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• Letter: The new tax plan only hurts Utah's middle class

  01-01-2018 23:45
  I like Sen. Hatch, but he has been naive about this tax plan and apparently doesn't know math. Even if you don’t itemize, it would hurt many typical Utahn families of two working parents with a combined income of $60,000 and four dependent children ranging from 17 through 24 that are trying to get through school. Right now, non-itemizers in this scenario pay taxes of $2,521. Under the new law, it would be $3,939. Not good.If you itemize it gets worse, and more Utahns itemize than most othe
  
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• Police investigating murder-suicide of woman and child in Magna

  01-01-2018 22:35
  
  Police are investigating the shooting deaths of a 41-year-old woman and 9-year-old child after receiving a request to check on a home in Magna Sunday night.
  
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• Park City's Hendrickson earns Olympic spot in ski jumping

  01-01-2018 22:07
  
  Former World champion Sarah Hendrickson and Michael Glasder clinched spots in the Pyeongchang Games on Sunday as the overall winners at the U.S. Olympic trials for ski jumping.
  
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• Young Utah father dies after being buried in Wyoming avalanche

  01-01-2018 21:11
  
  A young Utah father of three died Friday after being buried in an avalanche while snowmobiling.
  
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• Baby Hannah makes her debut at Orem hospital 6 seconds into 2018

  01-01-2018 20:44
  OREM — Just six seconds after midnight Monday, baby girl Hannah made her world debut at Timpanogos Regional Hospital. She is believed to be the first baby born in Utah in 2018.
  Hannah, who weighed 7 pounds and 9 ounces and is 19½ inches long, is the first-born child born of parents Valerie and Spencer, who would not release their last names.
  Valerie said she had initially thought that the baby would arrive around 6 p.m. Sunday but she clearly had other plans. Valerie said her labor
  
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• 2 teens dead, another injured after dirt bikes collide in Corinne

  01-01-2018 20:17
  
  Two teens died and another suffered serious injuries after two dirt bikes collided on a farm access road in Corinne Sunday night, authorities said.
  
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• Make Your Week: Employee who walked to work receives donated car

  01-01-2018 19:15
  
  Monday marks a new year, which often makes us want to change for the better.
  
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• Police investigating suspicious deaths of Magna mother, daughter

  01-01-2018 19:07
  MAGNA — Unified police are investigating the deaths of a 41-year-old woman and her 9-year old daughter.
  Their bodies were discovered Sunday night in their home at 2665 S. 8990 West after a neighbor requested a welfare check about 9:30 p.m.
  The neighbor told police she had left a Christmas present on the doorstep of the home a few days before. Sunday, the present was still on the doorstep, which concerned the neighbor, said Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke.
  When officers made entry into the
  
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• Magna mother killed daughter, then herself, police say

  01-01-2018 19:07
  MAGNA — Police confirmed Monday that the deaths of a Magna woman and her 9-year-old daughter were the result of a murder-suicide.
  Their bodies were discovered Sunday night in their home, 2665 S. 8990 West, after a neighbor requested a welfare check about 9:30 p.m.
  The neighbor told police she had left a Christmas present on the doorstep of the home a few days before. Sunday, the present was still on the doorstep, which concerned the neighbor, said Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke.
  When offi
  
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• Teen dies, 2 teens injured in head-on motorcycle crash

  01-01-2018 18:37
  CORINNE, Box Elder County — A teenage boy died Sunday night in a head-on crash involving two motorcycles.
  The accident occurred about 8:55 p.m. on a farm access road in Corinne. Three boys, ages 14, 15 and 16, were riding two "dirt bikes" or motorcycles "with no indication there were headlights on either motorcycle," said Box Elder County Chief Sheriff's Deputy Dale Ward.
  Two boys were on one motorcycle and one on the other. "The motorcycles hit head-on, causing serious injuries to two and
  
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• 2 teens killed, 1 injured in head-on motorcycle crash

  01-01-2018 18:37
  CORINNE, Box Elder County — Two teenage boys have died as a result of a head-on crash between two motorcycles that occurred shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday.
  Three boys, ages 14, 15 and 16, were riding two dirt bikes on a dirt road between two cornfields when the motorcycles collided.
  The 15-year-old died at the scene and the other two teens were flown to hospitals. The 14-year-old was taken to Primary Children's Hospital but died shortly after arrival, according to the Box Elder County Sherif
  
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• Police investigating suspicious deaths of woman and child in Magna

  01-01-2018 18:34
  
  Police are investigating the suspicious deaths of a 41-year-old woman and 9-year-old child after receiving a request to check on a home in Magna Sunday night.
  
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• Teen killed, 11 hospitalized in Emery County bus crash

  01-01-2018 18:10
  GREEN RIVER, Emery County — A 13-year-old girl died late Sunday and 11 others were hospitalized when a bus they were traveling in went off the freeway and crashed into a steep wash.
  All but one of the 12 passengers on the Greyhound bus suffered injuries in the crash, as well as the driver.
  The bus was traveling west on I-70 from Green River to Las Vegas. About 11 p.m., the bus went off of the right shoulder of the freeway near the Devil's Canyon view area, down into a steep wash and came t
  
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• Teen killed, 11 seriously injured in Emery County bus crash

  01-01-2018 16:41
  
  A 13-year-old girl died and 11 others were injured after a Greyhound bus traveling west from Green River slid off the right shoulder of I-70 Sunday night.
  
