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• Man gave 'taunting smirk' to police before killing K9, charges state

  20-07-2017 23:46
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Before firing multiple rounds at the police K9 that was trying to hold him, Torey Chase Massey looked at Dingo's handler, Unified Police Sgt. Chad Reyes, and gave him a "taunting smirk," according to charging documents.Massey, 28, of West Jordan, was charged Thursday with two counts of possession of a firearm by a restricted person, a first-degree felony, injuring a police service animal, a third-degree felony, and six other charges.On July 6, the Fugitive Apprehension Str
  
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• Man gave 'taunting smirk' to police before killing K-9, charges state

  20-07-2017 23:45
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Before firing multiple rounds at the police K-9 that was trying to hold him, Torey Chase Massey looked at Dingo's handler, Unified Police Sgt. Chad Reyes, and gave him a "taunting smirk," according to charging documents.Massey, 28, of West Jordan, was charged Thursday with two counts of possession of a firearm by a restricted person, a first-degree felony, injuring a police service animal, a third-degree felony, and six other charges.On July 6, the Fugitive Apprehension St
  
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• County, family reach resignation deal for Recorder Gary Ott

  20-07-2017 23:45
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The family of embattled Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott is asking a judge to approve his resignation from office effective Aug. 1.In a court filing Thursday, obtained from Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office, attorneys for Ott and his family are asking a 3rd District judge to sign off on setting aside for Ott's family $35,000 from Salt Lake County into a trust as part of his resignation agreement.The funds represent about 12 weeks of Ott's salary and would be us
  
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• Utah man charged with shooting and killing Unified police dog 'Dingo'

  20-07-2017 23:30
  
  A Utah man accused of shooting and killing a police dog earlier this month was charged Thursday with a number of felonies related to the shooting.
  Torey Chase Massey, 28, was charged in 3rd District Court with two first-degree felony counts of posses...
  
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• Leaders warn that the Point of Mountain is destined to become a congested mess without careful planning

  20-07-2017 23:27
  
  Unless current trends and practices change, officials say the Point of the Mountain will be a mess by 2050 - with traffic often at a standstill amid a crowded mishmash of developments that missed opportunities to attract world-class businesses and jo...
  
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• County strikes deal with family for Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott's resignation

  20-07-2017 23:27
  
  The family of Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott is asking a court to approve his resignation from office, effective Aug. 1.
  In a court filing Thursday, attorneys for Ott, his family and the county asked 3rd District Judge Bruce Lubeck to approve pay...
  
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• Russian court rules against deportation of Mormon volunteers

  20-07-2017 23:19
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Russian high court ruled Thursday that authorities violated the constitutional rights of two young Mormon volunteers when they expelled the men from the country last year.The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation ruled that Elder Nathaniel Worden and Elder Parker Oldham were properly registered as volunteers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and did not violate Russian rules regarding migration registration.Worden and Oldham said they were pleas
  
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• Orem police respond to shooting

  20-07-2017 23:12
  
  OREM — Police are responding to a shooting in the area of 500 East and 1800 South.Orem Police Lt. Craig Martinez said officers were called just after 1:30 p.m. One man has been taken to a local hospital, he said. His condition was not immediately known.Police say the area surrounding the shooting is "safe" and that there are no outstanding suspects.Additional details were expected to be released soon. This story will be updated throughout the afternoon.
  
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• One shot, one in custody in Orem shooting

  20-07-2017 23:10
  
  OREM — One man was in critical condition and another in custody following a shooting involving two relatives Thursday.Just after 1:30 p.m., officers were called to 515 E. 1834 South on a report of a shooting, said Orem Police Lt. Craig Martinez.A 53-year-old man had been shot in the chest but was able to make his way to the front lawn, where officers found him, Martinez said. The man was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, police said.A 60-year-old man, the alleged gunman, bri
  
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• Man hospitalized, brother in custody after Orem shooting

  20-07-2017 23:10
  
  OREM — An Orem man is in jail after police say he shot his younger brother in the chest Thursday.Arthur Henry Freek, 60, was booked into Utah County Jail Thursday evening on suspicion of attempted murder and domestic violence in the presence of a child.Prosecutors have not formally charged him with either crime. It was not immediately clear Thursday afternoon if he had an attorney.The shooting left the 53-year-old victim alive but in critical condition. He was in the hospital Thursday.Othe
  
