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• Western governors want nuclear testing compensation expanded, including in Utah

  16-10-2019 23:42
  Boise, Idaho • Atmospheric nuclear weapons testing exposed more states and more people to radiation fallout and resulting cancers and other diseases than the federal government currently recognizes, Western governors said.The Western Governors' Association on Friday sent letters to the U.S. Senate and U.S. House urging passage of proposed changes to a law involving "downwinders."The U.S. between 1945 and 1992 conducted more than 1,000 nuclear weapons tests, nearly 200 in the atmosphere. Mos
  
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• Rep. Ben McAdams has $1 million in his campaign bank a year before Election Day

  16-10-2019 23:20
  Washington • Readying for an intense race to keep his seat, Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams has amassed a large campaign account ahead of the 2020 elections, squirreling away more than $1 million so far, new documents show.McAdams, who won his seat in 2018 by one of the smallest margins in the country, has raised more than $1.34 million since January and spent about $367,000, according to new filings with the Federal Election Commission.That leaves him with just over $1 million in the bank more
  
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• Utah Theater supporters launch campaign to save the building as Salt Lake City eyes new skyscraper

  16-10-2019 23:19
  Fans of the Utah Theater have started a campaign to save the aging downtown structure after Salt Lake City leaders recently opted to explore replacing it with a skyscraper.Daunted by an estimated $60 million price tag for restoring the 100-year-old former vaudeville and movie theater, the city’s Redevelopment Agency is in talks with two developers — Hines and LaSalle — on tearing it down to make way for a 30-floor tower, midblock walkway and park at the Main Street location.The
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Roster Cuts Loom: 3 without D or D without 3?

  16-10-2019 23:09 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz noticed, however, and claimed his contract off waivers. But Royce ONeale easily won the training camp battle and quickly became a core part of the Jazz rotation.
  
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• Bipartisan house majority condemns Trump for Syria withdrawal

  16-10-2019 22:50
  Washington • The House on Wednesday delivered a bipartisan condemnation of President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces just inside Syria’s border, registering broad opposition in Congress to a move that has thrown the region into bloody chaos and unraveled Middle East policy.Republicans and Democrats banded together to approve a resolution opposing Trump’s acquiescence to the Turkish assault against the Kurds, who have been crucial American allies in the figh
  
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• Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson wants a tax cut before January

  16-10-2019 22:47
  Utah House Republicans were told Wednesday to “stay tuned for big, big details” on tax reform, with House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, suggesting a draft reform proposal will be released next week following months of discussions — but no public votes — by a legislative tax force.The speaker told his caucus members that the longer they wait to act, the longer it takes for Utah residents to benefit, and that he’d like to see an income tax cut in statute before Ja
  
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• Joe Maddon returns to Los Angeles Angels as new manager

  16-10-2019 22:26
  Anaheim, Calif. • Joe Maddon is back under the halo.Maddon agreed to a three-year deal to become the Los Angeles Angels' manager on Wednesday, reuniting the World Series-winning former bench boss of the Chicago Cubs with the organization where he spent the first three decades of his baseball career."We are thrilled that Joe is coming back home and bringing an exciting brand of baseball to our fans," general manager Billy Eppler said. "Every stop he has made throughout his managerial career,
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The SLC Dunk Jazz FanShop

  16-10-2019 22:25 via sportspyder.com
  Us Jazz fans are salty. It’s okay to admit it. We grew up by a literal lake full of salt. We’re passionate and pride ourselves in showing out better than any other fanbase. We care about our...
  
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• Activists call for halt of construction in inland port until environmental effects are studied

  16-10-2019 22:01
  The remote spot in Salt Lake City now is reached only by a dirt road. Nothing but tall tufts of grass on empty land and marshes separate it from the Great Salt Lake.Some antelope even ran nearby as environmental activists gathered there Wednesday to protest newly launched construction of 6 million square feet of warehouse space before studying how it and other inland port projects may affect the area’s environment and wildlife.“We need to know what the environmental consequences of i
  
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• Legal experts say Mike Petke’s lawsuit against RSL likely headed for a settlement as former coach subpoenas club sponsors

  16-10-2019 21:57
  Real Salt Lake’s players and fans are gearing up for the postseason run, which begins this Saturday vs. the Portland Timbers. The team’s attorneys are ramping up for a battle all their own against the team’s ousted coach.Legal filings have shot back and forth in recent days, giving a sense of how this fight may play out and what it might mean for the club.RSL believes it had the right to fire Mike Petke and is asking the judge to dismiss the former coach’s lawsuit, moving
  
