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• Bagley Cartoon: Bring on the Clown

  01-09-2020 23:46
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:The Deep HateGOP Rising StarTipping PointAn Emerging PatternLive from PyongyangExplaining QAnonBoat ParadeDon’t Know MuchThe Old White, Blue and RedPostal Service in DistressWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• A Utah group has filed a referendum to repeal Provo City’s mask mandate

  01-09-2020 23:32
  
  A group calling itself Utahan’s (sic) for Medical Freedom (UMF) has filed a referendum that aims to overturn Provo City’s recent mask mandate, claiming that the city council and recorder are violating residents’ constitutional rights.Last Thursday the Provo City Council overrode Mayor Michelle Kaufusi’s veto of a citywide mask mandate and the law went into effect immediately.“While responses to COVID-19 are all over the spectrum, one point is certain: The People of
  
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• Salt Lake City mayor shares winter pandemic plan

  01-09-2020 23:08
  
  With a coronavirus cure still a long way off, kids returning to school and temperatures starting to dip, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall is putting together a plan to help residents ride out the pandemic over the coming winter.In a prerecorded speech shared at a City Council work session Tuesday afternoon, Mendenhall asked for funding to improve health care access, expand youth programs and aid people experiencing homelessness. The mayor also highlighted recent efforts to help small busines
  
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• BYU TE Matt Bushman suffers season ending injury in practice

  01-09-2020 22:51
  
  Before the pandemic shook the college football world, BYU tight end Matt Bushman made the decision to forego the NFL Draft and come back to Provo for his final season. COVID-19 threatened BYU’s schedule, but the Cougars have found a way to play.But the season is over for Bushman.BYU confirmed the senior would be sidelined this season on Tuesday.“BYU senior tight end Matt Bushman suffered a season-ending injury in practice Monday and will miss the 2020 football season,” the pres
  
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• RSL executive Andy Carroll takes leave of absence after allegations of sexism, workplace misconduct surface

  01-09-2020 22:48
  
  Andy Carroll, the chief business officer for Real Salt Lake, is taking a leave of absence effective immediately, The Salt Lake Tribune has confirmed. The news was first reported by RSL Soapbox.Allegations of sexist behavior and other types of workplace misconduct surfaced Sunday in a story from RSL Soapbox. Major League Soccer and the National Women’s Soccer League have launched an investigation into those allegations, The Tribune has learned.Carroll’s leave of absence comes two days
  
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• Brett Stephens: Unwitting progressives for Trump

  01-09-2020 22:00
  
  On Thursday, as Donald Trump was about to accept the Republican nomination from the South Lawn of the White House with warnings that “No one will be safe in Biden’s America,” National Public Radio was doing its small part to make sure the president would be reelected.NPR’s assistance in this matter was surely unwitting. But that doesn’t make it any less effective.The assist came in the form of a lengthy interview by NPR’s Natalie Escobar with Vicky Osterweil,
  
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• Utah reports five new school outbreaks of coronavirus on Tuesday, but overall cases are down

  01-09-2020 21:29
  
  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.Utah’s rate of new coronavirus cases was down slightly on Tuesday, but school outbreaks surged, with the biggest one-day rise in school cases since the fall term began.There were five new school outbreaks reported in the past day,
  
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• Legislation seeks to increase mental health workers by forgiving student debt

  01-09-2020 21:12
  
  Midvale • Utah officials say more people are suffering depression and suicidal thoughts during the pandemic — and more also are reaching out for help. But, there’s a problem: Utah has a big shortage of counselors, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals to help them.“We have absolutely seen an increase in calls to the lifeline and calls for services. But again, what are we going to do when we don’t have anywhere to send people?” asked Taryn Hiatt, U
  
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• 5 Utah airports receive a combined $2.3 million in grants

  01-09-2020 21:01
  
  Five Utah airports won a combined $2.3 million in federal grants that were announced Tuesday to help improve their facilities.They were part of $1.2 billion in airport safety grants announced by Treasury Secretary Elaine L. Chao to 405 airports in 50 states and six territories. In Utah, they include:• $1,052,631 for Cedar City Regional Airport to install airport beacons, reconstruct a taxiway and seal apron surface pavement and joints.• $691,500 for Wendover Airport to improve drainage
  
