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• Letter: Show is an insult to women

  23-09-2017 23:58
  Thank you, Gus Wheeler.And thanks to The Tribune for making Gus Wheeler’s letter the Letter of the Week on Sept. 17. The nauseating Salt Lake expo called “What a Woman Wants” keeps repeating itself.Wheeler points out that this show is not about what women want. It is about what advertisers want a woman to want; it is about shopping and fashion and beauty. I guess it would be nice to be beautiful and fashionable and have the money to shop endlessly, but, as Wheeler points out, w
  
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• Despite massive cuts, Hispanic Heritage Parade provides opportunities to inform Utahns about Obamacare

  23-09-2017 23:53
  Relief washed over Luis Rios as he stood among the bundled-up crowd watching the Hispanic Heritage Parade on Saturday.The smiles, laughs and celebrations taking place at The Gateway were a welcome escape from the worries Rios has felt in the past few weeks.The event came on the heels of drastic funding cuts for programs that help people enroll for Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance. The reductions have directly impacted Rios’ work doing just that with the Utah Health Policy Project (UHPP)
  
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• Letter: Single-payer would set us free

  23-09-2017 23:42
  The argument from the right against single-payer health care is that it creates a dependency on government. I would argue that what single-payer does is that it creates freedom. The type of freedom the right does not want us to have.It gives people freedom to leave a job they hate without having to fear bankruptcy should they get sick. It gives people the freedom to go back to school to improve themselves without having to fear what happens to their children should they become ill. It gives some
  
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• NFL commissioner, players' union angrily denounce Trump

  23-09-2017 23:38
  Somerset, N.J. • The National Football League and its players’ union on Saturday angrily denounced President Donald Trump for suggesting that owners fire players who kneel during the national anthem and that fans consider walking out in protest “when somebody disrespects our flag.”“Divisive comments like these demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL, our great game and all of our players,” the league commissioner, Roger Goodell, said in a stateme
  
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• Letter: Rolly just gets better with time

  23-09-2017 23:36
  As a member of the Salt Lake chapter of the International Footprint Association, our club was treated by hearing Paul Rolly of The Salt Lake Tribune be our guest speaker at our luncheon on Sept. 12. To our group, Paul Rolly / The Salt Lake Tribune are synonymous. Over the years we have had Rolly be our luncheon speaker and he’s like a good wine, he just gets better with time.Stan JacobsonOgden
  
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• Letter: Defending people I disagree with

  23-09-2017 23:13
  I’m getting really tired of defending people I disagree with, but my own side is forcing me to do so. I’m a liberal and I’m starting to see why the right is laughing at me and all my “snowflake” friends.Ben Shapiro is coming to my school, the University of Utah, and people are losing their minds over it. The conflation of recent issues tied to sexual assault and racism being handcuffed to Shapiro has gone from comical to absurd and it’s serving tribal politica
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - ICYMI: Utah Jazz fans may not be too pleased with ESPN’s BPI rankings

  23-09-2017 22:37 via sportspyder.com
  ... these rankings have the Jazz calculated as lower than they’ll actually turn out to be. Recently my J-Note ...
  
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• Commentary: Defending our country and its public lands

  23-09-2017 22:27
  A few days ago, I wrapped up our fifth year of leading a Sierra Club Military Outdoors trip that brings 50 of our nation’s veterans and their partners through the Green River in Utah’s Dinosaur National Monument. It’s no secret that veterans like me have become a significant voice of support in calling for protection of America’s public lands.Why do we love our public lands so much? Because so many of us have felt first hand the incredible benefits of spending time in the
  
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• Utah Teacher of the Year: How did I get here?

  23-09-2017 22:26
  How did I get here?I am the productof a mother who made whole wheat bread and read out loud to us each night books like Little House on the Prairie and Little Britches.of a father who died at 28 from colon cancer, and another father who married a widow to raise us on a ranch in Jensen, Utah, surrounded by cousins.of eating breakfast while watching the sun rise from the belly of beautiful Split Mountain.of public library books and piano practicing.I am the productof public education teachers like
  
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• After Maria, humanitarian crisis grows in Puerto Rico

  23-09-2017 22:26
  San Juan, Puerto Rico • A humanitarian crisis grew Saturday in Puerto Rico as towns were left without fresh water, fuel, power or phone service following Hurricane Maria’s devastating passage across the island.A group of anxious mayors arrived in the capital to meet with Gov. Ricardo Rossello to present a long list of items they urgently need. The north coastal town of Manati had run out of fuel and fresh water, Mayor Jose Sanchez Gonzalez said.“Hysteria is starting to spread. T
  
