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• BLM gets a new boss in Utah as feds shuffle key positions

  02-01-2020 23:27
  
  The Bureau of Land Management in Utah is getting a new boss.Ed Roberson, who has been the director since October 2016, is retiring Friday. A news release issued Thursday said Anita Bilbao will serve as acting director until a permanent replacement is made. Bilbao had been the associate state director.The BLM manages 22.9 million acres in Utah — 42 percent of the state. Roberson had a role in developing a management plan for Bears Ears National Monument after President Donald Trump reduced
  
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• Trump administration bans vaping flavors popular with underage teenagers

  02-01-2020 23:06
  
  Washington • U.S. health officials will begin cracking down on most flavored e-cigarettes that are popular with underage teenagers, but their plan includes major exceptions that benefit vaping manufacturers, retailers and adults who use the nicotine- delivery devices.The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will prohibit fruit, candy, mint and dessert flavors from small, cartridge-based e-cigarettes that are popular with high school and middle school students. But menthol and tob
  
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• UTA fare app is convenient — and a favorite testing site for stolen credit cards

  02-01-2020 23:00
  
  The Utah Transit Authority advertises that its GoRide ticketing app is “a convenient solution to pay for your transit fare with your smartphone.” It apparently also is an easy way for thieves to test whether stolen credit cards are active and working.“A diligent employee first identified this activity and reported it to UTA Police,” said UTA spokesman Carl Arky.According to affidavits that the UTA Police filed for search warrants, investigations started when a fare operat
  
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• Gail Collins: Already had enough of Trump for 2020?

  02-01-2020 23:00
  
  We’re now officially trudging through the new year. (And good luck on that healthier-living resolution.) This is when we adjust to the fact that nothing has changed. You weren’t allowed to toss Donald Trump out with the old. Although it would have been nice if he’d at least have stayed quiet until all of the Christmas trees were down.Instead, he’s holding a big, presumably loud, rally Friday in Miami for evangelical supporters. It’s supposed to be a response to the
  
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• Navajo Nation: $8B in transportation repairs needed

  02-01-2020 22:59
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Transportation officials for the Navajo Nation have reported it would take 116 years and $7.9 billion to meet current infrastructure needs.Officials from the Navajo Nation Division of Transportation reported the figures as part of a $320 million bonding plan drafted to fund bridges, pavement preservation projects and earth road improvements, Gallup Independent reported Tuesday.The Navajo Nation Council's Budget and Finance Committee unanimously accepted the plan in earl
  
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• Hear Sundance festival director John Cooper, live, at Tribune’s fifth annual preview event

  02-01-2020 22:53
  
  Utah movie lovers can get an insider’s look at the workings of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival from the guy in charge: Festival director John Cooper.Cooper will be the guest of honor at The Salt Lake Tribune’s fifth annual Sundance Film Festival Preview, a live event set for Monday, Jan. 6, at 7 p.m. at the Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City.Cooper — who is retiring as festival director after this year’s event — will talk with Salt Lake Tribune arts and
  
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• Utah’s new-look gymnastics team opens the season against Kentucky with all kinds of questions

  02-01-2020 22:20
  
  Utah’s fifth-ranked gymnastics team opens its season Friday against No. 12 Kentucky at 6 p.m. in the Huntsman Center. That much is set. Everything else about the opener seems to be wide open, from expectations to lineups.The first meet in the post-Greg and Megan Marsden era has a lot of expectations; fans have even ponied up with a program-record 9,376 season tickets sold. But coach Tom Farden isn’t selling his team too hard. He, like fans, isn’t really sure what he has on his
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Game thread: Utah Jazz face Chicago Bulls in the Windy City

  02-01-2020 22:17 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz hit the hardwood for the first time this decade against the middling Chicago Bulls. After a three day absence, Utah Jazz basketball is finall...
  
