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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 29: Utah reports 152 new cases, no new deaths; Hogle Zoo to reopen Saturday.

  29-04-2020 23:51
  
  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.It’s Wednesday, April 29. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]---3:50 p.m.: Hogle Zoo to reopen to public, with restrictions, Saturday
  
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• Michelle Cottle: Joe Biden is not hiding. He’s lurking.

  29-04-2020 23:30
  
  Rarely has America been in greater need of competent, reassuring leadership. The pandemic has brought out the worst in President Donald Trump, who continues to behave as if he’s presiding over a sick spinoff of “The Apprentice” during sweeps week. His misinformation briefings are such a disgrace that his advisers have sought to downsize them. His hawking of drugs of unproven efficacy and potential lethality is grossly irresponsible. His call for citizens to “LIBERATE&rdqu
  
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• Unlike the Los Angeles Lakers, the Utah Jazz did not seek payroll protection loan designed for small businesses

  29-04-2020 23:13
  
  The Miller family lets the public take self-guided tours of the renovated Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017.SALT LAKE CITY — Unlike the Los Angeles Lakers, the Utah Jazz did not seek or accept a federal loan designed to help small businesses stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.
  Larry H. Miller’s automotive franchise dealerships qualified for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program to pay and retain as many employees as possible. But no
  
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• Pentagon restores money for Hill Air Force Base project shelved to build the U.S.-Mexican border wall

  29-04-2020 22:41
  
  Washington • When President Donald Trump last year diverted military funds to erect a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border, scores of projects across the country were slashed, including two in Utah with a price tag of $54 million.But now it appears one of the Utah projects is back on.The Department of Defense has restored money for some domestic military construction, and will instead siphon funds from projects overseas to pour into Trump's planned border fence.That means the Pentagon will no
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 29: Utah reports 152 new cases and no new deaths; Salt Lake City police officer tests positive.

  29-04-2020 22:25
  
  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 Wednesday, April 29. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]---2:20 p.m.: Salt Lake City police officer has tested positive for the
  
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• Despite pandemic, new restaurants and bars will open in Utah after getting alcohol licenses

  29-04-2020 22:10
  
  While the economic shutdown has been tough on the Utah food industry, it hasn’t prevented some business owners from launching new places to drink and dine.Earlier this week, the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control commission approved liquor licenses for two new bars and five new restaurants.After more than year on the list, Redemption in Herriman received a bar license as did South Salt Lake’s newest brewery, Grid City Beer Works.The liquor commission decided not to hand ou
  
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• Larry H. Miller Group, Utah Jazz, holding statewide food drive with Utah Food Bank

  29-04-2020 22:04
  
  Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City is pictured on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. | Steve Griffin, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — In an effort to support the Utah Food Bank, the Larry H. Miller Group, which includes the Utah Jazz, announced Wednesday that it will be holding a statewide food drive beginning April 30 and running through May 6.
  “We invite communities throughout the state to join us in assisting those who may be facing challenges during this unprecedented time,” Gai
  
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• Larry H. Miller Group, Utah Jazz, holding state-wide food drive with Utah Food Bank

  29-04-2020 22:04
  
  Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City is pictured on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. | Steve Griffin, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — In an effort to support the Utah Food Bank, the Larry H. Miller Group, which includes the Utah Jazz, announced Wednesday that it will be holding a statewide food drive beginning April 30 and running through May 6.
  “We invite communities throughout the state to join us in assisting those who may be facing challenges during this unprecedented time,” Gai
  
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• Utah lets kids in detention centers video chat with parents, offers phones to those who need them

  29-04-2020 21:58
  
  Like many jails and detention centers, Utah’s Juvenile Justice Services banned visitors about six weeks ago, as they tried to keep the rapidly spreading coronavirus from entering its walls.It was an easy transition for some of Utah’s adult jails. Video visitation have been a part of its system for years, and some offered free phone calls so inmates could keep in contact with family members.But for those youths who were in trouble with the law, being able to connect with their parents
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 29: Utah reports 152 new cases and no new deaths; S.L. County issues new guidelines

  29-04-2020 21:45
  
  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.It’s Wednesday, April 29. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]---1:40 p.m.: Utah takes steps to help veterans during outbreak Utah&rsq
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: Is Sweden doing it right?

