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  11-01-2020 23:41 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Utah woman who went missing in Fort Lauderdale found dead

  11-01-2020 23:30
  
  A Utah woman who was visiting Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for a work trip, and who had been missing for days, was found dead Saturday in a body of water near her hotel.Kelly Glover’s body was located just as supporters were planning to meet to search near the hotel where she was last seen around 2 a.m. Thursday, her husband, Adam Bremer, said in a Facebook post.Police do not suspect foul play, Fort Lauderdale Detective Tracy Figone said.Glover, 37, had been staying at The Westin Fort Lauderd
  
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• Group seeks postponement of planned roundup of wild horses

  11-01-2020 23:23
  
  Reno, Nev. • A group that advocates for protection of wild horses says a federal agency didn’t provide adequate notice of a weeks-long roundup planned to begin Monday in eastern Nevada and western Utah and is asking for a postponement.The American Wild Horse Campaign said in a statement Friday that the Bureau of Land Management was violating the public's First Amendment rights by not announcing the helicopter-assisted roundup until Thursday afternoon and by not allowing public observa
  
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• Utah Jazz and NBA contracts require more than just basketball. Here’s what else is involved.

  11-01-2020 23:05
  
  Welcome to the NBA.I’m Andy Larsen, and I’ll be play-acting the role of an NBA human resources person putting you — the loyal Salt Lake Tribune reader — through the things you’ll need to know about working as an NBA player. Usually, NBA players go through the mandatory 4-day Rookie Transition Program at the start of their careers, but consider this a shortened version of some of the things you'd learn there.Sure, being an NBA player is an incredible job: you’l
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Harmons finds that food tax hike doesn’t check out

  11-01-2020 23:00
  
  Harmons knows where its bread is buttered.Owners of the Utah-based supermarket chain announced Thursday that their 19 stores will be actively hosting the signature-gathering campaign aimed at overturning the tax reform package passed last month by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Gary Herbert.The income tax breaks the upscale chain’s owners would harvest from the complex tax bill were apparently not enough to overcome their righteous objection to the sharp increase in the sales tax rate
  
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• Salt Lake City police say grandson stabbed his grandfather to death then lit the house on fire

  11-01-2020 22:32
  
  Charges are expected to be filed in the coming days against a man who Salt Lake City police say stabbed and killed his grandfather and then set his house on fire to cover it up.John Peel, 74, was found dead Saturday morning after Salt Lake City Fire Department responded to his home at 719 E. Logan Avenue shortly after 7 a.m., Detective Greg Wilking said. Fire crews arrived to find the front porch ablaze and located Peel inside with “obvious signs of trauma to the body.”“We took
  
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• NBA contracts require more than just basketball. Here’s what else is involved.

  11-01-2020 22:26
  
  Welcome to the NBA.I’m Andy Larsen, and I’ll be play-acting the role of an NBA human resources person putting you — the loyal Salt Lake Tribune reader — through the things you’ll need to know about working as an NBA player. Usually, NBA players go through the mandatory 4-day Rookie Transition Program at the start of their careers, but consider this a shortened version of some of the things you'd learn there.Sure, being an NBA player is an incredible job: you’l
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Bradley Beal, Thomas Bryant questionable to play vs. Jazz

  11-01-2020 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  
  Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal and big man Thomas Bryant are both listed as questionable for their team’s game against the Utah Jazz on Sunday, according to Candace Buckner of The Washington Post. Beal has been dealing with a leg injury and...
  
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• NBA contracts contracts require more than just basketball. Here’s what else is involved.

  11-01-2020 21:59
  
  Welcome to the NBA.I’m Andy Larsen, and I’ll be play-acting the role of an NBA human resources person putting you — the loyal Salt Lake Tribune reader — through the things you’ll need to know about working as an NBA player. Usually, NBA players go through the mandatory 4-day Rookie Transition Program at the start of their careers, but consider this a shortened version of some of the things you'd learn there.Sure, being an NBA player is an incredible job: you’l
  
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• How often do NBA players get paid? What are their benefits and 401(k)s like? Here’s your NBA new-employee orientation

  11-01-2020 21:37
  
  Welcome to the NBA.I’m Andy Larsen, and I’ll be play-acting the role of an NBA human resources person putting you — the loyal Salt Lake Tribune reader — through the things you’ll need to know about working as an NBA player. Usually, NBA players go through the mandatory 4-day Rookie Transition Program at the start of their careers, but consider this a shortened version of some of the things you'd learn there.Sure, being an NBA player is an incredible job: you’l
  
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• Utah Jazz contracts require more than just basketball. Here’s what else is involved.

