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Paul Nelson

Orem police say fake website was created to scam car buyers

Scammers have found a creative way to bilk their victims out of money, and they’re using a real mechanic in Orem as their fall guy.
6 years ago
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Nick Wyatt

Lincoln Marina at Utah Lake reopened with algae decreasing

The Utah County Health Department is reopening Lincoln Beach/Marina at Utah Lake after closing it for nearly a month due to high levels of blue-green algae.
6 years ago
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Peter Samore

Northern Utah close to driest on record this summer

Fire dangers will stay high, especially since July's rainfall in northern Utah is 20% of normal. And things aren't looking up.
6 years ago
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Mary Richards

Plan to use energy development to fund park maintenance

Congress could help Utah’s National Parks pay for a backlog of maintenance projects going back several years. A new proposal would bring in $5.2 billion over five years from energy development in order to help places like Arches, Canyonlands and Zion National Park. Even Timpanogos Cave. Utah Republican Representative Rob Bishop and Arizona Democrat Raul […]
6 years ago
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Madisan Hinkhouse

FBI Confidential: Social media creates homegrown terrorists

Homegrown violent extremists, including those who self-radicalize, remain a top focus for the FBI agents who try to prevent terrorism before it happens. 
6 years ago
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Becky Bruce

FBI agents fight crimes against children

An elite group of FBI agents takes on child predators in an attempt to make sure all children are safe online or on the playground. 
6 years ago
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Mary Richards

Utah companies finding success hiring ex-convicts

“It’s true that with a tight job market many manufacturing companies are desperate to find employees to meet production needs, and are having a difficult time,” said Sterling Barker, with the Utah Society for Human Resource Management.
6 years ago
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Josh Tilton

FBI Confidential: What it takes to combat cybercrime

In the past several years, the rate of cybercrime has grown exponentially, and the FBI says you may be a victim without even knowing it.
6 years ago
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Nick Wyatt

Harrisville police ask victims of donation scam to file reports

Police want people to come forward in connection with a donation scam where people were approached by a woman who was seeking money for a young boy needing a heart transplant.
6 years ago
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Mary Richards

Neighbors speak after fire on Utah’s Capitol Hill

Residents of a neighborhood where a brush fire brushed a little too close to homes are talking about what it was like when winds whipped up the flames on Pioneer Day just north of the state capitol building. 
6 years ago
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Paul Nelson

Riverton warns everyone to cut back on water use

The city of Riverton is already seeing water problems and they could get worse if people don’t cut back on how much they irrigate their lawns.
6 years ago
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Adam Mason

Summit County Search and Rescue recover body of Ray Humpherys

Authorities say they have found the body of missing Charles "Ray" Humpherys from South Jordan on Tuesday.
6 years ago
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Becky Bruce

Three-alarm fire above Capitol under control

Crews are on the scene of a three-alarm fire, burning in the foothills above the Utah State Capitol building Tuesday.
6 years ago
Utah Rep. Chris Stewart says the US should boycott the Bejing Winter Olympics.
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Nick Wyatt

Congressman help pass bill changing suicide hotline to 3-digits

The National Suicide Prevention Hotline will soon be reachable by dialing three numbers and the legislators call it "common sense" legislation.
6 years ago
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Dave Cawley

Death of Steve Powell removes a lingering hope in Susan Powell case

The death of Steve Powell means one of the last hopes for information leading to the remains of missing mother Susan Powell has been extinguished.
6 years ago
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Nick Wyatt

Veteran: please observe fireworks laws

For veterans, the sound of fireworks exploding in the sky can take them back to some of the most stressful and traumatic events they experienced while serving.
6 years ago
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Heather Kelly

Toddler dies after mother accidentally backs over him

Police say an 18-month-old boy has died after being run over by his mother in a driveway. 
6 years ago
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Becky Bruce

Missionary falls to death in Australia

The LDS church confirms a missionary from West Haven, Utah, died after he slipped and fell from a cliff in Australia. 
6 years ago
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Mary Richards

People saving spaces for Days of 47 Parade

SALT LAKE CITY — “It’s tradition,” said JJ Hamilton, when asked why he was sitting in a lawn chair so early in the morning on Monday, July 23rd on 200 East downtown. He explained it was his assigned turn to save the space his large family had picked out to watch the Days of 47 […]
6 years ago
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Lindsay Aerts

Police search for carjacker in Midvale

The search is on for a carjacker who took off with a vehicle that had a 13-year-old girl and her 4-month-old sister inside.
6 years ago
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Heather Kelly

Nesting hawks force campuses to re-route students

A pair of nesting hawks, apparently protecting their fledglings, are forcing students, faculty and staff at BYU to take a detour. And they're not the only hawks getting a little close and personal with college students in Utah. 
6 years ago
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Dave Cawley

Volunteers plan one final day for Uintas search

KAMAS — Organizers of a volunteer effort to find a missing backpacker in the Uinta Mountains expect Monday to be their final day on the mountain. The Garrett Bardsley Foundation continues to plead for assistance as it nears the end of the mission to find Ray Humpherys. Organizers said about 350 people turned up on […]
6 years ago
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Sheryl Worsley

Head on crash kills Utah teen, injures 2 others on Highway 89

Two people are in critical condition after a head-on collision on Highway 89 near Birsdeye. It happened early Sunday morning in southeast Utah county.
6 years ago
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Dave Cawley

Searchers make urgent plea for more help finding missing hiker

KAMAS — About 100 volunteers turned out to assist in the search for missing hiker Ray Humpherys in the Uinta Mountains on Saturday. Organizers of the search hope many more will do so in the coming days. Members of the Garrett Bardsley Foundation said late Saturday that great need remains for help in finding Humpherys. […]
6 years ago