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• Hatch urges support of Trump in otherwise apolitical Memorial Day speech

  29-05-2017 22:54
  
  Sandy :Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, for the most part Monday steered clear of the partisanship that earned him criticism in a 2014 Memorial Day speech, lauding fallen service members and asking Utahns to support their president, however imperfect.
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• Who has rights to use water in Salt Lake? We've been trying to find out since 1900

  29-05-2017 17:52
  
  When Lance Anderson got a water-rights summons in the mail recently, he thought it might be a winning ticket.
  Like many of his neighbors, Anderson said he heard water rights were valuable commodities, which made him wonder if he could claim one near ...
  
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• Utah's favorite brunch dish is ...

  29-05-2017 16:00
  
  There’s no waffling over Utah’s favorite brunch dish.Pinterest recently ranked every state’s favorite brunch dish by collecting data on which foods people are saving and sharing from each individual state.For Utahns, waffles reign supreme.Pinterest specifically mentioned the Greek yogurt blueberry waffle recipe as Utah’s top items.https://www.pinterest.com/pin/535506211930804493/sent/?sfo=1&sender=532199018374151461&invite_code=5c3a9abe75df483bb5cb3a25a71726beResu
  
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• Salt Lake City veteran Jim Kearl, 96, to lay wreath at World War II Memorial ceremony

  29-05-2017 15:00
  
  Clayton James "Jim" Kearl plans to arrive at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., early Monday morning, dressed in his white-trimmed Navy jacket and blue USS Salt Lake City cap.The 96-year-old Salt Lake City veteran will listen to tales o... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• An answered prayer for some addicts, Operation Diversion's future uncertain as waitlist swells

  29-05-2017 14:00
  
  John came here for a different life, and he quickly found one.
  The lanky New Mexican had befriended a Utah man while serving time in a Texas prison and - breaking his own rule - trusted him. On that pal's advice, he'd booked a flight and touched down...
  
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• How to keep your child safe during the '100 deadly days of summer'

  29-05-2017 13:00
  
  Summer is the season of cookouts, camping and car trips. Kids will head outdoors to pools, lakes and skate parks, or go hiking or biking with families and friends. For children, the 100-day span between the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends is largely about play.For many others, including emergency room doctors, search and rescue teams and first responders, it's a time to gear up and get moving because summer has a dark side: It's a particularly deadly time of year, especially for kids who are
  
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• About Utah: Remembering those who died that we might live

  29-05-2017 07:20
  
  BOUNTIFUL — As is his custom, 92-year-old John Bassarear doesn’t have anything special planned today for Memorial Day, certainly nothing to draw attention to himself.He may have fought in WWII, doing his part to battle oppression and preserve freedom, but he’s never bragged about it and never will.What he will do is remember and honor those soldiers who died so the rest of us could live.In his case, quite literally.He was just 19 in the summer of 1944 when he joined the Army an
  
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• Fatal accident shuts down state highway near Woodland

  29-05-2017 06:25
  
  WOODLAND, Summit County — A 47-year-old woman was killed Sunday after the motorcycle she was riding failed to negotiate a turn on state Route 35 about 14 miles east of Woodland.The Utah Highway Patrol said that Claire Benson of Pleasant Grove was traveling west on the highway on separate motorcycles with her husband when her motorcycle crossed into oncoming traffic at about 4 p.m.She was struck head on by a 2016 Dodge truck and died at the scene, despite wearing a helmet and other protecti
  
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• Logan youth center hosts LGBT prom

  29-05-2017 04:25
  
  LOGAN — A prom for gay, lesbian and transgender students was held in Logan in an attempt to provide an event for students who might not have felt comfortable attending traditional proms at their high schools.The Cache Youth Resource Center hosted the LGBT prom May 13, the Standard-Examiner reported.Logan Pride Chairwoman and Outreach Coordinator for Resource Center Jess Zamora arranged the dance and said it's the town's first such event.The event was open to anyone regardless of sexual ori
  
