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• Mexico airline offering flights at Salt Lake City airport

  03-02-2018 23:45
  One of Mexico's largest airlines has begun offering flights between Mexico and Salt Lake City.Aeromexico will offer daily flights to Guadalajara, Mexico and a weekly service to Mexico City.Aeromexico Executive Jorge Goytortua told KUTV-TV Thursday that the company was drawn to the Beehive State in part by the new Salt Lake City International Airport that is expected to be completed in two years.He added that Utah has great attractions including skiing, which he says Mexicans love.Aeromexico Salt
  
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• County officials ask Navajo Nation to help pay for strays

  03-02-2018 23:41
  Farmington • Northwest New Mexico officials are asking the Navajo Nation to pitch in and help with the costs to shelter stray animals from the reservation.The Daily Times reported earlier this week that San Juan County expects to pay about $766,000 to house strays this year due to a 6 percent increase in costs at two animal shelters in the area.Officials say more than $200,000 is used on stray animals from the Navajo Nation.County Commissioner Jack Fortner says he has sent a letter to Navaj
  
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• California woman pleads not guilty in crash that killed former BYU football player

  03-02-2018 23:34
  Redding, Calif. • A Northern California woman has pleaded not guilty in a head-on highway crash that killed a man in an oncoming car as she was allegedly trying to attempt suicide.Grace Elizabeth Ward’s attorney entered the plea to second-degree murder on her behalf as Ward sat in a wheelchair on Friday in Shasta County Superior Court. She remains jailed on $1.5 million bail.The 28-year-old Ward told the California Highway Patrol she was trying to kill herself when she crossed into on
  
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• Girls' basketball state rankings for Feb. 4

  03-02-2018 23:30
  Class 6A1. Fremont • Five-point win at Northridge helps Silverwolves ascend to the top rung of the ladder.2. Copper Hills • A 15-game winning streak comes to end with home loss to Riverton.3. Bingham • Pleasant trip to Pleasant Grove as Miners win by 17 points.4. Riverton • Silverwolves stun Copper Hills behind 23 points from center Morgan Kane.5. Herriman • Milee Enger tallies 15 points in 55-42 victory at Taylorsville.Class 5A1. Viewmont • Vikings win region stand
  
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• Judge dismisses wrongful-death claim in Utah standoff suit

  03-02-2018 23:28
  A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful-death claim in a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was killed by a police SWAT team during a standoff in northern Utah.The Standard-Examiner reports Judge David Nuffer dismissed the claim earlier this month, but allowed the lawsuit to continue on its other claims, which include allegations of illegal search and seizure and deprivation of constitutional rights.The suit was filed in 2016 on behalf of 35-year-old Jose Calzada, who was shot by police a
  
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• A woman was listed as a missing person — but she was just on 'The Bachelor'

  03-02-2018 23:28
  Going on "The Bachelor" requires disappearing from your regular life. Contestants leave behind their jobs, pets, family, friends and social media accounts for days or weeks or months to compete for true love.But one contestant was reported as missing to the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, when in fact she was competing on the reality show. On Thursday, a story in the North Coast Journal on 35 people currently missing in Humboldt County, California, included Rebekah Martinez. The newspaper aske
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - St. John's stuns No. 4 Duke 81-77 to snap 11-game skid

  03-02-2018 23:20 via sportspyder.com
  ... rs to replace 'Red Panda's' stolen $25k unicycle Rubio's double-double leads Jazz to 129-99 win over Warriors Pistons land Griffin from Clippers as LA sheds a ...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Lawrence lifts Miami to road win over Hokies, 84-75

  03-02-2018 23:20 via sportspyder.com
  ... rs to replace 'Red Panda's' stolen $25k unicycle Rubio's double-double leads Jazz to 129-99 win over Warriors Pistons land Griffin from Clippers as LA sheds a ...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Colorado State coach Larry Eustachy placed on leave

  03-02-2018 23:20 via sportspyder.com
  ... rs to replace 'Red Panda's' stolen $25k unicycle Rubio's double-double leads Jazz to 129-99 win over Warriors Pistons land Griffin from Clippers as LA sheds a ...
  
