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Utah athlete hoping for Paralympic comeback at Team USA trials
SARATOGA SPRINGS — A Utah gold medal-winning Paralympian dreams of representing the United States in Paris, and he’ll find out this weekend if he makes the cut for Team USA. He has a couple of big reasons why he wants to join the team, including to honor his...
Mariachi Festival in Salt Lake City tonight; event aims to 'highlight the cultural wealth' in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — The sounds of Mexico come to the streets of downtown Salt Lake City as part of a festival set for Friday featuring several mariachi groups. The Mariachi Festival, as it's dubbed, returns for the second year and organizers hope to match the crowd last year's installment drew. "I would like to see 1,000 people there," said Britney Helmers of the Blocks Art District, an initiative of Salt Lake City's Downtown Alliance that promotes cultural activities in the city center.
Phil Lyman can’t see voters’ signatures, Utah records committee says. And his fans aren’t happy.
That simmering rage started to boil over on Thursday morning after his quest to cast doubt on the signatures Cox used to qualify for the ballot suffered a setback at the hands of Utah’s State Records Committee. Lyman had spent weeks urging his followers to show up en masse to the meeting.
‘Team Utah’ Helps Thirsty Wildlife
They gathered from across the state of Utah but far from its population centers. Some 70 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation volunteers came together in late June for the annual state rendezvous and volunteer project in Richfield, about 140 miles south of Salt Lake City and 165 miles north of St. George.
Prince home gets final approval from appeal panel, demolition begins
Prince’s 11,000-square-foot home has been the subject of sharp criticism from neighbors who say the structure doesn’t match Old Town’s character and could pose a landslide risk. Several neighbors appealed the home’s approval, saying it violated local development rules. Park City’s three-member appeal panel rejected the neighbors'...
New Smith’s opening Saturday in Heber City
A Smith’s Marketplace Saturday is opening in Heber City, and no, you are not experiencing an intense bout of déjà vu. The new location at 744 North Main Street is less than half a mile from where the existing Smith’s sits only a few blocks away. The older site was opened in 1997.
Intermountain Health expands Heber Valley services to keep up with growing population
The rapid expansion of the Heber Valley community has not gone unnoticed by Intermountain Health, and the nonprofit health system is working to expand its care opportunities in the area to better help locals in need of medical care, particularly those in need of commonly sought-after specialists. According to Heber...
Utah wildfire prompts mandatory evacuations
A wildfire in Salt Lake City forced people living uphill from Utah's state capitol to evacuate, and it remained uncontained Sunday as more than 100 firefighters worked to protect nearby homes.Helicopters and airplanes were dropping buckets over the flames as ground crews tried to contain the fire on Ensign Peak. Firefighters were working to save homes about 1.2 miles (1.9 kilometers) up East Capitol Boulevard, and evacuees were offered a space in the capitol complex where they could escape the heat."With the heat, as well as the wind direction and just the temperatures out here and the fuel moisture, it's...
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