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• Memorial Day service honors Utah's WWII Japanese-American soldiers

  29-05-2017 03:37
  
  The Utah Chapters of the Japanese American Citizen League on Sunday held a Memorial Day service to commemorate the sacrifices and honor the services of the U.S. Army's 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intell... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Hiker finds body of Utah County teen

  29-05-2017 03:30
  
  CEDAR VALLEY, Utah County — A woman hiking Sunday in the foothills above Cedar Valley found the body of a teenage boy who disappeared last December.A statement by the Utah County Sheriff's Office said the body is believed to be that of Alexander Hashida, 15, who disappeared Dec. 22.Sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Cannon said evidence found at the scene of the rugged landscape is consistent with property associated with Hashida, and the cause of death appears to be self-inflicted, although he did no
  
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• Wild horses could be sold for slaughter, euthanized under Trump proposal

  29-05-2017 02:55
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Frustrated Utah ranchers and wildlife managers who say excess wild horses are running amok are optimistic over President Donald Trump's budget plan that would allow the animals' slaughter or euthanization, at the same time advocates say it would lead to the Western icon's near extinction.Caught in the middle of the untenable situation is the Bureau of Land Management, which for years has been hamstrung by lack of financial resources and willing adopters to control the anim
  
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• Vernal police seek help to locate 3 missing men

  29-05-2017 01:40
  
  VERNAL — Police are seeking the public's help in locating a trio of missing men who have not been seen since early last week.Jason Tilt, 36, Jacob Tilt, 29, and Robert Spoon, 33, were last seen Monday in Vernal in a black 2004 Chevrolet Silverado truck with a temporary tag.Family members are worried their cellphones have either run out of battery life or are turned off.According to police, officers and family members have been reaching out to known contacts in the Uinta Basin area with no
  
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• Lendio offers leg up to new and growing businesses

  29-05-2017 01:40
  
  DRAPER — Becca Grider and sister-in-law Lindie Royall have hit the small-business trifecta.The Utah women helped solve an inconvenience with a product people like in a manner that makes it almost effortless for anyone to become a customer.When the fast success of Draper-based Little Poppy Co., their online business that offers a subscription service for monthly delivery of children's hair bows, threatened to overwhelm them, Grider and Royall leaned on another successful Utah startup."We we
  
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• Wetlands field trip offers hands-on lesson for fourth-graders

  29-05-2017 01:39
  
  LAYTON — Fourth-graders struggled to contain their excitement as they got a hands-on experience with many of the species they learned about during their school year.The Kaysville Elementary students were one of the last field trip groups recently to tour the marshy wetland shores of the Great Salt Lake before the end of the school year. For the students, it was a chance to enjoy the spring weather. For their teacher, Doralee Cox, the field trip was an opportunity to solidify some of the le
  
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• Once ranked 7th nationally for drug-overdose deaths, Utah gets federal aid in opioids war

  29-05-2017 01:29
  
  Bountiful :Opioid addiction nearly wrecked their lives, but Amanda Brunson and her husband, Michael Richmond, found a saving grace.
  In their early days of group therapy sessions at Davis Behavioral Health last summer, Richmond shared more about his ...
  
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• Duchesne man killed in crash near Park City

  29-05-2017 01:29
  
  Park City :Police say a 41-year-old man is dead and a 40-year-old woman is in critical condition after they collided with a semi-truck on Friday.
  Police have identified the deceased man as Landon Peatross of Duchesne. He was pronounced dead at Park ...
  
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• School district returns control of Bingham cemetery to 'its rightful owners'

  29-05-2017 01:22
  
  COPPERTON — In the still of a late spring morning, a dutiful son crouches at his father's grave at Bingham City Cemetery to pull weeds and otherwise tidy up the ground.This has been Curtis Larsen's ritual since his father, Evan, died 15 years ago. The week before Memorial Day, on his dad's birthday and other special occasions, he visits his grave "to come clean it up and say hello."His mother has lived in Bingham Canyon her entire life. It meant a lot to her to bury her husband nearby, he
  
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