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• Protesters arrested in Salt Lake City for curfew violations won’t face criminal charges

  25-06-2020 23:52
  
  The protesters arrested last month for not leaving when police tried to forcibly end a massive — and, at times, violent — rally in Utah’s capital will not face any criminal charges, according to a decision from the Salt Lake County district attorney’s office.That applies to more than 40 people who were taken to jail on May 30 and booked for failing to disperse, a misdemeanor, after violating an 8 p.m. curfew that was issued for the demonstration against police brutality.
  
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• Feds warn boaters, swimmers to stay out of potash canals on Bonneville Salt Flats

  25-06-2020 23:49
  
  Parts of Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats are carved into canals and ponds used by Intrepid Potash to extract valuable minerals from the rich brines coursing through them.Now, intrepid thrill-seekers are using the canals’ saline azure waters near Wendover for paddling and floating, prompting warnings from the Bureau of Land Management and various state agencies to keep out — even though the land is largely public.The canals were designed for an industrial purpose, and they may be u
  
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• West Jordan City Council takes a stance against racial inequality

  25-06-2020 23:45
  
  Public outcry from Utahns and Americans across the country protesting police brutality towards Black and Brown people is moving local government to take a stance.The West Jordan City Council took the first step toward creating a commission on diversity Wednesday, passing a resolution 6-0 that affirms the city’s commitment to racial justice and equality for all citizens.“My real goal in this is just to come out as a City Council of West Jordan … and say publicly and out loud th
  
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• Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder stresses need for open dialogue regarding civil unrest, COVID-19 concerns

  25-06-2020 23:43
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell confers with Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Denver. | Associated Press
  SALT LAKE CITY — As the NBA moves forward with its plan to resume the 2019-20 season, players, coaches and everyone involved are faced with making the tough decision of joining the league, or opting to sit out.
  For the first time since the NBA shut down March 11, Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder met with local reporters and others Thursday and discussed some of the l
  
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• Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder: ‘As of right now, our group will be intact going to Orlando’

  25-06-2020 23:43
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell confers with Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Denver.| AP For the first time since the NBA shut down on March 11, Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder met with local reporters and others on Thursday.
  His comments were focused on the social issues that are at the forefront of many conversations in the United States, as he has become one of the key figures of a committee of NBA coaches that is working to make the league more influential in bring
  
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• Jazz coach Quin Snyder stresses need for open dialogue regarding racial injustice, COVID-19 concerns

  25-06-2020 23:43
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell confers with Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Denver. | Associated Press
  SALT LAKE CITY — As the NBA moves forward with its plan to resume the 2019-20 season, players, coaches and everyone involved are faced with making the tough decision of joining the league, or opting to sit out.
  For the first time since the NBA shut down March 11, Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder met with local reporters and others Thursday and discussed some of the l
  
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• This year’s Carmelite Fair is off, but monastery fundraising is still on

  25-06-2020 23:36
  
  For more than 50 years, Holladay’s Carmelite Monastery has held a fundraising fair on the third Sunday of September filled with ethnic cuisine, dancers, rides and prizes. Families would follow the example of their parents and grandparents and provide booths at the traditional event. In previous years, the Catholic nuns prayed that the weather would be kind to the fair. This year, they prayed for guidance about whether to even stage it, given the coronavirus pandemic. Ultimat
  
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• The pandemic’s cleaner air could reshape what we know about the atmosphere

  25-06-2020 23:35
  
  Washington • In the crystalline air of the pandemic economy, climate change researchers have been flying a small plane over Interstate 95, from Boston to Washington, measuring carbon dioxide levels. Scientists have mounted air quality monitors on Salt Lake City’s light rail system to create intersection-by-intersection atmospheric profiles.And government scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have started a COVID air quality study to gather and analyze sampl
  
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• Gordon Monson: Utah can root out racism. Here’s how.

