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• Holly Courtier found alive 12 days after she went missing at Zion National Park

  18-10-2020 23:07
  
  Holly Suzanne Courtier — who was reported missing Oct. 9 — was found alive in Zion National Park, officials say.Courtier was dropped off by a private shuttle bus at the Grotto park area on Oct. 6. She was scheduled to be picked up at 4:40 p.m., but never returned.Park officials say search and rescue crews found Courtier on Sunday after rangers received a tip from a park visitor.“We are overjoyed that she was found safely today,” Courtier’s family said in a statement
  
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• Ross Douthat: Where the liberal power lies

  18-10-2020 23:00
  
  A striking thing about the current moment is that if you switch back and forth between reading conservatives and liberals, you see mirror-image anxieties about authoritarianism and totalitarianism, which each side believes are developing across the partisan divide.Last week I wrote in response to liberals who fear a postelection coup or a second-term slide toward autocracy, arguing (not for the first time) that Donald Trump’s authoritarian tendencies are overwhelmed by his incapacities, hi
  
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• Evacuations lifted for Utah County residents impacted by Range Fire, which is now moving north

  18-10-2020 22:59
  
  After fire officials in Utah County ordered the evacuation of some homes around Provo Canyon on Saturday, those people were allowed to return on Sunday morning.The Orem Police Department sent out an alert on social media announcing that the mandatory evacuation had been lifted, and that “if you have been evacuated then you are now able to safely return to the area.” They do not anticipate the fire will threaten any structures.The so-called “Range Fire” began Saturday abou
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: Three more deaths and 1,097 new cases in arguably the state’s worst week yet

  18-10-2020 22:51
  
  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.For a fifth consecutive day, Utah has experienced a daily increase of at least 1,000 new coronavirus cases — a troubling trend that’s now occurred three times in the month of October: Three more Utahns have died and 1,097 mor
  
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• ‘Out of control’: When Utah schools opened in a coronavirus hot spot

  18-10-2020 22:13
  
  On a Friday in mid-September, Sunny Washington got a text from another mother at her daughter’s high school in an affluent suburb of Salt Lake City. Three weeks into the school year, the number of coronavirus cases at the school was rising, and the district was considering shifting to online instruction. The text urged parents to beg the school board to keep classrooms open.Washington ignored the text — she thought the school should be taking advice from public health experts, not pa
  
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• Unified police investigating fatal shooting of a Millcreek man

  18-10-2020 22:04
  
  Unified police are seeking information related to the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man in Millcreek early Sunday.Detective Kevin Mallory said that officers responded to 635 W. 3900 South around 12:30 a.m. after a passerby called in to report a shooting victim at the car wash located there.That man was transported to the hospital, where he died.Mallory said that officers are pursuing a few leads, but have been hampered by an apparent lack of witnesses.“We really don’t have a whole
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: Three more deaths and 1,097 new cases reported

  18-10-2020 20:58
  
  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.Three more Utahns have died and 1,097 more people have tested positive for COVID-19, the Utah Department of Health announced Sunday.The state is now up to 94,394 positive cases and 543 total deaths.The new deaths include a man between 65
  
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• BYU continues climbing AP Top 25 poll, landing at No. 12

  18-10-2020 20:25
  
  BYU as keeps winning, the rankings keep rising.Following Friday’s comeback win at Houston, the Cougars (5-0) got a two-spot bump up the Associated Press Poll, released Sunday, and moved into the No. 12 spot.Seven programs that have yet to start their fall season continued to be ranked: Ohio State (No. 5), Penn State (No. 8), Oregon (No. 13), Wisconsin (T-No. 14), Michigan (No. 18), Minnesota (No. 21) and USC (No. 24).Utah received 36 votes.BYU currently ranks in the top 10 of 10 different
  
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• Evacuations lifted for Utah County residents impacted by Range Fire

  18-10-2020 20:01
  
  After fire officials in Utah County ordered the evacuation of some homes around Provo Canyon on Saturday, those people were allowed to return on Sunday morning.The Orem Police Department sent out an alert on social media announcing that the mandatory evacuation had been lifted, and that “if you have been evacuated then you are now able to safely return to the area.” They do not anticipate the fire will threaten any structures.The so-called “Range Fire” began Saturday abou
  
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• BYU ties for 11th place in the Amway Top 25 football poll

  18-10-2020 19:41
  
  The Amway Top 25 football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 11, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking:Record Pts Pvs1. Clemson (52) 5-0 1540 12. Alabama (8)4-0 1494 23. Notre Dame4-0 1351 44. Georgia3-1 1295 35. Ohio State (2) 0-0 1254 56. Oklahoma St. 3-0 1149 77. Penn St.0-0 1059 88. Florida 2-1 1002 99. Texas A&M3-1 1001 1110. Cincinnati3-0 989 10T11. Miami4-1 890 12T11. Brigham Young 5-0 890 1313.
  
