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• Utah Jazz, Larry H. Miller Group of Companies lay off portion of workforce

  03-04-2020 23:50
  
  The Utah Jazz and the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies laid off some of their workforce on Friday, as many of their businesses have lost nearly all of their ongoing revenue as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.The total number of employees was not revealed upon a request to the organization for comment. In a statement sent to the media, a company spokesman referred to the layoffs as a “small percentage of our workforce.”“Due to the impact on our customer-facing businesses
  
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• Utah suspends controversial work requirement for Medicaid enrollees because of the coronavirus

  03-04-2020 23:49
  
  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.The Utah Department of Health on Friday suspended the self-sufficiency/work requirement for Medicaid enrollees, citing the coronavirus pandemic. The move, which could potentially remove barriers for hundreds, if not thousands of Ut
  
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• Utah may end up with enough ventilators, but it needs more masks — millions more

  03-04-2020 23:43
  
  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.Utah might have enough ventilators to treat patients during the looming spike of COVID-19 cases, but it needs millions of special masks and gowns, the new leader of the state’s coronavirus response said Friday.One of the most
  
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• COVID-19 pandemic affecting Uber drivers, ride-sharing usage at SLC Airport

  03-04-2020 23:42
  
  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.Before the COVID-19 pandemic brought everyday life to a halt, Teresea Melendez and her husband both drove for Uber.Melendez, who teaches music lessons privately from her home but has since begun doing lessons via video conference,
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - Report: Jazz Undergo Layoffs to Members of Non-Basketball Staff

  03-04-2020 23:40 via sportspyder.com
  
  Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic companies across seemingly all industries have underwent layoffs or financial cutbacks.
  
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• Utah Royals FC defender Michelle Maemone found passion for music after two ACL tears in high school

  03-04-2020 23:31
  
  Michelle Maemone tore her ACL as a 15-year-old sophomore in high school. In a snap, she lost soccer, the game she loved and had played since she was a little girl, for the first time — and for a full year.In just her fourth club game back during her senior season, she tore her ACL again. Same knee, same type of play, another year on the sidelines.Maemone’s return to soccer wouldn’t come until college at Pepperdine University. She eventually was drafted by the Utah Royals FC and
  
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• David Brooks: Let us know how you are holding up in the age of coronavirus

  03-04-2020 23:09
  
  Would you do us a favor? Would you be willing to describe how the coronavirus is affecting your mental health? Is the combination of isolation and existential stress making you feel more depressed and anxious? Or is the family togetherness and the pause from normal life giving you a greater sense of belonging and equilibrium? How would you describe your psychological state? What are you doing to cope? If you’re a mental health worker, what are you seeing out there?If you’re willing t
  
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• [Deseret News] - Larry H. Miller Group of Companies announces ‘small’ reduction of workforce

  03-04-2020 23:02 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Larry H. Miller Group of companies, which includes the Utah Jazz and Vivint Smart Home Arena, have begun laying off a percentage of their workers. "Due to the impact on our...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz, Larry H. Miller Group of Companies lay off portion of work force

  03-04-2020 22:57 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz and the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies laid off some of their workforce on Friday, as many of their businesses have lost nearly all of their ongoing revenue as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• [KSL] - 'It makes me proud:' Jazz arena earns sensory inclusive certification | KSL.com

  03-04-2020 22:57 via sportspyder.com
  
  When Vivint Smart Home Arena gets back to being used it'll be even more accommodating for fans with sensory needs than ever before.
  
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• Larry H. Miller Group of Companies announces ‘small’ reduction of workforce

  03-04-2020 22:55
  
  The Miller family unveiled the new 14-foot high J-Note statue on the plaza of Vivint Arena and let the public take self-guided tours of the renovation arena in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — The Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, which includes the Utah Jazz, Vivint Smart Home Arena and The Zone Sports Radio Network, have begun laying off a small percentage of its workers as the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact revenue
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz undertaking layoffs, salary reductions for non-basketball staff

  03-04-2020 22:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  As part of cutbacks within approximately 80 companies within the Larry H. Miller Group, there are layoffs underway with the Utah Jazz, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Cutbacks are expected to be limited to non-basketball staff and some Jazz...
  
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• [The Score] - Jazz laying off 'limited number' of employees due to pandemic

  03-04-2020 22:50 via sportspyder.com
  
  Find out the latest on COVID-19's impact on the sports world and when sports are returning by subscribing to Breaking News push notifications in the Sports and COVID-19 section.The Utah Jazz confirmed that members of their staff have been laid off...
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Jazz Laying off Employees Amid COVID-19, Larry H. Miller Group Announces

  03-04-2020 22:48 via sportspyder.com
  
  The NBA season has been suspended since March 11 with no timetable for return as COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the United States.  Amid the pandemic, the Utah Jazz 's ownership group, Larry H...
  
