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• Utah women’s basketball team edges USC 67-65 for first Pac-12 win of season

  12-01-2020 23:04
  
  Daneesha Provo missed most of the 2018-19 Utah women’s basketball season with a knee injury. The sophomore guard, who is considered one of the most talented players on the team, finally returned to action about a month ago.And on Sunday afternoon, she let everyone know just how good she can be.Provo scored a season-high 17 points for the Utes (8-8, 1-4 Pac-12), who won their first conference game of the season with a 67-65 win over USC (8-8, 1-4 Pac-12) at the Huntsman Center.“That w
  
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• Steve Inskeep: It’s 1856 all over again

  12-01-2020 23:00
  
  Can any past presidential campaign help us understand the election year now beginning? There never was a sitting president like Donald Trump. But if we widen our lens, we find timely echoes in an era when America was rapidly changing, the old political order was coming apart, and it seemed like the country was about to split at the seams.An early version of modern-day America was already visible in June 1856. At a music hall in Philadelphia, delegates of the recently founded Republican Party gat
  
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• Monument to honor nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens with Utah ties slain near border, Mexico president says

  12-01-2020 22:56
  
  La Mora, Mexico • President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday that a monument will be put up to memorialize nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens ambushed and slain last year by suspected drug gang assassins along a remote road in the northern border region near New Mexico.In remarks to members of the small town of La Mora, which was shattered by the Nov. 4 killings of three women and six children from the extended Langford, LeBarón and Miller families, López Obr
  
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• Utah women’s basketball team grabs first Pac-12 game of season with tight victory over USC

  12-01-2020 22:30
  
  The University of Utah women’s basketball team won its first Pac-12 game with a 67-65 win over USC on Sunday at the Huntsman Center.Utah led 56-55 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game. USC went on a run to take a five-point lead, but then the 3-pointers started flying — and dropping — for the Utes.Sophomore Dru Gylten buried one and assisted on two straight by Daneesa Provo for a 65-63 Utah lead with 2:23 left. Two free throws by Provo capped an 8-0 run.Utah opene
  
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• Little Cottonwood Canyon reopens after an avalanche struck a car

  12-01-2020 22:19
  
  The Utah Department of Transportation closed Little Cottonwood Canyon early Sunday after an avalanche hit a car, but as of Sunday afternoon, the canyon was reopened to traffic.John Gleason, UDOT spokesman, said the slide was naturally caused. Over the past two days, Little Cottonwood Canyon has received more than 2 feet of snow, he said. UDOT’s team of experts performed avalanche mitigation early Sunday, but snow continued to fall in the area, and around 10:45 a.m., the avalanche came down
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Live: Jazz take on the Wizards in Washington

  12-01-2020 20:43 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Live: Jazz take on the Wizards in Washington

  12-01-2020 20:30
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Bradley Beal returning to Wizards’ lineup vs. Jazz after missing 5 games

  12-01-2020 20:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Washington Wizards are getting a pair of key players back for Sunday’s game against the Utah Jazz. Thomas Bryant is back in the rotation after a six-week absence, and Fred Katz of The Athletic reported Bradley Beal will also return after missing...
  
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• [ESPN] - Wizards' Beal, Bryant to return against Jazz

  12-01-2020 20:23 via sportspyder.com
  
  Wizards guard Bradley Beal and center Thomas Bryant are returning to the lineup for Sunday's game against the Utah Jazz, according to coach Scott Brooks.
  
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• Susan R. Madsen: Fixing the ‘Broken rung’ for women in the workplace

  12-01-2020 20:00
  
  The global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company recently released a national report called “Women in the Workplace 2019.” It reviews the status of women at all levels of leadership in the 600-plus companies that participated, including a quarter of a million individual workers surveyed. It shows where progress has been made since their last study in 2015, revealing improvement at senior levels, and emphasizing the need for greater efforts earlier in the pipeline to creat
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Jazz' Donovan Mitchell Will Not Play vs. Wizards Because of Illness

  12-01-2020 19:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz announced star Donovan Mitchell will miss Sunday's game against the Washington Wizards due to an illness. It will be the first missed game of the year for the guard, who is averaging 24...
  