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  03-02-2018 23:16 via twitter.com
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• Lands stripped from Utah monuments open to claims, leases

  03-02-2018 23:02
  The window opened Friday for oil, gas, uranium and coal companies to make requests or stake claims to lands that were cut from two sprawling Utah national monuments by President Trump in December —but there doesn’t appear to be a rush to seize the opportunities.For anyone interested in the uranium on the lands stripped from the Bears Ears National Monument, all they need to do is stake a few corner posts in the ground, pay a $212 initial fee and send paperwork to the federal governme
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - No. 10 Texas Tech wins 83-71 at TCU for share of Big 12 lead

  03-02-2018 22:52 via sportspyder.com
  ... rs to replace 'Red Panda's' stolen $25k unicycle Rubio's double-double leads Jazz to 129-99 win over Warriors Pistons land Griffin from Clippers as LA sheds a ...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - DeVoe leads No. 20 Clemson past Wake Forest 75-67

  03-02-2018 22:51 via sportspyder.com
  ... rs to replace 'Red Panda's' stolen $25k unicycle Rubio's double-double leads Jazz to 129-99 win over Warriors Pistons land Griffin from Clippers as LA sheds a ...
  
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• Travel woes hit Jazz on way to San Antonio

  03-02-2018 22:24
  San Antonio • The Utah Jazz probably are going to be a tired basketball team Saturday night.First, the Jazz are playing a back-to-back against the San Antonio Spurs, one of the very best home teams in the NBA.To make matters worse, Utah had travel issues Friday night following its 129-97 win over the Phoenix Suns. Because of mechanical issues, the Jazz had to turn around in the air and land in Phoenix, where they sat for hours. The Jazz changed planes around 2 a.m. and got to bed around 5:3
  
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• 'Wash your stinking hands!': ER nurse advises how to avoid 'cesspool of funky flu'

  03-02-2018 22:21
  A Florida nurse working to combat "a cesspool of funky flu" in the emergency room has gained widespread attention from a viral video on social media urging people to take precautions to avoid influenza.Following a 12-hour night shift late last week in an emergency room in Northwest Florida, nurse Katherine Lockler offered some advice."Here are some ideas how to treat the flu at home — wash your stinking hands," she said in the video, which has since been viewed more than 5 million times.Lo
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - St. John's stun No. 4 Duke 81-77 to snap 11-game skid

  03-02-2018 21:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... rs to replace 'Red Panda's' stolen $25k unicycle Rubio's double-double leads Jazz to 129-99 win over Warriors Pistons land Griffin from Clippers as LA sheds a ...
  
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• Ute woman charged with allegedly murdering another woman on the tribe’s reservation in northeastern Utah

  03-02-2018 21:12
  A female member of the Ute Indian tribe has been charged in federal court with fatally shooting another woman last summer on the tribe’s reservation in northeastern Utah.Zhondee Spring Nephi, 30, of Ft. Duchesne, was indicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court with one count of “murder in the second degree while in Indian Country” for the Aug. 23 death of 20-year-old Sukakee Manyhides.Nephi also was indicted with discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence.An August news re
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - No. 8 Cincinnati beats UConn 65-57 for 14th straight win

  03-02-2018 21:01 via sportspyder.com
  ... rs to replace 'Red Panda's' stolen $25k unicycle Rubio's double-double leads Jazz to 129-99 win over Warriors Pistons land Griffin from Clippers as LA sheds a ...
  
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• For Utah's Pyeongchang Olympians, 2002 marked the year that lit their fire within

  03-02-2018 20:45
  From her home in Kearns, a young Jerica Tandiman could look out and see the Olympic skating oval. When the Olympic torch passed through her neighborhood, she went to the local high school to get a glimpse of it. When the Games started, the field next to her home filled with cars, a temporary parking lot for spectators from around the globe.And when the world had come and gone from Salt Lake City, Tandiman finally went inside the venue for the first time, changing the course of her young life.&ld
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - A tale of two Joe Ingles

  03-02-2018 20:35 via sportspyder.com
  ... is the sincerest form of flattery? For those curious about the state of Utah Jazz salaries and contracts, David J. Smith broke it down nicely in this Twitter...
  
