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• Utah’s political ad spending topped $31 million in 2020. Here’s a breakdown.

  06-11-2020 23:50
  
  More than $31 million worth of political ads poured into Utah during the 2020 election. That astonishing number includes the Democratic presidential primary, the hotly contested Republican primary for governor, and the general election.Final numbers provided to The Salt Lake Tribune by the ad tracking firm Advertising Analytics shows the bulk of that money, $17.4 million, was spent on advertising in the toss-up 4th Congressional District matchup between Rep. Ben McAdams and Republican Burgess Ow
  
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• Lincoln Project’s Steve Schmidt may challenge Mike Lee in 2022. Lee camp replies, ‘LOL.’

  06-11-2020 23:39
  
  We’re not even finished with the 2020 election, but a longtime GOP operative is already openly musing on social media about challenging Sen. Mike Lee if he runs for reelection in 2022.On Thursday evening, Steve Schmidt, one of the founders of The Lincoln Project and a resident of Park City, replied to a comment urging him to run against Lee, who has been a strong supporter of President Donald Trump.“Thinking about it,” Schmidt said. "Would be a fun race. Hard to win. I wouldn&r
  
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• Trump faces tough road in getting Supreme Court to intervene

  06-11-2020 23:34
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump has repeatedly said there’s one place he wants to determine the outcome of the presidential election: the U.S. Supreme Court. But he may have a difficult time ever getting there.Over the last two days, Trump has leaned in to the idea that the high court should get involved in the election as it did in 2000. Then, the court effectively settled the contested election for President George W. Bush in a 5-4 decision that split the court’s liberals
  
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• BYU will play USC in Roman Legends Classic

  06-11-2020 23:24
  
  The BYU men’s basketball nonconference schedule may still be coming together, but there is one place the Cougars will for sure be playing: The 2020 Roman Legends Classic.The tournament, presented by Old Trapper, announced the match-ups on Friday.In the 14th edition of the Roman Legends Classic, BYU will take on USC, while UConn will face Vanderbilt in the semifinal rounds at Mohegan Sun on Dec. 1. The winners will meet on Dec. 3 for the title, followed by the consolation game.Last year, th
  
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• Escrow? Here’s what’s at stake in the biggest issue that’s keeping the NBA’s return ‘tentative’ for now.

  06-11-2020 23:17
  
  While there was much rejoicing Thursday night as it was reported that the National Basketball Players Association represents had agreed to the NBA’s proposed terms for the 2020-21 season, and that games will commence Dec. 22, there was actually something of an asterisk attached to the situation.Namely, the part of the NBPA’s statement that noted the players had “tentatively agreed.”Yeah, that leaves some wiggle room, for sure.“Additional details remain to be negotia
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Snipe Hunt

  06-11-2020 22:25
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Big NewsPants on FireWaiting in the WingsVote!Look for the HelpersCaptain LunacyZombie LogicElection RunVery Good BrainTrain WreckWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Utah’s football opener with Arizona canceled after multiple positive COVID-19 tests, leaving Utes' roster depleted

  06-11-2020 22:07
  
  The University of Utah football team’s long-awaited 2020 season debut is going to have to wait at least another week.At the Utes' request, the Pac-12 on Friday afternoon canceled Saturday’s Utah-Arizona game, which had been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Utah’s request stemmed from the fact it did not have the minimum number of scholarship players available as a result of positive COVID-19 tests and the resulting contact-tracing protocols.Released on Oct. 19, t
  
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• RSL player tests positive for COVID-19

  06-11-2020 22:06
  
  A Real Salt Lake player has tested positive for the coronavirus, the club announced Friday. The news comes on a day where Utah reached another record in daily COVID-19 cases, reporting 2,987 cases and 17 new deaths.The player was the only member of the core players and staff to test positive, a club spokesperson said. Those members include first team players and coaches, athletic trainers, equipment staff, media team and front office.Some staff members outside of that group, however, also tested
  
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• With the NBA season set to begin Dec. 22, there are financial details to iron out

