KCYN KCPX News Monday June 18th 2012

>>Critical Fire Threat For All Of Utah, Weather Service Says

(Undated) -- The National Weather Service says "critical fire conditions" exist throughout Utah. A potentially-disastrous mix of blistering hot temperatures, bone-dry conditions and strong, gusty winds has all of Utah at risk of burning. Fire restrictions including no open fires except in improved campgrounds, picnic areas and permanently improved structures, and no smoking except in enclosed vehicles or buildings or cleared or barren areas at least three feet in diameter will remain in effect until the threat eases. Restrictions also include prohibit using any kind of fireworks.

EAGLE MOUNTAIN — A wildfire in Wiley Canyon on the west side of Lake Mountain continued to burn Sunday.
The Wiley Fire has burned approximately 300 acres since it started about 7 a.m. Saturday. The fire was about 90 percent contained as of 10 p.m. Sunday.
On Friday a fire consumed 13 acres of a heavy stand of trees and brush adjacent to the 9the hole on the Moab Golf Course.
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>>Two Killed In Summit County Accident

(Kamas, UT) -- A motorcycle accident in Summit County has claimed the lives of two people. The Utah Highway Patrol says 63-year-old Ross Bartholomew and his 59-year-old wife Patricia were on a motorcycle that crossed into oncoming traffic along State Road 150 east of Kamas on Saturday afternoon. The motorcycle was struck head-on by a car. The Bartholomews were pronounced dead at the scene. Patricia Bartholomew was a longtime clerk with the Utah Supreme Court.

>>Paris-Bound Plane Makes Emergency Landing

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A Delta Airlines flight bound for Paris had to make an emergency landing after a tire blew out on takeoff. KSL-TV reports 198 passengers onboard Flight 89 were headed for Charles de Gaulle Airport on Saturday afternoon, when the plane had to circle the Salt Lake City Airport for a few hours to dump fuel, before it could land safely. No injuries were reported. Passengers were rerouted to another flight.

>>Parents Of Drowned Boy Scout Sue

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- The Las Vegas parents of a Boy Scout who drowned while attending a Utah summer camp is suing the national organization. Christopher and Sherry Tuvell claim diving instructors failed to, quote, "prepare and implement an adequate dive plan." Twelve-year-old David Christopher Tuvell died in July 2011, after authorities say he took part in a diving exercise at Utah's Bear Lake.

>>AG Backs Obama Immigration Plan

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Utah's attorney general is breaking with fellow Republicans on President Obama's executive order to allow qualified young immigrants to work in the U.S. Mark Shurtleff says the order is "good public safety policy" because it focuses on illegal immigrants who commit crimes instead of those getting an education. Most other Utah Republican officials have accused the president of pandering to Latinos and abusing his powers.

>>UTA Wants To Eliminate Free Fare Zone

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- The Utah Transit Authority wants to scrap free bus service in downtown Salt Lake City. The "Salt Lake Tribune" says UTA officials are offering the city 100-thousand dollars and other incentives to end the free rides. City officials say the offer is too low. The free fare district was launched in 1996, and its 100-year contract still has another 85 years to go.
　

>>Arnold Crowned New Miss Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Miss Davis County is the new Miss Utah. Kara Arnold won the title Saturday night at Salt Lake City's Capitol Theater. The University of Utah biochemistry major will receive a ten-thousand dollar scholarship, and will promote science and math education during her reign. Arnold will also be a spokeswoman for the Child Protection Registry, which helps protect families from adult-oriented solicitations.

>>Utah Home Sales Up

(Undated) -- Utah's housing market is showing encouraging signs of recovery. The Utah Association of Realtors reports the medin price for homes sold in April was just more than 178-thousand dollars, a two-point-seven-percent increase over April of last year. Home sales were up in Salt Lake, Davis and Utah counties. Home sales in Washington County, the St. George area, fell by nearly 15-percent, but the median price was up by almost 15-thousand dollars over April 2011.

>>Ten-Thousand Celebrate Wasatch Back Relay

(Undated) -- More than ten-thousand runners, support teams and fans celebrated the annual Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back over the weekend. The relay course covers nearly 200 miles from Logan to Park City. The Utah Sports Commission describes the race as the longest distance running event in Utah and the second-largest relay race in the U.S. Five-hundred teams competed.

WEST VALLEY CITY — A relative of the man accused of shooting a construction worker says the shooter acted in self-defense.
"He's a wonderful child," she said.
The woman asked us not to identify her because she's scared of retaliation.
She says her relative, Bobby Devore, 29, isn't a violent man. He had plans to go back to school to become a writer.
"Now this is a gentleman who is a straight A student, just got a full scholarship to (Southern Utah University). He was leaving in August," she said.
Police arrested Devore Saturday morning in a Wells, Nevada motel.
He's accused of shooting a construction worker in the shoulder.
　
　SALT LAKE CITY – A man is in custody after allegedly sexually assaulting three women in Salt Lake City on Sunday morning.
Police say the series of assaults started in the parking lot of the Whole Foods store at Trolley Square at around 7:30 a.m. 21-year-old Guillermo Ramirez allegedly approached a woman from behind and touched her inappropriately before fleeing on foot.An hour later, a woman pushing a stroller near 1300 South and 840 East had a similar experience.
A third woman was working out in the same area when Ramirez approached her and pulled her running shorts down. This time, an officer in the area witnessed the assault, but Ramirez was able to flee but was found after a search.
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