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• BYU-Coastal Carolina matchup takes center stage on ESPN’s Game Day

  05-12-2020 23:59
  
  With a game like the one unbeaten BYU managed on Saturday to pull off at similarly undefeated Coastal Carolina, and at the last minute no less, it’s no surprise that the matchup captured the college football world’s imagination.How big of a hit was the Cougars-Chanticleer’s showdown? Big enough that it drew ESPN’s College GameDay, including regulars — Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Lee Corso and Rece Davis —plopping down in Conway, S.C. Saturday to put their
  
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• Navajo Nation extends stay-home order to halt coronavirus spread

  05-12-2020 23:49
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has extended a stay-at-home order through Dec. 28 to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus.The Navajo Nation has had some of the most restrictive measures aimed at COVID-19 anywhere in the country, and most of those have been in place since March. They include a mask mandate. Essential businesses are required to limit their hours to between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. through this weekend.Starting Monday, business hours will be extended to
  
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• With virus limits at ski resorts, backcountry risks beckon

  05-12-2020 23:30
  
  Bozeman, Mont. • Ben Werner glided up the craggy mountain bowl between Hardscrabble Peak and Frazier Basin in the Bridgers, his heels lifting off his skis with every step. He paused periodically to assess his route up the slope.Before Werner ascended the bowl, he’d tested the snow’s stability on a small hill with a similar slant and aspect. He directed his skis toward the hillside and coasted along, looking around for any signs of cracks or slides. The snow held. He continued hi
  
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• Utah Gov.-elect Spencer Cox to hold January inauguration in Ivins

  05-12-2020 23:08
  
  Utah Gov.-elect Spencer Cox will hold his early January inauguration at Tuacahn Center for the Arts in Ivins, a state panel announced Saturday.The Utah Inaugural Commission said the Jan. 4 ceremony will be marked by addresses from Cox, currently lieutenant governor, and his running mate, state Sen. Deidre Henderson, along with musical performances, a 19-gun salute and a special flyover by the Utah National Guard.Also taking oaths of office that day at the performance venue in southwestern Washin
  
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• Tribune Editorial: COVID vaccine hasn’t come to Utah’s rescue yet

  05-12-2020 23:00
  
  Most automobile accidents happen within 15 miles of home. The most dangerous part of any aircraft flight is the landing.While there is reason to hope that medical science will have the weaponry it needs to fight the COVID-19 pandemic to a standoff in the coming months, the supply lines are going to be long and difficult to maintain. Any thought that the worst is over and life can start returning to normal must be avoided.We want our children to be able to return to school just as soon as they sa
  
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• Utah County begins probe into large Halloween party

  05-12-2020 22:52
  
  Provo • An investigation has begun into whether civil action or criminal charges should be filed against the organizers or attendees of a very large Halloween party that took place in Utah.The Utah County Attorney’s Office said in a statement Wednesday that the investigation will take at least a few more weeks.The Daily Herald reported that videos of the event showed what looked like thousands of people partying together with music blaring and professional lighting throughout,Utah Cou
  
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• Letter: GOP lawmakers guilty of sedition

  05-12-2020 22:30
  
  Dictionary.com defines sedition as “1) Incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government; 2) Any action, especially in speech or writing, promoting such discontent or rebellion.” Disgraced Gen. Michael Flynn has recently made statements that clearly meet this definition by calling for martial law and a military overthrow of the presidential election results.Closer to home, Sen. Mike Lee, Rep. Chris Stewart and Rep.-elect Burgess Owens have also made public comments questioni
  
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• Religious right eyes Biden warily after Trump’s good favor

  05-12-2020 22:27
  
  Washington • Conservative evangelical Christians have proven some of Donald Trump’s staunchest allies during his presidency. As his administration draws to a close, some of those backers are approaching President-elect Joe Biden with skepticism, but not antagonism.Christian conservatives who stood by Trump through moments of crisis and success are hardly comfortable with his loss, and several have yet to fully acknowledge Biden as the winner of the election amid ongoing, unfounded fra
  
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• Navajo Nation extends stay-home order to halt virus’ spread

