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• 25 years after Rosie Tapia’s death, family is still searching for killer

  13-08-2020 23:40
  
  Over the last 25 years, as leads in the killing of 6-year-old Rosie Tapia appear and disappear, life has gone on for her family. Lewine Tapia, the girl’s mother, and her children have gotten older. Rosie’s older sister, Emilia Elizondo, who was 18 years old and babysitting the night Rosie was kidnapped, has now died.After all this time, though, the family hasn’t lost hope. And they’re just as upset about her death — and that they’ve never gotten to look the pe
  
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• A year after Patrick Byrne ‘dropped the mic,‘ Overstock.com’s new CEO sees online sales surge

  13-08-2020 23:21
  
  Pandemic-induced shopping seems to have transformed the fortunes of Utah online retailer Overstock.com.Less than a year ago, executives at the Midvale company fretted over lagging sales and considered selling the firm after its founder and former CEO Patrick Byrne left in a cable TV swirl of intrigue and controversy.But a surge in online shopping since March and unprecedented demand for home furnishings as sheltering customers redecorate their surroundings doubled Overstock’s revenues and
  
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• Looking back: Utah Jazz’s first ever playoff series was against Denver Nuggets

  13-08-2020 23:16
  
  Mark Eaton along with the other members of the Jazz’s first franchise playoff team are honored between the first and second quarter of a game against the Orlando Magic at EnergySolutions Arena on Saturday, March 22, 2014. | Deseret News, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — When the Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets begin their first round NBA playoff series next week in Orlando, it will be the first time in 10 years and just the third time in 35 years that they will meet in the postseason.
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• Groundbreakings set for Latter-day Saint temples in Taylorsville, St. George

  13-08-2020 23:02
  
  Plans to begin building two Utah temples have been set, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Thursday.A limited groundbreaking for the Taylorsville Temple will happen sometime in October, church officials announced in a news release. The Red Cliffs Temple, in St. George, will have its groundbreaking in November.The church also released, for the first time, an artist’s rendering of the exterior of the Taylorsville edifice. It will sit on a 7.5-acre site at 2603 W. 4700
  
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• Ana Sanchez-Birkhead: Utah’s Hispanics are bearing the brunt of COVID-19. Now we must boost the ranks of Hispanic nurses

  13-08-2020 23:00
  
  As Utah takes stock of the rising toll of COVID-19 cases, one brutal statistic stands out: the toll of the coronavirus on the Hispanic community. Despite making up just 14 percent of state’s population, we accounted for 39 percent of cases.Here’s another sobering statistic: Just 2.2 percent of the state’s nurses are of Hispanic origin. Of course, all nurses are health care heroes during a global crisis. But Hispanic nurses are especially important when tending to patients who s
  
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• ‘Behind the Headlines:’ Police K9 use and Utah coal

  13-08-2020 22:56
  
  This week in Utah news:A Salt Lake City officer who ordered a police dog to attack a Black man who was on his knees with his hands in the air has been suspended pending an investigation into whether the use of force was necessary, Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced Wednesday. The announcement comes a day after The Salt Lake Tribune published bodycam footage of Officer Nickolas Pearce ordering his dog to bite 36-year-old Jeffery Ryans early on April 24.An export terminal in Oakland, Calif. intended
  
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• Sunny Lee, who ensured Utah remembered the Korean War, dies at 67

  13-08-2020 22:53
  
  Sunny Lee, who from her home in Springdale worked with the South Korean government to celebrate American soldiers who fought in what’s been called The Forgotten War, died Friday at Dixie Regional Medical Center. She was 67.Her husband, John Lee, said his wife had a meeting in her home Aug. 4 with a representative of the South Korean government to talk about some of her many projects related to Korean War veterans. Later that night, John Lee said, Sunny Lee collapsed in their kitchen.Doctor
  
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• BYU alum Peter Kuest returns to Riverside for the Utah Open

  13-08-2020 22:48
  
  Provo • In five tournaments as a PGA Tour rookie this summer, former BYU All-American Peter Kuest has made a total of $7,525. He can top that figure this weekend in the Siegfried & Jensen Utah Open at Riverside Country Club, BYU’s home course.Amid secondary sponsorship issues attributed to the COVID-19 economy, the host Utah Section PGA is advertising a $15,000 first prize. That’s down from $20,000 in recent years, although tournament director Devin Dehlin credited the title
  
