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LPOA's New Utah Facility to Create More Than 120 Manufacturing Jobs
Leitner-Poma of America (LPOA) recently celebrated the opening of the company's new Skytrac manufacturing facility in Tooele, Utah. The company is known for engineering, producing, installing and servicing all types of cable transport systems for the ski industry, amusement parks and urban transport. The new campus, close to Salt Lake...
Southern Utah Selected Third; Utah Tech Eighth, In United Football Media Poll
ARLINGTON, Texas-Tuesday, at the United Athletic Conference Football Media Day, Southern Utah was selected third and Utah Tech eighth. Central Arkansas was selected first overall by the media to win the conference as the Bears netted 77 points and five first-place votes. The standings are as follows:. Central Arkansas 77...
Children’s Entrepreneur Market comes to Lehi, teaches youth the basics of running a business
With Utah kids more than midway through summer vacation, some are learning valuable lessons about what it takes to operate a business. The Children’s Entrepreneur Market gives business-minded kids ages 5 to 17 real-life experience in entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership in a farmers market-esque setting. “The kids have to...
Cybertruck dashcam captures coal-rolling and rock-throwing encounter on video: 'Can't just be violent because you don't like something'
The owner of a Tesla Cybertruck was driving on the highway when they encountered an alarming display of aggression from a truck driver. The other driver threw rocks at them and sprayed them with thick black smoke, a practice commonly known as coal rolling. After capturing the incident on video,...
‘Sister Wives’ Meri Brown Reveals She’s Being Stalked
Sister Wives star Meri Brown just made the shocking revelation that she and her friend Jenn have stalkers. Most reality television stars have stories about uncomfortable situations with fans. But Meri’s followers seem to be taking things to a whole new level. Are the women in danger? Read on...
Here’s What Utah’s Anti-DEI Law Actually Did to Colleges
Utah's anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion law is unique to others in Texas, Ohio, and Florida. But some universities went beyond the law's requirements and closed their cultural centers. The University of Utah and Weber State University closed their cultural centers ahead of the law's enactment at the beginning of this...
The results are in – these are the awards we scooped this year
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$20,000 Reward For Information On The Illegal Shooting Of Two Endangered California Condors In Utah
A $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to a conviction for the illegal shooting of two endangered California condors near Cedar City, Utah. The Center for Biological Diversity offered the reward after the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) announced the shootings on Friday. According to the agency, the first condor was found in the fall of 2022 in a remote area southeast of Cedar City, north of Zion National Park. A second condor was discovered in the same area in June 2024. Both birds had reportedly been shot with firearms. It is currently unclear if the two incidents are connected or what type of firearms were used.
Why Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn wants the 2034 Winter Games in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — As a 17-year-old from Minnesota competing her first Winter Games in 2002, Olympic champion skier Lindsey Vonn was surrounded by family. "It was the only Olympics that every single member of my family was in attendance," Vonn told the Deseret News. A member of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, she's in Paris to help make a final pitch on July 24 for the state to host another Winter Games, in 2034, ahead of the International Olympic Committee's deciding vote.
Utahns at Washington Square betting they'll live their Olympic dreams
SALT LAKE CITY — Brad Winn's keeping office hours with the backdrop of the Olympic rings off to the side behind him. The former Republican state legislator and current Utah State University professor is a dedicated Winter Games enthusiast, so he showed up at Washington Square at noon, well ahead of the crowd that's filtering in.
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