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• Tooele County wildfire grows to more than 1,700 acres

  04-09-2019 23:43
  A wildfire near Lake Point in Tooele County has grown to more than 1,700 acres, according to Utah fire officials.The Green Ravine Fire was not a threat to homes as of Wednesday afternoon and no injuries have been reported. However, wind continued to drive the flames, and the fire is 0% contained.Communication towers on Farnworth Peak were at risk, said Jason Curry, spokesman for the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. The fire came within a mile of the installation on Wednesday, and
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Northwest Notes: Blazers, ‘Melo, Nuggets, Wolves, Jazz

  04-09-2019 23:15 via sportspyder.comsportspyder.com
  Star point guard Damian Lillard attempted to recruit Carmelo Anthony to the Trail Blazers before the 10-time All-Star was traded …
  
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• Commentary: Bishop’s talk on education shows he knows nothing about it

  04-09-2019 23:00
  This past week, the Sutherland Institute hosted an event in the Congressional Series on Innovation in Education and the Teaching Profession with U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop. It is a rare experience for teachers to hear firsthand their congressman’s views on education, and we were grateful to Sutherland for sponsoring this event. It felt surreal to look around this small space filled with Utah’s movers and shakers and think, “These are the people shaping Utah’s education. Will ed
  
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  04-09-2019 22:46 via twitter.com
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• Utah Royals FC forward Christen Press named NWSL Player of the Month

  04-09-2019 22:36
  Christen Press on Wednesday was named Player of the Month by the National Women’s Soccer League for August.Press, who is currently on international duty with the United States Women’s National Team on their Women’s World Cup victory tour, scored three goals, tallied 13 shots on goal and created 12 chances last month for the Utah Royals FC. The Royals went 3-1-1 in August and vaulted to fourth in the league standings.Press scored two goals in a 3-0 blowout of Sky Blue, and score
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: KUER reporter discusses his new ‘Preach’ podcast and why he is being open about his own ‘evolving’ faith

  04-09-2019 22:21
  Award-winning KUER reporter Lee Hale said his new religion podcast, called “Preach,” would be a “different kind of faith conversation.”A two-minute promotion for the show, which debuts Friday, Sept. 6, provides a clue. It begins with Hale briefly describing his time knocking on doors in Minnesota as a Mormon missionary and how, a decade later, he finds his own beliefs are “evolving.”Yes, Hale is opting to be open about his identity as a Latter-day Saint. He ta
  
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• To help build his wall, President Trump is diverting $54 million from Utah military projects

  04-09-2019 22:12
  Washington • Two projects at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden totaling $54 million will be delayed as President Donald Trump steers Pentagon money to help pay for a new U.S.-Mexico border wall, the Defense Department announced Wednesday.Trump’s emergency order will divert $26 million slated for a new Composite Aircraft Antenna Calibration Facility and another $28 million for the Utah Test and Training Range Consolidated Mission Control Center, according to Utah’s senators who had ur
  
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• Sen. Mike Lee heads to Russia as the Kremlin denies visas for two Senate colleagues who backed sanctions

  04-09-2019 21:59
  Washington • Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, will travel to Russia this week despite two of his colleagues being denied visas by the country, possibly as retribution for supporting sanctions against Moscow.Lee had voted against the sanctions, issued after Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., were denied entrance to Russia as part of an official congressional visit to the country. Both are members of the Senate Foreign Rel
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - 3 reasons to be excited about the Utah Jazz entering 2019-20 NBA season

  04-09-2019 21:59 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz won 50 games, notched the fifth seed in the Western Conference and then got hammered by the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs this past season. It further proved that while the Jazz were good, they were far from good...
  
