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Latest Utah News

Yemen, Morocco make security pledges
SANAA, Yemen, July 1 (UPI) -- Yemeni and Moroccan officials met Wednesday in the capital Sanaa to discuss enhancing bilateral security cooperation, the government said. Yemeni Interior Minister Mutahar al-Masri met with the Moroccan envoy to Yemen,

Utah's bars no longer just for club members only (AP)

AP - Getting into a bar in Utah is now as simple as showing a bouncer a valid ID.

Utah ushers in a new era of choice for bar patrons (AP)

AP - For the last 40 years, dropping into a bar in Utah has been a complicated affair: Patrons have to fill out an application, pay a fee and become a member before they can go in for a drink.

Paleontologists brought to tears, laughter by Creation Museum (AFP)

AFP - For a group of paleontologists, a tour of the Creation Museum seemed like a great tongue-in-cheek way to cap off a serious conference.

Hordes of hungry grasshoppers invade Utah (AP)

AP - An ambitious director might look at Mitch Halligan's property and see an instant B-movie classic: "Invasion of the Grasshoppers."

New laws prod police, protect kids, push tax cuts (AP)
AP - Government records will be more open in South Dakota, Florida is cracking down on illicit prescription drug sales and downing a cold one at the corner bar will be easier in Utah.

Search on for pilot in F-16 crash
A search was under way Tuesday for the pilot of an F-16 that crashed over the Utah Test and Training Range west of Salt Lake City, Utah, the Air Force said.

9/11 sculpture embroiled in alleged fraud scheme (AP)

AP - A towering sculpture in the Maryland mountains depicting three New York City firefighters raising the U.S. flag at Ground Zero was financed by investor fraud, federal regulators say.

F-16 crashes in Utah; pilot's condition unknown (AP)
AP - Military officials are trying to locate the pilot of an F-16 that crashed at the Utah Test and Training Range west of Salt Lake City.

TV show helps Utah boy survive night solo in woods (AP)
AP - When he realized he'd been separated from his family on a weekend hike in a northern Utah forest, 9-year-old Grayson Wynne's thoughts turned to television.

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Introduction
Utah became the United States forty-fifth state on January 4, 1896 and is the last state to join the union in the 19th century. The state's largest city and capital is Salt lake City. The meaning of the name Utah is taken from he Indian words for "people of the mountains". It makes sense; Utah's average peak elevation is the highest in the U.S. The first transcontinental railway was completed in Utah in 1896. Tools dating back 10,000 years have been found in caves in the Utah foothills. Utah's Great Salt Lake, 92 miles long and 48 miles wide is the largest salt lake in the Western hemisphere. The Beehive State ranks 12th in land size totaling 82,168 square miles.

State web site www.state.ut.us

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