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• Forest Service wants to trim habitat for sage grouse

  02-08-2019 23:30
  Cheyenne, Wyo. • The U.S. Forest Service wants to reduce designated habitat in Wyoming and Nevada for a ground-dwelling bird.The agency said Friday its plan would target 300 square miles now set aside for sage grouse in Wyoming and Nevada, with nearly all of the reduction in Wyoming.A Wyoming official says the proposed changes simply align Forest Service plans with Wyoming's map of state-designated sage grouse habitat.More than 8,000 square miles of national forest land has been set aside a
  
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• Lindsey Tafengatoto: Equating abortion, stillbirth and miscarriage hurts women and children

  02-08-2019 23:10
  In a recent commentary, Don Gale makes an astonishingly ignorant comparison between the traumatic experiences of stillbirth, miscarriage and abortion.As someone who has had an abortion, runs a support group for post-abortive women, and works closely with a dear friend who has experienced miscarriage, I share our stories to expose falsehoods and inaccuracies in Mr. Gale’s piece:When I became unexpectedly pregnant at age 17, my boyfriend and I did not reach out to family or friends. Fearful
  
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• Sione Takitaki is in the NFL now, so BYU has a huge hole to fill at MLB. Here are the candidates

  02-08-2019 22:38
  Provo • As Sione Takitaki draws rave reviews for his familiar relentless style of play and fanatical effort at the Cleveland Browns’ training camp this month, BYU football coaches have started the search in earnest for the middle linebacker’s replacement in Provo.It could take awhile.“You just don’t replace a guy like that,” defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki said during June’s media day. “They don’t grow on trees.”Middle linebacker &md
  
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• Meet the 10-year-old journalist who broke the viral news of Marianne Williamson’s dead cat

  02-08-2019 22:36
  Ten-year-old Jeffery Kraft didn't usually stay up this late, so he drank a cup of coffee. He was a little nervous. Jeffery, who is typically a food critic, had never interviewed anyone before. But now he was about to talk to people billing themselves as the next president of the United States.The candidates made their way off the stage in Detroit to greet the gaggle of reporters just after 10 p.m. Wednesday. Jeffery snaked his way to the front of the line so he could see, and he looked for Maria
  
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• Real Salt Lake still solidifying its team identity two-thirds into season

  02-08-2019 22:33
  Herriman • Throughout the season, Real Salt Lake has made several tweaks in how it approaches its play on the field. A preseason focus on defense here. A midseason pivot in how it prepares for opponents there.Even before the season started, the additions of players like Sam Johnson and Everton Luiz sent the message that it was time for the organization to bring in veteran players to buttress the young core. Johnson in particular added a whole new dynamic and set of skills to the attack.All
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell react to Jazz not getting a Christmas game

  02-08-2019 22:24 via sportspyder.com
  The NBA’s slate of Christmas Day games was unexpectedly leaked on Friday, giving fans an early look at the highly anticipated matchups. Included on the list of participants were some of the biggest teams in the league: Both Los Angeles teams, the...
  
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• Jana Riess: 3 reasons Latter-day Saints don’t know what to do with the Apostle Paul

  02-08-2019 22:09
  The curriculum of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has its members around the world devoting August, September and October to studying portions of the letters of Christianity’s most indefatigable early missionary.It’s gratifying to see so much attention paid to Paul, because the old Gospel Doctrine manual breezed through the epistles much too quickly. (One day — just one day! — on Romans?)But just like the old manual, the new curriculum is far more focused
  
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  02-08-2019 22:00 via twitter.com
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• Suketu Mehta: I am an uppity immigrant. Don’t expect me to be ‘grateful.’

  02-08-2019 21:29
  In June, I published a book (“This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto”) arguing that immigration is a form of reparations, drawing forth a fusillade of hatred — on Twitter, in my inbox, under the rocks of 4chan and Reddit — suggesting that I return to India. One reviewer on Amazon called for me to be “skinned alive” and to go back to my “turd-world country.” Someone else tweeted, “This cockroach needs sent back to whatever s---
  
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  02-08-2019 21:29 via twitter.com
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• What’s life like inside the NCAA transfer portal? These Utes have lived it.

