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• Sundance festival adds classics ‘High Art’ and ‘Born Into Brothels’ to 2020 lineup

  18-12-2019 23:53
  
  Two classic independent movies — a groundbreaking lesbian romance and an Oscar-winning documentary about Calcutta street kids — will return to Park City for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.Festival organizers on Wednesday announced the two films, “High Art” and “Born Into Brothels,” will screen in Sundance’s “From the Collection” program, dedicated to classic independent titles.“High Art,” which played Sundance in 1998, stars Radh
  
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• Farhad Manjoo: Do young liberals hate Pete Buttigieg too little or too much?

  18-12-2019 23:35
  
  A funny debate has been roiling the online left: Do young liberals hate Pete Buttigieg too little or too much?In the past few months, Buttigieg, the presidential candidate and young mayor of tiny South Bend, Indiana, has enjoyed a steady, unlikely rise in early state polls. But with success has come a backlash, and then a backlash to the backlash.On paper, Buttigieg ticks a lot of presidential-candidate boxes; you can’t write about Mayor Pete without mentioning he’s a Rhodes scholar,
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Should the Utah Jazz target DJ Augustin in a trade?

  18-12-2019 23:15 via sportspyder.com
  
  The latest contest between the Utah Jazz and Orlando Magic got me thinking of a player the Jazz should target in a trade. Last night's contest between the ...
  
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• Utah elections office throws out an anti-tax reform referendum a day after it was filed

  18-12-2019 23:11
  
  The Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Wednesday halted one of two citizen referendums seeking to overturn tax reform legislation passed last week.It rejected the application by The People’s Right because only four of its six official sponsors voted in the last general election, and five are required by state law, said a letter by Derek Brenchley, deputy director of elections for Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox.That infuriates the leader of the group, Steve Maxfield, who says he plans to chal
  
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• Should the Utah Jazz target DJ Augustin in a trade?

  18-12-2019 22:52
  
  The latest contest between the Utah Jazz and Orlando Magic got me thinking of a player the Jazz should target in a trade. Last night’s contest between the Utah Jazz and Orlando Magic revealed once again how poorly the Jazz bench is. The starting players plus Royce O’Neale were exceptional, building up an 18 point […]
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• [NBA] - Mike Conley injury update

  18-12-2019 22:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  Jazz guard Mike Conley was evaluated by the Utah Jazz medical staff on Wednesday and the following was determined: Conley reinjured his left hamstring during Utah’s game against Orlando in Salt Lake
  
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• Gary Andersen returned to Utah State football for an encore this season. Here’s how he’s fared in his return.

  18-12-2019 22:38
  
  Logan • Gary Andersen doesn’t often talk about himself or his accomplishments. So it wasn’t much of a surprise that when asked to reflect on his first season back as head coach of the Utah State football team, he spent much of his time talking about his players, his relationships with them and the work they do in the community.But upon some further reflection of 2019, Andersen admitted there’s at least one thing he would have changed in his first year back in Cache Valley.
  
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• Republicans decry impeachment, say Jesus Christ given more due process than President Donald Trump

  18-12-2019 22:24
  
  Washington • 2:11 p.m. MST: Jesus. Pearl Harbor. And lots of quotes from Founding Fathers.All are being invoked on the House floor during the impeachment debate today as Republicans and Democrats trade time back and forth to blast the proceedings as a new low or hold it up as a solemn duty.Unlike most of the time when the House is in session and there’s no vote, the chamber is partially filled with members watching the speeches as there isn’t much other business happening on thi
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Mike Conley to miss multiple games, to be re-evaluated during road trip after hamstring injury

  18-12-2019 22:23
  
  The Jazz announced Wednesday that point guard Mike Conley had re-injured his hamstring during the Jazz’s game against the Orlando Magic Tuesday, and while he’d miss tomorrow’s game against Atlanta, would be re-evaluated during the team’s upcoming 3-game road trip. No timeline was placed on Conley’s return, however.An earlier report from The Athletic’s Shams Charania indicated that Conley will miss multiple games and “could miss multiple weeks."Jazz guard
  
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• Utes land Utah prep football stars Van Fillinger and Nate Ritchie as signing day continues

  18-12-2019 22:14
  
  Utah’s football recruiting class improved significantly Wednesday afternoon with the announcements that Corner Canyon High School defensive end Van Fillinger and Lone Peak safety Nate Ritchie were choosing the Utes.Fillinger comes as a big bonus for the Utes, as he reopened his recruitment in early December after formerly being committed to Texas. The four-star prospect is the No. 11-ranked defensive end in the country by 247Sports. He posted 13.5 sacks this season for the Class 6A state c
  