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• .@UofUHealth Injury Report: Rodney Hood (lower leg contusion) is probable. Joe Johnson (rest) is out. #UTAatSAS

  03-02-2018 20:24 via twitter.com
  .@UofUHealth Injury Report:Rodney Hood (lower leg contusion) is probable.Joe Johnson (rest) is out. #UTAatSAS
  
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• Super Bowl Tale of Two Cities: Philadelphia vs. Boston

  03-02-2018 20:14
  Musicians from local collegesRock and Roll Hall of Fame members Daryl Hall & John Oates met while attending Temple University in Philadelphia and produced six No. 1 hits, notably “Maneater.”Tom Schlolz, guitarist and founder of the Boston band, graduated from MIT in mechanical engineering. Boston is considered among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s biggest snubs. Edge: EaglesMark Wahlberg sports movies“Invincible” is the story of Eagles fan Vince Papale, who imp
  
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• Eric Walden: Throw snowballs at Santa or root for Tom Brady? Somebody hand me my gloves

  03-02-2018 20:06
  I am a Philadelphia fan …… is the kind of statement one does not typically make in polite company.After all, these are the people who booed and threw snowballs at Santa Claus, who hurled batteries at a baseball player the first time he played a game in Philly after spurning the local team that drafted him, whose history of, shall we say, “uncouth” behavior necessitated a jail and courtroom in the old football stadium.But please — hold off on the side-eye, cease ta
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz trade rumors: Denver Nuggets eyeing Rodney Hood?

  03-02-2018 19:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... uld very well be interested in Rodney Hood. Knowing the track record of Utah Jazz trades with the Denver Nuggets, if I’m Dennis Lindsey I’m jumping all over t ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz at San Antonio Spurs: Battle of the Bigs

  03-02-2018 19:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... ose in against one of the most brilliant coaches the game has ever seen, the Jazz will have their hands full. Utah Jazz at San Antonio Spurs: Keys to keeping...
  
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• Utah Jazz at San Antonio Spurs: Battle of the Bigs

  03-02-2018 19:48
  Utah Jazz power forward Derrick Favors will have his hands full trying to slow down LaMarcus Aldridge, who is averaging 22.3 points and 8.5 rebounds per contest. In the first matchup of the year between the Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs, LaMarcus Aldridge was limited to 11 points and seemingly did not have much […]
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• Utah Jazz trade rumors: Denver Nuggets eyeing Rodney Hood?

  03-02-2018 19:37
  The Denver Nuggets are the latest team to reportedly have interest in Rodney Hood, who the Utah Jazz previously put on the trade block. The trade deadline is mere days away and, of course, as luck would have it, the Utah Jazz just so happen to be playing their best basketball of the season. Mere […]
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• Court denies appeal for former Utah bus driver convicted of molesting two young passengers

  03-02-2018 19:31
  The Utah Court of Appeals wasn’t persuaded by a former bus driver’s arguments — including the claim that video of him inappropriately touching young female passengers wasn’t sufficient evidence of the allegations against him — that they should overturn his convictions.John Martin Carrell, 65, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison in 2015 on 19 first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of child.Carrell, a bus driver for the Canyons School District,
  
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• Quirky Pirates' lair: Cyrpus boasts old-school gym, which soon will be gone

  03-02-2018 19:13
  Magna • Old, quirky high school gyms once inhabited the Salt Lake Valley. Fans filled places like Granite, Jordan, Bingham and West to the rafters, often screaming so loud that the din almost hurt.Alas, new schools and modern facilities slowly replaced the old barns. And the crowds often became smaller with students and families having many activities from which to choose.That’s not the case in Magna.Cyprus High’s teams utilize the last of the old-guard gyms, a quirky place that
  
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• Utah senior Tyler Rawson: We’ll be playing the rest of the season for Jon Huntsman Sr.

  03-02-2018 18:43
  Utes junior guard Parker Van Dyke was shaken by the text message he received as he and teammates were looking forward to taking on Pac-12 Conference rival Colorado on Friday.Van Dyke’s mother let him know via text the heart-wrenching news that soon flooded social media streams. Jon Huntsman Sr., one of Utah’s best-known businessmen and philanthropists, a major donor to the university as well as a friend and mentor to members of the basketball program, died at the age of 80. “T
  
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• Monson: No, no, no, no ... yes. Cheesesteaks be damned, the Patriots will win another Super Bowl

  03-02-2018 18:33
  Let’s get right to the point and say it all plain:The New England Patriots will win Sunday’s Super Bowl. The Evil Empire gets Vince’s trophy, again.I know, I know, is there an echo in here?That’s the pick I made before the season started in a column that ran the first week of September and it’s the pick now. Gotta stay with it. I didn’t want to do it then, and don’t want to do it again. I grew up in a neighborhood about 20 miles south of Philly, I like c
  
