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As high school lacrosse aficionados in the Utah work to get the sport included under the USHAA umbrella, the state’s top teams staged some impressive action on Saturday in the division finals at Copper Hills High School.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Springs police are trying to determine the cause of a three-vehicle accident that sent six people to the hospital over the weekend.

The accident shut down traffic on SR73 through Saratoga Springs about 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has honored Laura Romin, deputy field supervisor with the agency’s Utah Ecological Services Office, for her efforts to conserve the threatened Utah prairie dog. She is among 61 people nationwide recognized as a 2012 Recovery Champion.

The award acknowledges groups and individuals for outstanding efforts to conserve and protect endangered and threatened fish, wildlife and plants.

A Utah State University student recovering from a climbing accident managed to stand from her wheelchair and walk across a stage on crutches to accept her diploma.

Brittany Fisher, 22, of Naperville, Ill., was rappelling down a cliff in Southern Utah in the middle of the night when she lost control of the rope.

She completed her studies during physical therapy. She was given a standing ovation recently during the graduation ceremony.

SALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah Jazz great Thurl Bailey has been named the state’s refugee ambassador.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert announced Bailey’s new position Monday. He’ll be a liaison between the governor’s office and the estimated 50,000 refugees who live in Utah.

Brad Smith may not be the most hated man in America.

But the Ogden School District superintendent is just one more cost-cutting measure away from becoming the most despised person in Ogden — at least since that short guy we had as mayor. (Ah, how quickly they forget.)

Smith has taken heat recently for firing the district’s 20 certified librarians, eliminating the adult education program and dismissing hundreds of part-time reading coaches.

BOUNTIFUL — City leaders have reached an impasse over a plan to lift a seven-year ban on electronic message signs.

City council members debated for more than an hour last week the merits of a proposed change in the city’s sign ordinance addressing electronic message centers. Mayor Joe Johnson and City Manager Gary Hill then attempted to break the deadlock by establishing some common ground, but no vote was taken on the proposal. The council is expected to take up the issue again in June.