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• BYU QB Zach Wilson’s Heisman buzz went kaput in loss to Coastal Carolina, but it was fun while it lasted

  09-12-2020 23:59
  
  Provo • Just as the loss at Coastal Carolina cost BYU a chance to play in a NY6 bowl, it also cost Zach Wilson the chance to go to New York as a Heisman finalist.Just as Wilson quickly entered the conversation, he’s been left out. No longer is the BYU quarterback included in watch lists or projections. The battle for the Heisman seems to be between Alabama quarterback Mac Jones and Florida quarterback Kyle Trask.Clemson quarterbcak Trevor Lawrence and Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smi
  
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• After meeting with Black Lives Matter, a Utah Republican may ditch his protest bill

  09-12-2020 23:56
  
  A Utah lawmaker is in talks about reshaping a bill that would stiffen penalties for rioting in the streets and create a criminal defense for drivers who accidentally hit and kill or injure demonstrators while fleeing from a tumultuous or violent protest.Lex Scott, leader of Black Lives Matter Utah, said Rep. Jon Hawkins on Monday expressed willingness to scrap the idea of shielding certain drivers from prosecution — a proposal that has drawn strong opposition from civil rights group, attor
  
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• Utah Rep. Rob Bishop suffers mild stroke

  09-12-2020 23:45
  
  Just days before retiring from Congress, Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, 69, suffered what he says was a mild stroke on Monday evening.The Utah Republican was released Wednesday from George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C.“He expects to make a full recovery, and is back to his witty and dry-humored self,” said Bishop’s chief of staff, Adam Stuart. “Mobility on his right side has been his only issue.”Bishop told his former spokesman Lee Lonsberry, the host
  
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• Here are the Utah high schools that moved up or down in athletic classifications

  09-12-2020 23:42
  
  The Utah High School Activities Association’s board of trustees on Wednesday finalized classifications and made a first pass at regions for the 2021-2023 realignment.Sixteen high schools changed classifications compared to the previous alignment in all sports except football. The most change came in 4A.Park City and Mountain View will move down to 4A from 5A. Canyon View, Juan Diego, Ogden and Ben Lomand will move down from 4A to 3A. Meanwhile, Cedar Valley moved up to 5A from 4A.In the bi
  
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• Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes endorses lawsuit claiming ‘unlawful election results’ in 4 states won by Joe Biden

  09-12-2020 23:39
  
  Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes has thrown his support behind a U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s election loss.Reyes on Wednesday joined 16 other attorneys general in endorsing the Texas petition that seeks to invalidate the election results in four battleground states captured by President-elect Joe Biden. But in a prepared statement, the Utah Republican and staunch Trump ally said his legal action is about ensuring faith in the electoral process and not ab
  
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• Why a Utah lawmaker is reconsidering a plan that could legally protect drives who kill protesters

  09-12-2020 23:37
  
  A Utah lawmaker is in talks about reshaping a bill that would stiffen penalties for rioting in the streets and create a criminal defense for drivers who accidentally hit and kill or injure demonstrators while fleeing from a tumultuous or violent protest.Lex Scott, leader of Black Lives Matter Utah, said Rep. Jon Hawkins on Monday expressed willingness to scrap the idea of shielding certain drivers from prosecution — a proposal that has drawn strong opposition from civil rights group, attor
  
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• Utah Jazz add free-agent guard, defensive specialist Shaquille Harrison

  09-12-2020 23:18
  
  Given their precarious position with the NBA salary cap, it was thought the Utah Jazz were probably done adding to their roster. But when they saw an opportunity to bolster their team, they decided to go for it.The Jazz on Wednesday agreed to a contract with free-agent guard Shaquille Harrison, a source confirmed to The Salt Lake Tribune.Tony Jones of The Athletic was the first to report the deal, which will run one year for the league minimum.Harrison is a 27-year-old entering his fourth season
  
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• UHSAA finalizes new school classifications for next two years, regions to be finalized next week

  09-12-2020 23:14
  
  The Utah High School Activities Association’s board of trustees on Wednesday finalized classifications and made a first pass at regions for the 2021-2023 realignment.Sixteen high schools changed classifications compared to the previous alignment in all sports except football. The most change came in 4A.Park City and Mountain View will move down to 4A from 5A. Canyon View, Juan Diego, Ogden and Ben Lomand will move down from 4A to 3A. Meanwhile, Cedar Valley moved up to 5A from 4A.In the bi
  
