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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants a federal court to toss a lawsuit filed by Utah, New Mexico and the Navajo Nation seeking the repayment of cleanup costs for a mine spill in Colorado that polluted rivers in three states. The EPA said in a motion Wednesday that the court doesn't need to intervene because crews are already working on the cleanup of water contaminated with heavy metals that was accidentally released from an EPA-monitored mine.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials have reached a deal to sell land to a group of residents instead of a construction company, effectively scrapping plans for a gravel pit near Capitol Reef National Park. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration on Thursday approved a $525,000 bid from Teasdale residents for the parcel.
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The Standard-Examiner newspaper in Ogden has named a new executive editor to oversee its newsroom in addition to her current post directing the Daily Herald in Provo. The Standard-Examiner reported Jordan Carroll's new role Friday, two months after it was sold to the Provo newspaper's West Virginia-based parent company. Twenty-one people were laid off at the Standard-Examiner, including five in the newsroom. Carroll acknowledges the bumpy transition but said good changes are coming.
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A Utah janitor has been charged with sexually abusing students at an elementary school south of Salt Lake City. The Daily Herald of Provo reports that Adrian Villar was charged Friday with aggravated sexual abuse of a child and lewdness involving a child.
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