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• User submitted: Christmas lights come on, winter sunrises dazzle

  28-11-2017 23:57
  
  This week's gallery is filled with photos and video of Christmas lights coming on to kick off the holiday season, as well as many photos of the brilliant sunrises seen across Utah on Monday.
  
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• Utah health officials urge precautions amid hepatitis A outbreak

  28-11-2017 23:54
  SALT LAKE CITY — A national outbreak of hepatitis A has taken root in Utah, leading Utah public health officials to warn of increased risk to all residents, not just for high-risk populations such as the homeless or drug users.
  "Yes, we're dealing with an outbreak," Dr. Dagmar Vitek, medical director of the Salt Lake County Department of Health, said Tuesday.
  Since May, 87 hepatitis A cases that can be traced to an national outbreak have been reported in Utah, according Utah Department of
  
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• Teen charged with threatening to 'shoot up' Taylorsville High

  28-11-2017 23:42
  TAYLORSVILLE — A 16-year-old boy has been charged with making threats to "shoot up" Taylorsville High School.
  The teen, whom the Deseret News has opted not to name, was recently arrested and charged in 3rd District Juvenile Court with making threats of violence, a class B misdemeanor.
  The threats were brought to the attention of police thanks to an observant student who not only noticed concerning behavior from the teen, but recorded his actions on a cellphone and brought it to the attenti
  
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• Consumer attitudes remain upbeat in November, index says

  28-11-2017 23:18
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah consumers continue to be exceptionally bullish about the local economy, a survey showed.
  Following a record-high October, the Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index registered at 124.4 in November — the second straight month above 120. An index above 110 connotes an economy that is at peak levels. The overall index currently sits nearly 10 points higher than the same time 12 months ago.
  Nationally, the Consumer Confidence Index rose 3.3 points to register at 12
  
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• Rep. John Curtis introduces his first bill

  28-11-2017 23:03
  SALT LAKE CITY — The newest member of Utah's congressional delegation, Rep. John Curtis, introduced his first bill on Tuesday.
  The Republican, elected earlier this month to fill the vacancy left when Rep. Jason Chaffetz stepped down before the end of his term, is sponsoring the Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017.
  Curtis said the bill will extend endangered fish recovery programs in the Upper Colorado and San Juan rivers, an area he visited last week to meet with Utah D
  
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• Poll: Is southern or northern Utah better for outdoor recreation?

  28-11-2017 23:01
  
  Here at KSL.com, we like to have our readers pick their favorite things.
  
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• Forget Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday embodies Utah's charitable spirit

  28-11-2017 22:28
  
  Utah is consistently the number one state for both the highest volunteer rate and the highest percentage of donated income. After Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over, Utahns can give back to local nonprofits that need it most on #GivingTuesday!
  
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• Road Home awarded $20,000 grant through Chick-fil-A Foundation

  28-11-2017 22:25
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Road Home homeless shelter is the recipient of a $20,000 grant through the Chick-fil-A Foundation's True Inspiration Awards. The awards honor organizations across the country that are working to make a lasting difference in the lives of children and youths in their communities.
  This grant is among $1.21 million being awarded to organizations spanning 13 states and 16 cities this year. Now in its fourth year, the awards were created to carry on Chick-fil-A's late founde
  
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• Layton teen charged as adult in killing of Sunset man

  28-11-2017 22:22
  FARMINGTON — A 17-year-old Layton boy accused of shooting and killing a 19-year-old man in the victim's bedroom — allegedly over a low-level drug deal — was charged as an adult Tuesday with murder.
  Seth Carreras is charged with the first-degree felony in 2nd District Court.
  On Nov. 21, police say Carreras tried to purchase marijuana from Hunter Woodson, 19.
  "The victim sold the defendant spices in lieu of the marijuana. The defendant then shot the victim multiple times with a 9
  
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• Police: Man arrested after stealing AR-15, 2 handguns

  28-11-2017 22:01
  
  A man with prior felony convictions was arrested after stealing several firearms and hiding them throughout his home and burying some in his backyard, police said.
  
