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• Utah Royals FC looks to bounce back from ‘blip’ Saturday against Sky Blue FC

  14-06-2019 23:52
  Sandy • Utah Royals FC made waves in the National Women’s Soccer League with nine points in its first three games of the season. But in their last three games, the Royals have been able to muster only four.The Royals have enjoyed sitting at the top of the table twice this season, and are still second with 13 points after their most recent loss to the Washington Spirit. And although they only have one win in their last three games the Royals feel good about they way they played during
  
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• [NBA] - Get Fit For 3v3 — Exercise List

  14-06-2019 23:37 via sportspyder.com
  Goblet Squat (3 sets x 10 reps)Hold only one end (the top) of a dumbell with both hands Drop your hips as if you were sitting in a chair Keep your head up Spread your chest Keep your weight
  
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• A Utah jail nurse will once again face a criminal charge in dehydration death of an inmate

  14-06-2019 23:36
  A Duchense County jail nurse accused of failing to help a 21-year-old inmate who died of severe dehydration will once again face a charge of negligent homicide.A judge last February took the unusual step of tossing the case against Jana Clyde, finding there was not enough evidence for the case to move forward. Clyde had been accused of failing to intervene and possibly save the life of Madison Jensen, who died in December 2016 after being at the jail for four days.But on Thursday, the Utah Court
  
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• ‘Redmen’ water tank in Utah triggers new debate over name

  14-06-2019 23:32
  Cedar City, Utah • A southern Utah city council is delaying a vote about whether to make a water tank adorned with a painted image of a Native American and the name “Redmen” an official city monument.The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports the city council in Cedar City decided Wednesday to delay the decision about a proposal that is rekindling a debate that led the school district to get rid of the “Redmen” mascot in February at Cedar High School because it was
  
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• Man mows lawns for veterans in all 50 states

  14-06-2019 23:12
  Birmingham, Ala. • An Alabama man says he has completed his quest to mow lawns for veterans in all 50 states. Utah was his 34th state in his 2018 trek.Rodney Smith Jr. tweeted Friday that he's headed home from Hawaii after cutting grass in Oahu. He got to his last state with help from Delta Air Lines.He says he will now continue providing free lawn care to the elderly, disabled, single mothers and veterans in Alabama.Smith was inspired to begin a free yard mowing service in 2015 after seein
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Counting down the team’s Top 15 all-time draft picks

  14-06-2019 22:56 via sportspyder.com
  Although the NBA Draft is essentially a crapshoot, the Utah Jazz have struck gold on multiple occasions over the years with inspired selections. In spite o...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Counting down the team’s Top 15 all-time draft picks

  14-06-2019 22:43
  Although the NBA Draft is essentially a crapshoot, the Utah Jazz have struck gold on multiple occasions over the years with inspired selections. In spite of their humble beginnings in New Orleans, the Utah Jazz eventually evolved into one of the most successful franchises in all of pro basketball. Since arriving in Salt Lake City […]
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• Closure of downtown homeless shelter delayed again

  14-06-2019 22:28
  The timeline for closing The Road Home’s downtown shelter and making the final transition to three homeless resource centers has been pushed back by several weeks following a wet spring that caused construction delays, project partners said Friday.The Legislature initially set a June 30 deadline for the downtown shelter to shut its doors, but state officials earlier this year announced they wouldn’t meet that target and pushed the closure to mid-September. Now, they’re delaying
  
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• ‘Queer Eye’s’ Tan France is a hit with hometown fans in Salt Lake City — from jokes to serious talk about racism and homophobia

  14-06-2019 22:26
  Perhaps the most poignant chapter in Tan France’s autobiography is the last one he wrote; the one he added at the last minute.The one titled “9/11,” about racial profiling and the lingering effects of the 2001 terrorism attacks on “brown people.”It was “the one chapter I knew I wanted to write,” he told a sold-out crowd at Salt Lake Community College’s Grand Theatre on Wednesday night, a stop on his national book tour sponsored by The King’s
  
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• Utah Rep. Chris Stewart says it would be ‘foolish’ for a candidate not to look at foreign intel against an opponent

