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• Salt Lake City asks to move to ‘yellow’ risk status; 419 new cases of COVID-19 reported statewide

  02-09-2020 23:50
  
  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.Salt Lake City is requesting to downshift to a lower level of coronavirus restrictions — moving from “orange” to “yellow” — after case counts in the capital have decreased over the last month.The city
  
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• Emotions run high over new Navajo Code Talkers beer can

  02-09-2020 23:49
  
  In honor of National Navajo Code Talkers Day, a Washington, D.C., craft brewery recently rereleased its Code Talker American Pale Ale — this time in a can — drawing some rave reviews but also backlash.The beer was formulated and brewed by LT Goodluck in honor of his late grandfather and Navajo Code Talker John V. Goodluck. The Hellbender Brewing Company announced the ale’s third annual release in August, debuting a bright red can featuring John V. Goodluck’s image.Some so
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Poet Carol Lynn Pearson discusses her new book on her quest to find Heavenly Mother

  02-09-2020 23:03
  
  In 2015, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a short essay matter-of-factly affirming its belief in a Heavenly Mother. It was only six paragraphs, barely 600 words.That left the subject wide open to imaginative exploration with leaders and members increasingly embracing the idea and mentioning Heavenly Parents in writings and sermons.Latter-day Saint poet Carol Lynn Pearson insists the world “needs” to find, or rediscover, Heavenly Mother, arguing that bringing her
  
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• George Pyle: President would make violence a basic of life

  02-09-2020 23:01
  
  Mine is a generation that has seen many things go from oddities to luxuries to necessities. Sometimes, that’s progress.But when a crude warlord resides in the highest office in the land, and we find ourselves moving toward a society where the need for personal firearms is more widely felt than ever, we risk the fall of our civilization.We’ve seen how fast things change. The first person you knew who owned a telephone answering machine was rude, because he was too stuck up to answer h
  
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• Tommy Johnson: Why, as a Latter-day Saint, I’m voting for Joe Biden

  02-09-2020 22:35
  
  As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I take my personal commitment to follow God seriously. One thing millions of Saints from around the world do to show their devotion to Deity is make covenants, or promises, with God.One important covenant is made when someone is baptized. At the young age of 8, I made a promise to live the following Book of Mormon direction:“To bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light ... [and] to mourn with those that mourn; y
  
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• ‘Emotionally spent’ Utah Jazz proud of how they handled a season defined by adversity

  02-09-2020 22:10
  
  It’s kind of crazy now, isn’t it, to look all the way back to last October and remember that the biggest concern coming out the Utah Jazz’s preseason slate was whether the front office had just wasted $73 million on a supposed sharpshooter who couldn’t seem to hit a shot?Those were the days.Still, in a funny kind of way, it wound up bringing the most tumultuous season in history full-circle, considering that the injury-induced absence of Bojan Bogdanovic played no small r
  
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• Liquor store in Hurricane closed after employee tests positive for coronavirus

  02-09-2020 22:08
  
  The state-run liquor store in Hurricane was temporarily closed on Wednesday, after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus.The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is working with the Washington County Health Department to determine if other employees at the southern Utah store, located at 202 N. Foothills Canyon Dr., were exposed, agency spokesman, Terry Wood, said in an email.“At present, we do not have a time or date of reopening,” he said. “We will issue fu
  
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• Director resigns at lab that faced scrutiny for its handling of Test Utah’s COVID-19 tests

  02-09-2020 22:02
  
  The lab director at Timpanogos Regional Hospital — which was under federal scrutiny over the COVID-19 testing it performed for the TestUtah program — has stepped down.Dr. Blair McGirk resigned this week as the Orem hospital’s lab medical director, according to a statement issued by MountainStar Healthcare, the hospital’s parent company. McGirk will remain on the hospital’s medical staff, the statement said.Management of the lab was one of the factors federal inspect
  
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• ‘Emotionally spent’ Utah Jazz proud of how they handed a season defined by adversity

  02-09-2020 21:46
  
  It’s kind of crazy now, isn’t it, to look all the way back to last October and remember that the biggest concern coming out the Utah Jazz’s preseason slate was whether the front office had just wasted $73 million on a supposed sharpshooter who couldn’t seem to hit a shot?Those were the days.Still, in a funny kind of way, it wound up bringing the most tumultuous season in history full-circle, considering that the injury-induced absence of Bojan Bogdanovic played no small r
  