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• Utah health officials look to ban flavored vape products in grocery, convenience stores

  02-01-2020 22:07
  
  Flavored vape products would only be available in age-restricted tobacco specialty shops under rules proposed this week by state officials.The draft rules, published on Wednesday, would reinstate a ban on flavored e-cigarette products for general retailers, like grocery and convenience stores. In October, a judge struck down the ban, which was implemented on an emergency basis following a spate of serious lung illnesses related to vaping.The state had justified the emergency restriction on the p
  
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• Two elk shot in — or maybe just near — Park City, and agents are trying to determine if that was poaching

  02-01-2020 22:02
  
  The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is investigating why two elk were shot to death near a Park City trailhead and whether the case amounts to poaching.The elk were females. The cow elk hunting season began Nov. 23 and continues through Jan. 31, so wildlife agents are trying to determine whether someone with a permit might have killed at least one of the animals, said DWR spokeswoman Faith Heaton Jolley.There are other factors that could amount to violations of the law or DWR rules, Heaton s
  
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• Bewilder, Utah’s 33rd brewery, opens with a little help from its brewing friends

  02-01-2020 21:47
  
  As the owners of two beer supply stores, Ross Metzger and Cody McKendrick have shared their expertise with hundreds of home brewers in Utah.The owners of Salt City Brew Supply stores in Midvale and Ogden have helped customers find ingredients, learn techniques and troubleshoot problems.They have opened the stores after hours for home-brewing meetings, tastings and events.And when home-brewing customers moved into the professional ranks and opened breweries of their own, they were there lending a
  
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• Robert Gehrke: These are the stories that shaped a decade of Utah politics

  02-01-2020 21:44
  
  Imagine stepping out of a time machine on Jan. 1, 2010, and telling an average Utahn what would transpire over the next 10 years.Medical marijuana will be legal, same-sex couples will be getting married, voters will have forced the state to accept Obamacare, Orrin Hatch won’t be a senator anymore, and Donald Trump will be president. Yeah, the guy from the TV show.You’d be locked up.But that’s just a sampling of what transpired. Here is a look at the stories and people that shap
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz vs. Bulls odds, line: 2020 NBA picks, Jan. 2 predictions from advanced computer model - CBSSports.com

  02-01-2020 21:44 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine Projection Model has a pick for the clash between the Jazz and Bulls. Here are the results:
  
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• UNLV hands Utah State University first Mountain West Conference loss, 70-63

  02-01-2020 21:40
  
  Las Vegas • Bryce Hamilton scored 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting and UNLV handed defending champion Utah State its first Mountain West Conference loss, 70-63, on Wednesday night.Amauri Hardy added 14 points and Cheikh Mbacke Diong had 10 for the Runnin’ Rebels (7-8, 2-0), who won their third straight.Justin Bean had his 10th double-double of the season, 17 points and 10 rebounds, for the Aggies (13-3, 2-1), who had won three straight and six of seven. Sam Merrill added 10 points.Marvin
  
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• Receiver George Pickens leads Georgia over Baylor, 26-14, in Sugar Bowl

  02-01-2020 21:40
  
  New Orleans • Georgia freshman receiver George Pickens left behind his regrettable ending to the regular season and put the rest of college football on notice that he will be an exceedingly tough cover in 2020.Pickens caught 12 passes for 175 yards and a touchdown, and No. 5 Georgia defeated eighth-ranked Baylor 26-14 in the Sugar Bowl on Wednesday night.“I’ve still got growing to do, but I can kind of tell myself I’m improving every day,” said the 6-foot-3 Pickens,
  
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• Ranking the likeliest NBA players to make their All-Star debut this year

  02-01-2020 21:37
  
  All-Star appearances are often used as a way to partially define legacies, with players who rack up the distinction being rated highly in the minds of NBA aficionados. And although that is far from the best way to define someone’s career, All-Star berths do tell us a lot about which players are considered to be the most impactful (or, sometimes, popular) on any given year.
  This season, various up-and-coming stars have the chance to make their first appearances in the prestigious exhibition
  
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• Game thread: Utah Jazz face Chicago Bulls in the Windy City

  02-01-2020 21:26
  
  The Utah Jazz hit the hardwood for the first time this decade against the middling Chicago Bulls. After a three day absence, Utah Jazz basketball is finally back! The Jazz will get their first look at the revamped Chicago Bulls this season. Since these teams last met in March of 2019, both franchises have added […]
  Game thread: Utah Jazz face Chicago Bulls in the Windy City - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run newsletter: Jazz center Rudy Gobert is a more dangerous offensive weapon than you may think. Here’s why.

  02-01-2020 21:19 via sportspyder.com
  
  Chicago • It goes without saying that Rudy Gobert is special on the defensive end. At Thursday morning’s shootaround at the United Center, coach Quin Snyder pointed out for the umpteenth time that Gobert’s “ability to get out on the floor and...
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz react to death of former NBA commissioner David Stern

  02-01-2020 21:10 via sportspyder.com
  
  CHICAGO — The new year started on a somber note for the NBA as Commissioner emeritus David Stern, who served as commissioner from 1984 to 2014, died Wednesday afternoon after suffering a brain...
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Jazz center Rudy Gobert is a more dangerous offensive weapon than you may think. Here’s why.

