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  23-07-2019 23:41 via twitter.com
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• [NBA] - A history of player development and postseason berths brought Emmanuel Mudiay to the Utah Jazz

  23-07-2019 23:39 via sportspyder.com
  Emmanuel Mudiay has two big items on his to-do list:• Don’t be at home when the NBA Playoffs begin next April• Develop his game, tapping into the well of potential that made him the No. 7 overall
  
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• | “A lot of players that have come here and played have definitely gotten better. That’s something I wanted to do.” #TakeNote »https://on.nba.com/2Yf9NnS 

  23-07-2019 23:31 via twitter.com
  | “A lot of players that have come here and played have definitely gotten better. That’s something I wanted to do.”#TakeNote»https://on.nba.com/2Yf9NnS 
  
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• Welcome, Emmanuel pic.twitter.com/3AKdp1USkz

  23-07-2019 22:42 via twitter.com
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - If the Utah Jazz were The Avenger’s

  23-07-2019 22:31 via sportspyder.com
  End Game? Wipe out not just half, but all of the NBA
  
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• Utah Sen. Mike Lee votes against 9/11 first responders bill after losing bid to limit spending

  23-07-2019 22:28
  Washington • The Senate passed a measure Tuesday extending for decades the fund for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks after defeating an amendment by Sen. Mike Lee that would have limited the payout to about $20 billion over the life of the program.The bill, which passed overwhelmingly in the Senate 97-2 and was previously approved by the House, now heads to President Donald Trump's desk for his signature.Lee, a Utah Republican, had held up the bill while attempting to curtail the expa
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Salt Lake City will elect a mayor while the rest of Utah braces for 2020

  23-07-2019 22:16
  This year’s hottest political contest is the Salt Lake City mayor’s race, with eight hopefuls competing to fill an open seat and lead Utah’s capital city.But elsewhere in the state, 2020 is rapidly approaching as candidates, campaigns and activists position themselves ahead of elections for president, Congress, governor, the Legislature, ballot initiatives and a potential shakeup in the government of Utah’s second-largest county.On this week’s episode of “Trib
  
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• We’ve got @emmanuelmudiay’s presser LIVE on our website. Tune in » https://on.nba.com/2LzCN85 pic.twitter.com/BetIolZIJA

  23-07-2019 22:10 via twitter.com
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• Ex-Flynn business partner convicted of illegal lobbying

  23-07-2019 22:08
  Alexandria, Va. • A jury on Tuesday convicted a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn on charges he illegally acted as a Turkish agent when he and Flynn undertook a project to discredit an exiled cleric wanted by Turkey’s government.Bijan Kian was convicted on charges of conspiracy and acting as a foreign agent, according to Josh Stueve, a spokesman for the US attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 18.The co
  
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• Feds are investigating whether Utah lied to obtain grants, say the state’s attorney general is stonewalling

  23-07-2019 22:03
  The Department of Justice says the Utah attorney general’s office is stonewalling its subpoenas as it repeatedly promises but fails to turn over documents as part of an investigation into whether state officials lied to obtain federal grants.Attorney General Sean Reyes’ office disputes that but adds it can’t say much because of a secrecy order in the case.The fight is over whether state officials falsely asserted that budget cuts during the Great Recession eliminated many state
  
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• Monson: As Nick Emery ‘retires’ from BYU, here’s to hoping he can find meaning in the road ahead

  23-07-2019 21:46
  For Nick Emery, this isn’t the way it was supposed to end.It might have been different.But it wasn’t. It isn’t.With a season of eligibility left, he’s retiring from college basketball. That’s the way the Tuesday news release from BYU put it.Retiring.It makes it sound as though Emery would be getting an office tribute, a rocker and a gold Rolex — although that might cause an additional uproar, along the lines of the improprieties that, in part, made Emery&rsquo
  
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• BYU football player Neil Pau’u pleads guilty to impaired driving

  23-07-2019 21:43
  A BYU football player pleaded guilty to impaired driving on Monday, a month-and-a-half after he was arrested on the Provo campus.Neil Pau’u, 24, pleaded guilty to the Class B misdemeanor, which had been amended from the original misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence, according to court records.Pau’u was arrested by a BYU police officer just after midnight on June 8 after he allegedly attempted to drive through a barricaded road near the Smith Fieldhouse.The receiver was s
  