  25-06-2020 23:35
  
  When are the seeds of racism planted?That’s a question a coach of mine — think Herman Boone from ‘Remember the Titans’ — from many years ago asked.And it’s a question worth asking in Utah right now.He had players of all colors on his team — white, black, brown and everything in-between — and he wanted us all to work and sweat and improve and play and win together.But the more that team bonded, the more the question moving forward stayed with and ve
  
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• Salt Lake City Stars win pair of NBA G League awards, including coach of the year and top executive

  25-06-2020 23:19
  
  Salt Lake City Stars coach Martin Schiller, right, shown here in 2018, was named the G League Coach of the Year for the 2019-20 season. | Paul Asay, Utah JazzSALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake City Stars have been rewarded in a significant way following a season that saw them have the franchise’s best finish in over a decade.
  Head coach Martin Schiller was named the Dennis Johnson G League Coach of the Year, while vice president of basketball operations Bart Taylor, who also serves as t
  
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• Blake R. Hills: It’s time for the judicial system to stop depriving its littlest participants of the right to be heard

  25-06-2020 22:40
  
  Imagine a 4-year-old girl called to the stand to testify as courts reopen from the coronavirus shutdown. As the small child looks around, she sees grownups in masks scattered an eerie six feet apart.Then, one of the masked grownups asks her a question like this: “Do you recall talking to him on the Wednesday after they found — discovered something had happened to your mom, and asking him, ‘Do you know Phil?’ and then saying, ‘That is who did it’? Do you rememb
  
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• Utah’s unemployment claims still running high, with a fifth week near 5,000

  25-06-2020 22:33
  
  Another 4,961 Utahns filed new unemployment claims last week, marking more than a dozen weeks now of exceptional job disruptions in the state due to the coronavirus pandemic.Those residents were among nearly 1.48 million across the U.S. seeking government assistance for work losses during the week ending June 20, according to the Department of Labor.A total of at least 47.6 million Americans and nearly 218,000 Utahns have now reported layoffs, furloughs or having their work hours cut since COVID
  
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• Small plane crashes and burns in Centerville. 2 people are injured.

  25-06-2020 22:15
  
  Two people were pulled from a fiery small plane crash in Centerville on Thursday afternoon.The plane went down in a field west of the Legacy Parkway near Tippets Lane in Centerville about 1 p.m., according to the Utah Highway Patrol.“The citizens that saw the plane crash were able to run out there and pull the two occupants out while it was on fire,” said UHP Lt. Nick Street. At least one of the rescuers was treated for minor burns at the scene, according to Centerville Police.The tw
  
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• Utah’s governor says the coronavirus infection rate among the Hispanic community is ‘alarming’

  25-06-2020 22:10
  
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert called the COVID-19 infection rate in the state’s Hispanic and Latino community “alarming” during a news conference Thursday aimed specifically toward that ethnic group, which has been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.“The growth in the number of cases in the Latino community is alarming,” Herbert said in English after introducing himself in Spanish. “And as a state, we must address the disproportionate infection rates in the
  
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• Catherine Martines Mortensen: Growing up Martinez in mostly Mormon Utah

  25-06-2020 22:03
  
  During the height of the Great Depression, my great-grandfather, Jose Patricio Martinez, whose wife had recently passed away, took his two teenage sons, Jose Medardo and Jose Patricio, and left their tiny village in Northern New Mexico in search of a better life in Utah. He left his 16-year old daughter, Maria, with relatives and sent for her later.The Martinez family descended from Conquistadors who farmed the land north of Santa Fe for more than 300 years. As far as we know, these three men we
  
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• Christopher Mead: Time for the U. to give up its Native American nickname

  25-06-2020 21:53
  
  In recent weeks, America has opened a new, important and potentially transformative chapter. More and more Americans are demonstrating their willingness to stand up (and kneel down) in recognition that Black Lives Matter.The changes we need to make are systemic. Powerful forms of change are needed because the roots of American racism are deep, stretching back to and beyond the founding of this nation and rooted in the enslavement of over 12 million African people. We see the effects of this ongo
  
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• Utah AG Sean Reyes defends effort to dismantle Obamacare amid pandemic

