Michelle Poe
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Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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New details of MacKenzie Lueck murder investigation: Entire case file released
Information never before released about the investigation into MacKenzie Lueck's murder was made public on Wednesday night. Investigators with the Salt Lake City Police Department released their entire case file to 2News and other local media stations, containing hours of video and hundreds of pages of documents. The files include never-before-seen video and photos that show how detectives… → Read More
Front blinds spots are a hidden danger on all vehicles
It is the leading cause of deaths when children are around cars — and it’s not being backed over. Caption: KUTV: 2News investigates The danger is the blind spot in the front of your vehicle. It's something that's not been widely talked about, and most don't know about it until it's too late. 2News enlisted the help of Primary Children’s Spot the Tot Program and set up a demonstration with Angie… → Read More
Mitt Romney's campaign makes millions of dollars by selling donor data
Sen. Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has made nearly $6 million by selling information about his donors in the seven years since he lost the race. KUTV. The figure comes from a 2News analysis of Federal Election Commission filings from 2013 to 2019, which reveal the donor list was rented 133 times. WHAT INFORMATION IS ON THE LIST? Romney’s list contains data about more than a million people,… → Read More
'Infection control' issues temporarily shut down a hospital's operating room last summer
The operating room of a Utah hospital was temporarily shut down after an inspection found “serious” issues with sterilization. That shut down happened last July. It's coming to light now thanks to the digging of a West Jordan woman whose mother died at the hospital. 'Infection control' issues temporarily shut down a hospital's operating room last summer. (KUTV) Lori Van Roosendaal-Thompson's… → Read More
Americans are saving money on meds by traveling to Canada. Here's how it works.
A few years ago, a severe lung condition took over Wendy Nichols' life. KUTV. After experimenting with several options, her doctor had an idea for a different medication. He prescribed her an inhaler that combines three drugs: fluticasone furoate, umeclidinium, and vilanterol inhalation powder. “It works great,” she said, claiming the drug has, “changed my life. ” Facing financially crippling… → Read More
Off-road Jeepers descend on Duchesne to help family get home
Over the weekend, a group of kind souls helped an elderly couple do something they have been unable to do for more than a year: go home. KUTV. Get Gephardt has been reporting on Omah and Wally Nelson’s struggles. A wildfire in Duchesne County led to the washout of a county road. The county, which is legally required to maintain and repair the road, has been slow to do so. The only way in… → Read More
Arches National Park says reservation system is off the table, but should it be?
The heat of the summer is the busiest time of year for Arches National Park. Rangers there say traffic often sits at a standstill. KUTV. “Arches is a powerful place and people come from all around to see it,” Melissa Hulls, the Law Enforcement Supervisor for Arches National Park said. Sometimes people will have to wait an hour just to get into the park. We have people just going ‘round and round… → Read More
Jury orders carmaker to pay for fire that burned a Utah home to the ground
An Orem family says a defect in their car left their home burned to the ground. The carmaker is fighting back, trying to avoid paying for the Utah home. KUTV. Gloria Peterson vividly remembers the night she and her husband ran for their lives out of their burning home. The couple's 2014 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid had been parked all night long in an attached car port and it was on fire. "The inside… → Read More
New DirecTV policy will cost customers when they cancel
Brenda Hilton just moved into a Taylorsville home. When she left Sandy, she decided she wasn't going to bring DirecTV with her. KUTV. She phoned DirecTV and told them she would be shutting off her service in the middle of a billing cycle. She was informed she'd be forced to pay for the entire month, including the days where she couldn't use the service. That was not the policy when Hilton signed… → Read More
'POST'poned: Landscaper ghosts Sandy man who paid for decorative posts
Seventeen holes around his backyard is all Steven Hayward has to show for a landscape job he hired out way back in April. There should be 17 posts sticking out of those holes — posts from which Hayward wanted to hang some privacy vines. KUTV. For the job, Hayward hired SSP Landscapes, paying the company $2,100. Steven Hayward decided to Get Gephardt after he hired a landscaping company to put up… → Read More
