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• Salt Lake Tribune will move to a weekly print edition in 2021

  26-10-2020 23:45
  
  In a historic change, The Salt Lake Tribune will stop printing and delivering a daily edition at year’s end and switch to a weekly printed newspaper delivered by mail.The Tribune’s nonprofit board of directors announced the decision Monday, shortly after The Tribune and the Deseret News released their decision to end a generations-long print partnership.The two Salt Lake City media outlets said they had independently decided the joint operating agreement — which gave the rivals
  
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• 12 people — including 2 Utahns — and their dogs will compete for $500,000 on Amazon’s ‘The Pack’

  26-10-2020 23:34
  
  Twelve people and their dogs will compete for half a million dollars in a new Amazon Prime series — and not only are two of the teams from Utah, one of the episodes was filmed here.Former world champion skier Lindsey Vonn (who competed in her first Olympics at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City) is the host of “The Pack,” which will start streaming on Amazon on Nov. 20. It’s sort of like “The Amazing Race” with human-and-dog teams — contestants tackle chal
  
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• BYU football staying ‘humble and hungry’ through 6-0 start

  26-10-2020 22:20
  
  Bracken El-Bakri isn’t the biggest history buff, but the defensive lineman does recognize he is part of a BYU run that could be historic.Following Saturday’s dominating win over Texas State, the Cougars are 6-0 for just the fifth time in program history. BYU has previously started a season on a six-game win streak in 2008, 2001, 1984 and 1979.“It’s fun to be part of this history and we hope to make more of a history out of it, obviously,” El-Bakri said.However, El-B
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Very Good Brain

  26-10-2020 22:16
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Train WreckThe Case FOR TrumpPride PopeDog BiteWhat Women WantKiller AsteroidSupreme SphinxThe Persecution GameCovidiotsThe Liars’ ClubWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Letter: Trump is a good man

  26-10-2020 22:00
  
  I disagree with the writer who used LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson’s words to say that President Donald Trump is a racist and does not value all people (“Trump does not respect all of God’s children,” Oct. 5).I believe that President Trump is a good man who has been vilified by socialist/communist leaning politicians who want to destroy America’s capitalistic society and undermine our inspired Constitution.Corrie Lynne Player, Cedar CitySubmit a letter to th
  
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• Utah Arts Festival director leaving after 14 years; assistant director will take over

  26-10-2020 21:58
  
  Lisa Sewell is stepping down as executive director of the Utah Arts Festival after 14 years of leading Salt Lake City’s biggest open-air arts event — and after having to cancel the 2020 edition because of the COVID-19 pandemic.“There comes a time to step aside and allow a new leader to imprint their artistic vision, direction, and leadership onto the organization,” Sewell said in a statement, issued by the festival Monday. “I believe I have served out my tenure in t
  
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• As part of Trump efforts to woo Latter-day Saint voters, Sen. Mike Lee will headline an Arizona rally

  26-10-2020 21:56
  
  As Latter-day Saints are seen as pivotal in the swing state of Arizona in this presidential election, President Donald Trump’s campaign announced Monday that it is dispatching Utah Sen. Mike Lee for a “Latter-day Saints for Trump” rally on Tuesday in Gilbert, Ariz.“The Trump campaign is making a concerted effort with our outreach to the LDS community in Arizona and Nevada, seeking to expand President Trump’s base of support with voters whose priorities are in line w
  
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• 2 men charged with 2019 killing of Utah man whose body was left in his pickup truck

  26-10-2020 21:38
  
  Two men were charged Monday with the killing of a Utah man who was found shot to death in his pickup truck almost 11 months ago.Jonathan Alexander Morales-Lopez, 19, and Jose Luis “Taku” Amaya-Urquijo, 23, of West Valley City, were charged in 3rd District Court with murder and aggravated robbery, first-degree felonies; and obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony. Amaya-Urquijo has also been charged with discharging a firearm causing serious injury, a first-degree felony; and p
  
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• After Trump attacks by-mail voting, Utah drop boxes that avoid Postal Service become extra popular

  26-10-2020 20:36
  
  With the election a week away, the U.S. Postal Service says now is the time to mail Utah ballots to ensure on-time delivery. But concern about mail handling is making the use of special drop boxes by county clerks — which entirely avoid the Postal Service — especially popular.“We heard from a couple of counties that about 60% of the ballots coming back in are through drop boxes,” where county clerk employees collect ballots directly, said Justin Lee, state elections direc
  
