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Fire only latest problem at Utah County refinery

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, April 20, 2012 - 4:38pm

AMERICAN FORK -- A Utah County oil refinery faces an intensive investigation after an oil-filled tank caught fire.

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(KERA WILLIAMS/ Standard-Examiner) Kristi Horne sits next to her husband Brian during closing statements at a civil court case at the Second District Court in Farmington on Wednesday.

Jury awards couple $325,000 for Silver Eagle Refinery explosion

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 7:51pm

FARMINGTON — Brian and Kristi Horne are satisfied with a jury’s verdict that found Silver Eagle Refinery at fault for an explosion that damaged their home in 2009.

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Ex-Silver Eagle worker: Pipe in blast didn't meet industry standard

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 6:58pm

FARMINGTON — Silver Eagle Refining began presenting its case to jurors Monday in 2nd District Court. The Woods Cross refinery is being sued by Brian and Kristie Horne over the Nov. 4, 2009, refinery explosion.

Gil Higham, a consultant and former employee of the refinery, testified he has worked at the refinery in one capacity or another since 1973.

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Plaintiff: Only luck kept children safe in Silver Eagle explosion

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 11:22pm

FARMINGTON — Kristi Horne cried as she told jurors it was only a matter of luck that no one in her family was seriously hurt the day of the Silver Eagle explosion three years ago.

“If I had been home two minutes earlier, my babies would have been in my arms,” Horne said Friday in 2nd District Court in Farmington.

Brian and Kristi Horne are suing Silver Eagle Refining, saying they can’t sell their home because it has been stigmatized due to the damage caused by the refinery explosion on Nov. 4, 2009, in Woods Cross, and the fear that another explosion, or worse, could occur in the future.

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Psychologist: Silver Eagle explosion caused PTSD

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 5:52am

FARMINGTON -- The Silver Eagle refinery explosion did more damage to Brian Horne's mental state than the dive he took into Lake Powell that paralyzed him when he was 18, a forensic psychologist says.

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More than vehicles, oil refineries pollute Utah's air; new website offers info

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 12, 2012 - 7:45pm

Utahns can now learn what — other than cars — causes the winter pollution that so concerns the Division of Air Quality.

Snowblowers, domestic animals, farm machinery, graphic art chemicals and deep-frying equipment also add to the pollutants in the air, according to a DAQ report released Monday.

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Walk-out threat averted at Woods Cross refinery

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 3:44pm

WOODS CROSS -- HollyFrontier Corp. employees went to work Wednesday morning after United Steelworkers union finished talks with the oil industry concerning the expiring labor contracts of close to 20,000 employees.

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