  29-04-2020 21:28
  
  President Donald Trump has often described this pandemic as our “war” with an “invisible enemy” — the coronavirus. That war metaphor is wrong and misleading.Wars are fought and won by humans. So, we could out-mobilize the Nazis and Japanese to win World War II. We could out-spend and out-innovate the Soviet Union to win the Cold War. But when you’re in a struggle with one of Mother Nature’s challenges — like a virus or a climate change — the
  
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• Andrew Bogut, Alex Smith to headline Utah Athletics 2020 Hall of Fame class

  29-04-2020 21:15
  
  The Utah Athletics Hall of Fame, formerly the Crimson Club Hall of Fame, announced its inductees for 2020 on Wednesday morning.At least two of the names should be very familiar to Ute fans.Headlined by 2005 consensus National Player of the Year Andrew Bogut and the No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft, Alex Smith, Utah’s 2020 Hall of Fame class is scheduled to be enshrined on Sept. 11 at The Tower at Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Utes will play Montana State the following day at Rice-Eccles
  
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• Weeks after big earthquake, Wasatch fault system comes into sharper focus, thanks to new study

  29-04-2020 20:57
  
  An inconvenient geological truth is staring at the Intermountain West. One of its most densely populated metropolitan area happens to also be its most seismically unstable, raising the possibility — some would say inevitability — of catastrophic loss of life and economic upheaval in the event of a major earthquake.A network of fissures, known as the Wasatch fault zone, runs 220 miles from central Utah north along the Wasatch Front through Salt Lake City into Idaho, a region with as m
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 29: S.L. County issues new guidelines; Utah Opera turns old costumes into face masks

  29-04-2020 20:22
  
  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 Wednesday, April 29. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]---12:15 p.m.: Utah Opera turns old costumes into face masks
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• Leaders chart path back to playing fields for amateur sports

  29-04-2020 19:59
  
  Doctors, scientists and sports leaders are outlining the path back to playing fields for children in grassroots sports — an exercise that will help inform major organizations on how to get their industries up and running as well amid the COVID-19 pandemic.From New Zealand to Austria to Utah, leaders are releasing regulations that have potential to impact everything from workouts at gyms to youth baseball leagues to elite-level training with an eye on the Olympics.The U.S. Olympic and Paral
  
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• UTA to add TRAX station in downtown Salt Lake City

  29-04-2020 19:49
  
  The Utah Transit Authority is about to add a new TRAX station in downtown Salt Lake City at 650 S. Main Street — about two blocks south of its Courthouse Station, and four blocks from a station at 900 S. 200 West.The city, its redevelopment agency and developers near the new station will pay for it, said Mary DeLoretto, UTA acting chief service development officer.The UTA Board approved a $300,000 revenue contract Wednesday with the city’s redevelopment agency to begin design of the
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 29: S.L. County issues new guidelines; Utah state parks add restrictions

  29-04-2020 19:49
  
  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.It’s Wednesday, April 29. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]---11:45 a.m.: Utah State Parks adds new restrictionsBig crowds at Utah&
  
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• Salt Lake County issues new guidance for residents, businesses as coronavirus restrictions lift

  29-04-2020 19:40
  
  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 receive top news in your inbox every weekday morning, subscribe to our Top Stories newsletter.To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Salt Lake County leaders issued new guidance Wednesday for businesses and residents as the state begins to lift restrictions put in pl
  
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• Timmy Allen’s NBA Draft declaration is not a surprise, but adds to Utes’ 2020-21 questions

  29-04-2020 19:24
  
  It is one thing for the University of Utah to have one of its two best players declare for the NBA Draft, as Both Gach announced he would do on April 6. It is quite another for the Utes to have both of their best players go through the draft process this spring.The deadline for early-entrants to declare for the June 25 draft came late Sunday evening. On Tuesday evening, the NBA, as it always does in the days after the deadline, released a list of early-entry candidates. This year’s list in
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 29: One kit helps support 6 Utah food producers; LHM Group of companies launching food drive across Utah

  29-04-2020 18:51
  
  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.It’s Wednesday, April 29. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]---10:50 a.m.: One kit helps support 6 Utah food producersSix Utah food
  
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• Rep. Ben McAdams demands release of small business loan list to see how much goes to big firms

