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National monument advisory panel new flashpoint in debate

National monument advisory panel new flashpoint in debate

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A newly unveiled advisory committee that will help make management decisions for a downsized national monument in southern Utah has become the latest flashpoint in a long-running debate over lands considered sacred to Native Americans as monument supporters cry foul about being left off the […]

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ATV protest rider accuses government of ‘jiggery-pokery’

ATV protest rider accuses government of ‘jiggery-pokery’

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former county commissioner Phil Lyman is scoffing at the argument by federal prosecutors that he should increase his monthly restitution payment for leading an illegal ATV protest ride in 2014 because he’s a now state legislator. Lyman wrote in a court filing Friday that he […]

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ATV protest ride leader turned lawmaker told to pay up

ATV protest ride leader turned lawmaker told to pay up

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Now that former San Juan County commissioner Phil Lyman is getting a government stipend as a state lawmaker, federal prosecutors want him to speed up paying off the $96,000 in damage caused by an illegal ATV protest ride he led through a pristine southeastern canyon […]

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