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Hot shot crew members keep an eye on the blaze as fire crews ignite the underbrush off of Forest Road 545B in an effort to contain the Pipeline Fire near Flagstaff, Arizona on June 15, 2022. Firefighter groups are applauding steps taken by the Biden administration to temporarily raise wages for the men and women on the front lines of the nation's largest wildfires. (Rachel Gibbons/Arizona Daily Sun via AP, File)

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Labor shortage compounds federal firefighters' staffing woes
By SAM METZ - Associated Press
Wed,06/22/22-12:02AM , 424 Reads
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Firefighter groups are applauding the Biden administration's steps to raise pay but warn that the temporary wage hikes won't be enough to combat staffing problems, as federal agencies compete with local fire departments and big box stores in a ti
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This 2018 file photo shows Coral Pink Sand Dunes state park near Kanab, Utah. A teenager visiting southern Utah's State Park died on Sunday, May 15, 2022, after he was entrapped beneath a sand dune that had collapsed on him a day prior. Ian Spendlove, a 13 year old from the St. George suburbs, was pronounced dead on Sunday after not regaining brain activity lost in the incident, the Utah State Parks Department said Monday. (The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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Boy dies after being buried under sand dune at state park
By SAM METZ - Associated Press
Tue,05/17/22-12:25PM , 567 Reads
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 13-year-old Utah boy has died from his injuries a day after a sand dune he was digging in collapsed and buried him at a state park, officials said Monday.
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Former U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch lies in state at the Utah Capitol Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history and a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died last month at the age of 88. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Late US Sen. Orrin Hatch honored at Utah Capitol
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Wed,05/04/22-12:18PM , 447 Reads
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A procession of family, friends and colleagues gathered to honor late U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, who is lying in state in Salt Lake City on Wednesday.
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Utah County elections director Rozan Mitchell holds a "Election Heroes Work Here" sign during a tour of Utah County's elections equipment and review processes for administering secure elections Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in Provo, Utah. In Utah and other Republican-led states, unsubstantiated election fraud claims have upended support for vote by-mail, a practice that not long ago was overwhelmingly popular among Republicans. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Deep-red Utah embraced voting by mail. Then came 2020.
By SAM METZ - Associated Press
Fri,04/22/22-8:33AM , 313 Reads
PROVO, Utah (AP) — As Dewon Holt toured a Utah ballot counting center, she listened intently and questioned election officials about concerns circulating since the 2020 election — about voting machines, people mailed multiple ballots and dead voters.
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