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• Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 7: Governor outlines help for businesses; Summit County extends its stay-at-home order

  07-04-2020 23:09
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Tuesday, April 7. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----2 p.m.: Labs are a ‘pinch point’ in processing COVID-19 tes
  
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• As COVID-19 testing slows, Utah has 1,738 cases and reports no new deaths

  07-04-2020 23:08
  
  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 health officials say the state has the capacity to test about 4,500 people a day for the coronavirus. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has said he wants to get to 7,000 a day. And a state partnership with the nonprofit Silicon Slopes an
  
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• Ghana’s Akwasi Frimpong is the first African to win a skeleton race. Next up for the Utah Valley grad: Qualifying for the Olympics.

  07-04-2020 22:43
  
  Close to nothing went right for Akwasi Frimpong when he became the first African athlete to win an elite-level sliding competition. And maybe that’s a good thing. Maybe it wouldn’t have meant as much to the Salt Lake City skeleton racer if everything had set up perfectlyOn Feb. 29, back before the world was turned upside down by the coronavirus, Frimpong arrived at the track at the Utah Olympic Park near Park City with a broken sled, a battered body and a dented ego. His helmet, too,
  
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• A Salt Lake City lab is partnering with USADA, sports leagues and major universities in an extensive COVID-19 research project

  07-04-2020 22:40
  
  The nonprofit that raises funds for around 80% of the world’s anti-doping research is shifting $120,000 to conduct 15,000 COVID-19 tests that will help scientists get a better sense of how many people have the new coronavirus but show no symptoms.The Partnership for Clean Competition, a research group founded in 2008 by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, the NFL, Major League Baseball and the U.S. Olympic Committee, is teaming with University of Southern California, Stanford and a Salt Lake City
  
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• Jana Riess: When the ‘big reveal’ of LDS General Conference feels tone deaf in a pandemic

  07-04-2020 22:24
  
  After the Sunday morning session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I asked my Episcopalian husband to guess what all the windup had been about. He had seen my column the night before speculating about possible reasons why the church might have called a rare solemn assembly, accompanied by the ritual of a Hosanna Shout. He understood I was intrigued.He showed polite interest. “What was it about?”“Well, it turns out that my church&rdquo
  
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• Jan Garbett and Joe Jarvis: Herbert must make Utah’s elections free and fair again. Even with COVID-19.

  07-04-2020 22:00
  
  Guaranteeing free and fair elections is the most fundamental service a state government offers. The longer we are in the running for governor and lieutenant governor, the clearer we see how our current state leaders are failing to keep this year’s election process free and fair amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Even during the best of times, Utah has an absurdly complicated process for nominating candidates. Hopeful candidates must either petition their way onto the primary ballot by gathering si
  
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• Here’s how coronavirus compares to other leading causes of death in Utah and the U.S.

  07-04-2020 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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.I’ve received terrific feedback since starting these coronavirus data columns — and I appreciate every one of you who has emailed in with suggestions, comments, quibbles and more. An engaged readership is one of the rea
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 7: Utah has 1,738 cases and reports no new deaths; Summit County extends its stay-at-home order

  07-04-2020 21:22
  
  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.It’s Tuesday, April 7. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----1 p.m.: Utah has 1,738 cases and no new deaths The number of confirmed
  
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• Salt Lake City International Airport may need 2-3 years to recover from COVID-19 effects

  07-04-2020 21:21
  
  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.Salt Lake City International Airport officials say it may take it two to three years for its air traffic to truly recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and they are scrambling to deal with plummeting revenue as they plan to open a ne
  
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• A ‘liberty’ rebellion in Idaho: Ammon Bundy, others threaten to undermine coronavirus orders

  07-04-2020 21:00
  
  Sandpoint, Idaho • Inside an old factory building north of Boise, a few dozen people gathered last week to hear from Ammon Bundy, the man who once led an armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge.The meeting, which appeared to violate orders by Gov. Brad Little of Idaho to avoid group gatherings, was an assertion of what Bundy said was a constitutional right to peacefully assemble. But Bundy said he also hoped to create a network of people ready to come to the aid of those facing closure
  
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• Wave at the hospital was the last time Utah wife saw her husband. He died a week later of COVID-19.

