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Tax bills draw little response
Despite property reassessments in some areas of Grand County that resulted in significant tax increases, and a proposed 1.5 percent hike in the general fund portion of county property taxes, tax n...
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School board approves changes to background check policy
Grand County School Board members reviewed the school district’s new policy on criminal background checks for district employees at the board’s July 21 meeting. The new policy coincides with chang...
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The oval shaped fracture line in the hillside west of U.S. 191 marks the spot of a July 21 landslide that dumped rock and dirt near the railroad tracks along the bench. Train service was not disrupted during last week’s incident, but a July 12 rockslide near Gemini Bridges halted rail cars for about nine hours. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Rockslides plague Atlas train shipments
A significant landslide last week dropped rock and soil onto the rail bench where tailings from the old Atlas uranium processing mill site are transferred to railcars, officials with the Departmen...
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Grand’s population growth slow in comparison to other areas of Utah
Grand County stands out among Utah counties for its relatively slow population growth, according to estimates recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau. And data developed by the Utah Populatio...
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Three more sentenced in artifacts trafficking sting
Three more defendants in a federal antiquities sting struck plea agreements with federal authorities and were sentenced this month in Salt Lake City. Nicholas Laws, 31, of Blanding pleaded guilt...
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<b><i>Sideswiped…<br></b></i> Investigators work to separate two semi-tractor trailers that collided on U.S. 191 on Monday, July 19. The accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. at mile 128, north of the Colorado River Bridge, when an oversized-load semi transporting a windmill blade crossed the centerline and struck a southbound semi. The windmill turbine blade became stuck against the other truck, blocking traffic and forcing law enforcement to close the highway for a short time, according to a report from the Utah Highway Patrol. Crew workers separated the two vehicles and removed them from the travel lane in about one hour, UHP officials said. No injuries were reported in connection with the incident. Photo courtesy of the Utah Highway Patrol
Sideswiped…
 Investigators work to separate two semi-tractor trailers that collided on U.S. 191 on Monday, July 19. The accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. at mile 128, north of the Colorado River Bridge, when an oversized-load semi transporting a windmill blade crossed the centerline and struck a southbound semi. The windmill turbine blade became stuck against the other truck, blocking traffic and forcing law enforcement to close the highway for a short time, according to a report from the Utah Highway Patrol. Crew workers separated the two vehicles and removed them from the travel lane in about one hour, UHP officials said. No injuries were reported in connection with the incident. Photo courtesy of the Utah Highway Patrol
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What your phone app doesn't say: It's watching (AP)

Apple fans display the iPhone 4 in June, 2010 in New York. Apple has called a press conference for Friday to discuss its latest iPhone, which has been dogged by reports of reception problems.(AFP/File/Theo Zierock)AP - Your smart phone applications are watching you — much more closely than you might like.


Wed Jul 28 21:40:37 -0500 2010
Police capture drug lieutenant in northern Mexico (AP)

Investigators work at a crime scene where Rosarito's State Police Commander Antonio Sanchez was shot outside his headquarters in Rosarito, Mexico, early Wednesday July 28, 2010. According to police at the scene, Sanchez was shot by unidentified gunmen late Tuesday and died later while receiving medical attention. Another agent was injured during the shooting. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - A suspected drug cartel lieutenant with a quarter-million-dollar reward on his head was captured in the border state of Chihuahua, where rival gangs are waging a bloody turf war, police said Wednesday.


Wed Jul 28 21:34:12 -0500 2010
Ship lost for more than 150 years is recovered (AP)

FILE - This 1851 illustration shows the HMS Investigator on the north coast of Baring Island in the Arctic. Arctic archaeologists have found the ship that forged the final link in the Northwest Passage and was lost in the search for the Franklin expedition. The HMS Investigator, abandoned in the ice in 1853, is in shallow water in Mercy Bay along the northern coast of Banks Island in Canada's Western Arctic. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Public Archives of Canada)AP - Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost in the search for the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin, the head of the team said Wednesday.


Wed Jul 28 20:24:21 -0500 2010