(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A local health insurance company is frustrated that people can't sign-up for coverage due to problems with the federal health exchange website. Shaun Greene is founder and COO of Arches Health Plan.
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Arches and five other companies in Utah are participating in the state's healthcare exchange that targets middle-class people who don't have insurance through their employers. Greene says his company is receiving hundreds of calls every day and people are excited about the insurance plans Arches offers. To get federal subsidies offered through the national Affordable Care Act, people must enroll through healthcare.gov. The website has been experiencing problems since it rolled out October 1st.
>>Judge Is Killed When Car Hits Him
(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A 3rd District judge is dead after he was hit by a driver while riding his bike in Mill Creek Canyon. Police say Judge Anthony Quinn was riding his bike yesterday afternoon up the canyon when a 78-year-old distracted driver struck him. Authorities say the driver was distracted by the scenery and swerved across the oncoming lane and into the shoulder, where he hit Quinn. The 60-year-old judge died of his injuries at a local hospital.
>>Former Officer Fired For Deadly Shooting Wants Job Back
(West Valley City, UT) -- A former West Valley City officer fired after the deadly shooting of a woman is fighting to get back on the force. The attorney for former detective Shaun Cowley filed papers yesterday claiming the department violated Cowley's rights and didn't carry out discipline equally to all workers. She also claimed investigators had obvious conflicts of interest against Cowley.
>>Governor Orders Investigation Of Medical Waste Incinerator
(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Governor Gary Herbert is demanding a North Salt Lake medical waste incinerator be investigated over possible health problems from its toxic emissions. Herbert wrote in letters to Stericycle, Inc. and local officials that he's told state officials to do a study that includes a review of soil samples around Stericycle's plant and a look at the impact of the center's dioxin and furan releases. The "Salt Lake Tribune" says he's showing he's serious about making the company live up to its promises.
>>Hearing For Death-Row Inmate Will Be Open
(Undated) -- A hearing today on whether death-row inmate Ron Lafferty is mentally competent will be open to the public. After expert testimony yesterday, U.S. District Court judge decided to allow the hearing to be open after all. Lafferty said almost 30 years ago that a revelation from God told him to kill his sister-in-law, Brenda Lafferty, and her 15-month-old daughter, Erica.
SALT LAKE CITY — If a Utah Highway Patrol Trooper pulls you over during the next couple of months, you may notice something out of place on the uniform, which is very unusual. Over 400 state troopers are all wearing pink ribbons above their name plates until the end of the year in support of fellow trooper, 39-year-old Bonnie Kunz, a mother of six who is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Kunz knows that any alteration to the official brown uniform is practically unheard of. "I was in shock," Kunz said. Kunz said she is humbled by the support of her colleagues.
SALT LAKE CITY — The former owner of a Salt Lake City medical supply company faces criminal charges for allegedly filing $20 million in false Medicare claims for motorized wheelchairs. A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted Jacob J. Kilgore, 34, of Fruit Heights, on three counts each of health care fraud, false statements relating to health care matters and wire fraud. He is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 21. Kilgore was co-owner and vice president of Orbit Medical Inc., a medical equipment supplier specializing in power wheelchairs. Court documents allege he and others falsified medical records — including prescriptions and chart notes from doctors — to make it look like patients qualified for wheelchairs when they did not. They used the falsified documents to file claims with Medicare, federal prosecutors say.
(Salt Lake City)- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday his Republican Party clearly paid a price because of the federal government shutdown, but it remains to be seen whether the hard-line approach by Sen. Mike Lee and others in the GOP was the right move. Nonetheless, the impasse in Congress resulted in a shutdown. Polls show that, in the public’s mind, Republicans bear the brunt of the blame, Herbert said during his monthly news conference on KUED.
"As a Republican, I think there’s blame to go around for everybody. I don’t think it’s fair or right to let Democrats off the hook as if they had nothing to do with the shutdown," Herbert said, faulting President Barack Obama for failing to resolve the stalemate. "It’s unfair to say Senator Lee is all to blame for this." Time, he added, will tell if the shutdown was good or bad.
Utah also received a $666,288 refund Thursday, repayment for an unused portion of the $1.7 million the state paid to reopen eight national parks and monuments during the federal closure.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's tourism industry took a $30 million hit from the partial federal government shutdown that idled the state's popular national parks earlier this month, the governor's chief economist said. Other than that, Juliette Tennert said, the direct impact on the state's economy was relatively small during the 16-day congressional stalemate. The Governor's Office of Management and Budget is working through the numbers as it prepares a proposed budget for next year, she said. Meantime, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, this week introduced a bill he's calling the Provide Access and Retain Continuity Act that would allow states to manage national parks and other federal programs in the event of a shutdown or lapse in funding.
FRIDAY
FOOTBALL 1A South
Monticello at Kanab, 7 p.m.
Whitehorse at Monument Valley, 7 p.m.
FOOTBALL 2A Playoffs 2A first round playin games
Parowan at Layton Christian, 3 p.m.
South Sevier at Millard, 4 p.m. The winner of this game will play Grand next weekend in a quarter final game.
Gunnison at Enterprise, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY
Summit Academy at San Juan, 3 p.m. The winner advanced to the quarter finals next weekend.
VOLLEYBALL Region 15
South Sevier at Grand, 3:30 p.m.
North Sevier at San Juan, 5:30 p.m.
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