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• SUV falls from Salt Lake parking structure, but no one is seriously hurt

  18-12-2019 21:41
  
  No one was seriously injured when an SUV drove off a parking structure in Salt Lake City and ended up wedged vertically between two buildings.There were “a couple of minor injuries,” said an SLCPD spokesman, who added that the cause of the accident remains under investigation.The vehicle fell at about 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday from a structure on 500 East between 100 South and South Temple. One person was briefly trapped in the SUV, but was removed from the vehicle by a Salt Lake City
  
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• Navajo Nation to create ‘one-of-a-kind Medicaid program’

  18-12-2019 21:35
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • The Navajo Nation is seeking to become one of the first Native American tribes to create a managed health care entity.The Naat'aanii Development Corporation, a business arm of the Navajo Nation, recently announced that it plans to contract with Molina Healthcare to work toward a managed health care offering under New Mexico's Medicaid program. Navajo Nation Council Delegate Daniel Tso, chairman of the Health, Education and Human Services Committee, said the new entity "
  
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• UTA takes steps it hopes will help end special federal monitoring early

  18-12-2019 21:34
  
  The Utah Transit Authority took steps Thursday that it hopes may bring an early end to special federal monitoring of the agency, which was part of a deal in 2017 to avoid federal prosecution.The UTA Board voted to restructure a contract with the federally approved monitor — the San Francisco law firm of Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass — to speed evaluation of some key areas of promised reforms.It approved a $214,600 contract change that “allows them to complete monitoring of UT
  
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• Gordon Monson: After being cited for possessing weed, should USU’s Jordan Love be allowed to play in Frisco Bowl? Absolutely.

  18-12-2019 21:07
  
  Jordan Love said he wanted his college career to end “with a bang.”What if it now ends in a cloud of smoke?Utah State is outwardly saying its star quarterback is eligible to play, but behind the scenes there has been back and forth as to whether he should be allowed to.Love and a couple of his Aggie teammates were cited for marijuana possession in the run-up to Friday’s Frisco Bowl, when police arrived at a student apartment from which the smell of weed wafted. The Frisco Bowl
  
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• Park City millionaire will be profiled in Slamdance’s opening film

  18-12-2019 21:05
  
  A Park City legend will get his moment on the big screen in his home town, as the subject of the opening-night film of the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival.Experimental documentarian Lynne Sachs’ movie “Film About a Father Who,” a profile of her father, Ira Sachs Sr., will open the independent film festival on Jan. 24 at the Treasure Mountain Inn, 255 Main St., Park City, the festival announced Wednesday.Ira Sachs Sr., 83, is known around Park City as an eccentric millionaire, the
  
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• Utah volleyball star Dani Drews is named a first-team All-American

  18-12-2019 20:53
  
  Utah junior Dani Drews' first-team selection highlighted the Utes' historic showing in the 2019 All-America awards, announced Wednesday by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.Ute senior Berkeley Oblad and junior Kenzie Koerber were named to the second team and sophomore setter Saige received honorable mention.Drews became only the second first-team All-American in the program’s history, following Adora Anae in 2017. The AVCA selected 14 first-team players. The Utes previously had t
  
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• [Uproxx: Dime Magazine] - Mike Conley ‘Could Miss Multiple Weeks’ Due To A Hamstring Injury

  18-12-2019 20:44 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz may be without Mike Conley for an extended period.
  
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• Utah Rep. Chris Stewart says impeachment isn’t about wrongdoing, it’s about hate

  18-12-2019 20:37
  
  Washington • 11:22 a.m. MST: Rep. Chris Stewart, a Utah Republican who emerged during the impeachment inquiry as one of President Donald Trump’s strongest defenders, took to the House floor to lambaste Wednesday’s proceedings.Rep. Chris Stewart: "If you set this bar as being impeachable, every president in our future will be impeached" https://t.co/FksAmxCiem pic.twitter.com/BQpNU7KiKt— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 18, 2019“This vote this day is about one thing and o
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Mike Conley to miss multiple games with lingering hamstring injury

  18-12-2019 20:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Mike Conley experience in Utah takes another not-so-positive turn. After returning to the lineup in yesterday’s games vs. the Magic, Conley experienced tightness in his hamstring during the...
  