  06-11-2020 22:00
  
  In this Oct. 8, 2019 file photo, NBA commissioner Adam Silver is introduced during an NBA preseason basketball game between the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors in Saitama, near Tokyo. The NBA looks to begin the 2020-21 season on Dec. 22, but details remain to be ironed out. | AP Photo/Jae C. HongRepresentatives from the National Basketball Players Association voted Thursday night to approve a 72-game schedule for the 2020-21 season that will begin Dec. 22.“Additional details remai
  
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• Utah reports 17 deaths from COVID-19, a single-day record

  06-11-2020 21:53
  
  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.In Utah’s battle against the coronavirus, some terrible records were broken Friday.The Utah Department of Health added 17 Utahns to the state’s death toll. UDOH reported 2,987 new COVID-19 cases, 395 people currently in hospi
  
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• Salt Lake City bar sues county health department over Covid-19 restrictions

  06-11-2020 21:41
  
  The owners of a Salt Lake City nightclub — which has received two warnings for failing to follow Utah’s COVID-19 guidelines — is suing the health department.Button Up Holdings, the owners of Echo at 134 W. Pierpont say they have been subject to “unsupported” and “unnecessary” requirements and “illegal regulatory enforcement” by the Salt Lake County Department of Health.“Many of these restrictions lack a sound scientific basis" and are &
  
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• Utah’s football opener with Arizona canceled after multiple positive COVID-19 tests leave Utes' roster depleted

  06-11-2020 21:33
  
  The University of Utah football team’s long-awaited 2020 season debut is going to have to wait at least another week.At the Utes' request, the Pac-12 on Friday afternoon canceled Saturday’s Utah-Arizona game, which had been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Utah’s request stemmed from the fact it did not have the minimum number of scholarship players available as a result of positive COVID-19 tests and the resulting contact-tracing protocols.Released on Oct. 19, t
  
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• Lindon Mayor Jeff Acerson cruises through confirmation hearing toward joining UTA Board

  06-11-2020 21:29
  
  Lindon Mayor Jeff Acerson easily steered through a Utah Senate confirmation hearing Friday toward becoming a new member of the Utah Transit Authority Board — vowing openness and a willingness to listen at the agency that was scarred by scandal in recent years.He won unanimous committee endorsement, and the full Senate is expected to vote later this month on his nomination by Gov. Gary Herbert to represent Utah and Tooele counties on the three-person, full-time commission that oversees UTA.
  
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• Utah’s ski season is ‘gonna be different’ under coronavirus cloud. Here’s what to expect.

  06-11-2020 21:18
  
  This summer, Nathan Rafferty could barely get a quick “Hi” in before someone would bombard the president and CEO of Ski Utah with the question: Is there going to be a ski season this winter?To his joy and that of skiers and snowboarders across the state and beyond, the answer is yes. The lifts for all 15 Utah resorts will be running by early December. But Rafferty has had to brace himself for the inevitable follow-up. It’s a query with a much less clear-cut answer.What will the
  
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• Utah’s football opener with Arizona cancelled after positive COVID-19 tests leaves Utes' roster depleted

  06-11-2020 20:51
  
  The University of Utah football team’s 2020 season-opener is going to have to wait at least another week.Utah-Arizona, scheduled for Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Rice-Eccles Stadium, has been cancelled by the Pac-12 at the request of the Utes.Utah, per the league, does not have the minimum number of scholarship players available for the game as a result of a number of positive football student-athlete COVID-19 cases and resulting isolation of additional football student-athletes under contact
  
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• Jennifer Senior: Republicans, now is the time to step up

  06-11-2020 20:24
  
  Speaking from the White House briefing room Thursday night, President Donald Trump tried to delegitimize the 2020 election. This attempt may have been shuddersome, disgraceful and dangerous. But there’s one thing it was not: a surprise.On the contrary. It was tediously predictable, exactly what you’d expect of a man who has spent four years lumbering through Washington, crushing custom after custom and norm after norm. As Trump faltered on the brink of losing a presidential election
  
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• Colorado vote could mean wolves on Utah’s doorstep