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• Judge orders prison for mom who exposed kids to drugs

  28-11-2017 21:54
  AMERICAN FORK — A judge balked Monday at recommendations from state agencies that an Elk Ridge mother who allowed her children to be exposed to drugs be sentenced to probation in order to allow her to work toward reuniting her family.
  Fourth District Judge Roger Griffin said the probation recommendation from Adult Probation and Parole was "appalling" and "not worth the paper it was written on."
  "Good people don't allow, either directly or indirectly, for drugs to be administered to their o
  
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• Seeking the Source of the Vanishing Great Salt Lake

  28-11-2017 21:13
  Human consumption — not seasonal fluctuations or climate change — is primarily to blame for the Great Salt Lake’s desiccation, according to a recent analysis.
  
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• Carbon County man sent to prison for sexually abusing young girl

  28-11-2017 20:22
  PRICE — A Carbon County man has been sentenced to prison for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl.
  Kenneth Ray Fox, 30, of Sunnyside, pleaded guilty Monday to forcible sexual abuse and enticing a minor, both second-degree felonies. He was immediately ordered to serve two sentences of one to 15 years in the Utah State Prison. The sentences were ordered to run concurrently.
  Fox began communicating with his victim through text messaging, and continued through Snapchat and Facebook, according t
  
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• Photos: USANA employees pack 100,000 meals for needy as part of #GivingTuesday

  28-11-2017 20:18
  Jaymee Brown and other USANA employees pack 100,000 meals at the company's corporate offices in Salt Lake City on Tuesday in celebration of National Day of Giving. The meals will be distributed to hungry and malnourished families living in the Salt Lake Valley and around the world through the USANA True Health Foundation. According to the foundation, 20,000 meals will remain in the Salt Lake Valley to be distributed by the Utah Food Bank to emergency food pantries in the area. The remaining 80,0
  
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• Lockdown at Sandy elementary school lifted after bomb threat

  28-11-2017 19:45
  
  A Sandy elementary school was briefly on lockdown while law enforcement investigated a bomb threat Tuesday morning, Canyons School District officials said.
  
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• Police investigating suspicious death at SLC motel

  28-11-2017 19:31
  
  Police are investigating the death of a woman as "suspicious" after her body was found in a motel room Tuesday morning.
  
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• Trump to visit Salt Lake on Monday to announce national monument reductions

  28-11-2017 19:25
  
  President Donald Trump will visit Salt Lake on Monday to announce reductions in the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, a source confirmed to KSL.
  
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• Survey: Southern Utah drivers don’t buckle up as much as others

  28-11-2017 19:22
  
  Seat-belt use in Washington County lags behind other urban Utah counties surveyed this year by the state Department of Public Safety.
  
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• A.M. notes: Intermountain Healthcare changes, Salt Lake Comic Con legal fight continues, Jazz on ESPN

  28-11-2017 18:51
  Here’s a look at the news for Nov. 28.Intermountain Healthcare changes underwayIntermountain Healthcare CEO Dr. Marc Harrison told the Deseret News on Monday that the administration’s restructuring is a move to “disrupt ourselves.”Intermountain Healthcare already moved administrative positions around. Last month, Intermountain Healthcare announced changes to its structure, including how it centers around central, north, south and southwest regions.Harrison said more chang
  
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• Ex-Utah officer on the run for 10 years arrested in Hawaii

  28-11-2017 18:45
  WEST JORDAN — A former Utah Department of Corrections officer convicted of sex abuse who's been on the run for nearly 10 years to avoid going to prison has been captured in Hawaii.
  The U.S. Marshals Service announced Tuesday that William Lawrence, 41, was captured without incident while eating lunch over the weekend.
  On Dec. 6, 2007, Lawrence pleaded guilty to forcible sex abuse, a third-degree felony. In exchange for his guilty plea, a charge of forcible sodomy was dismissed.
  Lawrence, wh
  
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• Police investigating death in Salt Lake motel

  28-11-2017 18:42
  SALT LAKE CITY — Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found inside a motel room Tuesday.
  Investigators were called to the Gateway Inn, 819 W. North Temple, about 8:40 a.m., said Salt Lake police detective Greg Wilking. When they arrived, officers found a deceased woman inside one of the rooms and other undisclosed evidence that led police to call the death "suspicious," he said.
  Wilking declined to say whether the woman had obvious signs of trauma or what made the d
  
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• Is it time for a Senator Romney?

