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• Bagley Cartoon: Granny Under the Bus

  23-03-2020 23:38
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/03/20/bagley-cartoon-schools/" target=_blank><u>School’s Out</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/03/19/bagley-cartoon-trump/"><u>Trump Briefing Note</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/03/18/bagley-
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Monday, March 23: All K-12 public schools in Utah dismissed until May 1

  23-03-2020 23:31
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Monday, March 23. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----4:19 p.m.: All public K-12 schools will now be dismissed until May 1In
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - Jazz rookie Juwan Morgan on coronavirus scare: 'It felt like a movie'

  23-03-2020 23:29 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz rookie Juwan Morgan was in the building when the league effectively went on indefinite hiatus due to a threat of the coronavirus.
  
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• Jazz rookie Juwan Morgan on coronavirus scare: 'It felt like a movie'

  23-03-2020 23:25
  Utah Jazz rookie Juwan Morgan was in the building when the league effectively went on indefinite hiatus due to a threat of the coronavirus.
  The 6-foot-7 forward caught up with HoopsHype to discuss his impressions on the evening when the Jazz game against the Oklahoma City Thunder was postponed on March 11.
  You have had quite an unusual start to your rookie season. What was your perspective in the arena when the NBA the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder was canceled? 
  JM: That was reall
  
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• Utah health officials issue stern rebuke after hundreds greet LDS missionaries at airport in defiance of coronavirus warnings

  23-03-2020 23:00
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.When officials of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chartered five flights to evacuate more than 1,600 missionaries out of the Philippines due to the coronavirus, Salt Lake City International Airport spelled out ground rules for their arrival:Two people could greet each missionary, and they had to
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Monday, March 23: Utah has 257 cases; Summit County bans gatherings of more than 10 people, with exceptions

  23-03-2020 22:59
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Monday, March 23. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----The Summit County Health Department is ordering a ban on any gatherings
  
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• Women meet up for avalanche search practice in Jackson Hole

  23-03-2020 22:44
  
  Jackson, Wyo. • Three women postholed through the wet, slushy snow — isothermal snow if they were to be technical about it. And they were.They sank in, at times, up to their knees, holding their avalanche beacons in front of their bodies, tuned to search mode. They studied the numbers reading on the screen. As the numbers dropped — a sign a signal was being picked up underneath the snow — they fell onto their knees and stomachs, zeroing in on what was buried below."Probe!"
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Donovan Mitchell's favorite basketball movie is WHAT?!

  23-03-2020 22:40 via sportspyder.com
  
  Your favorite players from the Utah Jazz sat down to talk about a very controversial topic: What is the best basketball movie? From "Space Jam" to "He Got Ga...
  
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• Passengers are down 75% at Salt Lake City airport, creating uncertainty

  23-03-2020 22:35
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.On a normal weekday, 22,000 to 24,000 local passengers arrive or depart at Salt Lake City International Airport. On Monday, only 5,600 were expected.“That’s roughly a 75% decrease,” airport director Bill Wyatt said.Such plummeting numbers amid the coronavirus outbreak are creating uncertainty f
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: 5 most memorable moments prior to hiatus

  23-03-2020 22:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  Before the NBA suspended the 2019-20 season, the Utah Jazz had built up a collection of awesome and memorable moments. Here's five that stood out among the...
  
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• Ruth V. Watkins: Now more than ever, stay in school

  23-03-2020 22:00
  
  This is an unsettling time. With classes moving online, our students and faculty are adapting to new ways of learning. Many of our students hold part- or full-time jobs that are also changing and, in some cases, disappearing, creating real and immediate financial challenges. With family, friends and the community not gathering as usual, it is understandable that many are feeling anxious and alone.I want to express my deep appreciation for the support family and friends are providing to Universit
  
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• Utah Jazz: 5 most memorable moments prior to hiatus