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• Wildfire in Paragonah destroys vacation home, threatened 30 others

  23-07-2019 21:22
  Paragonah • Authorities say a wildfire in southwestern Utah destroyed a vacation home and six outbuildings and threatened an additional 30 homes before being contained.The state Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands said the fire in Paragonah in Iron County burned 15 acres before being contained Monday and was started by equipment that caught fire while being operated in dry grass.No injuries were reported.Paragonah is 204 miles south of Salt Lake City.
  
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• Pac-12 Football Media Day: Who will be picked second in the South, behind Utah? And will it be Oregon or Washington in the North?

  23-07-2019 20:58
  Utah took eight years to win a Pac-12 South football championship. In their ninth season of conference membership, the Utes undoubtedly will receive their first No. 1 forecast in the division.Ordinarily, that development would become the biggest Utah-angle news to emerge from the Pac-12 Football Media Day, being staged Wednesday in Hollywood, Calif. Yet during a summer when the Utes are almost universally being picked to win the South by magazines, websites and other analysts, these are the bigg
  
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• BYU’s Nick Emery announces his retirement from college basketball

  23-07-2019 20:24
  Provo • In the latest twist of a complicated college basketball career, BYU guard Nick Emery is forgoing his senior season with the Cougars and retiring from basketball, he announced Tuesday.“The day has come that I hang up the #4 Emery jersey,” he said via Twitter.That’s a reference to how his brother, Jackson, also wore No. 4 for BYU, during a steady career highlighted by the Cougars’ 2011 trip to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16.Jackson Emery tweeted, “P
  
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• Report: Utah State center Neemias Queta suffered sprained knee, dislocated kneecap in international game

  23-07-2019 20:23
  Neemias Queta, the star center for the Utah State Aggies men’s basketball team with NBA potential, injured his knee during a FIBA Under-20 European Championship game over the weekend in Portugal. Initial testing revealed a sprained knee with a dislocated kneecap, per a report out of Portugal.The report, when translated, added that an injury to Queta’s meniscus and ACL had been ruled out.A video of the injury shows Queta, who was playing for Portugal, batting for a rebound and falling
  
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• Cellphones sought in Puerto Rico as political crisis deepens

  23-07-2019 20:23
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Puerto Rico judge issued search warrants for the cellphones of government officials involved in a crude online chat whose leak has set off a political crisis that threatens to bring down the U.S. territory's governor.Kelvin Carrasco, a spokesman for the island's Justice Department, said Tuesday that the warrants were approved overnight and issued to those who had yet to turn over their phones. He did not identify the officials and would not comment further.Wh
  
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• Utah Olympic Park announces major expansion — 'We’re here to grow athletes’

  23-07-2019 20:18
  Park City • An $11 million expansion announced Tuesday for Utah Olympic Park is as much about creating new generations of winter sports enthusiasts as it is preparing to host a future Olympic Games, officials said.Phase one of the new Mountain Expansion, unveiled Tuesday with a groundbreaking ceremony, will devote $3.5 million to improving and extending an existing training slope and related facilities for Utah’s skiers and snowboarders.Colin Hilton, president and CEO of Utah Olympic
  
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• Utah Royals’ World Cup trio receives key to the city from Salt Lake’s city, county mayors

  23-07-2019 19:45
  Salt Lake City is heaping praise on the three Utah Royals FC players who helped the U.S. women claim another World Cup title. On Monday, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski and Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson presented keys to the city to Christen Press, Becky Sauerbrunn and Kelley O’Hara, a ceremonial and rare move.The star players then greeted rabid fans.I rarely give them...when I do it’s for champions and trailblazers. Thank you @ChristenPress @kelleymohara & @beckysaue
  
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• Feds are investigating whether Utah lied to obtain grants, says the state’s attorney general is stonewalling

