KCYN-KCPX News June 19^th 2012

>>Salt Lake City Named Best For Happy Marriage

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Salt Lake City is the best place in America to have a happy marriage, according to RealAge.com. In rankings by the health website, the authors noted that the epicenter for marriages in Salt Lake is LDS Temple Square. During the peak of wedding season, temple hosts as many as 80 weddings a day. It also notes that SLC spouses make good partners because of the area's healthy lifestyle.
SAN JUAN COUNTY, Utah - A man from Germany was killed in crash on Friday south of Moab.
According to the Utah Highway Patrol, a 2005 Ford F-350 pick up truck was traveling north on Highway 191 near the La Sal Mountain Loop, while following a dump truck.
The UHP says the dump truck got into the left turn lane to make a turn as pick up truck continued north.
At the same time, the UHP says the driver of a 2011 Nissan Sentra was attempting to make a left hand turn from the La Sal Mountain Loop Road to go South on SR 191, pulling in front of the pickup truck.
The UHP says the Ford F-350 and was struck in the driver's side door, and that the driver of the Nissan, 54-year-old Olaf Henry Gerhard Bortfeld from Hude, Germany suffered fatal injuries from the crash.
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Matheson fights to keep Moab uranium tailings clean up on schedule
Congressman Jim Matheson proposed an amendment last week, to restore some funding to a Department of Energy uranium waste cleanup program that covers the massive uranium mill tailings pile on the Colorado River near Moab.
"The health and safety of Utahns, as well as 25 million users of the Colorado River downstream, remains at risk, as long as the radioactive tailings pile continues to contaminate the river and the groundwater," said Matheson. "Recent progress is now slowing to a crawl, because the federal government's actions suggest they view this site as a low priority."
If the project is not fully funded then it will have to shut down for three months out of the year, idling the workers and the equipment during that time. The equipment would be unable to go to another job site without a complete decontamination procedure. Any work stoppage at the site would put several workers from Green River out of a job during the down time.
Yesterday, an Energy Department Official reportedly met with the Grand County officials to discuss the project. The meeting was not announced ahead of time.
　
　

>>Woman Charged With Manslaughter In Death Of Girl

(Millcreek Township, UT) -- A Millcreek Township woman's car hits and kills a six-year-old girl in a Salt Lake City crosswalk. Police say she allegedly was driving under the influence of sedatives. In filing manslaughter charges yesterday, police say Janeen Lundberg's car veered into a left-turn lane near Kensington Avenue, hit the median and continued into a crosswalk, hitting Ambrosia Amalathithada-Ramseyer and her mother. Ambrosia died the next day.

>>More Residents Take Advantage Of Early Voting

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Election Day for Utah's primary is still a week away, but officials say the event is no longer a one-day activity. Voters have been casting ballots throughout the state for several days at city and county offices and can continue to vote through the end of the week. Absentee ballots, which are becoming more popular, need to be mailed by Friday.

>>Woman Commits Drive-By Shooting With Kids In Car

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A woman fired shots at a man while driving with her two young children Sunday. Vera Castillo is behind bars in the Salt Lake Count jail after turning herself in. Police said Castillo brought her nine-month-old and two-year-old children with her as she fired a gun at a man during a drive-by shooting. She is being held without bail on suspicion of assault and attempt to commit a capital felony.

>>Utah Lawmakers Consider Increasing Liquor Licenses

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Lawmakers will consider increasing the state's quota for restaurant liquor licenses Wednesday to make up for a shortfall that has stymied business growth in some areas. Governor Gary Herbert called a special session of the legislature to address the issue and several others. The session is Wednesday, a day already set aside for committee hearings. The state has been out of restaurant licenses for the past couple of months, which has hurt economic development in some communities.


>>Mom Cited For Leaving Girl In 110-Degree Car

(Orem, UT) -- Orem Police have cited a woman for leaving her little girl inside a car that heated up to 110 degrees. The three-year-old wasn't hurt and a woman who heard the child crying reached in through a partially opened window and got the toddler out before calling 9-1-1. The girl's mother told police she went into a store to use the bathroom and didn't want to wake her sleeping child. Police say the mother wasn't acting maliciously and didn't think she would be gone as long as she was. Firefighters measured the temperature of the child's car seat at 110 degrees.

>>Intermountain Healthcare Gets $9.7-Million Award

(Undated) -- Intermountain Healthcare is getting a nine-point-seven-million dollar award to make it easier for people to manage their health. The federal Health Care Innovation Award will pay for software that figures patients' risk of serious health conditions and creates a list of medications and lifestyle changes that would do the most to improve their health. Intermountain's director of research and education Lucy Savitz says the software will be focused on patients with chronic diseases.

>>U. Shuttle System Getting Wireless Electric Bus

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- The University of Utah and a Utah State University start-up company will test a wireless recharging system with the U's new electric shuttle buses. The U. is installing charging pads at bus stops and the test will begin when the electric buses join the university's shuttle fleet this fall. A federal grant will cover the cost of the new buses and the charging pads. The test is aimed at determing whether so-called wireless power transfer, or WPT, make economic sense.

>>House Approves Ute Land Swap

(Undated) -- The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that returns sacred lands to the Ute Indian Tribe, in exchange for lands believed to be rich in natural gas. Yesterday's vote clears the way for the tribe and the Utah School and Institutiona Trust Lands Administration to trade 18-thousand acres of tribal land in Grand County for a similar-sized block of land in Uintah County. Utah Congressman Jim Matheson sponsored the legislation. Utah Senator Orrin Hatch introduced a companion bill in the Senate last week.

　
　
　
　
　
SALT LAKE CITY —
Author Michelle Cottle writes that despite church growth and movement toward the mainstream, some still consider it "disconcertingly exotic."
"With the very real possibility that one of its own could wind up in the Oval Office, the LDS (Church) finds itself scrambling to adjust to life in the global spotlight," she writes.
Cottle says Michael Otterson, managing director of LDS Public Affairs, told her "he and his colleagues' lives have been 'consumed' by media inquiries." Newsweek magazine spotlights The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' efforts to answer an influx of media questions about the faith since Mitt Romney's presidential bid.