  02-08-2019 21:22
  Spring football practice ended in April at Marshall University in West Virginia. Offensive lineman Alex Locklear, seeking a different experience for his last season of college eligibility, placed his name in the NCAA transfer portal and waited to see what would happen.No dating app ever worked this efficiently. His phone started ringing right away.“Utah actually hit me up before I was able to clean my locker out,” Locklear marveled this week, as he started practicing with the Utes. &
  
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• Commentary: The abortion debate is a battle of words

  02-08-2019 21:00
  The verbal gymnastics used by pro-abortion advocates are an exercise in obfuscation — and the recent responses to Abortion-Free Utah’s new campaign demonstrate this.There are two primary questions at the core of the abortion issue. First, what is the status of the developing human being; and second, when is it acceptable to end the life of the developing human being.The discussions these two questions generate are difficult to have if the unborn baby is referred to using dehumanizing
  
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• Robert F. Kennedy’s granddaughter, 22, found dead at family compound

  02-08-2019 20:55
  Saoirse Kennedy Hill, the 22-year-old granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, died Thursday at the family's compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, a family member confirmed to The Washington Post.Authorities are investigating the "unattended death," which was reported early Thursday afternoon."Our hearts are shattered by the loss of our beloved Saoirse," the Kennedy family said in a statement to The Post. "Her life was filled with hope, promise and love."The Cape and Islands District Attorney's Of
  
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• More than half of Democrats support impeachment inquiry

  02-08-2019 20:23
  Washington • More than half of Democrats support launching an impeachment inquiry, according to a tally by The Associated Press — a strong signal of ongoing liberal frustration with President Donald Trump but a milestone that seems unlikely to move House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.Rep. Salud Carbajal of California said Friday that he would support such an inquiry — the beginning of proceedings that could lead up to an impeachment vote — tipping the tally to 118, or a majority of
  
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• Utah eye clinic is not owned by members of a polygamous sect, but the building is, and it may be hurting business

  02-08-2019 20:06
  Millcreek • The patient had been sedated, and that’s when the anesthesiologist decided to ask David Petersen something.“He’s like, ‘Hey, your building is in the news,’” Petersen, an eye surgeon, recalled Thursday. “Are you a part of that whole thing?”That “whole thing” is the fraud the owners of Washakie Renewable Energy have admitted to while pleading guilty in federal court. Prosecutors say the company wrongly obtained $511 milli
  
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• Joe Biden to make campaign stop in Utah in September

  02-08-2019 19:31
  Salt Lake City • Former Vice President Joe Biden says he’ll make a campaign stop in Utah at the end of September.The Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign said Friday in a news release that Biden will be in Park City on Sept. 28. Details about the event weren’t made public.Biden is set to make 15 campaign stops in September, starting in Iowa and finishing in Nevada, Utah and Colorado.The campaign says Biden is trying to visit all the states holding primaries on Supe
  
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• Utah Royals FC searching for balance between creating more chances, locking teams down on defense

  02-08-2019 19:24
  Gone are the days when the Utah Royals FC picked up 13 points in its first six games. Gone are the days when the narrative was how stingy the Royals were on defense, racking up clean sheet after clean sheet after clean sheet. The team with championship aspirations now sits seventh in the nine-team National Women’s Soccer League with only 11 games remaining in the 2019 season.Lately, the Royals have been creating many more opportunities to score compared to earlier in the season, but not fi
  
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• 'We’re just innocent bystanders’ — Utah eye clinic is not owned by members of a polygamous sect, but the building is, and it may be hurting business

  02-08-2019 19:19
  Millcreek • The patient had been sedated, and that’s when the anesthesiologist decided to ask David Petersen something.“He’s like, ‘Hey, your building is in the news,’” Petersen, an eye surgeon, recalled Thursday. “Are you a part of that whole thing?” That “whole thing” is the fraud the owners of Washakie Renewable Energy have admitted to while pleading guilty in federal court. Prosecutors say the company wrongly obtained $511 mill
  
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• Julie Castle: Proposed mine threatens Best Friends and the rest of Kanab

  02-08-2019 18:57
  My name is Julie Castle. I am the CEO of Best Friends Animal Society and I’m writing this to declare Best Friends’ opposition to the Southern Red Sands (SRS) frac sand mining operation adjacent to Best Friends Animal Society headquarters in Kanab, Utah. We also oppose the Kane County, Kanab City and Kane County Water Conservancy District support of the SRS proposal. SRS is a Salt Lake City based LLC with undisclosed backers who are prepared to invest millions in mining leases and cla
  
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• Be sure to follow the @utahjazzdancers on Instagram for regular updates as they spend time in China!https://twitter.com/UtahJazzDancers/status/1157331914325291008 …

  02-08-2019 18:47 via twitter.com
  Be sure to follow the @utahjazzdancers on Instagram for regular updates as they spend time in China!https://twitter.com/UtahJazzDancers/status/1157331914325291008 …
  