  28-11-2017 18:23
  SALT LAKE CITY — Deseret News Opinion editor Hal Boyd writes today in the National Review about what a Senate run could mean for Mitt Romney, and for the country.Boyd writes that Romney’s political career has required the former Massachusetts governor to appeal to other constituents, politicians and voters.His reputation as a problem solver during the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City led him to become governor of Massachusetts. But his ideological appeals plagued him in the 2012 p
  
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• Meet some of the unexpected creators of the Festival of Trees' gingerbread houses

  28-11-2017 18:05
  UTAH STATE PRISON — Each year, the Festival of Trees packs hundreds of highly decorated trees, tempting treats and a host of other Christmas goods into the 220,000 square feet of Sandy's South Towne Expo Center to raise money for Primary Children's Hospital.
  But as visitors fill the room from Nov. 29 through Dec. 2, there's a good chance many of them will be most excited to see the year's gingerbread houses. During the festival's 46 year history, the gingerbread houses have long been a fan
  
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• Sandy family rattled after door kicked in on Black Friday

  28-11-2017 17:08
  
  A family who believed they were about to fall victim to a home invasion is now calling for serious consequences for a "prank" they say went too far.
  
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• Woman accused of giving drugs to newborn faces sentencing

  28-11-2017 15:56
  
  A woman who admitted to giving her infant drugs so that the newborn wouldn't show signs of withdrawal in the hospital is scheduled to be sentenced in court Tuesday morning.
  
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• Ballet West's 'The Nutcracker' gets an impressive $3 million makeover

  28-11-2017 14:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — With opening night approaching on Dec. 2, Ballet West is wrapping up the final touches to this year’s production of “The Nutcracker” at Capitol Theatre.Since its first full-length production in 1944, Willam Christensen’s “The Nutcracker” has long been a favorite with Utah audiences. But crowds can anticipate something a little different this time around in the country's longest-running production of this Christmas-time tradition as Balle
  
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• In our opinion: Hope is not entirely lost for a robust winter season

  28-11-2017 14:05
  With Thanksgiving having presented itself weatherwise more like Easter, the prospect of a bountiful winter snow season may appear precarious at the moment, which is not a pleasant outlook for ski resorts, winter recreationists and water-supply managers. But nature is occasionally known to reverse itself, as we saw just last year when a fall season with below-average precipitation suddenly gave way to a battalion of heavy snowstorms that marched across the Wasatch Front to create the snowiest Chr
  
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• Pulitzer winner to speak at BYU on global health crises

  28-11-2017 07:36
  PROVO — Populism is one cause of the global health crises that will be the subject of BYU's forum assembly address on Tuesday by Laurie Garrett, the only writer to ever win journalism three Ps — a Pulitzer, a Peabody and a Polk.
  Garrett, who recently left her position as a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, will deliver the forum address at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center. The forum will not be televised or broadcast on radio or the Internet.
  Garre
  
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• Neighborhood creates holiday display to honor toddler who died of cancer

  28-11-2017 06:24
  
  We're entering the Christmas season, a time when family and friends come together to celebrate. However, for a Farmington neighborhood, Monday night was all about coming together to decorate for one very special reason.
  
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• Package thieves targeting holiday gifts

  28-11-2017 05:57
  
  Sam Roundy and his family were expecting new Christmas tree ornaments, several sets of pajamas and other gifts to arrive at their doorstep when a neighbor sent a text saying the packages were strewn across a park nearby.
  
