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DOJ Criticizes Utah For Alleged Mistreatment Of Workers With Disabilities
(Undated) — The U.S. Department of Justice is taking the Beehive State to task over its alleged mistreatment of “youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.” Monday, DOJ officials accused the State of Utah of failing to help youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the day, […]
Study: Cost Of Home Ownership Skyrockets In Utah
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The cost of buying a home in Utah continues to climb. A new Bankrate study indicates that the cost of home ownership in Utah has gone up by 44 percent–the nation’s largest increase. The national average cost of maintaining a home over one year is […]
Utah Officials Voice Concern Over 2024 Wildfire Season
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State officials are voicing growing concerns about the threat of wildfires in Utah this summer. Experts say a wet winter had caused more vegetation growth than usual, and with a hot and dry summer in the forecast, that vegetation will become wildfire fuel once it […]
Red Cross Urging Utahns To Donate Blood
(Salt Lake City, UT) — This Friday is World Blood Donor Day, and the American Red Cross is urging Utahns to donate blood. The Red Cross says they’re currently 20-thousand donations below what they need. Officials say the need for blood donations is highest in the summer months, and you […]
Two Separate Drownings Prompt Swift Water Warning
(Provo, UT) — The Utah County Sheriff’s Office is urging people to use caution near rivers and bodies of water especially during heavy runoff periods. Deputies say two separate drowning incidents this past weekend involved victims near rivers. On Saturday, a 12-year-old boy fell into the Provo River. Search and […]
Olympic Games Committee Proposes Nearly Three Billion Dollar Budget
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games is moving forward with financial paperwork in hopes of securing a formal bid to host the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. State and city committee members say an almost three-billion dollar operating budget proposal is on […]
Trail Closure For Prescribed Burn
Heber-Kamas RD lower area of North Fork Trailhead will be closed to all uses starting today. In a post to the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest X page they stated it is for public safety while fire crews are using the lower area as helibase during implementation of Ponderosa Upper Provo Prescribed […]
Mosquito Season Is Impacted by Record Heat, High Water Levels
(Kaysville, UT) — Mosquitoes are likely to be an even more oppressive danger and a nuisance this summer due to the near-record heat and high water levels from the melting snowpack. Officials with the Davis Mosquito Abatement District are using technology to be ahead of the problem including a drone […]
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