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Girl shoots, kills family member in Iron County, sheriff's office says
Ashley Imlay, KSL | Posted Aug. 29 - 9:04 a.m. | Save Story
A girl shot and killed a family member early Saturday in Iron County, the sheriff's office said.

Hatch Green Chile roasting season arrives in Salt Lake Valley
VideoMadi Vollmer, KSL | Posted Aug. 29 - 7:50 a.m. | Save Story
Green chile roasting season is underway in the Salt Lake Valley, but the brief harvest window mean shoppers may want to stock up soon.

More US homebuyers getting 'cold feet'
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 29 - 7:15 a.m. | Save Story
The rate of home sale cancellations last month was the highest in nearly three years.

Man sentenced to probation after shooting at stranger fixing his car
Emily Ashcraft, KSL | Posted Aug. 28 - 10:47 p.m. | Save Story
Patrick Rosales Shearer-Davis was ordered to spend four years on probation after shooting multiple times towards a man who was fixing his car. He told police he thought the man had a gun.

Moab police suspend search for man suspected of aggravated assault
Cassidy Wixom, KSL | Updated Aug. 28 - 9:38 p.m. | Save Story
Moab police announced it was ceasing its search for a man accused of fleeing during an aggravated assault investigation.

Salt Lake City has a new vision for 500 West in fast-growing city section
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted Aug. 28 - 9:10 p.m. | Save Story
Utah's capital city has a new vision for how it plans to add more greenery to the fast-growing Granary District.

St. George police arrest man who fled from police chase-crash
Cassidy Wixom, KSL | Updated Aug. 28 - 8:30 p.m. | Save Story
St. George police arrested a man who fled after a police chase ended in a crash Friday night.

Initial work to repair scenic Beaver Canyon highway begins; timeline to reopen unknown
VideoCarter Williams, KSL | Posted Aug. 28 - 8:01 p.m. | Save Story
Emergency construction has started to repair a popular scenic route and key south-central transportation corridor east of Beaver.

Longtime judge and an attorney appointed to 2 seats on Utah Supreme Court
VideoBridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Updated Aug. 28 - 7:19 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has appointed 5th District Judge Matthew Bell and attorney Michael Menssen to serve on the state Supreme Court.

Ogden official seeks clearer guidelines for police working with ICE after incident with immigrant
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted Aug. 28 - 7:02 p.m. | Save Story
An Ogden City Council member is pressing for clearer guidelines for city police when working with ICE agents after an incident involving a Venezuelan immigrant.

Kouri Richins ordered to pay over $1.3M in life insurance after murder conviction
Emily Ashcraft, KSL | Posted Aug. 28 - 6:21 p.m. | Save Story
The Kamas mom, found guilty of killing her husband and insurance fraud, was ordered Friday to repay two life insurance companies after her attorneys didn't contest the amount.

Utah motorcyclist killed in crash near Utah-Idaho border
Cassidy Wixom, KSL | Posted Aug. 28 - 5:50 p.m. | Save Story
A man from North Ogden was killed in a crash Friday when his motorcycle collided with another vehicle about 8 miles north of the Utah-Idaho border.

'What is public is public': Media attorneys argue in Tyler Robinson hearing
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Aug. 28 - 5:05 p.m. | Save Story
Attorneys for the media are opposing the latest request by Tyler Robinson to keep cameras out of the courtroom during his upcoming hearing on Tuesday.

Beaver residents asked to 'keep an eye out for a young bear cub'
Arianne Brown, KSL | Posted Aug. 28 - 4:18 p.m. | Save Story
Beaver County Sheriff's Office issued a public alert for residents to keep an eye out for a young bear cub that was last seen between 2:30 and 3 p.m. on Friday near 1400 North CR-357 (Manderfield Road), heading toward town.

Utah Tech University celebrates renovated performing arts center, featuring award-winning artists
Arianne Brown, KSL | Posted Aug. 28 - 4:03 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Tech University will hold a ribbon-cutting for the newly renovated and re-named America First Performing Arts Center.

Ultra-runner with Utah ties has heart-attack during race in France
Arianne Brown, KSL | Posted Aug. 28 - 3:02 p.m. | Save Story
The ultra-running community has raised over $194,000 in support for runner, Jeff Browning, after he had a heart attack while competing in France.

Arrest in fraudulent Nintendo purchase investigation marks third case in a month
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Aug. 28 - 1:50 p.m. | Save Story
A California man has become the third person arrested in a month for allegedly purchasing Nintendo products using a fraudulent tap-to-pay scheme.

St. George residents asked to limit power use as city enters 'red alert' after outage
Arianne Brown, KSL | Updated Aug. 28 - 1:17 p.m. | Save Story
St. George officials asked residents to limit their power use after a county-wide outage left tens of thousands without power Thursday night.

After Iron County vote, other 4-day school districts share lessons and warnings
VideoBrenna Donnelly, KSL | Updated Aug. 28 - 12:14 p.m. | Save Story
Iron County School District is now the largest school district in the state to approve a four-day school week for all students, after a 4-3 school board vote Tuesday.
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After Iron County vote, other 4-day school districts share lessons and warnings
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