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• Bagley Cartoon: Herbert’s Condomnation

  16-01-2020 23:57
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Jan. 17, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/01/16/bagley-cartoon-which/" target=_blank><u>Which Witch Hunt?</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/01/14/bagley-cartoon-oscars-so"><u>Oscars So XY</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/01/10/bagley-cartoon-d
  
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• [USA Today: For The Win] - 4 takeaways from the third round of NBA All-Star voting

  16-01-2020 23:24 via sportspyder.com
  
  Alex Caruso is really doing this.
  
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• Gail Collins: Scoring some wins for women in politics

  16-01-2020 23:00
  
  We’ve spent a remarkable amount of time this week discussing whether there’s sexism in politics.HahahahahaOK, no need to be cynical. Let’s look on the positive side first. If you are around Elizabeth Warren’s age of 70, you’ve had the incredible luck to live through a period of history in which American women’s rights and opportunities have been transformed. There are still people alive who were born when women couldn’t vote. Now we’ve got Nancy Pe
  
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• Barbara Brown: Saving birds from human building design flaws

  16-01-2020 23:00
  
  With only five carcasses by New Year’s Day, I thought that we had escaped this year’s killing season at the University of Utah. Then came the dreaded “bird down” message on the first day of classes. We found 10 dead and two stunned cedar waxwings under the windows of two adjacent buildings on the U campus.Cedar waxwings are a winter favorite here. With their sleek brown coats, black masks, perky crests and flashy yellow and red accents, they look ready for a masquerade pa
  
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• Join Tribune reporters on KCPW to discuss Gov. Herbert shutting down a condom giveaway by the health department

  16-01-2020 22:52
  
  Governor Herbert nixes a Health Department plan to distribute condoms with suggestive packaging. A key export city for Utah mines says it will phase out coal shipments. And, following complaints over a controversial plate, Utah's process for approving personalized license plates gets new scrutiny. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune senior managing editor Matt Canham, reporter Erin Alberty and editorial page editor George Pyle join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s t
  
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• Odgen ski company founder dies after small plane crashes in a Roy neighborhood

  16-01-2020 22:48
  
  Roy • Ryann Steed had just finished a long shift at the clinic and was crawling under the covers to take a nap when she heard a loud bang that seemed to have come from her roof.She thought it was odd — why would anything up there make noise? — but she figured maybe a truck had crashed outside. After all, her little street in Roy has been coated in thick ice for at least a week and sound carries. She ran downstairs to check.When Steed opened her front door, a small plane was lyin
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run newsletter: 10 in a row is cool and all, but not quite groundbreaking for the Jazz

  16-01-2020 22:32 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Weekly Run is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter about the Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: 10 in a row is cool and all, but not quite groundbreaking for the Jazz

  16-01-2020 22:27
  
  The Weekly Run is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter about the Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.That 10-game winning streak the Utah Jazz are on is a pretty cool thing. Not quite as cool, admittedly, as if they were to make it an 11-game winning streak tonight in New Orleans.You know what would be even cooler than that? Let’s skip right past the 12-, 13-, 14-, etc. winning streaks and get right to it. A 16-game winning streak — now that would be historic.The thing is, this is t
  
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• Presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg planning Utah stop

  16-01-2020 22:07
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, the multibillionaire former mayor of New York City, will make a stop Saturday in Salt Lake City, according to his campaign.A campaign source confirmed Thursday that Bloomberg will be holding a roundtable with as-yet unnamed community leaders followed by a public event at the Impact Hub in Salt Lake City at 4 p.m.Bloomberg, who is spending his own money on the campaign — and a lot of it — is not doing any fundraising.In addition to
  
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• Panels, concerts and a big fire: What Sundance 2020 will do besides screening films

  16-01-2020 22:06
  
  One of the oldest forms of storytelling — gathering around the fire — will be a centerpiece of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival’s offscreen events.A bonfire is planned for Thursday, Jan. 30, from 4:30 p.m. to sunset, at the Flagpole parking lot, 557 Swede Alley, Park City. It’s free and open to as many people as space permits.It’s one of many offscreen events — panel discussions, concerts and conversations — planned for the festival, running Jan. 23 to Fe
  