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• 1 teen killed, 11 seriously injured in Emery County bus crash

  01-01-2018 16:41
  
  A 13-year-old girl died and 11 others were injured after a Greyhound bus traveling west from Green River slid off the right shoulder of I-70 Sunday night.
  
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• 1 teen dead, others seriously injured in bus crash on I-70 near Emery

  01-01-2018 16:41
  
  A 13-year-old girl was killed and several other passengers were injured after a Greyhound bus traveling west from Green River slid off the right shoulder of I-70 Sunday night.
  
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• In our opinion: Here are the stories we will watch in 2018

  01-01-2018 14:05
  While the future is impossible to predict with any precision, 2018 promises to be an eventful year along the Wasatch Front.Voters face possible initiatives dealing with the legalization of medical marijuana, changes in how political parties select candidates and a proposed tax increase for public education. The political year will culminate in the 2018 general election, in which all four of the state’s House seats and the Senate seat currently held by Orrin Hatch will be up for grabs.Beyon
  
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• Teen dead, 2 injured after dirt bikes collide in Corinne

  01-01-2018 08:03
  
  One teen died and two others suffered serious injuries after two dirt bikes collided on a farm access road Sunday night, authorities said.
  
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• 3 children injured after gas is thrown on fire pit

  01-01-2018 06:40
  HOLLADAY — Three children were injured Sunday evening when gasoline got thrown onto a fire pit, police say.
  The children, ages 7, 8, and 13 years old, were around the fire pit outside the home near 1200 East and 5100 South in Holladay about 7:30 p.m. when one of them threw gasoline on the fire, according to Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke.
  The 8-year-old was initially hospitalized in critical condition. All three were later listed in good condition at the hospital, Lohrke said.
  No other de
  
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• 'A year of growth': Utahns gather to say goodbye to 2017

  01-01-2018 06:19
  SALT LAKE CITY — Amber Sayes holds a hopeful view of 2018.
  "Just moving forward, bigger dreams," Sayes, from Farmington, concluded when asked what she hopes the year will hold for her. "I hope — my kids — that they have bigger aspirations and bigger dreams."
  Sayes, her children and other family members were among Utahns from all around the state who gathered for a host of festivities at the Gateway Sunday as they basked in the nostalgia of the year gone by and anticipated the a
  
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• 3 children suffer minor injuries after gasoline poured on backyard fire

  01-01-2018 06:18
  
  Three children escaped major injury after pouring gasoline on a fire Sunday evening, police said.
  
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• Still no sign of missing plane in Sunday search

  01-01-2018 03:26
  BRIGHAM CITY — The search for two men whose plane went missing resumed Sunday to no avail and will now be scaled back.
  Family members, however, are now soliciting the public for tips on the plane's location, police said.
  A red and white Cessna 172, piloted by Denny Mansell, 71, and carrying Peter Ellis, 74, left the Ogden airport about 3:30 p.m. and was expected to return approximately an hour later, the Box Elder County Sheriff's Office says.
  Their aircraft was first reported missing abou
  
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• Crews to scale back search for missing plane, 2 occupants

  01-01-2018 01:09
  
  Air, ground and water crews continued searching Sunday for a small plane that didn’t arrive at Ogden-Hinckley Airport by its scheduled Friday afternoon time.
  
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• Midvale's 'queen' JoAnn Seghini steps aside after 32 years in office

  01-01-2018 01:03
  MIDVALE — More than three decades worth of documents that were once strewn across Midvale Mayor JoAnn Seghini's office had been packed into boxes and taken away.
  All that remained was her desk, her computer, a few office supplies, and her coffee mug.
  The smell of paint and plaster lingered in the air. The wall she had once chosen to be painted forest green was being prepped to be painted blue for Midvale's newly elected mayor, Robert Hale.
  Seghini — the city's first-ever woman to run
  
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• No snow but good air for 2018 debut

  01-01-2018 01:01
  A goose tries to land on the ice covered Sugarhouse Park lake in Salt Lake City on Sunday. Daily high temperatures on the Wasatch Front are anticipated to range from the high 30s to low 40s over the first five days of 2018, said KSL meteorologist Dan Guthrie, hovering just above the early January average high of 37 degrees. No precipitation is expected through Friday, Guthrie added, and "air quality is good everywhere" along the Wasatch Front. He said the good air quality is fortunate for those
  
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• Study: Bullish economy brings fewer financial resolutions

  01-01-2018 00:58
  SALT LAKE CITY — Resolving to improve oneself is a tradition for many people when the New Year arrives, but a new report indicates fewer people will make resolutions regarding their finances — due mostly to the bullish economy.
  The annual Fidelity Investments New Year Financial Resolutions Study showed that just 27 percent of respondents intend to make a financial resolution for 2018 — down significantly from a high point of 43 percent in 2014. The reason for the change could b
  
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• Utah police training to spot mental health crises

  01-01-2018 00:48
  PROVO — Orem police detective Jeremy Jamison is learning to sift crimes from crises.
  In recent months, he has carved a role as a mental health officer building relationships with people experiencing issues that can be addressed with medication, therapy, housing or other resources.
  Jamison serves as one of the coordinators for the Crisis Intervention Training, a 40-hour weeklong course for officers.
  As part of his duties, Jamison helps other officers understand how to work with individuals
  
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