>>Water Experts Say Utah Reservoirs Struggling

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Utah's so-called water gurus are feeling a bit uneasy over dry conditions facing state reservoirs. The "Tribune" says tight water supplies and potential restrictions on its use are possibilities this summer because of the ongoing conditions. An agriculture department supervisor says Utah reservoirs are about 20-percent lower than this time last year.

>>Rally To Protest Pipeline Held In S-L-C

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Protesters speaking out against the Keystone X-L Pipeline gather in Salt Lake City for a rally. Protesters yesterday stood around a coffin during a so-called "Funeral for the Future" rally outside the Bennett Federal Building. If completed the major pipeline would carry petroleum products from Canada to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Backers of the rally include HEAL Utah; the state's chapter of the Sierra Club; and Tar Sands Resistance.

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>>Massage Parlor Owner Ordered To Stand Trial

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- The owner of a Salt-Lake City massage parlor is being ordered to stand trial in connection with an alleged sex trafficking ring. KSL-TV says prosecutors are alleging Luis Daniel Arano-Hernandez coerced a 17-year-old girl and her mom into prostitution at two massage parlors. Arano-Hernandez allegedly threatened the teen with physical harm and deportation if she didn't cooperate. He now faces a litany of charges - including aggravated human trafficking and exploitation of prostitution.

>>Utah's Mountain Man Faces More Charges

(Manti, UT) -- New criminal charges are handed to the "Mountain Man" of Utah. Authorities say Troy Knapp faces three new charges for crimes that allegedly happened in 2012. The new charges bring the total number facing Knapp to 21. He was arrested Tuesday near Ferron Reservoir.


>>West Valley Drug Case Problems

(West Valley City, UT) -- More West Valley criminal drug cases could be dumped. Channel 2 says Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill may toss out over 100 more cases. Gill wouldn't say why. The West Valley narcotics unit -- disbanded in December -- is under FBI investigation.

>>More Money For Willard Beavers

(Ogden, UT) -- The beavers affected by the Willard Bay fuel spill have received more money. The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah says Chevron has donated an additional 25-thousand dollars for the animals' care. Chevron originally gave ten-thousand. The center had to cancel their annual fundraiser because of the beavers' care demands.

>>Idaho Inmate Fights Extradition

(Ogden, UT) -- An Idaho inmate linked to a 1983 Ogden murder is fighting extradition. Authorities say DNA connects Gregory Seamons to 11-year-old Rebecca Lemberger's death. Channel 2 says according to Seamons, the sample was collected in dirty conditions. Lemberger was last seen walking to school.

>>Skier Dead After Hitting Tree

(Park City, UT) -- A skier died yesterday afternoon at Deer Valley after hitting a tree. Deer Valley spokeswoman Emily Summers says James Kimball suffered severe head trauma. He was on the Little Bell run when it happened. Kimball was a Deer Valley seasonal employee from 1994 to 2001.

>>Disease Hitting Bighorn Sheep

(Moab, UT) -- There's a virus going around the bighorn sheep in Zion National Park. Fred Armstrong, Zion National Park Chief of Natural and Cultural Resources, says sore-mouth disease can only be transmitted to humans if they're too close to the sheep. Armstrong says the disease mostly affects the lambs and is rarely fatal. He says it will probably run its course within the next four weeks.


>>Woman Stabbed, Shot

(Sandy, UT) -- Police say a Sandy woman was assaulted and shot yesterday morning at a local hotel. The woman said she was dragged inside the room, punched and bruised, and had her phone and purse stolen. The victim told authorities she jumped into the man and woman's truck to get her stuff back, and the female suspect shot her twice more. The suspects' vehicle is a white Ford F-150 pickup with an Ohio license plate.


ST. GEORGE — A car belonging to a man wanted in California was found on fire Wednesday in St. George with several guns inside. The car was discovered near the port of entry by the Utah-Arizona border. St. George police believe Christian Barroso, 27, a parole fugitive from California, intentionally set his car on fire following a chase with a Washington County sheriff's deputy.

The chase started after a deputy pulled Barroso over about 2 a.m. on I-15 just north of the port of entry. When he discovered the driver was wanted out of California, Barroso took off. St. George police received a call not long after about the car fire. An extensive search of the area turned up no trace of the man, who is considered armed and dangerous.

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(Moab Utah)- The Moab Slickrock, Sand Flats, Hells Revenge area is featured in a Salt Lake Tribune photo spread in this morning's edition. Tribune Photog Trent Nelson took the photos this week and today feature is called, Spring in Moab – radiant redrock and sunsets.