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• Big crowd watches Utah protesters in court for alleged paint crimes

  01-09-2020 20:23
  
  More than 150 people tuned in Tuesday to watch eight protesters make their first court appearance on allegations they damaged the district attorney’s building and the nearby street during a July rally.The hearing, like nearly all court proceedings right now in Utah, happened over video conferencing software, and had some of the all-too-familiar virtual obstacles people have grown accustomed to as work has moved online during the pandemic.Third District Judge Richard Mrazik at one point mut
  
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• Report: Utahns would rather raise taxes for specific benefits than cut services

  01-09-2020 20:13
  
  A recent report from Utah Foundation shows 74% of Utahns favor raising taxes to pay for a specific state benefit such as public school funding, better roads or improved air quality.The nonprofit research organization listed state taxes and spending as the Beehive State’s No. 2 priority for 2020. It said that in recent years, major expenses paid from Utah’s general fund — like health care — have increased faster than inflation, putting stress on state budgets.“Broadl
  
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• Draper charter school becomes first in Utah to close because of COVID-19 outbreak

  01-09-2020 20:06
  
  A Draper charter school has temporarily closed after 15 students and staff tested positive for the coronavirus.American Preparatory Academy’s Draper 1 campus shut down Tuesday and learning will now shift online due to the outbreak, confirmed Carolyn Sharette, the charter’s executive director. The school is the first in the state to close its doors during the pandemic.“We’re just pivoting,” Sharette said. “I assume this will happen at all schools eventually.&rd
  
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• Watch ‘Trib Talk’ live: Utah ranks as the worst state for women’s equality — again

  01-09-2020 20:01
  
  Watch live here.For the third year in a row, Utah has been named the worst state for women’s equality, and it continues to lag far behind Idaho, the state ranked 49th.On Tuesday at noon, Erin Jemison, the former director of public policy at the YWCA Utah, and Susan Madsen, the founder and director of the Utah Women and Leadership Project at Utah State University, will join reporter Becky Jacobs for a live discussion about why Utah ranks so poorly and what can be done about it.You can watch
  
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• Michelle Goldberg: Biden has condemned violence. Why won’t Trump?

  01-09-2020 19:57
  
  When Elizabeth Neumann went to work in counterterrorism in Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security, she thought she’d be focused on Islamic extremism, as she was in George W. Bush’s administration. But as the assistant secretary for counterterrorism and threat prevention at DHS, she soon realized that she had to take the threat of white-supremacist terrorism seriously.“It was probably 2018 when we started to realize that this was not just a blip, that Charlottesvil
  
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• Report: BYU TE Matt Bushman out for season with Achilles injury

  01-09-2020 19:53
  
  Before the pandemic shook the college football world, BYU tight end Matt Bushman made the decision to forego the NFL Draft and come back to Provo for his final season. COVID-19 threatened BYU’s schedule, but the Cougars have found a way to play.But the season may be over for Bushman.The senior tight end was carted off the field during practice with a lower leg injury, Jake Hatch of LockedOnCougars first reported on Monday. Tuesday morning, Hatch reported Bushman would undergo an MRI, but i
  
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• Kanye West has company among Utah’s offbeat presidential candidates

  01-09-2020 19:38
  
  After the filing deadline passed Monday for write-in candidates, Utah now has 11 official candidates for president of the United States.That includes, of course, Republican incumbent Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. But it also includes two write-in candidates, four unaffiliated candidates who will appear on the ballot, plus nominees from the Constitution, Green and Libertarian parties.
  At the top of that list of some fascinating characters is famous rapper-producer Kanye West, who
  
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• The Conversation: Could religious exemptions trump a COVID-19 vaccine mandate? That depends.

