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• Jana Riess: I just paid my LDS tithing. Why don’t I feel better about it?

  03-12-2019 23:50
  
  ’Tis the season, people! It’s Giving Tuesday, when we take stock of the needs around us and open our wallets to help. Giving Tuesday is a kickoff to the holiday month, when many charities and nonprofits will receive the bulk of the funds they need to do their work during the rest of the year.For Latter-day Saints, December is also the season of tithing settlement, when members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are expected to sit down with their bishops and “de
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Mike Conley out against Lakers due to hamstring tightness

  03-12-2019 23:23 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz will be without point guard Mike Conley on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Lakers. Conley suffered a hamstring injury on Monday versus the Philadelphia 76ers and was forced to leave the game. Mike Conley is out for the Jazz's game...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz next face West-best Lakers, who have a glitzy record, but whose résumé is getting a hard look

  03-12-2019 22:47 via sportspyder.com
  
  Both the Jazz and Lakers underwent massive rebuilds this summer, and both are facing intense scrutiny about what they’ve accomplished thus far in the 2019-20 campaign.
  
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• Jazz next face West-best Lakers, who have a glitzy record, but whose résumé is getting a hard look

  03-12-2019 22:26
  
  Both the Jazz and Lakers underwent massive rebuilds this summer, and both are facing intense scrutiny about what they’ve accomplished thus far in the 2019-20 campaign.For very different reasons, though.Utah just wrapped a five-game road trip with a 1-4 performance that saw the team frequently listless on offense and lax on defense, sending impatient fans careening into a DEFCON 2-level panic about how the front office blew up an elite defensive unit to acquire a struggling point guard and
  
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• RSL takes off the interim tags, retains Freddie Juarez as coach and Elliot Fall as general manager

  03-12-2019 22:06
  
  Sandy • Real Salt Lake has decided to stay in-house in hiring a new coach and general manager.Interim RSL coach Freddie Juarez and interim GM Elliot Fall were both retained on a permanent basis by the club. The duo was introduced during a Tuesday press conference at Rio Tinto Stadium.In addition, USL Championship-winning GM Dan Egner was promoted to technical director and longtime RSL defender Tony Beltran was named the team’s assistant general manager.Former RSL coach Jason Kreis, wh
  
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• Yoeli Childs is back in the BYU fold after his NCAA-mandated suspension. Just in time to face the Utes.

  03-12-2019 22:04
  
  Provo • Instead of wearing the green jersey that represents the scout team, Yoeli Childs was seen sporting the darker blue jersey earlier this week in practice. The change in color means one thing: Childs is back.The senior is free of the metaphoric chains that have kept him sidelined as he served a nine-game suspension, handed down by the NCAA after Childs didn’t file the appropriate paperwork after he decided to withdraw from the NBA draft and return to BYU.And the 6-foot-8 forward&
  
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• Larry Krystkowiak’s young Utah team gets its first taste of the rivalry when BYU visits Huntsman Center Wednesday

  03-12-2019 22:03
  
  Larry Krystowiak is armed with one of the youngest, most inexperienced rosters in the country.Of the 13 players who have seen action for the Utes, a whopping 12 are listed as either freshmen or sophomores. The 13th, Alfonso Plummer, is a junior, but is in his first season with Utah after spending his first two at JUCO power Arizona Western College.For some perspective, there are 353 Division I teams. Utah is ranked 352nd nationally in experience by authoritative statistics-driven website KenPom.
  
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• Disabled vets declare war on UTA, after it cancels bus stops at VA hospital

  03-12-2019 21:51
  
  Leaders of Utah’s disabled veterans essentially declared war Tuesday on the Utah Transit Authority, upset that it canceled bus service through the Salt Lake City veterans’ hospital campus.UTA argues that it actually improved bus service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center by adding extra routes nearby with more frequency and new Sunday service. But the agency concedes that disabled veterans now must walk a bit further to the hospital campus, near the University of Utah’s Ric
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz history with long road trips

  03-12-2019 21:50 via sportspyder.com
  
  How does this compare to prior road trips?
  