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• Slowly converting Bangerter Highway into a freeway speeds up commute by 8 minutes

  04-09-2019 21:52
  They cost $216 million. But the four freewaylike interchanges added to Bangerter Highway last year have shortened afternoon peak-time commutes by eight minutes, new data say.“That’s actually impressive because that still includes some big backups” daily at regular intersections with signals that tend to slow the flow between the new interchanges, said Brad Palmer, program manager for the Utah Department of Transportation’s Region 2.Last year, UDOT finished freewaylike int
  
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• Playmakers needed: BYU’s offense needs a few more guys to step up if the Cougars are to thrive this season

  04-09-2019 21:52
  BYU receiver Micah Simon says he doesn’t have any personal goals of yards or touchdowns for his senior year, he just wants to be as good of an outlet for quarterback Zach Wilson as he can.“I want to be that consistent target for him so he can get comfortable as a quarterback and know we are going to be there for him,” Simon said.Simon was speaking for himself, but his goal addresses what the rest of the offense needs to do, as well, to improve from their opening-week loss to Ut
  
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• NCAA rejects BYU’s appeal in Nick Emery case; almost two seasons of Cougar basketball victories stand vacated

  04-09-2019 21:52
  The NCAA on Wednesday upheld its plan to erase 47 wins across two seasons from the Brigham Young University men’s basketball team.BYU had appealed that aspect of the penalties, which were announced in November when the NCAA also summarized its findings in the investigation into then-guard Nick Emery’s interactions with boosters.Emery’s former coach, Dave Rose, said he was disappointed in the ruling. He said the NCAA was being inconsistent with penalties issued among universitie
  
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• Jadon Redding is now Utah’s primary kicker; can he hang onto the job for four years?

  04-09-2019 21:14
  Utah kicker Jadon Redding visited the campus last November when Matt Gay kicked a school-record six field goals against Oregon. He’s now wearing Gay’s old No. 97. Redding started the season as the Utes’ No. 2 kicker, as Gay once did, before getting an opportunity that stemmed from another player’s missed field goal.If Redding wins the Lou Groza Award winner as the country's best kicker, the comparisons to Gay's story would become overwhelming. All the Utes want him to do
  
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• BYU’s full statement regarding the NCAA denying its appeal

  04-09-2019 21:12
  Brigham Young University on Wednesday issued this statement about the NCAA’s decision to vacate 47 wins across two seasons from the Cougar men’s basketball team: We are disappointed with the decision announced today by the NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee, upholding the decision to impose a penalty vacating two seasons of BYU men’s basketball records. This penalty is truly unprecedented for a case in which the institution had no knowledge of or involvement in the infractions.
  
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• Michigan moves to be 1st state to ban flavored e-cigarettes

  04-09-2019 19:57
  Lansing, Mich. • Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer moved Wednesday to make her state the first to ban flavored electronic cigarettes, accusing companies of using candy flavors and deceptive advertising to “hook children on nicotine.”The Democrat ordered the state health department to issue emergency rules that will prohibit the sale of flavored nicotine vaping products, including to adults, and the misleading marketing of e-cigarettes. Retailers would have 30 days to comply with th
  
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• 2 men charged in shootout at apartment complex near UVU

  04-09-2019 19:43
  Two men are facing multiple charges after a shootout in the parking garage of an Orem apartment complex that's home to many Utah Valley University students — an exchange of gunfire that endangered a 2-year-old child, among others.According to Orem police, the incident began about 4 p.m. on Aug. 29 when Cameron William Todhunter, 18, of Spanish Fork, “orchestrated a scheme to rob a fellow drug dealer” at the Promenade Place Apartments at 867 S. Geneva Road. Todhunter — who
  
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• Letter: Denying immigrants their human rights is immoral

  04-09-2019 19:06
  It is with sorrow that I learned of the latest Trump administration policy change designed to persecute immigrants. Migrants here on medical visas received letters telling them their status has ended and they have 33 days to leave the country. The administration is making vague noises about an appeals process, but that’s not what the letters say. One 16-year-old boy here for a serious medical condition said in tears that he will die if he is sent back to his home country, which lacks treat
  
