New report dings Utah for its ozone levels

SALT LAKE CITY — A new report by the American Lung Association shows Salt Lake City had fewer days of short-term pollution spikes and lower levels of particle pollution year-round from 2014 to 2016 than it did in a previous assessment.That's the good news.As with the rest of the country, ozone levels in the state increased significantly — with much of that due to 2016 going down as the second hottest year on record, the report notes.The increase in ozone led the Salt Lake City-Provo-