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Northbound lanes on Interstate 15 near 2300 South were affected Wednesday afternoon due to a vehicle fire, according to the Utah Department of Transportation reported.
The fire occurred at about 2:35 p.m.
Four northbound lanes were closed. Traffic was expected to be impacted for about an hour, UDOT reported.

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There have been rumors in southern Utah that former Wayne County Attorney LeEllen McCartney wanted to put to rest.
No, she didn’t resign her elected post after a fight with the sheriff on the side of the road. No, she didn’t quit in exchange for a guilty plea from a defendant. And, no, she didn’t quit her job over a year before the end of her term because she wanted more money.
McCartney instead said she left after tense relations with the Wayne County Commission, which she said failed to provid...

While discussing new Venezuela sanctions in a conference call Wednesday, President Donald Trump called for the release of Utah native Josh Holt, who has been held in a Venezuelan prison for more than a year.
Holt was accused of possessing illegal weapons by Venezuelan officials, but his mother and others maintain he is innocent and has been targeted by a corrupt judicial system.
Trump said the United States is “very concerned about the situation of Joshua Holt, a young American being detained il...

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An unknown number of casualties were reported when a small plane crashed on Interstate 15 near Riverdale Road on Wednesday afternoon, the Utah Department of Public Safety reported at about 1 p.m.
The plane reportedly landed in the median, and tweets from motorists showed there was a fire at the scene.
All northbound lanes were closed and only one southbound lane was open as of about 1:20 p.m., DPS tweeted.
Significant traffic delays were expected throughout the afternoon, officials said.
The loc...

Orem mayoral candidate Hans Andersen says he has documents that show incumbent Mayor Richard Brunst violated state law by ordering use of city resources to fight voter referendums and for other political purposes.
Brunst says he broke no laws, and that Andersen is misconstruing city emails that he obtained through an open-records request.

While Utah leaders argue the new Bears Ears National Monument must be shrunk or even revoked, plenty of Utahns disagree that the 1.3-million-acre monument covers too much terrain in San Juan County.
According to new polling commissioned by The Salt Lake Tribune and the Hinckley Institute of Politics, voters are split 42-to-39-percent on the question, with a small plurality saying the monument is too big.

Public school teachers are too slow to embrace classroom technology purchased by the state, according to some Utah lawmakers.
They voiced that concern Wednesday as members of the state Legislature’s Public Education Appropriations Committee met to discuss software “fidelity,” or the rate of students achieving a minimum number of hours learning software programs.
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A 39-year-old Utah woman is dead as the result of a domestic dispute that occurred on an Alaskan cruise ship, according to a news release from Princess Cruises on Wednesday.
The company did not identify the woman, specify how she died or say whether any arrests had been made.
The dispute occurred Tuesday about 9 p.m.

More cops, more jail beds, more treatment beds and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox will be the homeless czar.
Those are about the only details revealed when Gov. Gary H.

Murray police and paramedics rushed to the scene of a possible electrocution late Wednesday morning.
Public safety dispatchers reported the incident was called in at 10:13 a.m. from a unit at the Lost Creek Apartments complex, 3950 S.