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• Utah State basketball team faces uphill climb to return to NCAA Tournament, but it’s still possible

  14-02-2020 23:46
  
  The Utah State men’s basketball team’s run to the NCAA Tournament last season is mostly a blur to senior guard Abel Porter. All he can really remember is the Aggies had a way about them. A groove. A collective trust in their personnel and style of play.It was those things that propelled the Aggies to one of their best seasons in school history. Around this time last year, Utah State had won 21 games and boasted an 11-3 record against Mountain West Conference opponents. That was with
  
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• U.S. Olympic Committee CEO ready to ‘roll up our sleeves’ to bring Winter Games back to Utah

  14-02-2020 23:30
  
  Excitement about the Salt Lake City area hosting another Olympics, even if it's 10-plus years down the line, is so palpable that Sarah Hirshland said even her Uber drivers were gushing about it.Yet Hirshland, the CEO of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, said the meat of the process of bringing those Games to the area has just begun.“It is our honor to form a more structured partnership, to begin to roll up our sleeves and do the work that is necessary to really evaluate t
  
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• George Pyle: Controversial homelessness guru makes sense. In context.

  14-02-2020 23:30
  
  Robert Marbut would prefer that you do not refer to him as a “czar.”His official title, since December, is executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. Which, he allows, is a mouthful. And if you tried to make it into one of those cool government acronyms — like NASA or SHIELD — it might wind up being pronounced, “Us-itch.”To his fans, and he has many, Marbut might be more casually referred to as the homelessness policy guru. To
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Monumental Tragedy

  14-02-2020 23:19
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Feb. 16<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/02/13/bagley-cartoon-march/" target=_blank><u>Spirit of ’76—On to the Senate!</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/02/12/bagley-cartoon-trumps/"><u>Trump’s Best and Brightest</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/02/11/bagley-cartoon-government/"><u>Go
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell’s rise to NBA All-Star has been sudden, but it’s finally sinking in

  14-02-2020 23:16 via sportspyder.com
  
  Chicago • Donovan Mitchell and his mother had very differing ideas about how getting a scholarship to play basketball for Louisville could potentially shape his future.
  
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• A lobbyist told Utah’s only black lawmaker that polygamy was equal to slavery

  14-02-2020 23:15
  
  Charges of racism were reverberating Friday on Capitol Hill a day after a lobbyist opposing legislation to decriminalize polygamy placed a label that said “slave” in front of the first African American woman to serve in the Utah Legislature.Director of Sound Choices Coalition, Angela Kelly, used the “slave” label presentation during a minority caucus meeting in the attempt to compare the loss of identity within polygamy to that experienced by blacks during slavery.“
  
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• Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell’s rise to NBA All-Star has been sudden, but it’s finally sinking in

  14-02-2020 23:12
  
  Chicago • Donovan Mitchell and his mother had very differing ideas about how getting a scholarship to play basketball for Louisville could potentially shape his future.“She was big on me using basketball for my education — not that I wasn’t, but I was more like, ‘I wanna make the NBA!’ She wasn’t really thinking about the NBA at all,” Mitchell recalled. “It was kinda my thing that I could hold over her, like, ‘I was right!’ You kno
  
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• Commentary: How Mitt Romney and Nancy Pelosi used their faith to resist Trump

  14-02-2020 23:02
  
  Two events last week illustrated sharply how expressions of faith are being used in the public sphere. On the floor of the Senate, Sen. Mitt Romney framed his impeachment vote in the language of religious devotion, citing his oath "before God to apply impartial justice as a senator-juror.”A day later, at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump used his speech from the dais to criticize Romney’s speech in the Senate and doubled down on remarks made in December when he qu
  
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• Democrats demand apology for caucus presentation that applied ‘slave’ label to state’s only black lawmaker

  14-02-2020 22:48
  
  Charges of racism were reverberating Friday on Capitol Hill a day after a lobbyist opposing legislation to decriminalize polygamy placed a label that said “slave” in front of the first African American woman to serve in the Utah Legislature.Director of Sound Choices Coalition, Angela Kelly, used the “slave” label presentation during a minority caucus meeting in the attempt to compare the loss of identity within polygamy to that experienced by blacks during slavery.“
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Could Jordan Clarkson make 200 three-pointers this season?

  14-02-2020 22:36 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson's three-point shot looks as good as ever right now. It will take a significantly hot hand, but he could total 200 three-poi...
  
