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• 39 lives lost in Utah plane crashes in last 5 years; I-15 crash most deadly

  27-07-2017 23:57
  
  Commuters and passers-by alike were shocked when a small plane crashed down onto I-15 in Riverdale Wednesday, killing two Weber County couples aboard the aircraft and making the crash the deadliest Utah has seen in five years.
  
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• More than 68,000 mistakenly sent GOP ballots in Utah County

  27-07-2017 23:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah County's first ever all vote-by-mail election is off to a rocky start.It turns out that not some, but all unaffiliated voters in Utah County were mistakenly sent ballots intended only to go to Republican voters thanks to an "unfortunate clerical error," Utah County Clerk/Auditor Bryan Thompson confirmed Thursday.Thompson had said Wednesday night that some ballots had been affected, but he received confirmation from his staff Thursday that it has impacted all unaffilia
  
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• Friends remember couples killed in I-15 plane crash as generous, inspirational

  27-07-2017 23:50
  WEST HAVEN, Weber County — Two weeks before they died in a tragic and shocking plane crash onto I-15, Layne Clarke and Perry Huffaker took an unplanned moment to share their love for their wives and children with a youth group from their church.The two men were helping lead a pioneer trek for youths from their LDS Church congregations, reenacting part of the journey early members of the faith made to Utah pulling handcarts.At one point, the teenage boys from the group were taken aside, wai
  
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• Sponsored: Why You Should Move to Traverse Mountain

  27-07-2017 23:30
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• Hobby has travelers looking for spots where 3 states touch

  27-07-2017 23:03
  
  Brian Butler is a tripointer.
  
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• Rolly: Where's Jackie? KSL's parade coverage skips past Salt Lake City's gay mayor and her wife

  27-07-2017 23:01
  During Monday's Days of '47 Parade, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski rode down the route in a convertible - as mayors have done for years, usually accompanied by their spouses.
  This was a bit different. Biskupski is the city's first mayor to hav...
  
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• Utahn Jensen Arnold's time ends on Fox's 'So You Think You Can Dance'

  27-07-2017 22:45
  After making it through several rounds on Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance," Jensen Arnold from Provo was ultimately cut from the show.Arnold and her ballroom dance partner Tristan Sosa succeeded in wowing the judges in the Los Angeles auditions and moved on to perform a number for 10 All-Star judges, made up of popular contestants from previous seasons of the show.Sosa was cut after that round, but Arnold moved on without him to perform choreographed hip-hop, contemporary and ballroom routines
  
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• Utah retailers bummed out - to say the least - as massive outdoors trade show makes final SLC run

  27-07-2017 22:09
  "Unfortunate."
  "Disappointing."
  "A bummer."
  Utah gear developers at the Outdoor Retailer convention shared a vocabulary to describe the relocation of the massive trade show from Salt Lake City to Denver.
  But local exhibitors, reeling after public lan...
  
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• Eagle Mountain mayor to make early exit after landing job with Rocky Mountain Power

  27-07-2017 22:09
  Though his term doesn't expire until next January, Eagle Mountain Mayor Christopher Pengra announced Wednesday he'll be stepping down early - leaving the city to find a replacement for the last five months of his tenure.
  His last day at City Hall wil... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Utah Gov. Herbert joins Sen. Hatch in speaking out against Trump's ban on transgender military service

  27-07-2017 21:39
  Republican Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is breaking with President Donald Trump over his new directive to bar transgender people from the military.
  "I'm not going to defend President Trump on this issue," the Republican governor said Thursday during his mo...
  
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• Herbert: Goal is to be able to play tennis at Pioneer Park a year from now

  27-07-2017 21:38
  SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert said a stepped-up effort to clean up downtown's Rio Grande area should transform Pioneer Park into a safe place that residents can once again enjoy without fear."If we work together, in a year I will be out there playing tennis at Pioneer Park," Herbert said Thursday during his monthly KUED news conference.The governor also said he's willing to call a special session of the Utah Legislature if necessary to put the proper steps in motion to rid Rio Grande
  
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• Weber County plane crash: 'Hey, I'm going down!,' pilot reported; help offered for witnesses

  27-07-2017 21:33
  The man piloting the plane that crashed Wednesday on Interstate 15 warned air traffic controllers what was about to happen, but gave no indications of any prior problems, according to radio traffic."Hey, I'm going down! Six Whiskey Bravo," Layne Cl...
  