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• Utah author creates magical nesting dolls in new 'Giver'-like fantasy novel

  20-07-2017 22:50
  
  It was while preparing a class on magic systems for the LDStorymakers conference that Utah author Charlie N. Holmberg came up with the idea for her newest book, "The Fifth Doll" (47 North, $14.95, 271 pages).She wanted to give her class a workshop to practice what she taught, so she wandered around her house writing down random objects like salt, thread, utensils, and planned to give each of her students one of these objects to write a magic system about.Then, she came across her set of Russian
  
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• Salt Lake Comic Con welcomes Dick Van Dyke to September convention

  20-07-2017 22:35
  
  Salt Lake City — Dick Van Dyke isn’t exactly the first person that comes to mind as an ideal guest for a comics convention.He’s beloved by members of all generations, known for his comedy in “Mary Poppins,” “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “Night at the Museum,” but it’s hard to deny that he seems a little out of place next to nerd icons like “Doctor Who” alumnus John Barrowman and “Firefly” star Jewel Staite.But acc
  
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• Behind The Headlines: Herbert unveils 50-year water plan, Wilson to seek Hatch's Senate seat and Huntsman Jr. officially nominated as ambassador to Russia

  20-07-2017 22:18
  
  In anticipation of Utah's population growth, Gov. Gary Herbert announces a 50-year water management plan. Salt Lake County Council member Jenny Wilson announces that she will challenge seven-term Sen. Orrin Hatch. And the White House officially nomin...
  
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• Utah the 4th most fiscally healthy state in U.S., report says

  20-07-2017 22:08
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — State Treasurer David C. Damschen announced Thursday Utah has been ranked the fourth most fiscally healthy state in the nation in a report by the George Mason University Mercatus Center in Arlington, Virginia.Titled “Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition 2017 Edition,” the report comparatively determines state financial health through analysis of each state’s revenues, expenditures, cash, assets, liabilities, debt and ability to meet both short- and long
  
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• 6 entities honored for enhancing energy efficiency in S.L. buildings

  20-07-2017 22:03
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Mayor Jackie Biskupski has awarded select businesses, building owners and managers with the 2017 Mayor’s Skyline Challenge Awards, which recognizes organizations that have taken action in enhancing the energy performance of their buildings.The winners of the third annual event are the Boston Building, the Goldman Sachs Group, VCBO Architecture, XMission, Zions Bank and Dominion Energy, formerly Questar.Launched in May 2014, the challenge encourages organizations to p
  
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• Senate Judiciary approves Huber as U.S. attorney for Utah

  20-07-2017 22:02
  
  Washington :The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of John Huber to continue as the U.S. attorney for Utah, a position where he has served since 2015.
  Huber had resigned as the state's top federal prosecutor in March - as...
  
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• Russian court rules in favor of 2 Mormon 'missionaries,' says they shouldn't have been deported

  20-07-2017 22:02
  
  The LDS Church secured a small legal victory in Russia recently, when that nation's Constitutional Court ruled that two Mormon volunteers - formerly known as missionaries - were wrongly deported.
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• Police unsure what led to teenage girl being shot through door in Garfield County

  20-07-2017 22:02
  
  Investigators are unsure what led a boy to allegedly shoot his sister through a door Sunday evening at their home in the small southern Utah town of Henrieville.The 15-year-old girl was shot in the back and is "doing as OK as can be expected," Garf...
  
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• New lightning-caused fires ignite in Tooele as West Desert fire continues to smolder

  20-07-2017 22:02
  
  Thunderstorms bearing little rain but lots of lightning sparked several new fires in Tooele County's Cedar Mountains, even as crews closed containment lines around other West Desert blazes on Thursday.
  The Onaqui Mountain Complex fires had scorched n...
  
