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• Khyiris Tonga becomes third BYU Cougar to declare for the NFL draft

  01-01-2021 23:50
  
  It’s been a long time coming, but the time has finally arrived — Khyiris Tonga declared for the NFL draft.The defensive tackle is the latest Cougar to make the move to the next level, as he announced Thursday afternoon via social media. Offensive lineman Brady Christensen and wide receiver Dax Milne both opted out of coming back for their senior season for a chance at the NFL draft.“The last four years of my life at BYU have been a blessing,” Tonga said in a statement onl
  
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• Daniela Lamas: I got vaccinated. But the shot won’t save my dying patients.

  01-01-2021 23:30
  
  I barely even feel the needle.It is over so quickly that I begin to take it all in only afterward, as I claim a seat in the waiting area. There are a handful of us there, each of us newly vaccinated and waiting the designated 15 minutes before we can leave. I watch an environmental services worker flex his upper arm and shyly take a photo. A few internal medicine residents gaze out the window, bleary after a night shift. I feel a sudden urge to offer a congratulatory hug or handshake, but of cou
  
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• What you may not know about Mormon historian Richard Bushman — for one, he was agnostic when he went on his mission

  01-01-2021 22:13
  
  Nearing his 90th birthday, Richard Lyman Bushman is the godfather, or, should we say, the patriarch of Mormon history.As an emeritus history professor at Columbia University, with a chair of Mormon studies named in his honor at the University of Virginia, and the author of “Rough Stone Rolling,” the much-heralded biography of church founder Joseph Smith, Bushman is revered as a gentle, thoughtful scholar, who explores the past and present of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S
  
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• Here’s what advocates say would actually solve hunger in Utah

  01-01-2021 21:53
  
  Families are camping out overnight before distribution days at the Utah Food Bank for fear the pantry will run out of food before they can get some.Sometimes the stream of cars pours in for four or five hours. Most of the time, the line wraps around several city blocks. Often they serve 500 people in one day at one mobile pantry location.Before the pandemic, Ginette Bott, president and CEO of the nonprofit, had never seen anything like that.“It breaks my heart,” she said. “...
  
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• This is where you can donate food, time or money in Utah to help those experiencing hunger

  01-01-2021 21:51
  
  A growing numbers of Utahns are going without food — one of the many impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.There are several nonprofits in the state that are trying to address the need. Here are the places that welcome your help:Local school districtsSchool districts have taken the lead in distributing food to families in need. Most have separate foundations that support philanthropic efforts. The Granite Education Foundation, for instance, helps run the pantries in Granite School District.
  
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• Roger Fragua and Ted Roosevelt V: The Buffalo Way is a model to heal a divided nation

  01-01-2021 20:00
  
  The American bison, our national mammal, embodies what is most beautiful and inspiring about our country: community, courage, compassion, strength.Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation, once observed, “Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it — and gets through it quicker. Whenever I’m confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment, I become the buffalo.”As a nation we need to face today’s tumultuous
  
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• Utah Jazz’s offense struggles again in loss to Phoenix Suns, but they say all the necessary fixes are already in place

  01-01-2021 19:37
  
  That beautiful offense from the opener in Portland seems so long ago already, doesn’t it?The questions is, what’s become of the Utah Jazz’s ability to generate open looks, to strike the right balance between attacking the rim and firing up 3s? What happened to the offensive megastar that Donovan Mitchell became in the bubble? And where has Bojan Bogdanovic’s shot inexplicably disappeared to?There weren’t really any easy answers to any of those questions in the Utah
  
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• The Triple Team: Utah Jazz show a variety of defensive mistakes in home loss to Suns

  01-01-2021 19:35
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 106-95 loss to the Phoenix Suns from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Players just floating defensivelyHere’s an instruction I didn’t think I’d have to make to an NBA defense: Unless you have a good reason not to, you should guard your man.Cam Johnson’s NBA skill is to shoot. So why is Bojan Bogdanovic giving him 15 feet of space one pass away?Here, Donovan Mitchell doesn’t want to foul Chris Paul, which I get
  
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• Thousands of Utah kids are going hungry during pandemic

  01-01-2021 18:54
  
  Editor’s note • Through a grant from the Walton Family Foundation, The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting in-depth on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education.Kajsa can measure the impact the pandemic has had on her family by looking in her kitchen cupboard.The shelves were filled when the coronavirus first hit Utah. And then March arrived, and Kajsa’s husband was laid off from his software job.The Salt Lake City couple and their children ate the last of the chicken noodle
  
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• Blake Moore takes a pay cut to join Congress while Burgess Owens nearly triples his wages

