>>Woman Dies Rappelling In Zion Park

(Undated) -- A Utah woman is dead following a rappelling accident at Zion National Park. The "Tribune" says 19-year-old Shelby Christensen of West Jordan was killed when she fell more than 120-feet. She was hiking with a group yesterday morning when she apparently let go of a rock ledge and fell to the canyon floor.

>>BlueCross Leaves Insurance Exchange

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A nationwide health insurance company is the latest to leave the state's exchange. Regence BlueCross BlueShield didn't say why it left Avenue H. An exchange spokesman says three plans are left. They are United Healthcare, SelectHealth and Arches Health Plan.


>>Dean Urges Dems

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Onetime Presidential candidate Howard Dean makes a stop in Utah to rally Democrats. Dean was at the Salt Lake Community College campus in Taylorsville yesterday. He urged Democrats to tap into the state's plethora of unregistered voters. More than 300-thousand Utahns are still unregistered.

>>More Construction On I-15

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- More construction is coming to Interstate 15. UDOT's expanding and repairing a seven-mile stretch between Draper and Lehi. UDOT says existing lanes will stay open during peak hours. Work starts next May and goes until 2016.


>>Rockport Evacuees Go Home

(Summit Co., UT) -- Some Summit County residents are back home after fleeing the Rockport fire. Sirag Paletta [[ SUR-rajh-PUH-let-uh ]] was one of them.

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The fire is 70-percent contained and is now at 19-hundred-20 acres. Dozens of families had to leave their homes.

OGDEN — A patron of Brewskis restaurant in Ogden left a $5,000 tip for one of the servers Aug. 17. The patron’s bill was for $214.75. The owner of the establishment did not want to comment on the tip and wished to keep the identity of the customer and server anonymous.

　

(Juab County Utah)- Three routes penetrating the Deep Creek Mountains are the subject of a proposed court settlement that is hoped to serve as a "template" for resolving thousands of other quiet-title claims Utah and its counties are waging against the federal government.In the consent decree filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City, Juab County agreed to abandon some of its rights-of-way claims and enact ordinances limiting motorized use in its share of the 69,000-acre wilderness study area (WSA) blanketing the scenic West Desert range.

If signed by Judge Tena Campbell, the decree will grant the state title to portions of routes accessing Trout Creek, Granite and Tom’s canyons on the Deep Creeks’ east slope. The latter two extend a few miles into the WSA where historical evidence favored the county’s claim. Years ago, for example, locals gathered at a clearing known as Camp Ethel in Granite Canyon, so the state gets the road up to this spot. BLM will monitor this area for off-road impacts and will be free to close the upper part of the road if ORVs go off trail. While the county will be able to maintain the road segments it won, it has agreed to not pave or widen them. Motorized use will be allowed only from June to November.

(Undated)- The National Park Service is celebrating its 97th birthday with fee-free entrance Aug. 25 to more than 400 national park units across the country. In Utah, that means free entry to Zion, Arches, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef national parks. Monuments and national historic areas managed by the National Park Service are also included in the fee-free day. Other fees, like camping, will still be required.

Two more entry-free periods will be observed by the National Park Service in 2013. Free entry will be allowed on National Public Lands Day, Sept. 28, and on Veterans Day weekend (Nov. 9-11).


>>Killer's Guilty Plea Upheld

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- The guilty plea of a Provo killer is upheld. The Utah Supreme Court said Damien Candland willingly pleaded guilty to murdering his aunt. He filed an appeal a day after getting a life sentence. Amy Candland died in 2010.