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• BYU football to allow less than 10% capacity at LaVell Edwards Stadium for home games

  08-09-2020 23:45
  
  While Lavell Edwards Stadium has a capacity of 63,725, attendance will be less than 10% of that for the upcoming home opener against Troy, Sept. 26. The announcement was included in a ticket plan released by BYU on Tuesday afternoon.Another big change to BYU’s plans comes in the form of tickets. Instead of offering fans season ticket packages, sales will be made on an individual game-by-game model. The Cougars currently have five home games scheduled, including Texas-San Antonio (Oct. 10),
  
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• The latest: Hurricane-force winds topple hundreds of big trees, knocking out power for 170,000

  08-09-2020 23:33
  
  Hurricane-force winds wreaked havoc across northern Utah on Tuesday toppling hundreds of huge trees, closing schools, tipping semitrucks and knocking out the power for more than 170,000 homes and businesses.Gusts reaching at least 99 mph were recorded with the worst winds concentrated north of Salt Lake County, the National Weather Service reported. And this storm isn’t over yet. With heavy winds expected to last throughout the night and into early Wednesday.Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mende
  
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• Jana Riess: Controversial Latter-day Saint book pulled from publication

  08-09-2020 23:29
  
  Brigham Young University’s Religious Studies Center halted publication last month of “Saving Faith: How Families Protect, Sustain, and Encourage Faith” by BYU professor John Gee, an Egyptologist who generally writes about the Book of Abraham but here attempts to synthesize secondary literature in the sociology of religion. According to the publisher, the book is currently under additional review.The controversies about the book hinged upon some problematic statements the author
  
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• Utah basketball hopes to play nonconference games, possibly before Jan. 1

  08-09-2020 22:06
  
  From a basketball perspective, when the Pac-12 postponed all sports until at least Jan. 1, the league was viewed as a pariah.Yes, all 10 FBS leagues were in the process of altering or, in the case of the Big Ten, postponing football, but no one besides the Pac-12 was making November basketball decisions in August. One month later, the Pac-12′s official position remains that no sports will be played through the end of the calendar year, but there are signs that the league could back off of
  
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• Hannah Downey: Water markets can rescue the Great Salt Lake

  08-09-2020 22:00
  
  The Great Salt Lake is going thirsty. Between drought and upstream use, water levels have dropped 11 feet over the past decade. A drastic decline like that matters not only for the fish and wildlife who rely on the water for habitat, but also for the abundant economic activity dependent on the lake.To protect the lake, something has to change. The Great Salt Lake Advisory Council recently released a report on how to keep the lake from drying up, and its first recommendation is a vital one: amend
  
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• 'Utah Politics’ podcast: How Mitt Romney shapes the perception of Trump in Utah

  08-09-2020 21:55
  
  Utah is perhaps the most anti-Trump of all the Republican states. President Donald Trump carried Utah in 2016 with just 45.5% of the vote, and his approval ratings have hovered around that level ever since.Elections expert and political scientist Rachel Bitecofer says there’s a good reason heavily Republican Utah is so widely skeptical of Trump, and that’s Sen. Mitt Romney. She says Romney’s “political bravery” as one of the only sitting Republicans in Congress to p
  
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• The latest: Hurricane-force winds slam Utah, causing significant damage, leave thousands without power

  08-09-2020 21:42
  
  Hurricane-force winds wreaked havoc across northern Utah on Tuesday as huge trees fell, schools closed, semitrucks toppled and more than 170,000 homes and businesses lost power.Gusts reaching at least 99 mph were recorded with the worst winds concentrated north of Salt Lake County, the National Weather Service reported. And more was expected to come later in the day and into early Wednesday.Schools in the Davis, Weber and Ogden districts closed Tuesday due to unsafe travel conditions and power o
  
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• Utah’s new COVID-19 infections hold steady, with 326 cases reported Tuesday