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• RSL retains Freddie Juarez as coach and Elliot Fall as its general manager

  03-12-2019 21:41
  
  Sandy • Real Salt Lake has decided to stay in-house in hiring a new coach and general manager.Interim RSL coach Freddie Juarez and interim GM Elliot Fall were both retained on a permanent basis by the club. The duo was introduced during a Tuesday press conference at Rio Tinto Stadium.In addition, USL Championship-winning GM Dan Egner was promoted to technical director and longtime RSL defender Tony Beltran was named the team’s assistant general manager.Former RSL coach Jason Kreis, wh
  
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• Larry Krytkowiak’s young Utah team gets its first taste of the rivalry when BYU visits Huntsman Center Wednesday

  03-12-2019 21:33
  
  Larry Krystowiak is armed with one of the youngest, most inexperienced rosters in the country.Of the 13 players who have seen action for the Utes, a whopping 12 are listed as either freshmen or sophomores. The 13th, Alfonso Plummer, is a junior, but is in his first season with Utah after spending his first two at JUCO power Arizona Western College.For some perspective, there are 353 Division I teams. Utah is ranked 352nd nationally in experience by authoritative statistics-driven website KenPom.
  
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• [The Ringer] - Is It Time to Start Worrying About the Jazz?

  03-12-2019 21:21 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah may be 12-9, but the team is lagging behind preseason expectations. Can Donovan Mitchell and Co. fix their flaws and ascend in the Western Conference?
  
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• Larry Krytkowiak’s young Utah team gets its first taste of the BYU rivalry when Cougars visit Huntsman Center Wednesday

  03-12-2019 21:15
  
  Larry Krystowiak is armed with one of the youngest, most inexperienced rosters in the country. Of the 13 players who have seen action for the Utes, a whopping 12 are listed as either freshmen or sophomores. The 13th, Alfonso Plummer, is a junior, but is in his first season with Utah after spending his first two at JUCO power Arizona Western College. For some perspective, there are 353 Division I teams. Utah is ranked 352nd nationally in experience by authoritative statistics-driven website KenPo
  
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• Sen. Mitt Romney breaks with Trump claim that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election

  03-12-2019 20:39
  
  Washington • Sen. Mitt Romney said Tuesday that it was Russia – not Ukraine – that interfered in the 2016 presidential election, breaking with a number of fellow Republicans who contend, without evidence, that Ukraine may have also tried to meddle in the results."I saw no evidence from our intelligence community, nor from the representatives today from the Department of State, that there is any evidence of any kind that suggests that Ukraine interfered in our elections,” R
  
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• Trump barrels into NATO summit, clashes with France’s Macron

  03-12-2019 20:32
  
  London • President Donald Trump barreled into a NATO leaders' meeting on Tuesday aiming insults at French President Emmanuel Macron, slamming '"unpatriotic" Democrats at home for holding an impeachment hearing while he is abroad and playing down the impact his domestic troubles are having on his standing on the global stage.Trump began his first of two days at the NATO conference by harshly rebuking Macron, once arguably his closest European ally among foreign leaders, for recently saying N
  
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• Kamala Harris ends Democratic presidential campaign

  03-12-2019 20:30
  
  Sacramento, Calif. • Sen. Kamala Harris told supporters on Tuesday that she was ending her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.“I’ve taken stock and looked at this from every angle, and over the last few days have come to one of the hardest decisions of my life," the California Democrat said. “My campaign for president simply doesn’t have the financial resources we need to continue.”A senior campaign aide said Harris made the decision Monday aft
  
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• Trump impeachment report released by House panel

  03-12-2019 20:27
  
  Washington • The House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released a report documenting the impeachment case against President Donald Trump, laying out the conclusions of its inquiry into allegations that he abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to help him in the 2020 presidential election and then impeded attempts by Congress to investigate.The report is based on two months of public and private testimony from diplomats and other administration officials who described a campaign by the pr
  
