Salt Lake City, Utah News

Groups plea for help with hydrating the homeless
Cold winters can be hard on the homeless, but record heat is life-threatening.
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'Megapolitans' may be facing mega troubles
It was the ghost towns and gold rushes the raw frontiers with sparse, renegade residents that gave the West a reputation for being mythically wild and independent.
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Is pleasure proper use of taxes?
I was at the Sandy Amphitheater Friday night watching Elton John, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Buddy Holly, Nat King Cole, Willie Nelson, Michael Jackson, Robert Plant, Axl Rose and the BeeGees perform under the stars ...
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Congress moves on land deals
Congress took steps last week toward giving federal land to the Utah National Guard for its Camp Williams ranges, to Bountiful to improve a shooting range and to the town of Mantua, Box Elder County, for public projects that could include a town hall or fire station.
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Woman creating virtual museum for Camp Kearns
Most of old Camp Kearns has disappeared, except maybe in Pam Todd's home.
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Lightning-set fire near Vernal still burning
A fire originally set by lightning in late June continues to burn in the Ashley National Forest, Mill Hollow area.
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How to help: Hydrate the homeless
Donations can be taken to Volunteers of America, 511 W. 200 South, Suite 160, Salt Lake City.
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West Valley City struggling with 'shocker' budget update
For about two months, West Valley City officials have thought their decision to maintain and improve city services hinged around a potential 3 percent property tax increase.
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Funds OK'd for military, agriculture
Senate appropriators on Thursday approved $79 million for projects at Hill Air Force Base and Camp Williams, and another $16 million for agricultural research and programs in Utah.
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Llama Fest highlights message of tolerance
Llamas are native to lands far from where Hinduism originated, but in these docile creatures, Charu Das sees an exemplary adherence to one of the main tenants of his faith: tolerance.
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