  06-11-2020 19:55
  
  Colorado voters once again have gone to the polls to decide a ballot question with big implications for Utahns — this time about reintroduction of wolves into the wild.A successful 2012 initiative led to the establishment of marijuana dispensaries across Colorado, including several in border towns like Dinosaur and Fruita where Utah residents don’t have to travel far to sample 501st OG, Pineapple Express, Thelonious Skunk and other pungent marijuana strains.Recreational pot is still
  
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• Mitt Romney scolds Trump for damaging democracy by making claims that election was rigged

  06-11-2020 19:48
  
  Sen. Mitt Romney — the 2012 Republican presidential nominee — on Friday said President Donald Trump’s attacks on election results are damaging freedom around the world.“He is wrong to say that the election was rigged, corrupt and stolen,” Romney said on Twitter and Facebook on Friday morning. “Doing so damages the cause of freedom here and around the world, weakens institutions that lie at the foundation of the Republic, and recklessly inflames destructive and
  
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• Exit polls show few changes in the religious vote

  06-11-2020 18:52
  
  Polling predictions frustrated and mystified voters on election night, as they did four years ago, when now-President Donald Trump far exceeded the prognosticators' expectations.One area where this year’s polls were mostly in line with expectations, however, is religion.Exit polls conducted with voters by Edison Research for the National Election Pool and by AP VoteCast show that white evangelicals and Catholics changed their minds very little from 2016.Support for Trump among white evange
  
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• Finally, Utah football set to open 2020 season vs. Arizona

  06-11-2020 18:33
  
  It has taken many months, a lot of planning, a handful of hiccups, and probably a fair amount of blind optimism when things seemed bleak, but the University of Utah football team has arrived at the starting line.The Utes, optimism abounding as they are expected to at least contend for a third straight Pac-12 South title, will open their abbreviated seven-game season on Saturday vs. the University of Arizona.To go through a game week and finally open the season might feel normal, but to be clear,
  
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• These two families watched loved ones die of coronavirus in overwhelmed Utah hospitals

  06-11-2020 18:30
  
  Oct. 11, Lindsay Wootton said, was among the worst days she’s ever had.First, she learned her mom, Tracy Larsen, a 56-year-old who worked with special needs kids in the North Sanpete School District, was going to die after a long battle with the coronavirus. A few minutes later, she learned her grandpa, Bert Porter, would, too.In the father and daughter’s last phone conversation, Porter explained to Larsen he was dying. She told him that she was, too.“I’ll look for you in
  
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• Utah attorney general takes time off to help Trump challenge the election results

  06-11-2020 18:29
  
  Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes said on Twitter Friday that he’s taking “personal leave time” to help President Donald Trump’s team fight legal battles in several states over what Reyes calls the “compromised election process.”In making the announcement, the newly reelected Republican also reiterated false claims made by the Trump campaign in recent days that illegal votes had been cast and counted in the presidential race as former Vice President Joe Biden h
  
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• Sen. Mike Lee to review Google’s vote reminders, after accusation they went to liberals

  06-11-2020 17:52
  
  Utah Sen. Mike Lee is questioning whether Google’s top executive lied to Congress because of new reports that it sent out voting reminders just to customers whom it had profiled as liberals.Lee said that if that is true, it would show that Google CEO Sundar Pichai lied to Congress recently when he said his company would not do any work “to politically tilt anything one way or the other.”Lee joined Republican Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Ted Cruz of Texas in a letter to Pi
  
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• 3 cited for attempting to cook chickens in a Yellowstone hot spring

  06-11-2020 17:52
  
  Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. • Cooking chickens in a Yellowstone hot spring landed three people in hot water.A park ranger heard that a group with cooking pots were hiking toward the park’s Shoshone Geyser Basin. The ranger found two whole chickens in a burlap sack in a hot spring. A cooking pot was nearby, Yellowstone spokeswoman Linda Veress said.“Make dinner,” said defendant Eric Roberts, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, when asked Thursday what the group was up to in the Yell
  
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• Salt Lake Tribune hires new chief revenue officer

