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🌱 Salem forum brings data center debate face to face
Salem, Utah Patch AM: a 3 min readWhat's up Salem! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
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- Salem forum brings data center debate face to face
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 58 and low of 31 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 61, low: 34.
- Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 63 and low of 42 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Forum highlights debate over data centers, public input in Utah County (ksl.com) — A packed Salem Community Center heard competing views Monday on data centers’ water use, air pollution and accountability ahead of a Utah County policy vote. Volition’s developer defended its planned project, while grassroots organizers described an effort to overturn Spanish Fork’s data center ordinance and urged greater public involvement. 
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Freshman Basketball @ Hunter HS
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- Burger King posted a job opening for Hourly Shift Leader in Salem. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
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Spanish Fork
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- Woman arrested days after victim critically injured in Spanish Fork hit-and-run incident (fox13now.com)
- Climber falls 60 feet in Diamond Fork Canyon; airlifted to trauma center (gephardtdaily.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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