  05-12-2020 22:22
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has extended a stay-at-home order through Dec. 28 to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus.The Navajo Nation has had some of the most restrictive measures aimed at COVID-19 anywhere in the country, and most of those have been in place since March. They include a mask mandate. Essential businesses are required to limit their hours to between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. through this weekend.Starting Monday, business hours will be extended to
  
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• Longtime Utah Capitol director Allyson Gamble has died unexpectedly

  05-12-2020 22:19
  
  Allyson Gamble was remembered Saturday as a cheerful and passionate advocate for the Utah Capitol, known as The People’s House.The executive director of the Capitol Preservation Board for nearly 19 years died unexpectedly Friday. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert announced her death Saturday, saying in a statement that Gamble “was beloved by everyone!”“Our state Capitol is a magnificent building,” Herbert said, “made all the more beautiful and welcoming to the public bec
  
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• Will Miye Oni and Juwan Morgan be asked to step up into the Utah Jazz’s rotation in 2020-21?

  05-12-2020 22:13
  
  There are some who expected an offseason with more additions for the Utah Jazz.Yes, clearly upgrading at backup center was a real need. But what about perimeter defensive length? What about an upgrade at backup power forward, a spot that troubled the Jazz even before Bojan Bogdanovic went down with a wrist injury?Jazz vice president of basketball operations Dennis Lindsey was clear when asked about those issues: he thinks second-year players Miye Oni and Juwan Morgan can be part of the solution.
  
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• Utah’s coronavirus cases rose 3,674 on Saturday, with 14 more deaths

  05-12-2020 21:43
  
  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.Health officials in Utah reported another 3,674 coronavirus cases on Saturday, along with 14 more deaths, as well over one in four of all COVID-19 tests administered in the state are coming back with positive results.The Utah Department
  
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• Test Story - FOR ARC

  05-12-2020 21:43
  
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• Longtime Utah State Capitol director Allyson Gamble has died unexpectedly

  05-12-2020 20:47
  
  Allyson Gamble was remembered Saturday as a cheerful and passionate advocate for the Utah State Capitol, known as The People’s House.The executive director of the Capitol Preservation Board for nearly 19 years died unexpectedly on Friday. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert announced her death Saturday, saying in a statement that Gamble “was beloved by everyone!”“Our state Capitol is a magnificent building made all the more beautiful and welcoming to the public because of her dedicati
  
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• Letter: ‘Housewives’ waste valuable print space

  05-12-2020 20:30
  
  Why is The Tribune giving nearly a half a page article on the obnoxious “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” when in a little over a month, the actual paper newspaper will be gone? Is there not more important things going on in the world and Utah than the lives of these narcissistic, upper-class, spoiled, out-of-touch women?It’s bad enough they made a television show about them but even worse that The Tribune is using valuable space to promote their indulgent lifestyles. Please,
  
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• If you have students in Salt Lake City’s schools, chances are greater they had least one F this year

  05-12-2020 19:16
  
  The number of middle and high school students in the Salt Lake City School District who have failed one class — or all first-quarter classes — has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic while all of its students are attending school online.Data released to The Salt Lake Tribune in response to a public records request shows that 4,200 Salt Lake City secondary students received one or more F’s or incompletes in the first quarter. That’s 1,500 more students failing a class
  
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• As its COVID cases climb, Syracuse High School to try rapid testing in hopes of avoiding closure

  05-12-2020 19:13
  
  Parents were told Friday that Syracuse High School in Davis Count has once again exceeded its official benchmark of more than 15 COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks.But instead of triggering the school’s closure and shift to online learning as per usual procedure, Davis School District officials said they would pilot a new rapid testing strategy in hopes of keeping the public school open.In concert with Davis County Health Department, the “Test to Stay” program will require
  
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• The virus’ toll: How 32 NFL teams have been hit by COVID-19

  05-12-2020 18:12
  
  The NFL has seen major COVID-19 outbreaks for the Titans and Ravens. Big stars and coaches have been stricken by the disease. There have been plenty of scheduling adjustments. Here’s a look at how each team has been affected by the coronavirus.TENNESSEEThe Titans had the NFL’s first outbreak that forced the first postponement and then rescheduling of a game this season. Their game against Pittsburgh moved from Oct. 4 to Oct. 25 and wiped out their bye week. Their outbreak affected 24
  