  14-06-2019 22:09
  Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart, a Utah Republican who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, said Friday that it would be “foolish” not to take information from a foreign government pertaining to an election campaign.While Stewart said he wouldn’t have said it the way President Donald Trump did to ABC News — the president said he would take intel from a foreign government and maybe not alert the FBI — there’s good reason to look at the information the
  
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• Southern Baptists give greater attention to diversity but acknowledge more needed

  14-06-2019 22:09
  Birmingham, Ala. • At their annual meeting, Southern Baptists reelected their president, adopted statements on their views about major cultural issues, and discussed how to deal with sexual abuse and racial discrimination in the church.They also brought to center stage questions about church leadership roles that are appropriate for women in the church.North Carolina Pastor J.D. Greear, who was elected Tuesday to a second one-year term as president, had emphasized a “Gospel Above All&
  
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• Catholic bishops OK anti-abuse steps, but skeptics seek tougher moves

  14-06-2019 21:58
  Baltimore • Under intense public pressure, the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops approved new steps this week to deal more strongly with the clergy sex-abuse crisis. But activists and others say the moves leave the bishops in charge of policing themselves and potentially keep law enforcement at arm’s length.As their national meeting in Baltimore concluded Thursday, leaders of the U.S. bishops conference stopped short of mandating that lay experts such as lawyers and criminal justi
  
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• Donovan Mitchell has a recruiting pitch ready to bring free agents to Utah. Will he get the chance to use it?

  14-06-2019 21:55
  Donovan Mitchell has a pitch ready, the one he’ll use to recruit the NBA’s free agents to Utah.“My thing is, we have the defensive player of the year, and myself, who’s still finding ways to get better. We have an amazing group, a bunch of guys who love to work," he said.“Look, we want to win, you know? We don’t we don’t care about the individual stuff. When you look at a team like the Spurs, who had Tony, Manu, and Tim Duncan — I’m not sayin
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Donovan Mitchell has a recruiting pitch ready to bring free agents to Utah. Will he get the chance to use it?

  14-06-2019 21:53 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell has a pitch ready, the one he’ll use to recruit the NBA’s free agents to Utah.
  
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• First black priest in U.S., an ex-slave, positioned for sainthood

  14-06-2019 21:53
  Springfield, Ill. • Pope Francis has deemed the first known black Roman Catholic priest in the United States to be “venerable,” positioning the former slave for possible sainthood.The pontiff’s designation this week of the Rev. Augustine Tolton as venerable, meaning the church intensely scrutinized his life and recognizes it as one of “heroic virtue,” puts Tolton two steps away from possible canonization, the Diocese of Springfield explained in announcing the d
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - If the Utah Jazz traded for Mike Conley ...

  14-06-2019 21:34 via sportspyder.com
  They could win it all.
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Sarah Sanders was the disdainful Queen of Gaslighting

  14-06-2019 21:00
  When Sarah Sanders said Thursday that she hopes to be remembered for her transparency and honesty, the first impulse was to laugh.But lying to citizens while being paid by them really isn't all that funny.Sanders took on an impossible job when she became Trump's spokeswoman, a job that's about to reach a welcome conclusion.She would claim to represent the truth on behalf of a president who lies.She did it disrespectfully, and apparently without shame or an understanding of what the role of White
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Warriors woes opens unexpected window in Utah.

  14-06-2019 20:34 via sportspyder.com
  There might never be a better time for Utah to go all-in on winning a championship.
  