  08-09-2020 21:14
  
  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 326 new coronavirus cases reported on Tuesday, Utah’s rate of new diagnoses stayed above the governor’s target of fewer than 400 cases per day.For the past seven days, Utah has averaged 420 new positive test results per
  
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• BYU in Review: Stellar offensive performance leads to an overwhelming win

  08-09-2020 20:18
  
  Monday night’s opener at Navy provided BYU with a national spotlight that the team took advantage of, but the game also highlighted how the pandemic has affected college football.Because of Maryland’s tougher restrictions, there were no fans in the stadium and the Midshipmen went into the Labor Day matchup not having any practices where they tackled or scrimmaged. The lack of preparation was apparent by lopsided efforts that led BYU to rout Navy, 55-3.Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo took
  
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• The latest: Hurricane-force winds slam Utah, causing significant damage, leave 175K without power

  08-09-2020 19:47
  
  Hurricane-force winds wreaked havoc Tuesday as huge trees fell, schools closed, and more than 175,000 Utah homes and businesses lost power.Gusts reaching at least 99 mph were recorded at stations around northern Utah, with the worst winds concentrated north of Salt Lake County, the National Weather Service reported. Schools in the Davis, Weber and Ogden districts closed due to unsafe travel conditions and power outages. The Salt Lake City School District, which was supposed to start online class
  
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• Overnight rain helps crews battling Ether Hollow Fire

  08-09-2020 19:41
  
  Overnight rain pushed pause on the Ether Hollow Fire in Utah County, and evacuation orders are lifted, though the fire has not yet been contained.The rain “decreased fire activity,” according to Utah Fire Info, but “there are still hot spots within the fire perimeter.”The Ether Hollow Fire, east of Spanish Fork, was ignited by target shooters at about 6:20 p.m. on Monday. It exploded through dry terrain, growing from 20 acres to 1,000 acres in just over an hour. Authoriti
  
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• The latest: Hurricane-force winds slam Utah, causing significant damage, leaves 175K without power

  08-09-2020 19:38
  
  Hurricane-force winds wreaked havoc Tuesday as huge trees fell, schools closed, and more than 175,000 Utah homes and businesses lost power.Gusts reaching at least 99 mph were recorded at stations around northern Utah, with the worst winds concentrated north of Salt Lake County, the National Weather Service reported. Schools in the Davis, Weber and Ogden districts closed due to unsafe travel conditions and power outages. The Salt Lake City School District, which was supposed to start online class
  
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• Native American tribes race to complete census before time runs out

  08-09-2020 19:05
  
  Lodge Grass, Mont. • When Lauri Dawn Kindness was growing up, her hometown on the Crow Indian Reservation had an arcade, movie theater, gas stations and family cafe along streets shaded by towering cottonwood trees near a bend in the Little Bighorn River. Today, there’s only a small grocer and a propane dealer among the deserted lots scattered through downtown Lodge Grass.Kindness is back here after more than a dozen years in the U.S. Army, including four combat tours, and she wants t
  
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• Overnight rain helps crews battling Ether Hollow Fire — but evacuation orders remain

  08-09-2020 18:57
  
  Overnight rain pushed pause on the Ether Hollow Fire in Utah County, although evacuation orders are still in place and the fire is considered completely uncontained as of Tuesday morning.The rain “decreased fire activity,” according to Utah Fire Info, but “there are still hot spots within the fire perimeter.”The Ether Hollow Fire, east of Spanish Fork, was ignited by target shooters at about 6:20 p.m. on Monday. It exploded through dry terrain, growing from 20 acres to 1,
  
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• The latest: Hurricane-force winds slam Utah, causing significant damage, leaves 160K without power

  08-09-2020 18:26
  
  Hurricane-force winds wreaked havoc Tuesday as huge trees fell, schools closed, and more than 160,000 Utah homes and businesses lost power.Gusts reaching at least 99 mph were recorded at stations around northern Utah, with the worst winds concentrated north of Salt Lake County, the National Weather Service reported. Schools in the Davis, Weber and Ogden districts closed due to unsafe travel conditions and power outages. The Salt Lake City School District, which was supposed to start online class
  
