Utah’s sickening smog dissipates, for now

Published January 28, 2013 12:31am ET



SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The air pollution that smothered mountain valleys in northern Utah for more than a week made a dramatic improvement Sunday.

Regulators called for at least two days of clean air and lifted a ban on wood-burning starting Monday for the urban corridor anchored by Salt Lake City. The relief came courtesy of a storm that brought heavy snow to northern Utah.

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