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• Chronicle of Higher Education lauds WSU as a great college to work for

  20-07-2017 22:00
  
  OGDEN — Weber State University has won a spot on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s “2017 Great Colleges to Work For” honor roll.The results were released this week in a report titled “The Academic Workplace” and are based on an employee survey conducted at 232 colleges and universities nationwide.According to a press statement, 79 colleges were recognized as a great place to work, and 42 were named to the honor roll in the 10th annual survey.Results are repo
  
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• Your guide to the 2017 Utah Shakespeare Festival

  20-07-2017 21:45
  
  Here's where you can find all of the Deseret News' coverage of 2017's Utah Shakespeare Festival — from reviews of director and actor profiles to ideas of what to eat and where to stay in Cedar City.Where to eat, what to do and where to stay while at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.Looking for some good restaurants or hotels to enjoy during the festival? Check out some of our recommendations in Cedar City to make your trip easier.Watch these time-lapse videos of set changes at the Utah Shakes
  
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• Police: 15-year-old shoots, injures his stepsister, 13, in Garfield County

  20-07-2017 21:40
  
  HENRIEVILLE, Garfield County — A Garfield County teen is in juvenile detention and his teenage stepsister in the hospital following a weekend shooting.Garfield County sheriff's spokeswoman Denise Thatcher confirmed Thursday that there was a shooting inside a Henrieville home Sunday night.Thatcher said a 15-year-old boy shot a 13-year-old girl with a rifle. The two were the only ones in the house at the time of the shooting, she said.The St. George News is reporting the boy was 13 and the g
  
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• Reform group hopes to create independent commission in wake of allegations of Utah gerrymandering

  20-07-2017 21:27
  
  Leaders of the bipartisan Better Boundaries initiative filed paperwork Thursday to start a petition drive to give voters the chance to form an independent commission to redraw congressional and legislative district boundaries after the 2020 Census.
  T...
  
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• Judge: San Juan County election maps must be redrawn again

  20-07-2017 21:05
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge has ruled for the second time that the boundaries of election districts in San Juan County are unconstitutional and violate the rights of American Indians who make up roughly half the southeastern Utah county's population.U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby ordered San Juan County to redraw its county commission and school board election districts last year after he ruled they were unconstitutional.Shelby ruled last week that the county's new maps are still u
  
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• Polygamous community appealing overhaul of operations

  20-07-2017 20:42
  
  PHOENIX — A polygamous community on the Arizona-Utah border is appealing an overhaul of its government operations that was ordered in response to a verdict that found nonbelievers were denied police protection, building permits and water hookups on the basis of religion.The sister towns of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, will be under court supervision for the next decade as punishment for the 2016 verdict.The towns were accused of operating as an arm of the Fundamentalist LDS C
  
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• Idaho man catches a trout while in Utah and breaks a state record

  20-07-2017 20:27
  
  An Idaho fisherman broke a fish-catching record in Utah this week.According to Fox News, Sidney Cellan, who hails from Soda Springs, Idaho, nabbed a 48-inch trout at the Flaming Gorge Reservoir."It weighed 57 pounds. It took about 30 minutes to bring in," Cellan said, according to Fox News.Cellan took a few photos with the fish before he tossed it back, saying that “somebody else can catch it.”"You know if I kill all the fish that I catch then means there's going to be less fish for
  
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• Better Boundaries launches initiative to create independent redistricting commission

  20-07-2017 20:15
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — A initiative was filed Thursday that would create a bipartisan independent commission to recommend new legislative and congressional district boundaries to lawmakers during the once-a-decade redistricting process."With the way the process works in Utah today and has been working, so many people feel disenfranchised, that their vote doesn't count," said Ralph Becker, co-chairman of Better Boundaries and a former Democratic Salt Lake City mayor.The other co-chairman of the i
  
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• A.M. notes: Opioid crisis hits Park City, BYU professor left baffled, Trump speaks with the Times

  20-07-2017 20:11
  
  Here’s a look at the news for July 20.The Park City story and how it unveiled the opioid crisisBack in September 2016, a pair of 13-year-old boys overdosed on "pink," a synthetic opioid manufactured in China.The deaths showed how the opioid crisis has spread in the United States, reaching all the way to Park City, according to the Deseret News.In an in-depth report, the Deseret News looks into how the Park City community rallied after the two boys' deaths, and the lasting impact their deat
  
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• HuffPost to stop in Provo and collect stories

  20-07-2017 19:25
  
  NEW YORK — HuffPost, formerly The Huffington Post, recently announced it will make a stop in Provo on Oct. 18 as part of the "Listen To America: A HuffPost Road Trip."The purpose of the cross-country bus tour is for the media platform to collect stories from Americans in their own words, according to a news release. HuffPost reporters and producers will visit 23 cities to listen and learn what it means to be American and better understand what unites — rather than divides — the
  
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• West Desert smolders as new lightning-caused wildfires ignite

  20-07-2017 19:09
  
  Thunderstorms bearing little rain but lots of lightning sparked several new fires in Tooele County's Cedar Mountains, even as crews closed containment lines around other West Desert blazes on Thursday.
  The Onaqui Mountain Complex fires had scorched n... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• DOJ announces takedown of 'dark net' site where Utah teen bought 'pink' drug that killed two 13-year-old boys

  20-07-2017 19:09
  
  The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday the takedown of the dark web market AlphaBay - a site where they say a Park City boy bought the synthetic opioid known as "pink," which killed two young 13-year-old boys last year.
  U.S. Attorney Gener...
  
