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May 2023
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Who’s To Blame for the Draper Home Slide...

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It’s not every day we see our neighbors’ houses fall off a cliff. But Utah made national news recently when a viral video showed two Draper homes sliding down a hillside and into a ravine. Salt Lake Tribune columnist Robert Gehrke joins host Ali Vallarta to try to explain who’s at fault and whether this could happen again.


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