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• Utah unveils 2020 gymnastics schedule with a new wrinkle: Utes will compete with BYU, USU and SUU in new Maverik Center meet

  16-10-2019 21:55
  Utah’s gymnastics team has made the Huntsman Center one of the best atmospheres in collegiate gymnastics, but this year the Utes are experimenting with a relatively new venue and new format for one of their ‘home,’ meets.The Utes, who open the season Jan. 3 against Kentucky, will host the Best of Utah meet on Jan. 11 in West Valley’s Maverik Center. The Utes will compete against BYU, SUU and Utah State in a podium format in the meet, giving it a similar feel to the Pac-12
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz host Portland Trail Blazers in last preseason dress rehearsal

  16-10-2019 21:53 via sportspyder.com
  Utah has one more game left to get prepared for the regular season.
  
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• Arches National Park crowd-relief study will look at shuttles, new entrances, entry by reservation

  16-10-2019 21:27
  Moab • Arches National Park is launching a new study to examine in detail the overcrowding problem that is dampening the experience for many visitors.“Nobody wants to be excited to come to the park and then be faced with that line,” says Kate Cannon, Arches superintendent.During an open house on Tuesday, Cannon told The Salt Lake Tribune the park service is trying to “flesh out” concepts for traffic and transportation solutions.The open house in Moab’s Grand Ce
  
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• Former Pompeo aide testifying to House impeachment panels

  16-10-2019 20:29
  Washington • The House impeachment inquiry is exposing new details about unease in the State Department and White House about President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine and those of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.One witness said it appeared "three amigos" tied to the White House had taken over foreign policy. Another quoted national security adviser John Bolton as calling Giuliani a "hand grenade" for his back-channel efforts to get Ukraine to investigate Trump's Democratic r
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jazz Rank: Emmanuel Mudiay voted 11th

  16-10-2019 20:12 via sportspyder.com
  The free agent specifically came here for development.
  
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• Utah soccer star Carly Nelson has walked some tough miles as an openly gay athlete, and come through intact. ‘I’ve loved my journey,’ she says.

  16-10-2019 19:30
  Carly Nelson loves everything about her goalkeeper's job description for the Utah women's soccer team, including the pressure of keeping opponents from scoring, having a unique view of the field and directing the defenders in front of her. “And, of course,” she said, “wearing the different colors.”Nelson has worn distinctive goalie uniforms of gray, pink, blue and yellow at various times in her Ute career. Those color choices are her personal expressions, just as her pare
  
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• [Oregon Live] - Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz in preseason: Live updates, how to follow along - oregonlive.com

  16-10-2019 19:17 via sportspyder.com
  The Portland Trail Blazers will travel to face the Utah Jazz in their first road exhibition game on Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. PT at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. Follow along with our live updates, the latest score and stats...
  
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• UHP trooper pulls motorist from car just before it’s destroyed by a FrontRunner train

  16-10-2019 18:38
  A car crashed through fencing along Interstate 15 near West Bountiful, landed on railroad tracks and got hit by a FrontRunner train Wednesday morning — but a Utah Highway Patrol trooper pulled the driver out of the vehicle just before it was struck.“I think I got him out a second just before the collision,” said Trooper Ruben Correa at a news conference. “So at that point, I actually wasn’t really thinking. I was just doing my job.”Check out the amazing life-s
  
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• A week away! We're a week away!pic.twitter.com/9DHOTSkd6m

  16-10-2019 18:35 via twitter.com
  A week away! We're a week away!pic.twitter.com/9DHOTSkd6m
  
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• [Fansided: Sir Charles In Charge] - The Utah Jazz got exactly what they needed this summer

  16-10-2019 17:19 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz did exactly what they needed to do this summer as they prepare to enter the 2019-20 NBA season as a real contender in the Western Conference ...
  
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• Pope Francis on World Food Day laments paradox of hunger, obesity

  16-10-2019 17:14
  Vatican City • Pope Francis is calling for lifestyle and dietary changes to address the paradox of a world in which people suffer from malnutrition in some areas and obesity in others.In a message Wednesday for the U.N.’s World Food Day, Francis lamented the “distorted relationship between food and nutrition” that he blamed on the world economy’s profit-at-all-cost mentality.Francis noted that while obesity used to be a problem of the developed world, it is increasin
  
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• Jana Riess: Billy Graham, Franklin Graham and the dangers of mixing religion and politics