  07-04-2020 20:52
  
  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.LaNece Andreason got to wave at her husband — from a distance — March 28 as staffers at Lone Peak Hospital wheeled him into the intensive care unit.That was the last time she saw him. Todd Andreason, a 54-year-old fathe
  
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• [Deseret News] - Analysis: If NBA regular season is over, what would playoff series between the Utah Jazz and OKC Thunder look like?

  07-04-2020 20:52 via sportspyder.com
  
  If the season ended today ... It’s a hypothetical that has been uttered by nearly every sports fan at some point. Now that hypothetical could be a reality. We may not see the rest of the 2019-20 NBA season, but there is still hope that we could see...
  
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• Analysis: A way-too-early look at a Utah Jazz vs. Oklahoma City Thunder playoff series

  07-04-2020 20:45
  
  Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley (10) is fouled by Oklahoma City Thunder guard Chris Paul (3) as the Jazz open the 2019-20 season with the Thunder at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret NewsEditor’s note: First of a three-part series: What would a playoff series between the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder look like?
  SALT LAKE CITY — If the season ended today ...
  It’s a hypothetical that has been uttered by nearly e
  
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• Shirley Ann Higuchi: Racist claims about Asians and virus perpetuate false and dangerous stereotypes

  07-04-2020 20:13
  
  When news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor hit the radio in San Francisco on Dec. 7, 1941, my grandmother Fumi Saito gathered my mother, who was 10, and her two brothers and took them by bus to Oakland, where my grandfather was working in his store.Yoshio Saito, who was born in Tokyo, looked like the United States’ new enemy, and although he and the rest of the Japanese Americans living in the United States had nothing to do with the attack, he was in danger.My grandmother believed t
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 7: Summit County extends its stay-at-home order

  07-04-2020 19:53
  
  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 Tuesday, April 7. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----11:50 a.m.: Summit County extends its stay-at-home orderSummit County&r
  
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• Share with us your stories of silver linings amid the coronavirus outbreak

  07-04-2020 19:41
  
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• Coronavirus reporting complicated by lack of street addresses on the Navajo Nation

  07-04-2020 19:23
  
  The southern Utah community of Navajo Mountain technically has its own zip code, but it doesn’t get much use.Residents who live near the base of the 10,300-foot mountain or in homes scattered across the sandstone mesas south of Lake Powell lack traditional street addresses. The public high school and chapter house — the Navajo Nation’s regional government office — use an Arizona zip code. Locals get their mail through post office boxes in Arizona.In the past, the issue ha
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 7: Downtown Farmers Market will be much smaller; Smith’s to limit customers, reduce Easter hours

  07-04-2020 19:22
  
  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.It’s Tuesday, April 7. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----11:25 a.m.: Smith’s will limit customers and cut Easter Sunday sh
  
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• RSL to reduce staff, cut salary of executives

  07-04-2020 19:13
  
  Real Salt Lake announced Tuesday that the organization will reduce the salary of staff and executives, as well as make staff cuts, due to Major League Soccer being on hiatus until at least May 10.RSL said in its statement that it was recently informed that the Federal CARES program — the $2 trillion stimulus package recently passed into law — will not benefit the organization. Because of that, cuts needed to be made.“This is obviously a distressing outcome as we deeply value an
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: D.O.N Issue #2 gets official release date, price

  07-04-2020 19:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell will have his second signature shoe, the D.O.N Issue #2, releasing on July 15th for the price of $100. There has been a l...
  