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• Cougars rack up a dozen, including Corner Canyon’s Josh Wilson, in early going of signing day

  18-12-2019 20:24
  
  Provo • With early signing day underway, BYU has already welcomed more than a dozen athletes into Cougar Nation.From the local pool, one name may stand out: Josh Wilson.The 6-foot, 210-pound linebacker from Draper is the younger brother of current BYU quarterback Zach Wilson. The three-star recruit helped Corner Canyon to back-to-back 5A state championship title in 2018 and 2019. During his senior season, Wilson tallied 130 tackles and 88 solo stops with nine tackles for loss, six sacks, fo
  
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• Utah State football signs several defensive players during Early Signing Period

  18-12-2019 20:16
  
  The Utah State football team got commitments from seven new recruits Wednesday as part of college football’s Early Signing Period. And many of them do their work on one side of the field.Five of the seven players that signed with the Aggies early Wednesday are defensive players. Save for running back Elelyon Noa and punter Stephen Kotsanlee, the Aggies picked up two defensive tackles, a defensive end, a cornerback and a safety.Aggies coach Gary Andersen said last week that recruiting for t
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Report: Utah Jazz’s Mike Conley to miss multiple games, could miss multiple weeks

  18-12-2019 20:12 via sportspyder.com
  
  A report from The Athletic’s Shams Charania indicates that Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley will miss multiple games and “could miss multiple weeks” after reaggravating his hamstring injury in Tuesday’s game against the Orlando Magic.
  
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• ‘Microtransit’ experiment exceeds early expectations as UTA OKs continued funding in new budget

  18-12-2019 20:10
  
  About 216 riders a day may not seem like much. But Utah Transit Authority officials are thrilled that its new “microtransit” experiment in southwestern Salt Lake County is attracting that many people after its first 20 days — and before a big marketing push is planned.The service is a hybid between ride-hailing companies, like Uber and Lyft, and traditional transit. Riders use smartphones (or may call on a landline) to request a shared van ride to anywhere in a 65-square mile a
  
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• [Uproxx] - Mike Conley ‘Could Miss Multiple Weeks’ Due To A Hamstring Injury

  18-12-2019 20:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz may be without Mike Conley for an extended period.
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz star Mike Conley reaggravates hamstring injury, expected to miss multiple games, per report - CBSSports.com

  18-12-2019 19:59 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah will be at less than full strength for a little while longer
  
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• Report: Utah Jazz’s Mike Conley to miss multiple games, could miss multiple weeks

  18-12-2019 19:58
  
  A report from The Athletic’s Shams Charania indicates that Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley will miss multiple games and “could miss multiple weeks” after reaggravating his hamstring injury in Tuesday’s game against the Orlando Magic.Conley missed five games after experiencing hamstring tightness, which was frustrating for the Jazz point guard. “That’s why they’re like, ‘Be patient, be patient, don’t push it.’ And I’m just trying
  
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• Report: Mike Conley to miss multiple games, could miss multiple weeks

  18-12-2019 19:54
  
  A report from The Athletic’s Shams Charania indicates that Jazz point guard Mike Conley will miss multiple games and “could miss multiple weeks” after reaggravating his hamstring injury in Tuesday’s game against the Orlando Magic.Conley missed five games after experiencing hamstring tightness, which was frustrating for the Jazz point guard. “That’s why they’re like, ‘Be patient, be patient, don’t push it.’ And I’m just trying to p
  
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• Utes get a commitment from Bingham LB Sione Fotu as signing day unfolds

  18-12-2019 19:51
  
  Bingham linebacker Sione Fotu's commitment to Utah is the Utes' biggest signing day news, as of late Wednesday morning.Fotu, who has not officially signed with Utah, announced his commitment after being one of the Utes' top in-state prospects who were expected to make their college choices this week. Others in that category whose decisions have yet to be announced include Lone Peak safety Nate Ritchie, Corner Canyon defensive lineman Van Fillinger and Juan Diego defensive lineman Xavier Carlton.
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Report: Jazz's Mike Conley Jr. to Miss Multiple Games with Hamstring Injury

  18-12-2019 19:50 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley is expected to miss "multiple games," with the possibility of being out "multiple weeks," after reaggravating his left hamstring injury, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania and Tony Jones ...
  
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• Utahns remain split on impeachment, poll says

  18-12-2019 19:45
  
  Utahns have long been ambivalent about President Donald Trump and they remain split over whether he should be impeached and kicked out of office.A plurality of Utahns, 47%, opposes impeachment, while 43% support Trump’s impeachment and removal from office, according to a new Utah Policy poll. The results are within the 4.6% margin of error.Only 10% of the 911 registered Utah voters contacted said they were unsure.The poll, by Y2 Analytics, was conducted Nov. 19-Dec.7, but published Wednesd
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Mike Conley Jr. is expected to miss multiple games and could miss multiple weeks

  18-12-2019 19:43 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley could be sidelined for “multiple weeks” after reaggravating an injury to his left hamstring, according to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic. Jazz guard Mike Conley Jr. is expected to miss multiple games with...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run newsletter: Even Donovan Mitchell was surprised at his moment that sparked the Jazz’s rally

  18-12-2019 19:41 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Weekly Run is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter covering the Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.
  
