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• BYU football coaches say they are ‘really close’ to naming a starting quarterback for 2018 season opener at Arizona

  22-08-2018 23:50
  Provo • After watching both starting quarterback candidates perform reasonably well in the final practice of preseason camp Wednesday, BYU football coach Kalani Sitake said he’s almost ready to name a starter for the Sept. 1 opener at Arizona.“We’re really close, so stay tuned,” Sitake said. “it is about that time where we are getting close to making a decision and moving on with preparations for the first game and getting the right guys the reps. I think we sh
  
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• Ohio State trustees holding marathon debate on Urban Meyer’s future

  22-08-2018 23:41
  Columbus, Ohio • With the eyes of college football watching, Ohio State trustees huddled privately Wednesday to determine the future of head coach Urban Meyer, crafting a judgment of Meyer’s handling of domestic violence allegations against an assistant in the latest abuse scandal for the school and the sport.Meyer and his wife Shelley Meyer waited out the decisions at Longaberger Alumni House, where university leaders were pitching Ohio State President Michael V. Drake on whether to
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Latter-day Saint scholar looks at past uses of church nicknames, while ex-Utah lawmaker says prophet is preparing the faith for Christ’s Second Coming

  22-08-2018 23:22
  Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, issued a one-paragraph statement last week directing members, the media and others to use the full, formal name of the Utah-based faith and urging them to do away with the shorter but more widely known terms “Mormon” and “LDS.”His statement totaled only 71 words, but it prompted tens of thousands more to be published on the topic because the implications could be wide-ranging and long-lasting
  
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• Mollie Tibbetts’ suspected killer told investigators about her final moments

  22-08-2018 23:13
  Brooklyn, Iowa • For the past four years, Cristhian Rivera has spent his days caring for herds of meat and dairy cattle just outside Brooklyn, Iowa. On the evening of July 18, he told investigators, he spotted a young woman in workout clothes, jogging alone.Rivera, a Mexican national who appears to have used a stolen ID to evade a federal system to screen undocumented workers, drove past the woman several times. As he drove, his Chevrolet Malibu went in and out of the frame of a surveillanc
  
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• Rapidly shutting steel walls is just one idea for school safety that Utah’s governor wants the state to consider

  22-08-2018 23:05
  Stansbury Park • As Utah Gov. Gary Herbert stood by the front office of Rose Springs Elementary School, the walls quickly closed off around him.Solid steel curtains slammed shut. One blocked off the cafeteria. Two more stretched across the hallways that split off from the entrance.“All clear!” Herbert shouted with a laugh. Then he looked around the small space that he was left standing in. There was no way he could enter the school further or reach any of the classrooms. “
  
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• Porcupines are newest residents at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium

  22-08-2018 22:33
  The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium has two new landlubbers in its menagerie: Two prehensile-tailed porcupines.Ilsa, a 2-1/2-year-old female, and Darwin, a 1-1/2-year-old male, are the newest residents of the Draper aquarium’s Journey to South America exhibit, aquarium officials said in a statement. The animals made their public debut Wednesday.The porcupines were born in a zoo in Michigan. The species is native to South American rainforests. They like to eat fruit, vegetables, flowers, sh
  
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• Utah’s first West Nile death of 2018 reported in Salt Lake County

  22-08-2018 22:27
  A Salt Lake County resident died from West Nile virus last week, health officials reported Wednesday. It is Utah’s first known fatality this year connected to the mosquito-borne illness.The person was older than 65 and already suffered from other health problems when diagnosed with neuroinvasive West Nile virus, a relatively severe form of the disease, according to a news release from the Salt Lake County Health Department.Six people died from West Nile last year in Utah. So far this summe
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz Video: Donovan Mitchell reacts to best dunks of 2017-18

  22-08-2018 22:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... inst the Houston Rockets in the second round of the playoffs that helped the Jazz earn a huge Game 2 victory. It was a stellar dunk that saw him grab his own...
  