  06-11-2020 17:49
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune announced this week it has hired a longtime newspaper executive as its new chief revenue officer.Chris Stegman was previously director of revenue at the Houston Chronicle and worked for nearly a decade before that as an advertising executive for the newspaper chain Gannett, including as retail sales leader for The Arizona Republic and as vice president of sales for several regions of USA Today.Stegman is now responsible for The Tribune’s subscription, advertising and
  
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• Joe Biden sits on the cusp of the presidency after gains in Pennsylvania

  06-11-2020 16:58
  
  Washington • Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania.Those put Biden in a stronger position to capture the 270 Electoral College votes needed to take the White House. The winner will lead a country facing a historic set of challenges, including a surging pandemic and deep political polarization.Trump remained in the White House residence Friday mo
  
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• Joe Biden sits on the cusp of presidency after gains in Pennsylvania

  06-11-2020 16:52
  
  Washington • Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania.Those put Biden in a stronger position to capture the 270 Electoral College votes needed to take the White House. The winner will lead a country facing a historic set of challenges, including a surging pandemic and deep political polarization.Trump remained in the White House residence Friday mo
  
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• Joe Biden pulls ahead in Georgia and Pennsylvania as Donald Trump attacks the process

  06-11-2020 16:07
  
  Washington • Democrat Joe Biden overtook President Donald Trump in the vote count in Pennsylvania and Georgia Friday morning, closing in on a presidency that hinges on the outcome of tight contests in key battleground states.Both races remained too early to call with votes still being counted. Neither candidate has reached the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, though Biden has the advantage after eclipsing Trump in Wisconsin and Michigan, two crucial Midwestern batt
  
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• ‘Behind the Headlines:’ Recapping Utah’s election news

  06-11-2020 16:02
  
  This week in Utah news:Election Day may have come and gone, but the results of some races, like the 4th Congressional District contest, remain too close to call. Two Utah Republicans push back against President Trump’s false, post-election claims - while urging everyone to take a deep breath and calm down. And with Utah coronavirus numbers again shattering records, officials warn that the worst is yet to come.At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune government and politics editor Dan Harrie,
  
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• Beware of hand sanitizer fraud

  06-11-2020 16:00
  
  Consumers need to watch out for hand sanitizers and disinfectants that claim to be effective against the coronavirus, as they could be fraudulent, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food said this week.Inspectors with the UDAF have found numerous instances where disinfecting products were mislabeled or the producers made false claims, Henry Nahalewski, pesticide program manager, said in the statement.Consumers can protect themselves by purchasing products with an Environmental Protection Age
  
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• Biden ahead in Georgia, Pennsylvania; Trump attacks process

  06-11-2020 15:04
  
  Washington • Democrat Joe Biden overtook President Donald Trump in the vote count in Pennsylvania and Georgia Friday morning, closing in on a presidency that hinges on the outcome of tight contests in key battleground states.Both races remained too early to call with votes still being counted. Neither candidate has reached the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, though Biden has the advantage after eclipsing Trump in Wisconsin and Michigan, two crucial Midwestern batt
  
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• Utah-based album of the month club aims to help musicians hurt by the pandemic

  06-11-2020 14:00
  
  Back in April, with gigs newly canceled and venues shut down in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Salt Lake City-based musician Talia Keys noted, “Any artist you love right now is struggling.”Concert promoter and club owner Chris Mautz famously put it even more succinctly: “Pretty much everyone’s eating a piece of the s--t pie.”Of course, back then, with the scope and depth of the pandemic not yet known yet, there was fear and uncertainty, but also some de
  
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• These Utah school districts saw the biggest drops in enrollment this year. Here’s why.

