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• Letter: The private sector won’t step up

  01-11-2020 22:00
  
  It’s interesting, but not surprising that Derek Miller, the president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber, feels that the private sector should lead us out of the mental health crisis associated with COVID-19. Is this because he feels that the state’s leadership (Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, the unseen, unheard supposed head of the state’s COVID response) has failed us woefully as the predicted fall case spike has indeed manifested itself? Or is it because Mr. Miller feels that the state
  
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• Amid high unemployment some Utah workers look for new careers

  01-11-2020 21:30
  
  Park City • Normally, Jacob Narayan works as a waiter at an upscale steakhouse in Park City. But given all that’s happened in 2020, he’s set his sights ona new career.On a clear day outside Park City, he pulled over on the side of a narrow, tree-lined road that winds its way through a mountainous valley. He grabbed his drone with a camera mounted on the front.The propellers whirred into action and he sent it flying off over the trees.Narayan was using the drone to film a small h
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: Record-breaking week culminates with 1,854 new cases, 10 more deaths

  01-11-2020 21:20
  
  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.A week ago, the president of the Utah Hospital Association predicted that facilities would soon have to begin rationing care owing to intensive care units being overwhelmed by record-breaking numbers of new COVID-19 patients.And things s
  
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• BYU in review: Cougars, QB Zach Wilson struggled at points, but still put up dominating performance over WKU

  01-11-2020 20:39
  
  Provo • It wasn’t perfect, but a dominating first half led the way for BYU to crush Western Kentucky 41-10 on Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium.And it was also a strong enough performance to crack into the top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25 poll. In the latest rankings, released Sunday, the Cougars found themselves in the No. 9 spot. Over in the Amway Coaches Poll, BYU also got a bump up to No. 9.For the first time since 2001, and for just the fourth time in program history, BYU i
  
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• Tim Wu: So, Russia, you want to mess with our voting machines?

  01-11-2020 20:00
  
  Put yourself in the shoes of Russian or Iranian leadership for a moment. Why not interfere with the voting in the U.S. presidential election? What could be more advantageous than catalyzing a bitter and protracted battle over the results of the election, with a chance of igniting civil unrest throughout the country? Sure, it might not work — but with little to lose and so much to gain, why not try?When it comes to foreign election meddling in elections, disinformation is a serious threat,
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 59 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths

  01-11-2020 19:18
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation health officials have reported 59 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three additional deaths.The latest figures released Saturday night bring the total number of known cases to 11,753 with 581 known deaths.After having reported no deaths nine times in the previous 10 days, Saturday marked the second consecutive day of three reported deaths on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Tribal health officials said 125,477 peopl
  
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• South Jordan official confirms explosion of ‘booby trap bomb’ on Saturday at site of July standoff

  01-11-2020 18:08
  
  A spokeswoman for the city of South Jordan acknowledged Sunday morning in a news release that firefighters responding to a report of a fire at 3371 W. Snow Moon Place on Saturday encountered not a fire but the aftermath of an explosion.The first firefighters to arrive “located an adult male in critical condition with lower leg injuries. The patient was treated and transported by AirMed to the University of Utah Medical Center for further care,” the release stated.The site of the expl
  
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• Woman’s decapitation at Arches National Park leads to $270M wrongful death claim, NBC News reports

  01-11-2020 17:11
  
  Ludovic Michaud, the husband of late human rights activist Esther Nakajjigo, has filed a $270 million wrongful death administrative claim against the National Park Service, according to a report by NBC News, following a June accident at Arches National Park near Moab.The administrative claim is a legally required precursor to a lawsuit, which is expected to be filed in about six months.According to the claim, Michaud, of Denver, and Nakajjigo, a women’s rights proponent from Uganda, were e
  
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• Utah clerks fight election rumors, misinformation ahead of Tuesday’s polls