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• BYU AD Tom Holmoe: Men’s basketball program could still face more NCAA sanctions over guard Nick Emery’s extra benefits from booster

  22-08-2018 22:08
  Provo • BYU’s men’s basketball program could still face more NCAA sanctions stemming from star guard Nick Emery’s acceptance of impermissible benefits from a BYU booster, BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe said Wednesday.After being asked by a member of the audience at his annual BYU Education Week Q&A if the NCAA’s investigation has been finalized, Holmoe said it was in regards to Emery, but not in regards to the program as a whole.“Everything that has been
  
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• Utah Jazz Video: Donovan Mitchell reacts to best dunks of 2017-18

  22-08-2018 22:00
  The NBA released an awesome video for Utah Jazz fans featuring Donovan Mitchell reacting to his best dunks from the 2017-18 season. Donovan Mitchell built a name for himself in a lot of ways last season. Not only in his spectacular play that helped lead the Utah Jazz to the second round of the NBA […]
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• ‘Trib Talk’: The unilateral power of Mormon bishops to expel students from Brigham Young University

  22-08-2018 21:11
  Two students in the Brigham Young University system are facing removal from school, not because they violated campus policies, but because their Mormon bishop has revoked — or is threatening to revoke — their ecclesiastical endorsements, a requirement to attend schools owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.It’s a unique, and some say troubling, aspect of LDS higher education, in which Mormon bishops with no professional ties to the universities h
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Stockton... Open... 3!

  22-08-2018 21:00 via sportspyder.com
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz alums: Gordon Hayward on the verge of shoe deal?

  22-08-2018 20:43 via sportspyder.com
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• Trump calls Manafort a ‘brave man,’ says he refused to ‘break’ unlike Cohen

  22-08-2018 20:34
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort as a “brave man,” saying he "refused to ‘break’ " during the prosecution that led to convictions Tuesday on eight tax- and bank-fraud charges in federal court.In tweets, Trump sought to contrast Manafort’s posture with that of Michael Cohen, the president’s former lawyer and fixer, who on Tuesday entered a guilty plea in a Manhattan federal court on eight c
  
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• Utah Jazz alums: Gordon Hayward on the verge of shoe deal?

  22-08-2018 20:26
  Former Utah Jazz star Gordon Hayward is reportedly receiving interest from multiple major sportswear companies on potential shoe deals. It’s been 10 months since former Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward graced the NBA hardwood, but the Boston Celtics star is still making major waves in the hoops world. Most recently, he’s been at the center […]
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• Arrest made in killing of Bountiful man found dead in home

  22-08-2018 20:23
  Bountiful, Utah • Bountiful police say a 22-year-old man has been arrested in the killing of a 50-year-old man found dead in his home in the Salt Lake City suburb.Taniela Salakielu was arrested booked into jail Wednesday on suspicion of murder and vehicle theft in the death of Rand Hatch, whose body was found Aug. 19 by a family member who went to check on Hatch.According to police, Hatch's vehicle was missing from his home and an investigation and autopsy indicated that his death was cause
  
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• Police find man’s body, dog skeleton in Pleasant Grove home

  22-08-2018 20:21
  Pleasant Grove, Utah • Pleasant Grove police say they believe that a body they found in a house may have been decomposing in the home for more than a year.Pleasant Grove police discovered the body Tuesday when officers went to the home looking for a man whom code enforcement had been trying to reach for months.Police say the man's body remained undiscovered for so long because he did not have close friends or family to request a welfare check.Police also found materials to make explosive de
  
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• Letter: How far down on the Lord’s priority list is family separation?

  22-08-2018 20:00
  I am comforted to know that the Lord has communications and PR issues for his church at the top of the priority list. It’s not often that something is of such import that he causes the issue to be impressed so specifically upon the mind of his prophet. I am curious, though, if the Lord’s priority list includes speaking out against the immorality of separating families at our southern border. I am guessing it does not rank at all, since his prophet has been quite mum on that topic. Si
  
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• Once a novelty, Utah’s ’Hallandale Trio’ now furnishes the Utes with three of their biggest playmakers

  22-08-2018 19:54
  Demari Simpkins thrived in jersey No. 6 as a high school receiver in Florida and showed promise as No. 17 in his first two seasons in Utah's program.Simpkins has switched this season to No. 3 for one irresistible reason: He wanted to complete the Hallandale Trio.“It's fun,” he said.So here they are, quarterback Tyler Huntley (No. 1), running back Zack Moss (No. 2) and Simpkins (No. 3), teammates of the past and present, positioned as three of the Ute offense’s most important pe
  
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• A little rookie love for today’s #WallpaperWednesday 🔹 @GraysonJAllen https://t.co/xYRg8dT0l5