  25-06-2020 21:34
  
  Washington • The Trump administration and Republican attorneys general across the country — including from Utah — are filing briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court this week in a case aimed at ending the Affordable Care Act even as Americans grapple with new upswings in confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes had signed on to the effort to dismantle the health care law, also known as Obamacare, and defends his decision because he believes the ACA to
  
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• Woman shot by officers at Utah Lake State Park called police on herself, documents say

  25-06-2020 21:20
  
  Officers who shot a woman on June 4 at Utah Lake State Park believe she called police on herself to provoke them to shoot her, according to recently released documents. The woman survived.Initially, Provo police reported that officers responded to a call reporting that someone had a gun and was acting erratically at the park. When they arrived, police said, a woman didn’t listen to their commands to put down her gun and pointed it at them.Officers then fired at her, striking her four times
  
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• New cafe soon could bloom in Salt Lake City’s Sugar House Park

  25-06-2020 21:06
  
  The Garden Center Building has been a fixture in Sugar House Park for more than five decades.Yet even regular visitors fail to notice the one-level, midcentury modern building tucked into the northeast corner of one of Salt Lake City’s premier outdoor spaces.Large trees conceal part of the cinder block structure — which has been home to the Utah Associated Garden Clubs since it was dedicated in 1964.And most residents have never had a reason to go inside, unless it was for a gardenin
  
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• Utah Symphony | Utah Opera picks its new president/CEO

  25-06-2020 20:40
  
  Utah Symphony and Utah Opera have chosen their new president and CEO, a veteran executive who has worked for orchestras across the nation.Steven Brosvik, who has been chief operations officer at the Nashville Symphony since 2015, will take the helm at Utah Symphony | Utah Opera starting Aug. 17, USUO announced Wednesday. He succeeds Patricia A. Richards, who has been interim president and CEO since last September.In a statement, Tom Love, chairman of USUO’s board, praised Brosvik’s &
  
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• ‘The noose was real’ — NASCAR releases photo from Talladega

  25-06-2020 20:34
  
  Declaring “the noose was real,” NASCAR officials on Thursday released a photo of the rope found in the garage stall of Black driver Bubba Wallace that prompted a federal investigation that determined it had been there since last October. The incident has put racism front and center for the stock car series that two weeks ago banned the Confederate flag from its venues and races at Wallace's urging. It also prompted criticism from some fans that NASCAR had somehow overreacted —
  
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• Protesters to march until prosecutor rules in police shooting of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal. But how long will that take?

  25-06-2020 20:16
  
  For the past week, protesters have been at the Salt Lake County district attorney’s office every evening.They plaster the glass windows of the modern building with protest signs, some read “Justice for Bernardo” and “Sim Gill Charge the Killer Cops!”The signs are usually removed after each night of protests. But the protesters return the next day, to protest once more.On Wednesday, the crowd was angry. Jim Winder, an investigator with the district attorney’s o
  
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• Coronavirus surge alarms states, markets and businesses; slow recovery feared

  25-06-2020 20:06
  
  On Wednesday, governors, mayors, investors and others across the United States woke up to news that was impossible to ignore. More than 35,000 new coronavirus cases had been identified the day before. It was the highest number reported in a single day since late April.The news kept getting worse. Florida, Texas, Oklahoma and South Carolina reported their highest single-day totals. New York instituted a quarantine for some travelers from out of state. And the stock market slid 2.6% as investors f
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: I’m high risk for COVID-19, but my long isolation makes me feel so disconnected

  25-06-2020 20:02
  
  Dear Ann Cannon • As an older person in the “vulnerable population” regarding the coronavirus, what can I do to still feel a part of the world? I feel as though by not doing much (self-quarantining), I am losing touch with people and losing my feeling of being a part of humanity. I do make telephone calls and bake things for my neighbors once in a while, but it’s not easy being part of this group. Others seem to avoid me while they are social distancing, and I’ve bee
  
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• Christopher Smart: Rethinking the police and use of deadly force

