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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say several Utah hospitals were placed on lockdown or otherwise heightened their security following alleged threats of a shooting and that a man was arrested in the case. Unified Police Sgt.
SANDY, Utah (AP) — A small electrical fire has forced closure of a middle school in a Salt Lake City suburb. Canyons School District spokesman Jeff Haney says classes at Union Middle School in Sandy were canceled Thursday but are expected to resume Friday.
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Commercial flights may be coming back to an airport in the Four Corners region. The Farmington Daily Times reports officials said Tuesday commercial flights will likely return to the Four Corners Regional Airport by next summer. The announcement comes after construction began in September. The upgrades will permit the airport to move to a higher classification that will allow larger planes to land and depart.
CHINLE, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Division of Transportation has decided to keep the Chinle Community Airport runway open after all, with intermittent closure for repairs. The division's Road Maintenance and Airports Management departments assessed the runway Oct. 14 and wanted to close it indefinitely until improvement plans could be determined. Current repairs to the 6,900-foot runway are estimated at $900,000 with major reconstruction of the entire runway scheduled for 2022 at a cost of $5 million.
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