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• Department of Natural Resources names new species recovery program director

  28-11-2017 05:36
  SALT LAKE CITY — Mike Styler, executive director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources, has named Christopher Keleher as the department's new species recovery program director.
  Keleher will assume the position Jan. 1, following the retirement of current program director Henry Maddux, who has served as director for more than five years.
  Since 2012, Keleher has worked as the recovery program deputy director and has been responsible for administering the Endangered Species Mitigation Fu
  
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• First new enrollees under limited Medicaid expansion start trickling in

  28-11-2017 05:24
  
  More than 100 people have so far been enrolled after becoming newly eligible for Medicaid expansion earlier this month, the Utah Department of Health reported to state legislators Monday.
  
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• Photos: Herriman hosts Night of Lights

  28-11-2017 04:52
  Jordan Michell and her daughter, Hazel, look at gingerbread houses during Night of Lights at Herriman City Hall on Monday. Following the ceremonial lighting of the city's Christmas tree at J. Lynn Crane Park, residents enjoyed a gingerbread house contest, indoor activities and crafts, and a concert on the outdoor stage featuring Peter Breinholt. There was also a children's candy cane hunt, visits with Santa, a performance by the Herriman Orchestra, and the Herriman Arts Council holiday singalong
  
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• Case of former police officer charged with sex crime will go to trial, judge says

  28-11-2017 04:51
  
  A Fourth District Court judge ruled Monday that a former Saratoga Springs police officer will stand trial on charges of having unlawful sex with an underage boy.
  
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• First new enrollees under limited Medicaid expansion starting to trickle in

  28-11-2017 04:25
  SALT LAKE CITY — More than 100 people enrolled in Medicaid after becoming eligible under new expansion guidelines OK'd earlier this month, the Utah Department of Health reported to state legislators Monday.
  Another 215 applicants hope to join the 103 people granted access to the expanded program that was approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Nov. 1, Nate Checketts, deputy director of the health department, told the Health Reform Task Force.
  Checketts praised members
  
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• Can Salt Lake Comic Con win over San Diego jurors in impactful trademark case?

  28-11-2017 04:25
  SALT LAKE CITY — For three years, the founders of Salt Lake Comic Con have whipped up support from thousands of fans online as they insisted the name of their pop culture event does not violate a trademark.
  But can they convince a 12-person jury in the heart of their rival's hometown?
  The legal feud between the relatively new Salt Lake event and its iconic predecessor, San Diego Comic-Con International, reaches a showdown Tuesday as the trademark dispute that began in the summer of 2014 go
  
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• A teenager’s promise years ago could lead to new drugs for diabetics

  28-11-2017 03:00
  
  When he was 14, Scott Summers made his father a promise. Now that promise could lead to a medical breakthrough.
  
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• Intermountain Healthcare changing 'to disrupt ourselves,' CEO says

  28-11-2017 02:01
  SALT LAKE CITY — Intermountain Healthcare CEO Dr. Marc Harrison said Monday that a restructuring affecting administrative positions in the hospital system is coming out of a desire to "disrupt ourselves" and that "nothing is already decided" regarding the possibility of other changes.
  "Nothing was broken. Our mandate from back in 1975 was to be a model health care system, and I think for 2017 we are, but what we looked at — the question is — 'As we sit in 2017, would that make
  
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• Moose caught near Smithfield elementary school

  28-11-2017 01:39
  
  Police and state wildlife officials tranquilized a moose they said got close to an elementary school while students were headed to school Monday morning.
  
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• K-9 Cody brings tale of drive, fairness and enthusiasm to job

  28-11-2017 01:23
  SALT LAKE CITY — It's difficult to recruit the best candidate for the job.
  Josh Carver had a few things in mind when he set about finding a suitable partner, but he is the first to admit his expectations were high.
  "One of the things our agency was hoping for is something that has high drive and can work all day long," he said, adding the ideal pick also needs to be highly sociable.
  Along came Cody.
  "He has that hunting drive, the retrieve drive, he has his play drive and of course, he is
  
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• Sandy 'awakening:' The underdog who unseated the 24-year mayor