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• Watch live: U.S. House moves toward impeaching President Trump

  18-12-2019 19:21
  
  Washington • The historic move to impeach President Donald Trump began as expected — with a motion by Republicans to adjourn. It failed, as expected.As the House brought up articles of impeachment for the first time in nearly 21 years, and only the third time in history, members of Congress took turns portraying the very partisan divide that defines the nation’s capital these days.Democrats argued the dire need to impeach Trump over his abuse of power and obstruction of Congress
  
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• House moves toward impeaching President Trump

  18-12-2019 19:10
  
  Washington • The historic move to impeach President Donald Trump began as expected — with a motion by Republicans to adjourn. It failed, as expected.As the House brought up articles of impeachment for the first time in nearly 21 years, and only the third time in history, members of Congress took turns portraying the very partisan divide that defines the nation’s capital these days.Democrats argued the dire need to impeach Trump over his abuse of power and obstruction of Congress
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Even Donovan Mitchell was surprised at his moment that sparked the Jazz’s rally

  18-12-2019 19:09
  
  The Weekly Run is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter covering the Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.After the Jazz went down seven against Orlando in the final minutes on Tuesday night, the Vivint Smart Home Arena crowd expressed some mixture of nervousness, disappointment, and dismay.Seconds later, after Donovan Mitchell drove the lane, cocked the ball, elevated over Magic center Nikola Vucevic, and threw down a wicked tomahawk jam, the mood was instantaneously elevated.Mitchell himself sa
  
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• Paul Krugman: The macroeconomics of ‘The Expanse’

  18-12-2019 18:57
  
  The fate of the republic hangs in the balance, but there’s nothing I can do about it today. So let’s have a bit of escapism, econogeek style.I suspect that long-time readers won’t be surprised to learn that I’m a big fan of the TV series “The Expanse,” which was on Syfy for three seasons, canceled, but picked up by Amazon. Actually, the series seems to be a favorite of many social scientists, like international relations expert turned part time pundit Dan Drez
  
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• John Calipari reminisces on Rick Majerus ahead of Utah-Kentucky basketball game

  18-12-2019 18:39
  
  Las Vegas • In the years since Rick Majerus passed away in 2012, his legend has only grown. Seemingly anyone connected in any way to the former Utah head coach has a story to share.Enter John Calipari. In the build-up to Wednesday night’s Utah-Kentucky game at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the Wildcats coach was asked on Tuesday morning about his relationship with Majerus, who led the Utes to 10 NCAA Tournaments, including the national-championship game in 1998.Early in his tenure as h
  
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• Utah liquor board denies Thai Archer’s liquor license request

  18-12-2019 18:36
  
  Salt Lake City’s Thai Archer restaurant does not qualify for state liquor permit, the Utah alcohol commission decided Tuesday, because it is located too close to a school.The McKee Language School is 68 feet from the restaurant, which is at 1429 S. 1100 East. Under state law, restaurants cannot sell alcohol if they are within 300 feet of a church, school, park, public playground or library.Preschools, day cares and trade schools, though, are not considered community locations in the state
  
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• John Calipari reminsices on Rick Majerus ahead of Utah-Kentucky

  18-12-2019 18:00
  
  (Steve Griffin|Tribune file photo)Coaching in his first Final Four, Utah head coach Rick Majerus watches his team play the 1998 championship game against Kentucky at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. (steve griffin/)Las Vegas • In the years since Rick Majerus passed away in 2012, his legend has only grown. Seemingly anyone connected in any way to the former Utah head coach has a story to share.Enter John Calipari. In the build-up to Wednesday night’s Utah-Kentucky game at T-Mobile
  
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• A $1.5 million deal will keep Utah’s Zion Narrows open to hikers forever

  18-12-2019 17:51
  
  No one will ever see “no trespassing” signs in Zion Narrows, thanks to a complicated land deal tapping money from myriad federal, state and private sources that will keep a historic property in a farming family’s hands, while preserving public access to one of the nation’s finest hiking destinations.The famed 16-mile trail, which can be hiked by permit only, starts outside Zion National Park’s eastern border and passes through an 880-acre parcel, long owned by the B
  
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• Utah gelato maker ‘Sweetaly’ says California shop is using its name illegally