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• Chief justice, senators sworn in for Trump impeachment

  16-01-2020 21:53
  
  Washington • Chief Justice John Roberts was sworn in Thursday to preside over President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, then immediately administered the oath to the full Senate to ensure “impartial justice” as jurors for only the third such proceeding in American. history.Roberts made the short trip across the street from the Supreme Court before being ushered to the Senate chamber."Will all senators now stand, and remain standing, and raise their right hand," Roberts s
  
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• [Deseret News] - Mike Conley making progress in rehab with Utah Jazz

  16-01-2020 21:40 via sportspyder.com
  
  After not traveling on the Jazz’s last road trip, the veteran point guard has been working with the team’s training staff during the team’s current trip.
  
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• No. 15 BYU gymnasts to host No. 5 UCLA, Utah State at the Marriott Center

  16-01-2020 21:16
  
  BYU’s 15th-ranked gymnastics team has tested itself against some tough competition already this season, beating then ranked N. 15 Nebraska in the season opener and losing to No. 4 Utah in the Best of Utah meet. This weekend offers yet another challenge as the fifth-ranked UCLA Bruins travel to Provo for a 6 p.m. Saturday meet with the Cougars and Utah State in the Marriott Center.The Bruins have been one of the nation’s top programs in recent years, winning the national title in 2018
  
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• Utah Royals take Tziarra King with first pick in the NWSL Draft

  16-01-2020 21:13
  
  Utah Royals FC used its first-round pick in Thursday’s NWSL Draft to select Tziarra King out of North Carolina State eighth overall. She played four years for the Pack and was named to the Top 100 players by TopDrawerSoccer in 2019.King started all 88 games in which she appeared during her college career. She scored 48 goals and added 19 assists in more than 7,200 minutes.King was listed as a midfielder with NC State, but has experience playing multiple positions. She said during the NWSL
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz vs. Pelicans odds, line, spread: 2020 NBA picks, Jan. 16 predictions from advanced computer model - CBSSports.com

  16-01-2020 21:10 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine Projection Model has a pick for the clash between the Jazz and Pelicans.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Mike Conley returns to Jazz shootaround, still out Thursday vs. Pelicans

  16-01-2020 21:06 via sportspyder.com
  
  Although he’s listed as “out” against the Pelicans, Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley was spotted getting some shots up with his teammates during Thursday morning’s practice session. Mike Conley was shooting with his teammates after shootaround today,
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Derrick Favors set to play after missing last 2 games with hamstring strain

  16-01-2020 21:06 via sportspyder.com
  
  New Orleans Pelicans forward Derrick Favors has been sidelined for two games due to a right hamstring strain, but he says he’s feeling good. So good, in fact, that he’s been cleared to play in Thursday night’s home game against the Jazz, according...
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: The Utah Jazz’s winning streak and the team’s social media coverage

  16-01-2020 21:04
  
  The Jazz are now up to 10 straight wins. But many fans of the team are upset that the streak — not to mention the play of Rudy, Donovan, et al — hasn’t garnered more national attention.There are some people out there actively pimping the Jazz’s exploits, though. That would be those on the Jazz’s social media team. After previously bringing in the likes of Aaron Falk and Angie Treasure for guest spots, Weekly Run co-host Eric Walden went for the trifecta this week, h
  
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• Utah progressive groups call for fair Senate impeachment Trial

  16-01-2020 21:01
  
  About 20 representatives of a coalition of progressive groups gathered Thursday outside the federal building in Salt Lake City to call on Utah Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike lee to “vote their conscience” and push for a fair and impartial Senate impeachment hearing against President Donald Trump.The news conference was aimed at urging Romney and Lee to consider all of the evidence against Trump as the Senate impeachment trial formally begins and to vote for the common good when it is tim
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: The Jazz’s winning streak and the team’s social media coverage

  16-01-2020 21:00
  
  The Jazz are now up to 10 straight wins. But many fans of the team are upset that the streak — not to mention the play of Rudy, Donovan, et al — hasn’t garnered more national attention.There are some people out there actively pimping the Jazz’s exploits, though. That would be those on the Jazz’s social media team. After previously bringing in the likes of Aaron Falk and Angie Treasure for guest spots, Weekly Run co-host Eric Walden went for the trifecta this week, h
  