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• Utah’s Beth Launiere is the Pac-12 Volleyball Coach of the Year

  03-12-2019 20:16
  
  The Utah women's volleyball program's best finish in nine seasons of Pac-12 play was rewarded Tuesday, when Beth Launiere was named the conference's Coach of the Year.Ute junior outside hitters Dani Drews and Kenzie Koerber made the 18-player All-Pac-12 team and Zoe Weatherington made the All-Freshman team. Middle blocker Berkeley Oblad and setter Saige Ka’aha’aina-Torres received all-conference honorable mention.In her 30th season, Launiere has led the No. 17 Utes to the NCAA Tourna
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gordon Monson: Offseason changes were supposed to make the Jazz a better shooting team. They haven’t. Not yet.

  03-12-2019 20:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  Anybody around here remember what a swish sounds like, the sweet popping of the net when no iron is drawn?
  
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• Utah women’s history are on display at the LDS Church History Museum

  03-12-2019 20:03
  
  See a bookcase and desk used by Utah’s first female state senator. Read Utah’s 1870 suffrage legislation. Check out a ballot box like the one Seraph Young made history with when she placed the first ballot cast by a Utah woman inside nearly 150 years ago.Each of these are included in the Church History Museum’s new exhibit “Sisters for Suffrage: How Utah Women Won the Vote,” which is now on display in Salt Lake City until January 2021.“We started talking about
  
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• Gordon Monson: Offseason changes were supposed to make the Jazz a better shooting team. They haven’t. Not yet.

  03-12-2019 19:59
  
  Anybody around here remember what a swish sounds like, the sweet popping of the net when no iron is drawn?Neither do the Jazz.They sought to upgrade their shooting during the summer, and that was the cause of much anticipation and elevated expectation regarding the team’s prospects now. But a fourth of the way through this season, on the whole, they are suffering from a lack of accuracy. And when the shots don’t drop, the Jazz’s collective force and focus tend to lag alongside.
  
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• AP Source: Kamala Harris to end Democratic presidential campaign

  03-12-2019 19:28
  
  Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris is expected to end her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a campaign official.The official requested anonymity to speak about Harris' plans.Harris launched her campaign in front of 20,000 people at a chilly, outdoor event in January. The first woman and first black attorney general and U.S. senator in California's history, she was widely viewed as a candidate poised to excite the same segment of voters that sent Barack Obama to the Whi
  
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• George Pyle: How to save democracy? Don’t get your news from Facebook.

  03-12-2019 19:20
  
  “I’m gonna stay right here and fight for this lost cause, even if this room gets filled with lies like these!”— Sen. Jefferson Smith, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” (1939) (The James Stewart/Frank Capra movie that isn’t “It’s a Wonderful Life.”)
  A long time ago, before there was Fox News or Facebook, there was Wilbur and Ernie.They were two old geezers who lived in the town where I was helping to run a newspaper. We were familiar with
  
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• Utah’s defense is historic, but tougher tests are coming, starting with Oregon in Pac-12 title game

  03-12-2019 19:06
  
  Julian Blackmon's view of Utah's defense is better than anyone's. As the free safety, the last defender in the alignment, he can watch plays unfold from a unique perspective.Blackmon likes what he sees, in a role he describes as “being able to watch greatness in front of me.”He also makes his share of tackles, interceptions and pass breakups, as one of seven Ute defensive players who made the Pro Football Focus Pac-12 Team of the Year for their grades on every play. Blackmon and at l
  
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• Utah’s air is bad this week — and will get worse

  03-12-2019 19:01
  
  Northern Utah is mostly getting a break from snowstorms this week, which is not altogether good news. All you have to do is look outside to know that an inversion is building — and it will get worse before it gets better.According to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, PM2.5 pollution — fine particulate — rose to yellow (or moderate) caution levels in Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Tooele and Weber Counties by Tuesday morning. Cache County was at orange (unhealthy for sensit
  