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• In a year, Gov. Herbert hopes Pioneer Park will be so safe he can play tennis there

  27-07-2017 21:33
  Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday defined what he believes success would look like when leaders finally win the fight to eliminate serious crime in Salt Lake City's Rio Grande district.
  "I look forward to someday - a year from now - playing tennis on tha...
  
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• 4 great places to river raft in the Flaming Gorge area

  27-07-2017 21:31
  
  If you have been wanting to take a whitewater river rafting trip, here are some good local options.
  
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• Utah forecast: More thunder, but just light rain this time; warmer temperatures

  27-07-2017 21:18
  More thunderstorms and scattered rain showers will roll over northern Utah heading toward the weekend, but a repeat of the widespread flooding earlier this week was not expected.
  The National Weather Service predicted precipitation will both be light...
  
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• Utah's Purple merges with N.Y. company in $1.1 billion deal

  27-07-2017 20:15
  SALT LAKE CITY — Alpine-based Purple, a company that's made waves in the business of direct-to-customer mattresses, pillows and other comfort products, announced Thursday a tentative merger deal worth $1.1 billion in cash and stock with New York City-based Global Partner Acquisition Corp.The letter of intent signed by both companies outlines a compensation package that includes cashing out current Purple equity holders, expected to be about $90 million, with the remainder "being paid in ro
  
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• FBI: St. George man killed wife on cruise after she wouldn't stop laughing at him

  27-07-2017 20:00
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A St. George man killed his wife aboard an Alaska cruise and told an acquaintance who later walked into the blood-splattered cabin that he did it because she would not stop laughing at him, the FBI said in documents released Thursday.Kenneth Manzanares was found in the couple's room on a Princess Cruises ship Tuesday night with blood on his hands and clothes, and blood spread throughout the cabin, according to a criminal complaint by FBI Special Agent Michael L. Watson.
  
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• FBI: Utah man says he killed wife on cruise over her laughing

  27-07-2017 19:53
  
  A Utah man killed his wife aboard an Alaska cruise and told an acquaintance who later walked into the blood-splattered cabin that he did it because she would not stop laughing at him, the FBI said in documents released Thursday.
  
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• Herbert news conference addresses new strategy to clean up Rio Grande district

  27-07-2017 19:42
  Gov. Gary Herbert holds his monthly news conference Thursday - with crime, addiction and homelessness in Salt Lake City's Rio Grande district expected to be a hot topic.
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• 911 calls show moments after I-15 plane crash

  27-07-2017 19:38
  
  Calls to the control tower and 911 show the surprise and chaos following a plane crash that killed four people Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Sacramento Bee opinion writer says Mormons, Utah culture could help California's housing crisis

  27-07-2017 18:40
  California’s housing crisis may also be hurting Utah, according to The Sacramento Bee’s opinion writer Joe Mathews.Mathew wrote on Wednesday that California’s housing shortage has also impacted nearby Western cities, like Salt Lake City and other Utah cities.He wrote that Utah’s seen a housing crisis thanks to the rising amount of births and open jobs in the Beehive State, which means “homeownership rates are falling, homelessness is rising, and the Salt Lake City C
  
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• Fruit Heights resident fears houses will slide following flood

  27-07-2017 18:05
  
  A homeowner in Fruit Heights fears his house may slide after floodwater caused a retaining wall to collapse Wednesday. A lawsuit is already pending over a portion of the wall that collapsed in October.
  
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• A.M. notes: Utahns respond to Trump's ban on transgender troops, MTC building renovations complete, plane crash on I-15

  27-07-2017 17:43
  Here’s a look at the news for July 27.Trump bans transgender people from the U.S. militaryOn Wednesday, Trump issued a ban on transgender people from entering the military, which is a reversal from President Obama’s decision to allow them to serve, according to The Washington Post.Trump said the military can’t accept the burden and cost of transgender troops."After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not a
  
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• 10-year-old girl boosts summer reading by saving Bookmobile

  27-07-2017 17:42
  
  When October Hamilton writes what she did last summer, she can truthfully say she kept kids in her community reading by saving the Bookmobile.
  
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• Utah woman who died on cruise ship identified, federal authorities to announce charges

  27-07-2017 17:31
  Anchorage, Alaska :Federal authorities planned to announce charges Thursday in what was described as a domestic dispute aboard a cruise ship in U.S. waters off Alaska that led to the death of a 39-year-old Utah woman.
  A suspect was taken into custod... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Charges: 'She would not stop laughing at me,' Utah man said after allegedly killing wife on Alaska cruise ship

  27-07-2017 17:31
  Federal authorities on Thursday filed a criminal murder complaint against a southern Utah man, alleging he beat his wife to death during a domestic dispute on board a cruise ship off the Alaskan coast.
  Kenneth Ray Manzanares, 39, of Santa Clara, was ...
  