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• Judge: Trump administration must take new DACA applications

  05-12-2020 18:08
  
  New York • The Trump administration must accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects some young immigrants from deportation, a federal judge ruled Friday, in vacating a memo from the acting Homeland Security secretary that had suspended it.U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said the government had to post a public notice within three days — including on its website and the websites of all other relevant government agencies — th
  
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• Utah women’s basketball emerges from COVID-19 pause with No. 10 Oregon waiting for it

  05-12-2020 17:15
  
  The University of Utah women’s basketball team will board an Oregon-bound plane on Saturday in anticipation of its season-opener on Sunday afternoon at the 10th-ranked Ducks. Beyond that, the Utes will play at No. 17 Oregon State on Tuesday evening.To even get to the point where Utah is ready to travel and finally play a game has taken some heavy lifting over the last two weeks.Just like the football team, just like the men’s basketball team, the Ute women have been dealing with a CO
  
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• Utah Democrats achieved a single blue blip in this year’s election

  05-12-2020 17:08
  
  In what turned out to be a disappointing election for Utah Democrats, one bright spot shown through. Her name is Ashlee Matthews.The 34-year-old West Jordan resident defeated Rep. Eric Hutchings of Kearns, the longest-serving Republican in the Utah House.Matthews, a working mother of two, was among several Democratic challengers ahead of veteran Republican legislators on election night, when it looked like the minority party might pick up as many as a half-dozen seats to put a dent in the GOP&rs
  
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• There’s a new ‘manifesto’ circulating among Latter-day Saints, and it’s ‘radical’

  05-12-2020 15:00
  
  For many, the word “manifesto” calls to mind “The Communist Manifesto,” a political pamphlet penned by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in 1848.Closer to home, Latter-day Saints have their own history with a momentous manifesto, the 1890 edict that marked the beginning of the end of polygamy in the faith.Now, three Latter-day Saint bloggers have declared a new manifesto, and it has nothing to do with Marxism or multiple wives. Indeed, “Radical Orthodoxy: A Manifesto&r
  
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• Holly Richardson: Thank you for the past four years

  05-12-2020 14:00
  
  All good things must come to an end, and this column marks the end of four years of a good thing.After 250 columns, my time writing for The Salt Lake Tribune has concluded. I have an opportunity for full-time work that I am excited about but one that makes it impossible for me to continue with The Tribune.When I wrote my first column in January 2017, Donald Trump had not yet been sworn in as president. Today, President-elect Joe Biden is preparing to move to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and Trump will
  
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• Letter: Let’s consider a canyon gondola

  05-12-2020 13:30
  
  The ski season has begun and as the canyons fill up, the Utah Department of Transportation has announced it will close Little Cottonwood Canyon to uphill traffic this winter once parking lots reach their capacity. Especially during this pandemic, I expect those closures to happen early and often, and we must acknowledge that major changes are necessary in order to meet the heightened demand for outdoor recreation. That’s why UDOT’s proposal to build a gondola that includes parking at
  
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• Letter: Enough with the non-olith

  05-12-2020 13:00
  
  Enough with the monolith, OK? For starters, in Greek “mono” means “one” and “lith” means “stone.” A monolith is a large monument made from one, solid piece of stone. The Utah desert’s short-lived guerilla art project would have more accurately been called a poly-metal (both also words of Greek origin): two pieces of aluminum riveted together which any competent sheet metal worker with a tool called a brake could have knocked out in an hour. W
  
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• Letter: Ski resort parking problems

  05-12-2020 07:30
  
  For years, the beginning of the ski season has sparked my winter migration to one of the many Utah ski resorts. Up until now, I’ve dished out hundreds of dollars so a season pass could be procured. Well, until this year. The ski area where I’ve traditionally purchased my pass (OK, it’s Alta Ski Resort) has done nothing whatsoever to help mitigate the traffic that it’s creating in Little Cottonwood Canyon and the environmental impact which ensues.As a paying passholder, I
  
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• One dead in Salt Lake City car crash