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• After recall of provocative condoms, Utah HIV prevention website has been taken offline

  16-01-2020 20:55
  
  The morning after state officials recalled 100,000 Utah-themed condoms due to their provocative labels, the related website for an HIV awareness campaign has been taken offline.The website on Wednesday had contained information on sexual health and disease prevention as well as support for patients. On Thursday morning, Hivandme.com displayed only a black screen with the words “Temporarily offline.”It’s unclear what will be done with the condoms that had not yet been handed out
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Today's Top Picks: Utah's winning streak keeps rolling, L.A.'s nightlife stays undefeated and more best bets - CBSSports.com

  16-01-2020 20:51 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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• ‘Utah Booze News’ podcast: A multistory liquor outlet in Salt Lake City and beer over the border

  16-01-2020 20:50
  
  In the coming weeks, the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is expected to break ground on new liquor stores in Farmington and Saratoga Springs. The state agency also will select the final site for a replacement store — possibly its first two-story building — in downtown Salt Lake City.On the latest episode of the “Utah Booze News” podcast, Cade Meier, deputy director of the DABC, provides The Salt Lake Tribune’s Kathy Stephenson and Fox 13′s Ben Wi
  
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• [Uproxx] - Donovan Mitchell And The Utah Jazz Have Found Their Rhythm

  16-01-2020 20:49 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz have caught fire on offense during a 15-1 stretch, and it all starts with Donovan Mitchell’s playmaking, for himself and others.
  
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• [Uproxx: Dime Magazine] - Donovan Mitchell And The Utah Jazz Have Found Their Rhythm

  16-01-2020 20:45 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz have caught fire on offense during a 15-1 stretch, and it all starts with Donovan Mitchell’s playmaking, for himself and others.
  
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• Jana Riess: Three ‘glass-half-full’ news items about LDS Church growth

  16-01-2020 20:43
  
  The past decade has witnessed slowing growth for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in many parts of the world. The 2018 growth rate internationally was 1.2%, and half that — a rate of 0.6% — in the United States.But those numbers don’t tell the full story, according to Matt Martinich, a researcher who founded the LDS Church growth blog, which tracks Mormon growth and retention around the world. At the end of each year, Martinich summarizes the most and least encou
  
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• Utah Royals FC take N.C. State’s Tziarra King with first pick in the NWSL Draft

  16-01-2020 20:38
  
  Utah Royals FC used its first-round pick in Thursday’s NWSL Draft to select Tziarra King out of North Carolina State eighth overall. She played four years for the Pack and was named to the Top 100 players by TopDrawerSoccer in 2019.King started all 88 games in which she appeared during her college career. She scored 48 goals and added 19 assists in more than 7,200 minutes.King was listed as a midfielder with NC State, but has experience playing multiple positions. She said during the NWSL
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run podcast: Guest co-host JP Chunga discusses the Jazz’s 10-game winning streak, and the social media team’s efforts to provide some ‘color’ to the coverage

  16-01-2020 20:30 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz are now up to 10 straight wins. But many fans of the team are upset that the streak — not to mention the play of Rudy, Donovan, et al — hasn’t garnered more national attention.
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Past time for slavery, in all its permutations, to end

  16-01-2020 20:27
  
  Last week, the Mississippi Supreme Court upheld Willie Nash’s sentence: 12 years for possession.Of a cellphone.Read it twice, if you want. It won't make any more sense the second time around.Nash, it should go without saying, is African American. And his victimization by Mississippi "justice" lends a certain pungent perspective to an event that occurred simultaneously.Meaning the wide-screen release of “Just Mercy,” the film adaptation of attorney Bryan Stevenson’s book b
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: Guest co-host JP Chunga discusses the Jazz’s 10-game winning streak, and the social media team’s efforts to provide some ‘color’ to the coverage

  16-01-2020 20:21
  
  The Jazz are now up to 10 straight wins. But many fans of the team are upset that the streak — not to mention the play of Rudy, Donovan, et al — hasn’t garnered more national attention.There are some people out there actively pimping the Jazz’s exploits, though. That would be those on the Jazz’s social media team. After previously bringing in the likes of Aaron Falk and Angie Treasure for guest spots, Weekly Run co-host Eric Walden went for the trifecta this week, h
  
