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• First of 2 early winter storms moving into Utah

  22-11-2018 23:27
  The first of two Pacific storm systems was moving across Utah on Thursday, with the stronger, colder storm carrying the heaviest snow expected to descend from the northern mountains early Friday and intensify as it spreads south Saturday.A winter weather advisory remained in effect until 6 p.m. Thursday for areas mostly north of U.S. Interstate 80 and east of I-15. A winter storm warning was to go into effect at midnight Thursday through noon Saturday, the National Weather Service in Salt Lake C
  
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• Jazz get their first look at LeBron’s Lake Show on Friday, but they’ve got their own problems to worry about

  22-11-2018 22:38
  On Wednesday night, the Jazz played one of the best transition offenses in the NBA, and given Utah’s season-long deficiencies in defending against that, the Kings were unsurprisingly successful at it.Which presents another rather immediate problem.According to the website Inpredictable, Sacramento is tied for first as the fastest-playing offensive team in the league, taking only 12.9 seconds on average per offensive possession. Meanwhile, Friday’s opponent, the Lakers, rank fourth in
  
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• In 2017, only 12 U.S. counties had per capita income over $100K. One was in Utah.

  22-11-2018 22:07
  Want to hang out with the nation’s really rich people? You can go to New York, or the Bay Area, or Nantucket — or choose from a handful of ski towns in the Intermountain West, including Park City.With a per capita income of $121,932, Summit County, Utah, ranked sixth nationwide in 2017, according to a recently released study by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.It was one of only 12 counties nationally — out of more than 3,000 — with a per capita income over $100,000 l
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Rivalry game isn’t personal for Aaron Roderick, now coaching at BYU after Utah fired him two years ago

  22-11-2018 22:06 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • College football coaching veteran Aaron Roderick has too much respect for the BYU-Utah football rivalry to make Saturday’s meeting at Rice-Eccles Stadium a personal crusade against the coach and school that fired him nearly two years ago.
  
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• Rivalry game isn’t personal for Aaron Roderick, now coaching at BYU after Utah fired him two years ago

  22-11-2018 22:00
  Provo • College football coaching veteran Aaron Roderick has too much respect for the BYU-Utah football rivalry to make Saturday’s meeting at Rice-Eccles Stadium a personal crusade against the coach and school that fired him nearly two years ago.But BYU’s new passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach couldn’t be blamed if he did. After 12 years on Utah coach Kyle Whittingham’s staff, the former BYU receiver and offensive graduate assistant was given notice on D
  
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• The path off the streets ‘starts with a meal': Salt Lake City Mission dishes up more than Thanksgiving dinners for the hungry and homeless

  22-11-2018 21:31
  The Salt Lake City Mission’s Great Thanksgiving Dinner for the Hungry and Homeless is about more than just a meal.The organization was prepared to serve up to 3,500 attendees a traditional Thanksgiving meal that included turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, candied yams and pumpkin pie. But volunteers also provided hygiene kits, new shoes and coats and information about a variety of programs and services in an effort to help people experiencing homelessness beyond Thanksgiving Day.&ld
  
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• Seven years later, Chase Hansen again will exit Rice-Eccles Stadium as a senior, having experienced nearly all of Utah’s Pac-12 era.

  22-11-2018 21:17
  Chase Hansen stood along the home team's sideline at Rice-Eccles Stadium after delivering another unforgettable performance to conclude his senior season. “This memory right here will never leave me,” he said. “What an honor it was to play on this field.”That was seven years ago.The former Lone Peak High School quarterback will play his last game in the stadium Saturday night when Utah hosts BYU. Having moved from QB to safety during his freshman season and then to lineba
  
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• Happy Thanksgiving for Utah liquor stores: a record $3.6 million in sales the day before the holiday

  22-11-2018 21:01
  Turns out, the busiest day of the year for Utah liquor stores was also the richest-ever pre-Thanksgiving haul.The 45 state-run outlets logged more than $3.6 million in sales Wednesday — $3,614,007, to be exact — according to statistics provided Thursday by the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.That’s 4.5 percent higher than last year’s take and 6.3 percent above 2016’s total.On Wednesday, customers bought more than 372,000 bottles of wine, high-alcohol b
  
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• ‘No-name’ USU defense as opportunistic as it comes — and will need to be against Boise State

  22-11-2018 20:53
  This week, their head coach dubbed them the “no-name” crew.Now nearing the end of what has been one of the best, most exhilarating, most scoreboard melting regular seasons in the history of Utah State football, these players have a final exam Saturday evening on the blue turf. This no-name group is tasked with slowing, statistically, the most prolific quarterback in Mountain West Conference history in what will be likely the toughest road environment they face in 2018.The Mountain di
  