  25-06-2020 20:00
  
  A Salt Lake City Police body-cam video shows Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal running from officers when shots ring out and he crumples to the ground.The May 23 video is disturbing because it captures the end of the 22-year-old man's life. The officers had responded to a call of a man with a gun. When confronted, Palacious-Carbajal did not comply with their commands and fled. Some have wondered if it is necessary for police to use deadly force in cases like this.The shooting remains under investigatio
  
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• Utah pulls some tourism ads in reaction to the coronavirus spike

  25-06-2020 19:53
  
  Utah is dialing back its advertising aimed at attracting tourists and boosting travel to the state in light of the state’s rapidly rising cases of COVID-19.After going quiet in early March in light of coronavirus lockdowns, state tourism promoters have been placing ads since April in select markets across 10 nearby states, promoting car travel to Utah.Some of the spots encourage future trips once health restrictions ease, while others more explicitly encourage visits to Utah’s redroc
  
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• Vince Carter, 43, retires after record 22 NBA seasons

  25-06-2020 19:38
  
  Atlanta Hawks guard Vince Carter, right, hugs former Hawk Dominique Wilkins as he leaves the court following an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in Atlanta. | John Bazemore, AP Vince Carter made his retirement official on Thursday, announcing on his podcast that his 22-year NBA career has come to an end.
  The announcement was largely a formality because the 43-year-old Carter had said many times over the course of this season that this would be his last
  
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• Why our public health leaders didn’t push face masks early and are now regretting it

  25-06-2020 18:54
  
  In a recent Pew survey of American adults, 65% said they wore a mask all or most of the time when inside of stores or businesses. However, only 44% said they thought that all or most of the people in their community wore a mask.Why are so many Americans not wearing one? To answer that question, I’m going to ask another.Do you remember the book “Natural Cures ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About?”Written and self-published by Kevin Trudeau, it was a compendium o
  
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• How Jesus became white — and why it’s time to cancel that

  25-06-2020 18:39
  
  Chicago • The first time the Rev. Lettie Moses Carr saw Jesus depicted as Black, she was in her 20s.It felt “weird,” Carr said.Until that moment, she’d always thought Jesus was white.At least that’s how he appeared when she was growing up. A copy of Warner E. Sallman’s “Head of Christ” painting hung in her home, depicting a gentle Jesus with blue eyes turned heavenward and dark blond hair cascading over his shoulders in waves.The painting, which has
  
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• 99-year-old Bountiful woman says Utahns should find ways to smile during COVID-19

  25-06-2020 17:46
  
  Audrey B. Carr was a child when the Great Depression hit. She turned 19 shortly after World War II began. And now, at 99 years old, Carr watches as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic.Having lived through such extraordinarily trying times, she’s developed a maxim that she believes people today should hear: Don’t “sit and cry about everything.” Otherwise, “you’ll make yourself miserable.”“And I don’t do that,” Carr said. &ld
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Editing the Book of Mormon, building a better BYU, touring a temple at your computer

  25-06-2020 16:51
  
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this free newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.Scripture chastening
  (Rick Bowmer | AP file photo)The Book of Mormon. (Rick Bowmer/)The scriptures need a rewrite — or at least a thoughtful edit.So argues Robert Bennett, an English professor at Montana State Uni
  
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• 15 inmates test positive for COVID-19 at Washington County jail

  25-06-2020 16:42
  
  Fifteen inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Washington County jail, and more people will be screened, according to the local sheriff’s office.On Saturday, four inmates at Purgatory Correctional Facility began showing symptoms of the virus and were moved to medical isolation cells. Three of the four tested positive for COVID-19.More testing was done on Monday as inmates were moved to different housing units. All 15 inmates who tested positive, and others who may have been expos
  
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• Asians see fastest growth rate among Utah minorities in past decade, up 50%

  25-06-2020 16:35
  
  When Ze Min Xiao — who was born in China but raised in American Samoa — arrived 22 years ago at the University of Utah, she says, “It was a culture shock because I had never been to a place like Utah before” with so few fellow Asians or other minorities.“Every month, I rode a Greyhound bus to the San Francisco Bay Area to get my fix of Chinese food because they didn’t have good Chinese here,” she says. In trips to visit a grandmother in Hong Kong, she wo
  
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• Samuel Wolfe: LGBTQ souls are no harder to love than anyone else

  25-06-2020 16:00
  
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints added arguments for the losing side in another seismic civil-rights case. The U.S. Supreme Court recently confirmed that federal law prohibits employment discrimination due to sexual orientation or gender identity.The church’s engagement in anti-LGBTQ legal battles extends back to support for criminalization of all gay sex, to decades of fighting marriage equality, plus briefs for other big cases, like one trying to keep trans youth from usin
  
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• Who’s writing all the six-figure checks in the race for Utah governor?