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• David Brooks: Education is how Scandinavia got great

  14-02-2020 22:30
  
  Almost everybody admires the Nordic model. Countries like Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland have high economic productivity, high social equality, high social trust and high levels of personal happiness.Progressives say it’s because they have generous welfare states. Some libertarians point out that these countries score high on nearly every measure of free market openness. Immigration restrictionists note that until recently they were ethnically homogeneous societies.But Nordic nations
  
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• It took ‘Queer Eye’ star Tan France 20 minutes to decide to move to Salt Lake City

  14-02-2020 22:29
  
  “Queer Eye” guy Tan France is the British-born son of Pakistani parents who makes his home in Salt Lake City.If that sounds like it has the makings of a funny story, well, France himself — the fashion expert on the Netflix series — laughed out loud when he told it.Utah is not exactly where you’d expect to find one of the stars of the Netflix series, which has been a major topic of conversation on social media since it premiered in early February. The streaming servi
  
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• Commentary: How Sen. Mitt Romney and Rep. Nancy Pelosi used their faith to resist Trump

  14-02-2020 22:17
  
  Two events last week illustrated sharply how expressions of faith are being used in the public sphere. On the floor of the Senate, Sen. Mitt Romney framed his impeachment vote in the language of religious devotion, citing his oath "before God to apply impartial justice as a senator-juror.”A day later, at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump used his speech from the dais to criticize Romney’s speech in the Senate and doubled down on remarks made in December when he qu
  
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• Commentary: Apologizing after a Mormon faith transition

  14-02-2020 22:15
  
  I've been doing a lot of apologizing since I left Mormonism, and it's still really hard — but maybe not for the reasons you think.It's not because I'm proud and can't humble myself (at least I don't think that's what's going on). It's because when I realize I've really screwed up, I don't feel like I deserve forgiveness. I also don't believe in the Atonement of Jesus Christ anymore, that someone else suffered for my sins and that I can just miraculously access that by going through a relig
  
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• Utah celebrates 150th anniversary of women voting with remembrance walk in Salt Lake City

  14-02-2020 21:53
  
  People wore ribbons and carried flags as they walked through downtown Salt Lake City Friday afternoon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of a Utah woman becoming the first in the nation to vote under an equal suffrage law.Better Days 2020, a nonprofit that promotes the state’s suffrage history, organized the “remembrance walk," which began at City Creek Park and ended at Council Hall and Memory Grove Park. Participants were asked to wear suffrage colors (purple, white and yellow) a
  
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• Utah Jazz: Could Jordan Clarkson make 200 three-pointers this season?

  14-02-2020 21:48
  
  Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson’s three-point shot looks as good as ever right now. It will take a significantly hot hand, but he could total 200 three-pointers this season. Shooting was never Jordan Clarkson‘s strong suit. Throughout his NBA career, he’s been very streaky from long range. He’s mostly shot in the mid-to-low thirties from […]
  Utah Jazz: Could Jordan Clarkson make 200 three-pointers this season? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - Ne
  
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• [NBA] - Roundball Roundup: Jazz head into the break winning 4 in a row

  14-02-2020 21:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  Wrapping up the last week before the break. JP discusses the pre-All-Star review and looks forward to Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert in Chicago. Donovan is providing color commentary on the Rising
  
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• Gregory Gibson: Date of the Parkland massacre isn’t an ‘anniversary’

  14-02-2020 21:07
  
  Two years ago Friday, 17 people were shot to death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., by a man who should not have had a gun. When a friend reminded me of this “anniversary” a couple of weeks ago, I asked him if he believed that was an appropriate word for the occasion. “I hadn’t thought about it,” he said.The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that our gun violence problem is also a language problem — euphemisms, distortion
  
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• [NBA] - Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert kickoff All-Star Weekend with community service projects

  14-02-2020 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  
  CHICAGO — On Sunday night, Donovan Mitchell will wear the uniform of an NBA All-Star for the first time. On Friday afternoon, the Utah Jazz guard was honored to be wearing a hairnet and a plastic
  
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• [KSL] - 'We look like ourselves again': The Jazz are riding high into the All-Star break | KSL.com

  14-02-2020 20:53 via sportspyder.com
  
  How the Jazz turned things around heading into the break.
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Checking in on Donovan Mitchell’s year 3 leap

  14-02-2020 20:38 via sportspyder.com
  
  Donovan Mitchell was expected to take a step — or leap — forward in his third season. Through the Utah Jazz's first 54 games, he's been good but streak...
  
