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• Utah Film Commission issues hundreds of permits in 2019

  31-12-2019 23:12
  
  Utah issued several hundred film permits in 2019, which officials say made for a busy year.Nearly two dozen productions received film incentives, including for feature films, television series and documentaries, the Utah Film Commission said.The state currently offers up to a 25% tax credit or cash rebate on money spent by productions in the state, with the program capped at about $8 million each year.Among the productions filmed in Utah this year are Disney’s “High School Musical: T
  
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• Talented University of Utah gymnast Cristal Isa is back after injury that ended her freshman season

  31-12-2019 22:48
  
  The first impression Cristal Isa creates with her big smile and constant laugh is one of a permanently happy person.For Isa though, things weren’t always joy-filled last year as her promising freshman season ended prematurely with an elbow injury just four meets into the season.“It was my first major injury that took me out of competition so it was disappointing,” she said. “It was hard missing out a year.”Now, though, the smile is back and so is Isa.Isa could be on
  
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• 2nd Senate Republican questions impartiality of impeachment trial

  31-12-2019 22:15
  
  Washington • Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, criticized some of her Senate colleagues, including the majority leader, for appearing to “prejudge the evidence” in impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, becoming the second Republican senator to question Sen. Mitch McConnell’s pledge to coordinate with the White House.Impeachment rules require a simple majority vote, meaning McConnell, R-Ky., can afford to lose only four members of his conference if he is to set
  
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• Utah State basketball begins race for Mountain West men’s title Wednesday against UNLV

  31-12-2019 21:38
  
  Now the real work begins.The Utah State men’s basketball team embarks on the most meaningful stretch of the 2019-20 season Wednesday as it continues Mountain West play against University of Nevada, Las Vegas, at the Thomas & Mack Center.While the Aggies have played — and won — two conference games already this season, the majority of their contests have been against non-conference opponents. Now USU has 16 straight games in the MWC, which it was predicted to win before the
  
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• Utah State begins race for Mountain West men’s basketball title Wednesday against UNLV

  31-12-2019 21:28
  
  Now the real work begins.The Utah State men’s basketball team embarks on the most meaningful stretch of the 2019-20 season Wednesday as it continues Mountain West play against University of Nevada, Las Vegas, at the Thomas & Mack Center.While the Aggies have played — and won — two conference games already this season, the majority of their contests have been against non-conference opponents. Now USU has 16 straight games in the MWC, which it was predicted to win before the
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Lookin' Live: Jordan Clarkson makes his Utah Jazz debut

  31-12-2019 21:10 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz traded for scoring guard Jordan Clarkson. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at his Utah debut.
  
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• 'She is an invaluable competitor for us’: Talented Utah gymnast Cristal Isa is back following injury that ended her freshman season

  31-12-2019 20:59
  
  The first impression Cristal Isa creates with her big smile and constant laugh is one of a permanently happy person.For Isa though, things weren’t always joy-filled last year as her promising freshman season ended prematurely with an elbow injury just four meets into the season.“It was my first major injury that took me out of competition so it was disappointing,” she said. “It was hard missing out a year.”Now, though, the smile is back and so is Isa.Isa could be on
  
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• The National Parks will headline The Gateway’s ‘Last Hurrah.’ See what else is happening for New Year’s Eve.

  31-12-2019 20:48
  
  The Last Hurrah of 2019 — and the 2010s — will be “a feast for your eyes, your ears, your stomach” in downtown Salt Lake City, promises Lucas Goodrich, one of its organizers.And local musicians scheduled to perform Tuesday night say they aim to support a feeling of community as a new decade begins.“I think people want to hear hope,” said Carlos Mathis Johnson, who performs music with “a mellow groove” as Carlos Emjay. “It’s a good oppor
  
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• Impeachment of Trump voted top 2019 news story in Associated Press poll

  31-12-2019 20:13
  
  New York • The drive by the Democratic-led House of Representatives to impeach President Donald Trump was the top news story of 2019, according to The Associated Press’ annual poll.Trump also figured in the second and third biggest stories of the year: the fallout over his immigration policies and the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into whether his election campaign coordinated with Russia.But it was impeachment that was by far the top choice in the AP poll, a story t
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Threes of the Week–12 31 19