  01-11-2020 17:07
  
  Utah county clerks are preparing for potentially record-breaking voter turnout on an Election Day shaped by the pandemic — a task made all the more challenging by a volatile political climate and tidal wave of social media misinformation.“If Facebook could be shut down for a while, maybe it would ease up,” Sanpete County Clerk Sandy Neill joked this week.Neill says that on top of her standard pre-election hustle, she’s had to work recently to clamp down on a false rumor t
  
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• Scott Williams: The time for a clean energy economy is now

  01-11-2020 17:00
  
  In past Utah Economic and Energy Summits, when discussing what sources of energy should be pursued and incentivized by the state — from coal to natural gas to solar and more — the answer has been “all of the above.”This year’s summit, held Oct. 26, focused on prolonging the life of Utah’s fossil fuels while also embracing renewable energy and storage opportunities.But Utah’s population is growing, the climate is changing, and the cost trends for generati
  
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• Utah brewers are feeling the effects of stronger beer in grocery stores

  01-11-2020 16:11
  
  Over the past year — ever since Utah rewrote its century-old alcohol laws and allowed stronger beer in grocery stores — beer aisle winners and losers have emerged.Consumers who for the first time since Prohibition can buy cold beer that is 5% alcohol-by-volume in a retail outlet are among the triumphant.Joining them are large brewers like Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors that are no longer bound by the old 4% ABV (or 3.2% by weight) limit and can stock a variety of previously banned be
  
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• Utah clerks fight election rumors, misinformation ahead of Tuesday’s election

  01-11-2020 16:08
  
  Utah county clerks are preparing for potentially record-breaking voter turnout on an Election Day shaped by the pandemic — a task made all the more challenging by a volatile political climate and tidal wave of social media misinformation.“If Facebook could be shut down for a while, maybe it would ease up,” Sanpete County Clerk Sandy Neill joked this week.Neill says that on top of her standard pre-election hustle, she’s had to work recently to clamp down on a false rumor t
  
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• Robert Kirby: A politician compared to a religious figure? Be careful.

  01-11-2020 16:08
  
  Religious people — Christians anyway — are encouraged to be like Jesus. The Lord’s disciples were told to follow in his footsteps.I’m using Jesus for this analogy because he’s the only deity I’ve ever studied at any length. Not counting Timothy Leary, which I did only for a while. You can use your own gods/prophets/cult leaders, as long as they’re someone worth emulating.But be careful. Religion is not known for the steadiness of its course. As we’
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Chuck Lorre’s latest sitcom, ‘B Positive,’ is positively good

  01-11-2020 14:00
  
  Never, ever underestimate Chuck Lorre. The last time the uber-producer created or co-created a network TV comedy that didn’t run for at least four seasons was 28 years ago. And he’s had nine on the air since then.His latest show, “B Positive” (Thursday, 7:30 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2), which he co-created with Marco Pennette, gets off to a very strong start. It’s yet another twist on the comedy trope of a mismatched couple, but it’s so well done it feels fresh — a
  
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• One year later and Utah brewers are feeling the effects of stronger beer in grocery stores

  01-11-2020 14:00
  
  Over the past year — ever since Utah rewrote its century-old alcohol laws and allowed stronger beer in grocery stores — beer aisle winners and losers have emerged.Consumers who for the first time since Prohibition can buy cold beer that is 5% alcohol-by-volume in a retail outlet are among the triumphant.Joining them are large brewers like Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors that are no longer bound by the old 4% ABV (or 3.2% by weight) limit and can stock a variety of previously banned be
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Happy endings in U.S. history are not guaranteed

  01-11-2020 14:00
  
  America is not guaranteed.There is, in other words, nothing foreordained about this country someday returning to anything approximating normal. That’s important to keep in mind as we await results of the most critical U.S. election since 1860, when Abraham Lincoln came to power in an America pulling apart. Not unlike the America we live in now.When you read history in books, events can seem as if they were destined all along. It becomes easy to think, albeit subconsciously, that the happy
  
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• Letter: Don’t politicize religion