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• Pete Buttigieg endorsed by Salt Lake County Mayor

  14-02-2020 20:27
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has a pair of new endorsements in Utah.Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson and her father, former Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson, announced their presidential pick on Friday.Jenny Wilson said in a statement that Buttigieg would be a unifying leader who could both energize the party's base and attract moderates.Ted Wilson complimented the full Democratic presidential field, but said Buttigieg, a former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, would be the be
  
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• Commentary: How Sen. Mitt Romney and Nancy Pelosi used their faith to resist Trump

  14-02-2020 20:23
  
  Two events last week illustrated sharply how expressions of faith are being used in the public sphere. On the floor of the Senate, Sen. Mitt Romney framed his impeachment vote in the language of religious devotion, citing his oath "before God to apply impartial justice as a senator-juror.”A day later, at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump used his speech from the dais to criticize Romney's speech in the Senate and doubled down on remarks made in December when he question
  
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• Changing clocks is bad for your health, but which time to choose?

  14-02-2020 20:22
  
  Changing over to daylight saving time — a major annoyance for many people — may be on its way out as lawmakers cite public health as a prime reason to ditch the twice-yearly clock-resetting ritual.The time change, especially in the spring, has been blamed for increases in heart attacks and traffic accidents as people adjust to a temporary sleep deficit. But as legislatures across the country consider bills to end the clock shift, a big question looms ahead of this year's March 8 chan
  
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• Nain Christopherson and Jason Brown: Raising Utah teacher salaries would change everything

  14-02-2020 20:13
  
  Last fall, Envision Utah released a set of recommended changes to our school system aimed at ending the teacher shortage and improving student outcomes statewide. The report – “A Vision for Teacher Excellence” – received substantial media coverage, was recommended for inclusion in the governor’s 2020 budget by the Education Excellence Commission and factored into tax reform discussions on Capitol Hill. Its most notable suggestion was that all Utah teacher salaries b
  
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• LDS Church pulls all of its missionaries out of Liberia, helps members access ‘staple foods’

  14-02-2020 20:13
  
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has pulled all of its missionaries out of Liberia, at least for now, as the West African nation’s economic struggles continue.Earlier this month, the Utah-based faith shifted from Liberia more than 30 missionaries (most of them, who were nearing the end of their volunteer service, returned home).On Thursday, the church announced that the remaining 99 proselytizers in the Monrovia Mission would be transferred “temporarily” from the
  
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• Bill to get rid of school grades passes House on 70-0 vote

  14-02-2020 19:59
  
  The House overwhelmingly supported a bill Wednesday to do away with assigning single letter grades to Utah schools, with lawmakers calling the practice outdated and “demoralizing.”But even with the strong 70-0 vote there, it’s possible this is as far as the measure will go this session. A similar effort passed in the House last year with almost identical favor. But it was dead on arrival in the Senate, which is currently presided over by Sen. Stuart Adams, R-Layton, an original
  
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• A new bill would let Utah schools expand testing for reading ability through sixth grade

  14-02-2020 19:57
  
  A bill that would allow elementary schools to assess all students and make sure they are reading on grade level sailed through committee Wednesday — despite concerns that it would put kids through more testing.“I think it’s a very valuable tool,” argued Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, who’s sponsoring SB73.Currently, schools can test students on literacy in grades one through three using a statewide benchmark system. Under Stevenson’s bills, elementaries could
  
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• Gavin Baxter is back for BYU, and the Cougars’ basketball fortunes are better for it

  14-02-2020 19:53
  
  Los Angeles • Less than five months after suffering a possible season-ending injury, sophomore Gavin Baxter put aside the option of redshirting this season and instead returned to the Cougars.The 6-foot-9 forward, who tore his labrum during a preseason practice in late September, made his comeback in last week's win against San Francisco and saw some added action at Loyola Marymount on Thursday.He should see some more time at San Diego on Saturday.For Baxter, it was never a question of if h
  
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• Utah hoops’ Both Gach returns to lineup as Utes looking for answers in the middle of Oregon swing

  14-02-2020 19:39
  
  Corvallis, Ore. • Larry Krystkowiak wasn’t dismissive about it, but he was certainly in no mood to dive into Both Gach’s return to the University of Utah lineup on Thursday evening.In fairness, you couldn’t blame the ninth-year Utes head coach for essentially skipping the Gach portion of his postgame media availability. The sophomore guard, alone, was not making up for a poor first half on both ends as part of a 70-51 defeat at Oregon State. “It’s nice, but thi
  
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• Utah gymnast Missy Reinstadtler wants to be an all-arounder again, but will ‘trust the process’ as she works to rebound from injury

  14-02-2020 19:29
  
  Utah gymnast Missy Reinstadtler has learned as much patience as she has gymnastics of late. Hopefully now, in her senior year, all the lessons will pay off for her.Reinstadtler has spent much of the season recovering from offseason ankle surgery, an injury that affected her in 2019 as she competed mainly on the bars, hitting 19-of-20 routines and taking three wins.The offseason surgery required a long rehabilitation period that left her behind the rest of the team.“I didn’t get into
  