  11-01-2020 21:16
  
  Welcome to the NBA.I’m Andy Larsen, and I’ll be play-acting the role of an NBA human resources person putting you — the loyal Salt Lake Tribune reader — through the things you’ll need to know about working as an NBA player. Usually, NBA players go through the mandatory 4-day Rookie Transition Program at the start of their careers, but consider this a shortened version of some of the things you'd learn there.Sure, being an NBA player is an incredible job: you’l
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - What are the job requirements for a Utah Jazz or NBA player beyond the basketball stuff? Here’s a primer.

  11-01-2020 21:09 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Robert W. Adler: Utah should count all impacts in auto impact fees

  11-01-2020 21:00
  
  I drive an all-electric vehicle, charged from my roof-top solar panels. Beginning this year, I will pay the state of Utah either an extra $90 per-year vehicle fee (rising to $120 in future years), or I can choose to pay 1.5 cents for every mile I drive, up to the maximum annual fee.Unlike some electric vehicle owners who oppose this charge, I don’t mind paying it. Fossil fuel-powered vehicle owners pay gasoline taxes that contribute to maintaining the roads they use, and so should I. As Su
  
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• [The Score] - 5 biggest surprises midway through 2019-20 NBA season

  11-01-2020 20:31 via sportspyder.com
  
  The battle of L.A. and the Russell Westbrook-James Harden reunion were a couple of obvious storylines heading into the 2019-20 NBA season, but there have been plenty of unexpected developments as the midway point of the campaign nears.Some players...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: 3 reasons why Mitchell (not Gobert) will be voted an All-Star

  11-01-2020 20:30 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz have two deserving All-Star candidates for the Sunday classic in February. While Gobert has been deserving of the honor for years, it will be...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gordon Monson: Should Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert be All-Stars? There’s one way to answer that question.

  11-01-2020 20:11 via sportspyder.com
  
  This column isn’t so much about whether Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell will be NBA All-Stars in another month or so. It is more about whether they should be.
  
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• White House considering dramatic expansion of travel ban

  11-01-2020 20:00
  
  Washington • The White House is considering dramatically expanding its much-litigated travel ban to additional countries amid a renewed election-year focus on immigration by President Donald Trump, according to six people familiar with the deliberations.A document outlining the plans — timed to coincide with the third anniversary of Trump's January 2017 executive order — has been circulating the White House. But the countries that would be affected if it moves forward are blacke
  
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• Gordon Monson: Should Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert be All-Stars? There’s one way to answer that question.

  11-01-2020 20:00
  
  This column isn’t so much about whether Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell will be NBA All-Stars in another month or so. It is more about whether they should be.On the first matter, what would help them get there is if the Jazz keep winning. If they end up nearing the break among the top two teams in the West — there are four teams, including the Jazz, within one game of second place, behind the Lakers — they have justification for a double-dose of representation in said game.Nei
  
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• Eric Walden: Is the Cavs coach racist or did he just misspeak?

  11-01-2020 19:55
  
  Let’s preface everything that’s to come with this concession: I don’t personally know John Beilein, I’ve not yet had occasion to interact with him, and I certainly don’t know what’s in his heart.And so, I can’t give you a definitive answer on whether he meant to call his team “a bunch of slugs” as opposed to “a bunch of thugs,” or not.What can be said with some amount of certainty, however, is that explanation or not, apology or n
  
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• Utah Jazz: 3 reasons why Mitchell (not Gobert) will be voted an All-Star

  11-01-2020 19:54
  
  The Utah Jazz have two deserving All-Star candidates for the Sunday classic in February. While Gobert has been deserving of the honor for years, it will be Mitchell that gets in first. The Utah Jazz have built their roster around the core of two stars, those obviously being Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert. Over the […]
  Utah Jazz: 3 reasons why Mitchell (not Gobert) will be voted an All-Star - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Sen. Mike Lee praises Trump but slams the Iran briefing at Utah Eagle Forum convention

  11-01-2020 19:45
  
  Sen. Mike Lee heaped praise on President Donald Trump on Saturday for being “more respectful and more restrained in his exercise of his commander-in-chief power than any other president in my lifetime.”“He has made us look stronger through the restraint of power, not through the excessive abuse of it. And I applaud him for that,” Lee, R-Utah, said.But that doesn’t mean the senator is backing down from his blistering criticism of a briefing that Trump administration
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Eric Walden: First-year Cavs coach John Beilein called his players ‘thugs,’ then said he misspoke. Do we believe him?