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• Utah Rep. Rob Bishop suffers a stroke

  09-12-2020 22:55
  
  Just days before retiring from Congress, Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, has suffered a stroke.His office was not responding to phone calls about that. However, other offices in the congressional delegation said that he had a stroke — and Sen. Mitt Romney tweeted, “Sending best wishes to my friend Rob Bishop. Ann and I wish him a speedy and full recovery.”No word about the congressman’s condition was immediately available.Congressional records showed that he had voted in the Hou
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Are Latter-day Saint anti-maskers guilty of not ‘following the prophet’?

  09-12-2020 22:51
  
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posted a video this week from apostle Dale G. Renlund in which he pleaded with members to put on masks and put off assembling in large gatherings in response to the coronavirus pandemic.“Wearing a face covering,” he said, “is a sign of Christlike love for our brothers and sisters.”Renlund, a former cardiologist, emphasized that he was speaking not as a physician, but as an apostle, a position of great respect within the Utah
  
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• Jazz add Shaquille Harrison

  09-12-2020 21:59
  
  Shams Charania: Free agent guard Shaq Harrison is finalizing a deal with the Utah Jazz, sources tell me and @Tjonesonthenba .
  
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• Sean Reyes joins other attorneys general, federal government in lawsuit to break up Facebook

  09-12-2020 21:49
  
  Washington • Federal regulators on Wednesday sued to force Facebook to sell off its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services. In a separate case, 48 states and districts also accused the company of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors.The antitrust lawsuits were announced by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General Letitia James.“It’s really critically important that we block this predatory acquisition of companies and tha
  
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• MLB’s Angels ask Salt Lake Bees to stay on for another season as their Triple-A affiliate

  09-12-2020 21:40
  
  Despite Major League Baseball’s recent contraction of its minor-league system, the Salt Lake Bees aren’t going anywhere.The Los Angeles Angels confirmed as much Wednesday when they extended an invitation to the Bees and three other teams to be part of the major league club’s player development pipeline. The Bees will remain the Angels’ Triple-A affiliate as they have been since 2001.“For the past 20 years, the Angels have been our partners in fielding competitive te
  
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• For Utah football, a short week, then a schedule change —and a date with the rising Colorado Buffaloes

  09-12-2020 21:33
  
  As the Pac-12 has made 10 a.m. MT football kickoffs a possibility this fall, University of Utah coach Kyle Whittingham, and his athletic director, Mark Harlan, have had their hands raised for such an opportunity.Whittingham and Harlan have received their wish.The Pac-12 announced Wednesday afternoon that Utah-Colorado, originally a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on Friday night with a Fox Sports 1 broadcast, has been moved to Saturday morning. The game will air nationally on FOX with a 10 a.m. kickoff, meani
  
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• Utah again reports more than 20 coronavirus deaths, with 2,574 new cases Wednesday

  09-12-2020 21:13
  
  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.Utah reported more than 20 fatalities due to the coronavirus for a second day in a row Wednesday, as the state’s rate of new diagnoses declined slightly.The Utah Department of Health reported 2,574 new coronavirus cases, with a sev
  
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• Hale Centre Theatre’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ to screen at Megaplex Theatres

  09-12-2020 21:00
  
  A Utah holiday tradition — Hale Centre Theatre’s annual production of “A Christmas Carol” — will have a new venue this weekend, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.A video production of Hale’s version of the Charles Dickens holiday classic will screen at nine Megaplex Theatres locations in Utah, starting Friday, Dec. 11, at regular theater prices.The theaters playing “A Christmas Carol,” listed from north to south, are:Megaplex at The Junction, Ogden.M
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 159 new COVID-19 cases, 6 more deaths

  09-12-2020 19:57
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation health officials on Tuesday reported 159 new COVID-19 cases and six more deaths.In all, the tribe has now reported 18,324 cases and 688 know deaths since the pandemic began.Navajo Department of Health officials said over 175,000 people on the vast reservation that includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah have been tested for COVID-19 and more than 10,000 have recovered.But officials have identified 77 Navajo Nation communities with uncontrolled sprea
  