  02-01-2020 21:09
  
  Chicago • It goes without saying that Rudy Gobert is special on the defensive end. At Thursday morning’s shootaround at the United Center, coach Quin Snyder pointed out for the umpteenth time that Gobert’s “ability to get out on the floor and protect the rim is really unique.”What Snyder seemed to enjoy discussing more, though, is how unique the Frenchman is on the other side.Because Gobert doesn’t have a post-up game, or a go-to move in the paint, there is a p
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Dunks of the Week - 1.2.20

  02-01-2020 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  
  Dunks of the Week presented by Wasatch Front Ford Dealerships
  
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• Farhad Manjoo: Only you can prevent digital dystopia

  02-01-2020 21:00
  
  The new year is here, and online, the forecast calls for several seasons of hell. Tech giants and the media have scarcely figured out all that went wrong during the last presidential election — viral misinformation, state-sponsored propaganda, bots aplenty, all of us cleaved into our own tribal reality bubbles — yet here we go again, headlong into another experiment in digitally mediated democracy.I’ll be honest with you: I’m terrified. I spend a lot of my time looking fo
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Jazz center Rudy Gobert is a more dangerous offensive weapon for than you may think. Here’s why.

  02-01-2020 20:58
  
  Chicago • It goes without saying that Rudy Gobert is special on the defensive end. At Thursday morning’s shootaround at the United Center, coach Quin Snyder pointed out for the umpteenth time that Gobert’s “ability to get out on the floor and protect the rim is really unique.”What Snyder seemed to enjoy discussing more, though, is how unique the Frenchman is on the other side.Because Gobert doesn’t have a post-up game, or a go-to move in the paint, there is a p
  
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• Letter: Utah wants to have it both ways

  02-01-2020 20:55
  
  Let me see if I understand this correctly. The powers that be want the owners and drivers of electric cars in Utah to pay their fair share for the use of the highways and roads. To me, that means that everyone pays for the use of them.Using the same logic, the ones who have large families (and lots of students in school) should be paying their fair share of income taxes for education. But, in their so-called wisdom, the powers that be have given them an increase in the amount of tax deductions.
  
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• Short track speedskating team returns for national championships in Utah with worlds berths on the line

  02-01-2020 20:50
  
  When the country’s best short track speedskaters raced around the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns two months ago in the World Cup season opener, they were but foals getting their wobbly legs underneath them. This weekend they return to the Oval for the United States Short Track National Championships as thoroughbreds, or at least that’s the hope.Team USA coach Wilma Boomstra said she expected her young team — the oldest member is 24 — to have some early nerves.“What is
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: A new way to tithe, Salt Lake Temple closes, and a plea from President Russell Nelson

  02-01-2020 20:31
  
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this free newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.Money talks
  (Francisco Kjolseth|Salt Lake Tribune file photo)The sun rises on the Salt Lake Temple on Oct. 5, 2019. (Francisco Kjolseth/)The blogosphere is still buzzing about the church’s $100 billion investment
  
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• Behind the Headlines: homeless pedestrian deaths, a father-son homeless outreach, and the decade in Utah health

  02-01-2020 20:20
  
  In this week’s episode of Behind the Headlines, we look at how pedestrian deaths near the new South Salt Lake homeless center spark calls for safety improvements, a father-son team working to make a difference in the lives of people who are homeless, by listening, and the Utah health trends that defined that past decade. Also, we tackle Robert Gehrke’s column prognosticating what 2020 will look like for Utah politics.At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Jessica Miller and
  
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• Paul Greenburg: A New Year’s climate diet

  02-01-2020 20:17
  
  Most diets fail. They fail mostly because after a period of bingeing (for example, New Year’s Eve) we set unrealistic goals for ourselves to radically reform our bad ways. In time, self-control breaks down and we hunger to throw open the cupboards and binge again.The same is true of the American carbon diet. After a period of bingeing (say, the last century), the United States is per capita the most prodigious emitter of carbon dioxide among the world’s top 10 economies. The average
  
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• Gordon Monson: A fond farewell to Kurt Kragthorpe, a sportswriter’s sportswriter

  02-01-2020 20:05
  
  Yes and no.That was Kurt Kragthorpe’s answer to darn-near every question. And it was his explanation for why the challenge of being a longtime sports columnist for The Tribune was for him, at times, so great.A proper point of view was buried deep.He considered everything in his search for it. Every aspect, every side of every issue before cracking open his computer. And his panorama/perspective was expansive enough to find room for so much of that everything, for both the affirmative and t
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Rudy & Royce play WHAT'S IN THE BOX 🤣

  02-01-2020 19:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  Rudy & Royce play WHAT'S IN THE BOX- YouTube Skip navigation Sign in Search Loading... Close This video is unavailable. Unsubscribe from Utah Jazz? Cancel Unsubscribe Working...
  