  11-01-2020 19:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  Let’s preface everything that’s to come with this concession: I don’t personally know John Beilein, I’ve not yet had occasion to interact with him, and I certainly don’t know what’s in his heart.
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Gobert leads Jazz to 109-92 win over Hornets

  11-01-2020 19:32 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Rudy Gobert had 15 points, 13 rebounds, and six blocked shots, leading the Utah Jazz to a 109-92 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Game thread: Back on the road, Utah Jazz face Washington Wizards

  11-01-2020 19:32 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz head back out on the road on Sunday to pursue a ninth straight win when they face the injury beleaguered Washington Wizards. The Utah Jazz co...
  
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• Eric Walden: First-year Cavs coach John Beilein called his players ‘thugs,’ then said he misspoke. Do we believe him?

  11-01-2020 19:30
  
  Let’s preface everything that’s to come with this concession: I don’t personally know John Beilein, I’ve not yet had occasion to interact with him, and I certainly don’t know what’s in his heart.And so, I can’t give you a definitive answer on whether he meant to call his team “a bunch of slugs” as opposed to “a bunch of thugs,” or not.What can be said with some amount of certainty, however, is that explanation or not, apology or n
  
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• Utah basketball heads to Colorado where coaches/friends will face off

  11-01-2020 19:27
  
  The relationship between Larry Krystkowiak and Tad Boyle doesn’t go back that long.The head coaches at Utah and Colorado, respectively, Krystkowiak and Boyle didn’t grow up together. They didn’t go to college together, they’ve never been on the same coaching staff. Only in the last decade, as their programs entered and tried to find their way in the Pac-12, has a friendship blossomed.Utah and Colorado are Pac-12 travel partners, playing the same opponents in any given thr
  
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• Game thread: Back on the road, Utah Jazz face Washington Wizards

  11-01-2020 19:00
  
  The Utah Jazz head back out on the road on Sunday to pursue a ninth straight win when they face the injury beleaguered Washington Wizards. The Utah Jazz continue to tear through their opposition as they won their second straight game in blowout fashion on Friday when they defeated the Charlotte Hornets 109-92. This victory […]
  Game thread: Back on the road, Utah Jazz face Washington Wizards - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• As Utah Utes travel to No. 25 Colorado, Larry Krystkowiak-Tad Boyle friendship put on hold

  11-01-2020 19:00
  
  The relationship between Larry Krystkowiak and Tad Boyle doesn’t go back that long.The head coaches at Utah and Colorado, respectively, Krystkowiak and Boyle didn’t grow up together. They didn’t go to college together, they’ve never been on the same coaching staff. Only in the last decade, as their programs entered and tried to find their way in the Pac-12, has a friendship blossomed.Utah and Colorado are Pac-12 travel partners, playing the same opponents in any given thr
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz players call for Georges Niang to participate in 3-Point Contest

  11-01-2020 18:58 via sportspyder.com
  
  With how hot Utah Jazz forward Georges Niang has been shooting from the perimeter this season, he absolutely deserves to compete in the NBA 3-Point Contest...
  
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• Utah Jazz defeat Hornets in 109-92 victory

  11-01-2020 18:30
  
  Having been thoroughly obliterated by the Jazz in the first quarter while fielding a conventional lineup, the Hornets decided to go ultra-small in the second, hoping to find some kind of juice.Marvin Williams, nominal center, found himself momentarily free beyond the 3-point arc before Royce O’Neale hustled over, causing him to lose control of the ball. By the time he got it back, he was guarded by Rudy Gobert and, with the shot clock about to expire, tried a pump-fake, hoping to draw a fo
  
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• Utah Jazz players call for Georges Niang to participate in 3-Point Contest

  11-01-2020 18:25
  
  With how hot Utah Jazz forward Georges Niang has been shooting from the perimeter this season, he absolutely deserves to compete in the NBA 3-Point Contest. When the Utah Jazz went into the offseason this past summer, their goal after watching clanked shot after clanked shot in the playoffs against the Houston Rockets was to […]
  Utah Jazz players call for Georges Niang to participate in 3-Point Contest - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Salt Lake City house fire was a murder, police say