  16-10-2019 16:59
  How will evangelist Billy Graham (1918-2018) be remembered? And is his son Franklin damaging the religious leader’s legacy with his excessive politicizing for the Republican Party and Donald Trump?In the new biography “One Soul at a Time,” historian Grant Wacker, an emeritus professor at Duke Divinity School, builds on his previous work about Graham to explore the man behind the legend, and positions his six decades of ministry within the larger contours of American religious h
  
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• Car crashes through I-15 fence, gets hit by FrontRunner train near West Bountiful

  16-10-2019 16:44
  A car crashed through fencing along Interstate 15 near West Bountiful, landed on railroad tracks and got hit by a FrontRunner train Wednesday morning — but no one was injured.“There was a Union Pacific employee in the area, and he saw what was happening and went over and pulled the person out of the car,” said UTA spokesman Carl Arky. “So there were no injuries, thank goodness.”The crash happened about 6:50 a.m. between Pages Lane and Parrish Lane. “We’r
  
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• Lawyer says Arizona official Paul Petersen miscast as human smuggler

  16-10-2019 16:43
  Phoenix • A lawyer for an Arizona elected official charged in three states, including Utah, in an international adoption scheme said Tuesday prosecutors have miscast his client as a human smuggler.Attorney Matt Long said Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen cares deeply for the mothers from the Marshall Islands whom he connected with adoptive parents in the United States.Prosecutors say Petersen paid the women up to $10,000 to come to the United States, where they were crammed into houses
  
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• Utah’s rescued cougar kittens are now in New York City

  16-10-2019 16:37
  Three abandoned Utah cougar kittens have not only been rescued, but they've moved to the Big Apple.According to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, a hiker spotted the kittens in a den on the north slope of the Uintas last week and alerted authorities. DWR biologists set up cameras and monitored the den for 48 hours, but the kittens' mother never returned.Are you ready for another #WildlifeRescue? Up next: cougar kittens found on the north slope of the #Uintas. Watch! #Utah pic.twitter.com/
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: Loyal civil servants, not Democrats, launched drive to impeach

  16-10-2019 15:22
  Last Thursday and Friday, two important Americans bore witness to the state of our nation. One was President Donald Trump, addressing political rallies. The other was Marie Yovanovitch, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine until suddenly told to get “on the next plane” — because Trump wanted her removed — without explanation.Every American should contemplate their remarks, which I excerpt later, and then ask two questions: Whose speech would you want to read to your children&rs
  
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• Spooky Halloween fun for adults at this Salt Lake City pop-up bar

  16-10-2019 15:22
  For those who are too old to trick or treat but young enough to want “spook-tacular” Halloween fun — there’s Salt Lake City’s Vault of Nightmares.This pop-up bar — which starts a 15-day run on Thursday, Oct. 17 — is a partnership between Salt Lake City’s Nightmare on 13th and Hotel Monaco, 15 W. 200 South.Jimmy Dilley, the creative director at Nightmare on 13th, and his team have decorated the hotel’s Vault Bar with ghoulish props — cob
  
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• George Pyle: Look upstream for ways to reduce poverty and homelessness

  16-10-2019 15:22
  “There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”― Desmond TutuOK. Show of hands. How many of you were surprised to learn that one of the three new service centers in Salt Lake County for the homeless — the one for women — is already overflowing and that the problem is only going to get worse as the weather gets colder?Didn’t think so.Actually, nobody is really sh
  
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• Utah men’s basketball team has mixed results in annual Night with the Utes

  16-10-2019 15:17
  From his vantage point on the Red team’s bench in the first half of Tuesday night’s scrimmage, Utah basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak watched the Utes defend well and miss all kinds of shots as the teams combined to go 0 for 18 from 3-point range.From seats at the scorers table and then across the court, eating popcorn with his family, Krystkowiak saw his players pour in a bunch of 3-pointers, going 12 of 26 in the second half as the teams combined to score 26 points in about two mi
  
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• [Forbes] - In Transition: How The Utah Jazz’s New Additions Will Help Them Improve On The Fast Break

  16-10-2019 15:04 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz's offseason additions will provide not only shooting and spacing upgrades, but also the potential for more efficient and frequent play in transition.
  
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• Letter: Why listen to Trump about corruption?

  16-10-2019 15:00
  Donald Trump expects us to believe that his pressuring Ukraine to find dirt on a political opponent was motivated purely by his commitment to fighting corruption.Let’s review just a few of the mountain of facts available that speak to Trump’s history on the subject of corruption:He made hush-money payments to keep his affair with an adult film star quiet prior to the 2016 election. His charity was shut down under court order because of a “shocking pattern of illegality.”
  
