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Utah State University is rearranging its commercialization and advancement offices.
The two divisions will be combined under the leadership of Rob Behunin, who will lead the  joint effort as the new vice president for university advancement and commercialization.

Behunin has been at USU for ten years, seven of which spent on advancement and community development work. He's a tenured, full professor of English, though his new role won't include any traditional classroom teaching. He says he hopes to build on USU's already successful development campaign.

A major public works project in Northern Utah reached a milestone on Wednesday. Representatives of the Cache Water Restoration Project say water has been restored to all shareholders along a series of canals in Cache County. UPR's Matt Jensen reports.

"Residents here will remember the fatal landslide in 2009 that killed three people living in a home below an irrigation canal that hugged a steep hillside in Logan.

What has become one of Southern Utah’s favorite yearly events, the country music showdown, takes place tonight in St. George. Debuting will be a song written by a mother and son team promoting their community.

“The sun does shine most of the time here, so if you like rain, this isn’t the place to live,” Kevin Fry said.

The Cache Valley community will remember the owner Northern Utah’s family-run ski resort during funeral services Wednesday. Ted Seeholzer, owner and operator of Beaver Mountain, passed away last week.

Seeholzer left his real job working for Thiokol to dedicate his time to his love – a family-owned ski resort in Northern Utah’s Logan Canyon. Beaver Mountain is known as the place where the locals ski. When you ski the beave, you are adopted into a community, a family that lifts your spirits while lifting you to that next run.