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• Prep girls' soccer: State rankings for Sept. 24

  23-09-2017 22:24
  Class 6A
  1. American Fork (13-0) • The Region 4 champs handed Lone Peak another loss (3-1) before going on the road and taking care of Westlake (3-0). One last matchup against rival Pleasant Grove next week before they finish the regular season with games against Bingham and Lone Peak.2. Syracuse (12-1) • The Region 1 champs outscored the competition 12-1 this week with wins over Clearfield (8-0) and Weber (4-1). Tough week up next starting at Davis before hosting Layton in a revenge g
  
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• ICYMI: Utah Jazz fans may not be too pleased with ESPN’s BPI rankings

  23-09-2017 22:18
  ESPN’s recently released Preseason BPI Rankings have the Utah Jazz finishing the season outside of the playoffs. It’s no secret among Utah Jazz fans that their team is largely expected to take a significant step backwards this upcoming season. Due to the loss of the team’s two leading scorers, Gordon Hayward and George Hill, as […]
  ICYMI: Utah Jazz fans may not be too pleased with ESPN’s BPI rankings - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs,
  
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• William C. Duncan: A child is not an entitlement, and a uterus is not a commodity

  23-09-2017 22:01
  The claim of a right to a child or a right to surrogacy is novel – and troubling.The Utah Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a challenge to a Utah law that allows couples to use a surrogate to create a child when the wife cannot carry a child to term.The challenge came from two men asking for court approval of a contract with a woman who would carry a child and then relinquish parental rights to the men after the baby was born.Since there was no wife in this marriage, the clear term
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Days after praising OKC, Enes Kanter gets rude awakening

  23-09-2017 21:58 via sportspyder.com
  ...and an organization as misguided as the New York Knicks. However, even as a Jazz fan with no particular fondness of Kanter, I do have to say that in some way ...
  
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• Utah football: Senior QB Troy Williams stepped in to help the Utes remain unbeaten

  23-09-2017 21:42
  Senior co-captain Troy Williams came off the bench in the first half of Utah’s Pac-12 opener, put on his cape and saved the day after three weeks of watching and coming in exclusively in mop-up duty.The Utes (4-0) held a one-touchdown lead when Tyler Huntley, who’d become the focal point of the offense through three games, went down with an apparent shoulder injury after being sacked. Williams, the senior two-time co-captain who started every game last season, stepped in and directed
  
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• Utah Jazz: Days after praising OKC, Enes Kanter gets rude awakening

  23-09-2017 21:41
  Former Utah Jazz center Enes Kanter, who has been oft vilified in Salt Lake City, received a rude awakening after being traded to the New York Knicks just days after praising his former OKC team. Just this morning I posed a question regarding the Carmelo Anthony rumors – Is the Northwest Division about to get […]
  Utah Jazz: Days after praising OKC, Enes Kanter gets rude awakening - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• New Mexico college bake sale charged prices based on race

  23-09-2017 21:19
  Albuquerque, N.M. • A bake sale at the University of New Mexico set up by a nonprofit group to charge students based on race and ethnicity ended after outraged opponents disrupted it.The group, Turning Point USA, set up what it called an “Affirmative Action Bake Sale” on campus Thursday with a sign advertising higher prices for Asians and Caucasians and cheaper prices for African Americans and Hispanics.William Witt, a Turning Point regional director, said the bake sale was aime
  
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• Trump tells NBA star Curry that White House visit is off

  23-09-2017 21:18
  Somerset, N.J. • Stephen Curry and President Donald Trump agree on one thing: The Golden State star is not going to the White House anytime soon.Trump tweeted Saturday that Curry is no longer invited to the White House because of what the president called hesitation by the two-time NBA MVP in deciding whether to make the traditional champions’ trip to Washington. Trump’s comment on Curry came one day after the president told NFL owners to fire players who won’t stand for t
  
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• Kragthorpe: Ex-BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall‘s Boise breakthrough is a sign of how far Virginia has come in his second season

  23-09-2017 21:14
  Boise, Idaho • Virginia huddled before every play. Bronco Mendenhall cursed just this once.The Cavaliers’ offensive tempo illustrates the patience and planning required in the former BYU coach’s rebuilding project. His brief halftime speech after the defense he personally coaches allowed a last-minute touchdown drive? That was much more impulsive as Mendenhall enforced standards that have resulted in the Wahoos’ posting more wins (three) in September than they recorded in
  
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• Commentary: Be prepared for climate emergencies

