(Moab Utah)-
At a partial solution for mkjoab's homeless has been found for this winter with plans already being made for next year. Red Rock Lodge Manager Jeramy Day says the Lodge on 1rst West will offer rooms at half the winter rate or 25 dollars a night to the Homeless Coordinating Committee. Each room can house up to five persons. Day says the offer will continue until the 2nd week in March...when reservations have the motel filling up. He says the facility will not be available next year...because plans are demolish it to make way for a major new hotel-resort development.
The homeless committee then is looking at an arrangement for the basement of the county owned Melich House basement.
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(Moab Utah)- The cross country ski season and snowmobile season are underway in the LaSals according to the US FOrest Service. Training for grooming machines operators was held last weekend...just in time a major snow hit the mountains. This week's storm bought 8 new inches of snow in the Gold Basin area...on top of 17 inches already accumulated. 12 inches of new snow in the Abajo Mountains during the storm.
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>>Lawmaker Says Teachers Should Have Gun Permits

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- One Utah lawmaker says he knows how to keep teachers and students safe in school. Utah Republican Representative Curt Oda of Clearfield says teachers should be allowed to have permits for concealed weapons. While Oda says he's not demanding teachers be armed, they should at least be allowed to carry a concealed weapon to work if they so choose. Oda's comments to the "Salt Lake Tribune" come as U.S. politicians initiate a national discussion on guns in light of last week's mass school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut.

>>Ogden Residents Preparing For Public Memorial

(Ogden, UT) -- Residents of an Ogden neighborhood plan a moment of mourning in remembrance of a young victim of Friday's mass shootings at a Connecticut elementary school. Six-year-old student Emile Parker - who has ties to Ogden - was one of the victims of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary. The girl's parents Robbie and Alissa Parker attended Ben Lomond High School in Ogden. Local residents say they'll hold a public memorial tonight at Lomond high school's atrium at 7 p.m.
>>Ogden High School Memorial For Slain Connecticut Girl
(Ogden, UT) -- A Salt Lake area high school is holding a memorial tonight for a young girl who died in the Connecticut shootings. The public can show support for Emilie Parker's parents, who graduated from Ben Lomond High School. . The six-year-old girl was one of the 26 people, including 20 children, killed by a gunman Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. Corby says a family member wanted a service at Ben Lomond. The service is at 7:00 tonight in the school's atrium at 1080 9th Street in Ogden.

>>Trial Will Move Ahead For Two More Utah Boaters

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Two men charged in connection with a deadly boating accident at Pineview Reservoir will see their trial move forward as scheduled. That development comes on the heels of the guilty verdict handed down last week against a third man - the owner of the boat which allegedly struck and killed 49-year-old swimmer Esther Fujimoto. On Friday a jury ruled Skyler Shepherd is guilty of charges including reckless endangerment. His two friends Colton Raines and Robert Boyer face charges of obstruction of justice. Their trial is scheduled to begin in February.

>>Congress OKs New Reform Bill
(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Congress rubber-stamps its approval for a new reform bill to aid Utah officials in charge of some federal funds to run for public office. Based partly on the firing of former Ogden Police Chief Jon Greiner Congress has voted to get rid of the Hatch Act. Greiner was aced late last year after he allegedly violated the Act. At the time officials said Greiner was the person in charge of a federal grant for an Ogden dispatch center.
>>Skier Escapes Avalanche Unharmed

(Park City, UT) -- No one is hurt after an avalanche yesterday afternoon near Canyons Ski Resort. The Utah Forest Service Avalanche Center says a skier caused the avalanche. Officials say the skier on the Dutch Draw peak, south of the resort 9990 run, was able to ride the avalanche down the slope and escape unharmed.

>>Woman Allegedly Steals From Employer

(West Valley City, UT) -- A West Valley City woman is accused of stealing almost 24-thousand dollars worth of items. Officials say Tamara Lynn Gallagher stole from her employer, Kohl's at 3031 South 5600 West. Loss prevention specialists there claim they found seven cases of suspected theft recorded on video surveillance in September.

>>Local Businesses See More Gun Sales

(Murray, UT) -- Area business owners are seeing more gun sales recently. Mike Lewis of "Get Some" Guns & Ammo in Murray told Fox 13 News that word of the deadly shootings at the Connecticut school last week might have prompted more sales. However, he says December, January, and February tend to be busier anyway. Gun expert Clark Aposhian says his concealed carry permit classes are more popular lately, as well.

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah – Police say a woman froze to death in Washington County Tuesday night.
The woman was with a man when their car got stuck between Gunlock and Enterprise Reservoirs.
The pair tried to walk to get help, but the woman said she couldn’t continue. The man went on and found shelter during the night.
Snowmobilers took the man back to the woman’s location, where she was found dead.
　MAGNA, Utah – Some parents of students at Cyprus High School were upset on Wednesday after they weren’t notified that kids were picked up with weapons and masks.
There were four students picked up, three with weapons. The district says the students were truant and the weapons were found after the students were in custody.
Ben Horsley, spokesperson at Granite School District, says that for principals, getting the situation under control is the first priority.

PAYSON — A 75-year-old man was rescued Wednesday from Payson Lakes after the snowmobile he was driving broke through the frozen surface, leaving him standing on top of the submerged machine in the icy water.Utah County Sheriff's Lt. Tom Hodgson said the call about the accident came in from the group of four snowmobilers just before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. One of the man's companions left the group immediately in order to travel out of the canyon and get a cell phone signal to call for help. The two individuals who stayed behind managed to free the man from the ice and built a fire for him just before rescue teams arrived.