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• Tony Jones on the NBA: As ugly as it went down, Clippers made right move trading Griffin

  03-02-2018 18:32
  I, like many in the basketball world, was shocked when the Los Angeles Clippers traded Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons.Not many knew Griffin even was available in a deal. He had just signed a mega-contract with the Clippers this past summer. He was elevated to being the franchise piece in the wake of Chris Paul leaving for the Houston Rockets. The 29-year-old is one of the most skilled big men in the NBA and the one Clipper I thought would remain a Clipper until retirement.I initially was a
  
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• BYU's — or Brigham's — Kyle Van Noy will be vital to the Patriots in his second Super Bowl

  03-02-2018 18:02
  Minneapolis • The New England Patriots’ middle linebacker is the team’s No. 3 tackler, a pass-rusher whose sack helped derail Jacksonville’s final drive in the AFC championship game and another example of how coach Bill Belichick and his staff maximize players who have failed elsewhere in the NFL. He’s “Kyle Van Noy, Brigham.”That’s Van Noy’s shortened name of his old school, as he cites in the videotaped starting lineups of NBC’s &ldquo
  
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• Kragthorpe: The Eagles' pass rush will bother Tom Brady enough to create a Super Bowl upset

  03-02-2018 18:01
  Someone warmed me about this phenomenon, the first time I traveled to a Super Bowl site for interviews with players and coaches in the buildup to the game: You’ll fall in the love with the underdogs.That remains true, 13 years after that first Super Bowl experience involving the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles.Thanks to the cautionary advice in 2005, I stuck with my preconceived pick of the Pats, even after almost being swayed to Philly. How did that work out? I forecasted New
  
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• Here are 11 new picture books for your family to warm hearts and minds in February

  03-02-2018 18:00
  If you’re not a fan of Utah winters, the shortest month of the year can start to feel really loooooong.Fortunately there are plenty of reasons to celebrate in February — Valentine’s Day, Presidents Day and Lunar New Year. February is also Black History Month. So pull up a chair and embrace the season by reading a new picture book with the child of your choice. (BONUS! If you want something else to look forward to this month, take special note of the final title listed here.)&ld
  
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• What will Trump’s reshaping of Interior Department mean for Utah and the West?

  03-02-2018 17:58
  The Interior Department’s various powerful land agencies — National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management, to name two — could be consolidated into regional offices that align with the continent’s great watersheds, under sweeping plans being considered by the Trump administration.The idea, officials said, is to break down barriers between those agencies and improve coordination with state and local governments—a move welcomed by Utah leaders who have long b
  
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• 3 of 4 Utahns support tougher ban on cellphone use while driving

  03-02-2018 17:53
  Three of every four Utahns apparently would like to send a message to people who use cellphones while driving: Hang up, already.A new poll commissioned by The Salt Lake Tribune and the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics shows that by a 75-23 margin, Utahns support HB64 by Rep. Carol Moss, D-Holladay — legislation that would clearly ban the use of hand-held cellphones while driving. It would still allow use of hands-free devices.Support cuts across party lines. Republ
  
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• Commentary: We can do more about Utah’s air pollution

  03-02-2018 17:49
  Now that the winter inversions have set in along the Wasatch Front, it is useful to review what was accomplished during the past year to solve the problem and what still needs to be done both in the short and the long terms. The projection that Utah’s population will double by 2065, mostly along the Wasatch Front, emphasizes the need for effective action because we must reduce the rate at which individuals pollute enough to offset the increase in vehicle traffic and emissions from building
  
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• Rich Lowry: Trump’s unifying nationalism

  03-02-2018 17:46
  Donald Trump gave a notably unifying State of the Union address that didn’t back down an inch from his controversial nationalism.This doesn’t represent a contradiction, but a step toward fulfilling the political promise of his nationalism, which could appeal much more broadly than to Trump’s devoted base.A true American nationalism should be grounded in our common citizenship, champion popular sovereignty and exult in our history, culture and ideals. It should the enemy of iden
  
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• Commentary: The poles of the moon are the most valuable real estate in the solar system

  03-02-2018 17:45
  I’ve been reading with interest the recent exchanges in The Salt Lake Tribune on the moon’s utility. I’m grateful for this opportunity to add some facts and analysis to the conversation.To recap briefly, after space author Mark Whittington encouraged potential Senate candidate Mitt Romney to reconsider his earlier disparagement of lunar return, University of Utah Professor Emeritus of chemical engineering Noel de Nevers chided Whittington for advancing such a fantastic concept.
  