  01-09-2020 19:16
  
  The longer COVID-19 rages on, the more the United States appears to be hanging its hopes on the development and rapid, mass distribution of a vaccine.Getting a safe and effective vaccine out to the public could be a game changer, health experts believe. But stopping the virus’s spread will happen only if enough people choose — or are required — to get vaccinated.While some people may see it as their “patriotic duty” to get vaccinated, others won’t.Opponents ma
  
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• Commentary: Facebook is a major threat to public health

  01-09-2020 19:06
  
  The news came from a colleague — not a doctor but someone who works in the emergency room and has seen firsthand the devastation caused by the pandemic. “There is a cure for COVID-19,” he said. “It must be true because a doctor friend shared a Facebook post about this cure.”When confronted with the latest, credible scientific evidence — that there is no cure for COVID-19, that the disease has killed more than 180,000 Americans precisely because we have no effe
  
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• Review: ‘Tenet’ is an exciting thriller, but avoid the trap of trying to make sense of it

  01-09-2020 18:53
  
  What would a Christopher Nolan movie be if there wasn’t someone onscreen to explain his labyrinthine plots? Audiences — at least the ones willing to brave going into a theater in our virus-plagued times — get their answer with “Tenet,” a maze-like action thriller that’s exciting in the moment, even if it’s gratuitously complicated.We get our first dollop of extraneous plot exposition when a CIA Black Ops agent — played by John David Washington and
  
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• The State Room will keep its bar license after a last-minute mix-up at the DABC

  01-09-2020 18:46
  
  The State Room music venue in downtown Salt Lake City will still serve alcohol to bar patrons, after a last-minute mix-up at the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.Bar owners in Utah had until Aug. 31 to pony up the $2,000 annual fee or risk losing the sought-after liquor permit.The usual renewal date for is May 31, but, in April, the Legislature passed HB4004 granting owners a three-month extension, since many were unable to open during the coronavirus shutdown.The DABC told bar owne
  
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• U.S. wildlife officials aim to remove wolf protections in 2020

  01-09-2020 18:28
  
  Traverse City, Mich. • The Trump administration plans to lift endangered species protections for gray wolves across most of the nation by the end of the year, the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday.“We’re working hard to have this done by the end of the year and I’d say it’s very imminent,” Aurelia Skipwith told The Associated Press in a phone interview Monday.The administration also is pushing ahead with a rollback of protections for mi
  
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• Utah Royals play Portland on Sept. 20 in team’s first game of NWSL Fall Series

  01-09-2020 18:24
  
  The Utah Royals FC has a return date.The Royals resume play Sept. 20 on the road against the Portland Thorns as part of the National Women’s Soccer League Fall Series. The Royals will play three other matches in the series, and those will be announced later this week, the club said in a news release.The NWSL series will be played in home markets in three “regional pods” to limit travel. Utah is in the West pod along with Portland and the OL Reign, who play in Tacoma, Washington
  
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• Dell Loy Hansen will step down from post on Utah Sports Commission as he prepares to sell RSL, other teams

  01-09-2020 17:54
  
  Dell Loy Hansen won’t just be selling his soccer properties that include three professional teams and various facilities n the greater Salt Lake City area. He will also remove himself form his involvement in other Utah sports ventures.Hansen will step down from the Utah Sports Commission, said Jeff Robbins, president and CEO of the organization. Robbins said he thanked Hansen for his service to the commission and his support of soccer in the state.“Utah’s three professional soc
  
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• Utah Jazz mailbag: Why have the Jazz stopped moving the ball, and if they lose Game 7 is the season a failure?

  01-09-2020 17:37
  
  Utah Jazz’s Jordan Clarkson, left, looks to pass the ball as Denver Nuggets’ Gary Harris (14) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.| Ashley Landis, Associated Press
  KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Utah Jazz will take on the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 on Tuesday, after the Jazz fell flat in a Game 6 loss that forced a win-or-go-home situation for both teams.
  I knew that you, the readers, would have some
  
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• Utah Jazz mailbag: Why have the Jazz stopped moving the ball?