  18-12-2019 17:48
  
  A Utah gelato maker is suing the owners of a California dessert company for trademark infringement and unfair competition.The bitter dispute involves the name “Sweetaly."Francesco Amendola established trademark rights in the Sweetaly Gelato name in 2014, according to the federal lawsuit, the year he first opened his Italian ice cream business in Utah.Amendola operates a commercial kitchen and retail shop at 465 E. 3300 South as well as a second store at 1527 S. 1500 East. In addition to ma
  
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• Navajo Nation to create its own managed health care entity

  18-12-2019 17:22
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • The Navajo Nation is seeking become one of the first Native American tribes to create its own managed health care entity, the tribe recently announced.The tribe said it plans to contract with Molina Healthcare to work toward a managed health care offering under New Mexico's Centennial Care Medicaid program.Navajo Nation Counselor Daniel Tso, chair of the Health, Education and Human Services Committee, said the new entity "will be a one-of-a-kind medicaid program" design
  
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• [Deseret News] - Donovan Mitchell’s worn shoes are the gifts that keep on giving

  18-12-2019 17:06 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell sure knows how to make kids — of all ages — put a smile on their face even when he’s not soaring and slamming. In what has become a fun tradition, Mitchell...
  
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• Utah gelato maker 'Sweetaly’ says California shop is using its name illegally

  18-12-2019 17:00
  
  A Utah gelato maker is suing the owners of a California dessert company for trademark infringement and unfair competition.The bitter dispute involves the name “Sweetaly."Francesco Amendola established trademark rights in the Sweetaly Gelato name in 2014, according to the federal lawsuit, the year he first opened his Italian ice cream business in Utah.Amendola operates a commercial kitchen and retail shop at 465 E. 3300 South as well as a second store at 1527 S. 1500 East. In addition to ma
  
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• Utah denies Thai Archer’s liquor license request

  18-12-2019 16:22
  
  Salt Lake City’s Thai Archer restaurant does not qualify for state liquor permit, the Utah alcohol commission decided Tuesday, because it is located too close to a school.The McKee Language School is 68 feet from the restaurant, which is at 1429 S. 1100 East. Under state law, restaurants cannot sell alcohol if they are within 300 feet of a church, school, park, public playground or library.Preschools, day cares and trade schools, though, are not considered community locations in the state
  
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• LDS Church makes it easier for children of polygamists to convert

  18-12-2019 16:19
  
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints quietly has removed a policy that said children of polygamists could not join the Utah-based faith without disavowing their parents’ beliefs and moving out of the family home.The policy on polygamists’ kids was cited by the church as the precedent for the November 2015 edict excluding children of same-sex couples unless they similarly distanced themselves from their parents. Top church leaders removed the LGBTQ policy in April of this y
  
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• Feds may let major highway cut across southern Utah tortoise preserve

  18-12-2019 16:17
  
  After a decade of dead ends, environmental reviews are now underway for a controversial highway across protected desert tortoise habitat and public land outside St. George, a project Washington County officials say the feds promised them to accommodate increasing traffic in the fast-growing region.Despite previous reservations about the proposed “Northern Corridor,” the Bureau of Land Management is now exploring whether to allow the Utah Department of Transportation to cut the four-l
  
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• Utah prison inmate convicted of murdering a Provo woman in 2014

  18-12-2019 16:14
  
  An inmate at the Utah State Prison has been convicted of the 2014 murder of a Provo woman who was strangled with a stereo power cord.A jury deliberated for about six hours before finding Jerad Dale Gourdin, 35, guilty of aggravated murder in the death of his neighbor, 60-year-old Belen Perez. Her body was discovered on May 21, 2014. Various household chemicals — including drain cleaner and antifreeze — had been poured on her in an apparent attempt to destroy DNA evidence, and an iPod
  
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• Utah Jazz beat the Orlando Magic 109-102

  18-12-2019 16:10
  
  With 3:46 left in the third quarter Tuesday night, the Jazz led visiting Orlando by 18. With 4:44 remaining in the fourth, the Magic led Utah by seven.Rather than lamenting what had just happened, though, the Jazz got busy with the matter of what would come next — and that proved enough.Bojan Bogdanovic scored 12 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, and Donovan Mitchell added 10 of his 30 in the final period as well, as the Jazz closed the game on a ferocious 19-5 run to salvage a 109-1
  
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• Utah State football adjusts to life without linebacker David Woodward

  18-12-2019 16:07
  
  Logan • Aside from being a force on offense last season, the Utah State Aggies also had the capability of stopping practically anyone. In 2018, the Aggies allowed opponents just 22.2 points per game while scoring 47.5.But it’s been a different story in 2019. Utah State opponents are scoring an average of 29 points per game while the Aggies are scoring just over 28.And since losing junior linebacker David Woodward to an undisclosed season-ending injury in late October, the defense has
  
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