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• FBI names Utah woman who died on cruise ship, will announce charges

  27-07-2017 17:18
  
  Federal authorities planned to announce charges Thursday in a domestic dispute aboard a cruise ship that led to the death of a 39-year-old Utah woman. She has been identified as Kristy Manzanares.
  
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• Herbert news conference expected to focus on new strategy to clean up Rio Grande district

  27-07-2017 15:18
  Gov. Gary Herbert holds his monthly news conference Thursday - with crime, addiction and homelessness in Salt Lake City's Rio Grande district expected to be a hot topic.
  Herbert and House Speaker Greg Hughes joined other state and local leaders Wedne...
  
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• SkyWest announces start date for flight from St. George to LA

  27-07-2017 14:44
  
  SkyWest Airlines has announced plans for a new round-trip flight between St. George and Los Angeles this fall.
  
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• The Atlantic profiles Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake and his 'gamble' of decency

  27-07-2017 14:00
  The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins recently wrote an extensive profile piece on Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, who’s currently stuck in a political crisis.The article, called “Jeff Flake’s Gamble,” focuses on Flake’s recent call for a more decent America.Flake, who is seeking re-election in 2018, has campaigned on the idea of decency, attending town hall meetings and public forums even though his advisors suggested he avoid such events.“People here have legitimate c
  
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• Some GOP ballots accidentally sent to unaffiliated voters

  27-07-2017 07:20
  PROVO — At least some unaffiliated voters in Utah County were accidentally sent ballots intended to only go to registered GOP voters.Utah County Clerk Bryan Thompson confirmed late Wednesday that he and his colleagues were seeking to determine how many of the incorrect ballots were sent and had already informed the Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Office, which oversees Utah elections, of the problem.Thompson said his office was doing due diligence and trying to determine the scope of the
  
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• Ogden police searching for suspect in shooting

  27-07-2017 06:47
  OGDEN — A 28-year-old man was shot in the leg Wednesday evening by an acquaintance who fired at his car, and police are trying to find the suspect.The victim was brought to a nearby hospital in serious but stable condition, the Ogden Police Department said in a prepared statement. Police had not released the name of those involved as of late Wednesday.The two knew each other and were talking outside their cars about 5:50 p.m. in the 2400 block of F Avenue, police said. As the one man got i
  
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• West Jordan appoints interim city manager

  27-07-2017 06:13
  The West Jordan City Council appointed city attorney David R. Brickey to serve as interim city manager in a unanimous vote Wednesday evening.Brickey, who had worked for West Jordan as city attorney, takes over for Mark Palesh, who announced his ret... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Mormon church's lobbyist is Utah Legislature's choice to lead its research office

  27-07-2017 06:13
  Utah legislative leaders are proposing to hire the top lobbyist for the LDS Church to head their Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel (OLRGC), which provides legal and policy review for proposed legislation.
  They are proposing to hire J...
  
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• Medical marijuana meeting drums up support for Utah to legalize it

  27-07-2017 06:13
  South Salt Lake :After fracturing her neck in a car crash 15 years ago, Pamela Cabagnolo began what she called a downward spiral of opioid use.
  She took the drugs to get up in the morning, to go to work. She popped pills for her pain until she went ...
  
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• Utah's transgender military vets are stunned by Trump's reinstatement of service ban

  27-07-2017 05:56
  For 20 years, Sue Robbins and Angie Rice served their country in silence.
  Robbins was a tank gunner and satellite communications specialist in the U.S. Army; Rice a Navy pilot.Neither was able to live or serve openly as a transgender woman, as both...
  
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• One minute's worth of internet data generation is ginormous

  27-07-2017 05:11
  SALT LAKE CITYNot surprisingly, Americans are spending an ever-increasing amount of time staring at and interacting with connected devices.
  A Nielsen ratings report found that the typical American spent a daily average of 10 hours and 39 minutes on devices such as smartphones, tablets, TV, computers and video games in the first quarter of 2016. And, that count beat the 2015 numbers by a full hour.
  Utah business analytics company Domo released its annual Data Never Sleeps report this week, detail
  
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• Police: Man shocked while working on gutters in Murray