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• A groundbreaking lesson about gender identity shines through ‘Saturday’s Voyeur,’ Utah’s annual musical satire

  02-08-2019 18:05
  Jacob Weitlauf’s big number in this year’s “Saturday’s Voyeur” is a fast-paced vocabulary lesson.As the University of Utah student performs “50 Ways to Name Your Gender,” words appear on a screen behind the stage. Trans. Queer. And then lesser-known terms: Verself, terself, perself. Hirs, ze. Tri-gen, high-femme, bi-gen and neutrois.“Call me a non-bine, no he-she combine; We like being defined, just listen to Ve,” Weitlauf sings. “It is
  
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  02-08-2019 17:53 via twitter.com
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• NBA Daily: The Mystery of Dante Exum

  02-08-2019 17:22 via basketballinsiders.com
  The Utah Jazz are going to be fantastic this season, but what would make their title hopes all the stronger is if the enigmatic Dante Exum finally puts it together.
  
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• George Pyle: The reprehensible case against Medicare for All

  02-08-2019 17:00
  The reason why we can’t have a health care system that covers everyone, some members of both political parties tell us, is that some of us already have pretty good insurance coverage. (At least, we think we do, until we file a claim.)And that if anyone else is to have sort of what you have, you’d have to have less of it. And that would be bad.So, in order for me and my family to stay healthy, and not go into bankruptcy in the process, you and your family have to be at risk, sick, bro
  
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• Trump denounces Democrats at rally, plays down race

  02-08-2019 16:54
  Cincinnati • President Donald Trump used a revved-up rally in Cincinnati to tear into the Democrats he has been elevating as his new political foils, attacking four liberal congresswomen of color and their party’s urban leaders, while also directing fire at those he could be facing in 2020.But the president mostly avoided the racial controversy that has dominated recent weeks as he basked in front of the raucous crowd Thursday for nearly 90 minutes, unleashing broadside after broadsid
  
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• U.S.-Russia arms control treaty dies; U.S. to test new weapon

  02-08-2019 16:44
  Washington • The United States plans to test a new missile in coming weeks that would have been prohibited under a landmark, 32-year-old arms control treaty that the U.S. and Russia ripped up on Friday.Washington and Moscow walked out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty that President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed in 1987, raising fears of a new arms race . The U.S. blamed Moscow for the death of the treaty. It said that for years Moscow has been devel
  
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• Letter: How does Jason Chaffetz rate the front page?

  02-08-2019 16:37
  How is it that a failed cowardly politician who abandoned his post when things got hard still rates the front page of the newspaper? Why should anyone give a damn or be interested in what Jason Chaffetz’s opinion is? Does the Tribune have a piece of the next book he is writing? Why else give him the free publicity?The false equivalency of his argument to let Rep. Elijah Cummings and the White House Embarrassment “duke it out” is ridiculous. While Cummings is trying to do his jo
  
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• Political Cornflakes: President Donald Trump attacks the ‘rage-filled Democrat Party’

  02-08-2019 16:03
  Happy Friday! President Donald Trump is trying to capitalize on the Democratic Party’s infighting between moderates and the more liberal wing. During his rally in Cincinnati, the president said that Democratic presidential contenders attacked former President Barack Obama more than they did him during the last round of debates. “The rage-filled Democrat Party is trying to tear America apart,” Trump said. [Politico]Topping the news: Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney voted against a
  
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• Catherine Rampell: A question missing from the health-care debate: Will doctors make less money?

  02-08-2019 15:37
  Won't single-payer health care require higher taxes? (Yes, obviously.) And won't abolishing employer-sponsored insurance face opposition from some of the 160 million people happily on those plans now? (Almost certainly.)At the debates, in post-debate spin rooms and on Sunday TV show interviews, the Democratic presidential candidates are asked these questions repeatedly as if they are "gotcha" questions. Then they duck and weave to avoid providing the honest but damning (affirmative) sound bite,
  
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• New poll shows tightening race for Salt Lake City mayor with Jim Dabakis and Luz Escamilla leading

  02-08-2019 15:08
  A new poll in the race for Salt Lake City mayor released Thursday indicates that the wide lead former state Sen. Jim Dabakis has long enjoyed has narrowed dramatically ahead of this month’s primary election.The survey, conducted this week by The Salt Lake Tribune and the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah, shows Dabakis with 21% support and a 4-point lead over his closest contender, state Sen. Luz Escamilla — a result that’s well within the poll’s ma
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - Raptors’ post-Kawhi world and other NBA podcasts of the day