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• Tooele hostage situation ends with police killing suspect

  18-10-2020 18:45
  
  Officers responding to a protective order violation in Tooele on Saturday evening shot and killed a man after he initiated a hostage situation and pulled a gun, police said Sunday morning.Lt. Jeremy Hansen of the Tooele Police Department said patrol officers were dispatched to a Cafe Rio restaurant near 1200 North and Main Street in Tooele about 9 p.m. Saturday for a protective order violation. After they located the involved parties outside of the restaurant and attempted to make contact, a man
  
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• Jake Bentley’s captaincy doesn’t make him Utah’s starting QB, but it signifies the respect of his teammates

  18-10-2020 16:49
  
  Kyle Whittingham knew what was coming on Saturday afternoon when he addressed reporters.Less than 24 hours earlier, the University of Utah football program announced its four captains for the upcoming season. One of them is South Carolina graduate transfer quarterback Jake Bentley. A quarterback named as a captain is not cause to raise eyebrows, but in this case, it leads to questions given Bentley is locked in a three-way battle to decide who the starter will be. The first question posed to Whi
  
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• Burgess Owens makes race central to his campaign in appeal to white conservative voters

  18-10-2020 16:00
  
  During her campaigns and throughout her time in office, former Utah Rep. Mia Love — who in 2014 was elected to become the first Black Republican woman in Congress — often resisted efforts to talk about race.When first elected she said that her historic victory “had nothing to do with race.” And she often said that she’d never experienced racism in Utah, where fewer than 1.5% of residents are Black.“Utahns have made a statement that they’re not interested
  
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• Robert Kirby: Does religion belong in politics?

  18-10-2020 15:00
  
  Some people take a lot of nonpolitical factors into account when they vote for a political office seeker. How much does religion play in the electoral process for you?Do you prefer candidates who share your faith, candidates who have at least some faith, or candidates who don’t claim to be deity themselves?It works the same in reverse. Perhaps candidates who seem to brag about their faith (or just mention it) are a major turnoff for you.Some candidates will work their religious affiliation
  
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• With a new album, Jay Warren proves Utah can be a place to make R&B music

  18-10-2020 14:00
  
  Jay Warren had a goal: Be the first Utahn to land an album on the iTunes R&B chart.On the surface, the idea seems quixotic — both because there aren’t that many R&B artists in Utah, and because the music industry today is driven more by streaming singles than selling albums.Warren, a 29-year-old singer and songwriter living in Salt Lake City, was up for the challenge. He and his team started a pre-order campaign to encourage fans to buy “Give Love,” which was rele
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘Supermarket Sweep’ took responsible COVID-19 precautions, but looks irresponsible on TV

  18-10-2020 14:00
  
  Leslie Jones loves “Supermarket Sweep.” The host/executive producer of the revived game show isn’t shy about her enthusiasm for the program, and her excitement is contagious.She’s also, I fear, a bit naive about airing a show like this in the midst of a pandemic that has killed more than 216,000 people in the United States and almost 1.1 million worldwide.“Supermarket Sweep” is the fourth incarnation of an old game show that aired on ABC (1965-67) and has been
  
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• San Juan County expands in-person voting on the Navajo Nation during the pandemic

  18-10-2020 14:00
  
  This research and reporting in this article was assisted by a grant through the Renewing Democracy initiative of Solutions Journalism Network.Red Mesa • When the Utah Legislature changed state election rules to favor by-mail and drive-thru voting for June’s primary in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19, it listed a single exception.San Juan County, which had the highest per capita rate of coronavirus cases in the state throughout the summer, would continue holding in-person ear
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Living in an era where misinformation is weaponized

  18-10-2020 14:00
  
  “Jared Kushner is under federal investigation for diverting money to terrorist organizations according to a guy I met at the gas station who told me he works for the FBI” is something I would never be allowed to publish.“Donald Trump Jr. has an escalating cocaine dependency problem according to a woman I ran into at the supermarket who told me she’s his dealer” is another sentence my editor would flag.There is, you see, this thing in the news business called judgmen
  
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• Democrat Ben McAdams walks a political tightrope in a district that leans Republican

  18-10-2020 14:00
  
  Since he was elected as Utah’s only Democratic member of Congress by a tiny margin in 2018, Rep. Ben McAdams has been aiming to walk a moderate tightrope, torn between — as he put it at a recent debate — the liberals who think he’s too conservative and the conservatives who think he’s too liberal.But the first-time congressman appears to see that as part of his appeal. And he’s leaned into the depiction of himself as a kind of Goldilocks candidate as he runs a
  
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• Letter: Don’t trust Utah lawmakers to handle health care

  18-10-2020 13:00
  
  Really! Does anyone other than Dr. Joseph Jarvis (“Give the states a chance to reform health care,” Oct. 14) actually believe that health care left up to Utah would be an improvement over the Affordable Care Act? The state’s GOP legislators look at health care, especially for low income people, with a jaundiced eye, have denied and delayed Medicaid expansion, and consistently demonstrated that while there is money for deluded lawsuits against the U.S. government, coal ports, an
  
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• Arozarena, Rays top Astros 4-2 in Game 7, reach World Series

