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• For months, BYU stood on uncertain ground. On Monday, the Cougars will finally play football again.

  06-09-2020 23:41
  
  It’s been a long and bumpy road — one that even seemed lost for a moment — but BYU football has finally arrived at its destination.After a couple of turbulent months that threatened the Cougars’ season, in which multiple conferences and schools opted to cancel their own fall seasons, BYU will play its first game of the 2020 football season Monday at Navy in a game that will be nationally televised on ESPN.From almost having nothing, the game on Labor Day is the height of
  
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• Letter: Preserve our stinky, beautiful Great Salt Lake

  06-09-2020 22:30
  
  The Great Salt Lake is the eighth largest terminal lake in the world. Just yesterday I was on it in my kayak to watch the sunset. Our group of 20 socially distanced kayakers paddled out in good order, many giddy for their first time on the lake. In the distance were a father-son kayaking duo swimming and laughing. An illegal drone pestered us with its irritating mosquito-like buzzing.The word “terminal” denotes both a point of connection and an end. The Great Salt Lake fulfills the f
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: Health officials report 388 new cases, with Utah County the biggest contributor

  06-09-2020 22:12
  
  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.On Sunday, the Utah Department of Health reported 388 new coronavirus cases and two more deaths. The state also tested 4,770 more people since Saturday.The latest numbers bring the weekly total of new cases to 2,806, for a rolling seven-
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Time for community and police to come together

  06-09-2020 21:17
  
  Nineteen years ago this week, America was brought together in a most horrible way.The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., killed thousands and shocked the world.One bright spot we took from that horrific day was the bravery and dedication of the firefighters, police officers and other public safety and medical workers who rushed to the scene, saved lives and, in many cases, gave the last full measure of devotion in the service of their communities.As a group, they came to be know
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: Health officials report 388 new cases, 2 new deaths

  06-09-2020 21:15
  
  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.On Sunday, Utah reported 388 new coronavirus cases and two more deaths, according to the Utah Department of Health. The state also tested 4,770 more people since Saturday.The latest numbers bring the weekly total to 2,806 new cases, for
  
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• Harris warns voter suppression, foreign interference could alter election

  06-09-2020 21:02
  
  Washington • Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris says foreign interference, doubt cast about the election by President Donald Trump and voter suppression could potentially cost her and Joe Biden the White House in November.“I am a realist about it. Joe is a realist about it,” the California senator said during an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union” that aired Sunday.The 2020 election will be held under challenging circumstances.It will be t
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Time to come together

  06-09-2020 20:35
  
  Nineteen years ago this week, America was brought together in a most horrible way.The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., killed thousands and shocked the world.One bright spot we took from that horrific day was the bravery and dedication of the firefighters, police officers and other public safety and medical workers who rushed to the scene, saved lives and, in many cases, gave the last full measure of devotion in the service of their communities.As a group, they came to be know
  
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• Charlie Warzel: Mark Zuckerberg is the most powerful unelected man in America

  06-09-2020 19:29
  
  On Thursday, Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, announced the company’s “New Steps to Protect the U.S. Elections.” They include blocking new political ads in the week leading up to Election Day and attaching labels to posts containing misinformation, specifically related to the coronavirus and posts from politicians declaring victory before all the results are counted.One can — and many will — debate just how effective these measures will be at preve
  
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• Pleasant Grove issues boil advisory after positive E. coli tests

  06-09-2020 19:27
  
  Pleasant Grove has issued a boil advisory after finding E. coli in three samples collected during a monthly test of the city’s culinary water system.The samples came from the area encompassing 300 North between 300 East and 400 East in Pleasant Grove, according to FOX 13.City officials have determined the E. coli contamination is an isolated incident, impacting nine service connections in that area. The cause has yet to be determined.Editor’s note • The Salt Lake Tribune and FOX
  
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• More than 200 people airlifted to safety from California wildfire

  06-09-2020 19:16
  
  Shaver Lake, Calif. • More than 200 people were airlifted to safety early Sunday after a fast-moving wildfire trapped them in a popular camping area in California’s Sierra National Forest, one of several fires that broke out amid record-breaking, triple-digit temperatures that baked the state.The California Office of Emergency Services said Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters were used for the rescues that began late Saturday and continued overnight. At least two people were severely i
  
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• Pleasant Grove issues boil advisory after positive E. coli test samples