  01-09-2020 17:37
  
  Utah Jazz’s Jordan Clarkson, left, looks to pass the ball as Denver Nuggets’ Gary Harris (14) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.| Ashley Landis, Associated Press
  KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Utah Jazz will take on the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 on Tuesday, after the Jazz fell flat in a Game 6 loss that forced a win-or-go-home situation for both teams.
  I knew that you, the readers, would have some
  
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• RootsTech genealogy conference will be online only, and free, in 2021

  01-09-2020 16:26
  
  The family history conference RootsTech is canceling its in-person conference ind February because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and instead will be a free, online-only event.FamilySearch, the genealogy database service owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced Tuesday that the online RootsTech Connect 2021 conference will be set for Feb. 25-27.The in-person conference had been slated for the Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City from Feb. 3-
  
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• Threepeat won’t happen, but Jeremy Ranch will be a great State Am venue

  01-09-2020 15:01
  
  Jeremy Ranch • After winning a prestigious national event, Preston Summerhays chose to pursue bigger ambitions than trying for a third straight State Amateur victory.Before reaching the round of 16 in the U.S. Amateur in mid-August, Carson Lundell somehow missed the deadline for entering the State Amateur.The absence of those two big names from the 122nd State Am that starts Tuesday at Jeremy Ranch Golf & Country Club is part of the fallout from the pandemic-related rescheduling of the
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Utah ranks as the worst state for women’s equality — again

  01-09-2020 15:00
  
  For the third year in a row, Utah has been named the worst state for women’s equality, and it continues to lag far behind Idaho, the state ranked 49th.On Tuesday at noon, Erin Jemison, the former director of public policy at the YWCA Utah, and Susan Madsen, the founder and director of the Utah Women and Leadership Project at Utah State University, will join reporter Becky Jacobs for a live discussion about why Utah ranks so poorly and what can be done about it.You can watch live here or on
  
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• This is how students say the quarantine unfolded at Utah State University’s dorms

  01-09-2020 14:00
  
  The last day of move-in at the dorms for Utah State University on Sunday suddenly turned into the first day of quarantine for hundreds of students living there.In four of the residence halls on campus, high levels of COVID-19 had been detected in the wastewater. And 287 of those who had just started unpacking their belongings were told to make their rooms feel like home, because they wouldn’t be leaving for awhile.That meant they’d miss going to their classes, which started Monday. T
  
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• Robert Kirby: Back-to-school blues

  01-09-2020 14:00
  
  My grandkids started back to school last week. I took a poll, asking five of them if they were happy about seeing their friends again and learning new stuff.All agreed that they were tired of staying home and that renewing friendships was worth the risk of contracting a dangerous virus.Happy to go back to school? I have no idea how any of these kids could have my blood.I came up during a time when parents made you go to school even if you had a temperature that caused asphalt to buckle or had a
  
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• Facebook is a major threat to public health

  01-09-2020 14:00
  
  The news came from a colleague — not a doctor but someone who works in the emergency room and has seen firsthand the devastation caused by the pandemic. “There is a cure for COVID-19,” he said. “It must be true because a doctor friend shared a Facebook post about this cure.”When confronted with the latest, credible scientific evidence — that there is no cure for COVID-19, that the disease has killed more than 180,000 Americans precisely because we have no effe
  
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• Letter: Utah should clean up its highways

  01-09-2020 13:30
  
  My husband and I travel quite a lot within the United States. We are sad to say that our freeways and highways are some of the weediest and trashiest we have seen.It is disappointing that our residents care so little as to toss their trash out the window or throw it in the back of their pickup so that it can blow out. What kind of first impression are we giving to people traveling into or through our state?Surely if we have the money to devote to a coal port that California doesn’t want, a
  
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• Letter: Stop the Lake Powell pipeline

  01-09-2020 13:00
  
  Stop the Lake Powell pipeline. That’s it. My anger over this deceiving and destructive project needs few words.How is it our leadership is still actively destroying our limited resources? Water is vital for every person on this planet, and certainly in our arid state of Utah, and yet this destructive and deceiving project, the Lake Powell pipeline, is still pushing forward despite decreasing Colorado River flows.Top water executives, the highest paid government officials in our state accor
  
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• Letter: Trump hasn’t changed, but Sen. Mike Lee has