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• Here’s what two new Utah Latter-day Saint temples will look like

  07-04-2020 19:00
  
  Two days after announcing plans to build a 24th temple in Utah, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released renderings of two previously named Beehive State temples.The Tooele Valley Temple, announced a year ago, will be three stories and contain about 70,000 square feet, according to a Tuesday news release. It will be built northwest of the intersection of Erda Way and Highway 36 in Erda.
  (Image courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
  Rendering of the Tooele Va
  
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• UDOT unveils its Top 10 highway projects among $3.3B in contracts

  07-04-2020 18:59
  
  The Utah Department of Transportation on Tuesday unveiled its Top 10 construction projects for the year and said it is committed to keep such work moving forward during the COVID-19 pandemic.“Transportation is vital in providing essential goods and services during these uncertain times,” said Carlos Braceras, executive director of UDOT. He added that transportation “will continue to be a major part of our economic recovery in the coming months.”UDOT has more than 220 cons
  
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• Utah Jazz: D.O.N Issue #2 gets official release date, price

  07-04-2020 18:43
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell will have his second signature shoe, the D.O.N Issue #2, releasing on July 15th for the price of $100. There has been a lot of good players to wear a Utah Jazz jersey. Karl Malone, John Stockton, Adrian Dantley, the list goes on… Donovan Mitchell, though, is the only player in […]
  Utah Jazz: D.O.N Issue #2 gets official release date, price - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Unlike most cruise lines, one with Utah ties may qualify to share in stimulus package

  07-04-2020 18:35
  
  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.Most cruise lines are barred from receiving aid from the $2.2 trillion stimulus package that Congress recently passed. But American Cruise Lines — which has most of its sales and customer service operations based in Utah &mda
  
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• Oil companies are collapsing, but wind and solar energy keep growing

  07-04-2020 18:28
  
  A few years ago, the kind of double-digit drop in oil and gas prices the world is experiencing now because of the coronavirus pandemic might have increased the use of fossil fuels and hurt renewable energy sources like wind and solar farms.That is not happening.In fact, renewable energy sources are set to account for nearly 21% of the electricity the United States uses for the first time this year, up from about 18% last year and 10% in 2010, according to one forecast published last week. And wh
  
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• Coronavirus cases in Utah County are rising. Leaders don’t want to issue a stay-at-home order at this time.

  07-04-2020 18:05
  
  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 County, the state’s second-largest, has the third-most coronavirus cases of any jurisdiction in the state, according to new numbers released by the Utah Department of Health on Monday.But leaders there say they don&rsquo
  
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• Bureau of Land Management director to continue through April

  07-04-2020 18:01
  
  Grand Junction, Colo. • The temporary head of the federal Bureau of Land Management is expected to continue overseeing the agency for another month.William Perry Pendley will continue as acting director through May 5, The Daily Sentinel reported Saturday.Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued an order delegating the responsibilities of the office to Pendley, the deputy director of policy and programs.Pendley has carried out the director's duties since last summer. The agency has not had
  
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• Gordon Monson: COVID-19 is stealing memories, and the people who made them

  07-04-2020 18:00
  
  The coronavirus has caused widespread sickness and heartache. Now, it is stealing memories. Those who made the memories.When Tom Dempsey recently died, taken by complications from COVID-19, passing at age 73, it rattled my sports soul. A hundred records have been set and broken and re-set in football over the past 50 years, and I only paid slight attention to many of them. But Dempsey’s record 63-yard field goal, kicked for the New Orleans Saints against the Detroit Lions to win a game in
  
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• See what two new Utah Latter-day Saint temples will look like

  07-04-2020 17:59
  
  Two days after announcing plans to build a 24th temple in Utah, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released renderings of two previously named Beehive State temples.The Tooele Valley Temple, announced a year ago, will be three stories and contain about 70,000 square feet, according to a Tuesday news release. It will be built northwest of the intersection of Erda Way and Highway 36 in Erda.The Washington County Temple, the second such edifice in St. George, also will be three stories
  
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• LDS Church releases drawings of two planned Utah temples

  07-04-2020 17:49
  
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released artists’ renderings of the exteriors of two new temples it will build in Utah, and a third that will be constructed in the state of Washington.The temples in Tooele Valley and Washington County are two of six that have been announced in Utah in the past two years. On Sunday, President Russell M. Nelson announced that a temple will be built in Syracuse, Utah, which will bring the total to 24 in the state.According to a news releas
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Bulls interview GM Justin Zanik, somehow Chicago is always around to signal the end of a Utah Jazz era

  07-04-2020 16:49 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Bulls are once again here to warn Utah fans of the Ides of yet another Jazz era marching to its end.
  