  23-03-2020 21:36
  
  Before the NBA suspended the 2019-20 season, the Utah Jazz had built up a collection of awesome and memorable moments. Here’s five that stood out among the rest. Without any Utah Jazz games over the past 12 days, I’ve had time to really sit and think about things. Those things, of course, have mostly been […]
  Utah Jazz: 5 most memorable moments prior to hiatus - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Monday, March 23: Utah has 257 cases; feds warn about scams

  23-03-2020 21:35
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Monday, March 23. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----2:35 p.m.: Utah gets permission to stop year-end testing for grades thr
  
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• Harmons Grocery stores put up glass barriers to protect workers during coronavirus pandemic

  23-03-2020 21:33
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.While many people can work from home during the coronavirus, cashiers, stockers and other grocery store employees are on the front lines of the pandemic, constantly putting themselves in close contact with shoppers.Harmons Grocery stores in Utah took steps over the weekend to keep these vulnerable — and es
  
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• Utahns respond to census at higher-than-average rate despite coronavirus

  23-03-2020 21:32
  
  In the week and a half since Utahns were first asked to participate online in the once-a-decade census, the coronavirus shut down businesses, restaurants, churches and led to a ban on gatherings of more than 10 people. Then a big earthquake hit.Still, Utah managed to have a higher response than the rest of the nation so far.Through Saturday, 20% of Utah households — one of every five — had responded. That was a bit higher than the national average of 19.2%, the Census Bureau reports.
  
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• Utah football’s Kyle Whittingham believes spring practices and even the 2020 season could be in trouble

  23-03-2020 21:18
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, so does the possibility of future sporting events getting postponed or canceled.The University of Utah football program got through just three spring practices, March 2, 3, and 5, before taking a
  
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• [Oregon Live] - Charles Barkley says test results negative for coronavirus - oregonlive.com

  23-03-2020 21:11 via sportspyder.com
  
  NBA legend Charles Barkley released a statement through Turner Sports announcing that he had tested negative for coronavirus
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Monday, March 23: Utah has 257 cases; University of Utah announces expanded testing

  23-03-2020 20:32
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Monday, March 23. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----1:03 p.m.: COVID-19 hitting young and old equally, state official saysT
  
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• [NBA] - Ingles Insight: Joe and Renae recall an unnerving night in OKC and discuss COVID-19 with Utah epidemiologist Angela Dunn

  23-03-2020 20:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  The crowds in Oklahoma City are always loud, so Joe Ingles moved in closer to try to hear what the referees were talking about at the scorer’s table.“The only thing I heard them saying is, ‘Are you
  
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• Teton Raptor Center scientist has brain and heart for birds

  23-03-2020 20:26
  
  Jackson, Wyo. • In every single image on his Facebook profile, Bryan Bedrosian shares the frame with a bird. The photographs find him posing behind the outstretched wings of an eagle, clutching a raven by its tail feathers, cradling an owl in both arms.The man loves his avians. For nearly two decades he's studied the creatures that cruise the skies above Jackson Hole, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and beyond, since 2015 as the research director at the Teton Raptor Center. With an almost
  
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• Utahns respond to census at higher-than-average rate despite virus

  23-03-2020 20:09
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.In the week and a half since Utahns were first asked to participate online in the once-a-decade census, the coronavirus shut down businesses, restaurants, churches and led to a ban on gatherings of more than 10 people. Then a big earthquake hit.Still, Utah managed to have a higher response than the rest of the n
  
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• Aftershocks spur a plea in Salt Lake County: Look for earthquake damage and report it

  23-03-2020 19:40
  
  Five days after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook the Wasatch Front, residents of Salt Lake County were still reporting damage.The Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District asked those living within its boundaries to go to a form online and submit a report if they suffered damage at their home or business. The district covers Magna, near the epicenter and the township hardest hit by Wednesday’s quake, as well as Kearns, Copperton, White City and the unincorporated parts of Salt Lake Cou
  
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• BYU’s Yoeli Childs and TJ Haws earn All-District honors