  22-08-2018 19:28 via twitter.com
  
  A little rookie love for today’s #WallpaperWednesday 🔹@GraysonJAllen https://t.co/xYRg8dT0l5
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: CBS forces KUTV to switch its 7 a.m. newscast over to KJZZ

  22-08-2018 19:20
  KUTV-Channel 2 is about to make a big change to its morning news lineup — a change the station really doesn't want to make.For 25 years, Channel 2 has aired local news from 7 to 8 a.m., followed by a delayed telecast of the first hour of CBS' national morning-news show from 8 to 9 a.m. Beginning Monday, Sept. 3, “CBS This Morning” will air from 7 to 9 a.m. on KUTV; the station’s 7 a.m. local newscast will air exclusively on sister station KJZZ-Channel 14.It’s a move
  
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• Suspect in estranged wife’s death in Millcreek arrested while confessing crime to a TV station

  22-08-2018 19:11
  Police arrested a man suspected of using a crowbar to kill his estranged wife and injure their teen daughter in Millcreek Wednesday morning — apparently while he was on the phone with a Salt Lake City TV station, confessing to the crime.Officers from the Unified Police Department are investigating the death of a woman near the River Bend Apartments, on River Hollow Road, just east of 700 East, at about 3900 South, in Millcreek.Sgt. Melody Gray of the Unified Police Department said a neighb
  
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• New Mexico utility wants to join Utah, Arizona and Nevada on a shared power grid

  22-08-2018 19:07
  Albuquerque, N.M. • New Mexico’s largest electric utility is asking state regulators for approval to join a trading market with Utah and other states' utilities that allows participants in several western states to buy and sell energy to better balance supply and demand.The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is among those expected to join the energy imbalance market by 2020 while large utilities in Arizona, Nevada and Utah already are on board.Public Service Co. of New Mexico
  
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• Utah County — home of Silicon Slopes — ranks No. 2 among nation’s large counties for job growth, No. 6 for wage increases

  22-08-2018 19:06
  Utah County ranks No. 2 in the nation for job growth — with an increase of more than three times the national rate, new federal data show. It also ranked No. 6 for wage increases.The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday that the job growth in Utah County — home of the booming Silicon Slopes high-tech area — was 6.0 percent between March 2017 and March 2018, compared to a national average of 1.6 percent.Among the nation’s 349 largest counties, only Midland Co
  
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• The number of Utahns installing solar power has dropped 23 percent since utility changed the way customers are paid

  22-08-2018 19:03
  Ogden • New rooftop solar installations are down 23 percent after Utah’s main power company reached a deal to pay customers less for the power they generate.Rocky Mountain Power in a deal that went into effect in November phased out the net-metering program, which paid solar customers the market rate for their excess energy sent to the grid.New solar customers are in a transitional program that pays slightly less than market rates, which will last until 2033. The customers who install
  
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• BYU says it doesn’t have to release police interview with MTC leader accused of assault, files three lawsuits over records requests

  22-08-2018 18:51
  Brigham Young University filed three separate lawsuits Tuesday challenging the state records committee’s ruling that an interview between a BYU police officer and a former leader of the Missionary Training Center accused of sexual assaulting a woman in the 1980s should be made public.Lawyers for the private university, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, wrote in the lawsuits that the school’s police department is not subject to Utah open records laws &
  
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• [NBA] - Kickstradomis creates custom Jazz City Edition shoe

  22-08-2018 18:43 via sportspyder.com
  ... hoes for Donovan Mitchell, Ricky Rubio, Rudy Gobert and other members of the Jazz squad during the 2017-18 regular season, the Los Angeles native came to Utah ...
  
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• BYU would like to avoid a running-back-by-committee scenario this season, but is there a go-to back on this team?

  22-08-2018 18:36
  Provo • Injuries, a suspension, fumbling problems and plain old indecision resulted in seven different players getting starts as BYU’s primary running back last year.That by-committee approach, intended or not, did not go well. The Cougars finished 104th in the country in rushing offense, gaining just 130.5 yards per game on the ground.That’s probably why head coach Kalani Sitake seems determined to find a workhorse this season, a guy he can count on for 20 or so carries a game,
  
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  22-08-2018 18:31 via twitter.com
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• Enter to win a pair of @Kickstradomis customized Nike's that were painted on the plaza during the first round of th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  22-08-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Kickstradomis gets inspired by Utah

  22-08-2018 18:25 via sportspyder.com
  ...a shoe on the plaza for the NBA Playoffs. After working with players on the Jazz, Kickstradomis was excited to learn about the city and create a custom shoe...
  