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• [CBS Sports] - How to watch Wizards vs. Jazz: NBA live stream info, TV channel, time, game odds - CBSSports.com

  12-01-2020 18:24 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Letter: Trump supporters should send their children to war

  12-01-2020 18:02
  
  President Trump now seems to be focused on a war with Iran. Those who support Trump seemingly support a war with Iran.If they are sincere, they should immediately sign up their sons and daughters into branches of the military. They should call their church missionary sons and daughters home and have them enlist. They should demand the sons and daughters of the president enlist in the military along with the sons and daughters of administration officials, members of Congress and all of the sons a
  
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• [The Score] - Weird Week in 🏀: How Kyle gets his kicks and John Oliver's folly revisited

  12-01-2020 17:01 via sportspyder.com
  
  Every Sunday, theScore highlights the week's lighter moments from around the basketball universe. Here's what caught our eye this week.I'll have what he's havingWhat did Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry drink following Wednesday's overtime win...
  
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• Tree Utah to host fourth annual snowshoe hike

  12-01-2020 17:00
  
  Tree Utah, a nonprofit dedicated to planting trees at schools, parks and open lands throughout the state, will lead a snowshoe tree tour on Feb. 29.“It’s a fun way to see a state park in your own backyard in a new way,” Amy May, Tree Utah executive director, said.The nonprofit plants trees year-round but because the winter time is a slow time of year it is focusing on fundraising events and preparation for the spring. “This is just a way to engage people in the wintertime
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz vs. Wizards odds, line, spread: 2020 NBA picks, Jan. 12 predictions from advanced computer model - CBSSports.com

  12-01-2020 16:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine projection model has a pick for the clash between the Jazz and Wizards. Here are the results:
  
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• Utah meet-up group creates a community where theater lovers can connect, support local arts

  12-01-2020 16:10
  
  On a night out after seeing plays in London, a group of Utah theater fans opened up to each other about their families’ experiences with suicide.When they later took in a production of the play “Facing East” at Draper Historic Theatre, a member who was originally from the Midwest said she finally understood Latter-day Saint viewpoints on homosexuality.And at a dinner last summer at the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City, another woman explained what the group had come to m
  
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• Sutherland Institute’s campaign against Bears Ears was relentless, effective and mostly funded by a tight circle of activists

  12-01-2020 15:00
  
  At 9:28 p.m. the night before President Donald Trump signed an executive order to slash Bears Ears National Monument by 85%, Matt Anderson, a policy analyst at Utah’s conservative Sutherland Institute think tank, sent an email to then-San Juan County Commissioner Rebecca Benally.Benally, a member of the Navajo Nation, was set to speak at Trump’s proclamation signing ceremony and was one of the few Democrats in the country willing to praise what, along with a 50% cut to Grand Staircas
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Emmanuel Mudiay proves there’s still worth in the (good) two-point shot

  12-01-2020 14:37 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz guard Emmanuel Mudiay doesn't exactly follow the current NBA shooting trend, but playing to his strengths has suited him well. The Utah Jazz's be...
  
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• Olympia Hills is back for public debate, with plans to make it Utah’s new Daybreak — only with more jobs nearby

  12-01-2020 14:05
  
  Herriman • A resident uprising ended the first bid to create a massive new community out of farmland just west of Herriman.Now, the Olympia Hills project is back again.This time, Salt Lake County leaders are imposing an unusually strict set of guidelines on virtually every aspect of how the development would look and feel, including requiring some affordable homes — and developers say they are willing to go along.Their first step will be facing many of those same residents again at pu
  
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• Utah Jazz: Emmanuel Mudiay proves there’s still worth in the (good) two-point shot

  12-01-2020 14:00
  
  Utah Jazz guard Emmanuel Mudiay doesn’t exactly follow the current NBA shooting trend, but playing to his strengths has suited him well. The Utah Jazz’s beatdown of the New York Knicks last Wednesday featured Emmanuel Mudiay’s season-high in points, as he scored 20 points against his former team. Out of his twelve field goal attempts, […]
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘Modern Family’s’ goofy dad is going to make Utah his full-time home