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• Utah Gov. Gary Herbert donates $50K to Spencer Cox’s gubernatorial campaign

  04-09-2019 18:54
  Spencer Cox’s bid to be the next governor of Utah got a $50,000 boost from his current boss last week, according to campaign disclosures filed with the state.The political action committee of outgoing Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, who has stated that he supports his lieutenant governor’s campaign to succeed him, made the donation Aug. 30, disclosure forms show. The donation makes Herbert the largest single donor to Cox’s campaign to date.“As lieutenant governor for the past six
  
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• Ross Douthat: Four things that are not white nationalism

  04-09-2019 18:52
  The American right in the Trump era has a racism problem. It’s fed by a Republican president who race-baits, a media ecosystem whose guardrails have collapsed, the lure of far-right ideas after various center-right failures and the influence of toxic forms of internet community on impressionable minds.At the same time, the American right in the Trump era faces a liberalism that’s eager to discover and condemn racism where it does not actually exist. Positions that any de-Trumpified c
  
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• Tooele County wildfire grows to more than 1,000 acres

  04-09-2019 18:40
  A wildfire near Lake Point in Tooele County has grown to more than 1,000 acres, according to Utah fire officials.The Green Ravine Fire was not a threat to homes as of Wednesday morning and no injuries have been reported, but communication towers on Farnworth Peak were at risk, said Jason Curry, spokesman for the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.That wasn’t the case Tuesday evening, when winds “pushed the northern flank of the fire to within 200 yards of homes," Curry s
  
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• Cowboys, Ezekiel Elliott agree on $90 million deal that ends holdout

  04-09-2019 18:06
  Frisco, Texas • Ezekiel Elliott has a new contract with the Dallas Cowboys just in time for the regular season.The star running back and the club agreed Wednesday on a $90 million, six-year contract extension that will make him the NFL's highest-paid player at his position and end a holdout that lasted the entire preseason.The breakthrough was finalized before dawn on the morning of the team's first full workout before Sunday's opener at home against the New York Giants.Elliott will get $50
  
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• Latter-day Saint mission president dies in the Philippines at age 61

  04-09-2019 17:43
  A 61-year-old mission president serving in the Philippines has died, according to a spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Bradley Wayne Kirk, a resident of Clovis, Calif., who was overseeing the church’s Philippines Naga Mission, suffered a stroke at home and was taken to the hospital, where he died Wednesday morning, Daniel Woodruff said in a news release.Kirk and his wife, Shirley, had been serving in the Philippines since July. The couple have three children.&ldq
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - ROY Redo: Could Mitchell and Simmons Compete For Hardware Again?

  04-09-2019 17:19 via sportspyder.com
  As dark horse MVP candidates go, its a scenario I could see happening. First, I should establish what I mean when were I say dark horse. Hed be my dark horse from the Jazz.
  
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• KUER’s ‘RadioWest’ will return as a once-a-week program

  04-09-2019 17:17
  When KUER-FM's long-running “RadioWest” went on hiatus in May, host Doug Fabrizio told listeners not to expect any big changes upon its return. As promised, it will return to the air on Sept. 13 — but there will be a lot less of it.When it returns, it will air once a week, Fridays from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The show aired five days a week before the 3½-month hiatus, Mondays-Fridays from 9-10 a.m.“This is a new chapter for ‘RadioWest,’" said KUER program direct
  
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• Taylorsville home hit by gunfire twice in three days

  04-09-2019 17:10
  Police are investigating after a Taylorsville house was hit by gunfire on Sunday, and then again on Tuesday.Someone fired at least four shots at the house, near 4800 South and 2700 West, about 10:20 p.m. on Sunday, according to Unified Police. There was some damage, including broken windows.The same house was hit by multiple gunshots about 9:10 p.m. on Tuesday. Neighbors reported hearing gunfire and a vehicle speeding away.The sole occupant of the home was not injured either time, according to D
  
