Green River Utah- — A Montana man was rescued from the Three Canyons area of the Green River in good condition Thursday.
Blake Miller, of Missoula, Mont., was attempting to raft down the river from Green River State Park to Hite Marina at Lake Powell, police said. Miller had adequate food, clothing and supplies to stay on the river until Jan. 10, but became stranded when the river froze.
Miller had been checking in with his father each morning and night since he set out on Dec. 16 using a DeLorme inReach GPS tracker. Miller's father contacted the Emery County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, reporting his son had been checking in at the same location for a week.
A sheriff's deputy responded to the Three Canyons area and made contact with Miller, who indicated he was in good physical condition but was in an area where he couldn't hike out.
A Utah Highway Patrol helicopter was called in to retrieve Miller and fly him to the Green River Airport, where he was picked up and taken back to his vehicle.
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OGDEN — Two men got away with dozens of pieces of expensive jewelry when they robbed the Morgan Jewelers store at 3651 Wall Ave. Thursday afternoon. Police said the robbery happened at 4:30 p.m., and the thieves got away with 60 to 70 pieces of jewelry they took from a display case.
The men were seen leaving in a vehicle, though no description was given.

SALT LAKE CITY — Police are looking for three men who tied up a restaurant employee and robbed his store Thursday afternoon.
The robbery happened just before 2 p.m. at the Panaderia Bonita, located at
165 E. 900 South. There was only one employee in the store at the time, and he told police the robbers threatened him with a gun and tied him up before taking off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Police said the victim in the store went out the back door of the store while he was still tied up and started kicking on the door of the business next door,"