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Wind forecasts brings new worries to California fire lines

Wind forecasts brings new worries to California fire lines

QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling flames in Northern California forests girded Monday for new bouts of windy weather, and a utility warned thousands of customers it might cut their electricity to prevent new fires from igniting if gusts damage power lines. Conditions that suppressed the huge Dixie Fire overnight […]

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Alligator Pulls Handler Into Enclosure in Front of Guests

Alligator Pulls Handler Into Enclosure in Front of Guests

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Guests at a reptile and bird center in Utah jumped into an enclosure over the weekend to rescue a handler after she was bitten by an alligator. Video taken by one of the guests shows an unidentified handler at Scales and Tails Utah in West Valley […]

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Little Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims in Indian Country

Little Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims in Indian Country

The convicted child rapist emerged from the tree line without warning, walked quickly past the elders who feared him and entered the Navajo home, where his 15-year-old daughter was feeding her pet rabbits. A short while later, the 6-foot-3-inch man known for being violent emerged with the girl, promising to […]

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Crash Near Mayflower Monday Afternoon

Crash Near Mayflower Monday Afternoon

WASATCH COUNTY, Utah-Monday, a crash was reported on eastbound US 40 at the intersection with S.R. 319 at Mayflower/Jordanelle Reservoir per UDOT at 1:16 pm. CrashEB US 40 at MP 8 (Mayflower / SR-319) Wasatch Co.In MedianEst. Clearance Time: 2:14 PMFor updates: https://t.co/jaVMw7vcLm — UDOT Traffic (@UDOTTRAFFIC) August 16, 2021 […]

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Jordanelle Reservoir To Remain Closed Monday

Jordanelle Reservoir To Remain Closed Monday

WASATCH COUNTY, Utah-Sunday, the Utah Department of Natural Resources confirmed Jordanelle State Park will remain closed to used-water access at least through Monday. More information is available at https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/jordanelle/ as well as Jordanelle’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JordanelleSP. NOTICE: Jordanelle State Park will remain closed to day-use water access on Monday, August […]

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California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West

California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West

QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Sunday, thousands of Northern California homes were threatened by the nation’s largest wildfire. Officials warned the danger of new blazes erupting across the West was high because of unstable weather. Thunderstorms that moved in starting Friday didn’t produce much rain but whipped up winds and generated […]

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Former Navajo Nation President Kelsey Begaye dies at age 70

Former Navajo Nation President Kelsey Begaye dies at age 70

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials have called for all flags on the vast reservation to be flown at half-staff to honor former tribal President Kelsey Begaye who passed away Friday. Begaye served as Navajo Nation president from 1999 to 2003 and died of natural causes at Flagstaff, […]

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Pioneering program for visually impaired babies turns 40

Pioneering program for visually impaired babies turns 40

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — When it comes to working with visually impaired infants and their parents, perhaps nobody on the planet is as experienced, skillful and knowledgeable as Elizabeth Dennison. This soft-spoken Mendon resident known to friends as “Bess” is not going to tell you that, the Herald Journal reported. […]

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Jordanelle Reservoir To Be Closed Sunday

Jordanelle Reservoir To Be Closed Sunday

JORDANELLE STATE PARK, Utah-Saturday evening, the Utah Division of Natural Resources confirmed Jordanelle Reservoir would be closed Sunday. This is because fire fighting crews must use Jordanelle Reservoir to contain the Parley Canyons Fire which commenced Saturday afternoon. No motorized boats, paddle boards, kayaks or swimmers will be permitted in […]

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Crews battle largest U.S. wildfire; threats grow across West

Crews battle largest U.S. wildfire; threats grow across West

QUINCY, Calif. (AP)-Johnnie Brookwood had never heard of a road named Dixie when a wildfire began a month ago in the forestlands of Northern California. Within three weeks, it exploded into the largest wildfire burning in the U.S., destroying more than 1,000 homes and businesses including a lodge in the […]

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