  02-08-2019 15:01 via sportspyder.com
  All the top NBA podcasts compiled here on a daily basis so you don’t have to look for them. Enjoy! Jordan Poole’s Overdose of Swag from Warriors Off Court August 02 07:03 AM Listen to W…
  
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• Retooling Utah’s offensive line is a big issue, but Jim Harding will ‘get it done,’ Kyle Whittingham says

  02-08-2019 15:01
  Jim Harding goes through this process every year. With five offensive linemen taking the field, it is inevitable that a coach would come into preseason camp needing to find one or more replacements.This season just feels different, because the rest of Utah’s offensive personnel have so much experience. The Utes need the line to come together quickly if they intend to justify all of the favorable forecasts for them in 2019.“I understand the concern out there,” Harding said Thurs
  
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• Robert Kirby: Making America a teensy bit more great again

  02-08-2019 15:00
  The Democratic debate in Detroit on Wednesday night went better than I expected. I watched an unprecedented 5% of the show before deciding that my time might be better spent pulling weeds in the yard with my eyes closed.Ten candidates stood on the stage and bickered about who among them would make the worst president. The only comment that even remotely caught my attention was made by New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.“The first thing I’m going to do when I’m president,” s
  
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• Cathy Callow-Heusser: Learn more about our immigration laws

  02-08-2019 15:00
  We are helping a family that is seeking asylum in the United States. This family entered the U.S. at the border with Mexico to escape prosecution and threats in their own country. They were given permission to apply for asylum.Of course, they weren’t granted a work permit, housing or a means to survive. Like so many others who don’t have family in the U.S. with whom they can live, they ended up in a homeless shelter, where the father was beaten by others living there.No ability to pa
  
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• Wayne Wilson: A single-payer health care system would focus on patients, not accounts

  02-08-2019 14:00
  Institutional health care should, by definition, be focused on the patient. I will refer to it as a Patient-Centric Health Care System (PCHCS). It would provide lifetime care that includes promoting healthy lifestyles, reacting appropriately to diseases, injuries and events such as pregnancy, organ failures, etc.The most important information a doctor needs when treating a patient is that patient’s medical history. A little-known feature of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires the creati
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series will take place in a 3,441-year window of time

  02-08-2019 14:00
  The folks at Amazon Studios are excited about their upcoming “Lord of the Rings” series. So am I.But I’m less excited about the lack of information about it. And a tiny bit annoyed that they don’t realize that some of us have actually read the books and know what we’re talking about.Here’s the transcript of an exchange I had with the co-head of Amazon television, Vernon Sanders, about the upcoming “Lord of the Rings” series:Me: “Do we know ye
  
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• Letter: Let sleeping mangy dogs lie

  02-08-2019 14:00
  The lead front page story in the July 30 Salt Lake Tribune was a tribute to Norma Matheson, matriarch of a family of public servants who have contributed greatly to Utah. Thank you. You’re right. The Matheson family has helped our state over a long period of time.The opposite headline story was about what a disgraced former Republican congressman thinks. A man who spent eight years in Congress and contributed nothing for Utah. Nothing except to embarrass us with his theatrical self-serving
  
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• Letter: Cowardly Rep. Chris Stewart won’t stand up to Trump

  02-08-2019 14:00
  Rep. Chris Stewart claims that socialism will bankrupt America.According to Stewart, health care, government-assisted education and conservation are things that we can’t afford or don’t need.Of course, if somebody spends all their income to stay alive, they won’t get higher education or assist their family to get educated. If we don’t take care of the environment, more people will spend more money just to stay alive.Of course we have a government that has checks and balan
  
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• Letter: Attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings are outrageous

  02-08-2019 14:00
  I am outraged by the nasty attack of Donald Trump directed at Rep. Elijah Cummings.Cummings has served his district well and is universally respected.People have the right to disagree. But Trump’s attacks are nasty and disgusting. They are directed at people who disagree with him. It infuriates me that the Republican Party leaders enable the behavior.What is also apparent is that the use of the words “rat-infested” and “crime-infested” is generally directed at peopl
  
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• News quiz: Are they running for U.S. president or Salt Lake City mayor?