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• 18-year-old woman found dead in car pulled from a pond

  13-08-2020 22:43
  
  An 18-year-old woman was found dead in Cache County late Wednesday.A man noticed the underside of a vehicle protruding from a pond near 2600 West and 1800 South, in the College Ward/Young Ward area of the county, while checking on his livestock and, after getting some help, the man was able to use a backhoe to remove the vehicle from the pond.Single occupant Haley Bury, of Wellsville, was found deceased inside.Officials believe it may have been an accident, but an active investigation is still b
  
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• Urban Arts Fest plans separate events through September to stay safe from COVID-19

  13-08-2020 22:32
  
  The Urban Arts Festival will stay on the street — specifically, Rio Grande Street in The Gateway — for its 10th year, though in a wildly different format because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Instead of a two-day festival, this year’s festival will be broken down into a series of “elements” throughout September, organizers announced Thursday.“In a typical year, the Urban Arts Festival will draw tens of thousands of individuals to downtown Salt Lake City,” sai
  
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• What is Utah’s eligibility situation with sports postponed? The NCAA helped, but questions remain

  13-08-2020 22:30
  
  A scan of the University of Utah’s 2020 spring football roster will show the Utes have 17 players with senior eligibility.Of the 17, there are projected starters on both sides of the ball, guys like defensive end Maxs Tupai and center Orlando Umana. Quarterback Jake Bentley also has one season to play after showing up in Salt Lake City in January as a graduate transfer from the University of South Carolina.The Pac-12 will not play football in the fall, while holding a season in the spring
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Joe Ingles gives the most Joe Inglesian answer ever

  13-08-2020 21:52
  
  Editor’s note: Want to subscribe to the Weekly Run newsletter? Click here.Thanks to a bit of creative tanking on the part of coach Quin Snyder, plus some desired results Wednesday from the Thunder and Rockets, the Jazz have now got their much-coveted No. 6 seed in the playoffs, and a postseason path that could only include Houston if they were to improbably meet up in the Western Conference finals.And all it took was a “personal strain” for Donovan Mitchell here, some “ri
  
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• Jean Welch Hill: Work against homelessness has had an eventful year

  13-08-2020 20:58
  
  The first year of our new homeless resource centers has been eventful, to put it mildly. The past year saw a series of unfortunate events, from delays in opening the centers to pandemic.Through our strong partnerships within the Salt Lake Valley Coalition to End Homelessness, however, we were able to address the unexpected more quickly and with better outcomes than might have been the case if we were still following old models.As the final resource center opened, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County
  
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• WCC postpones fall sports, canceling four sport seasons at BYU

  13-08-2020 20:45
  
  As BYU football keeps fighting for a season, all other Cougar sports will be put on hold this fall.The West Coast Conference decided to postpone all conference fall competition due to COVID-19 health concerns.The decision was made by the WCC's Presidents' Council, in consultation with the league's 10 athletic directors and Commissioner Gloria Nevarez, following several week's-worth of discussions.“We empathize with our student-athletes,” said Nevarez. “This is a difficult decis
  
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• Utah’s unemployment claims continue to slide and the national number drops below 1 million

  13-08-2020 20:21
  
  New unemployment claims in Utah fell to their lowest level yet during the pandemic as state officials ended beefed-up relief payments and a new deadline neared for furloughed workers to resume job searches.Utah reported Thursday that 2,913 Utahns filed new claims for traditional jobless benefits, with an another 764 independent contractors and self-employed workers also seeking aid. On top of that, 1,179 state residents also applied to get special federally-paid extended benefits, after exhausti
  
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• Gordon Monson: The real reason the Pac-12, the Big Ten and Mountain West are killing the football season is not what you think

  13-08-2020 20:00
  
  Maybe this subject shouldn’t be sliced and diced, thrown in the air before being grilled up like steak and shrimp at Benihana’s, and consumed just because it’s there to be devoured. Maybe it’s best left alone, especially with everyone’s psyche in an era of a pandemic being as fragile as it is, given all the trauma inside and outside of sports these days.But then, maybe it needs to be openly discussed on account of the facts that … 1) everybody in positions of
  