  23-03-2020 19:33
  
  The Cougars’ season may have ended sooner than planned, but there was still plenty of accomplishments to celebrate. On Monday, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced that BYU seniors Yoeli Childs and TJ Haws have been named to the 2019-20 NABC Division I All-District 9 Team.This is the third straight-season Childs earns first-team honors, while Haws was named to the second team for the second-straight year. The pair led the Cougars to a 24-8 record and a final rank
  
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• Jana Riess: Please stop meeting Latter-day Saint missionaries at the airport

  23-03-2020 19:23
  
  While The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been quick to act to limit the potential damage of the coronavirus, some of its members have not followed the faith’s example.On Sunday, hundreds of people gathered at the Salt Lake City International Airport to welcome missionaries who had been serving in the Philippines.These people are not practicing social distancing, despite a state public health order, in place until at least April 1, that has prohibited any gatherings of more
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell, Joe Ingles joke about beefing during lighthearted Twitter exchange

  23-03-2020 19:23 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz teammates Donovan Mitchell and Joe Ingles engaged in a friendly Twitter back-and-forth on Monday. A fan mentioned several Jazz players in a message on Monday morning, expressing how much she misses them. Joe Ingles actually saw this note...
  
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• Tokyo Olympics seem sure to happen -- but in 2021, not 2020

  23-03-2020 19:16
  
  Tokyo • The Tokyo Olympics are probably going to happen, but almost surely in 2021 rather than in four months as planned.That became clear after the IOC on Sunday announced it was considering a postponement and would make a final decision within four weeks. Major Olympic nations like Canada and Australia have added pressure by saying they will not send teams if the games are staged this year.International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach sent a letter to athletes explaining the decis
  
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• Legislature OKs sexual assault statute of limitations bill

  23-03-2020 18:55
  
  A Clearfield woman who was sexually assaulted as a teenager did not get justice at the time, but now she has the satisfaction of seeing that her advocacy has resulted in a law expanding the prosecution window for such crimes.Jenna Nelson was a guest in the Utah Senate on March 10 when senators voted 27-0 for House Bill 247, which extends to 10 years from the current four years the statute of limitations on unlawful sexual activity with a minor and unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-ol
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Monday, March 23: University of Utah announces expanded testing; Huge LDS missionary welcome was ‘unacceptable'

  23-03-2020 18:34
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Monday, March 23. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----11:30 a.m.: University of Utah expands testing, hopes to do 1,500 each
  
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• How you can help: Salt Lake City schools, Utah AIDS Foundation need cash for food

  23-03-2020 18:02
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.Donate: SLC schools’ emergency food boxesIf you want to help people during the coronavirus pandemic, the Salt Lake City School District’s emergency food services need an injection of money.The district is providing emergency food and hygiene kits for families every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from
  
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• Utah funeral homes find ways to help people grieve despite limitations from coronavirus

  23-03-2020 17:56
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.Funerals may look a little different for a while — with smaller gatherings, more hand sanitizer and services streamed online — as government and health officials try to stem the spread of the coronavirus. But it’s important for people to still be able to memorialize those who have died, Utah fu
  
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• Earthquake anxiety? Utah Emergency Management says calm down and take action.

  23-03-2020 16:08
  
  The Utah Division of Emergency Management has taken to social media to reassure people rattled by Wednesday’s magnitude 5.7 earthquake — and all the aftershocks.If you’re experiencing sleeplessness, nervousness, lack of focus, feeling “phantom” earthquakes or asking “endless” questions, then, yes, you may have anxiety, according to the division’s Twitter account and Facebook page.Thread: Can we have a talk about earthquake anxiety?This is dedicated
  
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• Here’s how the Runnin’ Utes dealt with the coronavirus cancellation with 11 players living outside of Utah

  23-03-2020 15:32
  
  By the time the Pac-12 Tournament was cancelled March 12, the University of Utah men’s basketball team’s season was already over.The Utes lost to Oregon State in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament the day before, and while an NIT berth was still on the table, COVID-19 saw to it that no one would be playing basketball for a while.Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak and his team stayed the night in Las Vegas on March 12, then boarded a commercial flight home to Salt Lake City the follow
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Monday, March 23: Huge LDS missionary welcome was ‘unacceptable,' state leaders say