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• Utah Jazz, Larry H. Miller Group of Companies lay off portion of work force

  03-04-2020 22:44
  
  The Utah Jazz and the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies laid off some of their workforce on Friday, as many of their businesses have lost nearly all of their ongoing revenue as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.The total number of employees was not revealed upon a request to the organization for comment. In a statement sent to the media, a company spokesman referred to the layoffs as a “small percentage of our workforce.”“Due to the impact on our customer-facing businesses
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Layoffs, Cutbacks Underway For Jazz

  03-04-2020 22:43 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Larry H. Miller Group has begun laying off some Jazz employees, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link). Sources …
  
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• ‘Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ singer Bill Withers dies at 81

  03-04-2020 22:32
  
  Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean on Me, ” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died from heart complications, his family said in a statement to The Associated Press. He was 81.The three-time Grammy Award winner, who withdrew from making music in the mid-1980s, died on Monday in Los Angeles, the statement said. His death comes as the public has drawn inspiration
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 3: Utah has 1,246 cases, no new deaths; Zion National Park is being closed immediately

  03-04-2020 22:15
  
  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 Friday, April 3. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----2:05 p.m.: As Utah gathers more medical supplies, quarantine and isolati
  
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• [Deseret News] - ‘Ideas are endless’: Utah Jazz fans find passion in creating new jersey concepts

  03-04-2020 22:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  There’s a community of Utah Jazz fans on social media who have taken to using their creative side to come up with new, fresh jersey concepts they think the squad could look good in when they hit the court.
  
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• Kim Correa: EVs will help us keep this wonderful clean air

  03-04-2020 22:00
  
  Look around. See the mountains. Breathe in the air. In the Salt Lake Valley, we have seen an unprecedented improvement in air quality just over the past few weeks—all because people are staying home during the COVID19 pandemic.But it’s not just my observation, a NASA article, documents it from space, showing that nitrogen dioxide levels in Wuhan, China, have become virtually undetectable. By staying home, we are all participating in a real-time science experiment that demonstrates ho
  
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• ‘Ideas are endless’: Utah Jazz fans find passion in creating new jersey concepts

  03-04-2020 22:00
  
  Courtesy Riley GissemanSALT LAKE CITY — Part of the sports fan experience is the notion that anyone can have thoughts, opinions and ideas about how to make their favorite team better.
  For example, in NBA circles, fans use online trade machines to assume the role of general manager and create fake trade proposals they feel could improve their squad.
  In that same vein, there’s a community of Utah Jazz fans on social media who have taken to using their creative side to come up with new
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 3: Utah has 1,246 cases, no new deaths: Weber-Morgan is the latest area to issue a stay-at-home order

  03-04-2020 21:13
  
  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 Friday, April 3. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----1:15 p.m.: Annual plant sale for Wasatch Community Gardens will be onlin
  
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• Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu wins women’s Naismith Player of the Year

  03-04-2020 21:09
  
  Atlanta • Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu has added another award to her collectionAlready named The Associated Press women's player of the year, Ionescu was awarded the Naismith Trophy for the most outstanding women's basketball player on Friday. Ionescu, who won AP All-American honors three times, shattered the NCAA career triple-double mark with 26 and became the first player in college history to have 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists.Ionescu averaged 17.5 points, 9.1 assist
  
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• Basketball Hall of Fame set to announce 2020 class amid unique circumnstances

  03-04-2020 21:04
  
  A unique Hall of Fame class will be announced Saturday in a unique way.Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett are all expected to be officially announced as part of the 2020 class of enshrinees by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which typically reveals its annual selections at college basketball's Final Four. This year, with sports shut down because of the global coronavirus pandemic, the announcement will be televised from ESPN's studios in Bristol, Connecticut with some eleme
  
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• 'Utah Booze News’ podcast: How the food and beverage industry is dealing with a pandemic

  03-04-2020 20:58
  
  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.The coronavirus continues to impact bars and restaurants in Utah. Many have closed completely, while others have switched gears and are offering takeout and delivery for the first time.On this episode of the “Utah Booze News&
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: 5 stars to pair with Gobert if he can’t reconcile with Mitchell

  03-04-2020 20:31 via sportspyder.com
  
  The continued silence of Donovan Mitchell on Rudy Gobert has Utah Jazz fans worried that the two might need to be separated. Here are some stars the Jazz c...
  