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• The latest: Hurricane-force winds slam Utah, causing significant damage

  08-09-2020 17:47
  
  Hurricane-force winds wreaked havoc Tuesday as huge trees fell, schools closed, and more than 58,000 Utahns lost power.Gusts reaching at least 99 mph were recorded at stations around northern Utah, with the worst winds concentrated north of Salt Lake County, the National Weather Service reported. Schools in the Davis, Weber and Ogden districts closed due to unsafe travel conditions and power outages. The Salt Lake City School District, which was supposed to start online classes today, also close
  
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• Live updates: Hurricane-force winds slam Utah, causing significant damage

  08-09-2020 17:35
  
  Hurricane-force winds wreaked havoc Tuesday as huge trees fell, schools closed, and more than 58,000 Utahns lost power.Gusts reaching at least 99 mph were recorded at stations around northern Utah, with the worst winds concentrated north of Salt Lake County, the National Weather Service reported. Schools in the Davis, Weber and Ogden districts closed due to unsafe travel conditions and power outages, and the Utah Highway Patrol banned semitrailer trucks from traveling on some highways. The Salt
  
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• Utah man killed in a parking lot hit-and-run — police believe it was intentional

  08-09-2020 16:54
  
  Cedar City police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a man in a Home Depot parking lot Monday — and they believe it was no accident.The victim was struck by a car outside the store at 1518 S. Providence Center Drive about 7 p.m. The driver is believed to be a white man with dark hair who was wearing a bandana that covered his face. And, according to Sgt. Clint Pollock of the Cedar City Police Department, “It is believed that the suspect intentionally struck the victim.
  
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• Wild winds slam northern Utah, knocking over trees and forcing school closures

  08-09-2020 16:27
  
  Hurricane-force winds wreaked havoc Monday as trees fell, schools closed, and more than 58,000 Utahns lost power.Gusts reaching at least 97 mph were recorded at stations around northern Utah, with the worst winds concentrated north of Salt Lake County, the National Weather Service reported. Schools in the Davis, Weber and Ogden districts closed due to unsafe travel conditions and power outages, and the Utah Highway Patrol banned semitrailer trucks from traveling on some highways. The Salt Lake C
  
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• Todd Wilkinson: COVID-19 and recreation: too much poop, too many people

  08-09-2020 14:47
  
  Mark DeOpsomer of Bozeman, Montana, is a backpacker with lots of miles on his soles. For almost four decades he’s gone to the remotest corners of the Northern Rockies.On a recent trek 24 miles into the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana, he was relaxing along the banks of a creek, when out of nowhere a pack-rafter floated by. “I’d never seen any rafters before in The Bob but now they’re all over the place,” he said.A few weeks later, he was driving to a trailhead at
  
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• John Karakoulakis: Clean and advanced energy jobs will power Utah’s recovery

  08-09-2020 14:47
  
  Throughout Utah’s history, its citizens have constantly reinvented themselves. Most recently, Utah has been a leader in cultivating a future in the clean energy sector.But, like the rest of the economy, Utah’s clean energy sector has been set back significantly by the pandemic. Work on new and existing projects has been suspended and restarting them has been difficult in many cases due to strained supply lines and uncertainty. At the same time, demand and prices have fallen. We need
  
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• Scott Williams: Still many questions about nuclear power

  08-09-2020 14:46
  
  A recent opinion piece in The Salt Lake Tribune, advocating for the UAMPS/NuScale nuclear reactor proposal, devotes much more column space to impugning the motivations of the project’s opponents than responding to the fact that there are persistent and unanswered questions about the financial and environmental risks of the project. (”Utah’s clean energy future should include nuclear,” by Erik B. Olson, Aug. 26)At the August Logan City Council meeting, their financial dire
  
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• Paul Krugman: Gross domestic misery is rising

  08-09-2020 14:46
  
  Are you better off now than you were in July?On the face of it, that shouldn’t even be a question. After all, stocks are up; the economy added more than a million jobs in “August” (I’ll explain the scare quotes in a minute); preliminary estimates suggest that gross domestic product is growing rapidly in the third quarter, which ends this month.But the stock market isn’t the economy: more than half of all stocks are owned by only 1% of Americans, while the bottom hal
  
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• Emily Ostler: We take so much. What will we give back?

