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• Trump flashes the U during White House event honoring Utes' ski team

  17-11-2017 23:45
  President Donald Trump may have just staked his claim in the BYU-University of Utah rivalry.On Friday, Trump hosted the University of Utah ski team at an event welcoming NCAA championship teams to the White House. The Utes won their 12th national championship back in April.Trump posed with the university’s ski team and education secretary Betsy DeVos for a photo, where the 45th president threw up the U sign.https://twitter.com/colincampbell/status/931626909934477314Flashing the U is a trad
  
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• WSU honored for excellence in student voter engagement

  17-11-2017 23:37
  OGDEN — Weber State University was honored with a bronze seal in the inaugural ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, a nonpartisan national effort to get students across the country engaged in the democratic process. The university achieved a voting rate between 50 percent and 59 percent in the 2016 presidential election.
  "At Weber State, we teach our students to be great citizens in addition to being great employees," WSU President Charles A. Wight, said in a statement. "I'm proud so many of
  
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• Local physical therapist creates ‘tuner’ to relieve migraines, body pain

  17-11-2017 23:30
  
  Sharik and Cheryl Peck were no strangers to chronic pain.
  
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• Charge: Officer's body camera recorded him admitting extortion

  17-11-2017 23:26
  SOUTH JORDAN — A former South Jordan police officer now faces a criminal charge after prosecutors say his body camera recorded him while on-duty talking about extorting his ex-wife.
  Jonathan Mangum, 31, of Eagle Mountain, was charged Thursday by the Utah Attorney General's Office with theft by extortion, a second-degree felony.
  On Aug. 27, six days after his divorce became final and while employed with the South Jordan Police Department, Mangum responded to a domestic violence situation. W
  
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• Two face charges for strip searching two other female inmates

  17-11-2017 22:41
  ROOSEVELT — Two female inmates in the Duchesne County Jail have been charged with forcible sexual abuse for strip searching two other inmates, according to the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office.
  Zhondee Spring Nephi, 30, of Fort Duchesne, and Letha Ilene Beston, 21, were each charged Wednesday in 8th District Court with two counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony. Nephi received an additional charge of assault by a prisoner, a third-degree felony.
  On Oct. 29, a female inmate
  
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• Kaysville places glass-recycling bins at Barnes, Heritage parks

  17-11-2017 22:40
  KAYSVILLE — The city now has glass-recycling bins located at Barnes Park, 950 W. 200 North, and Heritage Park, 250 N. Fairfield Road.
  The bins, which are funded by the recycling company, may be used by any resident of Kaysville.
  
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• South Salt Lake needs angels willing to donate Christmas presents

  17-11-2017 22:38
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — The Youth City Council is looking for volunteers to help with its Angel Tree project this holiday season.
  The tree, which will be set up on the second floor of City Hall, will be decorated with ornaments listing the need of a local child. Donors can purchase the item and drop off that item at the Promise South Salt Lake office on the third floor of City Hall.
  Cash donations will also be accepted. Checks should be made payable to City of South Salt Lake and mailed to Angel
  
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• KSFI playing holiday favorites 24/7 through Christmas Day

  17-11-2017 22:33
  SALT LAKE CITY — Need a little help getting into the holiday spirit? KSFI (FM100.3) may be able to help put you in the mood.
  On Friday morning, the station flipped the switch to its annual holiday music programming, meaning it will feature Christmas music 24/7 through Christmas Day.
  Songs from iconic artists like Bing Crosby, Andy Williams and Burl Ives will be blended with contemporary stars including Mariah Carey, Michael Buble and Kelly Clarkson.
  FM100.3 also streams the holiday favorit
  
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• Feds charge Murray man with distribution of child porn

  17-11-2017 22:33
  MURRAY — A Murray man accused of having thousands of images of child pornography on his laptop now faces federal charges.
  On Wednesday, Bryan C Patrick Andrews, 28, was charged in federal court with distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
  In September, during a three-hour window, an undercover agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation was able to download 79 files containing pictures and videos of children being sexually exploited from an IP address that
  
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• How hate crimes in Utah compare to other states

  17-11-2017 22:32
  
  A new federal report released this week shows a spike in hate crimes in Utah from 2015 to 2016, though hate crimes remained relatively low in the state.
  