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• Theater review: USF's unoriginal 'Romeo and Juliet' still draws out interesting comparisons

  20-07-2017 18:35
  
  "ROMEO AND JULIET," through Sept. 9, Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre, 200 W. College Ave., Cedar City (435-586-7878 or bard.org); running time: 3 hours (one intermission)
  CEDAR CITY — Apparently there are still people in the world who have never seen "Romeo and Juliet," at least according to Utah Shakespeare Festival media and public relations manager Joshua Stavros. He said in an interview with the Deseret News that every time he asks a crowd of people if anyone hasn't seen it, he always ge
  
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• Koch brother and Eccles family to give $20M for a University of Utah economics institute

  20-07-2017 18:14
  
  Utah native Marriner Eccles never had a formal education in economics, but the principles he espoused as Federal Reserve chairman from 1934 to 1948 helped shape how the country emerged from the Great Depression.To do justice to his legacy, descenda...
  
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• Bountiful doctor arrested on child porn-related allegations

  20-07-2017 18:14
  
  A Bountiful obstetrician-gynecologist was arrested and booked into Davis County jail on multiple charges related to child pornography.
  Nathan Ward, 55, of Bountiful, was arrested Wednesday night by Davis County sheriff's deputies and jailed on suspic...
  
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• Despite high birthrates, Salt Lake City could be facing OB-GYN shortage, study says

  20-07-2017 17:53
  
  On a frigid Minnesota morning more than a decade ago, Erin Clark got a call that would determine the trajectory of her medical career.
  A family had agreed to let Clark, then a second-year resident at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, observe the birth of...
  
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• Theater review: USF's 'Shakespeare in Love' portrays a fictional backstory for 'Romeo and Juliet'

  20-07-2017 17:32
  
  "SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE," through Sept. 8, Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre, 200 W. College Ave., Cedar City (435-586-7878 or bard.org); running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes (one intermission)
  CEDAR CITY — There's much about "Shakespeare in Love" that directly mirrors "Romeo and Juliet," so it makes perfect sense that the Utah Shakespeare Festival chose to do the two plays in repertory. They share the same cast and set, and occasionally have completely parallel scenes.For example, the lead woman Vi
  
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• Bountiful doctor arrested in child porn investigation

  20-07-2017 17:30
  
  BOUNTIFUL — A Bountiful doctor has been arrested by the Internet Crimes Against Children task force in a case involving some kind of child pornography.Nathan Clark Ward, 55, of Bountiful, was arrested Wednesday for investigation of seven counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. He was booked into the Davis County Jail, but was able to post $100 bail and was released at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to the sheriff's office.Ward was not an employee of Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, but co
  
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• Theater review: 'Guys and Dolls' the 'good old reliable' musical at Utah Shakespeare Festival

  20-07-2017 17:00
  
  "GUYS AND DOLLS," through Sept. 1, Randall L. Jones Theatre, W. College Ave, Cedar City (435-586-7878 or bard.org); running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes (one intermission)CEDAR CITY — The "good old reliable" musical "Guys and Dolls" didn't fail to please audiences at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.The classic musical, which premiered in 1950, is defined by Quinn Mattfeld, who plays Nathan Detroit, as the Shakespeare of musical theater because, he said in an interview with the Deseret News, it
  
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• U. to launch new 'quantitative analysis' institute using $20M from Eccles, Koch organizations

  20-07-2017 16:59
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah has announced plans to launch a new center, called the Marriner S. Eccles Institute of Economics and Quantitative Analysis, designed to strengthen its business school's reach and help top students form early partnerships with prestigious employers.The institute, set to open fall semester, will operate using $10 million in combined donations from the Marriner S. Eccles Foundation and the George S. and Dolore Eccles Foundation, plus $10 million from th
  
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• Are Utah youth at risk?

