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• Gunfire hits LDS Missionary Training Center in Provo. No one is injured.

  03-08-2020 22:19
  
  Provo police are looking for a shooter who fired several bullets at the Missionary Training Center early Monday morning.The drive-by shooting at 2:28 a.m left at least four bullet holes in the glass of the main security booth, which was not occupied at the time, according to police. There were no injuries at the facility, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.At 2:28 am on Monday August 3, 2020, the driver of a white SUV shot multiple rounds at the Main MTC security b
  
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• Preliminary hearing for Chad Daybell debates evidence for a trial

  03-08-2020 22:10
  
  Boise, Idaho • A detective Monday described in excruciating details how investigators unearthed the remains of two children who had been missing for months while searching the rural Idaho property of a man charged with concealing evidence.The testimony came during a preliminary hearing where a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence to hold Chad Daybell for trial. He and the children’s mother face charges related to the hiding of the remains of 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-
  
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• New Mountain View Corridor section hits halfway point, causes closures on S.R. 201

  03-08-2020 22:01
  
  The Utah Department of Transportation celebrated Monday hitting the halfway point for a $335 million project to extend the Mountain View Corridor highway from 4100 South to State Road 201.But that comes with some road closures there during evenings this week on the State Road 201 freeway where it will soon connect with the new westside highway at about 5700 West.On Monday and Tuesday, eastbound lanes on S.R. 201 will close there from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. On Wednesday and Thursday, the westbound lane
  
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• Ellen Birrell: To beat the summer heat, car-centric is not the answer

  03-08-2020 22:00
  
  The summer heat presses in. Asphalted roadways and parking lots contribute to higher temperatures. The greenery, which has been removed to make way for car-centric travel, is what filters pollution from the air, sequesters carbon into the ground and cools summer temperatures.State and federal funding is surging for adding wider lanes and more lanes. Even more public comments than were submitted during the Legacy Highway EIS (Environmental Impact Study), 6,000 were just submitted for the ongoing
  
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• Utes, Pac-12 players tweeted support of boycott, but not clear how many are saying they’ll miss games

  03-08-2020 21:50
  
  At 12:31 p.m. on Sunday, Jake Bentley tweeted the same two-picture graphic that dozens, if not hundreds of Pac-12 football players had already tossed on their respective timelines.On the left, team logos encircling the Pac-12 logo itself with #WEAREUNITED underneath it. To the right, reasons for the We Are United movement, a player-led push to boycott games if the league does not meet a series of demands regarding safety, compensation and racial justice.Less than two hours afterward, Bentley fel
  
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• Utah reports 354 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths, as testing demand remains low

  03-08-2020 21:01
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. New coronavirus cases reported in Utah were low again on Monday, with an increase of 354, compared to 473 on Sunday.That brings the seven-day average to 435 new cases a day, according to the Utah Department of Health — down from S
  
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• Utah woman charged after crash kills Michigan trooper

  03-08-2020 20:34
  
  Ionia, Mich. • A woman was charged with second-degree murder Monday after a state trooper died three weeks after a crash in western Michigan, police said.Caleb Starr's death was announced Friday night. He was driving in Ionia County's Boston Township on July 10 when a car crossed the center line from the opposite direction and smashed into his patrol car, police said.The other driver was charged with second-degree murder and other offenses related to drinking and driving. Her name wasn't im
  
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• In 1920, Native women sought the vote. Here’s what they seek now.

  03-08-2020 20:32
  
  Native American women were highly visible in early 20th-century suffrage activism. White suffragists, fascinated by Native American matriarchal power, invited Native American women to speak at conferences, join parades, and write for their publications. Native American suffragists took advantage of these opportunities to speak about pressing issues in their communities — Native American voting, land loss and treaty rights. But their stories have largely been forgotten.After the 19th Amendm
  
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• Rep. Chris Stewart says a divided America creates danger of ‘national suicide'

  03-08-2020 20:23
  
  Rep. Chris Stewart, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, intended to talk Monday about national security dangers from such countries as China and Russia. Instead, he pivoted to point out what he says is the only real threat that could destroy America.“I worry that we may destroy ourselves, that we may commit national suicide,” the Utah Republican said during an online speech Monday to the conservative Sutherland Institute.Then he ticked off some signs that America is not hea
  
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• Can film sessions help Utah Jazz find a more aggressive attitude?

