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Utah drug trafficking ringleader sentenced to 20 years in prison
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 24, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Joe Robert Rael, of Salt Lake City was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a term of 60 months of supervised release for engaging in a conspiracy to traffic narcotics and launder money. The sentence, imposed by U.S....
The Other Side Donuts helps unsheltered Utahns one donut at a time
SALT LAKE CITY — A new donut shop in Salt Lake is helping unsheltered Utahns one colorful pastry at a time. The Other Side Donuts shop employs formerly unhoused Utahns as bakers. They prepare around 1,000 donuts a day. “The Other Side Donuts is a non-profit whose sole mission...
Friday Faves
This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure & privacy policy. The patriotic feelings continued this week with July 24, Utah’s state holiday and the anniversary of the pioneer’s thousands-mile trek to their new home in the Salt Lake Valley 177 years ago. Here in Utah, Pioneer Day (or as some have monikered Pie and Beer Day) is as big a deal as the Fourth of July, if not bigger. Rodeos, parades, fireworks, and of course BBQs and potlucks (mine included this salmon and these veggies). To add even more fireworks to this year’s celebrations, it was the same day Salt Lake City was named to host the 2034 Winter Olympics after first hosting in 2002. Yeah baby, let’s go!
Opinion: What Utah parents should know about newborn vitamin K injections
As a hospital-based pediatrician in Utah, I have witnessed an increasing number of parents refuse the vitamin K injection recommended for their newborn infants. I fear that parents who refuse this do so without understanding why it is recommended, and unknowingly cause their newborn unnecessary risk of harm. Below are 10 important facts every expecting parent should know prior to considering refusing this important supplement. Newborn vitamin K injection refusal is increasingly common and is much higher for infants not born in hospitals. While hospital vitamin K injection refusal rates are approximately 3%, a recent study showed that infants born at home are five times less likely to receive the injection (~15% refusal rate), and infants born in birthing centers are a staggering 10 times less likely (~31% refusal rate). To put these numbers in perspective, there were 45,774 live births in Utah in 2022, and infants in Utah are more than twice as likely to be born outside the hospital than the national average (4.4% vs 2.1%). Assuming a 1:3 ratio of birthing center to home births (following the national average), this means that the following numbers of infants will not receive vitamin K injection in the following settings:
ABC 20/20’s If Something Happens To Me: When Did Susan Powell Disappear?
Disclaimer: This article contains mentions of murder and suicide. Reader discretion is advised. The case of Susan Powell, a missing Utah mother who was never found, will now air on ABC 20/20‘s “If Something Happens To Me.” The case initially started as a disappearance and ended on a rather tragic note. Susan’s husband, Josh Powell, was a person of interest in the case but never faced charges. Then, in 2012, Josh killed their two young sons in a murder-suicide. The 20/20 episode premieres on Friday, July 26, 2024, at 9 p.m. ET.
Predicted high winds, low humidity prompt Red Flag Warning for Southern Utah
ST. GEORGE — High winds and low relative humidity are forecast across Southern Utah this weekend, prompting a Red Flag Warning from the National Weather Service. The warning runs from 10 a.m. Saturday through 10 p.m. Sunday and includes Washington, Iron, Kane, Beaver and Garfield counties. Winds Saturday will...
Idaho is an Island in an Ocean of Drunkenness
Credit the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Idaho is among the least inebriated states in America. Utah is the least drunken state in the country. What do they have in common aside from geography? A culture defined by the proximity of the LDS Church. Some of the other...
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