KCYN-KCPX News Thurs 5July2012

Some Alpine Families Return Home As Crews Fight Quail Fire

(Alpine, UT) -- Between 175 and 200 families have returned to their homes in Alpine, but more than 300 remain evacuated as crews continue to battle the Quail Fire. The blaze that blew up within hours after starting Tuesday afternoon now covers slightly less than two-thousand acres, down from an initial estimate of five-thousand acres. Firefighters have contained only five-percent of the blaze.

>>Fireworks Start West Jordan, Cottonwood Heights Fires

(Undated) -- Fireworks started a pair of fires last night, on the east and west sides of the Salt Lake Valley. Unified Fire Authority firefighters put out a blaze that burned a half-acre and came within 30 feet of four homes around 11 last night in the area of 27-hundred East and 72-hundred South. About 20 minutes before that fire broke out people playing with fireworks started a fire that did three-thousand dollars in smoke damage to a home in West Jordan.

>>Seven Wildfires Burning In Utah

(Undated) -- At least seven wildfires are burning across Utah right now. More than 15-hundred people are still evacuated in Kane County, where State Highway 14 remains closed as crews battle the stubborn Shingle Fire. Firefighters completely contained the Millville Canyon Fire last night. A new blaze, called the Uinta Fire, started yesterday in the Ashley National Forest in Uintah County.

>>Ogden Police Seek Leads In Arson Brush Fire

(Ogden, UT) -- Fire officials in Ogden are asking for help in finding whoever started a fire that burned a dozen acres and surrounded houses and an apartment complex near the mouth of Ogden Canyon. Ogden Fire Marshal Brandon Thueson says investigators found "items at the scene" that indicate someone set the fire deliberately. It started at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, a quarter-mile west of the mouth of Ogden Canyon, at 12th Street and State Road 39.

>>Methadone Deaths Prompt Warning To Doctors

(Undated) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking doctors to slow down on prescribing the powerful painkiller methadone. The CDC says methadone accounts for one-third of all painkiller deaths in more than a dozen states. The number of methadone-related deaths in Utah has dropped in recent years, on increasing efforts to educate doctors and the public. The deputy director of the state Department of Health, Robert Rolfs, says methadone deaths in Utah are down from 120 a year between 2004 and 2008 to around 60 to 70 a year.

>>National Guard, American Legion Offer Flag Retirement

(Undated) -- The Utah National Guard and the American Legion are again offering to help people respectfully retire their worn U.S. flags. They're accepting flags to be burned in a retirement ceremony at Spanish Fork City Fairgrounds. The 14th annual retirement ceremony is scheduled for July 18th. Along with the ceremony, the event will include a performance by the Guard's 23rd Army Band, a 21-gun salute, and guest speakers.

PAYSON, Utah — Police say a 36-year-old man was killed at a house party in Payson early Wednesday morning. An adult and a juvenile were later arrested in connection to the crime.
The incident happened around 3:45 a.m. at 700 East and 644 North where police say the homeowner, William KC Wright, was fatally stabbed.
Wright was throwing a 4^th of July party when a group of teens wanted to join. And because there was alcohol, police say Wright turned them away. An argument followed and the homeowner was stabbed.
Wright was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and later died as a result of his injuries. The party had several witnesses and by noon police say they had tracked down who they were looking for.
Police arrested 45-year-old Keenan Thompson of Spanish Fork and a 15-year-old boy in connection to the stabbing. Thompson is being held for first-degree murder. Both may face charges of obstruction of justice
　
(Utah)- Furth of July celebrations spread around the state yesterday. Some cities had supended firworks but others carried on. Firetrucks and floats the mainstay of most parades as was the infamous Gadianton Band in the Blanding Parade. riding an aticulated modified 50's Chevy farm truck the nearly 20 musicians made merry.
Earflier, Lt Governor Greg Bell spoke at the Blanding mayors Prayer breakfast and said the greatest challange to america now and in the future is the national debt. He said we have to encourage independence and not depend on give-away money from the feds.
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