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• Utah Repertory Theater closes down completely after a cast member vandalizes set and quits

  03-12-2019 18:57
  
  Days after a cast member vandalized its set, Utah Repertory Theater Company has not only canceled its production of “American Psycho: The Musical” but announced it is shutting down altogether.The nonprofit organization posted a notice on its website that said: “After seven years … Utah Repertory Theater Company is closing its doors and ceasing production.” And “American Psycho” — which was scheduled to open on Thursday after the sudden cancelation
  
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• Senate confirms Dan Brouillette to lead Department of Energy

  03-12-2019 18:31
  
  Washington • The Senate on Monday confirmed Dan Brouillette, a former lobbyist for Ford Motor Co., to be President Donald Trump’s second secretary of energy, replacing Rick Perry, who has become embroiled in the impeachment proceedings against Trump.Senators voted 70-15 in favor of Brouillette’s confirmation. Several Democrats, including Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, Tom Udall of New Mexico and Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, joined Republicans in approving him.Since 2017, Br
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA Power Rankings: We all know what happens this week

  03-12-2019 18:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  Spoiler: The Utah Jazz are not playing well right now
  
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• Bob Bauer: Trump is the founders’ worst nightmare

  03-12-2019 18:00
  
  Donald Trump’s Republican congressional allies are throwing up different defenses against impeachment and hoping that something may sell. They say that he didn’t seek a corrupt political bargain with Ukraine, but that if he did, he failed, and the mere attempt is not impeachable. Or that it is not clear that he did it, because the evidence against him is unreliable “hearsay.”It’s all been very confusing. But the larger story — the crucial constitutional story
  
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• Trump barrels into NATO summit, insults French president

  03-12-2019 17:53
  
  London • President Donald Trump barreled into a NATO leaders’ meeting on Tuesday aiming insults at French President Emmanuel Macron, slamming '"unpatriotic" Democrats at home for holding an impeachment hearing while he is abroad and playing down the impact his domestic troubles are having on his standing on the global stage.Trump began his first of two days at the NATO conference by harshly rebuking Macron, once arguably his closest ally among foreign leaders, for recently saying NATO
  
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• After its set was vandalized, Utah Repertory Theater cancels ‘American Psycho’ and shuts down completely

  03-12-2019 16:46
  
  Three days after a cast member vandalized its set, Utah Repertory Theater Company has not only canceled its production of “American Psycho: The Musical” but announced that it is shutting down altogether.The organization posted a notice on its website that, “After seven years … Utah Repertory Theater Company is closing its doors and ceasing production.” And “American Psycho” — which was scheduled to open on Thursday after the sudden cancelation on
  
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• ‘Baby Shark’ creators plan Navajo version of popular video

  03-12-2019 16:33
  
  Albuquerque, N.M. • Creators of the popular video “Baby Shark,” whose “doo doo doo” song was played at the World Series in October, are developing a version in Navajo.Pinkfong, a brand of the South Korea company SmartStudy, announced last week it is working with the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona, to create a new version of the widely popular tune about a family of sharks.The company is seeking voice actors to portray the roles of Baby Shark, Mommy Shar
  
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• LDS leaders reaffirm support for refugees

  03-12-2019 16:16
  
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reaffirmed its support for refugees Monday, encouraging members to “create welcoming communities" for those trying to integrate into society.“We are deeply committed to living the two great commandments to love God and love our neighbor,” the Utah-based faith’s governing First Presidency said in a news release. “We feel tremendous joy in helping all of God’s children, no matter where they may live in this world.&
  
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• Latter-day Saint leaders reaffirm support for refugees