  03-08-2020 20:15
  
  Utah Jazz’s Joe Ingles (2) drives up the court against Oklahoma City Thunder’s Chris Paul (3) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool) | APSALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz were already aware that Saturday’s loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder wasn’t their best outing, but that didn’t stop them from watching it again and analyzing.
  “It obviously wasn’t super pretty
  
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• Watch ‘Trib Talk’ live: A Utah ER doctor and a medical examiner discuss the fight against COVID-19

  03-08-2020 20:01
  
  Watch live here.What’s it like to be an emergency room doctor in the age of COVID-19, and how has the virus killed more than 300 Utahns?Tune in to “Trib Talk” at noon on Monday as reporter Nate Carlisle interviews Dr. Marion Bishop, an emergency medical physician at hospitals in Logan, Brigham City and Evanston, Wyo., and Utah State Medical Examiner Dr. Erik Christensen.You can watch the interview live here or on our Facebook page.“Trib Talk” is produced by Jeni Fit
  
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• Sundance Film Festival looking to trim to seven days for 2021, because of COVID-19

  03-08-2020 18:37
  
  The 2021 Sundance Film Festival could be four days shorter, a week later and a lot less populated than usual, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Plans for a shorter festival, with a quarter of the usual crowds in venues, will be discussed and voted on by Park City’s city council on Tuesday.According to a council staff report, Sundance tentatively is envisioning a seven-day festival, rather than the usual 11-day event, in Park City. The festival would run from Jan. 28 to Feb. 3 — a
  
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• NBA Daily: Scattered Bubble Thoughts

  03-08-2020 18:14 via basketballinsiders.com
  
  Four days into The Bubble, Matt John relays some of the observations he's made since the 2019-20 NBA season has resumed play.
  
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• How 75,000 Utah families can get a one-time payment to help feed their children

  03-08-2020 18:12
  
  Utahns whose children were eligible for free or reduced-price school meals can now apply for a one-time payment of $308 for each child in grades K-12.The application for the Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer is online at jobs.utah.gov/PEBT. It must be submitted by Aug. 31, and payments will be sent out in September.Families whose children received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on March 16 do not need to apply for P-EBT — the $308 benefit will automatically be
  
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• Navajo lawmakers pass massive coronavirus relief spending bill

  03-08-2020 18:10
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Lawmakers on the Navajo Nation have approved a massive spending bill to respond to the coronavirus pandemic that includes money for water projects, power lines, broadband and casino employees who have been laid off.The Navajo Nation Council passed the nearly $651 million in spending late Friday after discussing it for more than 28 hours in a special session over three days. The money comes from the Navajo Nation's share of $8 billion federal coronavirus relief funding t
  
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• Utah State researchers debunk myths to find optimal hemp growth

  03-08-2020 18:06
  
  Logan • Ninety years ago, hemp researchers at Utah State University grew cannabis for rope and had no way to test the THC content in crops other than smoking it and monitoring the effects. Research halted in 1970 when then-President Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act.Now that it’s legal to grow once more USU researchers are back at it — only this time, they’re using technology and testing to determine the optimal ways to grow the plant for high yield and ca
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: A Utah ER doctor and a medical examiner discuss the fight against COVID-19

  03-08-2020 17:44
  
  What’s it like to be an emergency room doctor in the age of COVID-19, and how has the virus killed more than 300 Utahns?Tune in to “Trib Talk” at noon on Monday as reporter Nate Carlisle interviews Dr. Marion Bishop, an emergency medical physician at hospitals in Logan, Brigham City and Evanston, Wyo., and Utah State Medical Examiner Dr. Erik Christensen.You can watch the interview live here or on our Facebook page.“Trib Talk” is produced by Jeni Fitzgibbon and Sara
  
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• Is the coronavirus really worse than the flu? And other frequently asked questions.

  03-08-2020 17:25
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. It was just a bit awkward.At this week’s coronavirus briefing, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert bounced some questions he frequently receives off of his top epidemiologist, Dr. Angela Dunn. It’s a good idea — the old-fashioned F
  
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• Breaking down Utah’s football schedule: Intriguing opener, high-profile finish, toughest games, final prediction

  03-08-2020 17:14
  
  Unless the COVID-19 pandemic says otherwise and things again devolve into chaos, the University of Utah football team will open its latest Pac-12 South title defense on Sept. 26 at Washington State. Everyone seems cautiously optimismistic that a season will get played now that the Pac-12 has released a 10-game, conference-only schedule, and that includes us. So, while there is a season scheduled, let’s take a look at it.Below, The Salt Lake Tribune breaks down the Utes’ schedule, whi
  
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• Suspect killed, officer wounded in shootout in West Jordan

  03-08-2020 16:02
  
  A man was killed by West Jordan police officers on Sunday night in a shootout that left a police officer with a bullet in his shoulder.West Jordan police said a resident was following a stolen pickup truck, which belonged to one of the resident’s relatives, and called police about 8 p.m. Sunday, Fox13 reported.Police caught up with the truck near 2400 West and 7700 South. For awhile, the people in the truck refused to get out. Eventually, one person did, and exchanged gunfire with officers
  
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• Gunfire hits Missionary Training Center in Provo. No one is injured.

