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• Former Overstock.com CEO claims to have an army of ‘hackers and cyber sleuths’ that can prove Trump won reelection

  28-11-2020 23:26 via sltrib.com
  
  The former CEO of Utah-based Overstock.com — an eccentric millionaire who resigned last year after saying he had a romantic relationship with alleged Russian spy Maria Butina at the request of the FBI — said this week that he’s now funding an army of hackers to try to prove that President Donald Trump won reelection.Patrick Byrne made the claim Tuesday during an interview on One America News, a far-right, pro-Trump cable channel. His accusations that Democrats manipulated the e
  
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• Woman shoots child with arrow, police say

  28-11-2020 23:24 via sltrib.com
  
  West Jordan police arrested a woman Friday for shooting a boy with a bow and arrow.Officer Joshua Maynes said in a probable cause statement that he was called to the scene of a reported stabbing. When he arrived he found a boy with a large cut on his leg. The boy said he had been shot with a bow and arrow by an adult woman. Witnesses told police that the woman got into a fight with the boy while she was standing on her roof. Witnesses said she told him not to come back or she would kill him.The
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Gratefulness is a beginning, not an end

  28-11-2020 23:00 via sltrib.com
  
  “Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.”— Romans, 12:15We have made it through Thankful Thursday and Black Friday, on our way to Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday.Before we are all consumed by the consumerism of the modern holiday season, take a moment to ponder the rapid rise of, and reaction to, a hashtag.The other day, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posted a video of its president, Russell M. Nelson, encouraging his followers, and others,
  
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• Letter: Name a feedlot after Hatch

  28-11-2020 22:30 via sltrib.com
  
  The campaign to name the new federal courthouse in Salt Lake City after Orrin Hatch, a leading conservative hypocrite, should be rejected.Hatch feasted at the public trough and deprived me of having a senator for 42 years. The carpetbagger from Pittsburgh never represented even one of my views, and he sucked up to Trump like a pathetic groupie.If you want to name something after him, make it a feedlot.Manny Garcia, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Air pollution and mental health

  28-11-2020 22:30 via sltrib.com
  
  In Utah, air pollution is notoriously bad. Every winter is marked with constant invasions and red-air days. However, a risk of pollution that is rarely considered is the effect it has on our mental health.Utah’s air pollution only seems to get worse year-to-year. In the American Lung Association’s “State of the Air” report, Salt Lake City, Provo and Orem were ranked No. 7 for short-term particle pollution in the U.S. Air pollutants like PM 2.5 and NO2 released into the ai
  
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• Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller becomes first woman to play in Power 5 football game

  28-11-2020 21:45 via sltrib.com
  
  Columbia, Mo. • Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller became the first woman to participate in a Power Five conference football game when she kicked off to start the second half against Missouri on Saturday.“Honestly it’s just so exciting, and the fact that I can represent like the little girls out there who wanted to do this or thought about playing football or any sport really and it encourages them to be able to step out and do something big like this,” Fuller said after the
  
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• Detroit Lions fire coach Matt Patricia and GM Bob Quinn

  28-11-2020 21:30 via sltrib.com
  
  Matt Patricia opened his final postgame news conference with the Detroit Lions by thanking his wife and children for their support.Patricia probably knew what was coming.His boss, general manager Bob Quinn, might not have expected the same fate.The Lions fired Patricia and Quinn, who hired the coach to replace Jim Caldwell, and effectively ended the franchise’s attempt to replicate the success the men helped Bill Belichick achieve in New England.The moves were made Saturday, surprising no
  
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• Amid pandemic, NBA gives teams health protocols for season

  28-11-2020 21:25 via sltrib.com
  
  NBA players who test positive for the coronavirus this season may have to miss nearly two weeks in some instances before being allowed to return to the court, the league told its teams Saturday.That revelation was one of many in a 63,000-word document, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, that explained some of the heath and safety protocols for the looming season. Preseason games begin Dec. 11 and regular-season contests start Dec. 22.The document still needs to be ratified by
  
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• Hospitalizations in Utah hit a new record Saturday with an additional 2,043 cases and 14 deaths

