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Workforce and business growth highlighted at Carbon-Emery economic development meeting

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ORANGEVILLE — Business expansion, workforce development, and efforts to retain young people in southeastern Utah were among the major topics discussed Tuesday, Aug. 25, during a meeting of the Carbon/Emery Economic Development Group.

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