  08-09-2020 14:46
  
  These past few weeks have been overflowing with special experiences in Utah’s natural landscape. On Sunday, it was a dreamlike sunrise at the salt flats, where I walked, step by step towards the sun, upon an immense expanse which resembled my imaginations of Arctic tundra but crackled like a split geode.The salt crystals reflected the dreamy pink sky. It was otherworldly, but it was our world — a shimmering sheet of salt, with beauty, with purpose. A gift.The week before, I ran the B
  
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• Steve Glaser: Grandma and grandpa face a thorny choice

  08-09-2020 14:45
  
  Grandma and Grandpa have a major dilemma looming with Thanksgiving and Christmas just a few months away. Two of the most sacrosanct times of the year for spending time with family, but this season they will hesitate. Are they going risk getting COVID-19 or stay away from their grandchildren? It’s not a pleasant decision.Families will make different choices, and I’m not going to criticize any of them. Sadly, some of the people who choose to hug their grandkids will become ill. In fact
  
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• Letter: Celebrities should speak out

  08-09-2020 14:45
  
  I have read numerous messages on social media lately questioning celebrities who speak out on politics.It has occurred to me that the average person has been trying for so many years to make a change in the way African Americans are treated, to no avail. But when celebrities, basketball players, baseball players, soccer players take a stand, everyone takes notice.It’s too bad that it is taking these well-known individuals to make the rest of us wake up and say “enough is enough.&rdqu
  
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• Letter: Grateful for residential treatment programs

  08-09-2020 14:44
  
  I am writing to provide some balanced insight into the residential treatment programs in Utah.Our son spent 10 months at a residential treatment center, Telos Academy, in 2018-19. At no time during his year in Utah did our son feel anything but safe, well cared for, and supported — both physically and mentally. In fact, I have told many people that I feel everyone would be fortunate to have participated in the treatment he did, and that we could all benefit from it.Our son had been on a lo
  
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• Letter: Duties to our fellow citizens

  08-09-2020 14:44
  
  The ongoing conflict regarding masks is perpetuated by individuals who have forgotten (or refuse to acknowledge) that in any society there must be a social contract among the members of that society. We all have certain duties as part of our belonging to the society in which we live. One of those duties is the respect for our fellow citizens and adhering to the courtesies and laws that protect all members of that society.To resist the wearing of masks during a pandemic when it has been proven to
  
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• Letter: Who pays for McAdams’ ads? I do.

  08-09-2020 14:43
  
  In answer to the question about who pays for Rep. Ben McAdams’ political ads, without knowing the specifics, I would say me and hundreds of voters like me. He is likely also supported by the national Democratic apparatus, which is also supported by small and large donors alike.McAdams has the peculiar “advantage” of being supported well beyond his district due to the outrageous gerrymandering in this state. He is not technically my representative, but I and many others all over
  
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• Letter: Apologize for despicable cartoon

  08-09-2020 14:43
  
  In regard to Pat Bagley’s despicable cartoon (Sept. 1).What were you thinking? In my opinion, you owe your readership and the law enforcement community the apology they have asked for.Have you now lost your way and become unethical advocates for social causes instead of journalists? You must know that the KKK has no influence with police, especially here, but they have worked to hold the KKK accountable everywhere for decades.Policemen are all races and colors and are doing their best to m
  
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• A Utah parking lot is paved with coal. Taxpayers may have to pay to clean it up.

