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“You do have a legal and ethical duty to stop,” said Jason Mettmann of the Utah Department of Public Safety.
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The Utah State Board of Education has already requested an additional $100 million, but Republican Rep. Ryan Wilcox said he thinks it’ll be closer to $800 million.
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“Our goal with this task force is to reduce demand through prevention and treatment, address root causes of fentanyl abuse and disrupt fentanyl trafficking networks,” Gov. Spencer Cox said.
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Utah is using hefty fines to crack down on drivers who illegally pass school buses and endanger children.
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Part of Utah’s new school safety overhaul, a guardian is an existing school employee who volunteers to carry a gun and is trained to use it if necessary.
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Utah’s new school safety law requires an armed individual to be at every K-12 school to protect the kids inside. That includes thousands of young children who attend pre-K or daycare in K-12 school buildings.
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Utah’s new school safety law requires an armed person on campus. There’s also a timetable of work that school districts and law enforcement need to finish before classes start.
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Nearly 1,800 residents of Panguitch had been on high alert in the days since inspectors discovered an unexpected 60-foot crack in the Panguitch Lake Dam on Monday night.
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So far, in 2023, there have been 351 crashes and 13 fatalities on the section of U.S. Highway 6 that travels through Carbon, Emery, Utah and Wasatch counties.
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As historic snow melts, search and rescue teams are preparing their swiftwater specialists. The Utah State Search and Rescue advisory board is worried about running out of money to reimburse counties as the number of rescues have risen over the years.
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Not quite a year into the program, the state's court system has received more than 216,000 records to be expunged.
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UDOT is urging Utahns to drive safer. Advocates want the state to take more responsibility for the high number of traffic fatalities.