(Moab Utah)- Severe Fire restrictions go in to effect Thursday June 27th, in Emery, Carbon, Grand and San Juan Counties. Extreme dry conditions, Heavy Fuel in some areas and continued forecasts for hot dry weather prompted the placement of the restrictions. The restrictions include no open fires of any kind except in approved campground facilities. In the Pack Creek camping area south of Moab, NO FIRES are allowed...period. Smoke is prohibited except an enclosed vehicle, building or cleared to the bare ground campsite. Activities also prohibted are metal cutting, grinding, sawing, discharging of any fireworks, firing of steel tippedcore ammo, tracer ammo or other pyrotechnic devices.

The restrictions apply on all State lands and unincorporated private lands, BLM Land and FOrest Service land. The restrictions will remain until further notice.

>>West Fork Fires Burning 70k Acres

(South Fork, CO) -- The three blazes burning together as the West Fork Fire are growing at an alarming pace and are zero percent contained. The fires have burned over 70-thousand acres and forced the town of South Fork and some nearby areas into a mandatory evacuation. The fires are spreading quickly because spruce beetles have eaten up much of the trees in the area, creating tall, dead stumps of perfect kindling. Officials said the lack of rain in the forecast could mean the fire won’t be under control for another several days.

>Wildfire Smoke Can Cause Health Problems

(Colorado Springs, CO) -- Smoke from wildfires around Colorado and other Western states can make people sick. Tom Gonzales with El Paso County Public Health explains how people can protect themselves.

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Gonzales says anyone who gets chest pain, shortness of breath or starts wheezing should see a doctor immediately. He urges people who just feel burning in their eyes and a sore throat to go inside and drink lots of water. Gonzales says as long as temperatures stay high and humidity remains low, smoke will linger in the air.


　

>>Body Of One Boating Victim Found On Lake Powell

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Divers searching Lake Powell for those two missing women lost in last week's boat crash say one of the victims has been discovered. Utah Highway Patrol divers located the body of 29-year-old Valerie Bradshaw late yesterday. A submersible robot located the body more than 300-feet below the surface. Search crews will continue today to look for 22-year-old Jessica Jackman.

>>Poll: Child Welfare Drops In Utah

(Undated) -- A new survey finds the state of children's welfare in Utah is slipping. According to the annual Kids Count survey by the Annie E. Casey Foundation Utah fell three places to number-14. The foundation charts more than a dozen indicators to come up with its list. The survey found eleven-percent of Utah kids lack health insurance.

>>Two Critical After West Valley City Crash

(Undated) -- Two people are critically injured following a weekend crash in West Valley City. Authorities say a truck ended up on its side after being struck by a minivan on South Frontage Road. The drivers were sent to the hospital with critical injuries although they weren't thought to be life-threatening.

>>Crash Kills Four Family Members

(Sevier County, UT) -- Four women are dead following a weekend crash in Sevier County. Authorities said the women - who were all family members from California and Mexico - were killed Saturday on Interstate 70 east of Salina. Investigators think the driver of the truck may have fallen asleep and caused the vehicle to flip over killing his daughter, mother and two aunts. He was the lone survivor.

>>Youths Steal Car And Crash It

(Alpine, UT) -- Four youths are recovering today after a weekend crash near Alpine. Investigators say the juveniles lost control of a vehicle they'd allegedly stolen and crashed it while going at a high rate of speed. One of the youths was listed in serious condition.
>>Autistic Childrens Home Fire

(Taylorsville, UT) -- Authorities are checking into the cause of a fire at an autistic-children's group home. Witness and neighbor Denise Bruun [[ BROON ]] says one boy refused to leave at first.

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The boy eventually came out and was treated for smoke inhalation. The Sunday blaze started shortly after 11:00 a.m. Firefighters said the front rooms of the West Hurstborne home were badly damaged.

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Missionaries with the L-D-S Church are heading to the world wide web to find new converts. During a special broadcast yesterday church Apostles say the missionaries will begin using more non-traditional means to find new churchgoers. The new methods like Facebook and blogs will eventually replace the traditional methods like walking through neighborhoods and knocking on front doors.


LITTLE COLORADO RIVER GORGE, Ariz Aerialist Nik Wallenda completed a tightrope walk that took him a quarter mile over the Little Colorado River Gorge in northeastern Arizona on Sunday. Wallenda performed the stunt on a 2-inch-thick steel cable, 1,500 feet above the river on the Navajo Nation near the Grand Canyon. He took just more than 22 minutes, pausing and crouching twice as winds whipped around him and the rope swayed. "Thank you Lord. Thank you for calming that cable, God," he said about 13 minutes into the walk. Wallenda didn't wear a harness and stepped slowly and steady throughout, murmuring prayers to Jesus almost constantly along the way. He jogged and hopped the last few steps. The event was broadcast live on the Discovery Channel.

MANTI — Tens of thousands of people will head to a small town in Central Utah over the next week to take part in a summer tradition, and they will be welcomed by hundreds of local volunteers. At the foot of the Manti temple Saturday, thousands of people waited for the sun to set so the Mormon Miracle Pageant could begin. Each year, the pageant about the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints takes place on the Manti temple's hillside and under the stars.