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• Transit systems nationally — including UTA — beg Congress for emergency pandemic aid

  09-12-2020 19:54
  
  The nation’s major transit systems — including the Utah Transit Authority — rallied together Wednesday to plead for Congress to pass more emergency pandemic aid, saying they need it to avoid deep service cuts that they argue would be catastrophic to economic recovery.The UTA, however, seemed to be less needy than most in that national online rally.It reported less-drastic current or planned service cuts — and has avoided layoffs that others said are common. And while most
  
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• Commentary: Yes, Roald Dahl, author of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” was a Jew-hater

  09-12-2020 19:51
  
  The family of the late British novelist and screenwriter Roald Dahl has given the Jewish people an early Hanukkah gift.What could that be, you will ask? What do you get the people who have everything?The Dahl family has issued an apology for the late author’s anti-Semitism:“The Dahl family and the Roald Dahl Story Company deeply apologise for the lasting and understandable hurt caused by some of Roald Dahl’s statements. Those prejudiced remarks are incomprehensible to us and st
  
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• Here’s our list of at least 92 Utah schools that have had a COVID-19 outbreak or closed as a precaution

  09-12-2020 19:50
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune will continue to update this list.So far this fall, at least 79 schools in Utah have had a coronavirus outbreak — and 13 others have shifted online early to avoid one.Those 92 have all come in a span of roughly three months after most districts in the state reopened in August at the encouragement of the governor. What’s followed has been a lesson in what can happen when students return to the classroom before COVID-19 is under control.[RELAT
  
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• Utah lawmaker in talks about ditching proposed criminal defense for motorists who kill protesters

  09-12-2020 19:39
  
  A Utah lawmaker is in talks about reshaping a bill that would stiffen penalties for rioting in the streets and create a criminal defense for drivers who accidentally hit and kill or injure demonstrators while fleeing from a tumultuous or violent protest.Lex Scott, leader of Black Lives Matter Utah, said Rep. Jon Hawkins on Monday expressed willingness to scrap the idea of shielding certain drivers from prosecution — a proposal that has drawn strong opposition from civil rights group, attor
  
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• Salt Lake City enacts new e-scooter rules focused on warning bells, sidewalks, reckless parking

  09-12-2020 19:06
  
  Editor’s note: This story is available to Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting important local journalism.The Salt Lake City Council wrapped up 2020 by putting an end to what Chair Chris Wharton called the “scooter-pocalypse,” at long last putting into place an ordinance regulating the rental and use of e-scooters.New rules approved Tuesday night focus on safety and cleaning up sidewalks, although the council did not impose specific speed limits or slow zones.E-sc
  
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• BYU-Coastal Carolina was ESPNU’s most viewed college football game since 2015

  09-12-2020 18:24
  
  Although the game was put together with just a couple of days notice, the BYU-Coastal Carolina game was the biggest game of the season for the Cougars. And it was as well for college football fans.Saturday’s matchup was ESPNU’s most-viewed game since 2015 and fifth-most viewed all-time.A total live audience of 1,425,000 viewers across TV and digital platforms, including ESPNU, ESPN2 bonus coverage and streaming, saw the Chanticleers pull of an upset over the Cougars.Just on ESPNU, th
  
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• For Utah football, a short week, and a date with the shockingly good Colorado Buffaloes

  09-12-2020 18:12
  
  The University of Utah football team is no stranger to short game weeks.Since joining the Pac-12 in 2011, the Utes have played a Friday game on a short week nine times. Those instances have become more frequent in recent years as the program has risen to prominence. Of the nine Friday night games off short weeks, seven have come over the last three seasons, including the Pac-12 championship games in 2018 and 2019.Had Utah’s original seven-game, COVID-fueled schedule gone uninterrupted, it
  
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• Despite an outbreak, Kearns High will stay open under new testing pilot

  09-12-2020 17:28
  
  Most Kearns High students will be able to continue attending school in person this week — despite a COVID-19 outbreak there — after piloting a new state program.If a student agreed to take a rapid coronavirus test and the results were negative, they could head to class. If it came back positive or they declined to get tested, they were sent home. With nearly 70% participating, the district said Tuesday that it was a success, helping to avoid another shutdown.“These results are
  