  03-12-2019 16:08
  
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reaffirmed its support for refugees Monday, encouraging members to “create welcoming communities" for those trying to integrate into society.“We are deeply committed to living the two great commandments to love God and love our neighbor,” the Utah-based faith’s governing First Presidency said in a news release. “We feel tremendous joy in helping all of God’s children, no matter where they may live in this world.&
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - The HoopsHype Daily: The Jazz are looking more like a fringe playoff team than a dark horse contender lately

  03-12-2019 15:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  PANIC TIME IN UTAH? The Utah Jazz, once thought of as a dark horse title contender, are 1-4 in their last five games (all on the road) and have the NBA’s seventh-worst net rating in that stre…
  
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• Ski-ready snow turns into a traffic hell in Utah’s canyons

  03-12-2019 15:46
  
  The weather gods smiled on Utah skiers last week with a Thanksgiving storm that blessed the season openers at three Cottonwood Canyon ski resorts with Champagne powder that could be measured in feet.But the same storm cycle made for a devilishly dicey drive down those canyons Friday afternoon and evening, with numerous vehicles sliding off the roads, including a Utah Transit Authority bus and a food-delivery truck, according to the Unified Police Department.Anyone who waited until after about 2
  
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• The HoopsHype Daily: The Jazz are looking more like a fringe playoff team than a dark horse contender lately

  03-12-2019 15:31
  
  PANIC TIME IN UTAH? The Utah Jazz, once thought of as a dark horse title contender, are 1-4 in their last five games (all on the road) and have the NBA’s seventh-worst net rating in that stretch, behind “powerhouses” like Chicago, Golden State and Memphis. Things have gotten so bad recently that Utah trailed the Raptors by 40 (FORTY!) points at halftime of their game on Sunday. Even if we look at their season as a whole, however, and forget about their recent road trip, Utah ha
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Mike Conley doesn’t believe hamstring injury is serious

  03-12-2019 15:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz veteran point guard Mike Conley had an interesting night that was cut short on Monday, as he was forced to exit and unable to return due to a hamstring issue. Following the 103-94 defeat against the Philadelphia 76ers, Conley spoke to the...
  
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• Ross Douthat: The case for Bernie Sanders

  03-12-2019 15:00
  
  The Democratic Party needs a nominee, but right now it has a train wreck instead. The front-runner seems too old for the job and is poised to lose the first two primary season contests. The woman who was supposed to become the front-runner on the basis of her policy chops is sliding in the polls after thoroughly botching her health care strategy. The candidate rising in her place is a 37-year-old mayor of a tiny, not-obviously-thriving city.Meanwhile several seemingly electable alternatives have
  
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• Robert Kirby: The best Christmas gift is living and loving the present

  03-12-2019 14:57
  
  We sang Christmas carols Sunday during worship service. The logic, no doubt, had to do with it being Dec. 1, the month in which Christ’s birth is (inaccurately) celebrated.The word “inaccurately” is important because it’s 42 degrees Fahrenheit in Bethlehem, West Bank, as I write this, and surely will be a lot colder come Dec. 25. That’s not a great temperature to be having a baby in a stable/manger/cave/corral/burrow/whatever.When it comes to getting Christmas off t
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Trump-favored company gets $400M contract to build the border wall

  03-12-2019 14:57
  
  Happy Tuesday!A company that President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted won a Defense Department contract to build a stretch of wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Fisher Sand and Gravel landed the $400 million contract after its chief executive, Tommy Fisher, made multiple appearances on Fox News to talk up his company. [WaPost]Topping the news: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a statement Monday reaffirming its support for refugees and called for members to create &ldqu
  
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• Utah Repertory Theater’s opening of ‘American Psycho’ delayed after cast member vandalizes the set

  03-12-2019 14:56
  
  Utah Repertory Theater Company is trying to clean up after a former cast member vandalized its set at Eccles Theater, delaying the opening of its new production of “American Psycho.”“We had an actor in the cast who felt that the show wasn't living up to his expectations,” said managing director JC Carter. “He snapped, for lack of a better word, and quit the show on opening day. And vandalized the set on his way out.”The actor describes his motives differently
  