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• Pac-12 preview: Washington State lands East Carolina QB to replace Logan’s Luke Falk

  22-08-2018 17:52
  Washington State coach Mike Leach is fascinated by pirates, having titled his autobiography “Swing Your Sword.” Gardner Minshew is an ex-Pirate, having transferred from East Carolina.That swashbuckling connection is not the reason Minshew has become WSU's likely starting quarterback, but there's no question he's a central figure in Leach's QB-driven offense as the Cougars regroup this season.WSU lost record-setting quarterback Luke Falk, a Logan High School alumnus who started for pa
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Yesterday might have been the worst day in Trump’s presidency so far

  22-08-2018 15:28
  Yesterday might have been the worst day in Donald Trump’s presidency so far. Salt Lake County GOP comms director blames multiple sex partners as reason for high LGBTQ suicide rates. Trump not expected to visit Utah in fall campaign efforts.Happy Wednesday. In the span of 20 minutes, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and his personal lawyer became felons. It might have been the most impactful day of his presidency so far, and it’s unclear what it may portend going
  
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• Utah is the second-most sexist state, researchers say — and women’s internalized sexism appears to play a unique role here

  22-08-2018 15:17
  Utah is the second-most sexist state in the nation, behind only Arkansas, according to a new index of sexist attitudes.But one factor in particular appears to have pushed Utah up in the rankings: Women’s own “internalized” sexist attitudes.Utah is in a minority of states where women responding to a nationwide questionnaire showed more sexism — beliefs that isolate or devalue women — than men did, according to an analysis of survey results by economists from the Univ
  
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• Kirby: Mormon garments flap raises the question — Is everything fair game?

  22-08-2018 15:15
  Garments worn by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are in the news — again. I am, of course, referring to the temple-issued underclothing many members wear to remind us of covenants made there.For those looking to have a little cheap sport with the church, garments are an easy go-to jab. Comedian David Cross recently tweeted a doctored photo of him in garments as, I suppose, a way of promoting his show Wednesday at the University of Utah.The picture outraged member
  
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• Utah developer seeks to block public vote on former Cottonwood Mall site, threatens to abandon residential and retail project

  22-08-2018 15:11
  Utah’s largest homebuilder has gone to court in hope of blocking any public vote this fall on its proposed high-density residential and retail development at the former Cottonwood Mall site in Holladay.A subsidiary of Ivory Homes Ltd. says the company’s legal and financial stakes in the $560 million project are substantial enough to justify it intervening in an emerging court fight between the city and residents opposed to the development dubbed Holladay Quarter.Lawyers for Ivory Dev
  
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• Tribune editorial: Secrecy only harms potential of Port Authority

  22-08-2018 15:00
  The brand, spanking new Utah Inland Port Authority has the potential to do great things. But, first, it needs to be spanked, or its brand will lose a lot of its luster.Sadly, members of the authority board have begun their tenure by making wan excuses about how the committees they have formed are not absolutely required by law to meet in public, so they won’t.Even if that legal interpretation is accurate — and that’s iffy at best — this level of secrecy so early in the au
  
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• Letter: Thanks, Utah members of Congress, for supporting fight against TB

  22-08-2018 15:00
  The world’s leading infectious killer, tuberculosis, continues to stalk the planet. This germ currently infects 2 billion of the 7.6 billion of us. The TB germ lies dormant until our immune system grows weak, then attacks, causing 1.7 million deaths each year, including 239,000 children. This death toll is more than 10 times the death toll of our wars and armed conflicts. This killer has plagued the human race for longer than our recorded history, and while we have had effective, inexpensi
  
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• Letter: Spend the military parade money to feed hungry children instead

  22-08-2018 15:00
  I have read recent articles that put the original $12 million Department of Defense estimate for the Veterans Day parade at close to $100 million. Although military parades have their place, I would suggest a better use for this money.Once the final estimate is in place and the money allocated, we could have a pretend parade and the money could then be used to provide food for hungry children.I believe my time spent in military service is better honored by well-fed, happy children than a macho d
  