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• BYU’s Alex Barcello has made an immediate impact after transferring from Arizona. How did he end up in Provo?

  02-01-2020 19:23
  
  Provo • Alex Barcello lives by one main motto: be yourself.But during his time at Arizona, he lost himself. And almost lost his will to play basketball altogether.Luckily, Barcello was able to find his way to BYU over the summer – and was granted a NCAA transfer waiver in late October just in time for the start of the 2019-20 season. Instantly, Barcello made an impression on Cougar Nation.In the season opener against Cal State Fullerton, Barcello teamed up with senior TJ Haws to put u
  
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• Trump administration immigration official tweets, then deletes, accusation against Hanukkah stabbing suspect

  02-01-2020 19:22
  
  Kenneth Cuccinelli, a top immigration official in the Trump administration, faced blowback Monday after saying the man accused of stabbing five Orthodox Jews in New York was the son of an “illegal alien” and came from a family lacking “American values.”Little was known about Grafton Thomas, the suspect in the attack in Monsey, New York, when Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, took to Twitter to say that Thomas’ father came
  
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• Iraq tensions linger after militiamen withdraw from U.S. Embassy

  02-01-2020 19:21
  
  Baghdad • Iran-backed militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Wednesday after two days of clashes with American security forces, but U.S.-Iran tensions remain high and could spill over into further violence.The withdrawal followed calls from the government and senior militia leaders. It ended a two-day crisis marked by the breach of the largest and one of the most heavily fortified U.S. diplomatic missions in the world.The attack and its volatile aftermath prompted
  
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• TV producer’s son dies skiing in Park City

  02-01-2020 19:14
  
  A 20-year-old man died in an accident Tuesday at Park City Mountain resort.Charles “Charlie” Noxon died on the slopes, his family confirmed on Thursday. He was the son of Jenji Kohan, who created the television shows “Weeds” and “Orange is the New Black," and journalist Christopher Noxon.“Our hearts are shattered,” the family said in a statement. “The cliches about moments like this are true, it turns out. The one about life forever changing in a s
  
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• Red All Over: A lifelong Northeasterner arrives on the Wasatch Front, starts covering the Utah Utes

  02-01-2020 18:58
  
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.Never did I think my career or personal life would bring me to Utah.My wife grew up and went to college on the West Coast. I grew up in New York, and lived and worked in New Jersey for 15 years, but I never thought our long-term future was in the Northeast. I figured we would head west at some point.In hindsight, when The Salt Lake Tribune offered me the University of Utah beat, there wasn’t a lot of
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - NBA odds: Expert picks, best bets for Jan. 2 - Sports Illustrated

  02-01-2020 18:57 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Nuggets are coming off a blowout loss to the Rockets and now are on the road against a tough Pacers team. So why is Denver primed to bounce back?
  
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• Former Utah GOP Chairman Thomas Wright is running for governor

  02-01-2020 18:40
  
  Thomas Wright, who led the Utah Republican Party as chairman between 2011 and 2013, has entered the race to be Utah’s next governor.The state elections office tweeted on Thursday that Wright had filed his intent to gather signatures for the governor’s race, one of two routes under state law for partisan office candidates to qualify for a primary election.Wright joins an already-crowded field for the Republican gubernatorial nomination (current Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is not seeking re
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - New Year’s Resolutions for each Jazz player

  02-01-2020 18:36 via sportspyder.com
  
  At the turn of the year (and a whole decade), what can each Jazz player do to get better in 2020?
  