  06-11-2020 14:00
  
  Several school districts across the Wasatch Front have seen staggering declines in student enrollment this fall — with thousands of kids turning to home-schooling or transferring to online programs because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Provo School District had the largest drop, losing the equivalent population of nearly two high schools as more than 3,000 students left its classrooms. Both Granite and Davis districts, too, each had a dip of more than 2,000 compared to last year. And Salt Lake
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘Mom’ isn’t about mom at all anymore

  06-11-2020 14:00
  
  Not since ABC’s “Cougar Town” has a TV sitcom turned into something that has nothing to do with its title more than CBS’ “Mom.”When “Mom” premiered in 2013, it was about Christy (Anna Faris), a recovering alcoholic and mother of two, whose teenage daughter was pregnant. And Christy’s estranged mother, recovering alcoholic Bonnie (Allison Janney), suddenly re-entered her life.“Mom” was good when it debuted. Very good, even. But wha
  
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• Promontory Point landfill again seeks permit to take out-of-state waste

  06-11-2020 14:00
  
  A landfill facility on the tip of Promontory Point, and only a few hundred yards from the Great Salt Lake, has indicated it will again apply for a Class V permit that will allow it to receive waste from other states.The Promontory Point Resources, or PPR, landfill became controversial in 2017 after it submitted its first Class V permit application and associated documents which made clear its plans to take toxic coal ash from other states. Those plans fizzled after quibbles with the Department o
  
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• Marina Gomberg: America’s bias runs deep, and these groundbreakers still made history

  06-11-2020 14:00
  
  Elections have a special way of putting our values on display. In some ways, they’re like magnified parades of our nation’s character (wave to the $15 minimum wage float from Florida, oh and there’s the Utah contingent who banned slavery in the state’s constitution!). In some ways the exposure is more comfortable than others.It’s as stunning to me when elections illuminate what matters to us as it is when they uncover what doesn’t. The latter is excruciating,
  
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• Former Utah governor candidate Jan Garbett sues company over failed signature-gathering campaign

  06-11-2020 14:00
  
  Jan Garbett, the Utah Republican gubernatorial candidate who sued the state after she failed to gather enough signatures to earn a spot on the primary election ballot, has turned her legal attention to a new target: the company that charged her campaign more than $500,000 to gather signatures.Garbett filed a lawsuit last week in Utah’s 3rd District Court against Initiative and Referendum Campaign Management Services (IRCMS), a Washington state-based signature gathering firm she alleges mis
  
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• Diners have a ball eating inside these pandemic-safe globes

  06-11-2020 14:00
  
  Andy and Emily Jenkins, owners of Cafe Galleria in Midway, started searching months ago for an outdoor enclosure so diners could continue to sit on the patio in winter.Andy mentioned this quest to his brother who, in turn, told his boss, Nate King — the owner of Insight Exhibits. The corporate event company also was looking for ways to keep its employees on the payroll after large gatherings were prohibited.Together, the three entrepreneurs have not only solved their pandemic problems with
  
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• Letter: The U. deserves no credit for its handling of McCluskey’s murder

  06-11-2020 13:29
  
  Christian Gardner and Harris Simmons' op-ed Wednesday patting themselves on the back and touting University of Utah president Ruth Watkins' handling of the Lauren McCluskey murder completely dismisses the fact that the university initially declined any fault and never admitted they failed Lauren for two years. The admission that her murder was preventable was because Lauren’s parents had to force the university to act and finally sue the university in order to get the apology and admission
  
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• Letter: True Islam is peace

  06-11-2020 13:00
  
  Terrorists have once again used and maligned the name of Islam for their heinous acts of violence. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and the people of France. There is no room for violence and terrorism in Islam. The word “Islam” literally means “peace” and “security.” Therefore, a true Muslim is peaceful and strives to establish peace and harmony in the world. Anyone who perpetrates any form of extremism or terrorism acts against the teachings of I
  
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• Election officials worried by threats and protesters

  06-11-2020 05:45
  
  Election officials in several states said Thursday they are worried about the safety of their staffs amid a stream of threats and gatherings of angry protesters outside their doors, drawn by President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of widespread fraud in the race for the White House.“I can tell you that my wife and my mother are very concerned for me,” said Joe Gloria, the registrar in Clark County, Nevada, which includes Las Vegas. He said his staff was bolstering security and
  
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• NBA players agree to a Dec. 22 start, which means Utah Jazz will be in camp by Dec. 1

