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• Govt. triples daily number of hikers allowed at The Wave in southern Utah

  11-01-2021 23:55
  
  Outdoor enthusiasts and landscape photographers hoping to land one of the elusive permits needed to explore the colorful, contoured landscape of a U.S. Southwestern hike called The Wave will now have a better chance under a new plan announced Monday that allows more than three times the previous number of daily visitors.The plan takes effect Feb. 1 and will allow as many as 64 people per day to hike the popular rock formation near the Utah-Arizona border — up from the previous limit of 20
  
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• Former West High principal gets one year suspension after driving drunk students home

  11-01-2021 23:55
  
  The former principal of West High — who lost his job after driving home two female students found intoxicated on school grounds — will have his educator’s license suspended for one year.The discipline for Ford White comes more than a year after the November 2019 incident that garnered statewide attention. White challenged his termination at the time, including filing a complaint over how he was treated with the Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission, which investigates
  
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• American Fork police search for missing woman

  11-01-2021 23:47
  
  American Fork police are looking for a missing woman who they believe could be in danger. Kylee Marie Hreinson, 30, was last seen in American Fork on Jan. 3, and police believe she is now in the Salt Lake City area.Hreinson is a white woman with long, dark hair and brown eyes. She is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds, and was last seen wearing dark clothing. Her ears are pierced and she has a small loop high on her right ear.In a statement, the American Fork Police Department sai
  
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• Utah bombing range may be named for former Rep. Rob Bishop

  11-01-2021 23:05
  
  Most former Utah members of Congress just have a routine highway, office building or courthouse named after them. But just-retired Rep. Rob Bishop may soon have the unique honor of seeing a bombing range carry his name.Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, introduced legislation Monday that would rename the Utah Test and Training Range in Utah’s West Desert as the “Bishop Utah Test and Training Range.”“Throughout his time in Congress, Mr. Bishop was a strong and consistent advocate
  
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• George Pyle: Stewart and Owens must go. And take Trump with them.

  11-01-2021 23:00
  
  “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the
  
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• Here is Utah’s plan to start vaccinating teachers

  11-01-2021 22:56
  
  The first vaccinations for Utah teachers and staff will start late next week — a welcome and landmark step in responding to the pandemic here where most K-12 schools have remained open.The doses will be limited to a few thousand statewide after some earlier shipment delays. But Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday that the availability will increase quickly in the coming weeks.“We will vaccinate as many teachers as we can,” he said during a broadcast news conference.He has asked that t
  
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• Utah football picks up Oklahoma running back T.J. Pledger from the transfer portal

  11-01-2021 22:42
  
  Life has to move on at some point.The University of Utah has a depth issue at running back, so it began taking care of it on Monday afternoon by picking up a commitment from Oklahoma transfer T.J. Pledger.Pledger rushed for 451 yards and five touchdowns on just 95 attempts in 2020 as a junior, but it became clear during the season that sophomore Rhamondre Stevenson (665 rushing yards, 876 all-purpose yards) would be the No. 1 option out of the Sooners backfield, so Pledger went looking for a fre
  
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• Drive a lot? Here’s why you’re going to pay more to use Utah roads.

  11-01-2021 22:00
  
  Utah is among states conducting early experiments on how to replace what they see as an increasingly broken gasoline tax system with a “road user charge” where drivers pay a fee for each mile they drive as a means to fund roads.Also, Utah may soon charge drivers more — through both varying tolls and the new road user charge — to use crowded stretches at peak times, such as in Big and Little Cottonwood canyons on popular ski days. That may reduce congestion by pushing peop
  
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• Doug Pederson is out as Eagles coach

  11-01-2021 21:57
  
  Philadelphia • The Philadelphia Eagles have fired coach Doug Pederson, less than three years after he led them to the franchise’s only Super Bowl title.Pederson was 42-37-1 in five seasons. He led the Eagles to two division titles and three playoff appearances before going 4-11-1 in 2020.Pederson met with owner Jeffrey Lurie last week and again Monday. “We are all very disappointed with the way our season went and eager to turn things around, not just for next season but also fo
  
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• Letter: We see how Black and white people are treated differently

  11-01-2021 21:53
  
  I am writing this letter to talk about the events that happened Jan. 6, Donald Trump’s supporters storming and vandalizing the U.S. Capitol.My point is how there were barely any police officers there to stop them. The security guards weren’t doing anything to stop them either. If those protesters had been Black or brown people, there would have been a lot more police. Even if it started off peacefully and escalated, there would have been a lot more violence with the citizens and the
  
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• Utah cruises ahead with future plans to replace gas tax with a per-mile fee