  31-12-2019 19:58 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Mexico’s president to visit with U.S. citizens with Utah connections who lived through November attacks

  31-12-2019 19:28
  
  Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is scheduled to visit the Mexican hometown of the nine U.S. citizens who were gunned down in November.David Langford, whose wife and two children were among those slain, said Tuesday that the visit is scheduled for Jan. 14 in La Mora, Sonora. A relative, Adam Langford who is the former presidente (the equivalent of mayor) in La Mora, said the date has changed multiple times, but his understanding was the visit is set for Jan. 14.David La
  
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• Human remains found in drainage way under I-15 in Cedar City

  31-12-2019 19:27
  
  Cedar City • An autopsy will be conducted to try to identify and determine the cause of death of a person whose skeletal remains were found in a drainage tunnel under Interstate 15 in Cedar City.The remains were spotted Saturday by two youths walking in the area, police said.The youths told their parents who notified police.Police said the remains are in advanced stages of decomposition and that investigators didn’t immediately determine anything about them.
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Rayjon Tucker scores his first NBA bucket

  31-12-2019 19:25 via sportspyder.com
  
  The University of Little Rock Arkansas product describes his first minutes of NBA action.
  
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• Salt Lake City is closing popular Artesian Well Park for major renovations

  31-12-2019 18:50
  
  A small Salt Lake City park popular for its artesian well water is being temporarily closed.Construction barriers now surround Artesian Well Park, at 808 S. 500 East, and work has started to improve the look of the 0.10-acre green space, strip away some of the brick and improve access to the well’s waters.“That whole corner is basically going to change,” said project manager Nancy Monteith, with the city’s Public Services Department.The Central City neighborhood park has
  
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• Parents of Utah boy who lost arm in dog attack sues neighbors

  31-12-2019 18:42
  
  The parents of a 3-year-old Layton boy whose hand was bitten off by a neighbor’s dog is now suing their neighbor and the owner of the next-door property.Attorneys for John and Hope Brown allege in the lawsuit, filed Monday in 2nd District Court, that their neighbors and the property owners knew that the two dogs that bit their son were "vicious" and were negligent in keeping them at their Layton home.Their son, Austin, was injured March 9. He was playing in his enclosed backyard when, acco
  
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• [Deseret News] - Former Jazzman Sundiata Gaines relives his game-winning 3-point shot to start the decade

  31-12-2019 18:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  As the decade comes to a close tonight, it’s time to take a trip down memory lane to the beginning of the decade. The date was Jan. 14, 2010, and LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers were in...
  
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• Salt Lake City is closing popular Artesian Well Park for significant renovations

  31-12-2019 17:56
  
  A small Salt Lake City park popular for its artesian well water is being temporarily closed.Construction barriers now surround Artesian Well Park, at 808 S. 500 East, and work has started to improve the look of the 0.10-acre green space, strip away some of the brick and improve access to the well’s waters.“That whole corner is basically going to change,” said project manager Nancy Monteith, with the city’s Public Services Department.The Central City neighborhood park has
  
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• Trump says he’ll sign first-step China trade deal on Jan. 15

  31-12-2019 16:59
  
  West Palm Beach, Fla. • The first phase of a U.S.-China trade agreement will be inked at the White House in mid-January, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, adding that he will visit Beijing at a later date to open another round of talks aimed at resolving other sticking points in the relationship."I will be signing our very large and comprehensive Phase One Trade Deal with China on January 15," Trump tweeted from his Florida home. "The ceremony will take place at the White House."Hig
  
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• West Valley woman tells neighbor she killed her 4-year-old daughter

  31-12-2019 16:33
  
  West Valley City Police are investigating the death of a 4-year-old girl who was apparently killed by her mother.A next-door neighbor called police shortly before 5 a.m. and said a woman who lives at 4500 Losee Drive “'had come to their home this morning, knocked on their door and told them that she had killed her 4-year-old child,” said WVCPD spokeswoman Roxanne Vainuku.That woman, whose name has not been released, was taken into custody and transported to the West Valley Police hea
  
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• Oregon is class of the league, Utah overachieving as Pac-12 play begins Thursday. Here’s a team-by-team rundown.