  11-01-2020 18:24
  
  Salt Lake City police have arrested a man, accusing him of murder in a case that involves a house fire on Logan Avenue.The police booked the 28-year-old man into the county jail on suspicion of murder, aggravated arson, aggravated burglary and desecration of a human body. This man has not yet been charged with these crimes. FOX 13 is reporting that police believe the man stabbed his grandfather and then set his grandfather’s house on fire.House Fire on Logan Avenue yesterday is now a homic
  
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• Midway Ice Castles make 2020 debut

  11-01-2020 18:15
  
  Midway • An otherworldly frozen kingdom has made its annual winter debut in Utah.The Midway Ice Castles feature ice walls and tall towers that take 10,000 man hours and about 25 tons of ice and snow to create, the Daily Herald newspaper reported.Crews worked since October to create the attraction hosted at Homestead Resort in Midway, which is about 30 miles southeast of Salt Lake, ahead of the Friday opening date.Weather plays a huge factor in the castles’ creation, said Kyle Standifi
  
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• Utah State Aggies cite lack of discipline, toughness, character in three-game basketball slide

  11-01-2020 17:34
  
  Logan, we have a problem.The Utah State basketball team has hit the mother of all rough patches, losing three consecutive games for the first time since before Craig Smith became coach last season. The Aggies have scored less than 70 points in each of the those games, and shot a paltry 24.1% from the 3-point line.The losing streak is a stark departure from where the Aggies were just before then: winners of six of their last seven games and prevailing in close games. Now USU has the same number o
  
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• Utah PTA joins anti-tax reform campaign

  11-01-2020 17:25
  
  The Utah PTA and its army of volunteer parents are ready to collect signatures as part of a bipartisan grassroots effort to block the recently passed tax reform from going into effect.After a late night vote Friday, the PTA board released a statement supporting the referendum, which would let voters decide this November if the mix of tax cuts and tax increases passed in a special session should become law.The group focused on the tax implications on schools, but also on low-income people.The PTA
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Former NBA player Joe Young would like his potential fit with the Utah Jazz

  11-01-2020 17:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  Former Indiana Pacer Joe Young, who now plays overseas in the CBA, complimented the Utah Jazz style of play and could see himself playing in it. The Utah J...
  
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• Utah State Aggies cites lack of discipline, toughness, character in three-game basketball slide

  11-01-2020 17:19
  
  Logan, we have a problem.The Utah State basketball team has hit the mother of all rough patches, losing three consecutive games for the first time since before Craig Smith became coach last season. The Aggies have scored less than 70 points in each of the those games, and shot a paltry 24.1% from the 3-point line.The losing streak is a stark departure from where the Aggies were just before then: winners of six of their last seven games and prevailing in close games. Now USU has the same number o
  
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• University of Utah’s police chief’s retirement party cost $6K

  11-01-2020 17:19
  
  The University of Utah police department spent $6,000 to throw a retirement party for outgoing Chief Dale Brophy — a celebration that came as he was stepping down and his force was under fire for ignoring concerns reported by student-athlete Lauren McCluskey before she was killed on campus.The invoice for the party was obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune through a public records request as part of a review of university spending following McCluskey’s October 2018 slaying. The school ha
  
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• Utah governors race fueled by variety of financial sources

  11-01-2020 17:16
  
  The number of Utahns vying to be the next governor continues to grow with additions this month of former Utah Republican Party Chairman Thomas Wright and former Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes to an already crowded field.And campaign disclosure forms filed with the state elections office show those candidates are being fueled by donations small, large and very large — and in a couple of cases their own wallets, ahead of primary elections in June.Provo businessman Jeff Burningham has receive
  
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• Former NBA player Joe Young would like his potential fit with the Utah Jazz

  11-01-2020 17:12
  
  Former Indiana Pacer Joe Young, who now plays overseas in the CBA, complimented the Utah Jazz style of play and could see himself playing in it. The Utah Jazz aren’t exactly known as a team that thrives in the spotlight. Nevertheless, after arguably their most successful offseason ever wherein they landed big names like Mike […]
  Former NBA player Joe Young would like his potential fit with the Utah Jazz - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and Mo
  
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• Rival gangs are mingling in Utah prisons, leading to fears of violence

  11-01-2020 17:11
  
  Draper • The inmate had started writing a letter just before noon on Nov. 6 to ask that an advocacy group add him and his family to their mailing list.But his tone quickly changed. “Newsflash,” he wrote at the top of the second page before describing a fight he was watching in the common room just outside his cell at the prison in Gunnison.All inmates had been in their cells, he wrote, then officers opened two doors. Quickly, members from rival gangs, Sureños and Norte&nt
  