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• Commentary: A new way of doing business on water

  03-02-2018 17:45
  This year has given us a glimpse of our potential water future in the Colorado River Basin — and it’s not pretty. So far this winter, much of the Intermountain West is seeing below average snowpack in the mountains, where most of our water in the Upper Basin originates.Even if we end up with a good snow year, the long-term trend is clear: drier and hotter and less predictable.Left unaddressed, these trends could pose a perfect storm for both municipalities and agricultural producers
  
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• Eric Rumple: Utah lawmakers should admit that science cuts both ways

  03-02-2018 17:42
  Sometimes policies must be implemented, based on being backed by science, notwithstanding the unpopularity of such policies. Likewise, sometimes these scientifically backed policies must be implemented notwithstanding that the policies conflict with conservative or progressive orthodoxy. Many progressives/Democrats favor stronger anti-pollution laws but are against the state’s recently enacted tighter alcohol regulations. Many conservatives/Republicans are fully supportive of the alcohol c
  
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• Commentary: Don't forget those who suffer from chronic pain

  03-02-2018 17:41
  I am writing in response to the many recent articles, but most specifically, Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes’ recent declaration of war on the manufactures of opioid drugs. What is consistently absent in this discussion is the patient with constant and unrelenting pain as a result of any number of physical impairments. In my case, I was hit with a neurological jackpot of Multiple Sclerosis and Transverse Myelitis 16 years ago. Traverse Myelitis is a very rare and serious neurological virus
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz at San Antonio Spurs: Keys to keeping win streak alive

  03-02-2018 17:35 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz at Phoenix Suns: Rookie race intensifies by Tyler Crandall ...
  
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• Commentary: Respecting our elders should never grow old

  03-02-2018 17:30
  The 1976 cult sci-fi film “Logan’s Run” depicts a hedonistic utopia that descends into dystopia as everyone over age 30 is terminated. The film’s “runners” — people who have reached 30 but don’t wish to have their clocks “re-set” — are pursued by Sandmen, elite police. Two runners discover an old man hiding in the ruins of a city that was Washington, D.C. The old man is living proof that knowledge can persist for more than three d
  
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• Utah Jazz at San Antonio Spurs: Keys to keeping win streak alive

  03-02-2018 17:25
  The Utah Jazz will put their winning streak on the line as they face off against a tough San Antonio team on the road tonight. The Utah Jazz are officially balling, ladies and gentlemen. With four straight wins overall and two in a row of 30 points or more, one of which came over the […]
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• Commentary: When will Mormons finally dump Trump?

  03-02-2018 17:23
  It is no secret that Mormons are a conservative bunch. Even the shortest of trips to Utah will reveal our religious convictions against alcohol, coffee, premarital sex, vulgarity, “immodest” dress, and more. In fact, social conservatism has worked its way into nearly every aspect of Mormon life — including politics. Except for a brief hiccup in 1964, Utah has backed a Republican for president in every election since 1952. Republicans currently make up the entire Utah congressio
  
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• Commentary: Count My Vote would take away accountability of elected officials

  03-02-2018 17:22
  Whether or not you agree that the caucus and convention system, which did not favor the incumbent, wealthy or famous, as being a good thing, the new Count My Vote initiative version 2.1 is worse. Currently you can at least watch what your legislator does during the session and, if you don’t like it, you can either run or help someone run against them by filing after the session ends.Count My Vote (CMV) version 2.1 changes the deadline to be selected by the party or to submit signatures by
  
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• ‘Encircle,’ where families and their LGBT children can find therapy and a sense of community, is coming to Salt Lake City

  03-02-2018 17:21
  When Stephanie Larsen and a band of volunteers opened an LGBT support center in Provo across the street from an LDS temple, she thought it could be picketed, or worse — but the place, called Encircle, was an instant hit.Now — one year later — Encircle is coming to Salt Lake City, where the same emphasis will be on providing a place where families and their LGBT offspring can find support, therapy and a sense of community.They plan to open the new space this spring or summer at
  
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