  23-09-2017 21:05
  September is Emergency Preparedness Month.While Utahns traditionally take important measures to prepare for sudden natural disasters such as earthquakes, we also need to think about taking mitigating action for climate-related events such as extreme flooding, changing water supplies, wildfire and heat waves.This need is amplified by the awful pictures we see of Hurricane Harvey and Irma and the destruction they have wrought. In Texas alone initial estimates are putting the damage at over $180 bi
  
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• BYU sports boss Tom Holmoe still believes

  23-09-2017 20:52
  Provo • On a recent night in New Orleans when his Cougars couldn’t score a point against LSU, the boss of BYU sports pivoted on the sideline in the Superdome, leaving a hard footprint in the turf as he left the field.It was not a happy exit.The game had given Tom Holmoe darn near everything he’d worked for, everything he wanted for his football team and his school … a great opponent, a huge opportunity, a vast venue, a lucrative payday, a national television audience. Eve
  
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• Neylan McBaine: What good does classical music do us in the modern world?

  23-09-2017 20:06
  What good does classical music do us in the modern world? At the Utah Opera’s 40th Anniversary gala with Renee Fleming last week, materials in the program and a video about the Opera’s visits to public schools presented several theories on what we get out of keeping classical music alive.But most of the theories didn’t resonate with me. I’ve spent my whole life in the classical music world. I grew up backstage at the Metropolitan Opera where my mother sang. I attended Jui
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Carmelo Anthony Returns To The Northwest Division And Everything’s Terrible

  23-09-2017 19:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... erce. More From SLC Dunk Trending Find Tickets Fri Oct 6 Phoenix Suns @ Utah Jazz 7:00 PM - Vivint Smart Home Arena - Salt Lake City, UT Wed Oct 18 Denver Nug ...
  
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• Police: Navajo Nation officer drunk, fatally strikes cyclist

  23-09-2017 19:36
  Glendale, Ariz. • Authorities say a Navajo Nation police officer who was in the Phoenix area for training struck and killed a 60-year-old bicyclist shortly after midnight on Friday.Glendale police say 30-year-old Kevin Hevel was driving drunk when he side-swiped a sports utility vehicle and then struck Peter Rankin, who died on scene. Hevel then kept driving and ran a red light before he struck a fully-marked Glendale police SUV.The Navajo Nation said in a news release that Hevel has been a
  
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• Unveiling our new J-Note statue at 10am on Tuesday! Public open house at @vivintarena after. 👀 Details:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-09-2017 19:32 via twitter.com
  Unveiling our new J-Note statue at 10am on Tuesday!Public open house at @vivintarena after. 👀Details:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Trump trying to turn around GOP holdouts on health bill

  23-09-2017 19:28
  Washington • Unwilling to concede defeat on a bedrock GOP promise, President Donald Trump on Saturday tried to sway two Republican holdouts on the party’s last-ditch health care hope while clawing at his nemesis who again has brought the “Obamacare” repeal-and-replace effort to the brink of failure.Trump appealed to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a possible “no” vote, to swing around for the sake of Alaskans up in arms over high insurance costs, and suggested that Kentuc
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Homeless need a much larger 'safe space'

  23-09-2017 19:27
  They are calling it a “safe space.”And, with any luck at all, it will be. But it won’t be enough.It’s the block of Salt Lake City’s Rio Grande Street in front of the city’s largest homeless shelter, The Road Home. It is being fenced off to create a controlled area where people in need can both receive necessary services and get away from the drug dealers and other influences that would drag them backwards.It is part of what is being called, in keeping with the
  
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• Kirby: Attack of the killer weeds — and my monstrous transformation into the walking dead

  23-09-2017 19:26
  I woke in the middle of the night with a pillow jammed over my face and someone leaning on it. I could barely breathe.Thinking it was a professional hit arranged by my wife or editor, I stopped fighting and waited for the gunshot. I waxed philosophical in my helplessness. Maybe it was time. Over six decades of life is more than some people get.Abruptly I sneezed and got brain lubricant all over the new and expensive bedspread my wife had just put on the bed. Now I wanted to die. I had identified
  
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• $9.1M project to deliver more water to Navajo communities

  23-09-2017 18:40
  Greasewood, Ariz. • Work has started on a $9.1 million project to improve access to water in several Navajo communities.Navajo President Russell Begaye signed legislation last year to fund dozens of water and sanitation projects across the reservation.Officials gathered in Greasewood on Friday for a groundbreaking ceremony for one of the projects. It’s being funded partly through a $554 million settlement the tribe reached with the federal government over management of natural resourc
  