  23-03-2020 15:19
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Monday, March 23. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----8:05 a.m.: Utah leaders are“disappointed” in the hundreds w
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Evan Fournier’s loyalty to Rudy Gobert brings happiness to Utah Jazz fans

  23-03-2020 15:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  During these tough times, Evan Fournier once again came to the aid of Utah Jazz All-Star Rudy Gobert, defending his friend in a recent interview. Ever sinc...
  
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• Evan Fournier’s loyalty to Rudy Gobert brings happiness to Utah Jazz fans

  23-03-2020 15:00
  
  During these tough times, Evan Fournier once again came to the aid of Utah Jazz All-Star Rudy Gobert, defending his friend in a recent interview. Ever since Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert tested positive for the novel coronavirus earlier this month, he has been unfairly blamed by many around the world. From “Gobert is the […]
  Evan Fournier’s loyalty to Rudy Gobert brings happiness to Utah Jazz fans - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Evan Fournier takes dig at Donald Trump while battling Rudy Gobert’s European stigma amid coronavirus crisis

  23-03-2020 14:50 via sportspyder.com
  
  Evan Fournier stood up for French compatriot Rudy Gobert amid the stigma that has surrounded him since becoming the first NBA player to test positive for the novel coronavirus. The Orlando Magic guard even took a side dig at President Donald Trump,...
  
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• Coronavirus brings hundreds of LDS missionaries back to Utah

  23-03-2020 14:45
  
  Hundreds of missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints streamed through the doors of Salt Lake City International Airport on Sunday and were greeted by a large group of family and friends, marking an atypical detour in their religious service for the Utah-based faith.The global outbreak of the novel coronavirus has prompted the church to adapt its foundational proselytizing program, shuttering Missionary Training Centers worldwide and scrambling to return young men and wome
  
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• Utah’s earthquake took its toll on at least 77 historic buildings

  23-03-2020 14:26
  
  At least 77 historic structures in Salt Lake City and Magna sustained damage in Wednesday’s magnitude 5.7 earthquake.Among those hardest hit in Salt Lake City were the Jackson Apartments, 274 W. 200 South, and the Crane Building around the corner on 300 West, according to Christopher Merritt, the state’s historic preservation officer.“In the Jackson Apartments [a four-story 1915 building], a large chimney sustained a catastrophic crack,” Merritt said. “I don’t
  
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• David Leonhardt: How Trump is making the coronavirus crisis worse

  23-03-2020 14:03
  
  At a private New York meeting in October of 1940, William Knudsen made a desperate plea to the automobile industry’s top executives. Knudsen himself had been the president of General Motors until a few months earlier. But he had stepped down to help oversee military production at President Franklin Roosevelt’s request. The position paid $1 a year.Knudsen told the executives that U.S. military officials surveying the Nazis’ bombing of England had concluded that the country with
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: A plan to get America back to work

  23-03-2020 14:02
  
  These are days that test every leader — local, state and national. They are each being asked to make huge life and death decisions, while driving through a fog, with imperfect information, and everyone in the back seat shouting at them. My heart goes out to them all. I know they mean well. But as so many of our businesses shut down and millions begin to be laid off, some experts are beginning to ask: “Wait a minute! What the hell are we doing to ourselves? To our economy? To our next
  
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• Utah’s salons, barbershops — those that remain open — tread carefully during the coronavirus

  23-03-2020 14:00
  
  Once, Mid City Salon stylists greeted their clients with a big hug and settled them down to flip through magazines while waiting for their hair appointments.These days, workers at the downtown Salt Lake City salon are saying hello by offering customers a complimentary mask and a pump of hand sanitizer before leading them to a sitting area without any reading material.“It’s kind of scary because we don’t really have the luxury of being shut down,” said Alyssa Brown, whose
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Will Utah survive the coronavirus? Absolutely. Should you be afraid? YES.