  01-11-2020 13:30
  
  Last night I watched in complete and total disdain as Sen. Mike Lee made the comparison between President Donald Trump and Captain Moroni. As an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who has major concerns and reservations regarding the current president of the United States, this felt very personal.I felt that this was an incredibly manipulative tactic of using a book that is so precious and important to so many as a tool in gaining votes for President Trump. Even mor
  
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• Utah State coach Gary Andersen says Aggies ‘pathetic’ in 38-7 loss to San Diego State

  01-11-2020 06:48
  
  Logan • Utah State football coach Gary Andersen was caustic in his comments about how his team played Saturday against San Diego State.“It was 100% pathetic and embarrassing for everybody in Aggie nation — all of us involved," Andersen said.The Aggies lost their second consecutive game when the Aztecs beat them 38-7. Utah State is now 0-2 on the season, while San Diego State is 2-0. The Aggies haven’t started a season 0-2 since 2009.A last-second play to the end the first
  
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• No. 11 BYU improves to 7-0 with 41-10 rout of Western Kentucky

  01-11-2020 06:46
  
  Provo • There were plenty of tricks and treats at LaVell Edwards Stadium Saturday night, but not so much for Western Kentucky. Instead, No. 11 BYU put up a spookingly good performance, routing the Hilltoppers 41-10 on Halloween night.The dominating performance bumped BYU’s 2020 record to 7-0 — a feat only managed three times previously. It is also just the fourth time in program history the Cougars will enter November undefeated (1979, 1984, 2001).Just like the competition
  
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• Utah State football drops second consecutive game in 38-7 loss to San Diego State

  01-11-2020 05:52
  
  Logan • A last second play to the end the first half made it look like the Utah State football team had caught fire. But the Aggies fizzled out as quickly as a match in a windstorm.The Aggies lost their second consecutive game Saturday when the San Diego State Aztecs beat them 38-7. Utah State is now 0-2 on the season, while San Diego State is 2-0.Aggies junior wide receiver Deven Thompkins caught a spectacular pass from junior quarterback Jason Shelley as the second quarter clock expired t
  
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• A Utah family grieves their father as state reports 1,724 new coronavirus cases, 3 more deaths Saturday

  01-11-2020 04:02
  
  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 a table in their Rose Park home, Juan Rodriguez-Galvez’s family assembled flowers, candles and photos as an altar for their husband and father for Day of the Dead.As Jose Rodriguez Hernandez, 33, prepared this year for the Mexic
  
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• Letter: Utah’s supermajority is responsible

  01-11-2020 03:09
  
  The Republican Party of Utah is outraged because the Democratic Party “unfairly” blamed them for the sales tax increase on food. I would like to remind the Republican Party of Utah that not one piece of legislation can be passed in this great state without Republican support. Therefore, their supermajority in Utah is responsible for passing the sales tax increase. Only in a post-truth Trumpian society can this type of reasoning make sense to anyone. The Democrats grabbed the Republic
  
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• Facebook temporarily removes Utah Business Revival group, organizer says

  01-11-2020 03:03
  
  Facebook temporarily deleted Utah Business Revival’s group on the social media platform Saturday, according to Eric Moutsos, the group’s organizer.Utah Business Revival, which Moutsos said reached 25,000 members, has sponsored protests in recent months against COVID-19 restrictions. In June, they held a concert attended by hundreds of people with country singer Collin Raye in Cedar City after the group was rejected twice by Utah cities worried about the spread of the coronavirus. The
  
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• Bomb squad called to scene of July standoff, firefighters find man injured in boarded-up house

  01-11-2020 03:01
  
  A man was injured at a South Jordan house that was the scene of a July standoffthat resulted in the owner’s arrest for allegedly stockpiling explosives.Ryan Lynn McManigal was charged in July with attempted murder and felony use of a weapon of mass destruction. Officers reportedly found 20 pounds of explosives in the home. His home has been boarded-up since his arrest, according to South Jordan Fire Department Deputy Chief Ryan Lessner.Lessner said firefighters were called to McManigal&rsq
  