  01-01-2021 17:52
  
  Rank-and-file members of Congress are paid an annual salary of $174,000. When Rep.-elect Blake Moore, R-Utah, is sworn into office office Sunday, the 40-year-old management consultant will take a pay cut.But Utah’s other incoming freshman, Burgess Owens, a 69-year-old former NFL player who made money by running a charity and giving speeches, will nearly triple his salary.That’s according to personal financial forms that the pair filed with Congress, plus additional information that M
  
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• Note to readers: Today we make a historic transition

  01-01-2021 17:23
  
  We’re eager to share the first weekend edition of The Salt Lake Tribune with you.This date has been circled on our calendars for many months.As we look forward to a new year that we hope brings health and prosperity to our commnities, The Tribune also is celebrating a transition.We broke new ground in 2020 when we officially became a nonprofit news organization. As a 501(c)(3), we are now community supported and community owned.And yet today and for the first time in decades, we stand alon
  
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• Marina Gomberg: Pixar’s ‘Soul’ changed how we view our lives. It might change you, too.

  01-01-2021 16:57
  
  Well, Pixar has done it again. Those liars. They say they’re serving up a charming animated film for entertainment, but actually deliver some super subversive life-affirming epiphanies. We saw it with “Inside Out” and we’re seeing it again with their Christmas release of the movie “Soul.”It’s absolute false advertising.And I’m 100% here for it. Fool us again, you brilliant artists.Especially because this time, it changed my wife, Elenor’s per
  
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• Gregory A. Clark: We can change the world for ourselves and others

  01-01-2021 15:00
  
  Happy New Year! Or is it?Truth be told, our yin-yang brains are wired not only to seek novelty — but also to reject it.It’s a brave new world — but also a dangerous one. Both competing thrusts make sense. As any parent can attest, a kid’s natural first reaction to almost any new food is to spit it out: “That’s disgusting!” As literally it is: “Dis” = bad and “gustus” = taste. So we stick out our tongues and eject the new, suspicio
  
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• Robert Kirby: Raise a glass to 2020 — bad to the last drop

  01-01-2021 14:00
  
  As the worst year in recent memory closed out, my wife and I differed about how bad things had actually been during 2020.She said it wasn’t so bad. I insisted that it was awful. I ran through a short list of all the misery we had been through — family deaths, disease, high winds, shortages, earthquakes, riots, bombings, politics, shootings, etc.I demanded to know exactly what made 2020 not so bad in her eyes. Her answer hurt my meager feelings.“You fell off the ladder in the ga
  
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• RSL agrees to terms with Rubio Rubín

  01-01-2021 08:31
  
  Real Salt Lake has made its first acquisition of the offseason.RSL has agreed to terms with former U.S. Men’s National team player Rubio Rubín, The Salt Lake Tribune confirmed. The deal was first reported by SBI Soccer.Rubín will occupy a senior roster spot, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Tribune. RSL will not use any targeted allocation money to pay his salary, the person said.Rubín, 24, most recently played in the United Soccer League Championship
  
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• President in the pews: Where will Biden worship in Washington?

  01-01-2021 06:54
  
  Wilmington, Del. • His motorcade thunders around Delaware, snarling traffic. Everywhere he goes, a security team envelops him and a pack of journalists trails behind.Yet President-elect Joe Biden enters his church, St. Joseph on the Brandywine, with startlingly little interruption.Wearing a dark suit and medical mask, Biden slipped into a polished wooden pew near the back of the sanctuary for a recent Saturday evening Catholic Mass. He was one of about 40 worshippers with attendance limited
  
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• Electric bills to drop slightly in Utah in 2021

  01-01-2021 06:48
  
  Electric bills will go down slightly starting in January following new agreements between Rocky Mountain Power and the Utah Public Service Commission, as well as recent federal tax refunds.Rates will drop about 0.7%, Rocky Mountain Power announced in a news statement Thursday.The decision reflects a “commitment to keep bills low while still expanding access to clean, low-cost and sustainable energy for the customers and communities we serve,” Gary Hoogeveen, president and CEO of Rock
  
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• Man dies after being hit by train in Lehi

  01-01-2021 06:34
  
  A man died Thursday night after he was hit by a FrontRunner train in Lehi.The man, 35, was on the tracks near 300 North and 500 West at about 6 p.m. when a southbound train struck him, according to reports from FOX 13 and the Utah Transit Authority.Buses were taking train passengers between American Fork and Lehi, UTA reported. Delays were likely north of Lehi and south of American Fork, UTA reported.Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune and FOX 13 are content-sharing partners.
  
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• Kenneth L. Woodward: When worship becomes entertainment is it really essential?

