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UTAH – Today in Utah, teens in treatment can be locked in a room for hours, forced to sit in uncomfortable positions, drugged or physically held down as a form of punishment. When this happens, there’s often not a record of it. Utah Sen. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, wants to change that. He introduced a bill Monday that would greatly enhance the oversight of these businesses, limit what staffers could do to punish young people, make them document when they do use restraints and provide parents with more information. It has early support from an industry group and some activists.…

UTAH – The Rapid City Rush were strangers to overtime this season until the third period horn sounded Saturday night. That unfamiliar territory didn’t seem to faze them, however, as 35 extra seconds of their first overtime this year were all that were needed as a rebounded puck found its way to Hunter Garlent, who dropped to one knee and fired a one-timer into an open net to end the game and hand the Rush a 5-4 victory over the Utah Grizzlies at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. “You’ve just got to be ready to shoot those right away,” Garlent said.…