  27-07-2017 04:40
  MURRAY — A man was in critical condition at a hospital Wednesday after he was shocked by a power line while installing gutters at an apartment building.The accident happened about 10 a.m., authorities said. The injured worker was with another man, who said he turned away for a moment and saw a flash. The next thing he saw was his co-worker on the ground, said Murray police officer Kenny Bass.Crews did CPR and the man was breathing but in critical condition when he was taken to a nearby hos
  
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• Counties seek state's help with special election cost

  27-07-2017 04:35
  SALT LAKE CITY — County officials are asking the state to help cover the $1.5 million in primary and general election costs associated with filling the U.S. House seat in Utah's 3rd Congressional District.State lawmakers, elections officials and a representative from the Utah Association of Counties discussed the cost expectations for the upcoming special election to replace Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, during a Wednesday meeting at the Capitol.Running the special election simultaneously w
  
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• Mormon leader tells Black Leadership Summit that religious liberty means 'fairness for all'

  27-07-2017 03:20
  PRINCETON, New Jersey — When the Boston-based Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies was planning the agenda for its three-day leadership seminar focusing on religious freedom, institute leaders turned to an ally with experience on the topic at hand — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.The purpose of this week’s Seymour-sponsored Black Leadership Summit “is working to advance a new, national conversation about the relationship between religious
  
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• Wednesday's Child - 'I should have a mom, but for now I don't'

  27-07-2017 03:00
  
  Gannon is a 14-year-old boy who is still trying to wrap his head around being in foster care. He knows he deserves to have a family; they just haven't found him yet.
  
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• Labels, changing measurements impede failing schools' turnaround, educators say

  27-07-2017 03:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Labels and school grading systems tantamount to moving targets hamper the turnaround of failing schools in Utah, educators told members of the Legislature's Public Education Appropriation Subcommittee on Wednesday.Schools already struggling to fill teaching positions have a particularly difficult time hiring staff at the state's worst-performing 3 percent of schools, as measured by state grading metrics.The state's public school grading law has been changed every year sinc
  
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• One dead, two injured in St. George crash

  27-07-2017 02:51
  A man is dead after a crash in St. George on Wednesday morning.Tyler Charles, 32, was driving a truck on State Route 7 between St. George and Hurricane just before 7 a.m., according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The truck driver swerved and overcorre... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Utahns denounce Trump's ban on transgender troops in U.S. military

  27-07-2017 02:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Republicans in Washington and local LGBT advocacy groups spoke out against President Donald Trump after the commander in chief declared a ban on transgender troops serving in the U.S. military."After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military," Trump posted in a series of tweets Wednesday morning."Our military must
  
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• 'Torrential' thunderstorms flood East High School, SLC's Sprague Branch, Wasatch Front intersections

  27-07-2017 02:31
  Heavy rain overwhelmed storm drains along the Wasatch Front early Wednesday, flooding homes, damaging schools - including East High School - and closing down numerous low-lying intersections and reducing much of the morning commute into a crawl.
  Also...
  
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• Senate Republicans fail in latest effort to kill Obamacare, look to try again

  27-07-2017 02:31
  Washington :Senate Republicans lost round two of their efforts to gut Obamacare on Wednesday and now may look to what Washington is calling a "skinny repeal" that would toss out mandates that Americans buy health insurance and that businesses with m... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• See photos: Bigger, brighter Missionary Training Center offers young Mormons fresh spaces to learn, ponder, pray

  27-07-2017 02:31
  Provo :To hear some veterans of the old Mormon Missionary Training Center tell it, their stints there were a bit like being in prison - little free time, a punishing schedule and lessons taught in cramped, windowless classrooms.
  They might still rem...
  
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• One person dead after high-speed chase crash near Sardine Canyon

  27-07-2017 02:31
  One person was dead after a high-speed chase ended with a pickup truck crashing into a semitrailer near the mouth of Sardine Canyon in Cache County on Wednesday.
  Utah Highway Patrol had started chasing the pickup driver at 1:30 p.m., and the truck cr...
  
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• Another homicide in downtown Salt Lake City homeless district the day after deadly rock rampage

  27-07-2017 02:31
  Police on Wednesday were investigating yet another homicide in downtown Salt Lake City's homeless district, just a day after a transient allegedly went on a rampage that left one dead and three others seriously injured.
  Salt Lake City police Detectiv...
  
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• House OKs Rep. Love's plan to use public money for Congress members' home security

  27-07-2017 02:15
  Washington :The House passed an amendment Wednesday proposed by Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, that would allow members of Congress to use their office funds to provide security at their personal homes.
  Love's move comes after the shooting of House Majority...
  
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