Local Headlines 8-21-14

Salt Lake Tribune

Utah class of 2014 had top scores on ACT

Salt Lake hires California attorney to fight San Diego Comic-Con lawsuit

Utah cities pushed to purge gun rules by national group

Utah reinforces call for more time in same-sex marriage recognition appeal

Deal protects land near Book Cliffs, allows other drilling

Deseret News

Op-ed: Let’s reserve costly prison beds for dangerous offenders

Board appointed to oversee school fund

Remote corner of Navajo Nation to get electricity thanks to business deal

Jay Evensen: Is Provo really an impoverished city?

Utah argues for more time to file appeal in gay marriage recognition case

Farm owners fined for refusing to host a wedding — for a lesbian couple

Other

New poll shows Provo residents happy with city’s direction (Daily Herald)

Editorial: We need to respect police (Standard-Examiner)

Centerville not interested in seeing UTOPIA on ballot (Standard-Examiner)

Governor chats behind closed doors with Ogden teachers (Standard-Examiner)

Second company shows interest in Utopia (Standard-Examiner)

Special meeting of board of education to address Terryl Warner’s concerns (Logan Herald Journal)