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Joe R. Wirthlin Jr

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Joe R. Wirthlin Jr, KSL

    1 adult, 3 children dead in Riverdale house fire (opens the original)

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    RIVERDALE, Weber County — Three children and their father died in a Riverdale house fire early Thursday morning, leaving the mother and three other children in the hospital, according to the Riverdale Fire Department. Crews from the Riverdale Fire Department and Riverdale Police Department were dispatched to the fire at 1:46 a.m. near 4600 S. 1150 West. The residence was fully engulfed in flames, according to Riverdale Police Chief Matt Hennessy. The father and three children died while at the h

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Joe R. Wirthlin Jr, KSL

    2 weekend crashes in Salt Lake City leave 2 people dead (opens the original)

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    SALT LAKE CITY — Two people died Sunday in car crashes that occurred nearly 12 hours apart in Salt Lake City. At approximately 6:40 a.m., two vehicles collided on the 5600 West bridge over I-80, according to Salt Lake City police. One of the passengers, a minor, was killed in the collision, according to Salt Lake City Police Detective Michael Ruff. No other identifying information about the victim was released. The second crash occurred at approximately 6:55 p.m. after a driver went through cons

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Joe R. Wirthlin Jr, KSL

    Have You Seen This? River near Mt. Carmel flooded with 10-foot waves (opens the original)

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    MT. CARMEL, Kane County — No, Willy Wonka's chocolate factory didn't spring a leak. Torrents of brown water, looking remarkably like chocolate, barreled down the riverbank near Mt. Carmel in southern Utah on Monday, thanks to the storms that swept across the state. David Clark captured the flooding, getting within feet of the swollen riverbank. He did not, however, say whether he tasted it. The National Weather Service issued a warning for southern Utah that excessive rainfall could cause floodi

  4. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Joe R. Wirthlin Jr, KSL

    'We love this building': Constant care preserves Salt Lake Tabernacle's craftsmanship and sound (opens the original)

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    SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake Tabernacle has a unique shape in the skyline of Salt Lake City. Rather than a traditional church building adorned with spires, the tabernacle instead boasts a rounded roof on top of its oval footprint — the better for audiences to hear speakers in the days before modern sound systems. In July of 1847, then-President Brigham Young invited members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to build a place to worship together as a united church on Sundays. Th

  5. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Joe R. Wirthlin Jr, KSL

    B'Nai Israel Temple religious legacy lives on in Salt Lake Art Museum (opens the original)

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    SALT LAKE CITY — While Salt Lake City has a rich tradition of religious affiliation dating back to the 1800s, not every structure built by those early worshippers remains as a dedicated worship space. The former B'nai Israel Temple is one such building. The Jewish roots of Utah reach back to 1854, when Fanny Brooks and her husband briefly visited Salt Lake City while traveling to California. A decade later, the Brooks family returned to Utah and settled on Third and Main Street in Salt Lake City

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