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• [Last Word On Sports: Last Word On Pro Basketball] - David Stern and his NBA Legacy

  02-01-2020 18:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  The NBA has learned of David Stern, who passed away yesterday. However, his NBA legacy will live on as he made the NBA into a billion-dollar industry.
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Watch Bulls vs. Jazz: How to live stream, TV channel, start time for Thursday's NBA game - CBSSports.com

  02-01-2020 17:52 via sportspyder.com
  
  How to watch Bulls vs. Jazz basketball game
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA Power Rankings: Utah Jazz end 2019 on a high note

  02-01-2020 17:32 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah finishes the calendar year winning nine of their last eleven
  
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• Immigration official tweets, then deletes, accusation against Hanukkah stabbing suspect

  02-01-2020 17:23
  
  Kenneth Cuccinelli, a top immigration official in the Trump administration, faced blowback Monday after saying the man accused of stabbing five Orthodox Jews in New York was the son of an “illegal alien” and came from a family lacking “American values.”Little was known about Grafton Thomas, the suspect in the attack in Monsey, New York, when Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, took to Twitter to say that Thomas’ father came
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Today's Top Picks: Two underdog winners plus more NBA best bets for Thursday's slate - CBSSports.com

  02-01-2020 16:58 via sportspyder.com
  
  Also, watch SportsLine on CBS Sports HQ at 6 p.m. ET on weekdays for all the day's best bets
  
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• Democrat Julián Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race

  02-01-2020 15:48
  
  Austin, Texas • Former Obama housing secretary Julián Castro on Thursday ended his run for president that pushed the 2020 field on immigration and swung hard at rivals on the debate stage but never found a foothold to climb from the back of the pack.“I’m so proud of the campaign we’ve run together. We’ve shaped the conversation on so many important issues in this race, stood up for the most vulnerable people, and given a voice to those who are often forgotten,
  
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• Militiamen withdraw from U.S. Embassy but Iraq tensions linger

  02-01-2020 15:43
  
  Baghdad • Iran-backed militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Wednesday after two days of clashes with American security forces, but U.S.-Iran tensions remain high and could spill over into further violence.The withdrawal followed calls from the government and senior militia leaders. It ended a two-day crisis marked by the breach of the largest and one of the most heavily fortified U.S. diplomatic missions in the world.The attack and its volatile aftermath prompted
  
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• Utah’s 33rd brewery opens with a little help from its brewing friends

  02-01-2020 15:31
  
  As the owners of two beer supply stores, Ross Metzger and Cody McKendrick have shared their expertise with hundreds of home brewers in Utah.The owners of Salt City Brew Supply stores in Midvale and Ogden have helped customers find ingredients, learn techniques and troubleshoot problems.They have opened the stores after hours for home-brewing meetings, tastings and events.And when home-brewing customers moved into the professional ranks and opened breweries of their own, they were there lending a
  
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• Robert Gehrke: From marijuana to monuments to Mitt Romney, these are the stories that shaped a decade of Utah politics

  02-01-2020 15:31
  
  Imagine stepping out of a time machine on Jan. 1, 2010, and telling an average Utahn what would transpire over the next 10 years.Medical marijuana will be legal, same-sex couples will be getting married, voters will have forced the state to accept Obamacare, Orrin Hatch won’t be a senator anymore, and Donald Trump will be president. Yeah, the guy from the TV show.You’d be locked up.
  Robert Gehrke (Francisco Kjolseth/)But that’s just a sampling of what transpired. Here is a look
  
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• A copper mine in San Juan County wants to expand using a new method that would pump diluted acid into the ground

  02-01-2020 15:15
  
  Utah’s second largest copper mine after Kennecott is seeking permits for an experimental method of extraction involving pumping diluted sulfuric acid underground that could potentially extend the mine’s life for another 26 years.The plan has raised red flags for nearby residents reliant on groundwater for drinking and livestock and also for environmentalists, who warn of long-term water contamination. But officials with the Lisbon Valley Mine, located in San Juan County northeast of
  
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• Commentary: Keep our rivers wild

  02-01-2020 15:14
  
  The rivers of Chilean Patagonia cascade from snow-capped mountains through sheer rock facades and rolling hills, radiating bright turquoise, deep blues and vivid greens. The Puelo. The Pascua. The Futaleufú. Each is as breathtaking and unique as the landscape it quenches.But these rivers, like many worldwide, have been threatened by dam projects that aim to provide power for distant cities and mining operations. Only one-third of the world’s 177 longest rivers remain free flowing, a
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: Our family traditions keep changing and I don’t like it

  02-01-2020 15:14
  
  Dear Ann Cannon • The holiday season is over and I’m realizing I’m the old grandma now. But when I get invited to my daughter’s or granddaughter’s homes for a celebration and/or meal, it’s hard to sit still and watch all our old traditions and recipes change. How do I keep from getting my feelings hurt? I understand that young people like to embrace new things, but our family traditions are just fine — and have been fine for 25 years.— The Old Grand
  
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