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Show The Park Record A-14 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, June 24-27, 2017 A quick look at Utah news Memorial concert planned, new political party sues Associated Press Looking Check our for a HELP WANTED JoB in ? section CLASSIFIEDS ! Jim Bennett sues to get in Utah race to replace Chaffetz SALT LAKE CITY — Jim Bennett, the son of the late U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett, is suing to get on the ballot with his new political party in the special election to fill the seat of outgoing U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah. Bennett’s lawsuit filed Wednesday says Utah state officials violated his constitutional rights when they ruled they didn’t have time to verify his new party, the United Utah Party. The lawsuit isn’t expected to derail the special election, because Bennett isn’t challenging the validity of the rest of the process. Utah state elections director Mark Thomas says the court is the best place to resolve the differences of interpretation of the statute. Chaffetz made a surprise announcement in April that he wouldn’t run for re-election and later said he’d leave office June 30, citing a desire to be with his family. This brief was written by AP writer Brady McCombs Polygamous leader hit with new felony charge after capture SALT LAKE CITY — Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs is being charged with a new felony count after he was captured following nearly a year on the run. Authorities say Jeffs could face up to 10 years in prison on the new failure-to -appear charge filed in federal court in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. He was recaptured in South Dakota last week after pawning two pairs of pliers while apparently living out of his pickup truck. Jeffs is still facing two felony ROOM TO AT DEER VISTA BREATHE We invite you to join Park City's most exciting new community where you can find solitude and room to breathe while living only minutes away from Historic Main Street. 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He was awaiting trial on those charges when he escaped from home confinement in Salt Lake City on June 18, 2016. Prosecutors have said Jeffs won’t likely be offered a plea deal like many of the other defendants accused in the scheme. Concert planned to honor Utah man killed in London attack SALT LAKE CITY — Friends and family of a Utah man killed in a high-profile London attack that left his wife injured and four other people dead are holding a concert to celebrate his life. The show is planned for Saturday in honor of Kurt Cochran, who was thrown from Westminster Bridge when he and his wife were struck by an SUV that plowed into a group of pedestrians. Melissa Cochran, his wife, of West Bountiful suffered a broken leg in the March 22 attack that happened the last day of a European trip the Cochrans took to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. The show held in lieu of a traditional funeral is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. and last until 8 p.m. at Bountiful City Park. The Cochrans ran a recording studio in their basement where Kurt helped musicians develop their talents. Lawmaker: Interior asking locals for monument maps SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah lawmaker says Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is asking state and local leaders to propose new, smaller boundaries for two national monuments under review by the Trump administration. Republican Rep. Mike Noel of Kanab said that the Interior Department wants Utah to draft proposed maps of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended shrinking the newly created Bears Ears earlier this month. Utah leaders had opposed the monument created by President Barack Obama follow- ing a push from conservationists and Native American tribes. Noel says commissioners in his county near Grand StaircaseEscalante have already submitted a map of changes they’d like to see to the monument that was created by President Bill Clinton, but federal officials want to see a single, unified proposal from all state leaders. Utah airport announces new flights to Los Angeles, Las Vegas OGDEN, Utah — Allegiant Air in Utah has announced it will be offering flights from the Ogden-Hinckley Airport to Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Flights to Los Angeles will begin Oct. 5, but one-way tickets can currently be purchased at allegiantair.com for $35. Flights to Las Vegas will begin Nov. 17, and tickets can currently be purchased online for $45. The airport is currently subsidized at about $500,000 to $750,000 per year from the city’s taxpayers, but Ogden Mayor Mike Caldwell said he expects that amount will decrease incrementally every year after the new flight destinations are added. Flights to Las Vegas and Los Angeles will be offered twice a week. Water emergency issued in Utah town after main break TORREY, Utah — The Utah Department of Environmental Quality has issued a state of emergency for the town of Torrey after it ran out of water due to a main break. Marie Owens, director of the Utah Division of Drinking Water, says the town’s storage tanks were cut off from the suppling spring after the break. The leak has since been repaired, but the storage tanks remain depleted. More than half of the town has been left without running water. State officials began trucking water to Torrey, which is just outside Capitol Reef National Park. They plan to continue the supply for at least one week. Owens says the town has tried shutting off the water overnight to refill the tanks, but as soon as it’s turned back on, residents use all the available water. |