  01-09-2020 07:00
  
  In June 2016, Sen. Mike Lee was opposed to Donald Trump’s candidacy for president. As he told Steve Malzberg in a telephone interview: “We can get into the fact that he accused my best friend’s father of conspiring to kill JFK. We can go through the fact that he’s made statements that some have identified correctly as religiously intolerant.”In response to Trump’s insinuation that Sen. Ted Cruz’s father was somehow involved in the assassination of Presid
  
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• Woman found dead near Saltair was shot, police say

  01-09-2020 06:45
  
  A 42-year-old woman found dead near Saltair over the weekend was shot, officials with the Unified Police Department said Monday, and her death is now considered a homicide.Akosita Kaufasi’s body was discovered by a jogger near the Great Saltair music venue, on Saturday. At that time, police said the circumstances surrounding her death were suspicious.“We have zero leads,” said Sgt. Melody Gray, the spokeswoman for UPD, “and we are hoping anyone who knows anything” w
  
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• Utah protesters march for justice for Jacob Blake, shot by police in Wisconsin

  01-09-2020 06:01
  
  On Monday, Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement (SLERM) members called for justice for Jacob Blake, who was shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 23. The crowd of about 60 people — including members from Black Lives Matter, Black Lives for Humanity, March for Justice and Utah Against Police Brutality — marched from the Capitol to Washington Square in downtown Salt Lake City.
  
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• Rich Lowry: The Trump GOP isn’t as different as you think

  01-09-2020 06:00
  
  Donald Trump took over the Republican Party, but it’s still discernibly the Republican Party.The Republican National Convention was obviously very Trumpy. At least one member of the family had a slot every night, and it featured theatrical touches worthy of reality TV.There also are notable differences of substance. Trump’s party has reversed itself on trade and jettisoned concern over deficit spending. The party is much less hawkish than George W. Bush’s GOP and much more skep
  
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• Sheriffs reject governor’s plan to curb Portland violence

  01-09-2020 05:26
  
  Portland, Ore. • Sheriffs from two counties in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, on Monday emphatically rejected a plan by the state’s governor for their deputies to help patrol the city following last weekend’s deadly shooting of a right-wing supporter of President Donald Trump.Their decision threw into doubt a plan announced a day earlier by Gov. Kate Brown to keep the peace in Portland by adding nearby sheriffs deputies and Oregon State Police troopers as the liberal city stru
  
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• Woman found near Saltair was shot, police say

  01-09-2020 05:18
  
  A 42-year-old woman found near Saltair over the weekend was shot, officials with the Unified Police Department said Monday, and her death is now considered a homicide.Akosita Kaufasi’s body was discovered by a jogger near the Great Saltair music venue, on Saturday. At that time, police said the circumstances surrounding her death were suspicious.“We have zero leads,” said Sgt. Melody Gray, the spokeswoman for UPD, “and we are hoping anyone who knows anything” will c
  
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• Letter: Prayers for those returning to school

  01-09-2020 05:00
  
  As we return to school, I would like to offer prayers.Recently, I resigned as the art teacher for two westside elementary schools within the Granite School District. No effort was made by those in power to mitigate my risk by lessening the amount of students I see, despite my health risks. I was offered more personal protective equipment.Within my position, I see two entire school populations. This year there would have been 500 students face to face. A teacher who has 20 students is at far less
  
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• Jamal Murray is on fire, averaging 47 points over the last three games. Do the Jazz have a way to stop him?

  01-09-2020 04:28
  
  Jamal Murray is on fire.The Denver Nuggets guardhas 204 total points in six games, after putting up 50, 42, and 50 points in Games 4, 5 and 6, respectively. He’s shooting 58% from 3-point range and 57% from deep — and those numbers take into account relatively lackluster performances in Games 2 and 3. Oh, and he’s hit shots at the most important moments, killing the Jazz’s hopes of winning in three separate games.But Murray’s brilliant performance has also needed a
  
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• Two bars give up their liquor licenses after deadline passes

  01-09-2020 04:22
  
  Two Utah bars failed to meet Monday’s license renewal deadline — giving up an elusive state commodity and the ability to serve alcohol.The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control said Punch Bowl Social, which closed its only Utah location at The Gateway several months ago, contacted the agency and relinquished its bar license.While The State Room, a downtown music venue, made no contact with the agency, so it forfeited its license, said DABC spokesman Terry Wood.The bar license
  