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• Letter: Properly secured guns don’t kill people

  22-08-2018 15:00
  Since 1999, 145 school shootings were committed by minors, according to the Washington Post. Eighty-four took a gun from home, a friend’s house or the house of another family member. Only four adults were prosecuted, leaving 80 unpunished.A Utah woman left a loaded gun on a restroom changing table. She was not prosecuted nor was her gun taken away. Reckless behavior that could have been lethal should be punished.Gun-related suicide is the major cause of death for Utah males ages 10-17 even
  
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• Letter: Disagreement with Trump is not a sign of untrustworthiness

  22-08-2018 15:00
  I, like many others, have held a top-secret military clearance. I doubt it still is valid, but if it is, I join with several senior retired military officers in asking President Donald Trump to “honor us” by revoking our clearances. If speaking against Trump means that we no longer are trustworthy retired officers, he has brought the country to the wrong place.There is no more patriotic and trustworthy group than America's retired military. But, as with everything in America, there w
  
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• Representatives of the Mormon church asked Utah’s elected leaders to join the fight against the medical marijuana initiative

  22-08-2018 13:58
  Lobbyists for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints approached members of Utah’s congressional delegation in the hope they’d show their opposition to the medical marijuana initiative heading to the November ballot, The Salt Lake Tribune has learned.That occurred as the measure’s opponents worked to broaden the coalition that is speaking out and working to defeat the initiative.Organizers plan to hold a news conference in coming days to showcase what they hope to portr
  
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• Monson: Can BYU football become nationally relevant again, or is it a fading memory?

  22-08-2018 05:42
  How much pressure is BYU and its coach Kalani Sitake under to have a respectable season?You know the answer, but do you know the definition of respectable?Sitake has acknowledged the subduction-zone crush at LaVell Edwards Stadium for months now, fully aware that what happened a year ago — a 4-9 slack-off — cannot happen again. If it does … cue the dark, ominous music. It’s the end of the world is our campus as he knows it.“We’ve got to improve,” he sai
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell at it again with surprise visit to Utah high school

  22-08-2018 05:36 via sportspyder.com
  ... kpacks for the new school year 🎒 #TakeNote pic.twitter.com/KVtlpIhhxJ — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) August 21, 2018 Special guest @spidadmitchell from the @utahjazz ...
  
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• Nothing fuels NBA superteams more than Team USA workouts

  22-08-2018 05:32
  Las Vegas • When LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh publicly donned matching Miami Heat uniforms for the first time on July 10, 2010, the sight of three all-stars in the same jersey represented a shift in how NBA teams are constructed.Eight years after the Big Three danced onstage, NBA stars are dictating player movement more than ever. Nothing has fueled that power more than Team USA, an incubator of sorts for such bold-name partnerships."If you don't have a superteam, or three super
  
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• Does having too many sex partners contribute to high suicide rates in the LGBTQ community? One new Salt Lake County Republican Party leader thinks so.

  22-08-2018 05:24
  In a sweeping, one-hour meeting with The Salt Lake Tribune’s editorial board on Monday, the Salt Lake County Republican Party’s new communication director made claims about the LGBTQ community that the county health department described as “wildly inaccurate” and Equality Utah said are “deeply irresponsible.”Dave Robinson joined county GOP Chairman Scott Miller, who has been on the job for a little more than a month, for a conversation about where they see the
  
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• Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell at it again with surprise visit to Utah high school

  22-08-2018 05:23
  Utah Jazz standout Donovan Mitchell continues to shine off the court as his lengthy list of charitable acts keeps on growing. As amazing as Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell was on the court last season, it’s quite possible that he’s exceeded even that level of greatness with his charitable acts this summer. From paying to […]
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• How long is too long? Ute kicker Matt Gay’s range is a dilemma for Kyle Whittingham

  22-08-2018 05:22
  Whenever Utah's offense crosses midfield this season and approaches fourth down, kicker Matt Gay will grab his helmet and stand near Kyle Whittingham. But in that moment, he won't be trying to talk his coach into ordering a field goal.“My lobbying is done in practice,” Gay said.College football’s reigning Lou Groza Award winner has done a very persuasive job this month. His 62-yard field goal in a scrimmage — “It would have been good from 70,” offensive coordi
  
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