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Utah’s Solera Network accepts buyout from Silicon Valley firm	22.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Paul Beebe The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 21, 2013 06:12PM MDT A Silicon Valley Web security firm will acquire South Jordan’s Solera Networks in a deal that will add jobs in the Salt Lake Valley. Blue Coat Systems of Sunnyvale, Calif., is buying Solera, a fast-growing company that makes security products for computer networks. Terms weren’t disclosed, but the deal is expected to close June 10, Solera CEO Steve Shillingford said Tuesday. Solera sells a software “camera” that records and analyzes attacks by malware and hackers intent on damaging computer netw... ...
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Hispanics flex some environmental muscle	21.5.2013	High Country News Most Recent
How New Mexico's Hispanics helped create a new national monument-- Río Grande del Norte.
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Get a kick out of Bucket List: Cataract Canyon (hold on tight)	21.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brett Prettyman \| The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 20, 2013 03:39PM MDT Canyonlands National Park • The Colorado River in southeastern Utah is a tricky creature. It cradles and coddles rafters for lazy, languishing days before throwing them into a cascading crush of chaos and conceivable catastrophe in Cataract Canyon. It was something explorer John Wesley Powell experienced in a dreadful way 144 years ago and an adventure that people today travel from across the world to experience, albeit in much less-dramatic fashion. Selecting places to visit for The Utah Buck... ...
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Goldman, Zions take Salt Lake City stage this week	20.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Paul Beebe The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 20, 2013 07:14AM MDT When it comes to local news about banking, it’s not likely to get more rousing than what happens in Salt Lake City later this week. In a first on Thursday, Goldman Sachs, the giant New York investment bank, beginning at 9:30 a.m. will hold its annual shareholder meeting at its offices at 222 S. Main St. Leading the show will be Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein, one of the most powerful — and highly paid — bankers on Wall Street. On Friday beginning at 1 p.m., Zions Bancorp will stage its annual... ...
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Get a kick out of Bucket List No. 1: Cataract Canyon (hold on tight)	19.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brett Prettyman \| The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 19, 2013 12:54AM MDT Canyonlands National Park • The Colorado River in southeastern Utah is a tricky creature. It cradles and coddles rafters for lazy, languishing days before throwing them into a cascading crush of chaos and conceivable catastrophe in Cataract Canyon. It was something explorer John Wesley Powell experienced in a dreadful way 144 years ago and an adventure that people today travel from across the world to experience, albeit in much less-dramatic fashion. Selecting places to visit for The Utah Buck... ...
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Hilman headed to new health insurance cooperative	18.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
the Salt Lake Tribune Published May 17, 2013 03:44PM MDT Longtime health care policy advocate Judi Hilman will leave her post as director of the Utah Health Policy Project in July to join a new nonprofit health insurance cooperative. Hilman helped found UHPP nearly eight years ago. Her departure was announced Friday. She is planning to move to Arches Health Plan to serve as vice president of consumer engagement and strategic partnerships. Arches is Utah’s first health insurance cooperative formed under the federal Affordable Care Act. Hilman will r... ...
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Intentional fire planned at Zion National Park next week	17.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 17, 2013 10:43AM MDT If you drive past the eastern end of Zion National Park this coming Monday and see smoke billowing into the skies, don’t panic. Park spokesman Eric Degroat says there will be fire, but it will be intentional — and for the long-term health of the sprawling southwestern Utah park’s ecosystem. Dubbed the Clear Trap Prescribed Fire, the blaze — depending on favorable weather and fuel conditions for its exact time of ignition — will target 654 acres adjacent to the Zion Ponderosa Ranch. “The objecti... ...
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The right decision	17.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 17, 2013 01:01AM MDT Gov. Gary Herbert made the right decision last month when he announced he would not sign a controversial agreement that would have given Nevada the go-ahead to mine the precious groundwater under the Snake Valley. He should not renege on it at the behest of legislators and other members of the Utah Water Development Commission. Herbert deserved all the praise he received for withstanding political and legal pressure and refusing to sign away the ancient water that lies deep under the dry soil s... ...
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Tame consumer prices in U.S. keeping inflation low	17.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Christopher S. Rugaber The Associated Press Published May 16, 2013 06:22PM MDT Washington • A plunge in the cost of gas drove down a measure of U.S. consumer prices last month by the most since December 2008. Excluding the drop in fuel costs, prices were largely unchanged. The consumer price index fell 0.4 percent in April from March, the Labor Department said Thursday. The main reason was that gas prices plunged 8.1 percent on average nationally. For the 12 months that ended in April, overall prices rose 1.1 percent — the smallest year-over-year increase in 2½ years. Exc... ...
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Utah Hike of the week: Spooky Gulch	16.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Erin Alberty The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 15, 2013 02:02PM MDT Spooky Gulch is a short but intensely narrow slot canyon in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. It is great area for hikers of all ages, but you may want to stay out of the narrows if you are claustrophobic or of sizable girth. Watch for snakes. Getting There • The hike is near Hole in the Rock Road, which is well-signed just southeast of Escalante on State Road 12. Check at the Grand Staircase-Escalante Visitors Center to check road conditions before departing. Travel 26 miles south... ...