  25-06-2020 15:52
  
  Utah’s four Republican candidates for governor have together spent more than $6.5 million, and most of them have powered their campaigns with whopping cash infusions from political allies, special interests and their personal or family fortunes.This is the first time since 1992 that the Utah governor’s seat has been open. And campaign finance reports released Tuesday night reveal that the finalists in the hotly contested primary race have all spent in excess of $1 million in their qu
  
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• Letter: Greg Hughes is an ethically challenged politician

  25-06-2020 15:04
  
  Controversy, claims of conflict-of-interest and unethical behavior have dogged former speaker of the House of Representatives and current candidate for Utah governor Greg Hughes for much of his political career.Five year after his election to the Utah House, Hughes was accused by a legislator of offering her a bribe. He was given an official reprimand for "unbecoming conduct," according to a Deseret News article at the time.While Hughes was chairman of the board of the Utah Transit Authority, co
  
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• Salt Lake City snuffs July fireworks shows

  25-06-2020 15:00
  
  Fireworks shows continue to fizzle this summer as officials work to prevent large gatherings that could spread the coronavirus.Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced that popular shows at Jordan Park on July 4 and Liberty Park on July 24 have been snuffed.“While we know it’s disappointing, we encourage residents to enjoy the holiday in small groups and follow the guidance of the Salt Lake City Fire Department regarding discharging personal fireworks,” said Lorna Vogt, d
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Why mandating face masks isn’t the horrible abuse of freedom some think it is

  25-06-2020 15:00
  
  What do Darth Vader, Batman and the Lone Ranger have in common?None of them has contracted COVID-19. And they all wear masks (albeit maybe not the right kind).It doesn’t take a superhero or uber villain to understand that masks are a crucial component as we try to maintain a functioning economy and social environment and keep the coronavirus wildfire from tearing through our communities.But how often have you been in public and seen a disheartening number of people who don’t seem to
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Meanwhile, back at the pandemic ...

  25-06-2020 15:00
  
  Meanwhile, back at the pandemic ...The death toll now stands at 120,000. The United States, with roughly 4 percent of the world’s population, accounts for about 25 percent of its COVID-19 deaths.Those states that reopened despite warnings that doing so would cause a spike in coronavirus cases are now seeing — all together now — a spike in coronavirus cases. And Donald Trump has returned to doing political rallies despite being advised by experts that large crowds are essentiall
  
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• Letter: This is not the Greatest Generation

  25-06-2020 14:00
  
  During World War II, our country came together as never before. People willingly endured food rationing and blackout drills, planted victory gardens, repurposed, reused and recycled anything they could. Many sports and the Olympics were canceled. Our parents and grandparents of the Greatest Generation knew they had to sacrifice to defeat the enemy.Now in the face of another great threat, whining "patriots" are carrying guns, terrorizing state governments, openly defying orders because they canno
  
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• Letter: Invest in Black communities

  25-06-2020 14:00
  
  Our country is having a reckoning as I write these words. And it’s because of the bold and uncompromising visions of Black leaders and visionaries who dared to imagine a world beyond systemic oppression, police brutality and militarism.It’s clearer than ever that the vision laid out before us is not only possible, but necessary: defunding the police and investing in health, mental health, education and stable housing for Black communities. I encourage everyone reading this to uplift
  
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• Letter: In the same storm, but not the same boat

