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Fresh off his presidential debate in Chicago, Justice Party candidate Rocky Anderson was in Logan Friday stumping for his campaign--and warning the audience of the media's "mass deception":

"They often times look like the bulletin board for the press releases from our government. Without looking into the stories. Without getting after the truth. So we, the American voters, are left with the lies. We're left with the misinformation."

Division of Wildlife officials in Vernal are asking for help from the public in solving two separate poaching cases earlier this month.

DWR Conservation Officer Bryan Clyde said the first elk was shot and killed around October 4 on Dyer Mountain. The 6x6 bull elk carcass was left to completely waste. The only hunts going on in the area at the time where the muzzle loader deer and antlerless cow elk hunts.

Those looking for easier transportation to the Salt Lake City International Airport can look forward to riding TRAX sooner than originally planned. Utah Transit Authority has announced the new line will open in April 2013.

"Originally the airport TRAX line was scheduled to open by 2015. It was part of a program of five projects that were all slated to be completed by then. So an April 2013 opening is ahead of our commitment to the taxpayer."

It has been almost 3 years since I-15 CORE Construction began in Utah County. This massive project added two lanes on both sides of the highway from Lehi to Spanish Fork. It extended the express lanes through Utah County and replaced 63 aging bridges. So after millions of hours of labor and a billion dollars later, the end of the project is in sight.

Earlier this month the National Association of Mental Illness held awareness events to help dispel myths and promote understanding. This week Utah Public Radio introduced you to three of our contributors -- April Ashland, Ryan Cunningham, and Storee Powell. Today, we continue their brave conversation in the hopes that listeners can feel better prepared and open to understanding mental illness.