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Former federal water manager proposes tearing down Glen Canyon Dam • Former U.S. Bureau of Reclamation commissioner Daniel Beard says Congress has a soft spot for water projects. For proof, the author looks no farther than Eagle Lanes in Duchesne, Utah, population 1,799.
Travelers stopped in Utah for gas, were scared into buying tires, state found • The Division of Consumer Protection last month fined a company owning rural Utah gas stations and repair shops $10,000 for what documents describe as pressuring motorists into buying tires they didn't need.
In Utah, police learn to defuse conflict but are warned of risks • "I own the train! You know this!" yells a belligerent, delusional TRAX passenger who has not bought a ticket. "This train belongs to me, and it needs to go. This train needs to move!" Murray police Officer Troy Peterson cannot arrest the man immediately for trespassing. Here at the Crisis Intervention Team Academy, Peterson's job is to prevent the role-play scenario from escalating and secure the "scene" in the classroom long enough for backup to arrive.
Mormon church lobbying in Utah's Capitol — hardball or light touch? • Former state Rep. Carl Wimmer has ignited a fiery debate within Utah's political circles by accusing the LDS Church of bullying Mormon lawmakers on such controversial topics as illegal immigration, alcohol and, likely, the new law to protect gay and lesbian residents from workplace and housing discrimination.
Defend 'traditional families' and beware of 'worldly dogma,' Mormons told • In 1995, the LDS Church issued a strongly worded theological defense of the importance of marriage between a man and a woman and spelled out traditional roles for parents. Today, those ideas are under even greater attack, a top Mormon leader said Saturday.
Utah eye surgeons lift the clouds — cataracts — from Utahns' eyes for free • It looked like a piece of frosted glass at the center of Fredi Martinez's right eye. The 26-year-old chef had dealt for years with increasingly blurry vision from a worsening cataract, caused by an eye injury as a child in Mexico when he was thrown off a donkey and into a thorn bush.
Guv signs two bills raising Utah taxes by more than $150 million • The tax Utahns pay for a gallon of gas will be headed up by a nickel and could climb higher in the future, after Gov. Gary Herbert signed into law Friday a nearly $76 million increase to the state fuel tax.
Utah judge rules that 'legal' Ponzi scheme, targeted to Mormons, was still just fraud • A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that a Kaysville insurance agent was operating an illegal Ponzi scheme, one that took in around $72 million from several hundred investors.
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