  02-08-2019 13:00
  Ready for a special edition of The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly news quiz? Eight candidates are running for Salt Lake City mayor. Meanwhile, the list of candidates running for president in 2020 continues to grow. Can you keep track of who’s running? Find out here. A new quiz will post every Friday morning. You can find previous quizzes here. If you’re using The Salt Lake Tribune mobile app, click here.You can learn more about the Salt Lake City mayoral candidate and where they st
  
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• Salt Lake Bees pound Oklahoma City 14-4 to avoid series sweep

  02-08-2019 07:09
  The Salt Lake Bees used a six-run second inning to defeat the Oklahoma City Dodgers 14-4 on Wednesday night in front of 10,788 fans at Smith’s Ballpark.After Oklahoma City hit a two-run home run in the first inning, Salt Lake responded with a big second inning, scoring six runs to take a 6-2 lead. The Bees collected seven hits in the inning, including Jo Adell’s first Triple-A hit and RBI coming on a single to right field.The Dodgers scored one run in the third, but surrendered three
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Are Utah Jazz being over-hyped or can they really win a championship?

  02-08-2019 06:10 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz are facing significantly higher expectations for next season. But is the hype justified or just setting fans up for disappointment? Make no m...
  
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• Denver’s Fangio coaches after kidney stone issue, Broncos beat Atlanta 14-10 in Hall of Fame game

  02-08-2019 05:59
  Canton, Ohio • Hours after visiting a hospital because of a kidney stone, Vic Fangio won a football game.The new coach of the Denver Broncos saw a late interception set up rookie Juwann Winfree’s 15-yard touchdown catch Thursday night, and his team edged the Atlanta Falcons 14-10 in the Hall of Fame game to open the NFL’s preseason.Yes, it was an exhibition game — the real first test comes Sept. 9 at Oakland. Still, Fangio served two decades as an NFL assistant before get
  
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• Summit and Wasatch counties mayors discuss bipartisanship at climate town hall

  02-08-2019 05:51
  Park City • Climate change is often framed as a partisan issue, but it doesn’t have to be that way. That was the message agreed upon by a group of Summit and Wasatch County leaders, local academics and students who discussed climate change at a panel at the Park City Library on Wednesday.“Climate change is way too important of an issue to be debated for the next 20 years,” said Mia Vinding, a high school student and environmental advocate from Park City who spoke on the pa
  
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• Environmental groups sue BLM for reopening badlands near Factory Butte to off-roaders

  02-08-2019 05:47
  Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Land Management, arguing the group reopened land to unfettered motorized use without investigating the potential environmental impacts.The groups — the Natural Resources Defense Council, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (or SUWA) and The Wilderness Society — say cross-country off-roading in the area will cause soil erosion, worsen air and water quality and could hurt an endangered species of cactus that grows i
  
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• Are Utah Jazz being over-hyped or can they really win a championship?

  02-08-2019 05:47
  The Utah Jazz are facing significantly higher expectations for next season. But is the hype justified or just setting fans up for disappointment? Make no mistake about it. The Utah Jazz have had an incredible offseason. The addition of highly respected veteran Mike Conley instantly elevated the team to a new level, and the subsequent […]
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• Orem mayor under investigation for unauthorized withdrawals from city retirement account

  02-08-2019 05:42
  The mayor of Orem is under investigation after a city employee discovered irregularities in documents he used to make unauthorized withdrawals from his city retirement account.Those irregularities include changing dates on forms, submitting the same signed forms for multiple reimbursement requests and for requesting reimbursements more often than is allowed, according to a statement from the Orem City Council.Mayor Richard Brunst, who was first elected in 2013, told The Salt Lake Tribune on Thur
  
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• Koa Eldredge, a two-sport prep star in Hawaii, chooses BYU for baseball, football

  02-08-2019 04:10
  Provo • Another Jaren Hall-type athlete is heading BYU’s way.Koa Eldredge, a football and baseball star at Punahou High in Honolulu, Hawaii, has committed to play both sports at BYU, he announced on Twitter on Thursday.Eldredge, 6-foot and 185 pounds, plays receiver on the football team at Punahou and several positions on the baseball team. His father, David Eldredge, played for BYU’s baseball team in the early 1980s and also was an assistant coach under Vance Law at BYU.“
  
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• Wayne T. Pyle: Cities’ concerns must not be shoved aside as homeless shelters are built

  02-08-2019 03:30
  Two years ago in these pages I penned a commentary printed in The Salt Lake Tribune that decried the state of Utah’s preemption of municipalities’ planning and zoning authority as the state and Salt Lake County struggled mightily to locate a new solution for homeless services called a “resource center.” We were all promised that this new model would have a completely different look and provide services in a new way that would make the system more humane, more effective, a
  
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