  11-01-2021 21:32
  
  Utah is among states conducting early experiments on how to replace what they see as an increasingly broken gasoline tax system with a “road user charge” where drivers pay a fee for each mile they drive as a means to fund roads.Also, Utah may soon charge drivers more — through both varying tolls and the new road user charge — to use crowded stretches at peak times, such as in Big and Little Cottonwood canyons on popular ski days. That may reduce congestion by pushing peop
  
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• COVID-19 positivity rate remains high in Utah

  11-01-2021 21:22
  
  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.For the second day in a row, the Utah Department of Health reported four new deaths from the COVID-19 virus, a lower daily tally than last week. But the rate of positive tests remains high — nearly a third of those tested on Sunday
  
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• Momentum for tax cuts building ahead of 2021 legislature

  11-01-2021 21:11
  
  Utah leaders are feeling bullish about the economy heading into the 2021 session, which means they’re talking about tax cuts.Utah’s economy is rebounding from the coronavirus pandemic at a much quicker rate than elected leaders anticipated when they cut nearly $1 billion from the budget in the face of a worsening economic picture last year. Sales tax revenue is higher than projected, mostly because Utahns are shopping online more because of the pandemic. Income tax collections are al
  
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• Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate

  11-01-2021 21:09
  
  Billings, Mont. • In the closing months of the Trump administration, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years and undercut President-elect Joe Biden’s plans to curb new drilling because of climate change, according to public records and industry analysts.An Associated Press analysis of government data shows the permit stockpiling has centered on oil-rich federal lands in New Mexico and Wyoming. It accelerated during the
  
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• Julia C.S. Vernon: It is time for Christians who supported Trump to repent

  11-01-2021 20:30
  
  In the course of more than three decades as a crisis chaplain, I have encountered a lot of blasphemy. It didn’t usually upset me, as it was often coming from the lips of people in massive suffering. But now.In the surging mass of violent people who breached our nation’s Capitol, some people carried bright yellow signs and flags reading “Jesus,” “Jesus saves,” and “What Would Jesus Do?” The words G-- d--- pale beside the blasphemy of those words &nd
  
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• Mitt Romney: ‘There must be a meaningful consequence’ for Trump inciting Capitol attack

  11-01-2021 19:37
  
  As Congress moved Monday toward a second impeachment of President Donald Trump or otherwise removing or censuring him, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said that Trump must face a “meaningful consequence” for helping to incite a riot at the Capitol.“When the president incites an attack against Congress, there must be a meaningful consequence,” Romney said in a short written statement. “We will be considering those options and thebest course for our nation in the days ahead.&rd
  
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• Utah Rep. Blake Moore: Ousting Trump ‘would only divide us even further’

  11-01-2021 19:19
  
  As Congress moved Monday toward a second impeachment of President Donald Trump or otherwise removing or censuring him, freshman Utah Republican Rep. Blake Moore became the first of the state’s six members to speak on the issue.He said such moves would only further divide America.“I look forward to a peaceful transition of power and having a productive relationship with President-elect Biden and his administration,” Moore said in a written statement. “At a time when our na
  
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• Gov. Spencer Cox unveils his first budget plan, ringing in at nearly $22B

  11-01-2021 18:11
  
  Utah Gov. Spencer Cox was expected to present his first budget proposal — which has an emphasis on rural economic development and pandemic relief — from his new rural office at Southern Utah University Monday morning.He was also expected to sign two executive orders and make an announcement about Cedar Breaks National Monument.As part of the $21.7 billion budget, Cox has proposed that $250 million be set aside as part of the state’s pandemic response in an effort to backstop an
  
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• Utah gymnastics will not have fans at the Huntsman Center in 2021, marking another lost revenue stream

  11-01-2021 18:10
  
  The University of Utah gymnastics team is not going to have fans at its home meets this winter, and that is going to cost the athletic department six figures in revenue.In an email sent to gymnastics season-ticket holders on Sunday afternoon, which has been obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune, the fact no fans will be allowed at the Huntsman Center is outlined, citing Pac-12 COVID-19 protocols across all sports.The Pac-12 on Monday morning updated its policy on fan attendance in all sports, extend
  
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• Jennifer Senior: The narcissist in chief brings it all down

  11-01-2021 18:00
  
  Our president has never been a very stable man. But I’m trying to think of what threshold of loco he had to clear in order for one of his senior advisers to confide in my colleague Maggie Haberman that Donald J. Trump “lost it” on the day of the insurrection.Or for an administration official to describe him as “a total monster” to The Washington Post the next day.Or for Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a member of Trump’s own party, to call for the Cabinet and the vice pr
  
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• Pope says women can read at Mass, but still can’t be priests