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• Alexandra Petri: No, Sarah Sanders is not leaving and, frankly, you should be ashamed for asking

  14-06-2019 20:26
  Video: The Washington Post’s Alexandra Petri wants to make it clear she’s available for the job of White House press secretary. (Adriana Usero/The Washington Post)
  It is bold of you to assert that Sarah Sanders will no longer be the press secretary after the end of the month, and, frankly, you should be ashamed to ask that question.I think millions of Americans — some of them mothers, some of them with families, hard-working — would be ashamed to hear that question. You s
  
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• Real Salt Lake is spending more money on player salaries in 2019, putting it right in the middle of MLS

  14-06-2019 20:23
  For those who have criticized Real Salt Lake for not investing more financially in its players, this season’s first release of Major League Soccer player salaries might change their minds — slightly.RSL is paying over $10.5 million in guaranteed salaries so far this season, per figures released this week by the MLS Players Association. That number is up from around this time last season, when Salt Lake was paying just shy of $9 million to its players.The MLS figures include the salar
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Taking Note of Toronto: What the Jazz Can Learn From the Newest NBA Champion

  14-06-2019 20:22 via sportspyder.com
  As soon as a franchise charts a new path to the mountaintop, 29 other brain trusts immediately start thinking about how to apply that model. But now, a new champion broke through.
  
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• Utah man who sold machine-gun converters loses appeal

  14-06-2019 19:29
  Ogden, Utah • A Utah man has lost an appeal of his conviction for illegally making and selling more than 1,400 machine-gun converter devices for AR-15-style rifles.The Standard Examiner reports that Scott Ray Bishop had argued that he was wrongly blocked from offering expert testimony about his converter kit, which he said was for educational purposes only.The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected that argument on Monday, leaving Bishop to continue serving a nearly three-year prison senten
  
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• Broncos owner Pat Bowlen dies at 75 before Hall of Fame enshrinement

  14-06-2019 19:19
  Englewood, Colo. • Pat Bowlen, the Denver Broncos owner who transformed the team from also-rans into NFL champions and helped the league usher in billion-dollar television deals, died late Thursday, just under two months before his enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was 75.In a statement posted on the Broncos' website, Bowlen's family said he died peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones. They did not specify a cause of death. Bowlen had had Alzheimer's for several years.B
  
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• Klay Thompson sustains torn left ACL in Warriors’ loss

  14-06-2019 19:18
  Oakland, Calif. • Klay Thompson sustained a torn ACL in his left knee during Game 6 of the NBA Finals, more heartbreaking injury news for the Golden State Warriors after Kevin Durant ruptured his right Achilles tendon and had surgery.Thompson injured the knee late in the third quarter of Golden State's 114-110 loss to the Raptors on Thursday night as Toronto won Canada's first NBA title. Durant had surgery a day earlier after he was injured during Game 5, when he returned from more than a m
  
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• Catherine Rampell: A Republican finally reveals the truth about the GOP tax cuts

  14-06-2019 18:37
  Video: Former vice president Joe Biden is the latest 2020 contender to claim Trump’s tax cut skipped the middle class. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)
  Breaking: A Republican accidentally told the truth about tax cuts.Almost. At least if you count Rep. Kevin Brady's (Tex.) recent equivocation about whether the GOP tax overhaul will really pay for itself.Way back in the first year of President Trump's administration, Republicans made a bunch of promises about their tax law, nearly all of whi
  
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• Bountiful police officer charged with assault and obstruction

  14-06-2019 18:22
  A Bountiful City police officer is facing charges of assault, obstruction of justice and illegally accessing protected information.Ryan Newbold, 31, of Layton is on administrative leave with pay, according to police, while the court proceedings play out.Two different sets of charges have been filed involving two incidents. In the first, filed Feb. 11, a probable cause statement states that on Oct. 20, Newbold “used unlawful force or violence” against an unnamed person, “causing
  
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• Small donors, not French tycoons, foot Notre Dame work bills

  14-06-2019 18:18
  Paris • The billionaire French donors who publicly promised flashy donations totaling hundreds of millions to rebuild Notre Dame have not yet paid a penny toward the restoration of the French national monument, according to church and business officials.Instead, it’s been mainly American and French citizens, via charitable foundations at Notre Dame, that have footed the bills and paid salaries for the up to 150 workers employed by the cathedral since the April 15 fire that devastated
  
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• George Pyle: Socialism’s main selling point is that it is not capitalism

