KCYN-KCPX NEWS THURS 9NOV2012

(Moab Utah)- That Monday morning rock slide on Potash Road caused high damage to both the Highway and adjacent rail tracks. The track damage interrupted shipments from the nearby Potash Plant. The higway closed for 7 hours. One huge boulder caused a six foot deep, twenty feet wide trench in the highway.

>>Salt Lake Co. Still Has 44,000 Ballots Left To Count

(Salt Lake County, UT) -- Although Mia Love has conceded a narrow defeat against Representative Jim Matheson for a seat in Congress Salt Lake County still has to count nearly 44-thousand provisional and mail-in ballots. The margin of Matheson's victory in the Fourth Congressional District was 28-hundred votes. But Love's campaign tells the "Tribune" it doesn't think the outstanding ballots will make a difference.

>>Utah Ski Resorts Hopeful For Big Snowfall

(Undated) -- Officials from Utah's ski resorts are keeping their fingers crossed for a snowstorm forecast to hit the Wasatch Front this weekend. The National Weather Service predicts the storm will begin tomorrow and last through Sunday, possibly dumping three feet of snow in the mountains of northern Utah. A Ski Utah spokesperson tells the "Tribune" the storm's cold temperatures mean they can at least start making snow to prepare for the busy Thanksgiving weekend.

>>Charges Dismissed In 13-Year-Old Murder Case

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Charges are being dismissed against a man accused of murder in Salt Lake City nearly 13 years ago. The capital murder case against Donald Eugene Young was dismissed this week for evidentiary issues but prosecutors can re-file the case. Young is accused of fatally stabbing University of Utah student Amy Quinton during a home invasion in 1999. He's already serving a life sentence for an unrelated rape case.

>>Gun Range Uses Political Campaign Signs For Practice

(Bountiful, UT) -- A Utah gun range says it wants all those political campaign signs that have become part of the local landscape the last two months. Folks at the Bountiful Lions Gun Club want to use the signs for target practice. They say it's not a political statement, just a way to recycle the unwanted signs. The range says the signs can be dropped off anytime and they're open seven days a week.

>>Former Teacher Faces Sex Charges

(Ogden, UT) -- A former Ogden School District teacher is accused of trading explicit photos with a boy on a cell phone. Liza Anne Roberts of West Haven was charged with felony sexual exploitation of a minor and dealing harmful materials [[ pornography ]] to a minor. She was a Mound Fort Junior High teacher when a school resource officer suspected she was having an improper relationship with the 14-year-old. 　
　
>Accused Police Killer Pleads Not Guilty

(Ogden, UT) -- A man accused of killing an Ogden police officer and five others is claiming he thought they were robbers. Matthew David Stewart pleaded not guilty today to aggravated murder and other charges tied to the January shootout. Stewart reportedly told an investigator he thought the men entering his home were going to rob and kill him. Strike force team members testified they identified themselves before and after coming into his home.

>>New 'Flex Lanes' Cause Some Problems

(Taylorsville, UT) -- There have been a few near misses in the new "flex lanes" on 5400 South. The "Salt Lake Tribune" reports a Grand Am ran a red light at the 1900 West intersection as turning cars honked, barely missing it today. Other drivers slammed on their brakes or swerved to try to avoid a head-on collision. Some lanes go one direction in the morning, then the opposite way at night.

(sALT lAKE)
A major winter storm expected this weekend could soak northern Utah’s parched slopes with much-needed precipitation.
While the storm could snarl traffic and leave BYU football fans in the deep-freeze, it might also hasten the opening of ski resorts.
“A very cold winter storm is moving into the region Friday and persisting into Sunday,” said Steve Rogowski, a forecaster for the National Weather Service’s Salt Lake office. “We should feel the storm Thursday when southerly winds start gusting at 40 to 50 miles per hour with even stronger winds across portions of western Utah.”
The cold front should move through the Wasatch Front on Friday morning, lowering temperatures and bringing rain changing to snow by Friday afternoon. Forecasters expect the snow to be heavy at times and persist through Sunday.
The possibility of a storm expected to bring as much as three feet of snow into northern Utah’s mountains had concerned water watchers smiling and ski resorts looking at lifts operating as soon as Saturday.
The temperature drop will be extreme. Wednesday’s high in Salt Lake City hit 70 degrees and 68 was expected Thursday. The predicted high for Friday is 42 degrees, dropping to a low of 26. Saturday’s predicted high is 35, with a low of 24. There is a 90 percent chance of snow on Saturday and an 80 percent chance on Sunday.
　SALT AKE
A small aircraft pilot was fine Wednesday after making an emergency landing near 5600 West and Interstate 80.
Unified Police Detective Ken Hansen said the pilot was flying the single wing craft from Salt Lake City International Airport to Tooele when he noticed the plane was having engine trouble. The pilot, identified as Britt Reed, attempted to turn the plane around but was forced to