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• WAC and Big Sky cancel fall sports, affecting Utah Valley, Weber State, Dixie State and Southern Utah programs

  13-08-2020 19:59
  
  On Thursday morning, the Western Athletic and Big Sky conferences became the latest league to cancel fall sports due to the coronavirus pandemic — directly impacting the Utah Valley, Weber State, Dixie State and Southern Utah athletic programs.The WAC’s decision, made by the Board of Directors, suspends all fall championship and non-championship athletics competitions through the end of the calendar year, affecting men’s and women’s cross country, volleyball and men&rsquo
  
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• Trump opposes money for USPS that would help vote-by-mail

  13-08-2020 19:57
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump declared Thursday that he opposes additional funding for the U.S. Postal Service, acknowledging that his position would starve the agency of money Democrats say it needs to process an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.Trump also claimed anew — falsely — that Democrats were pushing for universal mail-in voting and predicted without providing evidence that mail-in voting would lead to massive voter fraud in the
  
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• Utah’s new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations continue to decline

  13-08-2020 19:48
  
  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. With 334 new coronavirus cases reported on Thursday, Utah stayed below the governor’s target weeklong rate of 400 diagnoses per day.For the past seven days, Utah has averaged 354 new confirmed cases per day, the Utah Department of
  
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• Salt Lake City Stars stay in-house, name assistant Nathan Peavy as their new head coach

  13-08-2020 19:34
  
  Salt Lake City Stars assistant coach Nathan Peavy will step into the head coaching role vacated last month by Martin Schiller, the team announced Thursday.Peavy worked for three years with the Stars under Schiller, the reigning NBA G League Coach of the Year. Schiller left to take the head coaching job with Lithuanian powerhouse Zalgiris Kaunas of the EuroLeague.Peavy’s hiring was front-page news in Puerto Rican sports newspapers, where Peavy played for the national team — his mother
  
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• Trump opposes USPS funding, says mail voting will be hard without it

  13-08-2020 19:04
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Thursday that he opposes additional funding for the U.S. Postal Service, acknowledging that his position would starve the agency of money Democrats say it needs to process an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.Trump also falsely stated that Democrats were pushing for universal mail-in voting and made the unfounded claim that mail-in voting would lead to massive voter fraud in the November election. Polls indicate Tru
  
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• Health experts warn about perils of a new coronavirus data collection system

  13-08-2020 18:47
  
  Washington • Nearly three dozen current and former members of a federal health advisory committee, including nine appointed or reappointed by Health Secretary Alex M. Azar, are warning that the Trump administration’s new coronavirus database is placing an undue burden on hospitals and will have “serious consequences on data integrity.”The advisers, all current or former members of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, issued their warning in a prev
  
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• WAC and Big Sky cancel fall sports, affecting Utah Valley, Dixie State and Southern Utah programs

  13-08-2020 18:28
  
  On Thursday morning, the Western Athletic and Big Sky conferences became the latest league to cancel fall sports due to the coronavirus pandemic — directly impacting the Utah Valley, Dixie State and Southern Utah athletic departments.WAC’s decision, made by the Board of Directors, suspends all fall championship and non-championship athletics competitions through the end of the calendar year, affecting men’s and women’s cross country, volleyball and men’s and women&r
  
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• BYU football works out home-and-home series with Troy, adding fourth game to 2020 season

  13-08-2020 18:25
  
  Just as things were starting to look worse for wear for BYU football, athletic director Tom Holmoe keeps finding a way to bring hope to the Cougars that a season will happen.Down to only three games left on the schedule, BYU has added a fourth opponent — Troy University — on Thursday.Both schools have agreed to a home-and-home series, with the first game being played at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Sept. 26. The Cougars' home game will be broadcast on an ESPN network with a kickoff time
  
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• A year after Patrick Byrne ‘dropped the mic', Overstock.com’s new CEO sees online sales surge

  13-08-2020 18:25
  
  Pandemic-induced shopping seems to have transformed the fortunes of Utah online retailer Overstock.com.Less than a year ago, executives at the Midvale company fretted over lagging sales and considered selling the firm after its founder and former CEO Patrick Byrne left in a cable TV swirl of intrigue and controversy.But a surge in online shopping since March and unprecedented demand for home furnishings as sheltering customers redecorate their surroundings doubled Overstock’s revenues and
  