  18-10-2020 06:41
  
  San Diego • Remarkable rookie Randy Arozarena homered again, 36-year-old Charlie Morton was brilliant against his former team and the Tampa Bay Rays reached the World Series for the second time, silencing the Houston Astros 4-2 Saturday night in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series.The Rays will face either the Los Angeles Dodgers or Atlanta Braves in the World Series in Arlington, Texas, starting Tuesday night. Game 7 of the NLCS is Sunday night.Tampa Bay’s only other World Series ap
  
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• Homes evacuated as fire near Provo Canyon rages; A ‘human-caused’ blaze breaks out in Summit County

  18-10-2020 05:33
  
  Fire officials in Utah County have evacuated residents from homes in and at the mouth of Provo Canyon after a fire sparked Saturday afternoon and has continued growing.The blaze — called the “Range Fire” — began around noon above Orem, near a gun range. State fire officials first estimated it had burned 15 acres. By 4:30 p.m., it was 300 acres and had grown to 1,500 acres three hours later. It was 0% contained.Shaun Hirst, with Orem Fire Department, said he expects crews,
  
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• Utah Royals lose 2-0 to OL Reign to wrap up a strange 2020 season

  18-10-2020 05:08
  
  A difficult game was the send-off to a difficult season.Utah Royals FC was dispatched 2-0 by OL Reign on Saturday night in Tacoma, Wash., to end a tumultuous, disappointing, and change-filled campaign for the team, which never really was able to get a rhythm going all year long.The difference between the clubs was clear from the word go, even though the Reign have struggled in recent matches this season. After a stretch of significant pressure, the Reign’s Sofia Huerta scored the game&rsqu
  
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• Hideout city council approves controversial annexation

  18-10-2020 04:48
  
  Council members voted Friday to annex several hundred acres of land for Hideout as part of a cross-county expansion effort that would open up land for commercial and residential development and give the town a new city center.After a multi-hour meeting, council members voted on the annexation order, approving it by a 3-2 margin. Councilors Carol Haselton and Robert Nadelberg voted against it, saying the rushed move wasn’t what Hideout residents wanted and could ruin relationships with othe
  
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• Seager homers again, Dodgers force NLCS Game 7 with 3-1 win

  18-10-2020 03:03
  
  Arlington, Texas • Corey Seager homered again, Walker Buehler pitched six scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers pushed the NL Championship Series to Game 7 with a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday.The Dodgers avoided elimination for the second time in less than 24 hours, and now have a winner-take-all game to try to get to their third World Series in four years. They haven’t won a championship since 1988.Max Fried took his first loss all year for the Braves, who were
  
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• Letter: We must do more to help the homeless

  18-10-2020 02:30
  
  How do we help the homeless population in the Salt Lake Valley now that it is becoming increasingly colder? Living in Salt Lake City, it seems as though there are individuals experiencing homelessness at every corner, every park, and every TRAX stop, and I ask myself, “What is my community doing to end homelessness?”I have had the amazing opportunity to work at the Men’s Resource Center for The Road Home and have loved getting to know the men and their stories. I have seen firs
  
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• Homes evacuated as ‘Range Fire’ near Provo Canyon rages

  18-10-2020 01:36
  
  Fire officials in Utah County have evacuated residents from homes in and at the mouth of Provo Canyon after a fire sparked Saturday afternoon and has continued growing.The blaze — called the “Range Fire” — began around noon above Orem, near a gun range. State fire officials first estimated it had burned 15 acres. By 4:30 p.m., it was 300 acres.Shaun Hirst, with Orem Fire Department, said he expects crews, using helicopters and other aircraft, will be trying to extinguish
  
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• Letter: A third-party vote is a vote for Trump

  18-10-2020 00:30
  
  This is in response to David T. Lancaster’s letter advocating for voting for a third party. While I admire Mr. Lancaster’s dedication to principles, I must disagree with his statement, “I am not wasting my vote.” Come Nov. 3 (or whenever the vote count is finished), either Donald Trump or Joe Biden will have been elected to the presidency for the next four years. In our current political climate, a vote for a third party or a refusal to vote helps Trump. Thus, Mr. Lancast
  
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• Hundreds gather for Salt Lake City Women’s March to protest Trump agenda

  18-10-2020 00:28
  
  A few hundred people gathered Saturday in downtown Salt Lake City for a Women’s March to protest President Donald Trump and his push to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s open Supreme Court seat before the presidential election next month.Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative appeals court judge, to fill the vacancy left by Ginsburg, a feminist icon. If confirmed, Barrett will likely rule on cases involving high-profile issues such as health care and abortion
  
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• Kyle Whittingham didn’t name a QB Saturday, but three-way competition is on schedule following first scrimmage

  18-10-2020 00:17
  
  The University of Utah’s three-man quarterback competition is right on schedule.So said Kyle Whittingham Saturday afternoon in the wake of the Utes conducting the first of two live scrimmages during fall camp. Without singling anyone out Saturday, Whittingham said Jake Bentley, Cameron Rising and Drew Lisk all did some good things, but later confirmed that when the Utes reconvene on Monday, the competition will go from three to two.Whittingham has been adamant that the first week of camp,
  
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