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• Chief justice swears in Senate for Trump impeachment trial

  16-01-2020 20:21
  
  Washington • The chief justice of the United States was sworn in Thursday to preside over President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, then immediately swore in the entire Senate body in turn with an oath to ensure “impartial justice” as jurors for only the third such proceeding in American. history.Chief Justice John Roberts made the short trip across the street from the Supreme Court before being ushered to the Senate chamber.The Constitution mandates the chief justice se
  
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• Carlos Beltrán out as New York Mets manager amid fallout from Astros’ sign-stealing scandal

  16-01-2020 19:53
  
  New York • Carlos Beltrán is out as manager of the New York Mets before managing even a single game, the latest fallout from the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal that has rocked Major League Baseball. The Mets announced the decision Thursday in a news release, saying Beltrán and the team "agreed to mutually part ways." The move came two days after Boston cut ties with manager Alex Cora, who was Houston's bench coach in 2017 when Beltrán played for the Astros.
  
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• Senate passes revised NAFTA, sending pact to Trump’s desk

  16-01-2020 19:45
  
  Washington • Congress on Thursday gave final approval to President Donald Trump’s revised North American Free Trade Agreement, handing the president his second trade victory of the week as House lawmakers prepared to read aloud charges of high crimes and misdemeanors on the Senate floor.The 89-10 vote in the Senate on implementing legislation for the revised United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will send the measure to Trump, who is expected to sign it next week.The bipartisan vote i
  
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• Democratic Rep. Patrice Arent announces retirement

  16-01-2020 19:13
  
  Rep. Patrice Arent, one of the longest-serving Democratic members of the Utah Legislature — announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection this year to her House seat and instead will retire at the end of her current term.In a prepared statement, Arent said it is time to move onto the next chapter of her life and that she looks forward to having more time to pursue her interests.“I plan to spend more time on our spectacular ski slopes,” Arent, D-Millcreek, said. “I
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz midseason report card: Utah is surging, but how will Mike Conley's return impact its title hopes? - CBSSports.com

  16-01-2020 19:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  Virtually everything happening in Utah revolves around the absence of Mike Conley
  
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• Eye on the Y: Cougars help 12-year-old cancer victim and his family make the most of the time he has left

  16-01-2020 18:52
  
  Eye on the Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on BYU athletics. Subscribe here.At the end of Wednesday’s football practice, the entire team rushed over to 12-year-old Wyatt Page to shower the seventh grader from Eagle Mountain with gifts, including BYU shirts, headwear, tie and tickets to Saturday’s homecoming game against Boise State.Offensive lineman Ethan Atagi told Wyatt that the team loves him, he’s part of their family and they’ll do anything he ev
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Donovan Mitchell is in charge, Joe Ingles is on fire, and the Utah Jazz are suddenly an offensive powerhouse - CBSSports.com

  16-01-2020 18:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  Gone are the days of Mitchell not having enough scoring help to get this team over the hump
  
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• Pelosi warns Senate not to be Trump’s ‘henchmen’ in trial

  16-01-2020 18:06
  
  Washington • The Senate opens its historic proceedings against President Donald Trump on Thursday with a formal reading of the articles of impeachment by House prosecutors, followed by the arrival at the Capitol of Chief Justice John Roberts, who will swear in all 100 senators as jurors for only the third impeachment trial in U.S. history.The chamber begins to transform itself into an impeachment court at noon following a second day of ceremonial protocol that shifts the proceedings out of
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gordon Monson: From the beginning, Quin Snyder had happy basketball in mind. The Jazz are now playing it.

  16-01-2020 17:59 via sportspyder.com
  
  “The opportunity to join the Utah Jazz and to be part of such a highly respected franchise with an incredibly bright future is a great honor. I approach this opportunity with gratitude and humility and am committed to doing everything I can to help...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - There’s no one in the NBA like Joe Ingles

  16-01-2020 17:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  Joe has returned to his jinglin’ ways, and the Utah Jazz are rolling.
  
