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• How this Utah man rose from maintenance manager to president of Deer Valley Resort

  24-03-2019 23:30
  DEER VALLEY — Bob Wheaton isn't exactly the ancient of days. He's just 66, and with the ruddy, perpetually tanned complexion of someone who wore a ski parka to the office every day, he could easily pass for a good decade younger.But he has been around, and he is, after all, officially retired — well, at least semiretired; he is now called a "senior strategic adviser" — so on his transition out as president and chief operating officer of Deer Valley Resort, after a half-century
  
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• Dog teaching young students a new trick: reading

  24-03-2019 23:18
  SOUTH OGDEN — In the past four years, reading comprehension and English scores for students at South Ogden Junior High School have increased.But it's not that the books and assignments that are different."It's magic. It really is," said Kimberlee Irvine, an eighth-grade English teacher at the school. "I wish I could explain it. But it's just pretty much Bentley magic."That's right.Bentley.
  Meghan Thackey, Deseret News
  Bentley gets a pet on the head from a student heading to class at South
  
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• Utah members of Congress hail Mueller conclusion that Trump didn't conspire with Russians

  24-03-2019 22:13
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah members of Congress hailed special counsel Robert Mueller's conclusion Sunday that Donald Trump's presidential campaign didn't conspire with the Russian government to interfere in the 2016 election."BREAKING NEWS: No American conspired with Russia to alter our elections. A great day for America," Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, tweeted shortly after Attorney General William Barr sent a four-page summary of the nearly 2-year investigation to Congress.Stewart said as Muelle
  
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• In our opinion: UVU president's inauguration is a fitting cap to Women's History Month

  24-03-2019 13:00
  Utahns are fortunate to cap off Women's History Month with some local history-making of their own when Astrid S. Tuminez is officially inaugurated this week as Utah Valley University's first female president.She deserves the post. Both her professional background as a Microsoft regional director for Southeast Asia and the long list of her own educational achievements qualify her to run a school that serves more than 39,000 students.After immigrating to the U.S. in 1982, Tuminez received a degree
  
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• Utah's high court orders fresh review of evidence for man on death row

  24-03-2019 04:23
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court has ordered a new hearing for a man on death row, pointing to "damning revelations" from star witnesses in his case who later said police had threatened them, given them gifts and told them to lie about the financial help.If those details had come to light before Douglas Carter was sentenced to die, "a significant possibility exists that the outcome would have been different," according to the court's written opinion released late Friday.Douglas Stew
  
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• Upcoming spring run-off raises flooding concerns. Here’s what you need to know about flooding insurance

  24-03-2019 04:04
  
  Is there any worse time to find out you don’t have flood insurance than when your house gets flooded? If you believe your homeowners insurance has you covered: here is the bad news — it does not.
  
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• Photos: Training exercise showcases Utah National Guard's readiness for a disaster

  24-03-2019 00:24
  Members of the Utah National Guard showcased the Homeland Response Force's capabilities during a training exercise at Camp Williams in Bluffdale on Saturday. The force gives the governor immediate response capabilities to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive threats.In order to save lives and mitigate human suffering, forces are designed to deploy within six to 12 hours, providing casualty assistance, medical triage, decontamination, search and extraction, command and control
  
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• University of Utah announces honorary degree recipients for 2019 commencement

  24-03-2019 00:13
  SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah will honor Robert "Archie" Archuleta, May Farr and Gary L. Crocker with honorary doctoral degrees during its 2019 commencement ceremony May 2."Our honorees have touched the lives of thousands of people through their commitment to public service," said Joe Sargetakis, chairman of the U. board of trustees' honors committee."They also have been unwavering in their support of the university, helping the U. in its mission to serve the state as the Univers
  
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