  28-11-2020 21:08 via sltrib.com
  
  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.The number of virus deaths in Utah remained in the double digits Saturday — and medical staff are wary of more as the number of people hospitalized with the disease set a new record, too.The Utah Department of Health reported 14 pe
  
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• Letter: Remember Mike Lee’s embarrassing actions

  28-11-2020 20:30 via sltrib.com
  
  Please dear readers, remember in two years, when Sen. Mike Lee is up for reelection, that he has embarrassed us, as Utahns, just one time too many. Not only did he take part in a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting without a mask two weeks after he had been diagnosed with COVID-19, but he stated on Parler on Nov. 22 that Donald Trump won the election. He is delusional.Please, Jon Huntsman, run for the Senate.Barbara Taylor, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Former Overstock.com CEO claims to have an army of ‘hackers and cyber sleuths’ that can prove Trump won re-election

  28-11-2020 20:18 via sltrib.com
  
  The former CEO of Utah-based Overstock.com — an eccentric millionaire who resigned last year after saying he had a romantic relationship with alleged Russian spy Maria Butina at the request of the FBI — said this week that he’s now funding an army of hackers to try to prove that President Donald Trump won re-election.Patrick Byrne made the claim Tuesday during an interview on One America News, a far-right, pro-Trump cable channel. His accusations that Democrats manipulated the
  
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• George Pyle: Court says it’s OK to spread death — as long as you are a religion.

  28-11-2020 20:00 via sltrib.com
  
  “There was a time when religion ruled the world. It is known as the Dark Ages.”― Ruth Hurmence GreenIt used to be the social and religious conservatives who warned us not to confuse liberty with license.In the 1960s, for example, when ever-larger groups of often-young people were experimenting with drugs and sexual freedom, evading the draft, dressing and wearing their hair in odd ways and revolting against a century of racial separation and gender discrimination, many of their
  
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• Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBTQ rights

  28-11-2020 19:58 via sltrib.com
  
  As vice president in 2012, Joe Biden endeared himself to many LGBTQ Americans by endorsing same-sex marriage even before his boss, President Barack Obama.Now, as president-elect, Biden is making sweeping promises to LGBTQ activists, proposing to carry out virtually every major proposal on their wish lists. Among them: Lifting the Trump administration’s near-total ban on military service for transgender people, barring federal contractors from anti-LGBTQ job discrimination, and creating hig
  
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• How do the Utah Jazz stack up now in a Western Conference that got even wilder?

  28-11-2020 19:21 via sltrib.com
  
  The NBA’s 2020 free-agent market was supposed to be a largely tepid affair, owing to a lack of top-flight star power, widespread revenue losses, and teams keeping their piggy backs filled in hopes of being big spenders in the summer of 2021.And yet, there has been no shortage of player movement in the past week and a half.After the Utah Jazz carried out a major shakeup following their first-round playoff ouster in 2019, reshaping their offense to have substantially more firepower, they wer
  
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• 15-year-old boy reported missing in southern Utah while hiking in backcountry

  28-11-2020 19:10 via sltrib.com
  
  Crews are searching for a 15-year-old boy who had been hiking with his family on a remote trail in southern Utah on Friday when he fell behind and wasn’t seen again.Britton Kelsey was walking with one group of his family when he got tired about 3 p.m. He decided to slow down and join a second group that had split off and was a little ways behind. But those family members told officers they never saw Kelsey on their way to the top of the overlook at Red Mountain.Deputies from the Washington
  
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• Salt Lake County GOP explains how it plans to change county government with its new supermajority

  28-11-2020 18:39 via sltrib.com
  
  Republicans will hold a veto-proof majority on the Salt Lake County Council come January, raising questions about what they’ll accomplish in the year ahead and whether they’ll torpedo Democratic Mayor Jenny Wilson’s plans.With two council seats up for grabs for the first time in years, Democrats had hoped to secure their first majority since 2010. Instead, Republicans strengthened their ranks. Political newcomer Dea Theodore will replace Max Burdick in District 6 and former Sou
  
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• Letter: So many people only care about themselves