  05-12-2020 07:19
  
  A man was killed in a car crash Friday evening when another driver ran a stop sign after being chased by a car that had been rear-ended, police said.The chain of events began at 13 S. 300 East when a driver left after rear-ending another car. according to Salt Lake City Police. While trying to get away, the driver ran a stop sign near 1100 E. Bryan Ave. and crashed into a third car. A person in the third car died at the scene.The driver is suspected of driving under the influence, according to p
  
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• One dead, another hospitalized after Salt Lake City car crash

  05-12-2020 06:21
  
  One person died and another person was injured after a driver reportedly ran a stop sign in Salt Lake City, FOX 13 reports.The victims were both men, one in his 40s and one in his 60s, but police could not confirm which man died, according to FOX 13. The crash happened in the area of 1100 E. Bryan Ave. They were both taken to the hospital, police told FOX 13.See more at FOX 13.Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune and FOX 13 are content-sharing partners.
  
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• Letter: Lee is a disgrace to Utah and to morality

  05-12-2020 05:33
  
  Mike Lee is hallucinating again.Now he says muddying the waters around the election is OK because look what happened when Donald Trump was elected, citing the Mueller report and the impeachment effort, suggesting that was unwarranted harassment of the president.The special counsel’s report lists hundreds of illicit contacts between Trump and his campaign and Russia. Mueller cited 11 instances of obstruction of justice.The report further says that the special counsel would have brought char
  
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• Michelle Goldberg: The MAGA revolution devours its own

  05-12-2020 04:00
  
  Gabriel Sterling, a Georgia election official and longtime Republican, held a news conference this week in which, with barely contained rage, he excoriated Donald Trump’s lies about voter fraud and the threats of violence those lies inspired.He railed against Trump’s campaign lawyer, Joseph diGenova, who called for the shooting of Christopher Krebs, a federal cybersecurity official fired by Trump for saying that the election wasn’t rigged. (DiGenova later claimed he was joking.
  
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• Letter: ‘Flatten the curve’ of climate change

  05-12-2020 03:30
  
  With the World Health Organization announcing a global pandemic, people are urgently focused on the developing crisis, changing their habitual behaviors and accepting restrictions and inconveniences designed to “flatten the curve” concerning the rate of infection.This COVID-19 epidemic is bad and may get much worse. But it will pass. It is not permanent.With the majority of scientific evidence indicating a looming climate crisis caused by carbon emissions creating unprecedented plane
  
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• Unemployed Utahns would get an extra $300 each week if Mitt Romney is right and Congress passes this bill

  05-12-2020 01:10
  
  Utah Sen. Mitt Romney expects a $908 million pandemic relief bill that he’s pushing to pass by the end of the month, perhaps in time to provide some needed Christmas cheer to Utah businesses facing tough times and the unemployed, who would receive an extra $300 per week.Despite some sticking points, he thinks it is highly unlikely that Congress won’t pass something.“I can’t imagine senators or congresspeople are going home and celebrating Christmas knowing that people who
  
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• Sanford Health suspends merger talks with Intermountain Healthcare

  05-12-2020 01:10
  
  Sioux Falls, S.D. • More than a week after Sanford Health parted ways with its longtime CEO, the health system announced that it has indefinitely suspended merger talks with Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare.Sanford Health and Intermountain Healthcare made the announcement Friday, saying that with the leadership change, Sanford decided to put merger talks on hold while other organizational needs are addressed.The two systems said roughly a month ago that they planned to merge, and that th
  
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• Mitt Romney ‘can’t wait’ to get the vaccine

  05-12-2020 00:43
  
  While 42% of Americans say they will not take a COVID-19 vaccine,Sen. Mitt Romney declared Friday that he isn’t one of them.“I can’t wait to take the vaccine,” Romney said in an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune.“I’m anxious to be able to go places without a mask and to be in an airplane without worrying about getting COVID, being able to be with my grandkids again,” he said.Romney has been a critic of President Donald Trump for sending mixed messages
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Bear Necessities

  05-12-2020 00:21
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Treading CoronavirusQanon Be Like ...Mad HatterThe Party of Public PietyStranger ThingsNo Visible Means of SupportYou Can’t Go Home AgainGiuliani’s Gift HorsePolitical JunkieFight the PowerWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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