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• Mitt Romney shuts down his presidential campaign committee

  02-09-2020 21:33
  
  Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, is regularly asked if he’ll run again. (He says he won’t.)But his answer doesn’t stop people from speculating that he was trying to replace President Donald Trump on the ballot this year (Romney isn’t.)Or wild conspiracy theories seeking to explain Romney’s ongoing criticism of the president. (Stop. He isn’t running for president.)The latest proof that Romney’s presidential aspirations have
  
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• Another 419 cases of COVID-19 in Utah, and one more death reported

  02-09-2020 21:02
  
  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.Another 419 Utahns have tested positive for COVID-19, while a Davis County man is the latest person in the state have died from the disease, the Utah Department of Health said Wednesday in its daily report.The death of the man, who was o
  
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• Leonard Pitts: The year of our fragility

  02-09-2020 21:01
  
  This is almost four months early.Ordinarily, Christmas trees are looking peaked, and George Bailey has long since realized that he had a wonderful life when pundits begin to summarize the year and assign it a theme. But given the eight long months of 2020 we’ve already endured, not to mention the awful week just past, waiting seems an unnecessary formality. I’m ready to call it now.More than any year since 1968, 2020 has been one where things that aren’t supposed to happen happ
  
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• BYU pulling out all the stops to slow Navy’s triple option, but the learning curve is steep.

  02-09-2020 21:00
  
  As soon as the news of BYU signing on Navy to open the rescheduled 2020 season spread, the conversation quickly turned to how the Cougars would be able to defend the triple option, which the Midshipmen are known for.BYU has been working on its option prep for more than a week, but the learning curve has been steep, as it always is when facing this kind of offense.After the final fall camp scrimmage, defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki was asked what his career experience has been defending the o
  
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• USA Today journalist Susan Page will moderate vice presidential debate in Utah

  02-09-2020 20:24
  
  Next month’s vice presidential debate, which will be held Oct. 7 in Utah at Kingsbury Hall, will be moderated by USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Wednesday.The Commission said the 90-minute debate between Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris will be divided into nine segments of approximately 10 minutes each. Each candidate will have two minutes to respond to an opening question and the moderator will use
  
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• MLS taps Vivint Arena exec John Kimball as interim president to oversee RSL and other Utah soccer holdings

  02-09-2020 19:52
  
  Utah Soccer — the holding company that includes Real Salt Lake, the Utah Royals, Real Monarchs and team facilities — will have a familiar face leading it for the time being.John Kimball has been named the interim president of Utah Soccer, effective immediately, Major League Soccer announced Wednesday. Kimball is one of the founding executives of RSL.“John Kimball is an experienced sports executive who brings extraordinary leadership and stability to the organization,” MLS
  
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• Labor Day weekend traffic worries? Here are the times and places to avoid.

  02-09-2020 19:49
  
  Even with lighter traffic because of the pandemic, the Utah Department of Transportation is warning drivers to plan for potential delays along the Wasatch Front on Thursday, Friday and Monday because of the Labor Day weekend.It said the times that drivers should expect the heaviest traffic are:• I-15 northbound in Salt Lake County: Friday from 3:30-5 p.m.• I-15 southbound in Salt Lake County: Friday from 3:30-6:30 p.m.• I-15 northbound in Davis County: Thursday from 3-6:30 p.m.&bu
  
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• UTA ridership slowly recovering; New UTA chief gets $12k salary hike

  02-09-2020 19:38
  
  When the Utah Transit Authority restored service last week to 91% of its pre-pandemic levels, the agency saw a quick 26% jump in its ridership, the UTA Board learned Wednesday.In fact, compared to the low point that the agency hit on April 7 after COVID-19 struck, ridership has now risen 68%.“Those are encouraging numbers,” said UTA Board Chairman Carlton Christensen. But, he added, “We’re not out of the woods yet.”In fact, the agency is still in a big hole compared
  
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• With no Utah football this fall, what are Ute followers going to do to get their gridiron and tailgate fix?