  29-04-2020 18:37
  
  Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, is upset that many Utah small businesses still are unable even to file for federal emergency loans, while news reports show some well-heeled firms received them including the Los Angeles Lakers, Ruth Chris Steak House and Shake Shack.So he called Wednesday for the Trump administration to release data on exactly who is receiving such money to help survive the coronavirus downturn, and who is not. He also called for the government to fix its overwhelmed loan application s
  
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• Utah Jazz: The five best trios in franchise history

  29-04-2020 18:30
  
  In a league often dominated by great trios, here are the best “Big 3’s” the Utah Jazz front office has put together in their 41 years as an NBA franchise. Throughout the 74 history of the league, there have been several “super teams” where two or more star players team up and become if not […]
  Utah Jazz: The five best trios in franchise history - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 29: Intermountain sets up bins for donated cloth masks; Costco is mandating face masks

  29-04-2020 18:03
  
  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 Wednesday, April 29. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]---10:00 a.m.: Intermountain sets up bins for donated cloth masksPeople
  
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• Easing lockdowns makes day-to-day choices more complicated

  29-04-2020 18:01
  
  Things were so much clearer when just about everything was locked down.Now, with states lifting coronavirus restrictions piecemeal and by often arbitrary timetables, Americans are facing bewildering decisions about what they should and should not do to protect their health, their livelihoods and their neighbors.Is it safe to join the crowds at the beach or eat at a restaurant? To visit the elderly parents you haven't seen in nearly two months? To reopen a struggling business?In many cases, the l
  
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• Utah VA and SSI recipients with children need to act by May 5 to add money to their relief payment

  29-04-2020 17:45
  
  Utahns that are Supplemental Security Income and Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiaries who weren’t required to file a tax return for the last two years will receive their automatic $1,200 Economic Impact Payment from the federal government.But these individuals need to act by Tuesdayif they have dependents and want to automatically add $500 to their payment for each child that is 16 or younger. Otherwise, they will not receive the $500 per eligible child until they have filed a 2020
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 29: Costco is mandating face masks; Feds bust firms for selling ‘fraudulent’ treatment

  29-04-2020 16:47
  
  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 Wednesday, April 29. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]---8:44 a.m.: Judge orders two Utah firms to stop selling ‘fraudul
  
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• Utah skiers underwhelmed by Ikon, Epic pass response to spring season cut short by COVID-19

  29-04-2020 15:59
  
  Tony Fantis is the kind of guy who buys travel insurance. He knows among Americans he is an outlier. Still, whenever he takes a trip abroad, which he says is pretty often, he budgets in insurance as part of the cost.Fantis is also a skier. Yet this season the Salt Lake City realtor had only gotten in four days before resorts across the country abruptly closed last month to stem the spread of the COVID-19 virus.So when Alterra Mountain Company and Vail Resorts offered insurance on 2020-21 passes
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 29: Costco is mandating face masks

  29-04-2020 15:55
  
  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 Wednesday, April 29. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]---7:44 a.m.: Costco will require its customers to wear face masksBeginn
  
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• Boy, 9, dies in dirt-bike crash in Eagle Mountain

  29-04-2020 15:55
  
  A 9-year-old boy was killed Tuesday in a dirt-bike accident in Eagle Mountain.The boy was riding his dirt bike Tuesday afternoon in a neighborhood near Golden Eagle Road and Mohican Drive. He lost control of the bike, hit a curb and crashed into a tree, Sgt. Spencer Cannon of the Utah County Sheriff’s Office told FOX13.The boy, who lived in the area and whose name was not released, was wearing a helmet, Cannon said. The boy died at the scene, despite life-saving efforts by paramedics, Cann
  
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• Letter: Let us hope we don’t face Patrick Henry’s choice

  29-04-2020 15:03
  There is much tension today between people who are desperate to earn a paycheck, not wear a mask, congregate with friends and family and to generally enjoy the freedoms that Americans have always enjoyed versus those who urge patience and caution in reopening the country.When someone limits or reduces our freedom, we don’t like it. Having a sense of control over our life is a basic human need. It is especially maddening when others or the government seem to be reducing our freedom unnecess
  
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• Weeks after big quake, new study extends map of Wasatch Front faults by hundreds of miles

  29-04-2020 15:00
  
  An inconvenient geological truth is staring at the Intermountain West. One of its most densely populated metropolitan area happens to also be its most seismically unstable, raising the possibility — some would say inevitability — of catastrophic loss of life and economic upheaval in the event of a major earthquake.A network of fissures, known as the Wasatch fault zone, runs 220 miles from central Utah north along the Wasatch Front through Salt Lake City into Idaho, a region with as m
  
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• Robert Gehrke: This is what getting COVID tested looks like. It’s not that scary.

