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I've driven Interstate 15 between Southern Utah and Southeast Idaho so many times in my 30 years of life that I could probably tell you where each bump in the pavement is located.

It was a different month of the year and took a slightly different route. Nonetheless, about 90 people who participated in a recent covered-wagon trek got a glimpse of what their pioneer ancestors went through - wind, rain-slick trails, thick brush at their feet and finally a panoramic view of the Gunnison Valley.

A 50-bed dormitory at the medium-security Promontory facility has been placed under quarantine because of swine-flu fears.

In the otherwise fascinating article about muckraking ["How to Keep Tabs on the Man," May 28, City Weekly ], I noticed an omission.

About 90 Utahns participated in a covered wagon trek during the Memorial Day weekend to get a glimpse of what their pioneer ancestors went through - wind, rain-slick trails, thick brush at their feet and finally a panoramic view of the Gunnison Valley.

The 11th annual Wild Horse and Burro Festival, hosted by the Bureau of Land Management, will be Friday and Saturday at the Salt Lake County Equestrian Park, 10800 S. 2200 West.

Older mustangs, being held at the Salt Lake Wild Horse and Burro Center in Herriman, stretch their legs Tuesday.

The woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter appeared for the first time in court Tuesday.

Iwas on assignment Saturday, which took me to the Southern Utah University campus to cover the outside events of the 110th graduation commencement.

An investigation is underway in central Utah that involves the death of a baby whose body is believed to have been thrown into a garbage dumpster.

A $20,000 grant will be used to bolster the state's prison libraries. The Utah Department of Corrections said the funding is part of an overall $184,000 grant awarded through the Library Service and Technology Act to fund Utah libraries.

Visiting Poet at the GAC GAC Theatre on April 17 The Gunnison Arts Center's Poetry Alliance teams up with the Friends of the Library and Anne Hausler to bring Aaron Abeyta, the "Poet of the San Luis Valley", to the GAC Theatre on April 17.

Nueva Era Biennial For a second time at the Gunnison Arts Center there blooms a spring of a New Era.

There was a close call at a logging company in Central Utah Sunday afternoon. A fire broke out at the Satterwhite Log Homes lumber yard near Gunnison.

A strange case of violence in a small town in central Utah Monday morning left a would-be robber dead and a small community in shock.

A man who tried to rob a convenience store in the small town of Centerfield was shot and killed after a struggle over his gun with one of the female clerks.

Centerfield police are investigating an accidental shooting that left an attempted robber dead early Monday morning.

The Sanpete County commission overturned another planning board youth home denial for a conditional use permit at the regular commission meeting held March 3. Six representatives from the Utah Preparatory ...

It wasn't so much encouragement that Jim Smith offered his co-worker and friend as it was a testimonial.