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Utah Hike of the week: Adams Canyon

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:58:14 MDT

Utah Hike of the week: Adams Canyon

Updated May 23, 2013 02:58PM MDT

Directions • Adams Canyon is a fairly steep, strenuous hike with an awesome waterfall payoff about 30 minutes from Salt Lake City. To get there, take Interstate 15 north to Highway 89 (exit 324). Take a right on 1200 North, which is a stop sign just north of Oak Hills Drive, then a right again for the frontage road. Follow it to the dirt parking area. Entrance to the hike is a labeled opening in a chain-link fence. The path starts out steep and sandy, then drops down into the canyon and runs...

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Teenage bicyclist struck by a truck in North Logan

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:46:30 MDT

Teenage bicyclist struck by a truck in North Logan

By Michael McFall | The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 10:46PM MDT

A 15-year-old boy was flown to the hospital Tuesday with head injuries after he was hit crossing the street on his bike. The boy, who was not immediately identified, was crossing U.S. 91 at 1600 North in North Logan about 3:24 p.m. He’d made it across the southbound lanes and the inside northbound lane, where traffic stopped for him, but a truck in the outside lane struck him, said North Park police Sgt. John Italasano. The man who had been driving said he couldn’t see the teen because of the ...

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Utah wildlife crossing set to save hundreds of migrating deer

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:58:07 MDT

Utah wildlife crossing set to save hundreds of migrating deer

By Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 14, 2013 06:58AM MDT

Kanab • Automobiles strike about 100 mule deer each year on a lovely stretch of U.S. Highway 89 in Kane County, killing up to 10 percent of the Paunsaugunt herd. Now officials hope a $2.6 million system of fencing and underpasses under construction will slash next fall’s roadside carcass count and make the road safer for motorists. In partnership with two state wildlife agencies, sportsmen, the county and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the Utah Department of Transportation has ...