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Report: Utah better move fast to hit 2020 college graduate goal

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:15:24 MDT

Report: Utah better move fast to hit 2020 college graduate goal

By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 13, 2013 10:15AM MDT

Utah must significantly ramp up the number of people earning college degrees and certificates to meet its goal of increasing those numbers to 66 percent by the year 2020, according to a new report. If progress continues at the current rate, the state will increase the number of degree-holders by just over 1 percent a year, the nonprofit Lumina Foundation projected. “Clearly, Utah has a long way to go,” the report found. The study indicated that minorities in Utah are falling behind their nation...

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Trial begins in stabbing death of Utah man at drug-fueled party

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:58:15 MDT

Trial begins in stabbing death of Utah man at drug-fueled party

By Marissa Lang The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 12, 2013 10:58PM MDT

Kaleb Yazzie was acting out the night he was killed. He was drunk and “belligerent,” witnesses said. Surrounded by strangers at an alcohol-soaked party in a house near Capitol Hill, the 22-year-old was uncooperative, made inappropriate remarks and gestures, touched things that weren’t his. Yazzie was a problem. But was he dangerous? That’s the question prosecutors and defense attorneys are posing to jurors in the murder trial of Adam Karr, the party host accused of stabbing Yazzie to death on J...

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Lane buckling closes traffic lanes on I-15

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:05:41 MDT

Lane buckling closes traffic lanes on I-15

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 10, 2013 10:05PM MDT

The two left lanes on Interstate 15 southbound near 13800 South were closed Monday night because the lane adjacent to the HOV lane buckled, apparently due to Salt Lake’s 100-degree temperatures. Crews were working on the problem, which was reported at about 7 p.m., according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The damage was expected to be repaired by about midnight, according the Utah Department of Transportation. About a week ago, near-90 degree afternoon temperatures caused similar problems on I-15 n...

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Price police say HIV-positive man solicited sex from teen

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:59:38 MDT

Price police say HIV-positive man solicited sex from teen

By Erin Alberty The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 8, 2013 10:59PM MDT

A Price man who told police he is HIV positive is accused of offering to pay a teenage boy for sex. Police say Leon Carl Mead, 58, approached the teen about 3:30 p.m. on May 24 at an underpass near U.S. Highway 6 and 100 North. The boy was walking to work, said Price police Capt. Bill Barnes. Mead allegedly struck up a conversation with the boy and then offered to pay him money for sex acts, Barnes said. “The juvenile was kind of shocked and declined,” Barnes said. Mead then more than triple...

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Utah woman accused of stealing Olympic items now accused of bilking state

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:54:12 MDT

Utah woman accused of stealing Olympic items now accused of bilking state

By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 6, 2013 10:54PM MDT

A Utah businesswoman once accused of stealing Olympic memorabilia is facing more allegations of criminal wrongdoing. The Utah Attorney General’s Office alleges Constance Lynn Millet, 56, owes nearly $169,000 in state sales taxes that she refused to pay as of February 2013 in connection with her business My Finer Consigner. In late May, the Utah Attorney General’s Office charged her with one count of racketeering, a second-degree felony; seven counts of second-degree felony unlawful dealing of pr...

‘Mountain Man’ Troy Knapp will keep his attorney

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:54:12 MDT

‘Mountain Man’ Troy Knapp will keep his attorney

By Jessica Miller The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 6, 2013 10:54PM MDT

Troy James Knapp, who police believe is the notorious cabin burglar known as the “Mountain Man,” lost his bid Wednesday to change the lawyer representing him. Knapp, 45, told 6th District Judge Wallace Lee that he didn’t trust his public defender, Lawrence Hunt. “I don’t see how I can go into the future not trusting somebody who’s supposed to be defending me,” Knapp told the judge. In denying Knapp’s request for a new attorney, the judge told Knapp that the area is rural and resources are limit...