  31-12-2019 15:50
  
  If you can get at least half of your teams into the NCAA Tournament, that should be considered a good year for your conference.The Pac-12, which has had mixed results this decade, is currently flirting with that half-the-league mark as conference play begins Thursday.Of course, it is only late December, so bracketology will be ever-changing as we march towards March, but for now, the league has collectively put itself in a good position for a bunch of NCAA Tournament bids. That’s all anyon
  
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• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Ukraine as Senate weighs impeachment trial

  31-12-2019 15:43
  
  Washington • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine this week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trump’s impeachment.As the Senate weighs options for a trial, Pompeo will depart Thursday on a five-nation tour of Europe and Central Asia. Ukraine will be the first stop on the trip, the State Department said Monday.Trump's impeachment on charges of abuse of office and obstruction of Congress hinges on his policy toward Ukraine. Witnesses tol
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Baptist preacher and civil rights legend France Davis recalls his five decades serving in the land of Latter-day Saints

  31-12-2019 15:35
  
  Nearly 50 years ago, France Davis arrived in Utah, where he became the pastor of the state’s most prominent black congregation.For 46 years, he led Calvary Baptist Church. But Davis is more than a preacher. He’s an educator, who has taught communication and ethnic studies at the University of Utah; a civic activist, who has served on numerous boards and commissions; and a civil rights icon, who marched for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery.During his decades in the Beehive State
  
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• Letter: Insist on a fair and robust impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate

  31-12-2019 15:33
  
  I urge Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike Lee to put aside partisan allegiances relative to the Senate trial of Donald Trump.The president's past and ongoing actions in Ukraine have jeopardized our national security and by themselves merit his removal. Further, his acts of corruption, crime and cover-up go well beyond Ukraine to include emoluments clause and campaign finance law violations, obstruction of justice and the welcoming of Russian interference in the 2016 election.Last, but not least, his lac
  
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• NBA Daily: DPOY Watch – 12/30/19

  31-12-2019 15:30 via basketballinsiders.com
  Joel Embiid and Rudy Gobert made statements last week, further cementing their assumed status as Defensive Player of the Year favorites. Jack Winter writes.
  
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• David Leonhardt: The presidential nomination process is absurd

  31-12-2019 15:28
  
  Andrew Yang began his closing statement at the last Democratic debate with a charming bit of self-deprecation: “I know what you’re thinking, America. How am I still on this stage with them?”Yang has never been elected to any office. He is a businessman who has never run a major company. Even so, he is one of the Democratic Party’s seven leading candidates for an election that everybody agrees is desperately important. The other six on the debate stage included another bus
  
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• Missing 81-year-old Utah man found riding a bus

  31-12-2019 15:27
  
  The South Salt Lake Police Department canceled a Silver Alert on Monday night for an 81-year-old man they said walked away from the 820 Apartments at 829 W. Creek Bend Drive (3900 South).Oscar DeLeon was found safe and well just before midnight riding a UTA bus, according to police, and was returned to his home. DeLeon was considered endangered because he has dementia and was out in the cold weather.According to police, DeLeon had been riding the bus since he walked away from his home about 3 p.
  
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• Letter: I don’t hate Trump. But I want him removed.

  31-12-2019 15:27
  
  In his speech during the last day of the impeachment proceedings, Rep. Chris Stewart parroted the right-wing talking point that the Democrats were only impeaching Trump because they hated him. This is nothing more than a partisan attempt to misrepresent what actually happened.Nancy Pelosi had already answered this accusation sufficiently, but let me add a personal confirmation.I don’t hate Donald Trump. I do find him annoying. I am also concerned about his total lack of moral principles. A
  
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• Letter: Stand up to ‘Moscow’ Mitch McConnell

  31-12-2019 15:26
  
  Sen. Romney,This situation long ago went far beyond the ridiculousness of party politics. We really don't care if you are a Republican or a Democrat. What we really care about is the sovereignty of our great nation, our beloved United States of America, the sacred sanctity of the Constitution which founded this great nation and the solemn irrevocable duty and freedom we all share to cast our vote in "free and fair elections."Hundreds of thousands of Americans have shed blood and died to protect
  
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• Letter: In the next decade, address climate change