  12-01-2020 14:00
  
  Pasadena, Calif. • The stars of “Modern Family” are mulling offers and considering what they’ll do after they film the sitcom’s final episode, but Ty Burrell knows exactly what’s next for him.“I’m moving to Salt Lake City!” said the man who has played Phil Dunphy for 11 seasons, winning a pair of Emmys along the way. (The finale of the series, which airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on ABC/Ch.4, is scheduled for April 8.)It’s not like he’l
  
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• Robert Kirby: What your pet says about your faith — or the lack of it

  12-01-2020 14:00
  
  It’s coming. Won’t be long before The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints instructs congregational leaders to inquire about pet ownership during temple recommend interviews.Everything else will be the same — booze, drugs, infidelity, apostasy, support of the brethren, etc. No surprise, right?But then it happens.Bishop • “Now, this is important, Brother Noggle. Do you own a cat?”You • “Do … what the hell?”It sounds like I’m
  
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• Letter: What’s with the huge school construction projects?

  12-01-2020 14:00
  
  Driving around the south end of the Salt Lake Valley, we have been somewhat amazed at the huge construction projects at several high schools which are part of the Canyons School District, specifically, the projects underway at Brighton, Alta and Hillcrest high schools.When we called to enquire at the Canyons district office, a public relations person told us these projects were being paid with bonding approved by voters several years ago.For so many years we have heard that education is at the t
  
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• Letter: Trump supporters should sent their children to war

  12-01-2020 14:00
  
  President Trump now seems to be focused on a war with Iran. Those who support Trump seemingly support a war with Iran.If they are sincere, they should immediately sign up their sons and daughters into branches of the military. They should call their church missionary sons and daughters home and have them enlist. They should demand the sons and daughters of the president enlist in the military along with the sons and daughters of administration officials, members of Congress and all of the sons a
  
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• Letter: Trump is the world’s most dangerous terrorist

  12-01-2020 14:00
  
  The assassination of an individual — no matter how evil — without congressional authorization violates the War Clause of the Constitution of the United States, the War Powers Act of Congress and international law. Doing this in the age of thermonuclear weapons threatens Armageddon.Neither international nor constitutional law justifies a president in bringing about Armageddon. Donald Trump should therefore be impeached as the most dangerous terrorist in the world.Jesus said that those
  
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• Letter: Impeachment is a waste of time

  12-01-2020 14:00
  
  During the recent impeachment hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives, I listened for sound evidence of President Trump committing “high crimes and misdemeanors,” but none were evident.Now, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is holding the two articles of impeachment and making excuses for not sending them to the Senate for the required procedures. Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind that she is holding onto the articles because they are phony and not worthy of Congress spending
  
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• Letter: How to make dreams come true

  12-01-2020 14:00
  
  Is it possible for the exciting headlines dreamt up by Salt Lake Tribune readers to come true?Dreams are a start, next take action. This is how our democracy works: Call and write those who represent you to create the political will to pass initiatives that create a better country and world.This is how the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria received an increase in funding that will save 16 million lives, prevent over 200 million new infections and keep us on the path to control these pand
  
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• Leonard Pitts: What in the world just happened here?

  12-01-2020 14:00
  
  So what in the world just happened here?That’s the question of the moment as we struggle to get our heads around the latest head-snapping episode in the bizarre presidency of Donald Trump. In the last few days, we’ve seen: 1) a U.S. drone strike in Iraq, killing Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force; 2) Trump’s justification of the killing on grounds that Soleimani, architect of hundreds of American military casualties, was planning imminent violence; 3)
  
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• George Pyle: Time to take a tapeworm to American capitalism

  12-01-2020 14:00
  
  Dr. Chandra had a problem.The problem wasn’t so much that they had removed the exotic nature of his character as he appeared in the 1982 Arthur C. Clarke novel, “2010: Odyssey Two,” changing him from the Indian Sivasubramanian Chandrasegarampillai to the comparatively dull Illinois computer geek known only as “R. Chandra” for the 1984 film version, “2010: The Year We Make Contact.”(Certainly, if the film were to be made today, Hollywood would be happy to
  
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• Can a new opera compete with the classics? Utah Opera’s version of ‘Silent Night’ aims to find out.