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• Utah Jazz: 5 stars to pair with Gobert if he can’t reconcile with Mitchell

  03-04-2020 20:21
  
  The continued silence of Donovan Mitchell on Rudy Gobert has Utah Jazz fans worried that the two might need to be separated. Here are some stars the Jazz could pursue if that ends up being the case. One of the biggest stories in the NBA right now happens to be right within the Utah Jazz […]
  Utah Jazz: 5 stars to pair with Gobert if he can’t reconcile with Mitchell - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Rich Lowry: We’re all restrictionists now

  03-04-2020 20:14
  
  When President Donald Trump announced a restriction on travel from Europe in a mid-March Oval Office address, European Union officials erupted in outrage.The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, issued a joint statement with the president of the European Council thundering, "The coronavirus is a global crisis, not limited to any continent, and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action."Just a few days later, von der Leyen advanced her own proposal to ban noness
  
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• A deluge of returned missionaries due to COVID-19 is forcing BYU to adjust its football recruiting, scholarships on the fly

  03-04-2020 20:04
  
  While the NCAA has already granted relief for athletes of spring sports and won’t be extending the same aid to those in winter sports that were still competing in the postseason, the college sports’ ruling body still has more to sort through than adjusting scholarships for spring sports.In the last few weeks, thousands of missionaries have been returned home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Of the nearly 20,000 missionaries who are U.S. citizens were returning to the country –
  
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• For the first time, Utah reveals how many ventilators it has, and it may be enough

  03-04-2020 19:30
  
  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 might be enough.The new leader of the coronavirus response at the Utah Department of Health, Jeff Burton, has revealed there are 1,400 ventilators in Utah with a little less than 1,000 of those considered useful against patients
  
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• Annual festivals, arts events in Utah reschedule as coronavirus pandemic continues

  03-04-2020 19:24
  
  The rhythm of Salt Lake City summers usually begins with empanadas and kebabs, folk dancers and traditional drummers, weavers and woodcarvers.The Living Traditions Festival, held for the past 34 years, celebrates Utah’s cultural diversity and kicks off the annual round of outdoor summer concerts and gatherings. But it is now tentatively rescheduled from May to Sept. 18 through 20 — one of the three big downtown Salt Lake City summer festivals canceled or pushed back to fall, due to t
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 3: Weber-Morgan is the latest area to issue a stay-at-home order; small business loan money is here.

  03-04-2020 19:14
  
  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 Friday, April 3. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----11:15 a.m. Small business loans now available locallyUtah’s small
  
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• Emily Bell McCormick: A reminder that the future of equality is bright

  03-04-2020 19:00
  
  I recently returned from California, to a beautifully chaotic home of children, and emptied a mailbox that had been neglected for the three days I was away. Coming home was made more difficult by the virus at hand and the end of a legislative session that had proven to be tough on equality.As I dug through the junk mail, bills and a small package full of promotional material, a large manilla envelope emerged. Courier font graced the address bars and dozens of vintage stamps of all denominations
  
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• Utah health providers announce pay cuts and furloughs during the coronavirus pandemic

  03-04-2020 18:58
  
  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.The CEO of Intermountain Healthcare has confirmed that about 600 employees are vulnerable to pay cuts — and executives of the company will not receive their typical annual raises — as demands for medical care shift duri
  
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• Silver linings: An ultramarathon was canceled because of the coronavirus, but that didn’t stop this Utah family

  03-04-2020 18:33
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Do you have a coronavirus silver lining to share? Email The Salt Lake Tribune at [email protected] and please keep your story to 300 words or less. Our son, Tim Fowles, had registered to run the Zion’s 100K on April 18
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 3: Weber-Morgan is the latest area to issue a stay-at-home order, force businesses to close

  03-04-2020 18:12
  
  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 Friday, April 3. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----9:55 a.m.: Weber-Morgan issues ‘stay safe, stay home’ orderT
  
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• ‘Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors’ — Lord’s Prayer resonates in age of coronavirus

  03-04-2020 17:51
  
  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.Jesus wasn’t shy about mentioning money and economic justice.Even his instructions about how to beseech God, known in the New Testament as the Lord’s Prayer, included this line: Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our d
  
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• With U.S. border work on track, rural towns fear virus spread

  03-04-2020 17:16
  
  Billings, Mont. • Major construction projects moving forward along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico are raising fears the coronavirus could race through temporary work camps and spread to rural communities unable to handle an outbreak.Despite a clampdown on people's movements in much of the country, groups of workers travel every day from camps in New Mexico to build President Donald Trump's border wall.Along the northern border, a Canadian company says it will start work this month
  
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• Michael A. Kalm: Americans must shake the idea that government is their enemy