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• New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery Mexico

  23-09-2017 18:14
  Mexico City • A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, toppling already damaged homes and a highway bridge and causing new alarm in a country reeling from two even more powerful quakes this month that together have killed nearly 400 people.The U.S. Geological Survey said the new, magnitude 6.1 temblor was centered about 11 miles (18 kilometers) south-southeast of Matias Romero in the state of Oaxaca, which was the region most battered by a magnitude 8.1 quake on Sept. 7.It was amon
  
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• Fusion barbecue at its finest — 565 Firehouse’s Thai curry with brisket

  23-09-2017 17:54
  565 Firehouse is offering up fusion barbecue at its finest — blending smoked meats of the South with flavors of southeast Asia.This dish starts with a mildly spicy Thai yellow curry filled with fork-tender chunks of carrots and potatoes to which can be added your choice of protein. Try the slow-smoked brisket with a gorgeous smoke ring for a culinary treat balanced with a fresh green salad and plenty of rice too.565 Firehouse is at 565 E. 2100 South, Salt Lake City; 801-268-3374. Open Tues
  
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• Affirmation, the gay Mormon support group, has seen a ‘sea change’ in its 40 years

  23-09-2017 17:24
  Affirmation, a support group for gay Mormons, was born in 1977, at a time when admission of same-sex attraction among the LDS faithful was a matter of inner turmoil, deep shame and religious rejection — even a cause for suicide.At the time, the LDS Church viewed their sexuality as perverse and sinful, and their love as unholy. Any acceptance of gays had to be whispered.Now 40 years later, hundreds in the church’s LGBTQ community, their families and friends, are celebrating Affirmatio
  
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• Latest Utah Medicaid rules could jeopardize those who need health care the most, advocates say

  23-09-2017 17:23
  Once-reluctant supporters of Utah’s partial approach to expanding Medicaid, many advocates for the state’s low-income, homeless and disabled residents now fear a new set of limits on the expansion will harm rather than help.State officials recently modified their original August 2016 proposal under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, to extend health care coverage to many Utahns who are chronically homeless or in need of mental-health or drug addiction services.Their ad
  
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• Riot Act stages an explosive production of an Ibsen classic

  23-09-2017 17:16
  Sometimes the way you go about things can become more crucial than what you want to accomplish. This is the dilemma facing Thomas Stockmann, the main character in Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People.” Whit Hertford’s Riot Act theater is currently premiering his contemporary adaptation of Ibsen’s controversial play.Thomas is an idealistic activist who has discovered an impending crisis in his city, a place that could be Salt Lake. A new, supposedly completely clea
  
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• Dover Quartet brings music from the Holocaust to Salt Lake City

  23-09-2017 17:15
  Camden Shaw finds it disconcerting that the Dover String Quartet’s forthcoming album, “Voices of Defiance 1943 1944 1945,” is relevant today.The album includes quartets written in those years by Viktor Ullmann, Dmitri Shostakovich and Szymon Laks, three composers who suffered under totalitarian regimes. Ullmann and Laks were imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps; Ullmann died in one.“It’s a very sad moment for our country to see that these ideas [that inspired the
  
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• Koerber insists $100 million he took in for his ‘Equity Mill’was backed by real estate

  23-09-2017 17:14
  Rick Koerber testified Friday that his companies had $120 million or so in equity in 2007 when they became illiquid, enough to back the $100 million in investments that came in during the enterprise’s short, spectacular rise.But, on the witness stand for the fifth day in his federal court trial, the former Utah County businessman pointed to the 2007 crash of real estate values and “rumors” spread by state regulators looking into possible fraud for the equally spectacular crash
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Is the Northwest Division about to get even more stacked?

  23-09-2017 16:13 via sportspyder.com
  ... are bound to make an impact and an extremely deep and intelligent squad, the Jazz should be primed to surprised some people and are far from a weak link in th ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Is the Northwest Division about to get even more stacked?

  23-09-2017 15:56
  With rumors flying that Carmelo Anthony is willing to join a pair of Northwest Division teams, the Utah Jazz may soon find themselves in for an even bigger challenge this season. In an offseason that saw a flurry of moves which included several NBA stars joining new teams, no other division got deeper and quite […]
  Utah Jazz: Is the Northwest Division about to get even more stacked? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Jazz basketball is back in 2️⃣5️⃣ days! https://t.co/f3nwk2nUnw

  23-09-2017 15:46 via twitter.com
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Three things we saw in a Raptors road victory

  23-09-2017 15:24 via sportspyder.com
  ... ing to pry out information after a while. Q: Since the last time you saw the Jazz, they’ve been playing .500 ball. What have you noticed about them that they’ ...
  
