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Suspect killed after shooting, injuring Utah police officer

SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) — A man was shot and killed by police in Springville, Utah after opening fire on officers responding to a vehicle accident, authorities said Sunday. One officer was injured. Police in Springville were responding to reports of multiple gunshots that were heard in the city when an […]

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Donates Water To Great Salt Lake

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Donates Water To Great Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donating a small reservoir’s worth of water rights to Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Replacing grass with rocks and water-wise landscaping around neatly manicured churches. Reducing water use by more than one-third outside the headquarters in Salt Lake City’s Temple Square. These are among the actions that […]

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Native American groups make demands of New Mexico governor

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A coalition of advocates dedicated to stemming the tide of violence and missing persons cases in Indian Country is demanding more transparency from New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, saying there should be greater accountability in the system for vetting state-appointed positions that serve Indigenous […]

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Feds want justices to end Navajo fight for Colo. River water

Feds want justices to end Navajo fight for Colo. River water

States that rely on water from the over-tapped Colorado River want the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lawsuit from the Navajo Nation that could upend how water is shared in the Western U.S. The tribe doesn’t have enough water and says that the federal government is at fault. Roughly a third […]

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FILE - Eric Hjermstad, co-owner and director of field operations for Western Weather Consultants, adjusts the amount of silver iodide released near Breen, Colo., Jan. 15, 2016, with the hopes of increasing precipitation in a process called cloud seeing. The Southern Nevada Water Authority on Thursday, March 16, 2023, voted to accept a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to fund cloud seeding in other Western states whose rivers feed the parched desert region. (Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald via AP, File)

Feds spend $2.4 million on cloud seeding for Colorado River

DENVER (AP) — The Southern Nevada Water Authority on Thursday voted to accept a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to fund cloud seeding in other Western states whose rivers feed the parched desert region. The weather modification method uses planes and ground-based cannons to shoot silver […]

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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach follows a Kansas Senate committee hearing on a proposal to prevent the state from investing funds using ESG principles, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. ESG stands for environmental, social and governance, and conservative Republicans like Kobach are trying to block it across the U.S. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas anti-ESG push slowed by debate over private investors

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers pushing to prevent Kansas from investing its funds using socially and environmentally conscious principles disagree about also imposing rules for investment managers handling private funds, complicating their efforts to thwart what they see as “woke” investing. Committees in the Kansas House and Senate this […]

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The entrance to the Wyoming Attorney General's office in the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne, Wyo., is shown Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill has not released any of her advisory opinions for state and local government officials since she took office in 2019, saying all are shielded by attorney-client privilege. Such documents are posted online dozens of times a year in states including California and Texas but they're difficult to impossible to find in several other states, an Associated Press review has found. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)

Advice from attorneys general remains secret in some states

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — When officials in Wyoming faced public pressure to allow a citizen recount of election results, they reached out to the state attorney general for legal advice about how to proceed. Attorney General Bridget Hill refuses to say what she told them. In fact, Hill’s office has […]

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In this aerial photo, a bathtub ring of light minerals show the high water mark on the shore of Lake Mead along the border of Nevada and Arizona, Monday, March 6, 2023, near Boulder City, Nev. Climate experts say all the snow and rain over the winter months helped alleviate dry conditions in many parts of the western U.S., but the precipitation is nowhere near enough to unravel the long-term effects of a stubborn drought afflicting Lake Powell and Lake Mead. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Scientists: Largest US reservoirs moving in right direction

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Parts of California are under water, the Rocky Mountains are bracing for more snow, flood warnings are in place in Nevada, and water is being released from some Arizona reservoirs to make room for an expected bountiful spring runoff. All the moisture has helped alleviate dry […]

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Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 3/15

Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 3/15

HEBER CITY, Utah-Thursday morning, the Heber City Police Department released its shift report for March 15. Case #2303-0722/Citizen Dispute: Officer responded to the Rocky Mountain Care Center Lodge, 544 E. 1200 South, Heber City, for a reported altercation between two residents. Case #2303-0728/Suspicious: Officer responded to the Petco parking lot, […]

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Elder Holland To Serve As Commencement Speaker At Southern Utah University

Elder Holland To Serve As Commencement Speaker At Southern Utah University

CEDAR CITY, Utah-Per news released Thursday morning, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of The Quorum of Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will serve as the commencement speaker at Southern Utah University Friday April 28. SUU President Mindy Benson confirmed the Cedar City, Utah-based university is […]

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