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• Utah man arrested for allegedly kicking dog and shouting racial epithets at his neighbors

  07-04-2020 16:25
  
  A Salt Lake City man was arrested Monday after he reportedly kicked a dog and shouted threats and racial epithets at his neighbors.According to police, the 64-year-old suspect became enraged when he discovered a neighbor had chained her dog on an easement that connected his property — near 1300 East and 4100 South — to hers. He confronted the neighbor, claiming the dog was on his property. When she disagreed, the suspect “began swearing and using derogatory terms toward”
  
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• U.S. children with coronavirus are less hard hit than adults, first data shows

  07-04-2020 16:23
  
  Children make up a very small proportion of U.S. coronavirus cases so far and are significantly less likely to become seriously ill than American adults, according to a preliminary report on the first wave of coronavirus cases in the United States. But some have become very sick, and at least three have died.The study, published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also reported that children appear less likely than adults to develop any of the major known coronavirus sympto
  
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• Utah County appears unlikely to issue stay-at-home order even as coronavirus cases continue to rise

  07-04-2020 16:10
  
  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 County, the state’s second-largest, has the third-most coronavirus cases of any jurisdiction in the state, according to new numbers released by the Utah Department of Health on Monday.But leaders there say they don&rsquo
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 7: Utah ranks 43rd among states for tackling COVID-19

  07-04-2020 16:01
  
  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 Tuesday, April 7. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----7:47 a.m.: Utah drops to 43rd among states for how it battles the coron
  
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• Coronavirus deaths slow in places, but British premier gets worse

  07-04-2020 15:51
  
  New York • The steep rise in coronavirus deaths appeared to be leveling off Monday in hard-hit New York, echoing a trend underway in Italy and Spain, while the crisis escalated alarmingly in Britain, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care after his condition deteriorated.Johnson, 55, was conscious and did not immediately need to be put on a ventilator, his office said. The prime minister is the world's first known head of government to fall ill with the virus.U.S. Pr
  
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• Churches covered under coronavirus economic relief package

  07-04-2020 15:18
  
  Washington • When Rev. Elizabeth McVicker halted in-person worshiping four Sundays ago she knew the empty church would also mean an empty collection plate.“People haven’t been able to come in to contribute and so our income, our giving is vastly down,” said McVicker, who presides over the First United Methodist Church in Salt Lake City and its sister congregation, Centenary United Methodist Church. “It’s really scary for us to be able to continue to pay our sta
  
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• Frank Bruni: Has anyone found Trumps soul? Anyone?

  07-04-2020 15:12
  
  Do you remember President George W. Bush’s remarks at ground zero in Manhattan after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks? I can still hear him speaking of national grief and national pride. This was before all the awful judgment calls and fatal mistakes, and it doesn’t excuse them. But it mattered, because it reassured us that our country’s leader was navigating some of the same emotional currents that we were.Do you remember President Barack Obama’s news conference after the
  
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• Letter: Some blessings in these dark days

  07-04-2020 15:11
  
  I am so heartened to see the outpouring of care for others magnified by this epidemic.Customers supporting the small businesses they depend on and small business owners giving everything they can to their community. The workers everywhere who are keeping society functioning. The health care workers who are truly selfless and dedicated. The spontaneous acts of kindness and generosity blossoming all over the planet.I am especially moved by the goodness and bonding between people on the internet, w
  
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• Letter: Focus on saving lives

  07-04-2020 15:11
  
  On Sunday morning’s edition of Meet the Press, Chuck Todd asked Jerome Adams, our surgeon general, whether he would recommend that individuals working together wear masks. His answer was no, as long as they are at least 6 feet apart.One tragedy of the pandemic is missed opportunities. Adams' answer may reflect yet another missed opportunity.Let me explain.On March 10, 60 members of a church choral group in Washington state rehearsed for 150 minutes. Three weeks later, 45 were sick with COV
  
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• Jeff Burningham and Dan McCay: Special needs should come before special interests

