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Utah wildlife biologist sues U.S. Army for toxic exposure

Last updated Friday, April 20, 2012 - 1:23pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah wildlife biologist waited 10 years for doctors to suggest her neurological disorders may have been caused by fieldwork she did outside a U.S. Army depot that tested chemical and biological weapons.

Now, Carolyn Bayless is waiting for a judge to decide if she can sue the Army for supposedly causing her disability.

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Former Dugway commander to speak

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, November 14, 2011 - 11:57pm

OGDEN -- Weber State University, 3848 Harrison Blvd., will host a brown-bag lunch featuring Col. Gary R. Harter at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Shepherd Union Lair, in Room 232.

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(The Associated Press) This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army on Tuesday shows U.S. Army Spc. Michael Bushling, who has been missing for more than a week after phoning a friend to tell him he was having car trouble. Bushling’s vehicle was found about 60 miles from the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground, where he was stationed in Utah’s West Desert.

Father coming to Utah to help find missing soldier

Lynn DeBruin, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 11:06pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Army Spc. Joseph Michael Bushling had a tough year following his recent divorce and the suicide last year of his younger brother, but was said to be looking forward to a new post in Texas and a career as a nurse.

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Utah group wants probe of Dugway nerve agent case

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 25, 2011 - 9:25am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A watchdog group wants Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to push the Army to account for delays going public about a search for a vial of nerve agent during a January lockdown at the Dugway Proving Ground.

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Dugway reopens after nerve agent found

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 2:52pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Army said Thursday that Dugway Proving Ground, where military weapons are tested, was locked down for hours because a small amount of a nerve agent was unaccounted for.

The military said in a statement the amount missing was less than one fourth of a teaspoon of VX nerve agent, which affects the body's ability to carry messages through the nerves.

The missing vial prompted a lockdown late Wednesday afternoon that lasted until the agent was found early Thursday.

The Army said no one was in danger and the lockdown was ordered as a precaution.

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Dugway Army post reopened after lockdown

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 11:29am

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Dugway Proving Grounds, where military weapons are tested, has reopened after it was locked down for hours to resolve a "serious concern," officials said.

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