  23-03-2020 13:00
  
  In tumultuous times, our elected leaders, health professionals and those of us in the media try to pull off an elaborate balancing act. On one hand, we aim to calm fears, prevent panic, and provide hope. At the same time, we have a duty to convey the life-or-death consequences of our response.On Friday, Gov. Gary Herbert called a news conference with some of the state’s most prominent business leaders to tamp down alarm about the state’s economy before COVID-19 really plows into Utah
  
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• Letter: Support your neighborhood businesses

  23-03-2020 13:00
  
  It is important to continue supporting local businesses such as shops and restaurants that will be significantly affected by people isolating and avoiding public spaces.In the Avenues, local restaurants will be particularly hard hit if everyone completely stops eating out.Those of us at higher risk due to age or medical conditions who are recommended not to dine out can continue to support Cucina, Avenues Bistro on 3rd, Café on 1st, Sawadee, Café Shambala, Avenues Proper and others
  
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• Letter: Medical students are stuck in limbo

  23-03-2020 13:00
  
  One of the best jokes I have heard over this last week, when everyone I know is looking for some relief in this time of chaos, was that while most of society is buckling down to work from home and isolate themselves, health care providers are snapping gloves on and yelling, “We ride at midnight!”While this is clearly a bit of a hyperbole, it made me chuckle, because that’s exactly what I’ve been observing.The University of Utah School of Medicine is not only closely align
  
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• Letter: Fly the flag

  23-03-2020 13:00
  
  Of the many powerful images seared into my memory during the chaos surrounding 9/11, perhaps the most poignant is the memory of thousands of American flags raised by individuals, religious groups, businesses and communities as everyone came together in a common cause. Today, we are again facing a common enemy. The health, fears and financial tragedy surrounding us will impact every single American in one way or another.Is it not time once again for us to join together in a common cause? Let us a
  
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• Letter: Find the silver lining

  23-03-2020 13:00
  
  We look for silver linings.If there is anything good that could be said about this pandemic, it might be that the worldwide emergency brake on energy use and travel will slightly diminish the experts’ dire predictions for the inexorable rise of global warming. And that in the coming months, while billions of people remain in virtual limbo, we may take this pause to reenvision environmentally friendlier means to power our world as nations’ economies slowly but surely begin to reboot.H
  
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• Coronavirus, earthquake overburdening Salt Lake County’s homeless resource system

  23-03-2020 13:00
  
  When the ground stopped shaking after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Wasatch Front on Wednesday, a pile of bricks lined the street outside the Salt Lake City Rescue Mission and the 140 or so people who’d sought shelter there found themselves homeless once again.As the faith-based organization worked to assess the damage to its building, its immediate plan was to temporarily house 50 of the displaced individuals in the Ogden Rescue Mission up north.But by the end of the day, the Ogde
  
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• [Forbes] - As With Everyone Else, Sixers Play-By-Play Man Marc Zumoff Ponders Just What Might Lie Ahead

  23-03-2020 12:04 via sportspyder.com
  
  Left with no games to call for the time being, he hunkers down and awaits an ending to the pandemic ... or, at least, the beginning of the end.
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Sunday, March 22: Cases in Utah rise to 181; State Sen. Luz Escamilla tests positive

  23-03-2020 04:52
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Sunday, March 22. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]9:30 p.m.: State Sen. Luz Escamilla announced that she has the coronavirusS
  
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• Negotiations continue on Congressional aid package nearing $2 trillion

  23-03-2020 04:37
  
  Washington • Top-level negotiations between Congress and the White House churned into the night Sunday over a now nearly $2 trillion economic rescue package as the coronavirus crisis deepened.As President Donald Trump took to the podium in the White House briefing room and promised to help Americans who feel afraid and isolated as the pandemic spreads, the Senate voted against advancing the rescue package. But talks continued on Capitol Hill.“I think you’ll get there. To me it&r
  
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