http://deseretnews.com/utah The latest local news from the Deseret Morning News en-us Copyright 2007, Deseret News Publishing Company Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:01 MST Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:17:56 MST Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244506,00.html Llamas are native to lands far from where Hinduism originated, but in these docile creatures, Charu Das sees an exemplary adherence to one of the main tenants of his faith: tolerance. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:01:54 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244560,00.html Three men were killed when their helicopter crashed into the ground not long after taking off from the Carbon County Airport Saturday afternoon. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:56:51 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244393,00.html Idaho State Police said an Orem woman died Friday night at Ogden's McKay-Dee Hospital after being run over by a truck on a Bear Lake beach earlier in the day. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:01:44 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244473,00.html A fire started behind the Jewish Community Center at 2 N. Medical Drive in Salt Lake City, threatening an electricity substation as well as businesses and homes in the area. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:06:33 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244384,00.html Representatives appointed by the governor and others are halfway through a process they hope will create a map to develop a more competitive work force for the 21st century. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244379,00.html Some Davis County residents may be in for sticker shock this month when valuation notices start showing up in mailboxes. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244372,00.html When kids ask Dan Tani what it takes to be an astronaut, he smiles and says good grades are a plus, but even more important, "you have to be nice enough that someone would want to live with you in a tin can for six months." Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244385,00.html Families are invited to bring children and the family dog to the free Animal Planet Expo this weekend. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244498,00.html A bomb threat cleared out several businesses in Centerville Saturday afternoon. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:23:17 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244405,00.html Once he's done hosting ABC's "High School Musical: Get in the Picture," Nick Lachey might have a career ahead of him as a spokesman for the Utah Travel Council. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:08:35 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244360,00.html Salt Lake City registered the largest apartment-rent increase in the nation, as rents have soared 10.4 percent since last year, according to a report this week. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:38 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244368,00.html The Utah Supreme Court doesn't expect Utahns to walk on water. In a ruling issued Friday, the justices said that people using Utah's rivers and lakes can touch and walk on the water's bed, even if that bed is considered private property. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244223,00.html Stones were flying through the air, hitting Grainne Gallagher as she walked to the Belfast hospital where she was in training. There was no way the attackers could have known she was Catholic. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:08:31 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244404,00.html Members of the fraternity Pi Kappa Phi are spending 43 days of their summer vacation helping to Build America projects in several locations across the U.S. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244458,00.html Questions answered on pediatric, neonatal care Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244321,00.html Death row inmate Michael Anthony Archuleta may get a new attorney as he challenges his conviction and pending execution. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244401,00.html One of the state's oldest advocacy and assistance organizations is adding shelter to its efforts care for the area's homeless. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244392,00.html As part of Ontario's request to join the 10 Western Climate Initiative partners, which includes Utah, officials with the Canadian province announced a Go Green Climate Change Plan that includes full closure of all coal plants by 2014. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244376,00.html A worldwide partnership that has built homes for people who otherwise would have no place to live is going green, and it wants Salt Lake to help. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244374,00.html With the economy sputtering and the price of oil affecting the cost of many everyday purchases, American Fork residents might have another pocketbook problem higher property taxes. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244377,00.html When you leave FrontRunner at its Farmington station, you don't have a lot of options. There's Lagoon, reachable by shuttle. And within walking distance are the Davis County Jail and 2nd District Court. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244391,00.html Having mailed a farewell letter to his family back in Minnesota, Jerry O. Wolff stepped off a shuttle bus on a sunny Sunday morning and disappeared into Utah's rugged Canyonlands National Park. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:08:02 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244380,00.html A dozen students on a unique college road trip were powered through Utah earlier this month on nothing more than energy gleaned from waste vegetable oil tossed by local restaurants. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244386,00.html Utah's oil and gas producers announced last week that data from an air-quality study in eastern Utah will be available to the public and to government-land managers as early as September. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244381,00.html From $800 million to just over $1 billion that's how much of a jump there is in the latest construction cost estimate for the Lake Powell pipeline project, the Utah Department of Natural Resources announced Friday. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244369,00.html Court-appointed child advocates for a 16-year-old daughter of Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs allege she was married a day after her 15th birthday to a 34-year-old man, a court report obtained by the Deseret News said. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244406,00.html The Utah State Bar this week honored 3rd District Judge Glenn Iwasaki as "Judge of the Year" at its annual summer convention. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244389,00.html Saying it will greatly reduce response time and increase coverage, the South Salt Lake Fire Department dedicated a much-needed new fire station today. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244388,00.html In an effort to ease some of the fears, tension and frustration Glendale residents have been feeling after the drive-by shooting death of a 7-year-old girl, Salt Lake City police recently conducted an intensive round-the-clock enforcement operation in the area. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244382,00.html The Utah Highway Patrol has cited the driver of a tour bus that crashed and caught fire near Bryce Canyon, injuring a group of teenagers on board. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244410,00.html Authorities in eastern Utah are bracing for the possibility of flash flooding in an area devastated by a deadly fire last year. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244308,00.html Today is the final day to register online for the annual Deseret News/KJZZ TV Marathon and 10k races which will be held Thursday as part of the Pioneer Day festivities. To register, go to deseret Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:42 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244383,00.html A typical first-time customer at Pirate O's sees the Italian wafer cookies she fell in love with while abroad years ago and purchases everything on the shelf, says owner Orian Collinsworth. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244322,00.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244409,00.html The Mill Hollow fire burning in Duchesne County continues to expand, jumping from 533 to 668 acres on Friday. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244396,00.html Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, will be addressing graduates of Western Governors University this morning at Abravanel Hall. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244407,00.html A man charged with seven counts of felony rape of a child made his first court appearance Friday. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244408,00.html Two people were killed when their car crashed on I-15 near here early Friday morning. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244398,00.html The chief executive officer of Utah Valley Regional Medical Center recently became a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation's leading professional society for health-care leaders. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244397,00.html Salt Lake City's Tracy Aviary has received a $250,000 grant from the Toyota USA Foundation for its Avian Ecology in Schools project. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244399,00.html Amateur astronomers can take a close-up look at the sun today. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700244400,00.html An "Ask a Foster Parent Night" will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 28, at the Legacy Retirement Residence, 1617 W. Temple Lane (10200 South). 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