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• Utah Scout raises money to buy bulletproof vests for K-9s

  17-11-2017 22:25
  FARMINGTON — Two Utah Highway Patrol K-9s are the beneficiaries of new bulletproof vests thanks to a 13-year-old boy and his Eagle Scout project.
  Gavin Ritter, of Syracuse, spent five months selling pizza cards, doing service projects and collecting donations, with a goal of raising $1,500. He ultimately totaled $3,200.
  "I just like dogs, and I want to be in law enforcement when I grow up," the teen said, standing feet away from K-9 Chapo, who wore his new vest to a gathering Thursday outs
  
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• Trump nominates longtime federal officer as U.S. marshal for Utah

  17-11-2017 22:25
  SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump on Friday nominated Matthew D. Harris to serve as the U.S. marshal in Utah.
  A 20-year veteran federal law enforcement officer, Harris is an assistant special agent in charge with the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General.
  Harris worked in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Salt Lake City from 2000 to 2006. He has been an adjunct criminal law professor at Salt Lake Community College since 2003. He started his career
  
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• U. food drive hopes to collect enough to feed 125 families for a year

  17-11-2017 22:24
  SALT LAKE CITY — The annual University of Utah Food Drive, which runs through Saturday, Nov. 25, hopes to collect enough goods to feed 125 families of four (500 people) for a year.
  Monetary donations can be made online at ualumni.care, or by mailing a check payable to the Utah Food Bank to: University of Utah Food Drive, University of Utah Alumni Association, 155 S. Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.
  Nonperishable food donations can be brought to the association's offices in t
  
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• Taylor teen killed after crashing into semitruck on I-84

  17-11-2017 22:23
  
  A teen died after the car he was driving slid in slushy conditions and crashed into the back of a semitruck on I-84 Friday morning, authorities said.
  
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• Bus driver fired after hitting barrier, but continuing to drive kids

  17-11-2017 22:17
  PRICE — A bus driver for Carbon County School District has been fired after crashing the bus into a concrete barricade near a canal when elementary school students were aboard, school officials said.
  District spokesman Richard Shaw said the driver broke district protocol by continuing to drive and pick up students before dropping them off at school.
  He declined to say how many children were on the bus that was hauling students from Castle Heights Elementary in Price.
  Carbon bus drivers are
  
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• 2nd arrest made in West Valley hotel shooting

  17-11-2017 22:08
  
  A second person has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a West Valley hotel earlier this week.
  
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• It snowed in Utah today. Here are the photos

  17-11-2017 22:05
  Guess what, Utah? Snowfall has started across the mountains, and it’s expected to hit the lower valley on Friday evening.According to KSL weather, rain that poured on the valley this morning will likely change to snow in the afternoon.But the mountains will see 10 to 18 inches, according to KSL.The Utah Department of Transportation released a few tweets, encouraging people to slow down.UDOT also said that chains are required in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons.Other accounts shared photos
  
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• How to keep mice out of your home this winter

  17-11-2017 21:41
  
  Let’s face it: we all get mice now and then, but poisoning critters out of existence isn’t always the best answer. Many experienced home inspectors can explain a simple truth: To successfully solve a household problem, you must first eliminate
  
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• This is Utah's most popular search on Google Maps during Thanksgiving

  17-11-2017 21:00
  People’s travel habits and interests on Thanksgiving vary by state.Google Maps recently compiled data for a report about people’s plans for the holidays. The new report revealed what people are searching for during the holiday season, including entertainment and food trends across major cities.The report also revealed the locations people search for on Google on Thanksgiving.According to the report, Utahns will often search the phrase “scenic spot” on turkey day.For compa
  
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• Utah cities study feasibility of combining fire departments

  17-11-2017 20:20
  
  Officials in the bordering cities of South Ogden and Riverdale have hired a consultant to study the feasibility of combining their fire departments.
  
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• Letter: Thank you, Christine M. Durham, for your many accomplishments

  17-11-2017 20:05
  Editor's note: The following letter is in honor of Justice Christine M. Durham who retired this week as an associate justice of the Utah Supreme Court. It was sent on behalf of Utah State Courts and is signed by nearly every female judge in Utah.Dear Justice Christine M. Durham:Thank you for being the first female member of a court of general jurisdiction in the state of Utah.Thank you for being the first woman to serve as a justice on and as the chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court.Thank you
  
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• Judge: Teen accused of raping, killing 12-year-old competent to proceed

  17-11-2017 19:59
  
  A teenage boy accused of raping and killing his 12-year-old neighbor in 2015 has been found competent to face the allegations against him in court.
  
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• Sen. Orrin Hatch goes off on colleague during tax reform debate

  17-11-2017 19:36
  
  Hours after calling for civility, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, unloaded on a Democratic colleague Thursday during Senate Finance Committee debate on tax reform.
  
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• 30-minute police chase ends after car runs out of gas

  17-11-2017 19:32
  
  A man who police say police say attempted to hit an officer with his car before leading law enforcement on a half-hour chase, was arrested in Sandy early Friday after his car ran out of gas.
  
