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You’ve headed out in your boat to enjoy Utah’s lakes and reservoirs but the unthinkable has happened; you’ve had an accident. The obvious question is what to do when an accident occurs. Utah law…
Summer is the time to hit the lakes and resevoirs in Utah for boating fun. For those who are not versed in local boating safety, adequate training is critical. To achieve this goal, Utah State…
Spring brings warmer weather and that means snow melts in the mountains of the West. That, in turn, means high runoff swelling rivers to their Spring-time high water marks. While lakes and rivers at…
Three missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints stationed at the church’s Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, have been diagnosed with the H1N1 swine flu. Another 17…
Heavy rains over the Memorial Day weekend caused flash flooding in the canyons of Southeastern Utah which killed one and endangered several others who are lucky to be alive. Today, The Salt Lake…
At long last, health insurers have agree to end discrimination in the form of charging women higher premiums than men for identical coverage. Senator John Kerry introduced a bill on Tuesday that…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, through its Institute for Legal Reform, has taken its well-funded campaign to curb the rights of the injured to a new level and venue. Yesterday, The National Law…
President Obama has gone on the record concerning the type of Justice he would like to replace Justice David Souter when he retires in June. The President will appoint someone who combines empathy…
According to an article in today’s Salt Lake Tribune, four truckloads of anti-viral medications have been delivered to a secure warehouse in Utah. The 87,000 doses delivered represent 25% of the…
Last night I watched Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich in Changeling. I didn’t know anything about the movie when I sat down to watch it, other than that a little boy goes missing and the police…
As the recession continues, it seems that we’re seeing more and more employers getting into trouble by failing to pay overtime. As times get tough for area businesses, cutting overhead by limiting…
If you are sitting at home trying to figure out how to save your home from the black hole of our current economy, you may want to take a minute to think about how you got in this situation in the…