  06-09-2020 19:11
  
  Pleasant Grove has issued a boil advisory after finding E. coli in three samples collected during a monthly test of the city’s culinary water system.The samples came from the area encompassing 300 North between 300 East and 400 East in Pleasant Grove, according to FOX 13.City officials have determined the E. coli contamination is an isolated incident, impacting nine service connections in that area. The cause has yet to be determined.Editor’s note • The Salt Lake Tribune and FOX
  
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• Pleasant Grove issues boil advisory following positive E. coli test samples

  06-09-2020 18:47
  
  Pleasant Grove has issued a boil advisory after finding E. coli in three samples collected during a monthly test of the city’s culinary water system.The samples came from the area encompassing 300 North between 300 East and 400 East in Pleasant Grove, according to FOX 13.City officials have determined the E. coli contamination is an isolated incident, impacting nine service connections in that area. The cause has yet to be determined.Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune and FOX 13 ar
  
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• Alleged affair between President Trump and Stormy Daniels took place in Utah, Michael Cohen writes in his new book

  06-09-2020 18:37
  
  In 2018, President Donald Trump found himself in the middle of a sex scandal after The Wall Street Journal revealed that adult-film star Stormy Daniels had received $130,000 for signing a non-disclosure agreement just before the 2016 presidential election about an affair she reportedly had with Trump in 2006.Now it seems there’s more information about the deal — the alleged affair took place in Utah.Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime lawyer who is serving a three-year federal pris
  
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• Bret Stephens: Congress should pass a Navalny Act

  06-09-2020 16:23
  
  In 2012, in the face of quiet resistance from the Obama administration, Congress passed the Magnitsky Act, named for a Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, who was left to die in a Moscow prison in 2009 for blowing the whistle on a $230 million scam perpetrated by government officials.In 2020, in the face of what would be likely resistance from the Trump administration, Congress has a chance to do something useful by passing a Navalny Act, named for the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who
  
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• Utah coronavirus patients experience long-term effects from COVID-19

  06-09-2020 16:10
  
  Jennifer Hunter was training for a half-marathon before she got the coronavirus; now, by the end of a normal day teaching in the classroom, she’s “completely exhausted.”Lisa O’Brien became so sick she contemplated sleeping in her car outside of the emergency room, “because my body couldn’t regulate anything and it felt dangerous being inside my body.”And 41-year-old Tressa Smith even wrote her will, expecting that she wouldn’t outlive the virus.&ld
  
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• Garfield County residents say their votes are being suppressed by clerk’s registration hurdles

  06-09-2020 15:14
  
  Garfield County • Molly Benson heard that it wouldn’t be easy to register to vote in Utah’s Garfield County, so she did her research before making the 100-mile, two-hour trip from her home in Boulder to the county seat in Panguitch.Benson looked up the requirements for voters registering for the first time in the state: a Utah driver license number, a Utah identification number or the last four digits of a Social Security number.It was June 2018, and Benson, who had just finishe
  
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• Robert Kirby: A job as a beat cop in the Celestial Kingdom sounds like hell to me

  06-09-2020 15:00
  
  I’ll be dead soon — hopefully not too soon but sooner than I expect. I’d like to see my grandkids grow up a bit more, but the fact is that I have less time ahead of me than I do behind.So I should start planning for the afterlife. What happens when I’m dead? According to what I hear at church, it will come with a lot of lamenting on my part.See, I don’t plan to make the Celestial Kingdom, which is the top of level of heaven, according to Latter-day Saint doctrine, a
  
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• Inside RSL’s toxic environment under Dell Loy Hansen and Andy Carroll

  06-09-2020 15:00
  
  Haroldo Darelli loves soccer.As a child of a Colombian mother and a Uruguayan father, Darelli grew up playing the beautiful game. He was a high school player in Uruguay, although he has spent most of his life in Utah. The game is in his blood.So when the prospect of working for Real Salt Lake came up, Darelli leaped at the opportunity. Soccer is a growing sport in Utah and the United States, which gave him a sense of pride that he could help it grow even more.“I came in feeling like I was
  
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• A Weber County ballot question on creating a new city is as contentious as it is confusing

  06-09-2020 15:00
  
  West Weber County • As rooftops overtake farmland here, a clash of values is playing out in city councils, the County Commission and even the state Legislature — and it all has created some chaos going into the Nov. 3 election.A question on the ballot to create a new city across the western swath of the county has divided newer residents and those with roots several generations deep in a tug of war over incorporation vs. annexation.“It’s a mess out there right now,”
  
