KCYN-KCPX News Monday 25 June 2012

>>Wildfires May Have Burned 'Dozens' In Sanpete Co.

(Mount Pleasant, UT) -- Sanpete County officials fear dozens of homes are destroyed as three wildfires burn. Officials evacuated nearly 600 homes and structures yesterday as flames pushed forward from the Wood Hollow Fire. Sanpete County Sheriff's officials said up to 30 of those homes were burning or have already been destroyed. It's not known how many people have been run from their homes but the Red Cross is preparing for 500 evacuees to stay at North Sanpete High School in Mount Pleasant.
>>Families Evacuated By "Dump Fire" Return Home

(Utah County, UT) -- Nearly 600 families who had to evacuate as Utah County's so-called "Dump Fire" threatened to blow up are back home. The evacuation order for homes in Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain was lifted over the weekend, but Eagle Mountain Mayor Heather Jackson warned that people might have to leave their homes again if wind drives the fire back toward homes. The fire was started Thursday by target shooters, and it burned out of control through the day Friday, burning more than six-thousand acres by Saturday evening. Fire crews have it 40-percent contained.

>>Heat Leaves Mark On SLC

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- The heat is leaving a mark on Salt Lake City residents. Temperatures yesterday in Salt Lake neared 100-degrees but in Provo folks dealt with heat in the triple-digits. Meanwhile at Zion National Park visitors coped with a high temperature of 103 degrees. Today is expected to bring relief for Salt Lake as the high temperature is forecast for the mid-90s.

>>Man Accused Of Setting Fire Out Of Revenge

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A man from Cottonwood Heights faces arson charges in connection with a fire at a South Salt Lake tavern last April which police think was set for revenge. Charges were filed yesterday against a 41-year-old man whose wallet was found around the charred remains at Tony's Bar. A police report alleges the man was kicked out of the bar a week earlier for fighting. The bar manager also testified seeing the suspect drive around his establishment the night of the blaze.

>>Arts Festival Gets Mixed Results

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Mixed results are reported for Utah Arts Festival over the weekend. Some local artisans said the festival helped bring them business while others were left disappointed. Despite the high temperatures all weekend, unofficial attendance data for the event stood at around 90-thousand visitors, a number similar to last year.


>>Tough Races In Tomorrow's Primary Election

(Undated) -- More than a third-of-a-century of U.S. Senate seniority is on the line in Utah's primary election. Primary voters will cast ballots in dozens of races tomorrow and the spotlight is on the state's Republican U.S. Senate race where Senator Orrin Hatch is seeking the party's nomination for him to run for a seventh term. Former state senator Dan Liljenquist is challenging Hatch. Other high-profile races include the Republican contests for Utah Attorney General, between Sean Reyes and John Swallow, Salt Lake County Mayor, matching former county councilman Mark Crockett and West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, and the Democratic race in the First Congressional District pitting
Ryan Combe and Donna McAleer.

>>Kaysville Hiring 3 New Police Officers

(Kaysville, UT) -- The City of Kaysville is hiring three new police officers, and some people aren't happy with the way the city will pay for them. The city council voted to transfer 265-thousand dollars a year from the power enterprise fund, rather than raising propety taxes. More than a hundred people opposed that move at a recent public hearing. They wanted the council to raise propety taxes, which property owners can deduct from their income taxes.

Coconino County Sheriff’s Detectives are investigating the apparent drowning death of a sixteen year old boy who was visiting Supai Canyon with his boy scout troop from Utah. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Police Officers who are assigned to Supai Canyon and death investigators of the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office are assisting with the investigation.
According to a BIA Police Officer at about 2:09 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 their office received the report of a visitor to the canyon who was a possible drowning victim in a pool of water at Mooney Falls. A medical doctor and nurse from the Supai Medical Center and BIA Police Officers immediately responded to Mooney Falls.
Investigation has revealed the sixteen year old boy identified as Kreg Harrison Jr. of St. George Utah had recently arrived in Supai Canyon with his Boy Scout Troop (Green Valley 6 Ward Scout Troop 1800). The group was composed of twelve adults and 19 boys.
Kreg and three other scouts were swimming in the pool of water immediately below Mooney Falls.