets. This alert is meant to caution fans about purchasing […]

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Three Charged in Arizona In Death of Santa Clara Man

COLORADO CITY, Ariz. (AP)-Per a report from KPNX-TV (12 News) in Phoenix, three people in Arizona face charges in the death of a Santa Clara man whose body was found last August in a remote Arizona desert region north of the Grand Canyon. Last Friday in Mohave County (Ariz.) Justice […]

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Great Utah Shake-Out

State officials are reminding Utahns that the Great Utah Shake-Out is scheduled to take place Thursday, April 20. The annual earthquake drill will begin at 10:15 a.m.. Sanpete County and Sevier county will sound their “Shelter in Place” siren with a hi-low tone. The Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office, Snow College […]

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Judge: Ex-Utah State player accused of rape to stand trial

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge has determined that there’s enough evidence against a former Utah State University football player accused of sexually assaulting seven women for the case to go to trial. The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2oVV8Qy) that Judge Brian Cannell ruled on Wednesday that 23-year-old […]

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Jury back at work in Bundy ranch standoff trial in Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal jury is back at work deliberating in the trial of six men who brought assault-style weapons to a confrontation that stopped government agents from rounding up cattle near Cliven Bundy’s ranch in April 2014. Jurors began deliberations Thursday afternoon and were off Friday before […]

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Utah Rep. Chaffetz says he won’t run for re-election

WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican who chairs the House Oversight Committee, says he won’t for re-election or any other office in 2018. Chaffetz, who has been rumored as a possible candidate for Senate or governor, says that after consulting with his family and “prayerful consideration, I […]

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