  28-11-2020 18:30 via sltrib.com
  
  The people of Utah claim to be pro-life. They want to abolish abortion. Yet they are unwilling to wear a mask to protect the elderly or those with compromised health.Why?The people of Utah claim to be pro-business. They want businesses to remain open. Yet they are unwilling to wear a mask to control the spread so businesses can remain open.Why?The people of Utah claim to be Christian. They want to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. Yet they are unwilling to wear a mask to protect their neighb
  
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• Man arrested for refusing to wear mask at Salt Lake City International Airport

  28-11-2020 18:01 via sltrib.com
  
  A 44-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after refusing to wear a face mask on a flight leaving Salt Lake City International Airport.The man had boarded the late Delta plane at 10:40 p.m. He rushed past the gate agent, according to a probable cause statement for his arrest, and ran down the ramp to his seat.The agent followed the man, asking him to put on a mask because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He refused.The captain and flight attendants later asked, as well, but the man became “argument
  
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• 50-somethings Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr. hungry to fight again

  28-11-2020 16:56 via sltrib.com
  
  Los Angeles • Mike Tyson stepped onto a spotlighted stage Friday and weighed in at 220 pounds, ripping off his shirt to reveal a muscled torso that could belong to an athlete of half his 54 years.The former heavyweight champion moved into a COVID-protective glass box and went nose-to-nose with Roy Jones Jr., once the most talented fighter in the world. Jones’ 210-pound frame was slightly less toned, but still clearly in better condition than most of his fellow 51-year-olds.These two b
  
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• Letter: Increase food aid during the pandemic

  28-11-2020 16:30 via sltrib.com
  
  I am very concerned about the increase in hunger during this pandemic. Less than half of families with children are “very confident” they can afford to put food on the table this holiday season, according to the latest Census Bureau research. People are being forced to choose between rent and groceries.Some leaders in Congress are ignoring this hidden hunger crisis, dragging their feet on any food assistance for families. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly
  
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• Utah’s Catalyst magazine ending its print run after 38 years, but keeping its holistic spirit online

  28-11-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  The word “networking” was fairly new in 1981 — but that’s what Greta Belanger deJong was doing when she attended a conference at Westminster College, a gathering of people interested in what became known as the mind-body connection.“There was this energy that was bubbling up around the country … in terms of brain-mind expansion, holistic health — the things that are now considered commonplace but were considered kind of out there,” deJong said in
  
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• Utah holiday markets offer local art and gifts, with options to shop online or in person

  28-11-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Lola Reyes-Grant normally would be selling her papel picado art, a Mexican folk paper craft, at a boutique or holiday market. This year, however, she is offering her ornaments, prints and an advent calendar online through Creative Octopus’ Not Yo’ Mama’s Holiday Market.“It’s been really exciting to see when some events have tried to really push the boundaries of what that virtual experience is like,” said Reyes-Grant.“But it’s still been hard to re
  
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• Now a supermajority on County Council, Salt Lake GOP shares priorities for year ahead

  28-11-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Republicans will hold a veto-proof majority on the Salt Lake County Council come January, raising questions about what they’ll accomplish in the year ahead and whether they’ll torpedo Democratic Mayor Jenny Wilson’s plans.With two council seats up for grabs for the first time in years, Democrats had hoped to secure their first majority since 2010. Instead, Republicans strengthened their ranks. Political newcomer Dea Theodore will replace Max Burdick in District 6 and former Sou
  
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• Legislative bills stacking up as 2021 session approaches

  28-11-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Utah lawmakers have requested more than 740 bills to date in preparation for January’s legislative session and, if past patterns hold, they’ll add 100 or more by the time the opening gavel comes down.Some among the 104 legislators are far more prolific than average on the bill-sponsoring front to the point that, in 2018, the Legislature created an individual bill tracker to discourage what some leaders saw as an excessive abuse of process.Utah lawmakers have generally filed more than
  
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• Craft Lake City offers a virtual wonderland to shop for holiday art

  28-11-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Over the summer, when Craft Lake City organizers saw that the coronavirus pandemic was not going away, founder and executive director Angela H. Brown realized that they wouldn’t be able to hold in-person events.She saw artists trying to share their work through social media and Instagram stories, but she felt that there had to be another way to connect with people. She envisioned creating something different, like a video game.Working with Utah game designer Greg Bayles, associate director
  