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• WAC cancels fall sports, affecting Utah Valley and Dixie State programs

  13-08-2020 17:59
  
  On Thursday morning, the Western Athletic Conference became the latest league to cancel fall sports due to the coronavirus pandemic — directly impacting the Utah Valley and Dixie State athletic departments.The decision, made by the WAC Board of Directors, suspends all fall championship and non-championship athletics competitions through the end of the calendar year, affecting men's and women's cross country, volleyball and men's and women's soccer.It also affects the non-conference schedul
  
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• BYU is now the last college football program standing in Utah — and in the West

  13-08-2020 17:55
  
  By Wednesday afternoon, BYU was the lone NCAA football program in the state that hasn’t canceled its 2020 season.Dixie State announced Wednesday morning it would postpone its 2020 football season to the spring, a day after Utah saw it’s season canceled when the Pac-12 decided to postpone all sport competitions through the rest of the calendar year.On Monday, the Mountain West indefinitely postponed all fall sport contests, bringing an end to Utah State football.Last Friday, both Webe
  
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• Natural History Museum of Utah reopens with a new director after COVID-19 lockdown

  13-08-2020 17:16
  
  Jason Cryan had barely landed in his new job in March, as the new executive director of the Natural History Museum of Utah, when the world changed.“My first three official acts on the job were to shut the place down, send the folks home, and assess for earthquake damage,” Cryan said recently. “And that was just the beginning.”This week, after a summer dominated by COVID-19 and a roiling debate over systemic racism, Cryan is overseeing the reopening of the museum that tell
  
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• Sundance Institute gives grants to arts groups hit hardest by COVID-19 pandemic

  13-08-2020 17:00
  
  Sundance Institute is doling out $405,500 in grants to 39 artists’ organizations worldwide, trying to relieve some of the pain the COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted on communities getting hit the worst.The grants are part of a $1 million plan that Robert Redford’s nonprofit arts group announced in April, to “redistribute funds to directly support the urgent needs of artists.” Sundance distributed about 60% of the fund to artists, including 103 Sundance-curated artists who p
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Nelson says ‘hang on,’ ‘Elders’ Biden and Trump seek converts, a new BYU petition emerges

  13-08-2020 16:17
  
  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.Nelson urges members to ‘hang on’The coronavirus pandemic has been trying on everyone, including church President Russell M. Nelson.“I have felt great sorrow about this pandemic,” he wrote last w
  
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• Pro-Huntsman website, campaign donations fuel hopes of a write-in effort

  13-08-2020 15:06
  
  A website attempting to “draft” Jon Huntsman as a write-in candidate for Utah governor and recent six-figure donations to his campaign are stoking his supporters’ hopes that the former diplomat is not giving up after his primary election defeat.Huntsman so far hasn’t directly confirmed that he’s considering a last-ditch attempt at becoming the state’s top executive, and last month said “we won’t be pursuing any efforts for a write-in campaign.&rdqu
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Utah should reinvent coal country, not gamble on propping it up

  13-08-2020 15:00
  
  Last week, an attorney for the bankrupt proponents of an Oakland coal port told a judge they were counting on a $20 million infusion from the Utah Legislature to keep the project from collapsing.As my colleague Brian Maffly reported, the company behind the port, Insight Terminal Solutions, is hoping for salvation next week when the Utah Legislature meets in an emergency special session.The $20 million lifeline would be the first payment from a $53 million account set up by the Legislature in 201
  
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• Bargains dominate top-selling products at Utah liquor stores

  13-08-2020 15:00
  
  The top-selling items at state-run liquor stores affirm Utah’s love for bargains and bulk purchases.But consumers aren’t always pinching pennie. They are willing to splurge on expensive Champagne for a special occasion or a craft beer made in Utah.Seven of the top 10 spirits in the state were sold in bottles larger than the usual 750 milliliter container, sales numbers for the 12-month period that ended June 30 show.Box wines still dominate, with six of the top 10 wines coming in a c
  
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• Stuart C. Reid: This Republican will vote Biden/Harris

  13-08-2020 14:00
  
  With the Kamala Harris nomination, I will be voting for the Biden/Harris ticket.Sen. Harris matches Joe Biden’s left-leaning political positions, much of which I do not agree with. Nevertheless, I believe a Biden/Harris presidency can heal the nation from the toxicity of the Trump presidency, which has dishonored and damaged the vital institutions that have sustained our nation.In addition, in no small way, I believe the nomination of a Black woman as the vice presidential nominee is also
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Who wants to watch Selena Gomez cook? Maybe you.