  23-07-2019 19:42
  The Department of Justice says the Utah Attorney General’s office is stonewalling its subpoenas, as it repeatedly promises but fails to turn over documents as part of an investigation into whether state officials lied to obtain federal grants.The office of Attorney General Sean Reyes disputes that but adds it can’t say much because of a secrecy order in the case.The fight is over whether state officials falsely claimed that budget cuts during the Great Recession eliminated many state
  
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• [KSL] - Utah Jazz release home preseason schedule | KSL.com

  23-07-2019 19:28 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz will play three home games during the 2019 preseason, starting on Oct. 5.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Petition for Jerry Sloan statue surging toward 1,500 signatures

  23-07-2019 18:54 via sportspyder.com
  As Utah Jazz legend Jerry Sloan enters the final phase of his life, fans are mobilizing to honor the former coach with a statue at Vivint Arena. Jerry Sloa...
  
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• [Deseret News] - Morning links: Why the Utah Jazz will be very entertaining this year

  23-07-2019 18:51 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz have traditionally been a defensive-minded team, and while that isn't expected to change this coming season, the offense is catching up. Also a look at the Pac-16, the 'superconference...
  
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• Anne Applebaum: Boris Johnson’s victory proves it’s fiction, not fact, that Tories want to hear

  23-07-2019 18:30
  Last week, at one of the last major events of his party election campaign, at the conclusion of his 40-year drive to become leader of the British Conservative Party and thus prime minister of Britain, Boris Johnson made a speech. Unusually for Johnson, who often speaks off the cuff, he brought a prop to the hustings. It was a kipper - a smoked fish - wrapped in plastic.He held it aloft, to a round of laughter. This kipper, he told his audience, came from a kipper smoker on the Isle of Man - an a
  
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• Utah Jazz: Petition for Jerry Sloan statue surging toward 1,500 signatures

  23-07-2019 18:22
  As Utah Jazz legend Jerry Sloan enters the final phase of his life, fans are mobilizing to honor the former coach with a statue at Vivint Arena. Jerry Sloan has always been a fighter. From his scrappy playing days in Chicago to the years he spent coaching a team to the very top of the […]
  Utah Jazz: Petition for Jerry Sloan statue surging toward 1,500 signatures - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [The Spun] - What Team USA Basketball’s Roster Looks Like Right Now

  23-07-2019 18:15 via sportspyder.com
  The USA basketball roster for the upcoming FIBA World Cup is taking shape, as some NBA stars drop out while others reaffirm their commitment.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - What can Jazz fans expect from Bojan Bogdanovic?

  23-07-2019 18:07 via sportspyder.com
  We asked an expert.
  
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• Get your preseason tickets NOW » https://on.nba.com/2GqgnSJ pic.twitter.com/tHJh0G5oGn

  23-07-2019 18:01 via twitter.com
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• [Clutchpoints] - Report: Jazz star Donovan Mitchell will stick with USA Basketball commitment this summer

  23-07-2019 18:01 via sportspyder.com
  Several players have decided to decline their invites to join Team USA at this year’s summer camp ahead of the FIBA World Cup, but Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell is honoring his commitment to participate: Utah Jazz emerging star Donovan Mitchell is...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Will the Utah Jazz chemistry be as strong as it’s been the past two years?

  23-07-2019 17:42 via sportspyder.com
  With several new faces joining the Utah Jazz this summer, it's practical to be concerned with how the team's chemistry will fare in 2019-20. Like it or not...
  
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• Utah State picked to finish second in its division, behind favorite Boise State, as Mountain West football media days kick off

  23-07-2019 17:31
  Henderson, Nev. • How big of an impression did Utah State make in the Mountain West Conference after going 11-2 last season?Big enough that the Aggies have been picked to finish second in the Mountain Division, behind favorite Boise State, as the MWC’s football media days began here Tuesday with its annual preseason poll. This despite having a new coach (Gary Andersen, in his return to Logan) and returning just nine starters off of last year’s squad (2 offense, 7 defense).Of cou
  
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• Utah County pilot project will let LDS missionaries and overseas military vote using their phones

  23-07-2019 17:31
  Religious missionaries and active-duty military personnel will get to vote using their smartphones — some already have — as part of a pilot project during this year’s election for municipal offices in Utah County.Around 58 voters will be able take advantage of the program in the primary, estimates Utah County Clerk Amelia Powers. It’s an innovation she and other leaders hope will make it easier for overseas voters and for the state’s second-largest county to process
  
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• Will the Utah Jazz chemistry be as strong as it’s been the past two years?