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• Monson: Utah proves tougher than any adversity and Arizona

  23-09-2017 08:22
  Tucson, Ariz. • On a late Friday night dominated by an omnipresent Star Wars theme in the stands here, Utah did what it could to get on the good side of the Force where it mattered most — down on the field — against Arizona’s Wildcats, and, from here on out, we’ll punt the geeky references to the film and its culture to a place where they belong — in a game column far, far away.Although, you gotta admit, Yoda quotes — “Do, or do not, there is no try
  
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• Prep football: Lehi’s Cooper, Moody team up to overwhelm Olympus

  23-09-2017 08:14
  Lehi • Quarterback Cammon Cooper saw Jaxon Moody in the end zone and let it fly. Moody stretched and tipped the ball to himself, hauling it in just before falling out of the back of the end zone.That was the first of Moody’s three touchdowns in Lehi’s 33-3 win over Olympus to open region play Friday.“He stepped up and made some plays that he hasn’t all year,” Cooper said about Moody, “and I think that was big for him to have confidence the rest of the yea
  
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• Prep football: Week 6 scores

  23-09-2017 08:12
  ThursdayCorner Canyon 44, Timpview 7FridayParowan 26, Rich 0Layton Christian 7, Kanab 0Orem 49, Mountain View 0Juan Diego 34, Richfield 3Tooele 37, Ben Lomond 7Jordan 49, Brighton 21Springville 39, Maple Mountain 20Millard 21, American Leadership 7Juab 26, Manti 19Weber 23, Syracuse 0Cedar City 14, Hurricane 8Wasatch 31, Timpanogos 7Hunter 34, Granger 29Delta 42, North Summit 14Ridgeline 55, Logan 26Clearfield 10, Layton 3Alta 66, Cottonwood 7Sky View 16, Mountain Crest 13Morgan 28, Judge Memori
  
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• Troy Williams replaces injured Huntley, leads Utes to 30-24 win over Arizona

  23-09-2017 08:11
  Tucson, Ariz. • None of it came easy or pretty and it certainly came at a cost, but Utah showed it could trade punches with a Pac-12 opponent on the way to its fourth win of the season.The Utes came away with a 30-24 win in their league opener over Arizona on Friday night at Arizona Stadium, their first win there since 2011. It is the third consecutive conference-opening win for Utah (4-0, 1-0).There was late drama, as Arizona recovered an onside kick after drawing within six points with 2:
  
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• Prep football: Dixie gets revenge with victory over Pine View

  23-09-2017 08:06
  St. George • Dixie players and coaches had Friday night’s game circled on the calendar after falling to Pine View in the Class 3AA state semifinals last year.Dixie’s sidelines were full of smiles and high fives as the final seconds ticked off the clock Friday because the Flyers avenged last year’s heartbreaking playoff loss with a 24-14 win at Panther Stadium.“It’s indescribable. It’s the best feeling ever to beat them after what happened last year,&rdquo
  
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• Some areas of Utah set record low temperatures, record high snowfall

  23-09-2017 07:10
  Valley rain — and yes, mountain snow — is expected to continue through the weekend in northern Utah.The National Weather Service predicts light rain will continue in the Salt Lake valley through the weekend, and snow accumulation can be expected above 6,000 feet.The NWS noted that several areas set record lows Friday:Alta set a new record of 34 degrees, breaking the old record of 38 degrees set in 1970.Brigham City set a new record of 50 degrees, breaking the old record of 51 degrees
  
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• Prep football: Lone Peak outlasts American Fork in offensive shootout

  23-09-2017 07:09
  Highland • A high-powered American Fork offense certainly posed a challenge for the Lone Peak defense when the Cavemen arrived for Friday’s game.But the host Knights’ offense knew it could score a ton of points, too.It turned out that Lone Peak was able to match American Fork score for score in a Region 4 contest between top five team in Class 6A. The Knights never punted and beat back the Cavemen 53-34.“We knew they were going to put up a lot of points. Their offense is r
  
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• Larry Scott address pace of play in Pac-12 games

  23-09-2017 07:00
  Pac-12 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott addressed reporters in the press box at Arizona Stadium during halftime of Friday’s game.Scott said the conference has been happy so far with its efforts to shorten nonconference games on the Pac-12 Network, though he said the conference has not received all the feedback from campuses in terms of how the changes have affected things such as band, sponsored promotions and concessions.“I think we’ve had nine games where we’ve been
  
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