  02-09-2020 19:37
  
  Tim Preece and his family have had University of Utah football season tickets since 1991. The number of seats over the years has fluctuated, but currently stands at 19, mostly in the W15 and W16 sections.They tailgate religiously, they enjoy themselves each fall. Preece has no problem admitting Utes football consumes him.Steve Harries and his wife started with two season tickets roughly 20 years ago, but added more once his kids came along. Harries also tailgates, believing that is not only cruc
  
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• Mitt Romney is sole GOP senator to criticize latest string of inflammatory Trump claims

  02-09-2020 19:17
  
  After President Donald Trump made a string of inflammatory claims this week, the New York Times could find only one Republican senator who was willing to speak out against them: Mitt Romney of Utah.“The comments and tweets over the past few days,” Romney told the Times, “including a retweet of a 2019 video clearly intended to further inflame racial tensions, are simply jaw-dropping.”That referred to Trump reposting on Sunday a tweet that had falsely blamed “Black Li
  
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• Report: Donovan Mitchell to sign rookie max contract extension with Utah Jazz

  02-09-2020 19:03
  
  Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell celebrates a 3-point basket against the Denver Nuggets during the fourth quarter of Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. | Kevin C. Cox, Associated PressSALT LAKE CITY — It’s been largely seen as a formality as much as anything, but Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell will reportedly sign a rookie max contract extension with the team this offseason, according to Yahoo!’s Chris H
  
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• Pope prays for Lebanon during 1st public audience in months

  02-09-2020 18:53
  
  Vatican City • Pope Francis described solidarity as the way out of the coronavirus pandemic crisis as he held his first public audience in nearly six months Wednesday after a pause brought on by Italy’s outbreak.“The current pandemic has highlighted our interdependence. We are all linked to each other, for better or for worse,” Francis said, after greeting about 500 Roman Catholic faithful who attended the audience in the Vatican’s San Damaso courtyard.“To come
  
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• Unified through adversity of the last six months, Jazz vow ‘this is just the beginning’

  02-09-2020 18:30
  
  Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert (27) celebrates a defensive stop with teammates Royce O’Neale (23), Joe Ingles (2) and Donovan Mitchell (45) during the first half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game against the Denver Nuggets, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. | AP Photo/Ashley Landis, PoolKISSIMMEE, Fla. — If there is anything that the Utah Jazz have learned this season, it is that adversity can be unifying.
  That’s not always the case. Sometimes adversit
  
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• Donovan Mitchell to sign max extension when free agency opens

  02-09-2020 18:05
  
  Mitchell and the Jazz will finalize a max extension when free agency opens in mid-October, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The Nuggets overcame a 3-1 first-round series deficit by winning Game 7 on Tuesday night. They face the Los Angeles Clippers (+275 to win it all at BetMGM) in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs starting Thursday. “It was a great battle,” Murray said. “I don’t know what to say. I’m speechless.played so good in every game. He pu
  
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• Police investigate South Salt Lake stabbing death

  02-09-2020 17:25
  
  South Salt Lake police are investigating after a person was stabbed to death in an apartment near 200 East and Cordelia Avenue.A 70-year-old suspect has been taken into custody, according to police. The identity of the victim has not yet been released.According to a spokeswoman, the suspect had contacted police on Tuesday evening, concerned about his mental health. Police believe the victim went to the apartment to act as support for the suspect.This story will be updated when more information i
  
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• Trump visits Kenosha, calls violence ‘domestic terrorism’

  02-09-2020 15:48
  
  Kenosha, Wis. • President Donald Trump stood at the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice Tuesday and came down squarely on the side of law enforcement, blaming “domestic terror” for the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and making no nod to the underlying cause of anger and protests — the shooting of yet another Black man by police.Trump declared the violence “anti-American.” He did not mention Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed after being sho
  
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• Political essay contest for Utah students tied to upcoming V.P. debate

  02-09-2020 15:24
  
  The first ever vice-presidential debate in Utah takes places Oct. 7, and Utah students will have a chance to engage the candidates — but they need to act fast.Students of all levels, kindergarten through college, from across Utah are invited to submit 300-word essays that answer the question “If you could ask the vice-presidential candidates one question, what would you ask and why?”Winning submissions will be published in The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News and may be submi
  
