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Feds approve utility access for shale oil project

By John Rogers The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced in late September that it has approved a utility right of way for a major Utah oil shale project near Vernal. Enefit American Oil, a subsidiary of Estonia-based petroleum giant Eesti Energia, has been waiting for…

Housing costs worry Utahns, drive down life quality index

Utahns continue to worry about their cost of housing and that has resulted in a drop in the Utah Foundation’s Quality of Life Index. The index is down a point from last year and three points over the past five years, standing at 70 out of 100. The “Quality of Life Index:…

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Oct 8

Dynatronics' Kelvyn Cullimore tabbed to head BioUtah

BioUtah, the nonprofit trade association that represents Utah’s life sciences industry has announced that Kelvyn H. Cullimore Jr. has been appointed its president and CEO. Cullimore will succeed Kelly Slone, who has served in that capacity for the past three years. Cullimore…

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Oct 8

Moorehead named CEO and board member at Lehi's Nature's Sunshine Products

Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc., a nutritional supplement and personal care producer based in Lehi, has announced the appointment of Terrence Moorehead as CEO and a member of the company’s board of directors. The appointment was effective Oct. 1. “With over 20 years of…

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Oct 8

Huntsman foundation announces major gifts to support hospital expansion

A group of donors has stepped forward to provide funding necessary for major expansion plans at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah. Peter Huntsman, chairman and CEO of the Huntsman Cancer Foundation, made the announcement at a foundation gathering recently…

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Oct 8

Maverik Inc. acquires Cache Valley convenience store chain

Maverik Inc., the Salt Lake City operator of more than 300 gas stations and convenience stores in the western U.S. has purchased four stores from the Best Stop convenience store chain. Three of the stores are in Cache County with a fourth store in Franklin, Idaho. The…

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Oct 8

Megibow named CEO at Purple

Alpine-based Purple Innovation Inc. has a new CEO. The specialty mattress manufacturer appointed Joseph B. Megibow to the position beginning Oct. 1. “Joe Megibow is a seasoned executive with a proven track record leading digital and retail businesses through periods of…

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Oct 8

Merit Medical buys California company in $200 million deal

Merit Medical Systems Inc. of South Jordan has signed an agreement to acquire Cianna Medical Inc., headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and now goes to the stockholders for approval. The deal…

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Oct 8

Hospitality Focus - 10-9-18

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Oct 8

Industry Briefs 10-9-18

Industry Briefs are provided as a free service to our readers. Company news information may be sent to brice@slenterprise.com. The submission deadline is one week before publication. BANKING • America First Credit Union , Riverdale, has made changes within its Information…

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Oct 8

Transformation Center aims to alter the way healthcare is delivered

Utah's Intermountain Healthcare has opened its four-story, 120,000-square-foot Kem C. Gardner Intermountain Transformation Center at the company’s campus in Murray. The new facility will be the home for multiple institutes and programs that the healthcare company said will…

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Oct 8

Congress' last-minute budgeting: Bad bills come from those who wait

By Veronique de Rugy If there’s something the government does well, it’s spend money. It does it with great fervor, no matter who’s in charge of Congress or the White House. And it’s made easier these days, thanks to our legislators’ collective unwillingness to follow a regular…

Trump’s ‘America First’ worldview is hastening a post-American world

By Fareed Zakaria President Trump’s recent speech at the United Nations was an intelligent — at times eloquent — presentation of his "America First" worldview. He laid out an approach of pursuing narrow self-interest over broader global ones and privileging unilateral action…

Ford suffered cruel and unusual punishment at the hands of ... the Democrats

By Robert Pembroke In 1789, Benjamin Franklin famously wrote: “Our new Constitution is now established, and has appearance that promises permanency; but in this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.” After watching the latest retake of the Brett…

Editorial Cartoon: Political Message

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Oct 8