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• [Deadspin] - De'Aaron Fox Is Fast As Hell And It Rules So Hard

  22-11-2018 20:17 via sportspyder.com
  When the following play begins, all five Jazz defenders are between De’Aaron Fox and the bucket. Three of his teammates are too, yet he takes the inbounds pass from Willie Cauley-Stein and rips straight down the middle of the court to the rack for a huge.
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz going through a different kind of build this season

  22-11-2018 20:08 via sportspyder.com
  Utah doesn't have the same communication this season as last year's squad. Why?
  
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• Red All Over: Utah’s Kyle Whittingham is worthy of the Pac-12 Coach of the Year award, but his friend Mike Leach also is deserving

  22-11-2018 19:57
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.In advance of Utah’s football game at Arizona State in early November, I said the winning coach would become the Pac-12 South’s unofficial nominee for the conference’s Coach of the Year award.That was before the degree of difficulty increased for Utah’s Kyle Whittingham. After that loss to ASU, amid season-ending injuries to quarterback Tyler Huntley and running back Zack Moss, Whitt
  
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• Utah’s Summit County among nation’s 12 highest-income counties — which makes middle-class housing a challenge, Park City’s mayor says

  22-11-2018 19:35
  Want to hang out with the nation’s really rich people? You can go to New York, or the Bay Area, or Nantucket — or choose from a handful of ski towns in the Intermountain West, including Park City.With a per capita income of $121,932, Summit County, Utah, ranked sixth nationwide in 2017, according to a recently released study by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.It was one of only 12 counties nationally — out of more than 3,000 — with a per capita income over $100,000 l
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Rudy Gobert suggests Utah’s solution to woes starts by addressing his inconsistency

  22-11-2018 19:30 via sportspyder.com
  With an 8-10 record to start the season, it’s safe to say that the Utah Jazz needs to address their problems on both ends of the court. Jazz star center Rudy Gobert suggests that Utah’s solution to their recent woes starts by addressing his own...
  
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• Park City open for winter skiers and snowboarders

  22-11-2018 19:06
  Park City • Park City Mountain ski resort says it is now open for the winter season.Lifts began operating Wednesday morning at the resort's Park City Mountain Village and the Canyons Village. The ski resort describes itself as the largest in the United States.Park City Mountain will be open for the winter season through April 7. Updates on terrain and weather reports will be available online.Other Utah resorts are opening for the Thanksgiving weekend, too, thanks to recent cold weather. Sno
  
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• Slow-cooked meat on a spit separates this new fast-casual Mexican grill in Salt Lake City from its competitors

  22-11-2018 19:00
  Miguel and Luisa Gomez, along with their two sons, Rubin and Miguel, moved to Utah from Colombia 19 years ago.Originally involved in real estate, the family “fell into” the fast-casual restaurant business recently, opening Yoyis Mexican Grill at 1270 S. 1300 East, Salt Lake City.“We had some clients who knew the business,” said Rubin Gomez, “and one day we just decided we should definitely open a restaurant.”The family already enjoyed cooking together, and on
  
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• Monson: Who’s better? Utah’s Jason Shelley or BYU’s Zach Wilson? Freshmen quarterbacks face off in their first rivalry game.

  22-11-2018 18:32
  They are young. They are inexperienced. They are talented in a yet-to-be-determined way. They are green, tenderfoot quarterbacks with tender arms, too. They are raw and uninitiated, buoyed by the prospect of whatever comes next. They are freshmen. And they are the most important players on the field.Jason Shelley and Zach Wilson will lead Utah and BYU into action on Saturday night, neither having ever played in the rivalry game, neither knowing completely what to expect. This is an absolute firs
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - De’Aaron Fox outruns entire Jazz team before punishing the rim with vicious throwdown

  22-11-2018 18:29 via sportspyder.com
  Sacramento Kings second year man De’Aaron Fox knew how to pass by obstacles that they put in front of him. He displayed his flying-ability in their Wednesday night matchup at Salt Lake City. Fox went on full speed and seemingly drove in the desert on his.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Who’s better? Utah’s Jason Shelley or BYU’s Zach Wilson? Freshmen quarterbacks face off in their first rivalry game.