  28-11-2017 01:18
  SANDY — Marie Bradburn said when her husband first floated the idea of running for Sandy mayor — against the city's longest-serving chief in history — she wasn't exactly receptive.
  "At first I said, 'No! No one will take you seriously. That guy's been there forever,'" she recalled.
  "She said I didn't look like a mayor," Kurt Bradburn said, chuckling.
  The idea came to him in 2014, when he joined hundreds of other Sandy residents to protest a development off Highland Drive and 90
  
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• Entries accepted for Utah Senate Visual Arts Competition

  28-11-2017 01:10
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah high school students are encouraged to enter the annual Utah Senate Visual Arts Competition for a chance to win up to a $5,000 scholarship and have the artwork shown in the state Capitol.
  The competition is open all Utah students in grades nine through 12, including those attending a private, parochial, charter or home school. The competition is sponsored by Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy, and administered by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums.
  
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• 'It was not a good weekend for us': 7 deaths statewide mar holiday weekend

  28-11-2017 01:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Highway Patrol is disappointed with how the holiday weekend turned out on Utah's roads.
  "It was not a good weekend for us," said UHP Sgt. Todd Royce.
  From Wednesday through Sunday, seven people were killed in three separate crashes in Utah. The worst crash occurred on Saturday when a head-on collision killed five people near Newcastle in Iron County.
  Those five deaths were all on state roads. But for all roads, a total of seven people were killed, Royce said.
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• Dining event raises $17,500 for Cedar City crisis center

  28-11-2017 01:02
  CEDAR CITY — Fifteen restaurants and thousands of diners helped Canyon Creek Women's Crisis Center raise $17,500 during its sixth annual Dine Out for Shelter fundraising event on Oct. 19.
  "This is such an important event for the (shelter), as it is our largest annual fundraiser. We are so grateful for the generosity of the restaurant owners and our community members, who gave such tremendous support," Tessa Douglas, fundraising chairwoman and a member of the center's board, said in a state
  
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• Photos: A storm's a brewin’

  28-11-2017 00:52
  A woman walks down the steps of the state Capitol as rain clouds loom over the Salt Lake Valley on Monday. Following an unusually warm holiday weekend, Monday's rain brought cooler temperatures, but not enough for it to snow in the state's higher elevations. According to the National Weather Service, Tuesday is expected to be sunny with a high near 47. Wednesday will bring a 20 percent chance of showers before 11 a.m., with highs for the day topping out at 45. Thursday and Friday will bring sunn
  
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• Guv-appointed transit commission proposed to replace UTA board, top boss

  28-11-2017 00:49
  SALT LAKE CITY — A legislative task force got closer Monday to coming up with a new way to run the Utah Transit Authority, although concerns were raised that replacing the board and top boss would give the state too much power.
  "I'm sorry to be so blunt. To me, it seems to be, 'This is a way we can get control of UTA,'" said Salt Lake Chamber President and CEO Lane Beattie, a member of the Legislature's Transportation and Governance Task Force.
  Beattie said the shift from UTA's current 16-
  
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• State may demand death reports from jails, prisons

  28-11-2017 00:34
  OGDEN (AP) — A Utah lawmaker is planning to introduce a proposal to require county jails and state prisons to submit yearly reports on deaths and how they handle opioids and other medications amid renewed emphasis on inmate fatalities.
  Meanwhile, Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson said recently his office has begun a review of policies and procedures after several deaths in the summer of 2016. Those, along with a fatal injury suffered by an inmate in December, triggered heavy public scru
  
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• Convicted sex trafficker faces new similar charges

  28-11-2017 00:14
  OGDEN — A Clearfield man sent to federal prison seven years ago for sex trafficking is under arrest again for similar charges.
  Demari Dehan Dontre Anderson, 35, is charged in 2nd District Court with engaging in a pattern of unlawful activity, human trafficking-forced sexual exploitation, aggravated exploitation of a prostitute, kidnapping, theft and money laundering, all second-degree felonies. In addition, Anderson is charged with exploiting a prostitute, a third-degree felony; damaging a
  
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