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• Tribune Editorial: When a vaccine is ready, we must get it

  12-09-2020 23:00 via sltrib.com
  
  The science of vaccinating people — and animals — against infectious diseases is arguably the most important accomplishment in the history of humanity.It is more than lives saved and suffering avoided. Vaccinations provide incredibly cheap ounces of prevention that weigh far more lightly on any nation’s economy than would all the costs of not only treating diseases but also lost productivity and declines in spending.For anyone who is old enough to remember, the development and
  
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• Tribune’s Pat Bagley named national editorial cartoonist of the year

  12-09-2020 21:53 via sltrib.com
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune’s Pat Bagley has been named the editorial cartoonist of the year by the National Cartoonists Society.It is the first time Bagley has won the award, though he has been bestowed other honors multiple times during his 41-year career at The Tribune.Bagley won the Herblock Prize in 2009, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning in 2014.“I want to thank you for giving me this award,” Bagley said of the National Society of Cartoonists hon
  
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• Letter: Sensible solutions to our law enforcement problems

  12-09-2020 21:30 via sltrib.com
  
  Kudos to Richard Longo for his sensible op-ed “Could there be a military solution to racial injustice?” Based upon his 35-year military career, Mr. Longo, a retired Army major general, makes these recommendations to address racial injustice in our law enforcement systems: provide no immunity to individuals for their actions while on duty; mandate psychological testing of police officers, new and currently serving; hold the chain of command leaders responsible; and provide escalation-
  
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• Spike in COVID-19 diagnoses continues, with 572 new Utah cases reported

  12-09-2020 21:21 via sltrib.com
  
  Utah health officials reported 572 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, continuing a spike that began the day before.Statewide, coronavirus cases soared Friday, with 656 new infections, the Utah Department of Health reported. But the rise may be tied to reporting delays due to Monday’s Labor Day holiday and Tuesday’s windstorm in northern Utah, health officials said.The high number of cases was once again led by a spike among Utahns 15 to 24, which accounted for 245 cases.For the pa
  
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• Dakotas lead US in virus growth as both reject mask rules

  12-09-2020 21:01 via sltrib.com
  
  Sioux Falls, S.D. • Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation, fueling impassioned debates over masks and personal freedom after months in which the two states avoided the worst of the pandemic.The argument over masks raged this week in Brookings, South Dakota, as the city council considered requiring face coverings in businesses. The city was forced to move its meeting to a local arena to accommodate intense interest, with many citizens speak
  
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• Analysis: Might the Utah Jazz do themselves some Favors in free agency?

  12-09-2020 20:57 via sltrib.com
  
  Derrick Favors was due to get a poignant highlight video tribute from the Utah Jazz on his first return to Vivint Smart Home Arena with his new team, the New Orleans Pelicans, on Nov. 23, but he didn’t make the trip due to back spasms.The make-up montage was then rescheduled for the Pellies' return trip to Salt Lake City on March 13 — a game that never took place, as the NBA shut down two days before when Favors' former teammate, Rudy Gobert, tested positive for COVID-19.There’
  
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• Despite COVID-19 outbreak, Corner Canyon High to keep meeting in person

  12-09-2020 20:13 via sltrib.com
  
  Corner Canyon High in Draper is moving to a hybrid schedule of remote and in-person instruction after 15 or more coronavirus cases were reported at the school — a departure from state health guidance advising schools to go all-virtual if they experience an outbreak of this size.It’s not clear how many coronavirus cases are associated with the high school, but the Salt Lake County Health Department is reporting there have been at least 15 in the last 14 days.“Once a school hits
  
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• Corner Canyon High shifts schedule after “sudden increase” in COVID-19 cases

  12-09-2020 19:31 via sltrib.com
  
  Corner Canyon High in Draper is moving to a hybrid schedule of remote and in-person instruction after 15 or more coronavirus cases were reported at the school — a departure from state health guidance advising schools to go all-virtual if they experience an outbreak of this size.It’s not clear how many coronavirus cases are associated with the high school, but the Salt Lake County Health Department is reporting there have been at least 15 in the last 14 days.“Once a school hits
  
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• Gordon Monson: Here’s exactly what Real Salt Lake should do to become great again