  22-11-2018 18:08 via sportspyder.com
  They are young. They are inexperienced. They are talented in a yet-to-be-determined way. They are green, tenderfoot quarterbacks with tender arms, too. They are raw and uninitiated, buoyed by the prospect of whatever comes next. They are freshmen. And...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Coens stake their claim to the Western in ‘Buster Scruggs’

  22-11-2018 18:08 via sportspyder.com
  New York • No location is more central to the iconography of the Western than Monument Valley. Its majestic sandstone buttes, a revolving backdrop for John Ford, have been the setting for countless stagecoach chases and John Wayne passages.
  
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• Coens stake their claim to the Western in ‘Buster Scruggs’

  22-11-2018 18:00
  New York • No location is more central to the iconography of the Western than Monument Valley. Its majestic sandstone buttes, a revolving backdrop for John Ford, have been the setting for countless stagecoach chases and John Wayne passages.And thanks to the Coen brothers’ “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” this hallowed ground at the Utah-Arizona line is also now home to Tim Blake Nelson, as the all-white-clad “San Saba songbird” Buster Scruggs, strumming his guit
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah’s Summit County among nation’s 12 highest-income counties — which makes middle-class housing a challenge, Park City’s mayor says

  22-11-2018 17:47 via sportspyder.com
  Want to hang out with the nation’s really rich people? You can go to New York, or the Bay Area, or Nantucket — or choose from a handful of ski towns in the Intermountain West, including Park City.
  
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• Letter: No substance to Mueller probe? How would you know?

  22-11-2018 17:31
  I read with great interest the Nov. 18 letter by James Green. His letter states that nothing of substance has been found in the Robert Mueller investigation and that the special counsel is guilty of wasting taxpayer money and other improper behavior.I, and I imagine other Tribune readers, as well as many others in the nation, would be very interested to understand Mr. Green’s inside access to this investigation, as Mr. Mueller has yet to release his report and the facts are not yet known o
  
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• Letter: Hatch has left his mark on the Supreme Court

  22-11-2018 17:27
  Sen. Orrin Hatch has recently been praised not only by President Trump but also by historians who acknowledge his unique role in sustaining all judges of the Supreme Court. Let us not forget that this group of jurists dismantled the Voting Rights Act and endowed Hatch’s GOP with Citizens United. Indeed, the Hatch Court causes the republic to submit to the will of Big Money and Big Pharma. If the Constitution were to “hang by a thread,” Patriot Hatch has done his part.J.D. Webst
  
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• Letter: Who cares about lawmakers’ religion?

  22-11-2018 17:26
  I’m appalled that Monday's lead story in the Salt Lake Tribune was titled “LDS lawmakers still a force.” Last I heard, our nation still believed in separation of church and state. I could understand a feature story on faiths represented in the upcoming Congress. I’m far more interested in what bills the lawmakers propose, if they’ll work together to actually pass legislation and approve a budget.Carol A. Sisco, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Let us be grateful, Jazz fans

  22-11-2018 17:25 via sportspyder.com
  Despite a poor start to the season, Jazz fans still have plenty to be thankful for
  
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• Letter: ‘Diversity’ is becoming a dirty word

  22-11-2018 17:24
  The Tribune extolled the "rise in diversity" as the Sundance Film Festival noted the hiring of three more "women" to its staff, one of whom the Tribune had to refer to as "a person of color."The Tribune, like its fellow media members and the liberal elite, is changing the term “diversity” into a dirty word. Who gives a damn if Kim Yutani, the new festival planning director, is "a person of color,” a description so widely used to signify some type of moral or ethical emergence?
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Grayson Allen’s girlfriend posts photo and Grayson gets roasted in comments

  22-11-2018 17:23 via sportspyder.com
  Grayson Allen knows how to play the role of the villain. He excelled in that role for Duke and this has caused Allen to attract a large following of haters. His girlfriend posted a photo of the two on Instagram and the Allen haters were out in full force.
  
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• Letter: Stop the telemarketers and you’ll get my vote

  22-11-2018 17:21
  Whew, I'm glad the elections are over. We get a reprieve for at least another year, before the whole negative cycle starts again.Just want to let any potential candidates for any political office know that David T. Lancaster's vote is for sale. Not only will I vote for, but I will also donate time and money to any candidate that promises they will make telemarketers calling me on my cell phone a criminal offense.I am inundated with calls. I am on the do-not-call registry, but that does not stop
  
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• Letter: Electoral College protects the small states

  22-11-2018 17:18
  Electoral College protects the small statesRichard Muranaka’s Nov. 15 letter, “Abolish Electoral College,” appalled and disgusted me. His use of egregious language toward our president, calling him a sociopath and a fool, was beyond the pale.Methinks Muranaka is woefully ignorant of our Constitution and what our Founding Fathers envisioned for America. He should read the Federalist Papers.If the Electoral College were abolished, our nation would end up essentially with city sta
  