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• Commentary: Pope Francis punts on married priests

  14-02-2020 19:12
  
  It was disappointing but not surprising that Pope Francis decided not to respond to the Amazon synod’s recommendation that the Catholic Church ordain mature, married men to make up for the huge shortage of priests in the Amazon region. Francis did not say yes to married priests, but neither did he really say no. Discussion of the matter will continue, whereas previous papacies said no to even discussing the topic. Priests are in such short supply in Amazonia that the Eucharist and other sa
  
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• Virus precautions abound on the world speed skating tour

  14-02-2020 18:50
  
  Kearns • Hand sanitizer, contained in bottles set on tables and counters or in dispensers attached to the walls, has sprouted up in all corners of the Utah Olympic Oval. Occasionally, a tub of disinfectant wipes serves as a sidekick.Only the ubiquitous bright orange sweaters worn by supporters of Team Netherlands and the skin suits athletes squeeze into appeared in greater supply at the ice rink Thursday during the opening day of the International Skating Union’s World Single Distance
  
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• Fugitive, police dog killed in shooting

  14-02-2020 18:25
  
  Federal marshals shot and killed a wanted man late Thursday in Salt Lake City.A police dog also was killed in the encounter, though it’s not clear how the dog was shot, marshals confirmed to The Salt Lake Tribune.The U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team had tracked the man to an apartment near 500 East and 300 South when he came out of the apartment and pulled out a gun, Chief Deputy Brandon Holt of the Utah District of the marshals service told FOX 13.“The subject
  
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• [USA Today] - Ranking all 24 NBA All-Stars based on how they out-performed their draft prospectus

  14-02-2020 18:20 via sportspyder.com
  
  LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Ben Simmons are the only No. 1 NBA draft picks among the 24 All-Stars in Sunday's game in Chicago.
  
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• Commentary: How Romney and Pelosi used their faith to resist Trump

  14-02-2020 18:00
  
  Two events last week illustrated sharply how expressions of faith are being used in the public sphere. On the floor of the Senate, Sen. Mitt Romney framed his impeachment vote in the language of religious devotion, citing his oath "before God to apply impartial justice as a senator-juror.” A day later, at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump used his speech from the dais to criticize Romney's speech in the Senate and doubled down on remarks made in December when he questio
  
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• Utah College Republicans: The GOP needs a national climate strategy:

  14-02-2020 17:30
  
  In a significant shift, U.S. House Republicans unveiled a suite of climate proposals last month. As the leaders of five Utah College Republican chapters, we applaud this development, which underscores the growing recognition in the party that it must be proactive on climate. Now it's time for Republicans to go one step further and offer a comprehensive national climate strategy.College Republican chapters across the country are on the frontlines of recruiting the next generation of conservatives
  
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• Letter: It’s better to vote Trump out than impeach him

  14-02-2020 17:30
  
  I am not upset that Trump remains in office after his recent impeachment trial.He shouldn’t remain, of course, as Sen. Mitt Romney argued so eloquently in his speech explaining his removal vote.But the fact that Republicans senators have otherwise closed ranks around a man so unfit for office now stands as clear evidence to the American people that the R-party has lost its way. Their beloved incumbent is shown and known to have broken his vows to uphold our Constitution and to have obstruc
  
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• Utah’s Seraph Young is being celebrated 150 years after she cast the first vote

  14-02-2020 17:19
  
  Russell Rice Jr. listened as a historian excitedly explained how he was related to the first woman to vote in Utah. But for Rice, the dates weren’t adding up.“I’m sitting there … thinking the whole time, ‘This ain’t got nothing to do with me. They got the wrong person,'” said Rice, 69.Then, the historian said a name that clicked: Cherry Ford White, Rice’s grandmother. “I just kind of went into shock,” Rice laughed.Cherry Ford White was
  
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• Mobile voting app used in Utah County could be hacked, experts say

  14-02-2020 17:18
  
  The day after a Utah legislative committee voted unanimously to direct the state elections office to study online voting, a report released Thursday outlined several possible security vulnerabilities within the only internet voting app currently in use in the state.Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that the Voatz app — which Utah County offered to overseas and disabled voters in its last election — is riddled with security issues and privacy problems that
  
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• Fugitive, K-9 officer killed in police shooting

  14-02-2020 16:55
  
  Federal marshals shot and killed a wanted man late Thursday in Salt Lake City.A police dog also was killed in the encounter, though it’s not clear how the dog was shot, FOX 13 reported.The U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team had tracked the man to an apartment near 500 East and 300 South when he came out of the apartment and pulled out a gun, said Chief Deputy Brandon Holt of the Utah District of the marshals service.“The subject fled, was subsequently chased by t
  