  14-06-2019 17:32
  The reason why democratic socialism is growing in popularity is a pretty reason.Because it is not capitalism.Capitalism is, more and more people are realizing, evil. And its greatest crime is that its proponents and sycophants have convinced themselves, and many others, that capitalism is a term that is fully interchangeable with the idea of a free market.That is false, tragically false. Though it should surprise no one, as the devil of capitalism is not in its details, but in its very name.As M
  
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• Trump says he’d ‘of course’ tell FBI if he gets foreign dirt

  14-06-2019 17:25
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Friday that “of course” he would go to the FBI or the attorney general if a foreign power offered him dirt about an opponent. It was an apparent walkback from his earlier comments that he might not contact law enforcement in such a situation.Trump, in an interview Friday with "Fox & Friends," said he would "of course" look at the information in order to determine whether or not it was "incorrect." But he added that, "of course you giv
  
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• Utah Royals FC look to bounce back from ‘blip’ Saturday against Sky Blue FC

  14-06-2019 17:22
  Sandy • Utah Royals FC made waves in the National Women’s Soccer League with nine points in their first three games of the season. But in their last three games, they’ve only been able to muster four.The Royals have enjoyed sitting at the top of the table twice this season, and are still second with 13 points after their most recent loss to the Washington Spirit. And although they only have one win in their last three games the Royals feel good about they way they played during
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Almost unimaginably, the U. made itself look worse in ‘Dateline’ report about McCluskey murder

  14-06-2019 17:10
  Even before the “Dateline” report about the murder of Lauren McCluskey aired on Monday, you had to know that it likely wasn’t going to go well for the University of Utah. Still, it was startling to see a bad situation become even worse when NBC correspondent Josh Mankiewicz interviewed the U.’s retiring vice president for student affairs.“There are no words to express how sorry I am at the loss of this precious child. No words,” said Barbara Hancock Snyder. &l
  
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• Commentary: When will Utah lawmakers represent the people?

  14-06-2019 16:55
  Recently a full-page ad in The Salt Lake Tribune, sponsored by the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, honored a large number of state legislators for passing bills that benefit business.Big deal.As 80% of campaign funds come from out-of-state special interests, Utah legislators were simply delivering on paid-for legislation. Virtually all these legislators received an “A” grade from the National Rifle Association. It’s revealing that Utah legislators satisfy the needs of out-of-sta
  
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• After 52 years, Manti bidding a ‘bittersweet’ farewell to Mormon Miracle Pageant

  14-06-2019 16:14
  Manti • As the warriors of the Nephite and Lamanite armies act out an ancient battle on the grounds of the Manti Temple, residents in this tiny central-Utah community are fighting emotions — feeling some joy, some relief and a lot of sorrow as they stage the farewell performances of the Mormon Miracle Pageant.Seen by an estimated 4 million people, the final shows mark the end of an era for Manti (population 3,500), which has become synonymous with the eight-day event performed every y
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Why Native American communities are at risk of being undercounted in the U.S. Census

  14-06-2019 15:30
  Happy Friday!Nearly one in seven Native Americans living on a reservation went uncounted during the 2010 U.S. Census, according to an audit by the federal agency. As the 2020 tally approaches, some are concerned that the remoteness of many reservations and distrust of federal government will again throw off the count in indigenous communities. And without accurate population totals, these areas might not get their fair share of federal dollars or adequate congressional and state-level representa
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Despite unfortunate nature of GSW injuries, reality is that West is wide open

  14-06-2019 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  The unfortunate injury situation of the Golden State Warriors has left the Western Conference wide open for the Utah Jazz and their foes in the 2019-20 sea...
  
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• Kirby: When summer hits, Utah hikers, climbers are one bad step away from fall. Yes, there’s a downside to going up.