  11-01-2021 17:46
  
  Rome • Pope Francis changed church law Monday to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, granting them access to the most sacred place on the altar, while continuing to affirm that they cannot be priests.Francis amended the law to formalize and institutionalize what is common practice in many parts of the world: Women can be installed as lectors, to read Scripture, and serve on the altar as eucharistic ministers. Previously, such roles were officially reserved to men even thou
  
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• RSL trades Corey Baird to LAFC for allocation money and an international roster spot

  11-01-2021 17:39
  
  Real Salt Lake is moving on from one of the players it has signed to a long-term contract in the past year.RSL on Monday announced it traded forward Corey Baird to LAFC in exchange for $500,000 in general allocation money, an international roster spot and the potential for future allocation money. The GAM will be distributed across the 2021 and 2022 seasons, while the international spot is for 2021. The future allocation money is contingent Baird meeting certain performance thresholds.RSL genera
  
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• Feeling lucky? Utah’s annual drawing for Pappy Van Winkle liquor is now underway.

  11-01-2021 17:01
  
  The state drawing for Pappy Van Winkle bourbon has officially launched on the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control website.Utahns who want a chance to buy the rare liquor at a more affordable price than anywhere else in the country have until Jan. 18 register. Once the drawing closes, a computer will randomly select the winning names.Utah received 181 bottles of Pappy Van Winkle products this year, including two bottles of the company’s highly prized 23-year aged spirit; four of i
  
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• Charles M. Blow: Trump’s lackeys must also be punished

  11-01-2021 16:25
  
  Never trust politicians. They are craven. It’s an occupational attribute.Sure, there are some who are good people, tell the truth most of the time and chose careers in politics for the right reason — public service rather than personal aggrandizement.But, politics as a genre is about power, and power corrupts.The higher up the political ladder a politician climbs, generally speaking, the more vicious they have likely had to be and the more viciousness they have had to endure. Also, t
  
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• Exclusive: Why police resignations have spiked in Salt Lake City and what happens next

  11-01-2021 15:24
  
  Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting important local journalism.After a year of protests, hiring freezes, a pandemic and rising crime, nearly 60 officers left the Salt Lake City Police Department.And the majority of them quit.Some cited mental health issues, burnout and a loss of respect as their reasons for leaving, according to interviews and resignation letters obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune through a public reco
  
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• From expensive dinners to pricey hotels: How Utah lawmakers spend donors’ contributions

  11-01-2021 15:14
  
  Editor’s note • This is the second installment of a two-part story from The Salt Lake Tribune examining campaign finance in Utah and is exclusive to subscribers. Part 1 explores issues of limited oversight and poor record-keeping.Utah’s part-time state lawmakers, who earn $12,825 plus benefits during the grueling 45-day legislative session, often say they aren’t in public service for the money.That sum, though, doesn’t take into account the tens of thousands of campa
  
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• Utah is suing a California city over its coal ban

  11-01-2021 15:11
  
  Utah has fully joined the latest round of lawsuits over exporting coal through West Coast ports, this one brought by Utah coal-producer Wolverine Fuels fighting one city’s coal ban that threatens to disrupt an export program that helps keep Utah mines churning.The ordinance passed last year by the Richmond City Council triggers a three-year phaseout on the shipping of coal and an oil-refining byproduct called petcoke through Levin-Richmond Terminal, on the San Francisco Bay. This move will
  
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• Karen L. Cox: What Trump shares with the ‘Lost Cause’ of the Confederacy

  11-01-2021 15:00
  
  Wednesday morning, President Trump urged a crowd of supporters who showed up in Washington, D.C., to “walk down to the Capitol” and protest the certification of the election taking place nearby on Pennsylvania Avenue. A few hours later, he stood in the White House Rose Garden to deliver a different message after members of this same group — who carried flags bearing his name — stormed the Capitol, brawled with Capitol Police and breached both chambers of Congress. Trump r
  
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• As drought continues, Utah’s water outlook gets bleaker

  11-01-2021 15:00
  
  Already in the grip of a stubborn drought, Utah is facing a bleak water year with snow accumulations far below normal for this point in the winter and not much incoming precipitation on the horizon.Compounding the impact of nine straight months of dry weather is the depleted state of reservoirs and historic lack of moisture in the soils, according to the state’s latest water surveys.“Utah’s extremely dry soils and low antecedent streamflow means that we will need a well above-a
  
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• Robert Gehrke: How an election in Georgia put Utah in a spot it hasn’t been in 100 years

  11-01-2021 14:00
  
  Lost in the turmoil of the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was the pair of Democratic victories in Georgia with Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff flipping not just two seats, but control of the U.S. Senate.It means that for at least the next two years, Democrats will be in charge of the House, Senate and the White House and leaving Utah, without a Democrat in its delegation, on the outside looking in to an extent we have not seen in more than 100 years.The last time the state was this politic
  