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• Our Valentine’s Day gift: Milk snorting, bank ‘robbing’ and other wacky things we do for love

  14-02-2020 16:37
  
  Love — or the chance to find it — can make us do crazy things.We fake a fall, pretend to like a new band, dare to dress as a leprechaun or agree to let the object of our affection inflict pain — like an eraser burn that leaves a scar — on us.Yes, we’re all fools for love.For Valentine’s Day, we asked Salt Lake Tribune readers to tell us the funniest, most embarrassing thing they ever did to impress a crush. Here, edited for space and clarity, are their answers
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz History: A list of past All-Star Weekend winners

  14-02-2020 16:12 via sportspyder.com
  
  Players on the Utah Jazz have consistently showed up when asked to participate in All-Star Weekend festivities. They've won every notable Saturday night ev...
  
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• Utah Jazz History: A list of past All-Star Weekend winners

  14-02-2020 16:00
  
  Players on the Utah Jazz have consistently showed up when asked to participate in All-Star Weekend festivities. They’ve won every notable Saturday night event, with multiple victories over the years. As All-Star Weekend 2020 begins in Chicago later this week, players around the league, including Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz, are […]
  Utah Jazz History: A list of past All-Star Weekend winners - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinio
  
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• Fugitive, K9 officer killed in police shooting

  14-02-2020 15:48
  
  Federal marshals shot and killed a wanted man late Thursday in Salt Lake City.A police dog also was killed in the encounter, though it’s not clear how the dog was shot, FOX 13 reported.The U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team had tracked the man to an apartment near 500 East and 300 South when he came out of the apartment and pulled out a gun, said Chief Deputy Brandon Holt of the Utah District of the marshals service.“The subject fled, was subsequently chased by t
  
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• Provo may clear the way for brewpubs to move into the city’s downtown, shopping areas

  14-02-2020 15:16
  
  Economic development and conservative culture will come to a head Tuesday, when Provo decides whether restaurants — in certain areas of the city — should be allowed to brew their own beer.The City Council is expected to vote on a land-use change that would allow production of beer in two separate downtown commercial zones as well as The Shops at Riverwoods and Provo Towne Centre shopping areas.Having brewpubs would be a significant step for Utah County’s largest city, which has
  
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• As tourism booms, rural Utah counties struggle to fund emergency medical services. A new bill could fix that.

  14-02-2020 15:16
  
  Exploding tourism in rural Utah counties can be a boon for the hotel, restaurant and guiding industries, and by some estimates outdoor recreation employs 110,000 people in the Beehive State.But when it comes to emergency medical services (EMS), high tourism numbers can be a drain on local coffers.“We have a problem in the state — especially in rural counties — with EMS,” state Rep. Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, said at a recent hearing of the House Revenue and Taxation Committe
  
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• Another business, Cafe Anh Hong, falls prey to Salt Lake City’s rising rents. Who might be next?

  14-02-2020 15:16
  
  For nearly a quarter century, Jian Wu — along with his wife and siblings — owned and operated Salt Lake City’s Cafe Anh Hong.Located in a strip mall at 1465 S. State St., the cafe initially served as a gathering place for Chinese immigrants. Over time, it attracted a diverse group of diners who deemed it one of the best restaurants in Utah to enjoy steamed pork buns, shrimp dumplings and other small plates, called dim sum.Cafe Anh Hong was a place for the community to celebrate
  
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• First vote by Utah woman under equal suffrage law 150 years ago wasn’t big news in local newspapers

  14-02-2020 15:11
  
  When a Utah woman became the first in the country to vote under an equal suffrage law in 1870, local newspapers didn’t splash it across the front page.“You don’t see anything in the paper at the time saying, ‘Rah! Rah! We’re the very first ones to go to the polls!’ I don’t know if they even recognized that historic significance of it at the time,” said Katherine Kitterman, historical director for Better Days 2020, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting
  
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• Marina Gomberg: I hope to raise a son who sidesteps the toxic aspects of masculinity. But how?

  14-02-2020 15:00
  
  We were going to have a boy, at least biologically.When my wife, Elenor, and I learned this it unleashed an unexpected swirl of emotions. It was like a weighted blanket: warm, cozy and yet heavy on every part of my body.We were going to be partially responsible for the actions of a man.Now, I don’t mean to sound second-wave feminist with “all men are bad” sentiments (my experiences alone prove that wrong), but the reality that most crime, war and violence has been perpetuated a
  
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