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• Inversion is on its way out in northern Utah

  09-12-2020 16:48
  
  Better air and a little bit of snow are headed to northern Utah, according to the National Weather Service.The forecast calls for a weak cold front to move through Wednesday night and begin to break up the inversion. No precipitation is expected, and valleys will remain hazy on Thursday.But a second — and stronger — cold front is expected Thursday that will not only clear the air but drop some snow. There’s a 60% chance of snow showers on Friday, mostly after 11 a.m., with accu
  
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• New White House offer adds $600 checks to COVID-19 relief

  09-12-2020 16:11
  
  Washington • The Trump administration is back in the middle of Capitol Hill’s confusing COVID-19 negotiations, offering a $916 billion package to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would send a $600 direct payment to most Americans but eliminate a $300-per-week employment benefit favored by a bipartisan group of Senate negotiators.The offer arrived Tuesday with the endorsement of the top House Republican and appeared to demonstrate some flexibility by powerful Senate Majority Leader Mitc
  
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• U.K. starts virus campaign with a shot watched round the world

  09-12-2020 16:08
  
  London • A nurse rolled up 90-year-old Margaret Keenan’s sleeve and administered a shot watched round the world -– the first jab in the U.K.’s COVID-19 vaccination program kicking off an unprecedented global effort to try to end a pandemic that has killed 1.5 million people.Keenan, a retired shop clerk from Northern Ireland who celebrates her birthday next week, was at the front of the line at University Hospital Coventry to receive the vaccine that was approved by British
  
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• Michelle Goldberg: Nobody expects Republicans to be civil

  09-12-2020 15:16
  
  Perhaps you remember the terrible ordeal suffered by White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders at the Red Hen in 2018. She was awaiting her entree at the Virginia farm-to-table restaurant when the co-owner, appalled by Sanders’ defense of Donald Trump’s administration, asked her to leave. This happened three days after the homeland security secretary at the time, Kirstjen Nielsen, was yelled at for the administration’s family separation policy as she tried to dine at a
  
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• Salt Lake City moves closer to getting another TRAX station. Here’s where it will be.

  09-12-2020 15:15
  
  Salt Lake City has put a small but decisive chunk of cash toward building an additional downtown TRAX station, one that has been envisioned for more than 20 years.With Tuesday’s approval of a $38,901 budget change — on top of other city spending and sizable contributions from private developers — officials with the city’s Redevelopment Agency say they are ready to ink a contract with Utah Transit Authority on building the new $2 million station at about 650 S. Main.If all
  
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• COVID-19 has spurred Utah companies to offer flexibility, other support to workers, report says

  09-12-2020 15:09
  
  Employees at 97th Floor don’t have strict work hours. As long as they finish what they need to, they can take a break on a weekday to go to their child’s soccer game or a doctor’s appointment.“Obviously, they need to do their job,” said Paxton Gray, CEO of the marketing agency based in Lehi. “But as long as that’s happening and the work is being done, why does it matter when or where they’re doing it?”Flexibility is key to helping women &mdas
  
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• Letter: Which lives matter most?

  09-12-2020 14:00
  
  The Utah Highway Patrol deployed a significant number of extra officers over Thanksgiving weekend to insure people drive safely and are buckled up in order to save lives.This is a good use of their manpower. Approximately 260 people have lost their lives on Utah Highways so far this year.However, we are in the middle of a worldwide pandemic and, even though way too many Utahans think we live in our own little bubbled world, here that is not the case.The coronavirus has killed 939 of our fellow U
  
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• Letter: Trump’s sour grapes

  09-12-2020 14:00
  
  Donald Trump’s behavior since losing the election reminds me of a renter who refuses to abide by the terms of the lease and is evicted for nonpayment of the rent.The renter is a sorehead and thinks that he is entitled to stay in the house without paying rent, but is evicted anyway. Then, on the way out, he trashes the whole place and poisons the well because of sour grapes and feeling that if he cannot have the place, then no one else can have it.Trump is trying to kneecap Joe Biden and tr
  
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• Letter: The beam in your own eye

