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CEDAR CITY, Utah (ABC4) — A woman in Cedar City has been arrested after crashing her vehicle into a bowling alley and causing an estimated $100,000 in damages. Chantell Strong, 40, was arrested one a count of criminal mischief causing more than $5,000 in losses and a count of reckless driving. Cedar City Police Department officers were called to the bowling alley near 3000 N Minersville Highway for a motor vehicle incident involving property damage. They arrived to find a vehicle, driven by Strong, that had crashed through the building and was stuck on concrete and could not remove itself....

A group opposed to Gogebic Taconite's $1.5 billion open pit mine is planning an organized walk on Saturday into a heavily wooded area of Iron County that was the site of protests and vandalism earlier tis week linked to construction of the proposed mine. A 3-mile hike into hilly terrain is being touted by organizers as non-violent and an opportunity for the public to see how exploratory drilling "impacts a pristine landscape," according to statement issued by the Penokee Hills Education Project. But Gogebic's spokesman Bob Seitz said the company is worried that this week's vandalism could spark more trouble,...