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• Descendants of slaveholder Smoot argue renaming BYU building ’accomplishes nothing’ in addressing racism

  02-09-2020 15:24
  
  Abraham O. Smoot led a rich life, full of achievement and service to the people of 19th-century Utah, to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and to the faculty of Brigham Young Academy (later University), including paying their salaries for some years.Smoot was a justice of the peace, mayor of Salt Lake City and, later, Provo, and a state legislator. He served nine proselytizing missions, was a bishop four times, and a stake (regional) president for 13 years.The early Mor
  
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• Greg Sheehan knows he is going to make people mad over Utah’s public lands

  02-09-2020 15:08
  
  Within days of assuming oversight of Utah’s vast inventory of public lands last month, Greg Sheehan was faced with a major decision that was sure to make someone mad.To lease or not to lease. That was the question for some 87,000 acres in the heart of Utah’s outdoor recreation wonderland. In accordance with the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda, the Bureau of Land Management had been planning to sell drilling rights to these lands against the wishes o
  
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• Robert Gehrke: We can’t let the music die. We need to bail out small concert venues.

  02-09-2020 15:00
  
  My heart sank Monday night when I read that The State Room — a venue that has given me and thousands of others so many incredible memories — hadn’t renewed their liquor license. Another victim of COVID, it seemed.Fortunately, rumors of the venue’s demise were exaggerated. The state got the paperwork late and reported the license had lapsed, but later approved the renewal.Whew!It was a reprieve, but you could understand why venues like The State Room and others might be su
  
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• Drilling, mines, other projects hastened by Trump order

  02-09-2020 15:00
  
  Billings, Mont. • The Trump administration is seeking to fast track environmental reviews of dozens of major energy and infrastructure projects during the COVID-19 pandemic, including oil and gas drilling, hazardous fuel pipelines, wind farms and highway projects in multiple states, according to documents provided to The Associated Press.The plan to speed up project approvals comes after President Donald Trump in June ordered the Interior Department and other agencies to scale back environm
  
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• Letter: Racism hits me in the gut

  02-09-2020 14:02
  
  The NBA players protested and did not play any games recently. I found myself very near tears, not because the games aren’t being played but because it has hit me in the gut. The racism that these players and all people of color experience and the effects on their psyche has really hit me in the gut.Being Hispanic, I have experienced racism because of my heritage and my religion, but it is nothing that an African American experiences. I don’t get arrested for driving while Hispanic,
  
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• Letter: Reyes still doesn’t get it

  02-09-2020 14:01
  
  Utah is still battling with the ravaging effects of COVID-19. As it stands today, more than 50,000 Utahns have been diagnosed with coronavirus and more than 400 are dead.This is a public health emergency, so why isn’t Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes treating it like one?Not only is he traveling out-of-state for fancy trips with lobbyists, but his Republican National Convention performance solidified just how out-of-touch he is with everyday Utah families and communities.Instead of using h
  
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• Letter: Bagley cartoon went too far

  02-09-2020 14:01
  
  I hope I misinterpreted the Bagley cartoon on your editorial page Tuesday.Am I to understand that all law enforcement is viewed as having the KKK at its internal core?Painting any profession with that broad of brush is part of today’s problems and is not helpful.I know I approach and think about things differently than a lot of your readers do, but Bagley went too far here.I hope you and The Tribune will give this some thoughtful review and consider a retraction and apology to Law Enforcem
  
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• Women’s leadership in Utah’s county governments varies widely

  02-09-2020 14:00
  
  A first-of-its kind report shows the number of women in leadership positions in Utah’s county governments ranges widely — from a low of 12.5% in Piute County to a high of 73.6% in Emery County.Overall, women make up 42.5% of all supervisory, managerial and executive leadership positions in the state’s counties, according to a new data analysis by the Utah Women and Leadership Project at Utah State University.The report, released Wednesday, notes that the “status of women
  
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• Summit County says Wells Fargo illegally sold disputed property to Hideout developers