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• David Brooks: The rotting of the Republican mind

  28-11-2020 13:18 via sltrib.com
  
  In a recent Monmouth University survey, 77% of Donald Trump’s backers said Joe Biden had won the presidential election because of fraud. Many of these same people think climate change is not real. Many of these same people believe they don’t need to listen to scientific experts on how to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.We live in a country in epistemological crisis, in which much of the Republican Party has become detached from reality. Moreover, this is not just an American pr
  
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• Farhad Manjoo: Even in a pandemic, the billionaires are winning

  28-11-2020 13:16 via sltrib.com
  
  When I called up Chuck Collins on Tuesday afternoon, I found him glued to one of the grimmest new metrics documenting America’s economic and social unraveling.Collins is a scholar of inequality at the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive think tank, and since March he has been tracking how the collective wealth of American billionaires has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. In previous recessions, Collins said, billionaires were hit along with the rest of us; it took almost
  
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• Holly Richardson: Don’t fall prey to pandemic fatigue

  28-11-2020 13:10 via sltrib.com
  
  Remember life before COVID-19? Back when we thought it might be a couple of weeks? Maybe a couple of months? Yeah. About that….COVID fatigue is a real thing. I’m not talking about the COVID symptom of fatigue, which is real and can be long term, but the fatigue of a disease that seems to not be going away anytime soon.People are tired. Tired of the ongoing stressors of a disease that might feel like a cold to you but will kill your neighbor, tired of the economic impact, tired of th
  
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• Letter: Just look in the mirror

  28-11-2020 13:00 via sltrib.com
  
  If Sen. Mike Lee truly wants to see a real “fraud,” he only has to look into a mirror.Alan F. Heap, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Sacrifice for the greater good

  28-11-2020 07:33 via sltrib.com
  
  When did we become a nation of spoiled brats who can no longer sacrifice for the common good? We fought and won World War II and every American sacrificed — those who served in the armed forces, as well as everyone on the home front who endured rationing, blackouts and the loss of so many loved ones. We fought the Forgotten War in Korea, and the Vietnam War (a war all of us who lived through that era would like to forget).Now, when people are asked not to travel for the Thanksgiving holida
  
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• State colleges: Utah State men’s basketball team beats Northern Iowa for first win of the season

  28-11-2020 06:47 via sltrib.com
  
  Sioux Falls, S.D. • Behind a career-high 22 points from redshirt junior guard Marco Anthony, Utah State closed out its stay at the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic with a come-from-behind 82-71 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday afternoon at the Sanford Pentagon.Anthony paced four Aggies in double figures. Freshman guard Rollie Worster added 17 points, while junior forward Justin Bean and junior center Neemias Queta each recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds apiece.Uta
  
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• Letter: There’s no such thing as ‘smart sprawl’

  28-11-2020 05:30 via sltrib.com
  
  Regarding the Nov. 15 article on “smart sprawl,” we wish to thank Reid Ewing for his Nov. 19 guest editorial, “There is no such thing as ‘smart sprawl.’” He eloquently stated our thoughts precisely.The Wasatch Front has unique geographic constraints similar to Seattle, Portland and other areas. These constraints, combined with complements of environmental/ecological systems, indicate a distinctive planning strategy. It is the same strategy promoted by the Wasa
  
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• Temple Square holiday lights draw a small but cheerful crowd

  28-11-2020 04:35 via sltrib.com
  
  Turnout was low Friday evening when the iconic Temple Square Christmas lights were turned on, but most people who went out to see the lights said they enjoyed the scaled-down experience.In past years, large crowds have gathered in and around Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City to see the annual Christmas lights. This year, the pandemic — coupled with ongoing renovations at the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — caused Temple Square to be close
  
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• Letter: Anyone else tired of Mike Lee?