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• Bonnie Gestring: A gold mine by a salmon fishery is a terrible idea

  01-09-2020 04:00
  
  In Alaska, what supports 14,000 jobs, generates $1.5 billion annually and sustains the region’s indigenous communities, just as it has for millennia?The answer is Bristol Bay’s wild salmon fishery, and it is no exaggeration to say it is the world’s most productive. Every year, some 40-60 million salmon return to the bay’s headwaters.Yet in late July, the Army Corps of Engineers gave the proposed gold and silver Pebble Mine the go-ahead in its final environmental review. F
  
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• Biden, Trump shift campaign focus toward safety amid protests

  01-09-2020 03:43
  
  Pittsburgh • The battle over who can keep Americans safe after recent deadly protests emerged Monday as the sharpest dividing line for the presidential campaign’s final weeks as Joe Biden condemned the violence and President Donald Trump defended a supporter accused of fatally shooting two men.While the president blamed Biden, his Democratic foe, for siding with “anarchists,” Biden, in his most direct attacks yet, accused Trump of causing the divisions that have ignited th
  
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• ‘Win, or go home’: In Game 7, Jazz and Nuggets must be mentally prepared

  01-09-2020 03:00
  
  AP KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Mike Conley arrived to practice early on Monday and as he walked into the gym, there was Donovan Mitchell, walking in at the same time.
  For the Jazz’s most veteran player the extra dedication and the successful practice that followed his and Mitchell’s early arrival was a signal that the Utah Jazz are in the right headspace and prepared for a Game 7 battle with the Denver Nuggets.
  “We’re not planning on going home, that’s not what we came
  
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• Woman found at Saltair was shot, police say

  01-09-2020 02:54
  
  A 42-year-old woman found near Saltair over the weekend was shot, officials with the Unified Police Department said Monday, and her death is now considered a homicide.Akosita Kaufasi’s body was discovered by a jogger near the Great Saltair music venue, on Saturday. At that time, police said the circumstances surrounding her death were suspicious.“We have zero leads,” said Sgt. Melody Gray, the spokeswoman for UPD, “and we are hoping anyone who knows anything” will c
  
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• Samuel Shih: Is justice served with overwhelming fines?

  01-09-2020 02:04
  
  Trust in law enforcement and the justice system is at an all-time low, even as protests have started to die down. While most recognize the need for fundamental change in policing, other aspects of the justice system also need reform, including the courts.Most people’s interaction with the justice system comes in the form of a traffic stop. For the unlucky ones, they have to handle citations in Utah’s justice courts. These courts, which handle class B misdemeanors and below, are often
  
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• Utah County high school shifts students to online part time after new ‘cluster’ as COVID-19 cases drop statewide

  01-09-2020 01:40
  
  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.Pleasant Grove High School in Utah County will close temporarily and then shift to a hybrid schedule this week — mixing online and in-person classes — after reporting “a cluster” of coronavirus cases.The move was
  
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• Scofield residents must boil tap water after bacteria found in rural system

  01-09-2020 01:21
  
  Residents in the Carbon County town of Scofield were told to boil their tap water, after the system tested positive for two forms of bacteria.Town leaders issued a 72-hour boil order on Sunday, after traces of coliform and E. coli were found during a routine drinking water test, said Jared Mendenhall, spokesman for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.“A sample came back that showed we needed to take a deeper looking at what was going on,” he said, “and make sure human
  
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• Jamal Murray could set a record for points in a playoff series. Do the Jazz have a way to stop him?

  01-09-2020 01:07
  
  Jamal Murray could very well score more points than any player has ever scored in a playoff series before this season.Right now, he has 204 total points. LeBron James has the record with 241, so if Murray scores 38, he’ll surpass him. And after three straight games with 40 points or more, it certainly looks possible for Murray to get that total. (Donovan Mitchell, by the way, has 232 points in the series — already second all time. Both players have been lights out.)But Murray’s
  
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