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• Letter: A history lesson in names and nicknames points to hypocrisy at The Trib

  22-11-2018 17:16
  When I was in junior high school, the blacks preferred to be called “colored,” and we all accepted their request. And the media fell right in line.Years later the blacks preferred to be call “Negroes,” and the media, including The Salt Lake Tribune, jumped at the opportunity to be nice and PC.That lasted only a short time and the blacks decided they wanted to be called “blacks,” since the former was a white man’s term. Of course the media, including The
  
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• Happy Thanksgiving from us to you! We're so thankful to have the best Jazz fans in the NBA 🍁🍂 https://t.co/VBdw360v2v

  22-11-2018 17:16 via twitter.com
  
  Happy Thanksgiving from us to you!We're so thankful to have the best Jazz fans in the NBA 🍁🍂 https://t.co/VBdw360v2v
  
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• Southern Utah tire shop accused of defrauding drivers again told to pay fine

  22-11-2018 17:00
  A tire shop has lost another round with the state of Utah and still faces $25,000 in fines for selling motorists tires and parts that regulators say were unneeded or were deceptively expensive.Freeway Tire, along interstate 15 at the exit to New Harmony, has twice been cited by the Utah Division of Consumer Protection. The first time it was ordered to pay $15,000 in fines.An order issued Oct. 15 by the executive director of the Utah Department of Commerce, which oversees the consumer protection
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Three things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving

  22-11-2018 16:26 via sportspyder.com
  Despite some concerns about the current state of the Utah Jazz, fans of the team still have plenty to be thankful for both this season and beyond. As painf...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Three things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving

  22-11-2018 16:09
  Despite some concerns about the current state of the Utah Jazz, fans of the team still have plenty to be thankful for both this season and beyond. As painful as it is to say it, there seems to be a lot of negativity surrounding the Utah Jazz right now. Unfortunately, considering that they’re sitting at […]
  Utah Jazz: Three things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Utah’s Medicaid administrators are optimistic the program will be ready for full expansion in April

  22-11-2018 16:00
  A majority of Utah voters approved Proposition 3 this month, meaning the Medicaid expansion initiative will take legal effect in December.But the actual deadline for the state to have an operational, fully expanded program is April 1, giving the Utah Department of Health and Medicaid administrators a tight deadline to prepare for an influx of tens of thousands of enrollees.“That’s a really tight time frame for us,” said Nathan Checketts, the state’s Medicaid director. &ld
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - George F. Will: This Thanksgiving, ample servings of amusement

  22-11-2018 15:05 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Never one to use a scalpel when there is a machete at hand, the president denounced the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, a dunderheaded move but a reason for giving thanks today because it elicited from Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.,
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - From ‘Nutcracker’ to Harry Potter to Dickens, holiday shows bring money and new audiences to Utah arts groups

  22-11-2018 15:05 via sportspyder.com
  For thousands of Utahns, a December trip to Salt Lake City’s Capitol Theatre to see Ballet West’s “The Nutcracker” is a tradition as hallowed as hanging ornaments or reading “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - E.J. Dionne: The moral heart of Thanksgiving

  22-11-2018 15:05 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Giving thanks implies renouncing claims that our blessings and achievements are entirely our own doing. The act of gratitude is a declaration that we owe a great deal to others — to our families and friends, to our communities and our country
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: This year I’m thankful for Maj. Brent Taylor

  22-11-2018 15:05 via sportspyder.com
  It might sound strange, but I try not to think about my son.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

  22-11-2018 15:05 via sportspyder.com
  The human tradition of thanksgiving runs back to ancient times as a celebration of bountiful harvests and the need to be respectful to whatever gods or supernatural forces were thought to have made them possible. It is a tradition that took special root..
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Ask Ann Cannon: Our friend is treating his cancer with organic food instead of traditional medicine

  22-11-2018 15:05 via sportspyder.com
  Dear Ann Cannon • Our very good friend has cancer — lymphoma that has metastasized. He has a girlfriend who is very strong and very committed to organic foods. They both are pretty anti-traditional medicine, and he avoids spending money on or going to...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Alyssa Rosenberg: What 229 years of Thanksgiving taught me about America

  22-11-2018 15:05 via sportspyder.com
  Video: Post Opinions columnists and editors read Theodore Roosevelt’s 1903 Thanksgiving proclamation, which is relevant today.(Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)
  
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