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Utah wildlife crossing set to save hundreds of migrating deer	14.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 14, 2013 06:15AM MDT Kanab • Automobiles strike about 100 mule deer each year on a lovely stretch of U.S. Highway 89 in Kane County, killing up to 10 percent of the Paunsaugunt herd. Now officials hope a $2.6 million system of fencing and underpasses under construction will slash next fall’s roadside carcass count and make the road safer for motorists. In partnership with two state wildlife agencies, sportsmen, the county and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the Utah Department of Transportation has ... ...
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New wildlife crossing expected to save hundreds of migrating deer	14.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 14, 2013 01:01AM MDT Kanab • Automobiles strike about 100 mule deer each year on a lovely stretch of U.S. Highway 89 in Kane County, killing up to 10 percent of the Paunsaugunt herd. Now officials hope a $2.6 million system of fencing and underpasses under construction will slash next fall’s roadside carcass count and make the road safer for motorists. In partnership with two state wildlife agencies, sportsmen, the county and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the Utah Department of Transportation has ... ...
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More quagga mussels removed from Lake Powell	14.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brett Prettyman The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 13, 2013 03:17PM MDT National Park Service authorities say they have removed 150 invasive adult quagga mussels from vessel and dock structures at two marinas on the south end of Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Marine service workers alerted recreation area personnel to possible quagga mussels on a vessel recently removed from the reservoir back in March. Further inspection confirmed four of the non-native and troublesome creatures on the boat. Dive teams then discovered 10 more attached to subme... ...
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Feds find quagga mussels at Lake Powell	11.5.2013	azcentral.com \| news
Feds find quagga mussels at Lake Powell
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Utah Jazz: Team will hold pre-draft workout Saturday	11.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 10, 2013 02:52PM MDT Six players will be inside Zions Bank Basketball Center when the Utah Jazz hold their pre-draft workouts Saturday at the team’s practice facility. The workouts, which are not open to the public, feature James Ennis, a 6-foot-6 guard from Long Beach State; Jamelle Hagins, 6-foot-9 forward, Delaware; Colton Iverson, 7-foot center, Colorado State; Myck Kabongo, 6-foot-1 guard, Texas; Mike Snaer, 6-foot-5 guard, Florida State; and Nate Wolters, 6-foot-4 guard, South Dakota State. ...
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Faith in action: Garden sale, concerts galore and more	10.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
the Salt Lake Tribune Published May 10, 2013 11:53AM MDT Sandy Gardenfest Gardenfest is a garden sale that supports the missions of Grace Lutheran Church and School, including the Utah Food Bank, through the new school vegetable garden, Grace Gardens. When • Saturday, May 11, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Where • Grace Lutheran Church & School, 1815 E. 9800 South, Sandy Tickets • Free Sanctus Real — The Promises Tour Christian band Sanctus Real will perform with JJ Heller and Bread of Stone. Visit www.notashamedmedia.com/#!utah/cu40 for tickets. When • Saturd... ...
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Paul Rolly: Utah alcohol agency’s worst nightmare? Publicity	10.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Paul Rolly Tribune Columnist Published May 9, 2013 06:06PM MDT The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is charged with administering and enforcing the state’s interesting set of liquor laws and, as such, has identified for its managers the agency’s Public Enemy Number 1. It’s news media coverage. With that fear comes the bureaucracy’s worst nightmare. A leak. We were informed of a DABC manager’s meeting Tuesday in which the agency’s spokeswoman Vicki Ashby gave a presentation on “the evils of media manipulation,” according to the source. Ashby hi... ...
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If city manager, police chief are found not guilty, Utah town will pay their lawyers	8.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 8, 2013 01:01AM MDT The town of Springdale is almost doubling what it plans to spend on legal fees in case its city manager and police chief are acquitted of felonies. For now, Springdale City Manager Richard “Rick” Wixom and Police Chief Kurt Wright are paying for their own legal defense. But Mayor Pat Cluff said Tuesday the city will reimburse them if they are not convicted. And that would be fine with Cluff. “We have faith in these people,” Cluff said. “We consider that there hasn’t been any wrongdoing. There... ...
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Ideas get a quick pitch at Utah ‘Speed Teching’ event	8.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
the Salt Lake Tribune Published May 7, 2013 05:35PM MDT The University of Utah’s second annual “Speed Teching” Showcase Tuesday brought together more than 50 inventors and technology developers from the area’s universities to meet with private investors and venture capitalists. The event, in the Founders Room at Zions Bank in downtown Salt Lake City, featured the investors pitching their ideas in short bursts from table-to-table in a format resembling speed-dating. The aim is that such quick presentations will lead to future partnerships for seed fu... ...
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Colorado Birding Trail a (nearly) statewide network for birders	7.5.2013	Denver Post: Lifestyles
The Colorado Birding Trail's name is a bit of a misnomer: There's no trailhead, and the overall project is more comparable to the state's scenic byways than to hiking trails.
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