  08-09-2020 14:30
  
  Three years ago, a Utah company was under pressure to remove coal waste it was illegally stockpiling at its now-shuttered Wellington plant. But its equally illegal solution, which entailed selling the waste to a company that used it to pave a parking lot, has left taxpayers holding the bag for cleanup costs.The owners of Bowie Refined Coal have since walked away from its 30-acre facility, which Carbon County will auction to cover unpaid property taxes once it has been cleaned up using the firm&r
  
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• Utah still delaying jury trials because of COVID-19, creating a ‘constitutional crisis’

  08-09-2020 14:15
  
  Since the Utah Supreme Court suspended jury trials in mid-May, prosecutors in Utah County Attorney David Leavitt’s office have filed criminal charges against nearly 2,000 people.Leavitt says those accused face a dilemma: Either take a plea deal or put their lives on hold for possibly years. The coronavirus remains a stubborn foe, and it is unclear when the courts will deem it safe for Utahns to exercise their constitutional right to a jury trial.“Plea bargains require voluntariness,&
  
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• Robert Kirby: It’s National Pardon Day, so forgive someone, including yourself

  08-09-2020 14:00
  
  It’s Sept. 8, National Pardon Day. It’s also National Nut Bread Day. It’s possible that the two may be related, but let’s not go there right now.National Pardon Day was enacted — sort of — in 1974 by President Gerald Ford.If you weren’t born yet (and many of you weren’t), know that it was Ford who pardoned his predecessor, disgraced ex-President Richard M. Nixon, who was about to be hauled into a court.Nixon resigned the presidency Aug. 9, 1974, bu
  
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• Pods are meant to support learning. But Utah parents find they also raise thorny questions.

  08-09-2020 14:00
  
  Editor’s note • Through a grant from the Walton Family Foundation, The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting in depth on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education.If 5-year-old Niko doesn’t learn most of what he would normally be expected to this school year, while his family and teachers muddle through an education plan disrupted by COVID-19, his mother fears it won’t just be his kindergarten year that is lost.“Can you imagine when he’s 18 and doesn’t g
  
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• Jazz bringing band together?

  08-09-2020 08:29
  
  Sources tell The Athletic the front office will likely bring the entirety of the core back for a second run next season. Bogdanovic, Ingles and O’Neale are signed to longterm deals. Conley is very very likely to opt into the final season of his contract. Mitchell and the Jazz are likely to come to a max contract extension, once free agency hits.
  
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• BYU dominates on both sides of the ball, crushes Navy 55-3 in football opener

  08-09-2020 06:58
  
  The pandemic may have ruined BYU’s original 2020 schedule, but it also brought an opportunity the Cougars wouldn’t have had otherwise.On Monday, BYU opened its heavily-revised 2020 season in Annapolis under a unique national spotlight as the Cougars faced Navy for the first time in more than 30 years. BYU is the lone FBS team west of Texas still playing a fall season.The Cougars relished the opportunity and took advantage of it, routing the Midshipmen 55-3 in an empty Navy–Mari
  
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• The Summer of COVID-19 ends with health officials worried

  08-09-2020 06:42
  
  The Lost Summer of 2020 drew to a close Monday with many big Labor Day gatherings canceled across the U.S. and health authorities pleading with people to keep their distance from others so as not to cause another coronavirus surge like the one that followed Memorial Day.Downtown Atlanta was quiet as the 85,000 or so people who come dressed as their favorite superheroes or sci-fi characters for the annual Dragon Con convention met online instead. Huge football stadiums at places like Ohio State a
  
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• Rapidly growing fire forces more than 200 homes east of Spanish Fork to evacuate

  08-09-2020 06:01
  
  Target shooting caused a second fire in two days in Utah County, threatening homes in an area east of Spanish Fork.The Ether Hollow Fire started at around 6:20 p.m. Monday and quickly grew from 20 acres to 1,000 acres by 7:30 p.m. As of 9:50 p.m., authorities had evacuated about 200 homes. Fifteen of those residences are in Mapleton and many are up Hobble Creek Canyon in an area called Grindstone, according to a spokesperson with the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. Parts of Spri
  