  12-09-2020 18:57 via sltrib.com
  
  You’ll all be happy to know that even though Real Salt Lake is up for sale — and I’ve got some great advice for making the club better — I, personally, am not planning to buy it, on account of three reasons:1) Dell Loy Hansen would never sell it to me, although you’ve got to admit, there would be some sweet irony in that happening after the way he and Andy Carroll felt about me — blubbering like babies, taking my press credential away — after I treated R
  
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• Michelle Goldberg: Trump’s deliberate coronavirus deception

  12-09-2020 17:57 via sltrib.com
  
  Recordings, real or rumored, have been a leitmotif of the Trump era.There was the “Access Hollywood” tape, in which Donald Trump confessed to his proclivity for serial sexual assault. The fabled “pee tape,” the existence of which would have been pornographic proof of Russiagate, haunted the first few years of the Trump presidency.James Comey hoped there were recordings of what he described as Trump’s mafialike efforts to suborn him. (“Lordy, I hope there are t
  
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• Better weather aids battle against deadly Western wildfires

  12-09-2020 17:23 via sltrib.com
  
  Salem, Ore. • Diminishing winds and rising humidity helped firefighters battling deadly blazes in Oregon and California, but with dozens of people still missing, authorities in both states feared that the receding flames could reveal many more dead across the blackened landscape.Oregon’s emergency management director said officials were preparing for a possible “mass fatality event.”In California, smoke that painted skies orange also helped crews corral the state’s d
  
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• Utah food trucks surviving in the suburbs with meals to go

  12-09-2020 17:00 via sltrib.com
  
  These days William Starks, owner of Fry Me to the Moon, can usually be found talking on his cellphone, driving to the suburbs to find new customers or searching for a parking spot.His gourmet fried food trucks continue to give a free mini donut to customers — as they did before the pandemic. But over the past six months, the mobile food business has changed.“You have to be proactive,” said Starks, who started Moonstruck, a new catering business that offers family meals to go.Th
  
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• A tiny Utah town tried to wipe itself off the map, but fell a few votes short

  12-09-2020 15:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Voting to take your town off the map might seem counterintuitive, but it felt like the right thing to do for a number of residents of one of Utah’s most remote hamlets.Still, most people in Dutch John, a Daggett County town of about 150, weren’t on board.An unofficial vote count from a special election this week showed the ballot measure going down 55-38.With just three provisional ballots and one other uncounted ballot remaining, Daggett County Clerk/Treasurer Brian Raymond doesn&rs
  
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• Utah’s new nursing home goal: Keep the coronavirus outbreaks small

  12-09-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  If Utah’s new goal of keeping the coronavirus fatality rate below 1% has a single nemesis, it’s nursing homes.Nursing homes and similar types of long-term care facilities, such as rehabilitation centers, homes for the disabled and licensed assisted-living centers, have accounted for about 43% of Utah’s COVID-19 deaths. The nationwide percentage is about the same.A federal plan released last month calls for frequent coronavirus testing of long-term care residents and staff in ho
  
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• The pandemic has supercharged Utah’s housing market

  12-09-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Utah has long lured homebuyers from other states with its unique charms. A pandemic-induced exodus from many big metro areas is making some of its best features look even better.Homes sales along the Wasatch Front and in other pockets of the state have rebounded dramatically after what proved to be a milder-than-expected slowdown as the coronavirus first took hold in the spring. This is a market bounce with the potential to buoy Utah’s economy, driven in part by people who can now work fro
  
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• Letter: When is enough, enough?

  12-09-2020 13:30 via sltrib.com
  
  Having lived through the Nixon years, there was a time when the country, or more specifically Congress, said, “Enough.”What more is needed to say enough now? What is wrong with Republicans now? History has its eyes on you.If you are planning to vote Republican, are you proud to be a part of this? The world is watching.Gail Hecox, Park CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Thank you, teachers

  12-09-2020 13:00 via sltrib.com
  
  A huge shout out, hug, aloha and mahalo to all of our teachers. As my children were readying to begin their first day of online school at Hawthorne Elementary, wailing gusts were blowing by our home. The sixth grader was able to log on to Zoom and began her class discussion, but the little guy, in second grade, couldn’t connect to his teacher, as the school had lost power and internet.As we, the parents, texted each other and frantically tried to figure out what was going on, our amazing t
  