  01-01-2021 06:22
  
  The coronavirus restrictions placed on houses of worship by the state of New York — which the Supreme Court blocked in a recent 5-4 decision — is back under consideration by the second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Meanwhile, the pandemic continues to record gruesome new highs.How should Christians react?Although religious freedom under the First Amendment is the issue that commanded the Supreme Court’s attention, the emotion fueling the underlying conflict recalls Yale Law Pr
  
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• Utah’s Alfonso Plummer had a hot start at UCLA, but cooling off later shows there’s still more to work on

  01-01-2021 04:40
  
  In a scene reminiscent of his 35-point performance at the Pac-12 Tournament last season, Alfonso Plummer was on fire for the University of Utah early in a 72-70 New Year’s Eve loss at UCLA.The Utes led, 16-4, at the first half’s under-16 media timeout. Plummer, who finished with 22 points, had 14 of those first 16 for the Utes, shooting 5-for-5 from the floor and 4-for-4 from 3-point range. He pulled up in rhythm with the ball in his hands, he came off curl screens with confidence. H
  
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• Utah state parks to increase prices of annual passes

  01-01-2021 04:11
  
  If you want to get out into nature in 2021 by visiting a Utah state park like Antelope Island or Kodachrome Basin, you’ll have to pay a little more for an annual pass.Regular passes for Utah residents will cost $100 starting Friday, up from $75. And senior passes will rise from $30 to $50. The increase is the first in 25 years.“Money generated by these fees will be spent on maintaining visitors’ access to the best possible outdoor facilities and experiences,” park officia
  
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• Justin Bean, Brock Miller lift Utah State over Air Force, 83-48

  01-01-2021 01:53
  
  Colorado Springs, Colo. •Justin Bean had 15 points to lead five Utah State players in double figures as the Aggies rolled past AirForce 83-48 on Thursday at Cadet Field House.Brock Miller added a season-high 14 points for theAggies (6-3, 3-0 Mountain West Conference). Marco Anthony chipped in 12with six assists and, Steven Ashworth and Neemias Queta scored 10 apiece. Anthony also had six assists.“I thought it was a very good win for the Aggies,” said USU coach Craig Smith. &ldqu
  
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• ‘We went crazy every time he touched the ball.’ How Ty Jordan’s deep football roots in Texas led him to Utah

  01-01-2021 01:25
  
  Before Ty Jordan died on Christmas night from what has initially been ruled as an accidental gunshot wound, his mother, Tiffany Jordan, was sick for a long time.Diagnosed with lung cancer on Dec. 28, 2018, followed by a bone cancer diagnosis less than two weeks later, the illnesses had gotten to the point of Stage 4 by late 2019 and her health began to deteriorate as 2020 unfolded.As things worsened in 2020, Jordan went to the coaches and mentors at Dallas-based True Buzz Athletics and asked the
  
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• Jana Riess: Hollywood loves the Mormon afterlife

  01-01-2021 01:13
  
  This week, I was reminded of how the richness of Mormon theology can bubble up in unexpected places — in this case, the new Pixar movie “Soul.”Tag line: Hollywood creations like “Soul,” “Coco” and the television show “The Good Place” are reminders that core Mormon ideas are alive in the popular imagination about the afterlife — and the “before life.”I don’t want to give away the plot of “Soul,” since it&rsq
  
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• Look back at a momentous 2020 on this week’s ‘Behind the Headlines’

  01-01-2021 00:56
  
  Utah in 2020 will be forever defined by the coronavirus pandemic. But it was also a year of protest and social upheaval, of a contentious, divisive election, of an earthquake, a windstorm, an impeachment trial and even a mysterious monolith.At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune senior managing editor Matt Canham, managing editor David Noyce, government and politics editor Dan Harrie and reporter Andy Larsen join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the year’s top stories. Every Frid
  
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• Tribune will resume print publication Sunday

  01-01-2021 00:55
  
  The last daily print edition of The Salt Lake Tribune has been delivered to homes throughout the state.Starting on Sunday, we will transition to a weekend edition that will be home-delivered to most subscribers. Read our big investigations. Check out the Bagley cartoon. Do the crossword.It won’t be exactly the same. And we hope you think it is better. We are proud of our new weekly edition, which will be more robust. The first section will be all local news and a separate section will cove
  
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• Utah sets new daily record for COVID-19 cases, as officials warn of a post-Christmas surge

  01-01-2021 00:43
  
  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.Utah saw another 4,672 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday — a one-day record for Utah, which Gov.-elect Spencer Cox said could indicate the state will end 2020 and start 2021 with a post-Christmas coronavirus surge.For the past week
  
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• Woman seeks owner of wedding ring lost at Snowbird ski area 35 years ago

  01-01-2021 00:37
  
  While watching a news program about divers recovering lost artifacts from the depths of the ocean, Marianne Price felt a call to action.She, too, knew the location of a treasure, and she didn’t need to go deep-sea diving to find it. She needed only to fish it out of the depths of the small jewelry box in her bedroom.The real detective work will be in finding the owner of the pretty gold wedding ring — the person who lost it in the Snowbird parking lot close to 35 years ago.“It&
  
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