  29-04-2020 15:00
  I woke up last week with pressure in my head and a sore throat and a little tickling cough.It wasn’t too surprising. It had been the first real warm weekend and the cottonwoods were blowing fluff everywhere. Just that time of year for the normal seasonal allergies.Or was it?We haven’t seen “normal” around these parts in what seems like months, and with health officials encouraging everyone to get tested, maybe it was an opportunity to do my civic duty. Plus it’s not
  
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• Plans for an LDS temple in Shanghai may have hit an obstacle

  29-04-2020 15:00
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may have hit a bump in the road — somewhere between a pebble and a boulder — with its temple plans in Shanghai.On April 5, during the final session of the faith’s General Conference, church President Russell M. Nelson stunned believers with the news that among its new temples would be one in China.Nelson, who has long-standing ties to Shanghai, was careful in how he described the holy space to be established there.“In Shangh
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: He wrote about Mountain Meadows and Mark Hofmann. He oversaw church P.R. Richard Turley reflects on a storied career.

  29-04-2020 15:00
  Richard E. Turley Jr. retired recently after nearly 30 years working for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, most of that time in the History and Family History departments.He has co-written or penned several books, including the acclaimed “Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy” and “Victims: The LDS Church and the Mark Hofmann Case.” Most recently, he served as the managing director of the faith’s Public Affairs Department.He reflects this
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Bad science meets worse politics

  29-04-2020 14:00
  
  Exactly how and why did Utah make a play to become the hydroxychloroquine capital of the United States? We need answers.As the federal government sputtered a month ago and states began a free-for-all for masks and ventilators, Utah apparently decided to stake its claim on hydroxychloroquine, a malaria and lupus treatment which some doctors were trying on covid-19 patients.In a move Gov. Gary Herbert now says he knew nothing about, the state of Utah made a deal with a Utah pharmacist to buy $800,
  
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• Letter: With rights come responsibilities

  29-04-2020 14:00
  
  I was taught that with rights, or freedom, comes responsibility. Our country functions on the balance between rights and responsibilities.I have no problem with Ammon Bundy, the Utah Business Revival or other protesters across the country exercising their First Amendment right to assemble. However, I think that all of these people should sign a pledge that, if they contract COVID-19, they would not call 911, or go to any physician, emergency room or hospital.They chose to exercise a right; they
  
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• Letter: Lockdown is more than an ‘inconvenience’

  29-04-2020 14:00
  
  In George Pyle’s April 26 column, “Give no support to a different kind of contagion,” his implied contention that the current lockdown is an “inconvenience” that all good citizens should happily follow demonstrates that he lacks understanding of some basic truths.First, there is some evidence that the lockdown was/is unnecessary, at least for large portions of the country. Second, most people (the producers) want to work rather than accept government support.Though
  
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• Letter: Don’t seat minorities at the kids’ table

  29-04-2020 14:00
  
  We just learned that Gov. Gary Herbert is creating a multicultural COVID-19 advisory panel as a subcommittee to the state’s coronavirus task force. This sounds like a commendable endeavor, but to me it seems like merely another effort by establishment majority figures to placate Utah’s ethnic minority communities.If ethnic minority input is really important, why aren't the potential members of the subcommittee on the task force itself? I have sat on similar subcommittees at the state
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 28: Four more die; custom meat plants to help process livestock

  29-04-2020 04:59
  
  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 Tuesday, April 28. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]———5:50 p.m.: Private companies will help the state proc
  
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• Utes’ Timmy Allen puts his name in for NBA draft

  29-04-2020 04:52
  
  Both Gach will have company going through the NBA draft process this spring. The league released a list of 205 draft early-entrant candidates, and University of Utah wing Timmy Allen was on it. A source told the Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday evening that Allen decided to go through the draft process on Saturday, one day before the deadline to declare. Allen and Gach, who announced he would enter the NBA draft on April 6, have until June 3 to withdraw their names and maintain their collegiate elig
  
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• Days of ‘47 Pioneer Day events postponed to 2021 because of the pandemic

  29-04-2020 04:14
  
  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 receive top news in your inbox every weekday morning, subscribe to our Top Stories newsletter.To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Utah’s traditional Days of ’47 Pioneer Day celebrations in July have been postponed until summer 2021 due to the pandemic.
  