  06-11-2020 05:31
  
  A mere week ago, NBA players association executive director Michelle Roberts opined that a Dec. 22 start date for the 2020-21 season “defies common sense.”Well, apparently common sense is overrated, because on Thursday night, the league’s 30 team player representatives unanimously agreed to make that Dec. 22 start date a reality.We’re now just six and a half weeks away from the next regular season.And maybe having some fans in the building, too?Multiple reports Thursday e
  
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• Letter: Our history with The Tribune

  06-11-2020 05:30
  
  My husband and I have had a long history with The Tribune. We have both read it for as long as we can remember. Two of our children had paper routes from ages 12 to 16. As a family, we got up at 4:30 a.m., folded papers, piled into our van and made sure every customer had a paper on their porch by the time they woke up. That was 28 years ago. They learned work ethic and money management skills that have carried them through to this day.A few years ago, we started to feel uncomfortable with the e
  
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• Reports: 2020-2021 NBA season will start Dec. 22

  06-11-2020 05:13
  
  The court floor and league logo are shown after Game 3 of the NBA Western Conference final between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.  | AP Multiple outlets reported Thursday night that the NBA Players Association approved the league’s plan to start the 2020-2021 season on Dec. 22, and the NBPA a short time later released a statement confirming the reports.
  ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the regular season wi
  
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• 2020-21 NBA season will start Dec. 22

  06-11-2020 05:13
  
  The court floor and league logo are shown after Game 3 of the NBA Western Conference final between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.  | AP Multiple media outlets reported Thursday night that the NBA Players Association has approved the league’s plans to start the 2020-21 season on Dec. 22, and the NBPA a short time later released a statement confirming the reports.
  ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the regular
  
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• Utah State football skid continues in 34-9 loss to Nevada

  06-11-2020 04:42
  
  The Utah State football team scored in the first quarter for the first time all season. But it was the last time in the game that the Aggies scored.The Aggies (0-3) gave up 34 unanswered points in a 34-9 loss to the Nevada Wolf Pack (3-0) on Thursday at Mackay Stadium in Reno.Utah State got outplayed on both sides of the ball for the third consecutive game. Receivers dropped passes. Defenders missed tackles. The overall offense didn’t move the ball up the field much.Meanwhile, Wolf Pack so
  
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• AP source: Raiders fined, docked pick for COVID violations

  06-11-2020 04:32
  
  The Las Vegas Raiders and coach Jon Gruden have been fined a total of $650,000 and docked a sixth-round draft pick for repeated violations of the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols.A person familiar with the punishment said Thursday the team has been fined $500,000, Gruden has been docked $150,000 and the draft pick has been stripped because of how the team handled Trent Brown’s positive coronavirus test last month. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been ma
  
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• Two men get community service, fines for flipping police car during May protest

  06-11-2020 03:45
  
  Two men accused of flipping a cop car that was set ablaze and destroyed during a May protest against police violence in downtown Salt Lake City must complete community service after taking a plea deal on Thursday.Ian Nightingale, 19, and Connor Peebles, 21, were charged with damaging the car during a May 30 protest against racism and police violence.Peebles and Nightingale were both accused of helping flip the car, and police said Nightingale smashed the car’s rear window with a skateboard
  
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• Letter: Don’t allow drilling in Labyrinth Canyon

  06-11-2020 03:30
  
  In the fall of 2018, I paddled through Labyrinth Canyon of the Green River. I had never done an overnight canoe trip, and I packed and repacked for days, making sure that I had room in my solo canoe. For four days I glided downriver, reveling in the tranquil beauty. I almost fell out of the boat upon sighting snowy egrets nesting on a cliff. I watched red-tailed hawks soar overhead and blue herons skim along the muddy water. Rainbows and starry nights took my breath away.Deservedly, Labyrinth Ca
  
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• Utah politicians call for every ballot to be counted

  06-11-2020 03:19
  
  As President Donald Trump alleges election fraud in the presidential race and calls for ballot counting to be stopped, a few Utah politicians say every vote must be counted.Sen. Mitt Romney issued a statement Thursday on Twitter saying the counting process is long and frustrating but the votes will be counted.“Counting every vote is at the heart of democracy,” Romney says in the statement. “That process is often long, and for those running, frustrating. The votes will be counte
  
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