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• Falcons leave nest, opening rock climbs in Indian Creek near Monticello

  04-09-2019 17:02
  Monticello • Federal officials say rock climbers are now free to enjoy an area near Monticello where raptors historically have nested.The U.S. Bureau of Land Management had asked climbers in February to voluntarily avoid some walls within the Indian Creek corridor.Wildlife biologists say peregrine falcons, eagles and other birds rely on the area to lay their eggs and raise their young.The BLM had cleared several walls for climbing earlier this year after finding no nests there.It said Tuesd
  
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• Frank Bruni: When did college become so cruel?

  04-09-2019 16:20
  Paul Tough’s important new book on the broken promises of higher education begins with a chapter that he succeeds in making as suspenseful as the prologue of any serial-killer novel and as heart-rending as the climax of an epic romance. It describes a high school senior who is waiting to hear if she has been accepted at Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania.Her name is Shannen. She’s from a poor family in the Bronx. She has worried so much and worked so hard that she’s u
  
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• [CBS Sports] - NBA offseason musings: Donovan Mitchell primed for superstar leap; Kemba Walker and the small-ball Celtics - CBSSports.com

  04-09-2019 16:07 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz put all the right pieces in place this summer for Mitchell to flourish
  
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• Imran Khan: The world can’t ignore Kashmir. We are all in danger.

  04-09-2019 16:00
  Islamabad, Pakistan • After I was elected prime minister of Pakistan last August, one of my foremost priorities was to work for lasting and just peace in South Asia. India and Pakistan, despite our difficult history, confront similar challenges of poverty, unemployment and climate change, especially the threat of melting glaciers and scarcity of water for hundreds of millions of our citizens.I wanted to normalize relations with India through trade and by settling the Kashmir dispute, the fo
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Russia gives visa to Sen. Mike Lee after rebuffing other senators

  04-09-2019 15:34
  Happy WednesdayRussia has granted a visa to Utah Sen. Mike Lee for a visit, after rejecting applications from other senators last week. Lee was one of just two senators who opposed sanctions against Russia for cyberattacks in the 2016 presidential election. Lee plans to discuss trade, military relations and religious liberty with Russian officials, as well as meet with former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Russia. [Politico] [TheHill]Topping the news: Salt Lake City and
  
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• Letter: Utah’s land grab is wrong on so many levels

  04-09-2019 15:33
  Former Utah state Rep. Ken Ivory is a leading proponent of the Legislature’s attempt to seize control of America’s public lands in Utah.As Tribune columnist Robert Gehrke observed, Ivory is “going to work for a company that got a $700,000 state contract based on legislation he sponsored and appropriations he had requested.”This is a cautionary tale about all that is wrong about Utah’s proposed land grab. It’s wrong on the facts: Public lands in Utah never belo
  
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• Letter: Sen. My Glee needn’t worry about Democrats packing the courts

  04-09-2019 15:32
  Our senators are concerned about Democrats wanting to expand the number of seats on the U.S. Supreme Court?Sen. My Glee, for one, shouldn't be too concerned, as he stands a good chance of filling a SCOTUS vacancy himself in the near future. He will be in good company, as Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Alito and Thomas clones, products of legal diploma mills funded by the Koch Brothers, will be filling federal judgeships at least through 2020.Moscow Mitch May Con All and his partner-in-crime, DJT, will cont
  
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• Letter: Don’t make the rest of Utah pay for St. George’s water

  04-09-2019 15:32
  Why should I pay to water the lush green lawns of the unending development in St. George?As a Salt Lake City resident and a second home owner in Utah, as well, I am clearly paying my fair share of taxes. But helping to pay a $1.8 billion bill for someone’s home in St. George is fiscally irresponsible and I ask that the governor and the Legislature condemn this irresponsible use of taxpayer funds.According to John Fredell’s Aug. 31 commentary, the Utah Rivers Council’s math is w
  