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• Holly Richardson: Women wanting to run for office can receive help

  11-01-2020 17:09
  
  What is a progressive Fox News political analyst doing in Utah next Saturday? She’s speaking to women in Utah thinking about running for political office, that’s what.Jehmu Greene, the daughter of Liberian immigrants, calls herself an “Evangelist for Change” and has been active in politics for more than two decades. She is the founder of “Barbara’s Legacy,” a new initiative to train, nurture and support women of color, and is the co-founder of “Def
  
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• The Triple Team: Utah Jazz’s perimeter defense stifles Hornets for 8th straight win

  11-01-2020 17:04
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 109-92 win over the Charlotte Hornets from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Jazz blow up Hornets attack early and oftenSeven of the first 15 Charlotte possessions were turnovers. Probably three of the other eight shots were good ones, so that meant that the Jazz were really successful 12 out of the first 15 possessions of the game.How? Effort by the Jazz’s defense and “sloppy decisions” on behalf of the Hornets. I thought the
  
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• Theresa A. Foxley: Focus on Utah’s economy in a time of transition

  11-01-2020 17:00
  
  Think back to the year 1920. Your parents, grandparents or great-grandparents were living through a time of massive technological change. Railroads crossed the land, speeding the delivery of goods. Automobiles were displacing horse-powered transportation. The airplane was gaining capabilities to further disrupt old ways of work. And American households gathered around the radio for news and entertainment.We are now one-fifth into the 21st Century and we are in just as revolutionary a time. We&rs
  
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• Utah cities and counties looking to restrict hunting

  11-01-2020 16:58
  
  The recent shooting deaths of two cow elk on a popular Park City trail system has rekindled long-simmering tensions between some Utah cities and wildlife officials over where hunting should be allowed.As Utah’s population swells, more people are living and playing near and on public lands that have long been used for big game hunting. Hunters are increasingly stalking deer and elk near homes and recreation areas, such as Park City’s Round Valley and Huntsville’s Cemetery Point,
  
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• University of Utah’s police department spent $6,000 on a party for retiring Chief Dale Brophy

  11-01-2020 15:00
  
  The University of Utah police department spent $6,000 to throw a retirement party for outgoing Chief Dale Brophy — a celebration that came as he was stepping down and his force was under fire for ignoring concerns reported by student-athlete Lauren McCluskey before she was killed on campus.The invoice for the party was obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune through a public records request as part of a review of university spending following McCluskey’s October 2018 murder. The school has
  
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• Who’s donating money in this year’s Utah governor’s race

  11-01-2020 14:00
  
  The number of Utahns vying to be the next governor continues to grow with additions this month of former Utah Republican Party Chairman Thomas Wright and former Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes to an already crowded field.And campaign disclosure forms filed with the state elections office show those candidates are being fueled by donations small, large and very large — and in a couple of cases their own wallets, ahead of primary elections in June.Provo businessman Jeff Burningham has receive
  
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• Utah’s prisons are letting rival gang members interact, and that has families worried

  11-01-2020 14:00
  
  Draper • The inmate had started writing a letter just before noon on Nov. 6 to ask that an advocacy group add him and his family to their mailing list.But his tone quickly changed. “Newsflash,” he wrote at the top of the second page before describing a fight he was watching in the common room just outside his cell at the prison in Gunnison.All inmates had been in their cells, he wrote, then officers opened two doors. Quickly, members from rival gangs, Sureños and Norte&nt
  
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• Rich Lowry: Trump is neither neocon nor isolationist

  11-01-2020 14:00
  
  Donald Trump isn't George W. Bush.That should be obvious to everyone by now, but his critics and even some of his supporters immediately acted as if it were 2003 on the cusp of the Iraq War when Trump took out Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani.Suddenly, the neocons had cachet again (Vox warned that “the Iraq War hawks are back”), and we were about to launch yet another endless war. Trump’s decision to kill Soleimani, New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg wrote, repeating
  
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• Letter: What happened to the party of labor?

  11-01-2020 14:00
  
  Andrew Yang, one of the lesser-known presidential candidates, hit the nail right on the head. In criticizing the debates, he said that the other candidates should be talking about why the Democrats lost the election to Donald Trump. They ignored the plight of economically depressed workers, who then voted for Donald Trump.In the early 20th century, the Democratic Party was the champion of labor. They were the party of labor, running against anti-union Republicans. But later they came to take lab
  
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