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Yesterday | Salt Lake Tribune

Food stamps

When many thousands still need help is not the time for the state to cut back on the basic assistance food stamps provide .

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Related Topix: Utah, Box Elder County, UT, Weber County, UT, Opinion

Monday | KSL-TV

123-acre fire in Washington County contained

Firefighters were able to reach 100-percent containment on the 123-acre Mesa Fire by 2 p.m. Monday, according to Mike Melton of the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.

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Related Topix: Virgin, UT

Monday | Deseret News

Crews contain 123-acre fire in Washington County

Firefighters were able to reach 100 percent containment on the 123-acre Mesa Fire by 2 p.m. Monday, according to Mike Melton of the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.

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Related Topix: Virgin, UT

Sun May 27, 2012

Salt Lake Tribune

Utah men killed in St. George plane crash identified

The Spectrum Emergency officials respond to a fatal plane crash near the St. George Municipal Airport on Saturday, May 26, 2012.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, St. George, UT, Santa Clara, UT

Salt Lake Tribune

Washington County wildfire about 50 percent contained

Cool overnight temperatures have helped southern Utah fire crews get a better handle on a wildfire burning in southern Utah.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Virgin, UT

Sat May 26, 2012

Salt Lake Tribune

Weather helps contain Promontory blaze, but winds driving another

Moisture from Mother Nature ended up helping firefighters on Saturday contain a wildfire that burned 4,200 acres of Promontory Point near the Great Salt Lake.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Virgin, UT

Wed May 23, 2012

KSTU

Bloomington Hills brush fire under control

Welders along I-15 sparked a fast-moving brush fire in the Bloomington Hills area of Washington County on Wednesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

ABC 4

Wildfire threatens homes in St. George

ST. GEORGE, Utah - Washington County officials say a fast-moving wildfire was threatening homes and businesses in St.

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Related Topix: St. George, UT, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Soap Opera, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Tue May 22, 2012

KSL-TV

Firefighters battle fast-moving wildfire near Hurricane

The fire is burning is close to U.S. Highway 59 - the stretch of road between Hurricane and Hildale, going through Apple Valley.

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Related Topix: Fire, Hurricane, UT, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Hildale, UT, Sundance Film Festival

Deseret News

Fears, complaints abound over Leeds project

Rumors and accusations of nefarious dealings entwined in a proposed massive development in this picturesque valley are flying - much like I-15 traffic hurtling past this small southern Utah town.

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Related Topix: Leeds, UT

Sun May 20, 2012

Salt Lake Tribune

Eyes on the road

The fact that members of the Utah Legislature expressed some suspicion about a request to set up some electronic license plate scanners along I-15 in southwest Utah is neither surprising nor altogether wrong.

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Related Topix: Drug Enforcement Administration, Beaver, UT, Opinion

Fri May 18, 2012

Salt Lake Tribune

St. George man who shot intruder faces drug charges

Washington County prosecutors have filed formal charges against a St. George man who would have lawfully shot an intruder with an AK-47 but for the marijuana police say they found in his home.

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Related Topix: Drugs, St. George, UT

Thu May 17, 2012

Deseret News

Utah students reach lofty reading goals, earn kites

The colors of the rainbow flying over St. George could mean more than a fun day flying kites in the sun.

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Related Topix: St. George, UT, Kids, Family

Wed May 16, 2012

Salt Lake Tribune

DEA wants to scan license plates - all of them - on Utah's 'drug corridor'

Everyone driving on Interstate 15 in southwest Utah may soon have their license plate scanned by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Related Topix: Utah, Utah Government, Drug Enforcement Administration, Drugs, Beaver County, UT

Salt Lake Tribune

Former St. George teacher sent to prison for sex crimes

A former St. George high school teacher has been sentenced to prison for fondling three young girls and a woman over the course of several years.

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Related Topix: St. George, UT

Mon May 14, 2012

Deseret News

Utah receives VA grant to construct veterans facility

Ivins is receiving a grant of more than $12.4 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs to construct a new veterans home.

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Ivins, UT, Life, Veteran Affairs

Deseret News

Lake Powell Pipeline: Albatross or golden goose?

Mike Matheson water skis in the early morning hours on Lake Powell, Utah, Saturday, Oct.

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Related Topix: St. George, UT, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, La Verkin, UT, Hurricane, UT

Fri May 11, 2012

Salt Lake Tribune

Salazar dedicates two conservation areas in S. Utah

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar answers a question during a news conference on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, in Cheyenne, Wyo.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jim Matheson, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Mike Lee, Orrin Hatch, Utah, Washington, UT

Thu May 10, 2012

Salt Lake Tribune

Debate: Editorials: Saving the environment, and ma...

George Pyle has been a newspaper writer in Kansas, Utah, Upstate New York, and now Utah again, for more than 30 years - most of it as an editorial writer and columnist.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Orrin Hatch, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Mike Lee, Ivins, UT, Opinion

Wed May 09, 2012

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Protecting our land

At least Sen. Mike Lee was honorable enough not to try to claim credit for one of the last and best accomplishments of the statesman he ousted from office two years ago.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Mike Lee, Jim Matheson, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Orrin Hatch, Opinion

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