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• Letter: Typhoon shows the urgency of climate change

  16-10-2019 15:00
  With all the tumultuous events swirling around our political neighborhood, it’s natural to take our eyes off other parts of the world. Local events capture our attention because that’s what impacts us most directly.While we’re absorbed with impeachment and with Syria, it’s easy to overlook one of the world’s most calamitous weather disasters ever because it has taken place on the other side of the globe from us.The enormity of Typhoon Hagibis in Japan cannot be over
  
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• Letter: Kurds did our fighting for us

  16-10-2019 15:00
  President Trump justified his betrayal of Kurd forces by saying “the Kurds didn’t help us in World War II.”Get real! Germany clearly didn’t help us in World War II, either.Times change. Germany is our ally now.We were very fortunate to have the Kurds be willing to do the heavy fighting to retake ISIS-held towns. Now we strand them as they get attacked. I fear ISIS may rise again without Kurdish help, then who will we call on for help?Gordon Johnston, West Valley CitySubmi
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Opinion: This Utah Jazz fan will be cheering for Enes Kanter next time he’s in SLC

  16-10-2019 14:15 via sportspyder.com
  Due to Enes Kanter's willingness to bravely stand up in the face of oppression, this Utah Jazz fan will be proudly applauding him from here on out. If you ...
  
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• University of Utah students demand to speak to President Ruth Watkins — and they’re planning a walkout over safety concerns

  16-10-2019 14:00
  A group of University of Utah students are demanding a meeting with the school’s president to discuss their concerns about safety — including their perception that campus police “appear unequipped to assist us” — that have built up over the last year since track star Lauren McCluskey was killed on campus.The students have listed accountability and transparency issues in a protest declaration they plan to deliver to the administration — whether U. President Rut
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Why not keep the Road Home open for a while to make sure Utah’s homeless don’t freeze to death

  16-10-2019 14:00
  There’s an approach to dieting we’ve probably all seen and maybe even tried: Go buy a pair of pants you like in a size too small and it’ll motivate you to lose weight so you can wear them.It’s similar to the approach state homeless providers seemed to take when they were planning Utah’s new resource centers. To replace a network that could handle nearly 1,100 people, they built three resource centers that can accommodate 700.The thinking was that they could “t
  
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• Opinion: This Utah Jazz fan will be cheering for Enes Kanter next time he’s in SLC

  16-10-2019 14:00
  Due to Enes Kanter’s willingness to bravely stand up in the face of oppression, this Utah Jazz fan will be proudly applauding him from here on out. If you had to identify one current NBA player that is most universally disliked by Utah Jazz fans, there’s a good chance that he’d be one of two […]
  Opinion: This Utah Jazz fan will be cheering for Enes Kanter next time he’s in SLC - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• A closed state liquor store was being readied to house homeless individuals — but a spokesman says no longer

  16-10-2019 14:00
  Amid growing concern that the new $63 million homeless resource system in the Salt Lake City area doesn’t have enough beds, a Utah official said Tuesday that the state has set aside a shuttered liquor store and adjoining warehouse to potentially take homeless individuals out of the cold.Mattresses have been brought into the two state-owned buildings located within Salt Lake City’s Ballpark neighborhood, Jim Russell, the state’s director of facilities construction and management
  
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• Political Cornflakes: The winners and losers from the latest Democratic debate

  16-10-2019 13:43
  Happy Wednesday! Sen. Elizabeth Warren looked like the frontrunner while Sen. Bernie Sanders was able to deflect concerns about his health and was more lively than in past debates. Also, Sen. Amy Klobuchar showed up this time around. Former Vice President Joe Biden didn’t have the best night, though, as he struggled with some of his responses. The Washington Post takes a look at the winners and losers from the latest Democratic debate. [WaPost]Topping the news: The Church of Jesus Christ o
  
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• Debate rivals assail Warren as she joins Democrats’ top rank

  16-10-2019 07:14
  Elizabeth Warren repeatedly came under attack during Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate as rivals accused the Massachusetts senator of ducking questions about the cost of Medicare for All and her signature “wealth tax” plan in an attempt to derail her rising campaign.The pile-on reinforced her new status as a front-runner in the contest to take on President Donald Trump next year. With first state primaries rapidly approaching, her many challengers have dwindling opportun
  
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• Utah basketball team has mixed results in annual Night with the Utes