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• [KSL] - The Utah Jazz have had the best offense in the league over the last month. Is it sustainable? | KSL.com

  16-01-2020 17:44 via sportspyder.com
  
  Is this just a hot stretch against some poor defensive teams, or are the Jazz an offensive juggernaut?
  
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• Gordon Monson: From the beginning, Quin Snyder had happy basketball in mind. The Jazz are now playing it.

  16-01-2020 17:40
  
  “The opportunity to join the Utah Jazz and to be part of such a highly respected franchise with an incredibly bright future is a great honor. I approach this opportunity with gratitude and humility and am committed to doing everything I can to help the Jazz become a championship-caliber team.”Those were the words spoken by Quin Snyder back in 2014, the first week of June, at the announcement that he had been hired to take the wheel of a team that had veered off the road, winning just
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Giving Machines earned $6M for charities, church presidents who got death threats, apostle visits volcano evacuees

  16-01-2020 17:39
  
  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.Red cents — millions of them
  (Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
  Giving Machines at University Place Mall in Orem on Nov. 25, 2019.By doubling the number of Giving Machines, the chu
  
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• Watchdog says Trump administration broke law in withholding Ukraine aid

  16-01-2020 17:30
  
  Washington • The Trump administration violated the law in withholding security assistance aid to Ukraine, a nonpartisan federal watchdog agency said on Thursday, weighing in on a decision by President Donald Trump that is at the heart of the impeachment case against him.The Government Accountability Office said the White House’s Office of Management and Budget violated the Impoundment Control Act when it withheld nearly $400 million for “a policy reason,” even though the f
  
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• Senate opens to hear articles of impeachment against Trump

  16-01-2020 17:21
  
  Washington • The Senate opens its historic proceedings against President Donald Trump on Thursday with a formal reading of the articles of impeachment by House prosecutors, followed by the arrival at the Capitol of Chief Justice John Roberts, who will swear in all 100 senators as jurors for only the third impeachment trial in U.S. history.The chamber begins to transform itself into an impeachment court at noon following a second day of ceremonial protocol that shifts the proceedings out of
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Giving Machines earned $6M for charities, church presidents who got death threats, and the Medicaid debate

  16-01-2020 17:13
  
  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.Red cents — millions of them
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  Giving Machines at University Place Mall in Orem on Nov. 25, 2019.By doubling the number of Giving Machines, the chu
  
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• Female pro backcountry skiers imbue fear, education through avalanche safety clinics

  16-01-2020 16:57
  
  Solitude • Professional backcountry skier Elyse Saugstad planted her ski boots in knee-deep powder, her pink ski pants and camo jacket turned up-mountain toward seven women equally shrouded in Gore-Tex and dusted in fresh snow. Step by step, she reviewed the best techniques for probing for a body in the snow.The whir of the turning lifts had ceased. The little light that penetrated through the swirls of snow falling on the slopes of Solitude Mountain Resort on Saturday was beginning to fade
  
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• Red All Over: My wife was right, Tucson is a great place to visit

  16-01-2020 16:54
  
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering Utah athletics. Subscribe here.Tucson, Ariz. • I have been looking forward to Utah’s trip to the University of Arizona on Thursday night, mostly because my wife was right.A proud 2005 graduate of the University of Arizona, we met in 2015, and she has been telling me about her positive college experience ever since. The campus is like a resort, she would say. The weather, the culture, the food, the whole vibe. She loved college, and she love
  
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• Female pro backcountry skiers imbue fear, education through clinics

  16-01-2020 16:43
  
  Solitude • Professional backcountry skier Elyse Saugstad planted her ski boots in knee-deep powder, her pink ski pants and camo jacket turned up-mountain toward seven women equally shrouded in Gore-Tex and dusted in fresh snow. Step by step, she reviewed the best techniques for probing for a body in the snow.The whir of the turning lifts had ceased. The little light that penetrated through the swirls of snow falling on the slopes of Solitude Mountain Resort on Saturday was beginning to fade
  
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• [Deseret News] - Why Mike Conley and Joe Ingles will both be in the Utah Jazz’s starting lineup when Conley returns from injury

  16-01-2020 16:40 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Ever wonder what is going to happen when Mike Conley returns to the court after his hamstring troubles? Andy Bailey, a Forbes contributor and Utah Jazz-centric writer for Bleacher...
  
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