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• Utah ski opener: Powder heaven turns into a traffic hell in Cottonwood canyons

  03-12-2019 14:00
  
  The weather gods smiled on Utah skiers last week with a Thanksgiving storm that blessed the season openers at three Cottonwood Canyon ski resorts with Champagne powder that could be measured in feet.But the same storm cycle made for a devilishly dicey drive down those canyons Friday afternoon and evening, with numerous vehicles sliding off the roads, including a Utah Transit Authority bus and a food-delivery truck, according to the Unified Police Department.Anyone who waited until after about 2
  
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• Utah Lake’s endangered June suckers are bouncing back

  03-12-2019 14:00
  
  After three decades of costly recovery efforts, Utah Lake’s June suckers have rebounded from near extinction to a point at which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed downgrading the fish’s protection status from endangered to threatened.An emergency captive-rearing program saved the large-bodied fish, but much work needs to be down to put the June sucker on a self-sustaining course, according to Mike Mills, a biologist who helps lead recovery efforts.In a few months, Mills
  
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• Rosie Rivera: Concern over cost should not lead us to importing unsafe drugs

  03-12-2019 14:00
  
  Prescription drug prices are an ongoing issue for American consumers. Advances in drug development have resulted in “Wonder Medications” in many areas of medicine. With the advances, however, the cost of medicine generally has risen severely, putting strain on seniors, families and individuals dealing with chronic conditions.Both Congress and the current administration are currently considering a wide variety of fixes to address medication costs. One possibility being examined and co
  
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• Letter: Yes, Rep. Ben McAdams is different

  03-12-2019 14:00
  
  I’ve seen a lot of ads targeting U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams as he “promised to be different, but he’s not.”Actually, he is.He believes if the president has asked a foreign power to help his own personal gain, which he and his minions have basically admitted to, he should be fully investigated. Our other elected officials would rather ignore the Constitution, which they swore to uphold, and move on.Can you imagine if Barack Obama had done a quarter — hell, 1% — of t
  
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• Letter: Utah lucky to have UDOT snowplows

  03-12-2019 14:00
  
  On Thanksgiving morning, we drove from West Valley City to Wellsville in Cache Valley. I was really concerned about the weather.As we headed out, I-15 was only wet and there was just a touch of slush on the Cache Valley side of Sardine Canyon.I was reminded, once again, of the terrific UDOT snow plows. They work 24/7 to make sure we can reach our destinations. There are occasions when the storms make it difficult for them to keep up, but they don't stop until the job is done!Utah is so lucky to
  
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• Letter: How were we supposed to know about UTA microtransit?

  03-12-2019 14:00
  
  I am wondering how the general public is supposed to find out about microtransit. The article in the Nov. 29 Salt Lake Tribune was the first I have heard of it.Does UTA have any plans to advertise this service, or are we supposed to hear about it from our friends and neighbors? If it’s going to be successful, as many people as possible need to know about it.From the description in the article, it sounds to me like microtransit could replace the huge, empty buses roaming the streets of Salt
  
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• Kearns High School journalists fill need for community newspaper

  03-12-2019 14:00
  
  Kearns • Kearns didn’t have a community newspaper. So a group of students decided to start one.Since the start of the school year, the journalists who create The Cougar Claw, Kearns High School’s monthly paper, have worked to make sure their coverage spans issues that affect both their classmates and their neighbors in the metro township of about 35,000 people.In the October issue, staffers featured a student athlete and another student who won an award. They interviewed Salt La
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell speaks out on incident with courtside fan during game vs. Sixers

  03-12-2019 07:47 via sportspyder.com
  
  An unpleasant incident occurred in the dying seconds of the Philadelphia 76ers-Utah Jazz game Monday night in Philadelphia, as a Sixers fan was involved in a verbal tussle with Donovan Mitchell. The commotion led to the removal of the spectator from...
  
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