  03-04-2020 17:00
  
  If you have ever done some hiking or camping in rural Utah, you have experienced a vast emptiness, filled with the soul-stirring quiet of the sounds of nature. In such an environment, it is easy to embrace our frontier myth of the rugged loner like Jeremiah Johnson, who lives by his individual wits and efforts and doesn’t ask for help from anyone — especially not from any government. In such an environment, it can be difficult to recognize that this great world we live on is actually
  
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• [Deseret News] - Jazz, Utes, Cougars sports figures promote new Utah COVID-19 testing assessment website

  03-04-2020 16:49 via sportspyder.com
  
  On Thursday night, Utah sports figures and Utah leaders promoted a new COVID-19 assessment website, TestUtah.com. The new site is a collaboration between the state of Utah and Silicon Slopes and...
  
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• Jazz, Utes, Cougars sports figures promote new Utah COVID-19 testing assessment website

  03-04-2020 16:34
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) talks to Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) after scoring in the second half against the Detroit Pistons at Vivint Arena on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. | Silas Walker, Deseret News On Thursday night, Utah sports figures and Utah leaders promoted a new COVID-19 assessment website, TestUtah.com.
  The site is a collaboration between the state of Utah and Silicon Slopes and allows anyone to take an online assessment to find out if they are eligible for COVID-19 testin
  
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• Trump administration officials weigh how far to go on recommending masks because of coronavirus

  03-04-2020 16:23
  
  Washington • The Trump administration is close to recommending that all Americans wear cloth masks if they go out in public, a change in position that reflects new concerns that the coronavirus is being spread by infected people who have no symptoms and new data suggesting the United States is not yet slowing the rate of infections.At a White House briefing Thursday evening, both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence said that new guidance on masks would be issued by the Cent
  
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• Utah architectural firm keeps staff spirits high with a virtual ‘wine down’ every Friday

  03-04-2020 16:22
  
  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.Every Friday at 4 p.m. for more than four decades, the employees at GSBS Architects have gathered in their Salt Lake City conference room for “wine down.”The informal get-together — a play on the words wind down &
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Joe Young would love to play for Utah Jazz or return to Indiana Pacers

  03-04-2020 16:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  During an Instagram live stream, free agent Joe Young expressed interest in joining the Utah Jazz or re-joining the Indiana Pacers. Joe Young wants back in...
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 3: Utah’s health department suspends Medicaid expansion work requirement

  03-04-2020 16:21
  
  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 Friday, April 3. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----8:10 a.m.: Medicaid expansion work requirement suspendedThe Utah Departm
  
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• Trump administration officials weigh how far to go on recommending masks

  03-04-2020 16:00
  
  Washington • The Trump administration is close to recommending that all Americans wear cloth masks if they go out in public, a change in position that reflects new concerns that the coronavirus is being spread by infected people who have no symptoms and new data suggesting the United States is not yet slowing the rate of infections.At a White House briefing Thursday evening, both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence said that new guidance on masks would be issued by the Cent
  
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• Joe Young would love to play for Utah Jazz or return to Indiana Pacers

  03-04-2020 16:00
  
  During an Instagram live stream, free agent Joe Young expressed interest in joining the Utah Jazz or re-joining the Indiana Pacers. Joe Young wants back in the NBA. Joe Young says he will be back in the NBA. Could that be with the Utah Jazz? Or maybe his former team, the Indiana Pacers? I believe […]
  Joe Young would love to play for Utah Jazz or return to Indiana Pacers - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Why is Utah not getting hit as hard as other places? New coronavirus data offers some clues.

  03-04-2020 15:45
  
  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.We now have new data about Utahns with the coronavirus. We know their ages and how many are men and women. We know whether they were hospitalized or not.Being the numbers geek that I am, I was excited to explore the new info releas
  
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• Utah architectural firm keeps staff spirts high with a virtual ‘wine down’ every Friday

  03-04-2020 15:22
  
  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.Every Friday at 4 p.m. for more than four decades, the employees at GSBS Architects have gathered in their Salt Lake City conference room for “wine down.”The informal get-together — a play on the words wind down &
  
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• Prescribed burns are canceled in Utah and across the West as coronavirus meets wildfire season

  03-04-2020 15:21
  
  Fire managers across Utah and the West have canceled prescribed burns, postponed training and are making plans for how to fight wildfires in the age of the coronavirus.The virus is interrupting Utah’s four-year plan with $20 million from the federal government to reduce the risk wildfires pose to communities. Spring is prime time for prescribed burns — setting fires to reduce excessive tree and grass growth — but the U.S. Forest Service on March 17 instituted a nationwide pause
  
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