http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/utah/ en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:45:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065530/posts (KCPW News) Utah lawmakers took tips on highway funding from a Texas legislator this morning. Texas Republican Representative Mike Krusee joined them on Capitol Hill. He told the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee that with federal money drying up, the only way to pay for new highways is to make them toll roads. "Guess how many roads pay for themselves in taxes? Zero. Not a one. Most of them are less than 50 percent," said Krusee. "Imagine if you're a grocery a store owner, and you decide, I'm gonna sell sirloin at a buck a pound, and I'm gonna sell... KCPW http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065530/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:45:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062097/posts PROVO CANYON — A Wasatch County sheriff's sergeant died Thursday morning after collapsing during a routine traffic stop. G. Scott Hathcock, 48, of Heber City, had pulled a car over on U.S. 189 in Provo Canyon and had just stepped to the window of the car to ask for documents when he collapsed, said Summit County sheriff's deputy Josh Wall. The people in the car as well as a passer-by performed CPR until paramedics arrived minutes later, Wall said. However, medical personnel were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials don't yet know the... The Deseret News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062097/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:11:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2061950/posts Thor's Hammer, Bryce Canyon, Utah. Deseret News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2061950/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:10:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046754/posts The skeleton, dubbed "Escalante Man" in Bureau of Land Management documents, was found last winter off Highway 12 near Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The bones were likely from an American Indian man in his 50s or 60s. The bones were found with a musket, ammunition and a bucket. Researchers said evidence indicates the man died during the mid- to late-19th century... FBI spokesman Juan Becerra said he couldn't comment on the case because it's part of an ongoing investigation... The BLM's Jeanette Matovich, who is trained in bioanthropology, participated in the dig. "The skeleton was completely collapsed in on itself,... KUTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046754/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:04:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037785/posts 4-Day, 10 Hour Work WeekReported by: Robin Thibault, KARK 4 NEWS Friday, Jun 27, 2008 @04:43pm CST The state of Utah's doing something that Arkansas state leaders are considering. Beginning in August, state employees in Utah will work four, ten hour days per week. That means dozens of buildings will be closed on Friday, saving energy and money. Back at home, a legislative panel agreed to look at a similar proposal by state senator Tracy Steele. Steele says a four day work week would save gas, cut down on emissions and improve productivity and morale. The legislature would have the... Arkansas Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037785/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:57:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036102/posts Republican voters in Utah ousted Rep. Chris Cannon in Tuesday’s GOP primary, expressing their dissatisfaction with the six-term congressman over his left-of-center positions on immigration by nominating a challenger who made crackdowns on illegal immigration a central part of his platform. Cannon was trounced by Jason Chaffetz, the former chief of staff to Gov. Jon Huntsman (R-Utah.) With 93 percent of precincts reporting, Cannon trails Chaffetz by 20 points – 60 to 40 percent. The AP has called the race for Chaffetz. Politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036102/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:55:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036022/posts Jason Chaffetz's promise to change Washington, starting with Rep. Chris Cannon, resonated with Republican voters, who appear to have ousted the six-term incumbent in a Republican primary tonight. "You rock, and you rocked the Republican Party," Chaffetz told supporters gathered in Springville, shortly after polls closed. "We've done this all with volunteers, with no free meals and no polling. We've done it the right way. You can never convince me that one person can't make a difference." With nearly three-quarters of precincts counted, Chaffetz led Cannon by more than 20 points. Chaffetz now advances to face Democrat Bennion Spencer in... Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036022/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:00:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034484/posts Byline: Liljenquist has Establishment backing, while Mortensen relies on a handful of volunteers In the Senate District 23 Republican primary, it's a case of big bucks squaring off against loose change. Republicans Dan Liljenquist, 33, and Ron Mortensen, 63, are competing to gain the south Davis County senate seat being vacated by Dan Eastman, who is not seeking a third term. "They're exercising the nuclear option," Mortensen said of Liljenquist's well-fueled campaign that has fired off several mailers, the most recent with endorsements that read like a list of who's who in the county's Republican power structure. According to campaign... The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034484/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:24:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026265/posts PARK CITY, Utah - President George W. Bush visited Park City to help shake the pockets of donors at a Deer Valley function to bolster Republican campaigns. The Park Record has no report of how well the money-rustling went, but it does report that Bush was greeted, after a fashion, with crude signs and hand gestures. These hand gestures apparently weren’t friendly hand waves. Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds described them as “classless and embarrassing.” To ensure the president’s safety, 47 law officers were called out to help monitor the motorcade route. The cost to local taxpayers for overtime pay... Vail Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026265/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 03:22:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025839/posts The case of a first-grade teacher convicted of molesting his own students has taken a new twist. The school's principal is now accused of knowing about the abuse and not reporting it. Frank Laine Hall is currently serving a 15-years-to-life prison sentence for molesting students in his Riverton classroom. Now, the school's principal is charged with one count of failure to report abuse, a misdemeanor that could destroy her career. Parents of Hall's victims have mixed emotions about this new charge. Shelly Nordick is a well-liked principal, who one parent says helped the children heal after Hall's conviction. But could... KSL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025839/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:53:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022714/posts Today, President Bush delivered the Commencement Address at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. This was the 50th graduating class of the Academy. There was some rain during his speech. Following his speech, he posed and “cut up” with some of the graduates and you will love these photos. Transcript The President then traveled to Utah where he will attend two fund raisers on behalf of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Yahoo News Photos; Whitehouse.gov;various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022714/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 00:14:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022577/posts WELLINGTON, Utah - Along Utah's Nine Mile Canyon lies what some call the longest art gallery in the world — thousands of prehistoric rock carvings and paintings of bighorn sheep and other wildlife, hunters wielding spears, and warriors engaged in hand-to-hand combat. But now, a dramatic increase in natural gas drilling is proposed on the plateau above the canyon, and preservationists fear trucks will kick up dust that will cover over the images. And they worry that one possible solution — a chemical dust suppressant — could make things worse by corroding the rock. "They're irreplaceable," said Steve Tanner, a... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022577/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 19:24:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021048/posts Utah, Texas laws are similar; FLDS population isn't By Amy Joi O'DonoghueDeseret News Published: May 25, 2008 Could the raid on the FLDS ranch in Texas happen here? Critics of the April action accuse Texas of cowboy-style justice, trampling over constitutional rights by using lax laws that must be more liberal than other states. That general point of view received a boost this week when a Texas court of appeals ruled that child protective services authorities acted improperly when they removed all 400-plus of the YFZ Ranch children and subsequently placed them in foster care. However, the basic Texas... Deseret News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021048/posts#comment Sun, 25 May 2008 16:04:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020404/posts SAN ANGELO, Texas - Tina Louise Steed had just one question for a judge who declared her an adult Thursday morning. "I'm wondering how come they wouldn't believe my ID in the first place?" she asked Judge Jay Weatherby. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services acknowledged that Tina Louise and three other "disputed minors" are actually adult women - admissions that came as the Third Court of Appeals in Austin ruled it never had sufficient evidence to remove any children from a polygamous sect. At least three more women were to be declared adults Thursday afternoon or Friday,... Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020404/posts#comment Fri, 23 May 2008 20:25:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017584/posts What is wrong with polygamy? Nineteenth-century Americans coupled it with slavery, calling both "the twin relics of barbarism." Today, it is used as a scare image to deter people from approving same-sex marriage, lest it lead down a slippery slope to that horror of horrors. But what, exactly, is bad about it? Looking at the Texas sect at the Yearning for Zion ranch, so much in the news, will not tell us, because that sect allegedly forced underage girls into marriage. The case then becomes one of child sexual abuse, a crime hardly unknown in the monogamous family, although it... The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017584/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 07:35:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016432/posts Violence seems to have surrounded both the birth and death of 1-year-old Jessica Perez. Her mother, Charity Van Leeuwen, says ex-husband Peter Perez treated her much like a prisoner during her pregnancy - forcing her to stay inside a home with black curtains and heavily tinted windows and threatening her with what he would do to her if she reported any abuse to police. One of the few times she says she was allowed outside was for the birth of her daughter. But even then she and her family claim Perez came to her hospital room with a gun and... Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016432/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 18:26:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013515/posts ST. GEORGE - Attorney General Mark Shurtleff called a raid on a polygamous sect's ranch in Texas no surprise given the group's resistant, secretive practices but said Thursday he would never authorize such a move in Utah. "I know you are worried about that. We're not going to do it," said Shurtleff, drawing applause from a crowd at the Dixie Center packed with fundamentalist Mormons. "We don't believe that is the answer." It's been more than a month since Texas authorities took more than 400 children from the ranch, home to members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of... Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013515/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 11:59:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013438/posts BOISE, Idaho - Eight Western states on Thursday rejected a company's plan to ship tons of radioactive waste from Italy for disposal in Utah, saying importing foreign loads would violate the group's rules. EnergySolutions Inc. is applying for a federal license to import 20,000 tons of waste from four Italian nuclear reactors, with a portion of it to be buried at its private disposal site in Clive, Utah. But members of the Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management said their rules would need to be changed to allow roughly five or six rail cars of waste a year... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013438/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 04:04:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002472/posts LAS VEGAS (AP) - A man who authorities believe was sickened by the deadly toxin ricin was arrested Wednesday on federal charges after he was released from a hospital. Roger Bergendorff, 57, had been hospitalized since Feb. 14. He is charged with possession of a biological toxin and two weapons offenses stemming from materials authorities said were found Feb. 26 and Feb. 28 in his room at an extended-stay motel several blocks off the Las Vegas Strip. "He was released from the hospital and he's in custody," said Agent Joseph Dickey, spokesman for the FBI office in Las Vegas. The... Associated Press/breitbart. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002472/posts#comment Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:46:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997568/posts A fanged creature found in Utah after some ice melted on a pond has stumped biologists trying to determine what it is. Officials said the pond may have been poisoned or the water may have run out of oxygen due to the thick ice. While checking the pond, the creature was spotted. "When we first saw that fish, we thought what in the ….. is that thing?" Utah Divison of Wildlife Resources Ben Boyce said. The fish was found with carp and goldfish that had been stocked in the pond. Biologists said they are not sure what the creature is... Local 6 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997568/posts#comment Sun, 6 Apr 2008 15:34:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995401/posts SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah — The body of a 7-year-old girl was found Tuesday night in an apartment in the same complex where her family lives, and five people were taken into custody. FOX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995401/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:27:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981084/posts Petraeus: Al Qaida Trying to 'Come Back In' U.S. military officials said there will be no significant reduction in coalition troops in the Baghdad area as part of an effort to stop the Al Qaida offensive in northern Iraq. They said Al Qaida was trying to reenter Baghdad and reverse its losses in 2007. "Al Qaida is trying to come back in," U.S. military commander Gen. David Petraeus said. "We can feel it and see it, and what we're trying to do is rip out any roots before they can get deeply into the ground." Read More Militants Assert... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981084/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 01:59:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983844/posts A Vernal man shocked twice with a Taser during a traffic stop last year has accepted a $40,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed against the state and a Utah Highway Patrol trooper. The Utah Attorney General's Office announced the settlement between Jared Massey and UHP trooper Jon Gardner on Monday. "We think this is a legally defensible case because Trooper Gardner acted reasonably to avert a volatile and potentially dangerous confrontation on the side of a busy highway," said Assistant Attorney General Scott Cheney, who represented Gardner. "We recognize, however, that this is a close case." The settlement comes on... The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983844/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:05:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982101/posts Hickman tried to ease concerns about SB81 A St. George lawmaker has put on hold a debate on an omnibus piece of immigration legislation as he continues to work to make it palatable to religious and business organizations. Describing the planned changes to SB81 as "word-smithing here and there," Sen. Bill Hickman, R-St. George, said he wants to make the bill "a really fine piece of legislation." The Senate vote has been rescheduled for Thursday morning. The bill would create barriers against undocumented immigrants obtaining jobs or public benefits. Lane Beattie, president and chief executive officer of the Salt Lake... Deseret Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982101/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 20:01:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981121/posts People are asking questions about why an illegal immigrant who was charged with killing a Spanish Fork man in a car wreck was allowed to make bail, and the answers differ depending on who is giving them. Utah County Sheriff Jim Tracy said Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to investigate the immigration status of 21-year-old Gabriel Hernandez, while ICE officials say they were not properly informed of his arrest. Tracy said internal jail documents show that jail officials made two calls to the ICE office in Orem before Hernandez was released on bail. Hernandez, of Orem, was arrested by Spanish... Daily Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981121/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 03:34:16 GMT