  09-12-2020 14:00
  
  For the past several months, liberal brothers and sisters in my church have been editorializing to me and others that you can’t be a conservative and a good member of my church.Enough already!While you blame conservatives for the coronavirus that was originated and spread by communist China, I hope you can acknowledge that conservatives will eradicate the virus through a public/private partnership in warp speed.You insult conservatives claiming they are responsible for the tragic death of
  
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• Letter: Tax the rich to reduce homelessness

  09-12-2020 14:00
  
  This is a response to Ryan Beck and Madeline Crawley’s Dec. 6 commentary, “Utah’s inclusive economic model is at risk.”Ryan and Madeline say that a capitalism that is more inclusive is better for our community. I agree. They point to the problem of homelessness in large cities, like ours, as being evidence for the failure of a winner-takes-all type of capitalism. This is where I disagree.The country of Singapore, with a population of 5.6 million, only has around 1,000 hom
  
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• Letter: Show some gratitude for front-line workers

  09-12-2020 14:00
  
  It’s time for all of us to pull together and show some gratitude to the men and women who have worked on the front lines through the pandemic thus far. It would be great to dedicate this holiday season to the needs and the health of those who have had little chance of a real rest over all these months.The most meaningful form of support we can offer probably is to abide by COVID guidelines — no long distance travel, no crowded feasts and wild partying, minimizing in every way the lik
  
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• Letter: Fox News is censored

  09-12-2020 14:00
  
  Recently, my wife and I stayed in a well-known motel chain in St. George. I went down where a lite breakfast was being served. The TV was on, no one else was in the room and I asked, “Could you please change the channel to Fox Business?”Her comment shocked me when she said, “They do not allow us to show Fox News. You will have to go to your room to watch it.”I asked if they would allow me to watch CNN and the answer was, “Of course.”This was most disturbing to
  
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• Offseason winners and losers, James Harden and trade candidates with Bobby Marks and Michael Scotto

  09-12-2020 13:02
  
  On the latest episode of the HoopsHype podcast, Michael Scotto welcomed ESPN NBA front office insider Bobby Marks. Scotto and Marks discuss the winners and losers from the NBA offseason, James Harden trade talks, trade candidates around the league, and predict each award winner for the upcoming season. Listen to the podcast above or check out some snippets of the conversation in a transcribed version below. 
  1:25 Winners of the NBA offseason starting with the Portl
  
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• State colleges: Utah State pulls away from College of Idaho for 90-64 victory

  09-12-2020 06:58
  
  Fresh off its heartbreaking loss to BYU last Saturday night, the Utah State men’s basketball team got back on track.It just took the Aggies a little longer than expected.Junior forward Justin Bean had 21 points and seven rebounds, and freshman guard Steven Ashworth scored in double figures for the first time in his career with 15 points, as Utah State pulled away for a 90-64 victory over the College of Idaho on Tuesday night at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan.“I definitely think
  
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• Bojan Bogdanovic to play on opening nihgt?

  09-12-2020 06:51
  
  Eric Walden: Bojan Bogdanovic says he expects to play on opening night: “I’m feeling way better, playing 5-on-5. I can still feel the soreness — I’m waiting to fall on the floor and see how it feels. But I’m expecting to play at the beginning of the season.”
  
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• Jackson, Ravens run past Cowboys 34-17 to end 3-game slide

  09-12-2020 06:26
  
  Baltimore • Back in action after a 15-day layoff, Lamar Jackson directed a relentless rushing attack that the Baltimore Ravens hope will be the first big step in a run to the playoffs.Jackson ran for 94 yards and a touchdown, and the Ravens returned from a COVID-19 outbreak to amass 294 yards rushing in a 34-17 rout of the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday night.Playing for the first time since Nov. 22 following a positive test for the potentially deadly virus, Jackson carried 13 times and threw fo
  
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• Utah women’s basketball team knocks off No. 15 Oregon State 85-79

  09-12-2020 05:19
  
  The University of Utah women’s basketball team may be a bit of an unknown this early in the season, but we learned about their resolve on Tuesday evening.With the Utes still fresh off a COVID-19 stoppage that delayed the start of their season, they registered a shocker Tuesday evening, defeating No. 15 Oregon State in Corvallis, 85-79.79-85 WIN OVER #16 OREGON STATE!!
  How about that for game #2?!!!?? pic.twitter.com/379aRPGZ83— Utah Women's Basketball (@UTAHWBB) December 9, 2020The w
  