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• Second arrest made in West Valley hotel shooting

  17-11-2017 19:27
  WEST VALLEY CITY — A second person has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a West Valley hotel earlier this week.
  Angelica Lopez, 35, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of attempted murder.
  Early Tuesday, a man, whose name and age were not immediately released, went to the lobby of La Quinta Inn, 3540 S. 2200 West, to say he had been shot, according to police. The man was taken by emergency crews to a local hospital in critical condition.
  Detectives beli
  
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• Utah jobless rate at 3.3 percent

  17-11-2017 19:17
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate registered at 3.3 percent in October, according to the state Department of Workforce Services.
  About 51,600 Utahns were unemployed and actively seeking work. The national jobless rate was 4.1 percent.
  The state's nonfarm payroll employment for October grew by an estimated 2.7 percent, adding 39,400 jobs to the economy since last year. Utah's current employment level registers at nearly 1.5 million. September's year-over-year job
  
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• 8 ways you can help refugees in Utah right now

  17-11-2017 19:03
  An article featuring the plight of George Ngunza, which ran in the Deseret News on Sunday, struck a chord with readers who want to come to the family's aid. Ngunza is a Mormon refugee from the Congo who now lives with his wife and 11 children in an apartment in Salt Lake City.
  "We have extra space in our home, and we feel strongly about wanting to open it to a refugee family who is homeless or struggling to make ends meet," wrote one reader. And dozens of others sought ways to help.
  As the artic
  
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• Strong winds to complicate driving in Kane County, boating on Lake Powell

  17-11-2017 18:46
  
  Wind gusts of up to 50 mph are forecast to sweep through parts of south central and southeastern Utah Friday, making driving difficult and causing potentially hazardous boating conditions on Lake Powell.
  
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• Deputies searching for man charged with 35 sexual abuse-related felonies

  17-11-2017 17:58
  
  A no-bail warrant was issued for a Beaver County man after he failed to show up for court Monday on multiple charges including rape, and police are asking for the public to be on the lookout for the individual.
  
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• National Park Service seeks ways to manage non-native fish

  17-11-2017 17:34
  
  The National Park Service is looking for ways to manage non-native aquatic species in the Colorado River system below Glen Canyon Dam.
  
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• Justice Department won’t release national monument documents

  17-11-2017 17:32
  
  Documents possibly outlining legal justifications for President Donald Trump to shrink national monuments don’t have to be provided to an Idaho environmental law firm because they’re protected communications, federal officials say.
  
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• New Hale Centre Theatre opens in Sandy with gala, production of 'Aida'

  17-11-2017 16:42
  
  Hale Centre Theatre at the Mountain American Performing Arts Centre opened its doors Thursday night for the first-ever production on the new 900-seat Centre Stage.
  
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• The best time to buy a used car is now, actually

  17-11-2017 16:30
  The best time to buy a used car might also be the “most wonderful time of the year.”A new report from iSeeCars.com, which analyzed more than 48 million car sales from 2013 to 2016 on holidays, found that some of the best holidays for buying cars happen in the fall and winter.In fact, the best holiday for buying a used car, Veterans Day, just passed. There are apparently 43.2 percent more deals on that holiday.Black Friday ranked second on the list, with 37.5 percent more deals.Christ
  
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• Driver of fleeing car tried to hit officer, police say

  17-11-2017 15:14
  
  A driver is in custody after he fled from police and tried to hit an officer early Friday morning, police said.
  
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• In our opinion: Balancing growth and preservation in suburban Utah is no easy task

  17-11-2017 14:05
  When it comes to planning in rapidly expanding areas of Utah, citizens must stay involved to help shape the future of their communities.There seems to be an interesting attitude change occurring among residents in Salt Lake County’s suburban communities where there has long been an emphasis on promoting economic development and growth of the tax base.Voters in Sandy soundly defeated Mayor Tom Dolan in his bid for an unprecedented seventh term, suggesting a legacy of promoting development m
  
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• Watergate reporter Bob Woodward calls current political climate a test for democracy

  17-11-2017 06:57
  
  Renowned reporter Bob Woodward, part of the duo that broke open the Watergate scandal and covered presidential politics for years to come, discussed his career and the current political climate during a presentation at the University of Utah.
  
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• Carbon County bus driver fired after shuttling kids in damaged bus

  17-11-2017 06:52
  
  A Carbon County School District bus driver has been fired after crashing a bus and then proceeding to haul students to school in the damaged bus, district officials said Thursday.
  