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• Jamelle Bouie: Call them the wildcat strikes of the coronavirus era

  29-04-2020 03:00
  
  Class consciousness does not flow automatically out of class identity. Being a worker does not necessarily mean you will come to identify as a worker. Instead, you can think of class consciousness as a process of discovery, of insights derived from events that put the relationships of class into stark relief.Or as political theorist Cedric J. Robinson observed about the Civil War and emancipation:Groups moved to the logic of immediate self-interest and to historical paradox. Consciousness, when
  
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• Japan Medical Association: Tokyo Olympics difficult without vaccine

  29-04-2020 02:58
  
  Tokyo • The medical community in Japan is moving toward a consensus that holding next year’s Tokyo Olympics may hinge on finding a coronavirus vaccine.Japan Medical Association president Yoshitake Yokokura said in a video media conference on Tuesday that the Olympics were possible only if the infections were under control, not only in Japan, but globally.“In my view, it would be difficult to hold the Olympics unless effective vaccines are developed," Yokokura said.He did not say
  
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• Worried about virus, U.S. House won’t return — for now

  29-04-2020 02:43
  
  Washington • Facing the stark, startling reality that Congress may not be able to fully resume for a year, House leaders are desperately reaching for work-from-home options after a revolt from the ranks over the health risks of convening during the coronavirus pandemic.House Democratic leaders abruptly reversed course Tuesday, shelving plans for the chamber's 400-plus lawmakers to return for work on the next virus aid package after warnings from the Capitol physician that the public health
  
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• Salt Lake County looks to ease coronavirus restrictions as cases flatten but don’t show ‘the decline that we would like’

  29-04-2020 02:27
  
  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 County announced Tuesday that it could begin lifting some coronavirus-related restrictions on businesses as soon as the end of this week — a move that reflects a lower-than-expected strain on the area’s hospit
  
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• Highlights from Mike Conley’s Twitter Q&A

  29-04-2020 02:18
  
  Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley (10) smiles as he catches his breath during the Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings NBA preseason basketball game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. | Steve Griffin, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley took part in a Q&A session on Twitter on Tuesday, answering fan-submitted questions that ranged from his basketball idols to what Conley has enjoyed about Utah.
  In short video clips Conley answered six questions. With
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, April 28: Four more die; Days of ′47 celebrations postponed

  29-04-2020 01:57
  
  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 28. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]———5:50 p.m.: Private companies will help the state proc
  
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• Utahns are buying fewer bottles but spending more on alcohol

  29-04-2020 01:40
  
  While fewer bottles of alcohol were sold in March, shoppers at Utah’s state-run liquor stores helped temper potential revenue losses by spending more per container than usual.Bottle sales for the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control were down by nearly 480,000 from March 2019, DABC finance director Man Diep told the state liquor commission Tuesday. Year-to-date bottle sales dropped by more than 1.1 million or 2.95%.
  (Christopher Cherrington|The Salt Lake Tribune)The reason, of cou
  
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• Utah will begin easing coronavirus restrictions Friday, Gov. Gary Herbert says

  29-04-2020 01:29
  
  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 will on Friday begin relaxing some restrictions put in place in March to contain the spread of the coronavirus — allowing in-restaurant dining, the reopening of businesses such as gyms and salons, and gatherings of up to
  
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• Stefanie Condie: Trump’s name is all over this catastrophe

  29-04-2020 01:00
  
  It’s unusual, to say the least, that Donald Trump’s name is on the stimulus check being mailed to millions of Americans starting this month. No previous U.S. president has put his name on a Treasury check, as if the money in the Treasury were his own and he were a personal benefactor to American citizens. And yet, in a symbolic sense, it’s fitting that the president’s name should be on that check.Trump’s name is all over the catastrophic loss of life and livelihood
  
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