  31-12-2019 15:26
  
  As we close out this decade, one may reflect back at the many triumphs and trials of the past 10 years and look ahead with hope at the next, maybe the most critical in much of human history.The last decade brought a blossoming of awareness of the environmental crunch we’ve put ourselves in. The science is now clear that the climate is changing, with human activity as a major driver. Myriad resulting effects are appearing, which will mostly be to the detriment of all life on Earth, as we&rs
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 5 Potential Ways to Address the Utah Jazz Frontcourt Depth

  31-12-2019 15:16 via sportspyder.com
  
  Trade Season is fast approaching
  
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• How much is rooftop solar worth? Advocates seek Utah data to counter utility’s ‘lowballing'

  31-12-2019 15:10
  
  For years, renewable-energy advocates and Utah’s largest utility have argued about the value of electricity generated on customers’ roofs, staking out positions that could have a huge impact on the future of solar power as more residents consider investing in photovoltaic panels.The stakes for the solar industry are huge, yet no one has initiated the analysis that could settle the debate — until now, under a survey of Rocky Mountain Power customers proposed by the advocacy grou
  
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• These are The Salt Lake Tribune’s most-read stories of 2019

  31-12-2019 14:59
  
  A lot happened in Utah in 2019. There were joyous stories that inspired hope and optimism for the future, and there were a few that broke hearts and sparked efforts for change.The Salt Lake Tribune was there to cover them all — with help from the readers who support our work. Here’s a look at the stories that you read, shared, commented on and emailed us about.These are The Tribune’s most-read stories of 2019.1. LDS Church changes temple ceremony; faithful feminists will see re
  
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• Utah’s DUI tally for 2019 about the same as last year despite stricter law

  31-12-2019 14:00
  
  The Utah Highway Patrol estimates that the number of drunken driving arrests in 2019 is about the same as last year — even though the state has been operating under the nation’s strictest DUI law for the past 12 months.On Dec. 30, 2018, Utah’s blood alcohol standard — used to determine when drivers are considered legally impaired — dropped from 0.08% to 0.05%.“The 0.05 change was absolutely never about arresting people that we wouldn’t have otherwise arr
  
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• Robert Kirby: What’s missing in your New Year’s resolutions?

  31-12-2019 14:00
  
  Made your New Year’s resolutions yet? You haven’t? Excellent. Next to horoscopes and animal sacrifices, it’s about the most useless thing you can do to enhance your life.Don’t get me wrong. Making a commitment to do better — as in telling yourself “from this point on, I am going to stop shoving a fork in the toaster” — is an excellent way to improve.What’s screwy is believing that the first day of the year is the best time to begin such a new
  
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• Letter: What do you know about everyday Mormons?

  31-12-2019 14:00
  
  Back in the ’70s, it was said that CB radio gave “people with nothing to say a forum to say it in.” It would appear The Salt Lake Tribune sometimes supplies this same forum. Case in point, Andrew L. Seidel’s op-ed in the Dec. 22 Opinion section.Mr. Seidel failed to get some of his facts straight. The whistleblower is not an employee of the investment firm managing the LDS Church’s investments. He is a former employee.The LDS Church does not demand tithing payments.
  
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• Letter: Utah should audit the LDS Church’s books

  31-12-2019 14:00
  
  Let’s review the basis of what may come to be known to future generations as “MORM-SCAM.”The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has set up a complex organizational and accounting structure where, at the behest of insiders, money flows with no visibility to its members or the public.Senior church management are apparently routinely not allowed to review the extent and dynamics of the faith’s slush funds. (See <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2019/12/22/
  
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• Letter: Time to demand action on climate change

  31-12-2019 14:00
  
  Recently I visited New Zealand, where the effects of the climate emergency are striking.We hiked up a valley to a point where we could see the base of the Franz Joseph Glacier. A sign noted, “In 2009, the glacier ended here.” As we gazed at the glacier in the far distance, we were astounded to consider the amount of ice that had melted in just 10 years.As a landlocked desert state, Utah is warming at almost twice the global average. While the changes are not as visible as in New Zeal
  
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• Letter: Nancy Pelosi takes a page from ‘Moscow’ Mitch McConnell

  31-12-2019 14:00
  
  When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died, President Obama sent a nonpartisan, widely acclaimed nomination to the Senate as the law required. Sen. Mitch McConnell refused to send it to the members for a vote, waiting for the next election over a year. Another Republican above the law.Much of the Republican Senate has already announced their verdict regardless of the evidence or testimony, so Speaker Nancy Pelosi is doing exactly what she should do. She’s taking a page from Moscow Mitc
  