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• Nicole Croft: Stewart’s bill is a wolf in national park’s clothing

  26-10-2020 20:30
  
  Rep. Chris Stewart’s Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve bill is a sham, and he knows it.Disingenuously, he wants 2nd Congressional District voters to believe that he cares for the future of our public lands right before the November election. This is not true. Stewart is no friend to America’s public lands.When this bill was first introduced in 2017, in the days after President Donald Trump’s disastrous gutting of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National monu
  
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• Utah coronavirus cases up 1,201 on Monday

  26-10-2020 20:24
  
  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.Hospitalizations for the coronavirus were holding steady at just under 300 patients Monday, the Utah Department of Health reported, with 1,201 new cases diagnosed.There were 5,745 new test results reported — the lowest number in tw
  
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• Utah’s largest hospital system, Intermountain Healthcare, plans to merge with Dakota-based Sanford Health

  26-10-2020 19:53
  
  Utah’s largest hospital system, Intermountain Healthcare, is planning to merge with its counterpart in the Dakotas, Sanford Health, leaders of the two companies announced Monday.“In many ways, this is a match made in heaven,” said Dr. Marc Harrison, president and CEO of Intermountain, at an online news conference from Sanford’s headquarters in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.“We’re almost twins,” agreed Kelby Krabbenhoft, president and CEO of Sanford Health.Th
  
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• Prosecutors file charges against man accused of killing Sherry Black

  26-10-2020 19:27
  
  This November, it will be 10 years since Sherry Black was found dead in her South Salt Lake home and business, apparently stabbed to death.It didn’t seem like she had been killed in a robbery gone wrong, and police found no other motives for why anyone would want to kill Black, and the case eventually went cold.On Monday, prosecutors finally had enough evidence to file charges against the person they suspect killed her that day in November 2010.Adam Antonio Durborow, who would have been 19
  
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• Utah’s largest hospital chain, Intermountain Healthcare, plans to merge with Dakota-based Sanford Health

  26-10-2020 19:23
  
  Utah’s largest hospital chain, Intermountain Healthcare, is planning to merge with its counterpart in the Dakotas, Sanford Health, leaders of the two companies announced Monday.“In many ways, this is a match made in heaven,” said Dr. Marc Harrison, president and CEO of Intermountain, at an online news conference from Sanford’s headquarters in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.“We’re almost twins,” agreed Kelby Krabbenhoft, president and CEO of Sanford Health.The
  
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• BYU men’s basketball picked to finish 2nd in the West Coast Conference

  26-10-2020 18:52
  
  After posting its best league performance with a 13-3 conference record last season, the Cougars were selected to finish second in the West Coast Conference’s annual preseason poll, as voted on by the league’s 10 head coaches.BYU will start the 2020-21 conference schedule Dec. 31 at Pepperdine. The nonconference schedule has yet to be finalized.The Cougars also earned another recognition through senior guard Alex Barcello, who was named to the preseason All-WCC team. Three Gonzaga pl
  
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• Utah Sens. Romney and Lee join GOP parade of praise for Amy Coney Barrett before confirmation vote

  26-10-2020 18:09
  
  Before a vote Monday to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Utah Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike Lee joined a parade of Republicans who praised her in Senate speeches — while Democrats blasted her and GOP moves to put her on the bench before Election Day.Romney said Barrett is needed to restore public faith in government, and to help heal a nation that is growing more divided. Lee said Barrett is an example of a judge who ties herself closely to what the Constitution says, and will
  
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• Utes want to stay physical, but healthy, as the first football game approaches

  26-10-2020 17:25
  
  The University of Utah football team has reached the point in fall camp where head coach Kyle Whittingham and his staff are going to need to walk a fine line.The Utes conducted their second and final live scrimmage Saturday, with 100 plays, full pads and full tackling. Everyone had Sunday off, with players and coaches reconvening at the Eccles Football Center on Monday, which marked 12 days until the season opener vs. Arizona at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Within those 12 days, Utah will not go fully l
  
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• Coal magnate Robert Murray dies

  26-10-2020 17:04
  
  St. Clairsville, Ohio • Robert Murray, the board chairman of the largest privately owned U.S. coal operator, who long fought federal regulations to reduce black lung disease, died at his home in Ohio less than a week after announcing his retirement, a lawyer said.Michael Shaheen, an attorney who had recently represented Murray, 80, told The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register that he died Sunday morning in St. Clairsville.No official cause of death was given. Public reports recently stated
  