  13-08-2020 14:00
  
  Unless you’re an obsessed Selena Gomez fan, it’s hard to imagine anything less interesting than a 10-part TV series about her learning to cook.Or so I would have thought five or six months ago, pre-pandemic. Maybe it’s just because I’ve been stuck at home since mid-March, but there’s something kind of charming and fun about “Selena + Chef,” which starts streaming Thursday, Aug. 13, on HBO Max.Gomez is connected via video to a variety of chefs who teach h
  
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• Letter: Dunnigan does not represent Utahns

  13-08-2020 14:00
  
  This is in response to the Aug. 8 letter to the editor “Vote for a representative who will represent you,” by Doug and Sylvia Wright.Rep. Jim Dunnigan has not been representing you if you live in his district or anywhere in Utah. He was probably the most outspoken member of the Utah House against expanding Medicaid, even though expansion of Medicaid was overwhelmingly supported by Utah voters (Proposition 3).Dunnigan also opposed Proposition 4, which supported an independent commissi
  
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• Letter: Considering two respected candidates

  13-08-2020 14:00
  
  Taylorsville is very fortunate to have two highly respected candidates running for the state Legislature. As stated in a letter to the editor by Doug and Sylvia Wright, Jim Dunnigan has, on specific occasions, voted in line with his constituents, and with 18 years as a representative, he certainly understands the dynamics and workings of our political system (“Vote for a representative who will represent you,” Aug. 8).On the Democratic ticket we have Lynette Wendel, a member of the T
  
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• Letter: Bramble should think before he acts

  13-08-2020 14:00
  
  Curtis Bramble is at it again. This time, the Utah state senator is going after the owners of motor homes with a 350% increase in registration fees.Bramble was the draconian “mastermind” behind the recent statewide fiasco requiring owners of multiple homes to declare the residential status of those homes as either primary or secondary. This was not a property tax issue, which is the function of the state’s 29 county assessor’s offices. Rather, the assessors were required
  
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• Letter: American political campaigns need an overhaul

  13-08-2020 14:00
  
  The televised presidential “debates” will soon be inflicted upon us. The current debate format would be perfect if we were deciding whom to elect stand-up comic put-down artist in chief rather than commander in chief.It is not just the debates that render the American manner of campaigning and electioneering so absurd. The televised “debates” are often comic tours de farce, and intelligent political discourse is tragically rare. Emotional manipulation — the stock in
  
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• A year after ex-CEO Patrick Byrne ‘dropped the mic', Utah’s Overstock.com sees online sales surge

  13-08-2020 13:55
  
  Pandemic-induced shopping seems to have transformed the fortunes of Utah online retailer Overstock.com.Less than a year ago, executives at the Midvale company fretted over lagging sales and considered selling the firm after its founder and former CEO Patrick Byrne left in a cable TV swirl of intrigue and controversy.But a surge in online shopping since March and unprecedented demand for home furnishings as sheltering customers redecorate their surroundings doubled Overstock’s revenues and
  
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• Utah’s high school football opener between Herriman and Davis could be bellwether for rest of U.S.

  13-08-2020 06:27
  
  College football programs left and right have seen their seasons canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In Utah, only Brigham Young University remains with games on its schedule, albeit only three.But high school football pushes on, not just in Utah but all over the country. Twelve states decided to push their seasons to 2021, per High School Football America, but the rest have either decided to start on time or push the season back to later in the year.One of the states starting on time
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 22 more COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths

  13-08-2020 06:03
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation health officials have reported 22 more cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths.That brings the total number of people infected to 9,356 and the known death toll to 477 as of Wednesday.Navajo Department of Health officials said 86,759 people have been tested for the coronavirus and 6,920 have recovered.Tribal President Jonathan Nez pointed to the latest coronavirus figures as evidence that most Navajo Nation residents are complying with lockdown orders
  
