Craig Bennett
Memorial Day weekend: 11 domestic violence arrests in St. George area
Police arrested 11 people on suspicion of domestic violence in Washington County over Memorial Day weekend.
Five of the 11 individuals are facing charges of violence in the presence of children, and two people are facing charges of intoxication, according to officials.
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Decades old shipwreck now visible at Great Salt Lake
A shipwreck buried for decades is now visible at the Great Salt Lake.
Great Salt Lake State Park posted a picture of the shipwreck on their Facebook page, saying it looked like the remains of an old steel boat from sometime near the start of the 20th century.
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Senator Jim Dabakis encouraging Democrat voters to join Republican Party
Former state Senator Jim Dabakis is encouraging Utah's unaffiliated and Democratic voters to join the Republican Party, at least until the end of June.
Dabakis tells the Deseret News that he's switched his party affiliation so he can vote in the June 30th Republican primary for governor.
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Members of Congress want gravestone altered or removed
Members of Congress have asked the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs to remove or alter a gravestone in Salt Lake City adorned with a Nazi swastika.
The gravestone at Fort Douglas Post Cemetery is for a German prisoner of war from World War Two named Paul Eilert who died in 1944. It
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Church holds groundbreaking for Layton temple
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is moving forward with construction of a new temple in Layton.
Church officials held a small groundbreaking ceremony for the temple Saturday.
Church leaders decided not to hold a traditional ceremony with invited guests due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Utah man arrested for Layton murder
A Utah man is under arrest for murder after he told police he killed a 25-year-old woman he met on Tinder.
Ethan Hunsaker called police early Sunday morning to report he had killed someone, Layton Police said.
Authorities report finding a woman with multiple stab wounds to her torso.
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Utah’s water supply could be worrisome
The scientists that monitor Utah's water supply are worried that a dry spring could cause problems for the state this summer.
Supervisor Jordan Clayton of the Utah Snow Survey says the warm and dry spring kept the amount of snow in the mountains from growing larger. Cla...
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Utah farmers working to help the Navajo Nation
Utah's farmers are working together to help a Native American community that's been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ron Gibson of the Utah Farm Bureau described what it was like loading donated sheep into waiting trucks at Montezuma Creek in San Juan County yesterday.Farm...
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Intermountain Healthcare Eases Hospital Visitor Guidelines
Intermountain Healthcare’s hospitals in Utah are easing some visitor guidelines beginning May 22 while continuing to ensure the safety and well-being of patients, caregivers, and the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We recognize the comfort that visitors can bring to their loved ones during the healing and treatment process. We careful
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Additional fatality in Utah due to Covid-19
Another patient in Utah has died from COVID-19. Numbers from the Department of Health show the state's death toll has risen to 98.
UDOH also confirmed 129 new cases today, bringing the statewide total above 85-hundred.
Health officials believe more than 52-hundred people have recovered from the disease.
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