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• After a blast of winter, Utah is headed back to fall

  26-10-2020 17:01
  
  After a Sunday that brought snow, high winds and frigid temperatures, Utah’s weather will bounce back to something more like fall than winter as we head toward Halloween on Saturday.But first — a low of 20 degrees on Monday morning broke a 142-year-old record for the coldest Oct. 26 on record in Salt Lake City, according to the National Weather Service. It dipped to 22 way back in 1878.The min temperature at the Salt Lake City Intl Airport fell to 20 degrees as of 6 AM this morning,
  
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• Navajo Nation: No new COVID-19 deaths for 6th day in a row

  26-10-2020 16:58
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation health officials are reporting 76 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths for a sixth consecutive day.The latest figures released Sunday night bring the total number of cases to 11,298 with the known death toll remaining at 574.Tribal health officials said 121,506 people on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah have been tested for COVID-19 since the pandemic started and 7,489 have recovered.A shelter-in-pl
  
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• State leaders, industry push to export Utah’s natural gas to Asia

  26-10-2020 16:53
  
  A decade ago, energy companies built a natural gas storage facility on Mexico’s Baja California coast to receive imported liquefied gas by ship and gasify it for distribution around northern Mexico.That plan didn’t pan out, but under a new proposal backed by various Utah agencies, the plant known as Energia Costa Azul (which translates to Blue Coast Energy) would be “reverse engineered” into an export terminal that would liquefy gas piped south from Rocky Mountain states
  
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• Mitt Romney says Amy Coney Barrett is needed to stop slide in faith in government

  26-10-2020 16:37
  
  Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said Monday that he is voting for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett because she will help restore public faith in government, and can help heal a nation that is growing more divided.“She is a woman of unquestionable character and integrity, the presence of which is essential to our nation as the confidence of the court itself is in the balance,” Romney said in a Senate speech Monday morning during the final debate on Barrett.The Senate is expected to confi
  
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• The strong arm of Zach Wilson leads Cougars to fourth dominating win

  26-10-2020 15:45
  
  After a pair of games that tested the Cougars, BYU brought another dominating performance on Saturday over Texas State, beating the Bobcats 52-14.But if BYU had hoped to crack into the top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, it will have to wait one more week. The latest win nudged the Cougars up from No. 12 to No. 11 in the latest rankings, released Sunday.Even if the win came easily, the Cougars still gave their best possible performance. That was made fairly evident early on when, tied at
  
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• Millard County man arrested for DUI, accused of coughing on nurses, saying he has COVID-19

  26-10-2020 15:21
  
  A Millard County man arrested for drunken driving is also facing assault charges, accused of coughing on deputies and nurses and telling them he has COVID-19.Deputies found the man asleep in an SUV that had gone off the road into sagebrush near the Fillmore Cemetery late Saturday night, according to a probable cause statement. Deputies woke the man up and convinced him to get out of the vehicle — and then he started shouting profanities and fighting the deputies and paramedics on the scene
  
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• Robert Gehrke: You think you’re tired of the coronavirus? Talk to these Utahns.

  26-10-2020 13:16
  
  This coronavirus has disrupted almost every aspect of our lives. It probably derailed your family’s summer plans, messed up your kids’ sporting events, threw a wrench into your work routine, and spoiled family dinners.I missed all of my summer concerts and I’ve barely seen my parents in the past six months.It’s inconvenient and exhausting and at some point I’m sure we’ve all felt like giving up.Now imagine working in an intensive care unit, another 12-hour shi
  
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• State leaders, industry push plan to export Utah’s natural gas to Asia through Mexico

  26-10-2020 13:00
  
  A decade ago, energy companies built a natural gas storage facility on Mexico’s Baja California coast to receive imported liquefied gas by ship and gasify it for distribution around northern Mexico.That plan didn’t pan out, but under a new proposal backed by various Utah agencies, the plant known as Energia Costa Azul (which translates to Blue Coast Energy) would be “reverse engineered” into an export terminal that would liquefy gas piped south from Rocky Mountain states
  
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• Democrat Kael Weston hopes to be the ‘unicorn’ candidate who can unseat Rep. Chris Stewart