  02-09-2020 14:00
  
  Summit County is alleging that the would-be developers of a controversial annexation proposal engaged in more schemes and unlawfully acquired disputed property with the help of Wells Fargo Bank.At the heart of the issue is a large swath of land called Richardson Flat nestled between Park City and the Town of Hideout in Wasatch County. The property was part of a United Park City Mines Company (UPCM) operation. It’s now a Superfund site due to mine tailings and toxic heavy metals spread thro
  
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• Spencer Cox reemerges in leading role of state’s pandemic response

  02-09-2020 14:00
  
  Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox in recent months receded to the background of the state’s coronavirus response, stepping away from the limelight as his political opponents accused him of using the moment to boost his gubernatorial campaign.Yet, as Cox describes it, he remained embedded behind the scenes as a trusted adviser to Gov. Gary Herbert and a participant in ongoing conversations about how the state should proceed. He took part in decisions over TestUtah, day-to-day emergency management and sm
  
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• Mary Tipton: Utah should make COVID telehealth order permanent

  02-09-2020 14:00
  
  Utah Rep. John Curtis recently introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill to study telemedicine’s impact during the coronavirus pandemic. This bill is an important start to making telemedicine a national reality for rural and elderly patients whose health care is limited by social distancing and lockdown requirements.But Utah can’t afford to wait for Congress to act. Gov. Gary Herbert’s emergency executive order in March has already proven the power of telemedicine for Utah famili
  
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• Letter: The health of everyone is at stake

  02-09-2020 14:00
  
  The health of everyone is at stakeI read the article in The Salt Lake Tribune: “Utah adds 403 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, with new outbreaks at four schools reported in one day.”I am supportive of children going back to schools, but in a safe and responsible way. To a great extent, nothing beats face-to-face learning. In a “normal world,” kids need socializing and mingling. Observing the world around them is an education in itself. Even teachers benefit by reading the b
  
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• Letter: Rio Tinto should be visionary

  02-09-2020 14:00
  
  Nearly 30 community groups have asked Rio Tinto/Kennecott, the pollution-generating owner of much of the inland port location, to create a conservation easement on their land. This makes good sense, and this approach has some history.In 2000, I participated in a day-long roundtable organized by Kennecott. The corporation was looking beyond the end of mining and asked citizens from every constituency to imagine a future for this same north end of the Oquirrhs. The company spokesman spoke of a &ld
  
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• The Triple Team: A 7-game series comes down to one play. After the loss, where do the Jazz go from here?

  02-09-2020 08:13
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 80-78 Game 7 loss to the Denver Nuggets from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.1. A Game 7 comes down to one inchOne inch, maybe two, determines whether that Mike Conley 3-point shot goes down. If it does head through the net: it’s ecstasy. It’s perseverance of the highest order; after all, this Jazz team has gone through so much. On March 11, they made worldwide headlines for Rudy Gobert’s positive test, an event you very well ma
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Game 7 loss stings, but their mistakes throughout the series sting even more

  02-09-2020 06:51
  
  Utah Jazz’s Mike Conley, middle center, Royce O’Neale, bottom center, Jazz head coach Quin Snyder, center rear, and Denver Nuggets’ Jamal Murray, right, watch as Conley’s shot rims out in the closing seconds of their NBA first round playoff basketball game, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. | Mark J. Terrill, Associated PressKISSIMMEE, Fla. — When the final buzzer sounded, as Mike Conley’s left-wing 3-point attempt sailed through the air, a sh
  
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• While entertaining, losing a winnable Game 7 and first-round series will haunt Jazzland for a long while

  02-09-2020 06:31
  
  Utah Jazz’s Joe Ingles (2) and Donovan Mitchell, bottom right, sit on the floor after their 80-78 loss to the Denver Nuggets during an NBA first round playoff basketball game, Tuesday, Sept. 1,2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.| Mark J. Terrill, Associated PressSALT LAKE CITY — One backcourt violation. Holding on to a 15-point lead in the second half of Game 5. Just a little less spin on a 3-pointer at the buzzer of Game 7.
  That’s how close the Utah Jazz were to closing out a fir
  
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• Donovan Mitchell, Jamal Murray both struggle in Game 7, still set playoff records in an epic battle