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• Letter: Keep up the good work

  12-09-2020 07:30 via sltrib.com
  
  I have made a contribution to The Salt Lake Tribune in honor of Pat Bagley. Mr. Bagley speaks truth to power. His cartoons regularly make us stop and think about current events. Mr. Bagley’s cartoons, along with the editorials written by editorial page editor George Pyle, often hold a mirror to parts of our lives we would rather not face. Sometimes they evoke a wince, sometimes laughter, sometimes just a knowing nod, but always cause a reaction. Neither he nor the paper should ever apologi
  
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• Celtics knock out Raptors in Game 7; Millsap leads Nuggets past Clippers

  12-09-2020 06:55 via sltrib.com
  
  Denver Nuggets' Paul Millsap, left, goes up for a shot against Los Angeles Clippers' Marcus Morris Sr. during the first half of an NBA conference semifinal playoff basketball game, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) (Mark J. Terrill/)Lake Buena Vista, Fla. • It took every bit of seven games, but Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics are headed to the Eastern Conference finals.And they dethroned the NBA champions to get there.Tatum scored 29 points, J
  
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• Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert’s growth, maturity in the NBA bubble cemented them as leaders

  12-09-2020 06:00
  
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) talks with guard Donovan Mitchell, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Detroit. | Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert are the cornerstones of the Utah Jazz, and the Jazz would like to keep it that way.After both players tested positive for the coronavirus in March, existing tension boiled over between them. What happened next would largely be the deci
  
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• Letter: Bagley disrupts the status quo

  12-09-2020 05:30 via sltrib.com
  
  Years ago, I took offense at Pat Bagley’s treatment of Israel during the intifada. I continued my subscription to The Salt Lake Tribune and looked forward to Bagley’s next cartoon. Last year, The Trib published my letter in the Public Forum criticizing Bagley’s cartoon using the image of the gate into Auschwitz to highlight the plight of wildlife facing extinction.I found it offensive, but I kept reading Bagley’s cartoons because I recognize that his job is to challenge o
  
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• Thousands of Utahns have gone days without power. Electricity might not return until after Sunday.

  12-09-2020 04:47 via sltrib.com
  
  These past few days, when the sun sets over Salt Lake City, Nick Kuzmack pulls out a wooden, foldable chessboard his mother, Frances Rowsell, bought at a yard sale years ago. Then he lights some candles, and the two play a few games.The chess game is a normal part of their routine. The candles are not.Kuzmack and his 72-year-old mother have been without power in their home near Liberty Park since Tuesday, when hurricane-strength winds blew through northern Utah, toppling trees, hurling branches
  
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• Letter: Every vote counts

  12-09-2020 03:30 via sltrib.com
  
  Utah Democrats, moderate Republicans and independents who favor Joe Biden over Donald Trump may be tempted not to vote in the presidential election. Why? They might assume that Trump will carry Utah by a large margin and easily win the state’s six electoral votes. They might reason that it’s a waste of time to vote, that their ballot would be inconsequential. Not so. This election, perhaps more than ever before, is likely to be influenced by the nationwide popular vote, not just the
  
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• Commentary: There is a way to teach media literacy in schools

  12-09-2020 02:04 via sltrib.com
  
  In a commentary published in The Salt Lake Tribune on Aug. 29, Juan Rodriguez argued that “the best weapon we have to protect our democracy is media literacy.”We couldn’t agree more. Even better, we have a solution. Every school needs a certified teacher librarian on staff.The term librarian might conjure an image of a cardigan-clad, bun-wearing, shushing spinster. And although we love our cardigans, this stereotype is far from accurate. Our true role in the school is as an exp
  
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• Holly Richardson: Life is all about transitions

  12-09-2020 01:58 via sltrib.com
  
  This week, several family members headed to the Salt Lake City International Airport, where we masked up and stood outside the elevator in the parking garage, waiting to welcome home our son and brother returning from a Latter-day Saint mission in Hawaii. (Hard life, I know.)After we returned home and he was officially released, he was (and is) a little shell-shocked. He asked if he could go on a drive with a friend. I reminded him he was no longer a missionary and that as an adult, he didn&rsqu
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Quin Snyder donated to Burgess Owens, who has criticized the NBA and Black Lives Matter