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• Utah coronavirus patients experiencing long-term effects from the virus

  06-09-2020 14:57
  
  Jennifer Hunter was training for a half-marathon before she got the coronavirus; now, by the end of a normal day teaching in the classroom, she’s “completely exhausted.”Lisa O’Brien became so sick she contemplated sleeping in her car outside of the emergency room, “because my body couldn’t regulate anything and it felt dangerous being inside my body.”And 41-year-old Tressa Smith even wrote her will, expecting that she wouldn’t outlive the virus.&ld
  
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• Brodi Ashton: Confession of a COVID long-hauler… who likes musicals

  06-09-2020 14:35
  
  The other night I was bingeing Disney+ and I came across “The Sound of Music.” It’d been years since I last watched it. I remember it being a fun musical with fun songs for kids and a few boring ones for adults. (I mean, “Climb Every Mountain” was not for kids). But watching it now, as an adult, all I could think about is how romantic it is. Sure, like a lot of movies, there are a few parts that haven’t aged well, but the movie is a romance and I fell hard for
  
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• Trump’s ‘plane loaded with thugs’ appears to be a Salt Lake City flight with Black Lives Matters protesters

  06-09-2020 14:17
  
  President Donald Trump raised some eyebrows earlier this week when he claimed a plane “loaded with thugs wearing dark uniforms” flew into Washington, D.C. recently as part of his claim that shadowy groups were controlling Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Turns out that conspiracy theory might have a connection to Salt Lake City.Trump first made the claim about a plane full of agitators during an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham.“We had somebody get on a p
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Want to get ‘Woke’? New Hulu series will make you laugh while enlightening you.

  06-09-2020 14:00
  
  The new Hulu series “Woke” looks like a response to recent news — George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. But it was conceived and written before any of them were shot and killed.Which, weirdly enough, speaks to how timely and timeless the series is. (All eight episodes start streaming Wednesday.)Lamorne Morris (“New Girl”) stars as Keef Knight, a San Francisco cartoonist who’s on the verge of his big break. His strip is about to hit syndication, and l
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Kyle Rittenhouse is not a hero

  06-09-2020 14:00
  
  Kyle Rittenhouse is not a hero.Granted, many on the right are working overtime to paint him as such. “He’s a good kid,” his attorney, John Pierce, told Fox “News” last week. “He’s a patriot,” a man who declined to give his name told Politico. “He’s a hero,” a man named Alan Endries said. But he’s not.And the concocted tale of how the 17-year-old boy came to be on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a civil disturbance,
  
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• Dining moves to parking lots, side yards and grass strips in Salt Lake City

  06-09-2020 14:00
  
  Outdoor rugs and no-frill picnic tables dot the downtown parking lot behind the Red Rock Brewpub.Pop-up awnings used for special events — before they were all canceled — provide shade.And a wood fence, built from used pallets lying around the beer production facility, rims the new blacktop dining area.“For something that came together in about a week,” said general manager Stefan Marsco, “it’s pretty darn nice.”This patio born from the pandemic also is a
  
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• Letter: An insider’s perspective on residential treatment centers

  06-09-2020 13:30
  
  I have worked at three residential treatment centers (RTCs) in Utah from 2008 to now. I also had the opportunity to consult with various RTCs as they went through economic hardships with the downturn of the economy. I’ve helped RTCs evaluate their policies and procedures and build in improvements. I’ve also co-founded an RTC. In doing so, I have come to understand a few things.First, lumping all residential treatment centers into one category and treating them monolithically is like
  
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• Hundreds protest Utah governor’s order requiring children to wear masks at school

  06-09-2020 10:38
  
  More than 400 people gathered Saturday evening at the Capitol in Salt Lake City to protest Gov. Gary Herbert’s order that all K-12 schools in Utah require face coverings to stop the spread of the coronavirus.People carried signs that read “un-mask the children” and “kids need oxygen.” Others compared masks to tyranny and child abuse.There were some speeches, and children ripped up a giant paper mask. Protesters also played a version of pin the tail on the donkey, wh
  
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• Wildfire in Sanpete County caused Utahns to temporarily evacuate homes