  02-09-2020 06:25
  
  Donovan Mitchell laid on the floor, arms folded, wildly disappointed that Mike Conley’s game-winning shot had just rolled out. Jazz players came to console him, their leader. But seconds after the buzzer, so too came Jamal Murray, the Nuggets’ lead guard. Murray picked Mitchell up and bear-hugged him.“I was in shock. That was really it,” Mitchell said of laying on the floor. “That hurts. I really didn’t know what else to do. I was exhausted. I just kind of jus
  
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• Gordon Monson: After Game 7 elimination, the Jazz aren’t who they thought they were, let alone who they want to be

  02-09-2020 06:18
  
  And so, it’s over.The Jazz’s season, their postseason, their bubble stay, their intentions for a move into the Western Conference semifinals, their evidence of marked progression from last year, their hopes for real contention, their half of a memorable M&M matchup, a matchup — Mitchell vs.Murray — that defined this series but, ultimately, didn’t determine it.Gone. All of it.Last time it was Houston in the first round, this time Denver in the first, the Jazz fin
  
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• Jamal Murray vs. Donovan Mitchell was the biggest scoring showdown in NBA playoffs history

  02-09-2020 05:35
  
  The incredible display put on between Jamal Murray and Donovan Mitchell in Round 1 of the 2020 NBA playoffs wound up being a historical one.
  That’s because the ultra-talented duo combined for 475 points, the most scored by two opponents in a playoff series in NBA history.
  Murray and Mitchell took the record away from Jerry West and John Havlicek, who, in fairness, had their own unbelievable shootout with slightly higher stakes at hand, in the 1969 Finals. The two Hall-o
  
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• Draper charter is first to close after COVID-19 outbreak; Utah Military Academy follows

  02-09-2020 05:26
  
  A Draper charter has become the first school in Utah to be forced to close due to a COVID-19 outbreak. And a second charter has chosen to shut its doors after a smaller cluster of cases among staff.American Preparatory Academy’s Draper 1 campus shut down Tuesday and learning will now shift online, confirmed Carolyn Sharette, the charter’s executive director. The move comes after 15 students and staff there tested positive for the virus less than two weeks after it had reopened.&ldquo
  
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• Utah Jazz rally from 19 down, but fall 80-78 to Denver Nuggets in Game 7

  02-09-2020 05:02
  
  The names may have changed, but the story remains the same.In need of some crucial buckets in a playoff game, the Utah Jazz could not manage enough of them.Thoughthe Jazz improved enough late to rally back from a 19-point deficit and their lowest-scoring first half of the series, they ultimately couldnot put the ball in the basket enough, and dropped an 80-78 decision tothe Denver Nuggets in Game 7 on Tuesday night.The loss was the devastating completion of an epic collapse by Utah, whoblew a 3-
  
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• 69-year-old man dies after boat capsizes on Strawberry Reservoir

  02-09-2020 04:17
  
  A 69-year-old man died after the boat he was in capsized on Strawberry Reservoir.The Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call Tuesday around 11:30 a.m. saying a boat had capsized somewhere near the Narrows portion of the lake, according to a statement posted on Facebook.The caller said all five individuals that had been in the boat were able to swim to shore, but a 69-year-old man had stopped breathing and CPR was being administered.Wasatch County EMS, search and rescue, and law
  
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• Paul Krugman: Trump had one good response to the coronavirus. The GOP killed it.

  02-09-2020 04:00
  
  For the most part, America under Donald Trump’s leadership has offered an object lesson in how not to handle a pandemic. Delay and denial deprived us of any chance of containing the coronavirus’s early spread; impatience and further denial led to a huge second wave of infections.As I pointed out in a previous column, a great majority of U.S. COVID-19 deaths have taken place since April 17, the day Trump tweeted out his support for demonstrators demanding that states end restrictions
  
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• Ute golfer Mitchell Schow takes first-round lead in State Amateur

  02-09-2020 03:55
  
  Jeremy Ranch • In the morning chill and the afternoon wind, home-course knowledge became important Tuesday in the first round of the State Amateur at Jeremy Ranch Golf & Country Club.The top three players going into Wednesday’s final round of stroke-play competition include two former Park City High School teammates and a golfer who lived at Jeremy Ranch in his grade-school years.University of Utah golfer Mitchell Schow’s 6-under-par 66 was good for a one-stroke lead over Ju
  
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