  28-11-2020 04:35 via sltrib.com
  
  Please tell me I am not the only Utahn fed up with Sen. Mike Lee’s selective memory and his love of revisionist history. Our so-called constitutional expert meanders the road of democracy like a drunk driver. As Lee Davidson wrote, “Lee was a Never Trumper in 2016 who has in recent years fully converted to an ally and supporter of the president.”Lee defends the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech, but attacks social media sites critical of Donald Trump.Lee defended
  
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• Justin F. Thulin: Systematic disinformation is killing Americans and poisoning our democracy

  28-11-2020 04:30 via sltrib.com
  
  Systematic disinformation regarding COVID-19, promulgated by the Trump administration and abetted by the right-wing media and by leaders in Republican states, is killing Americans.An Associated Press analysis of the 376 counties with the highest number of new cases per capita revealed that 93% had voted for Donald Trump, a rate above other less severely hit areas.That COVID-19 infection is spiking in a majority of states throughout the nation is indisputable. Record daily case counts, test posit
  
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• Letter: Eliminate unnecessary toxins

  28-11-2020 03:30 via sltrib.com
  
  Mental health has been one of the hardest things to take care of during the madness of 2020, as none of us could prepare for the trauma and stress we have all had to deal with. However, certain aspects of our mental health are, to a certain extent, controllable, but we don’t even realize it.For example, the air we breathe and the toxins we expose ourselves to can directly affect our mental processing. In a study performed on a study group of Salt Lake County’s third graders, they fou
  
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• Devin Thorpe: Biden should look to a Republican idea for climate

  28-11-2020 02:30 via sltrib.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden should look to his mentor, President Barack Obama, for an example of how to move forward with a climate change solution that can be implemented quickly with significant immediate impact on carbon emissions that will also help the economy.Obama made health care reform a priority. Rather than implement a highly partisan solution favored by Democrats, he copied — or at least borrowed liberally from — former-Gov. Mitt Romney’s health care plan for Massachu
  
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• Bob Rees & Clifton Jolley: Live free and die. Our suicide pact with COVID-19.

  28-11-2020 02:26 via sltrib.com
  
  “Refusing to wear a mask is the most brainless, selfish way to assert your liberty.”— Letter to the Editor, Los Angeles TimesUtah has experienced 800-plus deaths from COVID-19. Medical specialists tell us that most of these deaths were preventable had leaders followed the advice of doctors and epidemiologists by early on instituting such simple procedures as wearing masks, social distancing and washing hands.Some people still refuse to accept this advice, which is one of the re
  
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• Canadian prosecutor won’t file more charges in polygamy case

  28-11-2020 00:35 via sltrib.com
  
  Victoria, British Columbia • A special prosecutor in Canada has declined to approve any further charges against people associated with the community of Bountiful, British Columbia, where a fundamentalist sect practices polygamy.The decision from special prosecutor Peter Wilson brings the matter to a close after years of investigations and charge assessments, the B.C. Prosecution Service said in a statement this week.Wilson’s mandate included considering the possible prosecution of peo
  
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• Erin Mendenhall: America thrives when Dreamers thrive

  28-11-2020 00:25 via sltrib.com
  
  Earlier this year, we celebrated when the Utah Supreme Court approved a rule allowing “Dreamers” (people without official authorization who come to the U.S. as minors) the ability to practice law in the state.It was also a smart and restrained decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) this past June. Both were welcome news for the talented, bright graduates with law degrees who had not been able to practice their chosen profession. But
  
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• BLM releases plan to reduce massive wildfires in the West

  28-11-2020 00:25 via sltrib.com
  
  Boise, Idaho • U.S. officials on Friday released an overarching plan for removing or changing vegetation over a huge swath of the U.S. West to stop devastating wildfires on land used for cattle ranching, recreation and habitat for imperiled sage grouse.The plan released by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management aims to limit wildfires in a 350,000-square-mile area of mainly sagebrush habitat that includes parts of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Utah.The plan, which cost about
  
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• Terry Marasco: What public education can learn from APA Charter Schools

  28-11-2020 00:24 via sltrib.com
  
  For some time, I have been a guest teacher in public and charter schools in Salt Lake County at the Granite, Jordan, Salt Lake City school districts and at the American Preparatory Academy charter school.My college degrees are in elementary and early childhood education and I have done postgraduate work in public education administration. I taught first grade to college-level courses before leaving education to enter the business community. The experiences I have been accumulating as a guest tea
  
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