KCYN-KCPX NEWS Weds 1Aug2012



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SAN RAFAEL SWELL-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
230 AM MDT WED AUG 1 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...SAN RAFAEL SWELL AND CAPITOL
  REEF NATIONAL PARK...SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH AND THE GRAND STAIRCASE
  ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT...UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL
  PARK...GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
  MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS.
  THIS INCLUDES RECENT BURN SCARS SUCH AS THE SEELEY BURN SCAR
  NEAR HUNTINGTON.

* FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
  THE WATCH AREA.

* SLOT CANYONS AND SLICKROCK AREAS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AND
  OTHER FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS BURN SCARS FROM RECENT
  WILDFIRE ACTIVITY WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING TODAY. THOSE
  PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN
  VIGILANT...AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION
  SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR. RECENTLY BURNED AREAS WILL ALSO BE
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO PRODUCING MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IF EVEN SHORT
  DURATION HEAVY RAIN FALLS ON THE BURN SCAR. RESIDENTS NEAR THESE
  BURN SCARS SHOULD HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION IN CASE OF HEAVY RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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Ethics Initiative Dead For This Election Cycle

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- The Utah Supreme Court is effectively ending an effort to get a huge ethics initiative on the ballot in November. A judge upheld a lower court's ruling that dismissed a lawsuit filed by the grassroots organization that has been pushing for ethics reform. At issue was a missed deadline in April. Utahns for Ethical Government is admitting that the drive to get ethics reform on the ballot is over for 2012. Critics generally have problems with the details of the plan, not the concept of ethics reform itself. One of the most controversial parts of the plan was the creation of a five-member ethics panel that would basically operate independently without being elected.

>>Provo Man Burned By Yellowstone Geyser

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A Provo man is recovering from serious burns he got when he fell into a geyser at Yellowstone National Park. He ended up being flown back to Utah for treatment at the University of Utah burn center. His current condition is not known. Park rangers at Yellowstone say the 37-year-old man, whose name has not been released, fell into a geyser along a scenic trail yesterday near Old Faithful. Rangers were busy yesterday, because they also dealt with a German national who died after he was thrown from a horse and a British national who survived being thrown off a bull.

>>Park City Police Still Looking For Marble Shooter

(Park City, UT) -- Park City Police are getting more concerned with the vandal or vandals who are shooting out windows or damaging property by shooting marbles. The first cases popped up last September, when store windows were damaged. Now, a Park City detective tells KSTU-TV that cars are now being targeted. A Utah Highway Patrol cruiser was even hit recently. Total damage is estimated to be about 30-thousand dollars. Some of the businesses that have been hit are offering a reward for information leading to an arrest.

>>Man Charged With Filling Up On Government Credit Card

(South Jordan, UT) -- A man who used to be the fleet manager for South Jordan is now accused of spending taxpayer money to fill up his own gas tank. Jeremy M. Collins of Herriman was charged after an investigation by police in South Jordan and Sandy, according to the "Deseret News". Investigators say he bought gas 129 different times over the past year-and-a-half and charged 53-hundred dollars to state-issued gas credit cards. The scam was discovered when a South Jordan employee audited the city's fuel records and realized gas was still being purchased for vehicles that weren't supposed to be in use.

　
>>Taylorsville Mayor Wants Residents To Shop Locally

(Taylorsville, UT) -- The mayor of Taylorsville is making a personal plea for residents to stay in Taylorsville when they go shopping. Mayor Russ Wall's letter was posted on the city's website. In it, he points to the shopping habits for people who go to RC Willey. The CEO of RC Willey says they found out Taylorsville residents usually went to the Murray location instead of going to the one in Taylorsville. Taylorsville has lost a number of retailers recently, including K-Mart, Albertsons and Circuit City. "The bottom line is to please shop at Taylorsville buisnesses," Wall said.

>>State Welfare Clients To Be Subject To Drug Screening

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- New welfare clients in the state of Utah will be subject to an online drug screening beginning today. According to the "Tribune" anyone seeking financial assistance from the Department of Workforce Services will be tested to determine whether they are likely drug abusers. People who scores with higher numbers will be asked to take a real drug test. It's estimated that as many s ten-percent of TANF recipients are substance abusers.

>>Questions Raised Over Water Pipeline

(Washington County, UT) -- Questions are being raised over the billion-dollar water pipeline planned in Washington County. With new population forecasts more than 40-percent below the data from 2008 officials wonder whether the pipeline is needed at all. The line would carry water from Lake Powell to Saint George. Some worry it's simply too early to make a decision.

>>More Details In Woman's Shooting Death

(Emery County, UT) -- More details are known about a shooting in Emery County that leaves one young woman dead. Authorities say 22-year-old Joy Weston was killed Saturday after being shot once in the chest in Ferron. Randy John Behling faces charges including manslaughter and carrying a weapon while intoxicated. Behling insists Weston shot herself because of a fight she'd had with her boyfriend but the victim's family has serious doubts about his claim.

>>Provo Ranks High For Successful Aging

(Provo, UT) -- The city of Provo is America's best city for "successful aging." The Los Angeles-area think-tank the Milken Institute looked at more than 300 major U.S. cities and ranked them according to how each city promoted and enabled successful aging. Among large metro areas Provo was number-one overall followed by Madison, Wisconsin and Omaha, Nebraska.

(Monument Valley Utah)-
Prosecutors have filed murder charges against a 28-year-old woman in connection with the death of Carlos Peney Mose, a Monument Valley tour guide and photographer, earlier this year, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday.
Michelle Davida Harvey is alleged to have killed Mose during an “incident” in Halchita, Utah, on Jan. 28. Mose, 35, was pronounced dead at the Kayenta Medical Clinic in Arizona that same day, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The indictment says Harvey used a Taurus .22 caliber revolver, but doesn’t provide any other details about what happened.
Federal prosecutors said Harvey was arrested Friday in Olijato, Utah, and was arraigned Monday on charges of second-degree murder and discharging a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. A detention hearing is set for Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Evelyn J. Furse.
Harvey is a member of the Navajo Nation, as was Mose. She faces a potential maximum penalty of up to life in prison on the murder charge and a mandatory-minimum sentence of 10 years on the firearms count. The case is being investigated by the FBI and Navajo Nation.
Mose grew up in Monticello, Blanding and Mexican Hat. He attended Monument Valley High School, according to an obituary published in the San Juan Record, and then Fort Louis College in Durango, Colo. After college, Mose worked as a photographer and was known for images that captured the valley’s grand vistas. He later returned to Mexican Hat to work as a tour guide for Trailhandler Tours, entertaining visitors to the valley with Native stories and flute and drum solos.
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