Weed secrets: The state won't say who bid to grow marijuana
It's one of the hottest hot-button issues in Utah: medical marijuana. The state has been taking bids from people who want to be allowed to grow and sell pot. The Utah Department of Agriculture was told they could grant up to 10 licenses for companies in Utah to cultivate medical cannabis. Who are the bidders? We don't get to know — at least not for a while. As of last week, the bidding process… → Read More
A surprise deposit in her PayPal account cost a Utah woman $3,077
When $3,000 showed up in Trish Richmond's PayPal account unexpectedly, she thought it had to be some kind of a mistake and immediately sent the money back. "I put the exact same amount of money that this guy sent to me back to them, with a little note saying, ‘Here's the money that you sent,’" she said. A few days later, Trish got an email from PayPal with confusing news. → Read More
'Enter to win!' The new way rare booze will be sold in Utah
The way consumers purchase rare booze in Utah is changing. The news comes after a series of Get Gephardt investigations exposed the tricky hurdles folks were having to clear to get their hands on certain liquors. Beginning next month, people who want rare alcohols will be able to enter their names for a chance to win the privilege of buying the booze. One particular bourbon, Pappy Van Winkle,… → Read More
Razor rules: No license required to perform microblading in Utah
Michelle Shaw runs a beauty business out of her home. She does eyelashes and nails, which requires her to maintain a cosmetology license. “I had to go to school for 1,600 hours and pay $18,000 to become a licensed cosmetologist,” she said. She now wants to expand into microblading, a beauty trend meant to enhance the eyebrows without daily makeup application. → Read More
Many lost UPS and FedEx shipments are handled, auctioned in Utah
Everything you send via the U. S. Postal Service that is “lost” ends ups at the Mail Recovery Center in Atlanta, Georgia. That was the finding of a Get Gephardt investigation reported Monday. How much goes in, how much is reunited with the rightful owner and how much the USPS profits auctioning off what it cannot reunite are all questions USPS bosses have refused to answer. The USPS inspector… → Read More
Get Gephardt investigates secretive facility where USPS sends, sells your lost mail
Angela Erickson spent the better part of last year lovingly sewing two quilts. One, meant for her uncle, depicts Utah artifacts. The other, displaying a brilliantly-intricate elephant, was for her dad. She shipped them to Illinois just in time for Christmas. They didn't make it. "I can't remake these quilts,” she said fighting back tears. “They don't realize how much time goes into these, and to… → Read More
Google Fiber coming to SLC's Poplar Grove, while other neighbors continue the long wait
The lines are run in Salt Lake's Poplar Grove area. Beginning Tuesday, folks living between Poplar Grove Blvd to I-80, Navajo Street to Redwood Road will be able to sign up for Google Fiber. “People should be really excited," said Jacob Brace, government and community affairs manager for Google Fiber. "They're going to start to have access to speeds that are blazing fast. " Blazing fast internet… → Read More
Lawmaker seeks to increase penalties for 'hit and run' crimes
Last year, a Get Gephardt investigation exposed that hit and runs are rarely investigated in Salt Lake City. Now, a state lawmaker is making moves to make sure more people are punished for the crime. Dan Spencer was a victim of a hit and run. There was a witness to the crime and a great lead; the car that hit him left its headlight frame behind which clearly identifies the car's make and model. → Read More
'Stabbed in the back': Utah veterans lament government response to burn pit war wounds
(KUTV) — Carl Sullivan served his country in the military for 31 years. It’s service that, he says, left him with a war injury. At 55 years old, while staying in Park City, Sullivan was rushed to the hospital unable to breathe. His diagnosis was that he’d had an asthma attack. Sullivan had never had an asthma attack before. "Judging from the way things were in Afghanistan, we think it was likely… → Read More
What 'no-kill' really means for homeless pets in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — On its website, No-Kill Utah says its plan is “straight forward. ” The initiative, led by Best Friends Animal Society, is working to end the killing of dogs and cats in shelters throughout the state by the end of 2019. “Step by critical step, we believe that together, we can bring the number of pets killed in Utah shelters to zero,” it reads. → Read More