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The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expired on Friday, June 7, leaving many people who were affected by nuclear testing and research in the West without a way to get monetary support for their suffering. Supports of the act are still fighting for expansion of the act and trying to find other ways to revive the program.

The June 10 expiration deadline for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is fast approaching. Utah members of the downwinder community say a “last ditch effort” is underway to save the program.

The Huntsman Cancer Institute has plans to build a new facility on the land to better serve rural Utahns and Utah County’s rapidly growing population.

Utah leads the nation for rates of melanoma of the skin. Immediate neighbors like Idaho, Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming don’t even come close.

Many current and former wildland firefighters ask themselves this question: What does all this smoke, dust and ash I’ve been breathing for months on end mean for my health?

The latest Utah news for Tuesday morning, Mar. 15, 2022.

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