Gas

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — To reduce the number of weapons on its streets, this city will trade gas cards and professional basketball tickets for guns in a "judgment-free" program.

EVANSTON, Wyo. -- A 59-year-old fugitive is back behind bars after he ran out of gas in Wyoming and called the local sheriff's office for roadside assistance.

We ran a scary story last week about how much highways are going to cost Utah over the next 30 years. The tab is $69 billion, a chunk of that just in the Top of Utah.

LAYTON -- Clearfield resident Bill Lance filled up his Chevy SUV at a local gas station and was excited to see how low prices had fallen.

Per-gallon prices are more than 25 cents lower than they were a month ago, and they are expected to keep diving.

According to AAA, every Utah metro area tracked by the agency saw double-digit decreases at the pump during the last month. All but one of those decreases was more than 23 cents.

OGDEN -- Riverdale police say stealing a car with a near-empty gas tank led to the arrest of two Ogden men who burglarized as many as 20 cars in Ogden and Riverdale Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

OGDEN -- A 12-hour flammable gas leak ended the workday early and halted traffic near the Rocky Mountain Power building on 2550 South.

Power company employees reported a railroad car was leaking butane near their building at 1400 W. 2550 South. Butane is a highly flammable gas produced from natural gas and commonly used to fill cigarette lighters.

BILLINGS, Mont. -- A federal judge has rejected the government's attempt to delay a lawsuit seeking protections for imperiled sage grouse across the West in a case with sweeping implications for grazing, oil and gas drilling, and residential construction.

With the order from Judge B. Lynn Winmill in Idaho, the 11-state sage grouse case is shaping up as an early test of an Obama administration proposal to settle endangered species claims on hundreds of plants and animals.

Among the most pivotal of those species is the greater sage grouse, a ground-dwelling game bird that has lost half of its once-vast range and also suffered from the deadly West Nile virus.