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• Gordon Monson: BYU finds a bit of heaven in thrashing of Navy

  08-09-2020 05:52
  
  And here’s to you, college football.Heaven holds a place for those who play.Hey, hey, hey.Navy-BYU.Our nation turned its lonely eyes to you.Woo, woo, woo.Begging for Paul Simon’s forgiveness here, but …While Jolting Joe had done what so much of CFB had done — left and gone away, hey, hey, hey — the Cougars and Midshipmen stayed and played, doing what they could to sing a song on Monday night at empty Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on national TV.Sing, they did.
  
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• BYU dominates on both sides of the ball, crushes Navy 55-3 in football season opener

  08-09-2020 05:52
  
  The pandemic may have ruined BYU’s original 2020 schedule, but it also brought an opportunity the Cougars wouldn’t have had otherwise.On Monday, BYU opened its heavily-revised 2020 season in Annapolis under a unique national spotlight as the Cougars faced Navy for the first time in more than 30 years. BYU is the lone FBS team west of Texas still playing a fall season.The Cougars relished the opportunity and took advantage of it, routing the Midshipmen 55-3 in an empty Navy–Mari
  
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• BYU crushes Navy 55-3 in its football season opener

  08-09-2020 05:38
  
  The pandemic may have ruined BYU’s original 2020 schedule, but it also brought an opportunity the Cougars wouldn’t have had otherwise.On Monday, BYU opened its heavily-revised 2020 season in Annapolis under a unique national spotlight as the Cougars faced Navy for the first time in more than 30 years. BYU is the lone FBS team west of Texas still playing a fall season.The Cougars relished the opportunity and took advantage of it, routing the Midshipmen 55-3 in an empty Navy–Mari
  
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• Rapidly growing fire forces 150 homes in Mapleton to evacuate

  08-09-2020 05:17
  
  Target shooting caused a second fire in as many days in Utah County, threatening homes in an area east of Spanish Fork.The Ether Hollow Fire started at around 6:20 p.m. Monday and quickly grew from 20 acres to 1,000 acres by 7:30 p.m. As of 8 p.m., authorities had evacuated around 150 homes. Fifteen of those residences are in Mapleton and the rest are up Hobble Creek Canyon in an area called Grindstone, according to a spokesperson with the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.Maple Ca
  
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• Letter: We need rapid COVID testing

  08-09-2020 04:30
  
  Want to go back to school, or work, or sporting events without fear of being infected? If so, the answer is rapid testing.We need widespread use of an inexpensive, rapid, home-based saliva test similar to a pregnancy test. While slightly less accurate than PCR testing, it should detect most cases in the contagious phase when decisions regarding work and school attendance can be made that day. This will change the game.These tests are available now but facing significant red tape in the Food and
  
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• Mapleton residents evacuate as target shooting causes rapidly growing fire

  08-09-2020 03:22
  
  Target shooting caused a second fire in as many days in Utah County, threatening homes east of Spanish Fork.The Ether Hollow blaze started at around 6:20 p.m. Monday and quickly grew from 20 acres to 500 acres. Utah Fire Info tweeted that Mapleton residents were evacuating and warned that further evacuations may be needed in Hobble Creek Canyon.Heavy winds have grounded “nearly all” aerial firefighting efforts, according to Utah Fire Info. As with Sunday’s William Fire near San
  
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• Woman dies in Weber County jail

  08-09-2020 01:27
  
  A female inmate died at the Weber County jail due to unknown causes, the sheriff’s office reported Monday afternoon.COVID-19 does not appear to be a factor in the death, the Weber County Sheriff’s Office noted in a news release posted to social media. The jail’s medical unit was observing the woman for various medical issues, and she became unresponsive as officers and nurses assisted her to the shower. Staff tried to revive her, but emergency medical responders declared the wo
  
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