  03-08-2020 16:00
  
  Provo police are looking for a shooter who fired several bullets at the Missionary Training Center early Monday morning.The drive-by shooting at 2:28 a.m left at least four bullet holes in the glass of the main security booth, which was not occupied at the time, according to police. There were no injuries at the facility, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.At 2:28 am on Monday August 3, 2020, the driver of a white SUV shot multiple rounds at the Main MTC security b
  
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• LDS General Conference data reveals who talks the most and what they talk about — grace, works, porn, drugs and more

  03-08-2020 15:10
  
  If reading scripture and LDS General Conference talks is boring, Quentin Spencer told his virtual audience recently, just write a computer program to do it for you.That’s what he did to track the trends and texts of conference sermons from 1942 to 2020.Doing so, the data analyst said Thursday at the 2020 virtual Sunstone Symposium, offered fascinating tidbits about leaders in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including the ebb and flow of language and topics of concern.Here
  
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• Data shows inconsistent closures at Utah child care facilities with COVID-19 outbreaks

  03-08-2020 15:09
  
  Fifty-seven child care facilities in Utah have reported coronavirus cases so far — but state data shows responses to the disease have varied greatly from one center to another.Some of the care centers reopened after a day or two. Others shut down for weeks. And nearly a dozen didn’t close at all.The state has required child care providers to disclose any cases of COVID-19 to officials and parents but largely leaves the rest up to them. In deciding whether to close and for how long, t
  
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• Letter: Remember those with hearing loss

  03-08-2020 14:02
  
  Thank you for printing F. Neil Brady’s comments on the challenges the hearing impaired have in understanding speech when others wear a mask. Hearing loss is in itself a painful disability. We hear parts of words, but not all of the words. Our reliance on visual cues is hugely helpful as we struggle to piece together what others are saying. And yes, this is even with hearing aids. Hearing aids are not like glasses that have one prescribed formula. Hearing aids are always shifting the parame
  
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• Utah to close health, dental clinics serving the underinsured as part of pandemic budget cuts

  03-08-2020 14:00
  
  When Ted Koerner heads in for a health checkup, he doesn’t have to worry about his physician giving him judgmental looks that say, “Hey, what have you been doing with yourself?”Instead, the two-time cancer survivor says his physician, Dr. David Sundwall, feels like an old friend. The physician chats with Koerner about his life. He always remembers to ask about Koener’s wife, Patti, and sends him home with a reminder that she’s due for a doctor’s visit.The coup
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Like all parents, I’m grappling with whether to send my kid to school

  03-08-2020 14:00
  
  I’m not sure that I’ve ever had a harder decision to make as a parent and I’m in the same boat as more than a million other Utahns: Are all the benefits of a good education worth the very real risk posed by COVID-19?My 16-year-old son needs the structure of the classroom. Without it, the last quarter of the year turned into an extended summer vacation.He’s not alone, and for some it was even worse. Back in April, one survey found 47% of public school students hadn’t
  
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• Letter: Who are our modern pioneers?

  03-08-2020 14:00
  
  When we celebrated Pioneer Day on July 24, I was pleased to hear commentators speak about the varied pioneers in our state: Native Americans who first settled in Utah; Chinese who came to work on the railroad; Greeks who came to man the mines; and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who came to establish their sanctuary.The spirit of those pioneers helped make Utah the successful state it is today.I thought of the hardships and challenges these pioneers faced. Then I refle
  
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• Letter: We must protect the LGBTQ community

  03-08-2020 14:00
  
  In a recently published op-ed, former Sen. Steve Urquhart said, “Representatives and senators must step up and pass full, comprehensive federal protections for the LGBTQ community.”I’m writing to urge Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney to take note. The time is now.Our country recently achieved one of the greatest milestone Supreme Court decisions for LGBTQ+ equality to date. The court ruled that LGBTQ+ Americans are protected in the workplace from discrimination “on the basi
  