  25-06-2020 14:00
  
  As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across America, we have reached the point where it has affected all of us. We all know someone who has fallen ill, or worse, succumbed to this deadly virus. And it’s easy to assume everyone has the same access to health care.But, as poet Damian Barr said, “We are in the same storm, but not in the same boat.”It is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Black and brown Americans the most. The coronavirus exploits the health consequences o
  
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• Letter: Atlanta is ahead of Salt Lake City

  25-06-2020 14:00
  
  On June 12, Rayshard Brooks was shot dead by police in Atlanta while fleeing from them. The next day, Police Chief Erika Shields resigned her post.On May 23, Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal was shot dead by police in Salt Lake City while fleeing from them. Three weeks later, Police Chief Mike Brown remains in his post.Why, I wonder, does Shields take responsibility for murder committed by officers under her command, when male commanders rarely demonstrate the same integrity?By Sunday, the mayor of At
  
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• Ash Rowan: Transgender people belong in LDS temples

  25-06-2020 14:00
  
  From the outside, my family seems perfectly “Mormon.” With two darling kids, and a husband sporting BYU blue, you wouldn’t look twice if you passed us at Costco.But here’s my secret: I’m transgender.For years, I gave my best performance of “being a girl.” I wasn’t completely convincing. My tomboyish ways and bedraggled style often garnered teasing and disapproval. But I still must have been close enough that no one questioned me marrying a man for
  
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• N.B.A. Ironmen Cling to Routine During the Load Management Era

  25-06-2020 09:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A small faction of players — less than 4 percent in the 2018-19 season — play in all 82 games in a season. They have had to adjust to some rare downtime with the N.B.A. shut down by the pandemic.
  
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• Here’s what these Utah minority leaders suggest to address racism within policing

  25-06-2020 07:40
  
  As police protests continue in Utah and across the country, those participating have made one thing clear: They want change.The demonstrations began in response to the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck. And protesters say they won’t stop now — weeks later — until the system of law enforcement that led to him being targeted is “fixed.”“People are saying, ‘This is enough. Something
  
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• Steve Cuno: Being born someplace isn’t an accomplishment

  25-06-2020 05:00
  
  I’m not trying to be difficult. I know you want a simple “yes” or “no,” what with the Fourth of July around the corner and all.It’s just that I reserve words like “pride” and “proud” for accomplishments. I could, for example, be proud that earlier today I walked a whole mile in less than several hours, gave a pittance to a worthy not-for-profit organization and finished reading an acclaimed historical novel that outweighs my refrigerato
  
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• I-15 to close in Layton during overnight hours this weekend

  25-06-2020 04:29
  
  Construction work will close Interstate 15 in Layton in both directions overnight on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, according to the Utah Department of Transportation.The freeway will close between Layton Parkway and Antelope Drive each night while crews demolish portions of the Gentile Street bridge.It is scheduled to close Friday at 10 p.m. until 8 a.m. on Saturday; on Saturday beginning at 10 p.m. until 9 a.m. on Sunday; and Sunday evening at 9 until 5 a.m. on Monday.Traffic will be detoured of
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’ Town Hall: A conversation about solutions to racial discrimination in Utah

  25-06-2020 04:27
  
  We’ve discussed racism in Utah and police reform. Now, we’re talking about solutions.Rep. Sandra Hollins, Sen. Luz Escamilla, Jeanetta Williams of the NAACP Salt Lake Branch and Shawn Newell from the Utah State Board of Education joined Tribune Executive Editor Jennifer Napier-Pearce for a candid discussion about policy proposals aimed at reducing racial discrimination and police violence in Utah. You can watch the discussion on Facebook and Youtube and listen to the audio on iTunes,
  
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• Marcus Stucki: Tell the whole history of Utah’s Dixie

  25-06-2020 04:00
  
  The name “Dixie” in Southern Utah has been a divisive term for a number of decades now.I’m a fifth-generation St. Georgian. I attended Dixie High School (Go Flyers!) and Dixie State University is my alma mater. I even lived below the famous “Dixie Rock” while growing up. The name is everywhere.Locals often associate this name with Latter-day Saint pioneers who settled the area to grow cotton, some of whom had been Southerners. Most notable was Robert D. Covington, a
  
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