  07-04-2020 15:10
  
  Caring for a child with special needs presents many unique challenges; not the least of which is education. Every parent with a child on an Individual Education Plan (IEP) knows how involved and personal their child’s plan is. Likewise, every Utah teacher wants to meet the needs of each of their students with a goal to meet them at their level and help maximize each child’s opportunities to learn.That’s why it was so concerning that Gov. Gary Herbert vetoed HB332, a bill to exp
  
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• [Forbes] - Grading The 2019-20 Utah Jazz: The Reserves

  07-04-2020 15:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  With a strong likelihood the 2019-20 Utah Jazz season is over, we broke down and graded each of their reserves over the course of the year.
  
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• Utah County appears unlikely to issue stay-at-home order even as cases continue to rise

  07-04-2020 14:00
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Utah County, the state’s second-largest, has the third-most coronavirus cases of any jurisdiction in the state, according to new numbers released by the Utah Department of Health on Monday.But leaders there say they don&rsquo
  
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• Robert Kirby: The who, why, what and where of LDS General Conference

  07-04-2020 14:00
  
  It happens after every General Conference. Even before the sacred dust has settled, the questions start. Most are emails or texts from nonmembers or people perplexed as to why Mormons do certain things.I ignore the rude or patently insensitive ones. I can and do come up with those on my own. But if someone seems genuinely curious and wants to understand why we behave in such peculiar ways, I don’t mind trying to answer.For example, Ron wrote to ask why Mormon conferences always have what l
  
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• Letter: Use the rainy day fund

  07-04-2020 14:00
  
  Utah has a rainy day fund. I’m an owner of a small business with 20 employees and it’s raining — hard.Let’s use some of that money as grants to help us and other small business owners keep making payroll and rent.Rich Sheya, MurraySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: The chiming of the clock gives us hope

  07-04-2020 14:00
  
  A few weeks ago my treasured 40-year-old chiming grandfather clock stopped chiming, but continued to keep time.Alone at home, at age 86, I missed the sound. Global concerns were descending as a coronavirus pandemic was being declared. Devastating problems worldwide prevailed. Millions of people would suffer. The future looked bleak, indeed.The silence of my clock reminded me of the role the Big Ben clock had played 80 years ago from the tower of Westminster Abbey in London during World War II. I
  
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• Letter: That’s what I’m hearing

  07-04-2020 14:00
  
  Some people say President Trump isn’t doing everything within his power to defeat this pandemic and counter its attendant economic crisis.Some people say President Trump simply doesn’t take his role as commander in chief seriously. He reportedly spends hours watching cable television and on the phone in exchanges with cronies. He spends little time consulting with experts and often dismisses their advice, and instead makes impulsive decisions. He assigns large swaths of his schedule
  
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• Letter: Taking advantage of other people’s distress

  07-04-2020 14:00
  
  One of the advantages to being sequestered in my house during this coronavirus pandemic is having more time to read.I decided to read “Trump: The Art of the Deal” by Donald J. Trump and Tony Schwartz to pass the time. I chose to read it to try to comprehend his brain, his thinking, how he works.I had some questions about him and I have to admit, this book gave me some answers.I think it is best described on the book jacket by Mike Wallace of CBS News: “This reads like Trump unv
  
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• Letter: Salute the foot soldiers in this crisis

  07-04-2020 14:00
  
  It has been said that a crisis brings out the best and worst in people. Recently, I saw the best.I went to Reams Grocery and Smith’s in Springville to buy a few basic necessities — not to stockpile or hoard — just to get by for a few days. Yes, some items were in short supply, but something less tangible stood out in abundance: civility, courage and commitment.The customers in the aisles and checkout lines kept 6 feet apart like soldiers counting cadence. They manifested a spir
  
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• Letter: Close the state parks

  07-04-2020 14:00
  
  How in the world does it make sense to allow people who live in the county of a state park to enter the park but no one else?Is the COVID-19 bug carried by an approved county resident less infectious than the COVID-19 bug carried by someone from outside that county?C'mon, guv. Close state parks entirely.Bruce Hudgens, DraperSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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