  06-09-2020 05:27
  
  A wildfire in Sanpete County temporarily caused residents to evacuate their homes Saturday in Indianola.The fire was estimated to be about 10 acres, according to a tweet from the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office. The Indian Ridge subdivision was evacuated, while the Elk Ridge subdivision was under pre-evacuation. Both were lifted as of 8:25 p.m.Part of Indian Ridge road remained closed throughout the night, according to the sheriff’s office.#Indianridgefiregreat work by firefighters,
  
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• Hundreds protest governor’s order requiring children to wear masks at school

  06-09-2020 05:16
  
  More than 400 people gathered Saturday evening at the Capitol in Salt Lake City to protest Gov. Gary Herbert’s order requiring all K-12 schools in Utah to require face coverings to stop the spread of the coronavirus.People carried signs that read “un-mask the children” and “kids need oxygen.” Others compared masks to tyranny and child abuse.There were some speeches, and children ripped up a giant paper mask. Protesters also played a version of pin the tail on the do
  
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• Wildfire in Sanpete County causes Utahns to evacuate homes

  06-09-2020 03:12
  
  A wildfire in Sanpete County has causedresidentto evacuate their homes in Indianola’s Indian Ridge subdivision, FOX 13 reported.The fire was estimated to be 10 acres as of Saturday evening and is spreading due to wind. A cause has not been determined.The Elk Ridge subdivision is under pre-evacuation.See more at FOX 13.Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune and FOX 13 are content-sharing partners.
  
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• Authentic wins Ky. Derby, gives Baffert tying 6th victory

  06-09-2020 03:12
  
  Louisville, Ky. • Bob Baffert endured the lowest of lows and highest of highs within minutes in the Kentucky Derby.He was bummed before the horses left the paddock after Thousand Words reared up and fell on its side, getting disqualified and injuring Baffert’s assistant trainer. That emotion was quickly replaced by Authentic’s front-running victory that gave Baffert a record-tying sixth Derby win.Then Baffert found himself down again, literally, getting knocked to the grass by a
  
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• Letter: Bringing guns to a knife fight

  06-09-2020 02:30
  
  We call someone foolish that brings a knife to a gun fight.What do we call someone that brings a gun to a knife fight?Overkill, intimidating, patriotic, overzealous, cheating, baiting, protectors (of what)?Protesters are just trying to make a point. Vandals and criminals are what we have police for.Marilyn Marshall, MagnaSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Ute golfer Mitchell Schow tops teammate Blake Tomlinson for State Am title

  06-09-2020 02:14
  
  Jeremy Ranch • Holding the State Amateur’s traveling trophy as he stood on the No. 16 green Saturday, University of Utah golfer Mitchell Schow understood what he accomplished at Jeremy Ranch Golf & Country Club. Exactly how he did it, though? That’s another story.Schow’s blitzing of Ute teammate Blake Tomlinson in a five-hole stretch on the back nine of the morning round will give the 122nd State Am its own place in tournament history. That stunning stretch powere
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Clean air is everyone’s responsibility

  06-09-2020 02:00
  
  “O God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small.”— Breton sailor’s prayerIn Utah, it is our sky that is so big and our cars, trucks, lawn mowers and fireplaces that are so small. But the prayer that sat on the desk of President John Kennedy, who once commanded a very small boat indeed, has meaning here.The quality of the air along the Wasatch Front is among the most important issues we have to confront. Even though there have been significant improvements in recent ye
  
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• Native American runners journey 360 miles across Utah to offer healing, raise awareness during the coronavirus pandemic

  06-09-2020 01:55
  
  Willson Atene did not run hundreds of miles across Utah this week for himself.“I ran for my family. I ran for my brothers and sisters. I ran for the Earth. I ran for Bears Ears. I ran for the sky,” said Atene, of Monument Valley. ”I ran for all these living beings here.”Along the way, he and and his fellow runners left their footprints, providing new thoughts and ideas for future generations to follow.Atene was one of about 10 Native American runners who crossed roughly 3
  
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• The Utah Jazz are headed for a big offseason. These are the moves they’ll try to make.

  06-09-2020 00:04
  
  You can make the case that the summer of 2019 was the splashiest offseason in Jazz history. After all, when else have the Jazz added two high-caliber starters via trades and free agency in one year? When you add in all of the extra pieces signed, the Jazz looked poised for somewhere near the top of the Western Conference.Those moves didn’t all work out. Mike Conley unexpectedly struggled. Bojan Bogdanovic had the best season of his career — until undergoing wrist surgery during the c
  
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