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• H1N1 Flu Vaccine for Utah Still 30 Days Out

  Bret Hanna | September 17, 2009 9:55 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Utah health officials are not expecting to see H1N1 flu vaccine doses until the middle of October, even though it is expected that doses will begin to ship from sources by the end of this month....

• Excessive Speed Causes Crash that Snarls Morning Commute

  Bret Hanna | September 16, 2009 10:52 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  At about 7:15 a.m. this morning, a pickup truck flying through heavy traffic on I-15 caused an accident that brought morning northbound commuter to a standstill. The driver was headed through the...

• Lightning Sparks School Fire and Highlights Need for Awareness

  Bret Hanna | September 16, 2009 10:19 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Around noon on Monday, lighting struck the Top Flight Academy in Mt. Pleasant, a school for at-risk teen males, causing a fire that destroyed the building. The lightning bolt shot through the roof...

• Colorectal Cancer Screening for the Uninsured and Underinsured Coming to Utah

  Bret Hanna | September 16, 2009 9:37 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on September 8th that Utah and 25 other states and tribal organizations will soon be able to provide colorectal cancer screenings to the...

• Local Infectious Disease Specialist Supports Recommendation of Gardasil for Boys

  Bret Hanna | September 14, 2009 11:15 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  On September 9th, a Food and Drug Administration committee issued a recommendation that the Gardasil vaccine manufactured by Merck be given to males between the ages of 9 and 26 to prevent genital...

• Son and Wife Charged with Abusing and Stealing from Elderly Mother

  Bret Hanna | September 04, 2009 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Beatrice Barker, 90, died in June and now her son and daughter-in-law have been charged with abusing her and stealing from her. Corin Lynn Barker and his wife, Nadine Barker, were charged Tuesday...

• Distracted Driver Kills Another Utahn

  Bret Hanna | September 04, 2009 4:12 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  An 80-year-old woman died earlier this week after she was struck by a small truck while she was walking through a Shopko parking lot in Logan. Barbara McGregor Hales, a retired Utah State University...

• Marine Recruiter Charged with Sex Crime

  Bret Hanna | September 03, 2009 9:32 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  What is this world coming to? More specifically, what is the U.S. Military coming to? A U.S. Marine Corps recruiter was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of having sex with a 15-year-old girl he met...

• Tragic Accident Kills Four Teens Near Soldier Summit

  Bret Hanna | September 01, 2009 10:38 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Four teens got into a car and slipped into the darkness early Sunday morning for what appears to be a joy ride. Unfortunately, that joy ride ended with an accident that killed all four. The accident...

• Police Suspect Street Racing in Accident that Critically Injured Two

  Bret Hanna | August 31, 2009 7:41 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Police now think that an accident that occurred last Thursday night in Big Cottonwood Canyon involved street racing. The driver of a Lotus lost control on a curve, overcorrected and crossed the...