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Logan
4:14 pm
Thu September 13, 2012

Hear We Glow: The Race for Hearing is On

Poking your head inside the lily white building on the campus of Utah State University, you might hear something like this:

[beeps and tones]

--"Say the word fail"
--"Fail"
--"Say the word south"
--"South"
--"Say the word white"
--"White"

No, you haven't stumbled upon an alien invasion or experimental mind control. What you just heard are two types of hearing tests conducted through USU's student academy of audiology.

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Moab
3:25 pm
Thu September 13, 2012

Fracking Near Moab's Water Supply

The Bureau of Land Management is preparing for an auction of new oil and gas leases on 80,000 acres of BLM land in Southeast Utah. The leases have sparked concern about Moab’s sole source of drinking water.

Kiley Miller lives in a rural area south of Moab. When she looked at the BLM map of proposed leases, she realized that one of the parcels was right next door.

"My first thought was, well, if they’re going to be drilling for oil and gas up there, then our potential well could become contaminated, and then where would we be? And then I started thinking, well, if it’s on top of my watershed, then maybe it’s on top of Moab’s watershed."

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UPR Feature Story
5:49 pm
Wed September 12, 2012

Backpacks of School Supplies Help Logan's Refugees Go Back to School Prepared

A Burmese refugee inspects his new backpack filled with supplies just in time for school to start.

The giggles and shrills of thrill could not be contained as the 3 friends gathered under a tree trying to ward off the heat of the day. Wearing head coverings bedazzled by the bling of rhinestones in patterns of flowers and traditional designs.

Girl: "We're from Burma and our religion is Muslim."

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Salt Lake City
5:01 pm
Wed September 12, 2012

SLC's Vehicle Idling Ordinance One Year Later

It’s been almost a year since Salt Lake City passed an ordinance banning vehicle idling over 2 minutes. After some revisions were made to the plan during the last legislative session, the city’s parking enforcement personnel began implementing the new rule in the spring. But as Jessica Gail reports, only a half dozen citations have been written since then.

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