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SALT LAKE CITY Utah County delegates elected the first female county commissioner at the Utah County Convention on Saturday.
Amelia Powers Gardner won 54.7% of the special election vote and, pending official action by the county s board of commissioners, she will fill the vacancy left by Tanner Ainge, who joined the governor s team earlier this year. I just can t wait to get to work, Gardner said on Saturday, thanking Utah County for your faith and confidence. She said she s both humbled and honored to have been selected.
Gardner s campaign aimed at preparing for the future growth of Utah County, which is one of the fastest growing counties in the country.
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SALT LAKE CITY A Salt Lake City business closed its doors early on Sunday after a patron refused to wear a mask and threatened to return with a gun after he was asked to leave. I didn t take it too seriously at first . it s such a crazy thing to say to someone, said Stockist employee Josh Edgar. But then after a minute I thought, Wait, maybe he s being serious.
The man had gone into the specialty clothing store, located at 875 E. 900 South in Salt Lake s popular 9th and 9th neighborhood, without wearing a mask. When Edgar noticed, he asked the man to put on a mask.
SALT LAKE CITY The two deputies who were shot in the face at the Salt Lake County Sheriff s Office on Saturday are recovering from their injuries.
Salt Lake County sheriff s deputy Joshua Buerke was shot in the cheek and was treated and released from the hospital on Saturday following the exchange of gunfire outside the complex that includes both the sheriff s office headquarters and the county jail, near the corner of 3300 South and 900 West.
The gunman was identified as Joshua Michael Johnson, 31. Based on the number of items he had with him, Rivera said Saturday investigators believe he was homeless.
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