  23-07-2019 17:30
  With several new faces joining the Utah Jazz this summer, it’s practical to be concerned with how the team’s chemistry will fare in 2019-20. Like it or not, the Utah Jazz have undeniably had some significant weaknesses the past couple seasons. The team lacked shooting, creators, and in spite of having Rudy Gobert and an […]
  Will the Utah Jazz chemistry be as strong as it’s been the past two years? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion
  
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• Over and over and over, again. #NBADunkWeekpic.twitter.com/JfQYJK0fno

  23-07-2019 17:26 via twitter.com
  Over and
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  over, again.#NBADunkWeekpic.twitter.com/JfQYJK0fno
  
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• Utah Royals’ World Cup trio receives key to the city from Salt Lake City’s mayor

  23-07-2019 17:20
  Salt Lake City is heaping praise on the three Utah Royals FC players who helped the U.S. women claim another World Cup title. On Monday, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski and Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson presented keys to the city to Christen Press, Becky Sauerbrunn and Kelley O’Hara, a ceremonial and rare move.The star players then greeted rabid fans.I rarely give them...when I do it’s for champions and trailblazers. Thank you @ChristenPress @kelleymohara & @beckysaue
  
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• [Deseret News] - Rock On: Karl Malone is no competition for Charles Barkley in this

  23-07-2019 17:14 via sportspyder.com
  Meanwhile, the Jazz's Georges Niang is wheeling and dealing on a different court.
  
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• ‘Red Summer’: Hundreds of black deaths in 1919 are being remembered

  23-07-2019 17:11
  America in the summer of 1919 ran red with blood from racial violence, and yet today, 100 years later, not many people know it even happened.It flowed in small towns like Elaine, Arkansas, in medium-size places such as Annapolis, Maryland, and Syracuse, New York, and in big cities like Washington and Chicago. Hundreds of African American men, women and children were burned alive, shot, lynched or beaten to death by white mobs. Thousands saw their homes and businesses burned to the ground and wer
  
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• Dana Milbank: Trump becomes king of the cave

  23-07-2019 17:04
  WASHINGTON -- Back in the 1980s, Donald Trump published his seminal business treatise, "The Art of the Deal." Should he write a sequel about his presidency, he might accurately title it "The Art of the Cave."In recent weeks, President Trump's record has been a cornucopia of climbdowns. Not since the Paleolithic Period, perhaps, has a man had quite so much day-to-day caving experience.The White House had demanded $150 billion in cuts as part of current budget talks. But on Monday evening, Trump a
  
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• Rock On: Karl Malone is no competition for Charles Barkley in this

  23-07-2019 17:02
  04.11.97 - Houston forward Charles Barkley gets his hand on this Karl Malone shot early in the game. PHOTO BY GARY MCKELLARDNEWSMichigan State head coach Mark Dantonio listens to a question during the Big Ten Conference NCAA college football media days Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)APPanathinaikos coach Rick Pitino looks on during a Euroleague basketball match between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos in Piraeus near Athens, on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Pet
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz alums: Kyle Korver could be a difference-maker for Bucks

  23-07-2019 16:57 via sportspyder.com
  Former Utah Jazz sharpshooter Kyle Korver could make a good offense even better with the Milwaukee Bucks next season. As part of their pursuit of a champio...
  
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• Catherine Rampell: The 1930s were a dark period for immigration policies. There’s one way today’s could be worse.

  23-07-2019 16:56
  Eighty years ago last month, the S.S. St. Louis entered American waters.The liner carried more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution, hoping to find a haven across the Atlantic. Passengers had purchased landing certificates and transit visas issued by the Cuban government, and most planned to wait in Cuba while their U.S. visa applications were processed. But the Cuban government was roiled by political infighting and fearmongering that Jewish refugees might be communists. Officials
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - What Is Spacing: Explaining the NBA’s Holy Spirit

  23-07-2019 16:49 via sportspyder.com
  By its fruits, you shall know it.
  