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• Why did the Millers sell the Utah Jazz now? A chance to ensure the family’s future — and confidence in Ryan Smith

  01-11-2020 02:05
  
  To be sure, the Utah Jazz was the bright starlet in the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies' portfolio.That, along with Vivint Arena, was the glamorous, most prominent business that headlined the rest of the company’s assets. That fact was one big reason Wednesday’s announced sale of the team to Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith so surprising to most.But to understand that sale — and why it came now — one has to understand that the Jazz and the arena were actually a small part of L
  
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• Sam Johnson, RSL mutually agree to termination of forward’s contract

  01-11-2020 01:40
  
  Sam Johnson is no longer on Real Salt Lake’s roster.The club announced Saturday that the forward and the organization mutually agreed to the termination of his contract. The club said in a statement that it would not comment further on the matter.Johnson was under investigation by Major League Soccer for hosting at least one 100-person party at his home, which violates Utah’s COVID-19 protocols. A person was shot earlier this month at one of the parties, leading to his suspension by
  
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• Laura Pritchett: Living with evacuation, smoke, helicopters, fire

  01-11-2020 01:00
  
  I live on a county road near the evacuation perimeter of what is now Colorado’s largest wildfire. Just a few days ago, the sheriff’s deputy was outside, his lights flashing red-blue-red, giving my house a strobe light effect. He was directing traffic as people fled the mountain with trailers filled with cattle and horses and goats and belongings.The wind was roaring, first one direction and then another, which is why this fire blew up again. The Cameron Peak Fire has been burning for
  
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• 13-year-old dies after being hit by car in West Jordan

  01-11-2020 00:27
  
  A 13-year-old boy died after being hit by a vehicle in West Jordan on Thursday, police said.West Jordan Police Sgt. J.C. Holt said the callcame in around 6:30 a.m. Holt said it appears the boy was trying to cross Redwood Road to go to school. He said West Jordan Middle School is close to where the boy was hit.The boy was struck while running across the road, said Holt. He said the driver tried to avoid hitting the boy but was not able to take action in time to avoid the collision. The boy died b
  
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• Utahns aren’t letting COVID-19 erase Halloween

  01-11-2020 00:18
  
  Stand-up paddleboard enthusiasts took to the water at Bountiful Pond on Saturday in what has become a Halloween tradition.With coronavirus spreading rapidly in Utah, health officials asked residents to be careful to wear masks and avoid large social gatherings on the holiday.
  
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• This NBA offseason could be one of wildest we’ve ever seen

  01-11-2020 00:13
  
  Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey and head coach Quin Snyder talk to journalists at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News Imagine that you’re an executive working in the front office of an NBA team.
  You’ve been bobbing and weaving and navigating through the weirdest year of your career. You were already planning for the offseason months before the pandemic upended the 2019-20 campaign, and even though there
  
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• Facebook removes Utah Business Revival group, organizer says

  01-11-2020 00:12
  
  Facebook deleted Utah Business Revival’s group on the social media platform Saturday morning, according to Eric Moutsos, the group’s organizer.Utah Business Revival, which Moutsos said reached 25,000 members, has sponsored protests in recent months against COVID-19 restrictions. In June, they held a concert attended by hundreds of people with country singer Collin Raye in Cedar City after the group was rejected twice by Utah cities worried about the spread of the coronavirus. They ha
  
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• LDS apostle Gerrit Gong breaks ground for new Taylorsville Temple

  01-11-2020 00:11
  
  A Halloween Day groundbreaking officially launched construction of the Taylorsville Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Apostle Gerrit W. Gong, who emerged more than two weeks ago from quarantine after contracting COVID-19, presided at the small-scale, socially distanced ceremony.“Gathered in these times, in person and via technology, we acknowledge and rejoice with faithful generations, including in historic ‘over Jordan’ communities, who have, here at he
  
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