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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The race between a small town on the Rio Grande in New Mexico and a Salt Lake City suburb to entice a new Facebook data center with millions of dollars in tax breaks and subsidies is raising questions about public investments in a booming cloud-computing economy that typically brings few local jobs. In Utah, an initial $240 million tax-break plan fell apart after several leaders said the lure was too rich. Negotiations have since restarted for the project in West Jordan.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Forest Service officials say a wildfire that closed a northern Utah reservoir appears to have been started by a campfire. Forest service spokesman Willie Begay says officials are still investigating who might have started the campfire before it got out of control late last month.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal jury has awarded $285,000 to a couple who claimed officers in the West Valley Police Department's drug unit violated their civil rights and used excessive force against them. The allegations against then-Lt.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brigham Young University President Keven Worthen says a faculty advisory council created to review how the school handles reports of sexual assault will present its findings this fall. The Daily Herald of Provo reports that Worthen made the comments Monday during a talk to BYU faculty. The Mormon-owned university is being investigated by federal education officials about how it handles sexual assault reports.
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