Brianna Bodily

Several blocks were closed off around a chemical company in Provo while firefighters and a Hazmat crew responded to a chemical spill.

Neighbors spotted smoke coming through the roof at Wiltec on West Street about 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

Provo Fire Battalion Chief Tom Augustus told the Provo Daily Herald that the company that studies chemical reactions was testing sulfur trioxide when a research tube failed.  He said the failure caused an unexpected chemical reaction that involved a significant amount of smoke.

In this newsline, UPR’s Brianna Bodily takes a ride out to Mendon with Dave Rayfield and Bryan

Dixon, directors from the Bear River Land Conservancy, who are trying to save a flower most don’t even know exists.

The superintendent of the Canyons School District has announced his resignation.

David Doty told school board members Tuesday night he’ll step down at the end of June to take a job with the Utah-based education reform company, Education Direction.

Doty has been superintendent since 2008 when the district was created and split from the Jordan School District. He says his decision to leave is due partly to his desire to spend more time with family.

Two explosions rocked the finish line at the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon. While people panicked, police tried to make sense of what just happened and prevent any other explosions.

According to the Boston Marathon website, more than 350 runners registered for Monday's race were Utahns. One of these runners, Kristen Munson said she was one of the lucky ones.

"I'm grateful that people I know are safe and I'm really kind of devastated," she said.

AP reports indicate three people were killed and more than 100 were injured.

In 2012 more than 1.6 million people  in the United States were diagnosed with cancer. This year, one Utahn is wearing out his tennis shoes to make that number go down.

Officials with Kennecott Utah Copper say a landslide that they’ve been anticipating for months has happened in Brigham Canyon Mine.  UPR’s Brianna Bodily has more on the condition of employees, and precautions Kennecott took to avoid injury.

Kennecott spokesman Kyle Bennett said no one was injured when the slide took place, at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in the North East part of the mine.

It is spring time and the bears are waking up.  In today’s newsline, USU students tell UPR about hiking the mountains to find these bears and check out their dens.

A  proposed Boy Scouts troop sponsored by a Utah gay rights organization has been rejected by Boy Scouts of America.

Valerie Larrabe of the Utah Pride Center says they were told that the mission of their organization didn’t properly align with the goals of Boy Scouts.

Larrabe says the troop would have included 10 middle-school aged boys and been guided by straight troop leaders.