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• Comunidades Unidas gets a new leader as nonprofit marks 20 years in Utah

  31-12-2019 14:00
  
  Comunidades Unidas began in 1999 as an initiative of Midvale, focused on improving the health of the city’s Latino residents.Today, the independent nonprofit is “a powerhouse” working for the rights and well-being of the state’s growing Latino and other immigrant communities, its incoming executive director said.Since President Donald Trump took office in 2017 and began implementing new immigration policies, said Mayra Cedano, “we’ve had to face a lot of diffe
  
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• Commentary: William Barr thinks America is going to hell

  31-12-2019 14:00
  
  Why would a seemingly respectable, semiretired lion of the Washington establishment undermine the institutions he is sworn to uphold, incinerate his own reputation, and appear to willfully misrepresent the reports of special prosecutors and inspectors general, all to defend one of the most lawless and corrupt presidents in American history? And why has this particular attorney general appeared at this pivotal moment in our Republic?A deeper understanding of William Barr is emerging, and it revea
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz get their first 20+ point win since Oct. 26 by beating Pistons

  31-12-2019 08:39 via sportspyder.com
  
  They had us in the first half, I’m not gonna lie
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell reacts to Jordan Clarkson’s big game vs. Pistons

  31-12-2019 07:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz made a splash with the acquisition of former Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard Jordan Clarkson. It appears he has wasted no time in making a solid impression on shooting guard Donovan Mitchell. Jordan Clarkson played an integral role...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Triple Team: Jazz force Pistons to NBA season-low in threes. What constitutes an ugly game?

  31-12-2019 07:38 via sportspyder.com
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 104-81 win over the Detroit Pistons from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.
  
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• The Triple Team: Jazz force Pistons to NBA season-low in threes. What constitutes an ugly game?

  31-12-2019 07:25
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 104-81 win over the Detroit Pistons from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.1. 2-on-2 in pick and roll for the winThe Pistons are a surprisingly good 3-point team. They’re only 16th in the league in attempts, but because they’re 3rd in the league in %, they’re 8th in the league in makes. They’re especially dangerous from corner threes, where they take the second most in the league and make 45% of them, which is best in the NB
  
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• [Deseret News] - Jordan Clarkson, in 3 games, has changed the Utah Jazz’s bench

  31-12-2019 07:25 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Jordan Clarkson has played three games for the Utah Jazz, and he has wasted absolutely no time making himself a valuable piece of the rotation. "I’m trying to learn every day," he...
  
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• [NBA] - Jordan Clarkson says Utah Jazz have 'welcomed me with open arms'

  31-12-2019 07:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  There are a lot of things Jordan Clarkson still has to learn about his new team, its terminology, its playbook. But the shooting guard was ready for what was coming as he started his postgame
  
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• [KSL] - The top Utah Jazz moments of 2019 | KSL.com

  31-12-2019 07:19 via sportspyder.com
  
  From the best to the worst, here are the moments that defined the Utah Jazz's 2019 year.
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz overcome bad first half, cruise past the Detroit Pistons 104-81

  31-12-2019 06:50 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The last time the Utah Jazz played their final game of a decade before Monday, they battled the Oklahoma City Thunder in a low-scoring affair that ended just 87-86 in the...
  
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• Police issue Silver Alert for 81-year-old man

  31-12-2019 06:32
  
  The South Salt Lake Police Department issued a Silver Alert on Monday night for an 81-year-old Latino man they say walked away from the 820 Apartments at 829 W. Creek Bend Drive (3900 South).Oscar DeLeon — who is 5 foot 2, walks with a cane and has gray hair and a mustache — was last seen at 3 p.m. on Monday. He was wearing a brown hoodie, black jacket, gray pants, a beanie and black shoes with red sides. According to the Silver Alert, DeLeon is considered endangered because he has d
  
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• [NBA] - The Roundup—Jazz catch fire in second half, rout Pistons at home

  31-12-2019 06:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  Playing their last home game of the decade, the Utah Jazz overcame a slow start to pull away for a 104-81 victory over the Detroit Pistons Monday night in Salt Lake City. Five Utah players
  
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