  20-07-2017 16:45
  
  A new WalletHub report identified Utah as the state with the second-least amount of at-risk youth in the nation.The Beehive State was second to North Dakota. But Utah placed ahead of New Hampshire, Iowa and Minnesota in the top five.The report defined at-risk youth as young Americans who “fall behind their peers and experience a rocky transition to adulthood.”Source: WalletHubTo measure this, WalletHub compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia on 10 factors for youth risk,
  
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• Utah forecast: Humid, muggy and sultry; thunderous, hot and wet

  20-07-2017 16:30
  
  The southern half and portions of central Utah were under a Flash Flood Watch through Thursday night as thunderstorms and occasionally heavy rain showers moved into the region.
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• Married couple opposite each other in USF's production of 'Shakespeare in Love'

  20-07-2017 16:00
  
  CEDAR CITY — Quinn Mattfeld and Betsy Mugavero first met in 2009 when they both had parts in "As You Like It" and "Henry V" at the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City. They were seated next to each other for the first reading, and they've been together ever since.They've now been married for almost three years and had their first child, August, in December. Mattfeld proposed to his wife on Angel's Landing in Zion National Park, they got married in Springdale, Washington County, and the
  
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• Layton firefighters battle two brush fires, one intentionally set; teen arrested

  20-07-2017 15:18
  
  Police arrested a 16-year-old boy for setting one of two brush fires that erupted within eight minutes of each other in Layton Wednesday afternoon.
  Layton City Fire Marshal Doug Bitton said the first fire, blamed on a commercial lawn mower, was repor...
  
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• Where to eat, what to do, and where to stay while at the Utah Shakespeare Festival

  20-07-2017 15:00
  
  CEDAR CITY — The Utah Shakespeare Festival is currently enjoying its 56th season as the Beehive State's only theater festival dedicated to performing the works of the Bard, with a Tony award to boot.As you head to Cedar City, we are here to help guide you through the second, third and fourth most important questions as you plan your trip. (We assume your first question is what plays you should see. Check out our reviews to answer that essential quarry.)Where to eatCedar City has made an at
  
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• Spanish Fork police investigating auto-ped accident that killed young boy

  20-07-2017 14:57
  
  Spanish Fork police are investigating an auto-pedestrian fatality that took the life of a 3-year-old boy, but initial indications are that it was a tragic accident.
  The boy reportedly was riding a scooter about 3 p.m. Wednesday, came around a corner ...
  
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• Koch brothers and Eccles family to give $20M for a University of Utah economics institute

  20-07-2017 14:00
  
  Utah native Marriner Eccles never had a formal education in economics, but the principles he espoused as Federal Reserve chairman from 1934 to 1948 helped shape how the country emerged from the Great Depression.To do justice to his legacy, descenda... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Despite record birth rates, Salt Lake City could be facing OB-GYN shortage, study says

  20-07-2017 09:03
  
  On a frigid Minnesota morning more than a decade ago, Erin Clark got a call that would determine the trajectory of her medical career.
  A family had agreed to let Clark, then a second-year resident at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, observe the birth of... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Heavy rain brings flooding in Salem; 100 homes damaged

  20-07-2017 07:23
  
  SALEM, Utah County — Heavy rains in northern Utah took an especially big toll on Salem, where roughly 100 homes were flooded or otherwise damaged Wednesday afternoon.The water seeped into basements and onto sidewalks in the town about an hour southeast of Salt Lake City. The southeast side of the town was the hardest hit, said Salem Police Sgt. Greg Smith.Smith called the flood a hundred-year storm, saying he hadn't seen rain come down that quickly and forcefully there.The downpour was bri
  
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• Days of '47 Rodeo settles in to new home with prayer, poem, praise

  20-07-2017 05:58
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's Days of '47 Rodeo broke in its new 10,000-seat home Wednesday with praise from Utah political and religious leaders.The competition kicked off with a ceremony celebrating its just-completed $17 million arena built with public money and a $3 million gift from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. About 4,500 people, many of them families with youngsters, watched from the stands in the Utah State Fairpark on the breezy summer evening.The Mormon Tabernacle C
  
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• Gary Ott's aide in emails: 'I am not sure how to respond so this looks as if it is coming from Gary's computer'

  20-07-2017 05:08
  
  While maintaining control over Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott's government email account, Ott's aide earlier this year fretted over how to make it look like Ott - rather than she - was responding to a query from the mayor's office, newly released...
  
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