  14-06-2019 15:06
  With temperatures rising and full-fledged summer approaching, now seems to be a good time to address one of Utah’s premier sports: falling off high places.The state is a popular destination for hikers thrilled by its breathtaking scenery and rugged landscape, a great deal of which is straight up and down.Know what else is breathtaking? The sudden realization that there’s nothing between you and the ground except air. There are no toe holds in oxygen. I know. I’ve tried it.Not o
  
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• Utah Jazz: Despite unfortunate nature of GSW injuries, reality is that West is wide open

  14-06-2019 15:00
  The unfortunate injury situation of the Golden State Warriors has left the Western Conference wide open for the Utah Jazz and their foes in the 2019-20 season. Let me put something bluntly here. Injuries suck. Regardless of if they happen to your best friend or your worst enemy, the horrible fate of injury woes isn’t […]
  Utah Jazz: Despite unfortunate nature of GSW injuries, reality is that West is wide open - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion a
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: What to do about a disloyal president and a party that supports him

  14-06-2019 15:00
  President Donald Trump has publicly invited foreign powers to interfere in the 2020 election without fear of being exposed. This denigrates, if not directly countermands, the FBI director’s direction to report such contacts and confirmed the gravamen of the informal accusation of “collusion” — working with a foreign power. (Step one is the invitation.) This is a statement of intent, what he will do if allowed to remain in office.On this alone, one could bring an article o
  
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• [Forbes] - Will The Rockets Look To Bring Back Kenneth Faried?

  14-06-2019 14:39 via sportspyder.com
  Earlier this month, after the Rockets were bounced from the postseason by the Golden State Warriors yet again, reports broke that management was looking for major changes. This meant that starters such as Chris Paul, Eric Gordon, and Clint Capela...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Raptors title is incredible, but makes absence of one in SLC sting more

  14-06-2019 14:31 via sportspyder.com
  The Toronto Raptors made history by winning their first ever NBA Championship, something the Utah Jazz have been unable to do despite a longer tenure in th...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Raptors title is incredible, but makes absence of one in SLC sting more

  14-06-2019 14:00
  The Toronto Raptors made history by winning their first ever NBA Championship, something the Utah Jazz have been unable to do despite a longer tenure in the league. History was made on Thursday night as the Toronto Raptors won the franchise’s first ever NBA Championship by defeating the Golden State Warriors 114-110. The injury bug […]
  Utah Jazz: Raptors title is incredible, but makes absence of one in SLC sting more - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs,
  
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• Letter: Take a look at what an inland port has done to Ontario, California

  14-06-2019 14:00
  In the ongoing debate of the impact, or lack thereof, that the proposed inland port would impose I have one word for you: Ontario.Ontario, Calif., to be specific.Make a trip there from any city in Orange or Riverside counties and then tell me if you would honestly want to live, work or commute there.Gary Gourley, OremSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Stop the prison and the port

  14-06-2019 14:00
  We need to stop funding the inland port and undo the mistakes of the prison boondoggle.Public opposition was just as strong against the prison move. Public comment meetings for both projects were substantially against. And see the comments by readers of both the Deseret News and The Salt Lake Tribune following news of prison cost overruns. Comments included “I told you so;” “Vote the grafters out;” “The legislators who did this should be the first inmates;” an
  
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• Letter: Senseless laws that force so many lives into the hands of quacks

  14-06-2019 14:00
  In regard to the abortion issue, there’s a paragraph in Erich Maria Remarque’s 1945 novel “Arch of Triumph” that expresses my opinion on the subject much better than I could.“Ravic studied the peeling brown paint on the door, the tin letter box and the round enameled label with the name. A great deal of misery and fear had passed through this door. A few senseless laws which forced so many lives into the hands of quacks instead of doctors. No more children were born
  
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• Letter: See the Great Salt Lake for the precious ecosystem it is

  14-06-2019 14:00
  Observe, please, that society these days seems to brush aside ecological values, even while we sometimes pay limited attention to human health issues.Eric Rumple’s otherwise noble essay in the June 8 Salt Lake Tribune paints a worthy picture of mediation as a process to arrive at stable or improved air quality, with no mention of the Great Salt Lake.Other articles have characterized economic growth as the measure of all that is worthwhile, again with no mention of the GSL ecosystem on whic
  
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• Letter: Make Alta a car-free area

  14-06-2019 14:00
  Have the planners ever considered making Alta and the surrounding area a car-free area, like Zermatt in Switzerland is, and make it accessible only by rail? It works for them.Joyce Cherry, MidwaySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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