  12-01-2020 14:00
  
  Forget hoop skirts and ornate tunics, Roman columns and fancy gardens — all the usual trappings of a classic opera. When Utah Opera opens its latest production, “Silent Night,” on Jan. 18, the company is going to war, and war is messy.“There’s a major battle scene about five minutes into the show that is extremely visceral, both for the action and the music,” said Craig Irvin, a baritone who plays one of the lead roles in the World War I-set opera.“Ten m
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: My friend has high anxiety and I want to help

  12-01-2020 14:00
  
  Dear Ann Cannon • My close friend has recently developed severe anxiety. How can I help her?— Faithful FriendDear Faithful Friend • Oh, wow. This is SUCH a great question. I don’t have any statistical data to back up my observation, but I’m guessing that most of us know someone who suffers from anxiety — that is, if we’re not suffering from it ourselves. Anxiety is rampant these days. Sometimes I think we human beings just aren’t wired to handle our
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz start road trip against the Washington Wizards

  12-01-2020 09:30 via sportspyder.com
  
  To move up in the West the Jazz have to keep streaking
  
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• State colleges: Sacramento State defeats Weber State 71-57 in men’s basketball

  12-01-2020 07:24
  
  Sacramento, Calif. • Sacramento State tallied a season-best 21 assists and won its seventh straight home game, getting past Weber State 71-57 on Saturday night.Izayah Mauriohooho-Le’afa led the Hornets with six assists. Bryce Fowler added five assists.Ethan Esposito had 17 points and seven rebounds for Sacramento State (10-4, 3-2 Big Sky Conference). Joshua Patton added 10 points, nine rebounds and three blocks.Jerrick Harding had 19 points for the Wildcats (5-11, 1-4). Tim Fuller and
  
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• Titans stun Ravens, head to AFC title game with 28-12 win

  12-01-2020 07:15
  
  Baltimore • With his bright red shoes and relentless running, Derrick Henry grabbed the spotlight and wouldn’t let go.When he was done leading Tennessee into the AFC championship game Saturday night, he did a lengthy victory lap around the Baltimore Ravens’ home, slapping hands and taking selfies with Titans fans.It has been quite a two-week ride.“It’s not just me,“ Henry said after rushing for 195 yards and throwing a 3-yard touchdown pass in a 28-12 upset of
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz mailbag: What happens when Mike Conley returns?

  12-01-2020 06:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greetings to Jazz Nation from the nation’s Capitol. Once again I’ve dug into the mailbag and will attempt to answer some of the questions you fine people have submitted. Mike...
  
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• Lawsuit alleges decades of abuse at youth detention center

  12-01-2020 06:02
  
  Portsmouth, N.H. • More than two dozen men and women say they were physically, sexually and emotionally abused as children at New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center over the course of three decades, according to attorneys who have filed a class action lawsuit on their behalf.The lawsuit filed Saturday in Merrimack County Superior Court comes six months after two former counselors were charged with repeatedly raping a teenage boy at the Youth Development Center in Manchester
  
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• BYU bounces back with 96-70 win over Portland at the Marriott Center

  12-01-2020 05:31
  
  Provo • Still without its leading scorer, and days after falling in overtime at Saint Mary’s, BYU came out hot on Saturday night. So hot, the Cougars were hitting all of their early shots while preventing Portland to score even one basket.But as quickly as BYU heated up, it also cooled down. The Cougars struggled to play consistently throughout the game — until the latter stages.However, the Cougars’ fast start — and complete team effort — proved to be enough t
  
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• Utes top state rivals at Best of Utah gymnastics meet

  12-01-2020 05:29
  
  West Valley City • One of the main reasons for creating the Best of Utah gymnastics meet was to put the competitors in a postseason-like setting with a podium floor and chaotic atmosphere.Utah’s young Utes rose to the challenge, winning the inaugural event with a 197. Brigham Young was second with a 195.575, followed by Southern Utah (194.65) and Utah State (194.15).BYU’s Abbey Miner won the all-around with a 39.25, scoring 9.85 on the vault, 9.7 on the uneven bars, 9.825 on the
  