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• Here’s our list of at least 91 Utah schools that have had a COVID-19 outbreak or closed as a precaution

  09-12-2020 04:34
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune will continue to update this list.So far this fall, at least 78 schools in Utah have had a coronavirus outbreak — and 13 others have shifted online early to avoid one.Those 91 have all come in a span of roughly three months after most districts in the state reopened in August at the encouragement of the governor. What’s followed has been a lesson in what can happen when students return to the classroom before COVID-19 is under control.[RELAT
  
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• Man almost causes crash on freeway by kicking officer in the head from the back of the officer’s vehicle

  09-12-2020 03:16
  
  An officer at the Utah County Sheriff’s Office says he almost lost consciousness while driving on Interstate 15 because a man in the back of his vehicle started kicking him in the head.The man was arrested after police went to his home on a domestic violence call, according to a probable cause document. A man had allegedly screamed at his wife and knocked over their TV, causing her to lock herself in the bedroom. The man then kicked the bedroom door open, at which point police arrived,The
  
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• Utah Jazz: Deron Williams had a Jedi-like mentor trip to see John Stockton

  09-12-2020 03:15
  
  Early in his Utah Jazz career, Deron Williams sought out John Stockton for advice Deron Williams, coming into his rookie season with the Utah Jazz, was aiming to gain a starting point guard role on a team that had previously been led by one of the greatest of all-time, John Stockton. A 10-time All-Star, 9-time […]
  Utah Jazz: Deron Williams had a Jedi-like mentor trip to see John Stockton - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• BYU hoops still working out kinks, but has found its identity, resiliency

  09-12-2020 03:08
  
  For two consecutive weeks, BYU found itself playing three games, with two of those on back-to-back days. It was a taxing way to start the season, but it also served as a way for the team to learn about itself.And BYU coach Mark Pope saw and learned a lot.He learned they have to get much better, but also saw his team go up against a variety of different defensive schemes. Most importantly, Pope saw his team respond to a “really, really disappointing and frustrating and embarrassing performa
  
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• Kearns High to continue in-person classes after about 70% of students take coronavirus test

  09-12-2020 02:22
  
  Most Kearns High students will be able to continue attending school in person this week — despite a COVID-19 outbreak there — after piloting a new state program.If a student agreed to take a rapid coronavirus test and the results were negative, they could head to class. If it came back positive or they declined to get tested, they were sent home. With nearly 70% participating, the district said Tuesday that it was a success, helping to avoid another shutdown.“These results are
  
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• Playing well only in spurts, Utah basketball still routs Idaho State 75-59

  09-12-2020 02:03
  
  The University of Utah athletic department is doing everything within its control to produce a normal game-day atmosphere at the Huntsman Center, but in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, that will continue to be difficult.The scene there late Tuesday afternoon as the Utes scored a 75-59 win over Idaho State was, in a word, weird.For starters, the team benches are now socially-distanced on the east side of the playing floor, opposite the scorer’s table. There are no fans allowed, so the
  
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• BYU slides to 18th in CFP rankings as teams at the top hold steady

  09-12-2020 01:46
  
  For the third straight week, Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State held on to the top four spots in the College Football Playoff rankings.After suffering its first loss of the season on Saturday, BYU saw the fallout on Tuesday. The selection committee placed the Cougars in the No. 18 spot and moved up Coastal Carolina to No. 13. The programs were essentially switched from where they landed in last week’s rankings.Now, the Chanticleers, who defeated the Cougars 22-17, are on the cusp
  
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• Salt Lake County sees record-breaking census participation, while U.S. falls behind 2010 turnout

  09-12-2020 01:27
  
  Despite all the snafus and obstacles that 2020 brought, Salt Lake County staff rallied to boost participation in the U.S. Census and their efforts paid off.At a County Council meeting Tuesday, Mayor Jenny Wilson reported a 74.3% turnout rate in the county, compared to 71.6% during the last census in 2010. Statewide, Utah saw 71% participation compared to 68.6% 10 years ago.Census participation matters because it determines the population numbers used for political redistricting in the state as w
  
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