  16-10-2019 06:29
  From his vantage point on the Red team’s bench in the first half of Tuesday night’s scrimmage, Utah basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak watched the Utes defend well and miss all kinds of shots as the teams combined to go 0 for 18 from 3-point range.From seats at the scorers table and then across the court, eating popcorn with his family, Krystkowiak saw his players pour in a bunch of 3-pointers, going 12 of 26 in the second half from the NCAA’s longer distance for the 2019-20 se
  
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• Nationals beat Cardinals 7-4, sweep into World Series

  16-10-2019 05:41
  Washington • It was merely the first inning, yet fans kept rising out of their seats to applaud or yell or twirl their red towels, to chant “Let’s go, Nats!” and “M-V-P!” and various players’ names, enjoying every moment of a seven-run outburst that would, eventually, propel their city to its first World Series appearance in 86 years.And then, a couple of hours and several innings later, as the Washington Nationals were protecting a shrinking lead, those
  
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• LDS Church opposes proposed Utah rule that would ban ‘conversion therapy’

  16-10-2019 05:36
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Tuesday opposed a proposed rule that would ban Utah-licensed mental health professionals from using conversion therapy — such as trying to turn a gay child straight or alter a minor’s gender identity.“The church is concerned that the proposed professional licensing rule is ambiguous in key areas and overreaches in others,” it said in a news release. Its objections came on the final day for public comment on the rule.&ldqu
  
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• Cole pitches Astros past Yankees for 2-1 series lead

  16-10-2019 05:06
  New York • Gerrit Cole is making his pitch to own this October.A gritty Cole held the New York Yankees scoreless without his sharpest stuff, Jose Altuve sparked Houston at the plate and the Astros locked down a 4-1 victory Tuesday to take a 2-1 lead in the AL Championship Series.Altuve and Josh Reddick homered early off Luis Severino, who labored into the fifth while keeping the Yankees close. But they never broke through against Cole, who grinded through seven innings to win his 19th strai
  
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• After cleanup of 97k containers of hazardous materials, demolition begins at Ogden’s Swift building

  16-10-2019 03:55
  After a complicated cleanup by the Environmental Protection Agency, a first phase of demolition began Tuesday on the old Swift meatpacking plant — a massive industrial building that is one of the first things visitors see as they enter downtown Ogden.When Ogden purchased it as part of a redevelopment project, It was filled with more than 97,000 containers of hazardous materials, and the lion’s share were surplus from the Department of Defense, according to Fox 13.It reported that a s
  
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• Real estate fraudster Rick Koerber gets 14 years in prison during raucous hearing on his Ponzi scheme

  16-10-2019 03:06
  Nothing has been normal about Utah real estate investor Rick Koerber’s criminal case, a wildly colorful white-collar prosecution that took a tortuous 10-year path to the day Koerber faced his sentence for running a Ponzi scheme.And Tuesday’s climactic hearing lived up to the hype. It was a chaotic, at times combative, scene far outside the norm of Utah’s federal court proceedings.Famed anti-government crusader Ammon Bundy and his family protested outside the courthouse.An out-o
  
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• West Valley City opens $25M police headquarters, calls it a symbol of city’s progress

  16-10-2019 02:31
  West Valley City • Police Chief Colleen Jacobs hesitated when asked about the differences between the city’s previous police stations and the new state-of-the-art $25 million headquarters that it opened on Tuesday.“Let me try to positively spin this,” she said wincing from some unpleasant memories. “When I started with the police department, we were in the basement of City Hall.” City Manager Wayne Pyle says operations there “were coming out of the seams.
  
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• Gordon Monson: LeBron James has really embarrassed himself

  16-10-2019 01:59
  What the hell’s wrong with LeBron James?Nothing? Something?Something.He can have his opinions, and he can share them. We should be glad he does because then we know what he’s really about, what’s important to him. He is one of the most famous people on the planet, after all.Democracy in Hong Kong, though, and China’s threat to it does not fit into that category. Why? Could it have anything to do with his business interests in China, his shoe sales, his standing there from
  
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• Real estate fraudster Rick Koerber sentenced to 14 years in prison during raucous hearing on his Ponzi scheme

  16-10-2019 01:03
  UPDATE: Federal Judge Fredric Block has sentenced Rick Koerber to 170 months — a little more than 14 years behind bars — for running a Ponzi scheme.“He was able to prey upon innocent people,” Block said. “They trusted him. And their trust was not accommodated.”The two-hour sentencing hearing was tense as Koerber supporters in the gallery often responded with groans and even expletives to the comments from attorneys and the judge. A marshal at one point forcibl
  
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