  26-10-2020 13:00
  
  On paper, U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart and his Democratic rival, Kael Weston, have more than a few things in common.Both have ties to the military — Stewart as a retired Air Force pilot and Weston as a former U.S. State Department emissary to combat zones in Afghanistan and Iraq. They’re also prolific authors, with Stewart penning military techno-thrillers and historical treatises and Weston writing a memoir and numerous op-eds.But Weston has spent this year driving his truck across the 2
  
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• Letter: Rep. Chris Stewart’s hypocrisy

  26-10-2020 12:00
  
  I would like to bring attention to Rep. Chris Stewart’s remarks stated during the 2nd District debate regarding the hypothetical of the Democrats packing the Supreme Court. Stewart is quoted as saying, “I think it’s one of the most ridiculous and divisive and destructive ideas that have ever been suggested.”I find this statement by Rep. Stewart to be very inflammatory and hypocritical. From my view, the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett is the very definition of packing the
  
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• Kershaw stops steal of home, hands Dodgers 3-2 Series lead

  26-10-2020 05:53
  
  Arlington, Texas • Clayton Kershaw’s glittering career lacked two of the most satisfying accomplishments: a win deep in the World Series and a championship ring.He took the mound Sunday night with the Los Angeles Dodgers shaken, and Kershaw steadied his team with a gritty performance, plus one particular delivery home that will long be remembered.Now with one more victory, the Dodgers would claim their first title since 1988.Kershaw beat the Tampa Bay Rays for the second time in six d
  
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• Senate advances Barrett; confirmation expected Monday

  26-10-2020 04:23
  
  Washington • Senate Republicans voted overwhelmingly Sunday to advance Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett toward final confirmation despite Democratic objections, just over a week before the presidential election.Barrett’s confirmation on Monday was hardly in doubt, with majority Republicans mostly united in support behind President Donald Trump’s pick. But Democrats were poised to keep the Senate in session into the night in attempts to stall, arguing that the Nov. 3 elect
  
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• Utah Jazz mailbag: Trading Mike Conley for Al Horford and discussing the best use of the MLE

  26-10-2020 03:00
  
  Philadelphia 76ers’ Al Horford (42) shoots against the Houston Rockets during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.| Ashley Landis, AP SALT LAKE CITY — When I put out the call for mailbag questions the majority of the responses come from social media and more often than not there’s a theme to that week’s mailbag, like draft prospects, or free agents that fans are interested in.
  This week, I combed through my email and
  
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• Letter: Skordas is the right choice for Utah attorney general

  26-10-2020 02:31
  
  After listening to Sean Reyes highlighting the negative online reviews in his heated debate against Greg Skordas, I feel compelled to comment.I am a Republican who rarely votes for Democrats. But based on my experience as an attorney, Greg Skordas is the clear choice for Utah attorney general.I have been practicing law for over 30 years in Utah. During that time, I have had personal experience going against Mr. Skordas when he was a prosecuting attorney for the Salt Lake County District Attorney
  
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• Nicholas Kristof: America and the virus: ‘A colossal failure of leadership’

  26-10-2020 01:02
  
  One of the most lethal leadership failures in modern times unfolded in South Africa in the early 2000s as AIDS spread there under President Thabo Mbeki.Mbeki scorned science, embraced conspiracy theories, dithered as the disease spread and rejected lifesaving treatments. His denialism cost about 330,000 lives, a Harvard study found.None of us who wrote scathingly about that debacle ever dreamed that something similar might unfold in the United States. But today, health experts regularly cite Pre
  
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• No new COVID-19 deaths on Navajo Nation for 5th day in row

  26-10-2020 00:38
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation health officials reported 64 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths for the fifth consecutive day.The latest figures released Saturday night bring the total number of cases to 11,217 with the known death toll remaining at 574.Tribal health officials said 121,274 people on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah have been tested for COVID-19 since the pandemic started and 7,466 have recovered.A shelter-in-pla
  
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• Letter: Online students are an afterthought

  26-10-2020 00:30
  
  First, we don’t blame the teachers. They are doing their best with no support from their leadership.My daughter is in the fourth grade this year. She is a dual-language Chinese immersion student ostensibly enrolled at Southland Elementary in Riverton.Rather than focus this past summer on building a plan for a majority online school year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jordan School District decided to plan for three different education plans: in-person, hybrid, and online-only. Following
  
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