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• LDS leader installs Clark Gilbert as first president of BYU-Pathway Worldwide

  17-11-2017 06:06
  SALT LAKE CITY — The president of the newest BYU is now official.
  Clark Gilbert was formally installed as the first president of BYU-Pathway Worldwide on Thursday night by President Russell M. Nelson, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center Theater in downtown Salt Lake City.
  Gilbert's inauguration was carried on a live feed to 458 BYU-PW sites in 77 nations so any of the 38,297 students who have taken Pathw
  
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• Cache County man jailed in connection with death threat, stalking, assault

  17-11-2017 05:53
  YOUNG WARD, Cache County — Police have arrested a man who they say followed a woman to work, illegally kept guns in his home and left a death threat on another man's car in Box Elder County.
  Michael Durand, 39, of Young Ward, was booked into Cache County Jail on Wednesday, where he was being held without bail, the Cache County Sheriff's Office said in a prepared statement on Thursday.
  The sheriff's office SWAT team served a search warrant at Durand's home, where deputies found guns "and a
  
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• Utah kids with facial differences get sneak peek of 'Wonder'

  17-11-2017 05:32
  SANDY — For a long time, Isabelle Scriver thought she was the only kid with a different-looking face.
  She was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate, and minor facial deformities were visible from day one.
  But just like the protagonist in the book and new movie called "Wonder," she has never let those differences bother her.
  "I don't even worry about it anymore," Isabelle, 9, said Thursday.
  She has bright eyes, a beautiful smile and enough energy to power a locomotive — all of which
  
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• USU Huntsman School spent tuition money without input from advisory board

  17-11-2017 04:33
  
  A Utah State University spokesman says the Huntsman School of Business has no excuse for not following its own guidelines regarding millions in extra tuition it collects each year.
  
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• Police locate missing American Fork girl

  17-11-2017 04:16
  
  Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 17-year-old girl they say was last seen Wednesday afternoon who they consider endangered.
  
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• Hale Centre Theatre celebrates the grand opening of its new theater in Sandy

  17-11-2017 03:50
  SANDY — Hale Centre Theatre inaugurated its new home at the Mountain America Performing Arts Centre on Thursday with a grand opening gala and performance of Elton John's and Tim Rice's "Aida.""I refer to this as Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride these whole last two and a half years, especially — it’s been very intense," said Mark Dietlein, HCT’s president and CEO. "The highs and the lows to get it to this point of completion and to have all of these incredible friends and peopl
  
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• Greg Bell: Seema Verma, Operation Rio Grande and the Justice Reinvestment Initiative

  17-11-2017 03:30
  Editor's note: Former Lt. Gov. Greg Bell is the president and CEO of the Utah Hospital Association.Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), was in Utah Monday. Her visit coincided with CMS’s recent announcement that CMS had approved Utah’s unique waiver request to allow Medicaid benefits to be extended to about 5,000 people who are homeless and/or are addicts. Verma’s grant of Utah’s waiver request nicely dovetailed with two othe
  
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• Auerbach’s to ZCMI: 4 historic Utah businesses that no longer exist

  17-11-2017 03:12
  
  Not all of Utah's great businesses in history have lasted. Here are some of the bigger businesses that once played an important role in Utah that have since vanished.
  
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• Semi crashes into I-15 overpass, jams traffic

  17-11-2017 03:08
  LEHI — A semitrailer slammed into an overpass over I-15 near Main Street in Lehi on Thursday, snarling traffic for 5 miles of as a crane cleared rubble.
  No injuries were reported in the crash, said Utah Department of Transportation spokesman John Gleason.
  The accident happened about 1:45 p.m. at the 600 East overpass in Lehi. It forced the temporary closure of two lanes of I-15 and the bridge, Gleason said. He did not immediately know the extent of the damage.
  "Everything is fine for traff
  
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• Real Salt Lake-backed women's pro team designed to be community-driven franchise

  17-11-2017 03:01
  
  Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen formally introduced the newest franchise in the National Women's Soccer League to more than 100 fans, supporters, coaches, administrators and media Thursday at a press conference at Rio Tinto Stadium.
  
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• Christmastime is here! Utah-inspired candy windows unveiled at Macy’s

  17-11-2017 02:45
  
  This year's Holiday Candy Windows feature ornaments designed by six local artists to reflect what inspires them most about Utah. The windows were unveiled at the City Creek Center Macy's Thursday evening.
  
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• 1949 Willys Jeepster rebuilt by Layton resident

  17-11-2017 02:30
  
  The Kent family has owned their 1949 Willys-Overland Jeepster since 1963, and it recently went through a full frame off restoration, as well as an update to the power plant under the hood, and a final finishing touch designed by Joe Kent himself.
  
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• Mom in minivan helps police chase down shoplifting suspect

  17-11-2017 01:53
  AMERICAN FORK — Krystal Tukuafu has used her minivan to haul furniture and as a camper.
  Now, Tukuafu can boast that she used her minivan to help a police officer chase down a shoplifting suspect and arrest him.
  On Wednesday, Tukuafu was shopping with her 3-year-old son when she noticed an American Fork police officer running after a man. Tukuafu, who has about 1,000 followers on Instagram, began livestreaming the chase.
  She followed the men for a while as the chase unfolded. But then, Tuku
  
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