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• Boris Johnson’s win elevates ‘no-deal’ Brexit risks to UK economy

  23-07-2019 16:43
  London • With Boris Johnson confirmed as the next U.K. prime minister, the outlook for the British economy has become murkier — and potentially more perilous.Johnson's comprehensive victory over Jeremy Hunt in the battle to lead the governing Conservative Party has made it more likely that Britain could leave the European Union on Halloween without a withdrawal agreement, a prospect that even the most ardent Brexit believers concede would be disruptive in the short-term.Most economist
  
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• Letter: Lee should support 9/11 funding

  23-07-2019 16:16
  Senator Mike Lee,Wile I respect your fiscal conservatism and concern for how the Victim Compensation Fund will be funded, you must acknowledge that 9/11 was the most unique and devastating event that has occurred on American soil. This was an act of war perpetrated by Islamic terrorists. Employees, students, residents and first responders were exposed to hazardous toxins containing chemicals, all forms of pulverized building materials and pulverized human remains. Fires emanating toxic smoke con
  
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• Morning links: Why the Utah Jazz will be very entertaining this year

  23-07-2019 16:03
  Jazz fans chat during a time out in a Salt Lake City Summer League basketball game between the Utah Jazz and the Memphis Grizzlies at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, July 1, 2019.Kristin MurphyExpect to be thoroughly entertained by the Utah Jazz next season.That, at least, is what Bleacher Report's Andy Bailey anticipates.The Jazz were among the notable teams in Bailey's recent piece, Surprise NBA Teams You'll Love to Watch Next Season, joined by the Atlanta Hawks, the M
  
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• Trent Staggs: Riverton seeks the power of local solutions with its own police department

  23-07-2019 16:01
  Public safety is the primary role of government. The people we represent must be ensured they are safe in the pursuit of life, liberty and property. As an elected official, that is my focus and my goal. I ran for office knowing I had the necessary experience to innovate, and find solutions that could make government more accountable, transparent and fiscally responsible. By and large, my experience with Salt Lake County-led organizations shows they provide less efficient and more expensive servi
  
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• BYU football player pleads guilty to impaired driving

  23-07-2019 16:01
  A BYU football player pleaded guilty to impaired driving on Monday, a month-and-a-half after he was arrested on the Provo campus.Neil Pau’u, 24, pleaded guilty to the Class B misdemeanor, which had been amended from the original misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence, according to court records. Pau’u was arrested by a BYU police officer just after midnight on June 8 after he allegedly attempted to drive through a barricaded road near the Smith Fieldhouse.The receiver was
  
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• Crews get wildfire near top of Emigration Canyon under control

  23-07-2019 16:00
  A wildfire that started late Monday near the top of Emigration Canyon has stopped spreading and is under control.“Crews did a good job of keeping it at bay," Unified Fire department spokesman Ryan Love said Tuesday morning.The cause of the fire, which forced the evacuation of some residents, is not yet known, he said.About 100 state and local firefighters worked throughout the night to stop the blaze, which burned about 10 acres near Pinecrest Canyon, just northeast of the top of Emigratio
  
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• Letter: Inland port feasibility report is a joke

  23-07-2019 15:48
  I read the “Utah Inland Port Feasibility Analysis.”Section 6.0 on “Environment” runs a total of two printed pages. The section contains exactly one quantitative statement that has anything to do with the environment, which reads, “Cargo via rail has a far lighter impact on the environment, as even a single-stack freight train would replace over 110 trucks.”There is not one word of discussion about the type of materials that will be handled at the port. As part
  
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• Letter: Trump didn’t cause Love to lose

  23-07-2019 15:46
  I had some thoughts after reading the commentary on July 16 by Amber Phillips, “Republicans gain nothing criticizing Trump.”I suspect that much of the article is true. However, being a Utah resident, I believe that Mia Love’s defeat by Democrat Ben Adams was mostly her own fault. She was ineffective in Congress and cold to her constituents, refused to conduct town halls. She did not deserve to be re-elected, whether President Trump’s comments influenced the voters or not.
  
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