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Hunt on for driver suspected of fatal Utah highway shooting

Hunt on for driver suspected of fatal Utah highway shooting

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Latest on a Utah shooting and Idaho manhunt (all times local): 6:10 p.m. A California man wanted in the fatal shooting of a motorist on a desolate stretch of interstate highway near the Utah-Idaho border has been charged with aggravated murder. Online Utah court records […]

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Woman passenger dies after vehicle hits horse in Utah County

Woman passenger dies after vehicle hits horse in Utah County

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah County authorities say a woman is dead after the vehicle she was riding in hit a horse. They say the horse wandered onto state Route 198 in Payson late Saturday night. Utah Department of Public Safety officials tell the Deseret News that the man […]

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38 people arrested under new Utah drunk driving law

38 people arrested under new Utah drunk driving law

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Department of Public Safety says it arrested nearly 40 people under Utah’s new drunk driving law in its first month. Fox 13 reported Monday that 38 people were arrested in January under the state’s DUI law implemented that month. Authorities say the statute lowers the […]

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BYU appeals as state seeks to decertify school’s police

BYU appeals as state seeks to decertify school’s police

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brigham Young University has vowed to fight to keep its police department, as the state plans to decertify the force. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the private university on Friday filed a formal appeal with the Utah Department of Public Safety, calling the state’s efforts an “extreme […]

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Utah authorities identify snowmobiler killed in avalanche

Utah authorities identify snowmobiler killed in avalanche

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have identified a central Utah man who died after an avalanche buried him as he was snowmobiling. Summit County sheriff’s officials say 49-year-old Jason Lyman, of Mona, was on a snowmobile about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of Salt Lake City on Saturday when […]

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Snowmobiler in Utah dies after being buried by an avalanche

Snowmobiler in Utah dies after being buried by an avalanche

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a central Utah man is dead after an avalanche buried him while he was snowmobiling about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of Salt Lake City. Summit County Sheriff’s officials say the slide triggered Saturday afternoon near Coalville trapped the man in deep snow. […]

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3 ex-law enforcement chiefs to lead review of fatal shooting

3 ex-law enforcement chiefs to lead review of fatal shooting

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah has chosen three former law enforcement chiefs to lead investigations into campus safety and how university police handled complaints made by a female student and track athlete about an ex-boyfriend before he killer her. The university announced Friday that former Utah […]

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