  12-09-2020 01:48 via sltrib.com
  
  Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder gave two donations worth $500 each to Burgess Owens, the Republican candidate in Utah’s tight 4th Congressional District race.The donations are likely to surprise some given the public stances of the two men. Snyder has been vocal about his support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and sits on the NBA coaches committee on racial injustice and reform. He kneeled with his team during the national anthem and supported the Jazz as it joined other teams in protest
  
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• Utah County has worst COVID-19 infection rates in the state, as Utah cases spike to 656

  12-09-2020 01:48 via sltrib.com
  
  With 112 new coronavirus cases reported on campus in just three days, Brigham Young University in Provo appears to be driving a rise in cases in Utah County, which has the worst infection rates in the state.“We’re really attributing this to ... a certain, a young adult population: 15- to 24-year-olds. It’s really both public school being back in session as well as having university students being back [in] classes as well as being back in the community and comingling together,&
  
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• Study: Kids infected at day care spread coronavirus at home

  12-09-2020 01:40 via sltrib.com
  
  New York • Children who caught the coronavirus at day cares and a day camp spread it to their relatives, according to a new report that underscores that kids can bring the germ home and infect others.Scientists already know children can spread the virus. But the study published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “definitively indicates — in a way that previous studies have struggled to do — the potential for transmission to family members,&r
  
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• Utah Royals think new owner can ‘revamp’ club and bring ‘new identity’

  12-09-2020 00:50 via sltrib.com
  
  The last few weeks have taken a toll on Utah Royals FC.Although Dell Loy Hansen and Andy Carroll — the top two executives at Utah Soccer — are most known for their dealings with Real Salt Lake, they did bring the Royals to the Utah in 2018. And while at the time they received praise for providing top-notch facilities for their new National Women’s Soccer League players, recent revelations have stained that legacy.Some Royals players were named in reporting that detailed the tox
  
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• ‘Utah Politics’ podcast: Negative ads, Mike Lee for Supreme Court and waiting for the COVID spending audit

  12-09-2020 00:42 via sltrib.com
  
  Spencer Stokes of Stokes Strategies joins host Bryan Schott to discuss this week’s top Utah political news.Ads both for and against Republican Burgess Owens start airing in the 4th Congressional District race. We discuss how outside groups are working to define who Owens is in the minds of voters.Sen. Mike Lee remains on President Donald Trump’s list of possible Supreme Court Nominees. Lee also tees off on KSL.com for being too liberal and suggesting the LDS Church should sell the ne
  
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• Sandy’s ‘Healing Field' marks 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks

  12-09-2020 00:37 via sltrib.com
  
  As is tradition, 1,300 American flags are on display at Sandy City Hall to mark the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, and rural Pennsylvania.The Utah Healing Field is open to the public, though there was no commemorative service held this year and the flags are spaced farther apart than in years past to accommodate social distancing.The flags will be in place until Monday.Among those who paid tribute Friday were families with children in tow
  
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• Sen. Mike Lee suggests Netflix movie ‘Cuties’ is criminal sexual exploitation of minors

  12-09-2020 00:10 via sltrib.com
  
  Sen. Mike Lee wants Netflix to explain how currently showing the move “Cuties” — which won an award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival — does not constitute criminal exploitation of minors.He also called Friday for Netflix to stop airing the film about a young Senegalese girl in Paris who joins a “free-spirited dance clique” to escape family dysfunction. And he warns that he is considering referring the cable company to the U.S. attorney general’s office
  
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• George Pyle: The Magic Kingdom in Happy Valley?

  12-09-2020 00:04 via sltrib.com
  
  Walt Disney wanted to build a city.You’ve probably heard of it. You might even have been there — though it’s not quite what Walt had in mind, back in 1966, when he announced plans for EPCOT, the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.It wasn’t going to be just a much bigger theme park like his Disneyland in Southern California. No, this swath of central Florida swamp was going to be a real, live city, home to maybe 20,000 people, with houses, apartments, schools, pa
  
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