(Moab Utah)- The development of a new business in Moab was celebrated yesterday with a Chamber Of Commerce RIbbon Cutting at the Tire Factory store. Mayor Dave Sakrison joined Tire Factory owner Kyle Kimmerle and Chamber members in cutting the ribbon. Owner Kimmerlee says he feel welcomed in Moab...

The Tire Factory is located n South Main next to the Dollar General Store.

(Moab Utah) Moab will be the focal pint of a new transportation servicce connection to salt Lake International Airport starting on Monday. Moab Express Shuttle, operating under the ownership of City Express and Airport Express in Salt Lake and Ogden. CEO Amir Adsbkhah told a group of Moab Businesses yesterday that the one way fare will be 80 dollars. His firm operated executive cars, stretch SUV's and busses. Initial pans are to have a shuttle leave mOAB FROM THE rAMADA iNN AND cANYONLANDS bEST wESTERN AT 7AM. Trips from Salt Lake Internation will leave at 1:30. Stops include the Intermodel Transit Hub and Greyhound terminal in Salt Lake, Provo, Spanish Fork, Price and Green River. Amir hopes to extend service to Monticello and Blanding in the near future. He also plans to bid on the upcomming federal contract for service in this area.

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Washington • A big majority of senators approved a sweeping immigration bill Thursday, while Utah’s senators — like the Republican caucus itself — split on the issue. Sen. Orrin Hatch voted for the legislation, arguing now is the time to bring 11 million unauthorized immigrants out of the shadows, bolster border security and help employers access a stable workforce. Sen. Mike Lee disagrees entirely, saying the bill is deeply flawed and wouldn’t stop future waves of illegal immigrations. "It is full of promises to beef up border security but it makes no assurances," he said on the Senate floor. "This bill is not immigration reform, it is big-government dysfunction."

　

>>Polygamous Sect Leader Harmston Dead
(Undated) -- Polygamous church leader James Dee Harmston is dead following an apparent heart attack. The "Tribune" says the 72-year-old leader of the True and Living Church in Manti died yesterday at Sanpete Valley Hospital. Harmston founded the polygamous sect as a splinter group of the LDS Church.


>>Girl, 13, Shot Accidentally By Brother
(Clearfield, UT) -- Police in Clearfield are investigating a shooting involving a 13-year-old girl and her older brother. Authorities say the girl is in stable condition after being shot accidentally by her 15-year-old brother yesterday in the family's home. The girl was apparently struck in the arm. KSL-TV says police are trying to determine where the gun came from.


>>Residents Worried About Incinerator
(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Residents from one North Salt Lake City community are concerned about the effects a medical incinerator will have on locals. People turned out for a hearing last night to demand solutions from Stericycle of Illinois - the company in charge of the facility. Opponents are worried because Stericycle is already facing scrutiny for problems with emissions. Utah's Division of Air Quality has accused Stericycle of manipulating emissions tests

　

SPANISH FORK — One person was killed and another was critically injured in a plane crash Thursday morning near Spanish Fork. The crash occurred around 10:20 near mile marker 304 along Highway 89.Lt. Yvette Rice with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said the pilot of a Cessna 172 reported a fire in the cockpit just before the plane went down.The pilot of the plane said he was going to attempt to land on Highway 89 near the town of Birdseye. The plane reportedly hit an electrical line during that attempted landing, but it isn’t known whether that contributed to the crash.The passenger of the plane, 50-year-old Gerald Wilson, of South Jordan, died in the crash and the pilot, 66-year-old Nicholas Soter, of Orem, was hospitalized in critical condition.

SALT LAKE CITY — Police are warning Utahns of a new social security phone scam spreading across the nation. Jill Davis was almost the victim of a telephone phishing scam. A man called her home and told her that he was issuing her a new social security card. He had her full name and address. "Then he said he would need my banking information and I said, 'I'm not going to give you my banking information,' " Davis said. "And he said, 'Well do you want a social security card or not?' And I said, 'Apparently I don't want one because I'm not going to give you my banking information.' " Davis said the man hung up after she refused to tell him her bank account over the phone. The Utah Department of Commerce said that a person's best defense against scammers is to simply hang up the phone.

　

CENTERVILLE — Two traffic accidents on I-15 in Davis County killed a 16-year-old and injured two others Thursday afternoon and forced the closure of the freeway for a time. The first accident happened just before 1 p.m. near the Parrish Lane exit in Centerville. The Utah Highway Patrol said three vehicles ran into each other when northbound traffic slowed to avoid metal debris in the roadway. The vehicles involved in that accident had pulled off to the side of the road when an oncoming Land Rover hit some of the debris and the driver lost control, veering to the right side and hit the three vehicles and three pedestrians associated with those vehicles.