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• Utah State basketball snaps three-game losing streak with win over Nevada

  12-01-2020 04:21
  
  Logan • The Utah State men’s basketball team came out like a team that couldn’t afford to lose four in a row.Not only did the Aggies (14-6, 3-3 Mountain West) beat the Nevada Wolf Pack (10-7, 3-2 MW) on Saturday, they did so in convincing fashion with a 80-70 result that wasn’t as close as the final score suggested. Nevada never led and trailed by as many as 18.Sophomore center Neemias Queta led the Aggies with 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting and seven rebounds, while senior
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Jordan Clarkson talks about his journey to the NBA

  12-01-2020 04:05 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Utah man survived 20 days in Alaskan wilderness after fire destroyed his cabin

  12-01-2020 03:30
  
  A 30-year-old Utah man spent 20 days living in remote Alaska in makeshift shelters and rationing food before he was rescued Friday by authorities, according to FOX 13.Tyson Steele’s cabin caught fire early in the morning on Dec. 17 or 18. He was asleep when the blaze broke out and only had time to grab some supplies and escape. His dog died, he told FOX 13.Authorities located him Friday after seeing the “SOS” he had carved into the snow near his shelter.Steele celebrated his re
  
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• Khosrow B. Semnani: The U.S. can’t bomb Iran’s regime out of power

  12-01-2020 03:00
  
  A year ago, President Donald Trump wrote of his support for the Iranian people’s basic economic and political rights.“The great Iranian people have been repressed for many years,” he tweeted. “They are hungry for food & for freedom. Along with human rights, the wealth of Iran is being looted. TIME FOR CHANGE!”Trump has consistently spoken of his support for Iranians and his opposition to the theocratic dictatorship that subjugates them.“The Iranian regime&
  
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• 49ers win first playoff game in six years, 27-10 over Vikings

  12-01-2020 02:47
  
  Santa Clara, Calif. • Jimmy Garoppolo threw a TD pass on his opening drive as a playoff starter and then watched San Francisco’s defense and running game take over from there in the 49ers’ 27-10 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in the divisional round Saturday.The Niners’ first playoff game in six seasons and first ever at Levi’s Stadium turned into a lopsided one as top-seeded San Francisco (14-3) turned a pair of second-half turnovers by Minnesota (11-7) into 10
  
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• Utah Eagle Forum tests Utah’s GOP candidates for governor

  12-01-2020 02:41
  
  Sandy • All four of the Republican men on stage at the Utah Eagle Forum convention on Saturday were unambiguous in their opposition to abortion, stating clearly that they would sign a bill defining life as beginning at conception if given the opportunity as the state’s next governor.Spencer Cox, the state’s current lieutenant governor, repeated his belief that future generations will come to view abortion as negatively as today’s Americans view slavery. And Greg Hughes, fo
  
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• Northern Utah snowstorm could cause trouble for drivers this weekend

  12-01-2020 00:40
  
  A storm will bring several inches of snow to northern Utah and the Salt Lake valley this weekend, and could cause difficulties for drivers, especially on mountain roads.The National Weather Service predicted 3 to 4 inches of snow will accumulate in Salt Lake City through Sunday afternoon, with 4 to 6 inches expected in Ogden and up to 3 inches in Provo.Additional Snow Accumulations, through Sunday Afternoon. #utwx pic.twitter.com/cZAIlVSEv2— NWS Salt Lake City (@NWSSaltLakeCity) January 11
  
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• Snowstorm could cause trouble for Utah drivers this weekend

  12-01-2020 00:08
  
  A storm will bring several inches of snow to northern Utah and the Salt Lake valley this weekend, and could cause difficulties for drivers, especially on mountain roads.The National Weather Service predicted 3 to 4 inches of snow will accumulate in Salt Lake City through Sunday afternoon, with 4 to 6 inches expected in Ogden and up to 3 inches in Provo.Additional Snow Accumulations, through Sunday Afternoon. #utwx pic.twitter.com/cZAIlVSEv2— NWS Salt Lake City (@NWSSaltLakeCity) January 11
  
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