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• Letter: Cry ‘socialism’ while ignoring fascism

  04-09-2019 15:30
  Republicans cry “socialism” over every new idea, but ignore the fascist agenda pursued by Donald Trump.Glen V. Ruff, SpringvilleSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Chicken Little Ken’s Ivory tower

  04-09-2019 15:30
  A fable about ethics in Utah politics:Up on Chicken Coop Hill, Chicken Little Ken was heard to exclaim, “The sky is falling, the sky is falling, I will form a commission to figure out how to fix it.”He wondered who could help study the sky and he found a fox willing to study a sliver of the sky and guard the chicken coop for only 60,000 feed pellets from the public trough.Chicken Little Ken then crossed the road (even he didn’t know why) and, when he came back, much to his surp
  
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• Letter: Steps to reduce gun violence are obvious

  04-09-2019 15:29
  Tragically, we have seen another character test for Congress to take constructive action demanded by the public to reduce and lessen the loss of life from mass shootings.The steps are obvious to any intelligent and concerned citizen not obligated to the NRA for campaign contributions. Prohibit the sale of all automatic and high-capacity magazine rifles and handguns (what about a buyback/meltdown effort like some other nations?), mandatory background checks for every firearm purchase with no exce
  
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• Letter: A welcome recognition of Labor Day

  04-09-2019 15:28
  A very informative coverage of the history and meaning of Labor Day by Washington Post writer E.J. Dionne was published in The Salt Lake Tribune this Labor Day. (Also a funny Labor Day cartoon on the same page).As a girl growing up in the greater Cleveland, Ohio, area decades ago, I can recall hearing TV ads urging listeners to "Look for the union label / when you are buying a coat, dress or bag.” The importance of unions and of Labor Day itself were so vital in ensuring the "sense of soli
  
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• Letter: Something else mass shootings have in common

  04-09-2019 15:27
  Charlotte Maloney’s excellent letter (“Gun owners would not be punished by legal limits,” Aug. 31) noted that ”The one common denominator in every single mass shooting is the gun.”There is actually one more common denominator: According to Statistica, 98% of mass shootings between January 1982 and August 2019 were carried about by males.Candace Jacobson, ProvoSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Utah’s treatment of mentally ill people accused of serious crimes is a failure, but help may be on the way

  04-09-2019 15:26
  There’s a man at the Utah State Hospital who has been there for nearly two decades after he was deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges of kidnapping and attempted murder.This isn’t his first stint there. Back in 1983, he was committed to the mental hospital after he was charged with burglary and manslaughter. He was eventually released and put into a community placement program but a short time later was back in court on the attempted murder charge.Now, barring some in
  
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• Letter: You were joking about the homeless. Right?

  04-09-2019 15:26
  I just finished reading the letter from Dan Mylecraine in the Sept. 2 Salt Lake Tribune. I must say it is one of the funniest epistles I have ever read.Talking about how to "control" the homeless in our fair city: Folks running amok, defiling and contaminating, ruling the streets, the scourge. Hilarious!And then following up with "solutions": roundups, bounties, reeducation camps, running them off.Mr. Mylecraine, you have a career in stand-up comedy waiting for you.Wait. You were kidding, weren'
  
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• Letter: Drivers of pickup truck think they have their own set of rules

  04-09-2019 15:23
  I moved to Utah about 45 days ago from upstate New York. However, I am not a New Yorker. I live in Draper and work in Midvale. Each morning I commute on the I-15 to work at a bank in Midvale.I observe every morning the jacked-up pickup trucks charging through traffic as if there is another page or two in the driver's manual that pertains to them. They seem to have different speed laws and different vehicle modification laws. Their raised bumper heights, tires that stick beyond the wheel wells, l
  
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• Utah Rep. Ben McAdams is no fan of Medicare for All — says focus should be on access