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• Letter: Remember that legislators work for us

  03-08-2020 14:00
  
  One thing all politicians — Democrats, Republicans or independent — need to remember: You are asking us for a job. We vote on whether we want to hire you. You get your basic ideals from your party platform, but your allegiance is to every resident of Utah, your employer. You owe no allegiance to party, person, donors or corporation. You are to work for the general good of the people. We are a republic, not a democracy, and even the political minority have a right to have their voices
  
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• Letter: Don’t let Utah become like Texas

  03-08-2020 14:00
  
  I’m writing to you with concern for my family in Utah. I’m currently in Corpus Christi, Texas, which is one of the hot spots for COVID-19 in Texas. It’s a hot spot because nobody is listening, and people aren’t social distancing despite being told to do so.Many cities here are deciding to do online schooling to promote social distancing, because no child, or teenager for that matter, will listen 100% to distancing and mask rules, which makes the spread of COVID-19 inevita
  
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• How a rural doctor and his staff are helping a Utah county divided over masks see the danger of the coronavirus

  03-08-2020 14:00
  
  Jeff Chappell despises wearing a necktie to work nowadays.It used to be a staple for the Wayne County physician’s uniform. But now that he has to wear a mask and a face shield, he skips the tie. And when he is in his office by himself, he sheds his personal protective equipment, takes a deep breath and tries to kick back — moments that are becoming all too rare these days.As the only medical doctor at the Wayne Community Health Center, he and a team of physician assistants and nurses
  
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• Utah Jazz mailbag: What happened to the blender? Have the Jazz lost their identity?

  03-08-2020 05:00
  
  Utah Jazz’s Mike Conley (10) drives into Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool) | AP KISSIMMEE Fla., — The NBA returned to action last Thursday with the Utah Jazz kicking things off in a down-to-the-wire victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. On Saturday, the Jazz played their second game and showed a lot less resilience in a blowout lo
  
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• Police and protesters clash in Cottonwood Heights; officers detain several demonstrators

  03-08-2020 04:01
  
  A march advocating police reform in Salt Lake City and county turned chaotic Sunday as multiple people were detained and allegedly pepper sprayed and tased by police officers in Cottonwood Heights.FOX 13 reported that Cottonwood Heights Police said they took eight people into custody and impounded three vehicles. The department said its officers were pepper sprayed, FOX 13 reported.A nearly 40-minute video shot live on Facebook by Tali Bruce, a Cottonwood Heights city councilwoman, shows dozens
  
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• As school begins amid the pandemic, parents see few good options

  03-08-2020 03:30
  
  Woodstock, Ga. • John Barrett plans to keep his daughter home from elementary school this year in suburban Atlanta, but he wishes she were going. Molly Ball is sending her teenage sons to school in the same district on Monday, but not without feelings of regret.As the academic year begins in many places across the country this week, parents are faced with the difficult choice of whether to send their children to school or keep them home for remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemi
  
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• Microsoft confirms talks seeking to buy U.S. arm of TikTok

  03-08-2020 03:22
  
  New York • Microsoft confirmed Sunday it is in talks with Chinese company ByteDance to acquire the U.S. arm of its popular video app TikTok and has discussed with President Donald Trump his concerns about security and censorship surrounding such an acquisition.In a statement, Microsoft said Microsoft and ByteDance have provided notice of their intent to explore a deal resulting in Microsoft owning and operating the TikTok service in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The company s
  
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• Protest in Cottonwood Heights turns violent, video shows

  03-08-2020 03:17
  
  A march advocating police reform in Salt Lake City and county turned chaotic Sunday as multiple people were detained and allegedly pepper sprayed and tased by police officers in Cottonwood Heights.A nearly 40-minute video shot live on Facebook by Cottonwood Heights city councilwoman Tali Bruce shows dozens of people marching and chanting down a residential street. A few minutes later, the march was stopped by police asking them to move from the street to the sidewalk.After several minutes of dis
  
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• Taylorsville family mourns death of one twin after mother and children hit by car

  03-08-2020 01:19
  
  The tragic death of a 2-year-old twin left a Taylorsville family in shock and mourning.Heather Marroquin was pushing her 22-month-old twins in a stroller on Tuesday along 3200 West near 5000 South when a dog ran into the road and a car braked suddenly to avoid hitting it, according to Unified Police. A vehicle that was following the car rear-ended it, pushing it onto the sidewalk and crushing the Marroquins against a cinder block wall.One of the twins, Hadley, died at the scene; Bethany was flow
  
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