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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Researchers are working to better measure how much water is lost to evaporation at the nation's two largest reservoirs as part of effort they say could lead to new water management strategies. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Desert Research Institute have teamed up to study evaporation at Lake Powell, building upon ongoing research at Lake Mead.
ROOSEVELT, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a man who shot himself in the head in eastern Utah is expected to survive. The Deseret News reports police responded to a Roosevelt home about 2 a.m. Sunday for a reported domestic violence. They found a man outside the home and were trying to detain him when he allegedly pulled out a handgun, loaded a bullet and raised the weapon. A Duchesne County Sheriff's deputy fired twice when the man raised the gun, but both shots missed and hit a car. The man shot himself in the head.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Delta Air Lines officials are hoping the $3.6 billion rebuild of Salt Lake City's airport will give the carrier's hub a competitive edge in the West. Delta is in the process of spending up to $14 billion through passenger fees nationwide to help upgrade its terminals at airports including Salt Lake City, New York's LaGuardia, Seattle, Atlanta and Los Angeles International. Delta executive Holden Shannon praises the Salt Lake City airport's new design with parallel terminals between two runways.
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The new top prosecutor in Utah's second-largest county is planning a program to get low-level suspects into drug treatment or community service without ever filing criminal charges against them. The Daily Herald reports Utah County Attorney David Leavitt is looking to create a diversion program that would allow some nonviolent offenders to fulfill certain requirements so the case against them would be dropped.
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