  04-09-2019 15:20
  While progressive presidential candidates pitch Medicare for All as a solution to the nation’s health care dysfunction, Rep. Ben McAdams is saying the focus should be shifted — to access for all.The state’s only congressional Democrat says health care is among the top concerns of the 4th Congressional District constituents he meets during open house and town hall events. Many are frustrated by high drug prices or the costs of medical care more broadly, he said.While he agrees t
  
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• Utah Inland Port’s new leader says ‘building trust’ will be his biggest challenge

  04-09-2019 15:18
  Jack Hedge was hired in the midst of a protest.The activists who sang, chanted and banged on the doors outside the meeting room where he was appointed in June as the first full-time executive director of the Utah Inland Port Authority weren’t there to oppose him, exactly, but to battle the project he had just been charged with overseeing.And as one demonstrator was arrested and carried through the halls of the Utah Capitol that day, protests were just beginning to mount against the global
  
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• Meet the retired Utah war dogs still saving and healing lives — after being rescued themselves

  04-09-2019 15:17
  Rep. Chris Stewart’s town hall meeting was rowdy. Some shouted. Some cried. People argued about gun control and President Donald Trump. Stewart even threatened to leave unless people were more civil. But one thing managed to bring a moment of peace and unity.Stewart introduced a pair in the back who have struggled to adjust after serving in Kuwait. The crowd turned to see two retired war dogs, German shepherds Mazzie and Geli, who tucked their tails and looked down, unsettled by the raucou
  
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• Monthlong festival encourages Salt Lake County residents to ‘Get To The River’ in September

  04-09-2019 15:15
  The Get To The River Festival will offer events along the Jordan River and at its adjacent parks and trails during September, encouraging residents to visit the riparian and recreation corridor that connects the Utah and Great Salt Lakes.Festival events include service projects aimed at pulling weeds and cleaning up garbage along the river and parkway trail, as well as guided walks, bike rides and kayak trips, toy boat races and a Beatles tribute concert in Riverton by the Shout Children’s
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The case for Georges Niang to start at power forward for the Utah Jazz

  04-09-2019 14:24 via sportspyder.com
  The guy no one is talking about might be one of the most important players for the Jazz next year
  
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• Bothered by back, Federer loses U.S. Open quarterfinal to Dimitrov

  04-09-2019 06:55
  New York • Betrayed by his 38-year-old body, and his forehand, Roger Federer is done at the U.S. Open.Federer’s upper back and neck gave him trouble, he kept missing makeable shots and he kept giving away the lead against a guy he’d never lost to. It all added up to getting beaten 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 by 78th-ranked Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals before a stunned crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday night.“Grigor was able to put me away,” Federer said. &
  
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• Tooele County wildfire grows to at least 1,000 acres

  04-09-2019 06:53
  A wildfire near Lake Point in Tooele County has grown to up to 1,000 acres, according to Utah fire officials.The Green Ravine fire was not a threat to homes as of 10 p.m. Tuesday, but communication towers on Farnworth Peak were at risk, said Jason Curry, spokesman for the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. The blaze was growing aggressively, according to fire officials.The Tribune will report further information as it becomes available.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz alums: Could we see a Stockton in Lakers purple and gold?

  04-09-2019 06:26 via sportspyder.com
  The son of Hall of Fame point guard and Utah Jazz legend John Stockton is now technically part of the dreaded LA Lakers organization. 16 years ago, fans ar...
  
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• Utah Jazz alums: Could we see a Stockton in Lakers purple and gold?

  04-09-2019 06:03
  The son of Hall of Fame point guard and Utah Jazz legend John Stockton is now technically part of the dreaded LA Lakers organization. 16 years ago, fans around the Wasatch Front were dumbstruck when their guy, two-time NBA MVP and two-decade Utah Jazz star Karl Malone sold his soul and joined Shaquille O’Neal and […]
  Utah Jazz alums: Could we see a Stockton in Lakers purple and gold? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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