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• Wildfire in Utah County threatens structures before crews get it under control

  13-08-2020 05:56
  
  A fast-moving wildfire threatened structures in Utah County and temporarily shut down a stretch of highway.The blaze started about 4 p.m. Wednesday near Cedar Fort, a town of about 400 people to the west of Utah Lake. By 9 p.m., crews said, the fire had grown to 209 acres.Firefighters responded to the area with two airplanes to try to control the flames from above as high winds pushed it forward.Highway 73 was closed for a few hours as they worked to battle the blaze. It was 50% contained by nig
  
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• Utah Jazz clinch sixth seed, will face Nuggets in first round of playoffs

  13-08-2020 05:46
  
  On Wednesday morning, Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles kinda, sorta, half-heartedly, not-convincingly tried to claim that three straight losses by his team (in which four starters sat out all of one game and five starters sat out half of another) were not inherently tied to chasing a certain playoff seed.“I think there’s just too much that can happen and go on,” he said.And then, on Wednesday night, all that supposed randomness played out pretty much exactly as Utah hoped, as the R
  
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• QAnon followers are hijacking the #SaveTheChildren movement

  13-08-2020 05:37
  
  Recently, an acquaintance posted a photo on her Instagram story showing a map of the United States, filled with bright red dots.“This is not a map of COVID,” the caption read. “It is a map of human trafficking.”Under the photo was a hashtag: #SaveTheChildren.A few days later, I saw the same hashtag trending on Twitter. This time, it was being posted by followers of QAnon, the sprawling pro-Trump conspiracy theory. These people were also disturbed about human trafficking,
  
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• Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets will battle in opening round of NBA playoffs

  13-08-2020 05:35
  
  20190410 Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) tries to back Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) during the Utah Jazz versus Denver Nuggets NBA game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — The 6th-seed Utah Jazz will face the 3rd-seed Denver Nuggets in the first round of the NBA playoffs, which are set to begin on Aug. 17 and 18.
  A series of wins and losses, of which the Jazz were not involved on Wednesday, finalized quit
  
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• With sixth seed clinched and Rockets avoided, Utah Jazz will wrap seeding games vs. Spurs on Thursday

  13-08-2020 05:03
  
  It seems counterintuitive, but closing out their seeding game schedule with a fourth consecutive loss on Thursday would have given the Utah Jazz a bit of control over their postseason fate: Losing that game against the Spurs would conclude a most excellent tank job and ensure the Jazz the No. 6 seed in the coming Western Conference playoffs.And given that both Rudy Gobert and Mike Conley were ruled out on Wednesday afternoon, it was apparent it was a game the Jazz had no intention of winning.Tur
  
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• Elizabeth and Robert Corker: In Salt Lake City, the police are the problem

  13-08-2020 04:00
  
  An Open Letter to Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and Salt Lake City Council Members:We are parents of a kind, caring, adult son. Family and community have always been very important to him.A few months ago, our son, who is white, wanted to do his part to protest violent treatment of people of color by police in Salt Lake City and elsewhere. What we have seen, through videos and photos from Salt Lake City protests, has shocked us as parents.From videos and multiple TV newscasts July 9, we s
  
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• Behind enemy lines: Spurs fighting for a shot at a 23rd consecutive playoff appearance against Jazz

  13-08-2020 03:45
  
  San Antonio Spurs center Jakob Poeltl (25) talks with head coach Gregg Popovich during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Denver Nuggets, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP) | AP SALT LAKE CITY — While the Eastern Conference playoff standings are officially locked up, the Western Conference is still embroiled in battles for position, and the San Antonio Spurs, who have made 22 consecutive playoff appearances with Gregg Popov
  
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• Man shot to death in Salt Lake City alley

  13-08-2020 02:19
  
  A man was shot and killed Wednesday evening in a downtown Salt Lake City alley.Police responded to a call of gunfire about 5:30 p.m. on Harrison Avenue near Major Street. There, officers found a man lying in the small roadway, said Salt Lake City police Detective Greg Wilking. The man died at the scene.Wilking said it isn’t clear yet what prompted the shooting. And police have not identified the man, who is only being described as middle-aged.Officers are investigating the shooting as a ho
  
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