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Aug 7, 2024 | 
kslnewsradio.com | Logan Stefanich |Bryanna Willis |Kennedy Camarena |Utah Manufacturers Association
AMERICAN FORK — The six cities that formed an interlocal agreement in July to study a split from the Alpine School District on Tuesday unanimously voted to place the split on the ballot come November, giving residents the opportunity to decide on whether or not their cities will split from the state’s largest district.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
kslnewsradio.com | Devin Oldroyd |Josuee Sanchez |Garna Majia |Utah Manufacturers Association
VINEYARD, Utah — Several people were sent to the hospital following an overnight carbon monoxide leak in Vineyard Wednesday. Sgt. Austin Edwards with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said officers responded to a CO leak at a home near 330 North. This happened around 1 a.m. Approximately 10 people were inside the residence. Six people were transported to an area hospital, with two of them in a “more critical” condition. Dominion Energy plans to visit the scene to “run some tests,” Edwards said.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
kslnewsradio.com | Pat Reavy |Josuee Sanchez |Garna Majia |Utah Manufacturers Association
SALT LAKE CITY — Taberon Dave Honie was 23 years old when he was sentenced to die in 1999. Now 48, Honie has spent more than half of his life on death row. Just after midnight on Thursday morning, he is scheduled to become the eighth person executed by the state of Utah since 1977 after the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty the year before.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
kslnewsradio.com | Lindsay Aerts |Mariah Maynes |Josuee Sanchez |Utah Manufacturers Association
SALT LAKE CITY — A new online tool is helping the state gather data on Utah’s groundwater levels. And results are raising some concern about depleting groundwater levels, mainly in southern and southwestern Utah. The online aggregates 30 years of state and federal data so researchers and policymakers can help identify areas where Utah may need to conserve water, where climate might be impacting water supply, and where changes to storage are needed.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
kslnewsradio.com | Curt Gresseth |Mariah Maynes |Utah Manufacturers Association
SALT LAKE CITY — A software error led to a hand recount and ultimately the correct vote tally in an extremely tight congressional primary race in Utah. The incumbent, Rep. Celeste Maloy R-Utah, is now the declared the winner in the Republican primary race for the 2nd Congressional District against challenger Colby Jenkins. In all, about 107,000 votes were cast. According to Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, 176 votes separated the two candidates.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
kslnewsradio.com | Josuee Sanchez |Mariah Maynes |Utah Manufacturers Association
SALT LAKE CITY — Dead fish are washing up in Big Cottonwood Creek. However, Salt Lake County Department of Health spokesman Nicholas Rupp said it isn’t uncommon this time of the year. Rupp said high temperatures and increased water usage are causing the fish to suffocate. “That low oxygen in the water due to the extreme heat that we’re seeing right now plus lower water levels because of increased diversions — you know taking water out of the creek — that’s what’s causing those fish to die.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
kslnewsradio.com | Mariah Maynes |Utah Manufacturers Association
SALT LAKE CITY — The American Red Cross said the national blood supply decreased over 25% in July, prompting the declaration of an emergency blood shortage.
According to a press release, there is a “pressing need” for type O blood.
O-negative blood can be given to any transfusion patient, regardless of their blood type. It is known as the “universal donor” because it does not contain antigens that can trigger immune responses, according to the Red Cross.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
kslnewsradio.com | Mariah Maynes |Utah Manufacturers Association
NEW YORK — Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he once left a dead bear in New York City’s Central Park. He shared the story with actress Roseanne Barr in a video posted to Instagram.
In the video, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he picked up the bear while he was on his way to go falconing in Goshen, New York.
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“A woman in a van in front of me hit a bear and killed it,” said Kennedy in the video.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
kslnewsradio.com | Adam Small |Kennedy Camarena |Utah Manufacturers Association
SALT LAKE CITY— In a matter of hours, we will know the results of a recount in the primary election battle for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District U.S. House seat. Rep. Celeste Maloy won the race by just 214 votes. Her challenger, Colby Jenkins, requested a recount last week since the margin between the two was within .25%. According to a post by Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson on X Saturday, 11 of the 13 counties in the district have already completed their recounts.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
kslnewsradio.com | Elaine Kurtenbach |Alexandrea Bonilla |Utah Manufacturers Association
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly everything on Wall Street is tumbling as fear about a slowing U.S. economy worsens and sets off another sell-off for financial markets around the world. The S&P 500 sank 4.1% in early trading Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average pulled back more than 1,100 points and the Nasdaq composite slid 5.7%. That followed a 12.4% plunge in Japan’s Nikkei 225, for its worst day since 1987.