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• Letter: Trump is not above the law

  11-01-2021 14:00
  
  Even with our political divisions being what they currently are, there is one ideal upon which Republicans and Democrats should be able to agree: Our democracy requires equality under the law.No person, including the president of the United States, should be able to commit crimes with impunity, cloaked in a protective armor of wealth, status or political office.Two of Trump’s recent actions have caused lawmakers to consider whether he should be held accountable. First, Trump’s recent
  
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• Letter: Thanks for words of support for Trump

  11-01-2021 14:00
  
  Thank you, Kenneth Bond, for your letter to The Public Forum in regard to the hatred and vitriolic comments by the public and the editorial staff. It was about time something has been published on the positive side about how much Donald Trump has done.I didn’t believe it would ever happen. Seemed like all I ever read was negative stuff.Also thanks to Alexandra Ziesler for her Jan. 3 commentary. It takes courage to write about the other side of the very unusual and extreme, yes, Trump&rsquo
  
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• Letter: Some members of Congress should be expelled

  11-01-2021 14:00
  
  To Sen. Mitt Romney,I and millions of other Americans listened to your words in addressing the U.S. Senate after the horrific events of Jan. 6. You have sworn an oath to the United States of America and our sacred Constitution. Please read the following:Under the United States Constitution and congressional practice, members of Congress may have their services ended prior to the normal expiration of their constitutionally established terms of office by their resignation or death, or by action of
  
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• Letter: Romney heckled by schoolyard bullies

  11-01-2021 14:00
  
  Before the horrific events of Jan. 6 rolled out, my husband started playing the YouTube video of the airplane passengers heckling Sen. Mitt Romney on his flight from Salt Lake City to Washington, D.C.In nauseated disbelief, I asked him to stop the video. I could not watch or listen.As a pediatrician, now retired, I saw patients with disheartening frequency who were traumatized by bullies at school, and to hear adults behave no better than the schoolyard bully was simply sickening and discouragin
  
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• Letter: Public transit is often impractical

  11-01-2021 14:00
  
  I would like to respond to George Chapman’s Dec. 25 commentary, “Government shouldn’t look for excuses to spend money.”Although I like the idea of expanding public transit, it needs to be done more surgically. Typically the buses and trains work well for commuters to and from a workplace or business.If a patron needs to carry large or many items, then public transportation is impractical. Many people run errands to shop either for food, clothing or household items. Trips
  
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• Browns stun Steelers early, hold on for 48-37 playoff victory

  11-01-2021 09:03
  
  Cleveland Browns defensive end Porter Gustin (97) comes down with an interception with Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Chukwuma Okorafor (76) defending during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Don Wright) (Don Wright/)Pittsburgh • So much for the weight of history. Or practicing. Or having your head coach on the sideline. Or an emotional leader on the field.The Cleveland Browns overcame all of it. The burden of car
  
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• Pelosi says House will impeach Trump, pushes Vice President Mike Pence to oust him

  11-01-2021 05:08
  
  Washington • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump as she pushes the vice president and the Cabinet to invoke constitutional authority force him out, warning that Trump is a threat to democracy after the deadly assault on the Capitol.The House action could start as soon as Monday as pressure increases on Trump to step aside. A Republican senator, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, joined Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Al
  
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• Bystanders save Salt Lake City police officer from fiery crash

  11-01-2021 03:01
  
  An unconscious Salt Lake City police officer was saved from serious injury or death on Saturday when two bystanders pulled him out of his car after a crash, according to Sgt. Keith Horrocks.Horrocks said the crash happened around 4 a.m. at the intersection of 600 South and 200 West. A commercial truck ran a red light and hit the officer’s police car, Horrocks said. The officer was knocked unconscious and his car caught fire.Two employees at the Motel 6 at that intersection helped the offic
  
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• ‘We could have avoided that’: What went wrong with the offense in the Utah Jazz’s 96-86 win in Detroit

  11-01-2021 02:12
  
  As the Utah Jazz wrapped up their abysmal third quarter Sunday in Detroit — one which saw them shoot 6 for 20 overall, 0 for 7 from deep, commit six turnovers, and watch a 17-point lead get trimmed to six as a result — the cameras captured head coach Quin Snyder tossing his whiteboard into the team huddle on the endline, then walking back to take a seat on the bench.His parting message?“‘There’s nothing on the clipboard, X’s and O’s-wise, that is going t
  
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• No. 9 UCLA defeats Utah women’s basketball team 92-67

  11-01-2021 01:25
  
  Los Angeles • Natalie Chou scored a career-high 28 points and No. 9 UCLA rolled to a 92-67 victory over Utah on Sunday.Chou was 11 of 14 from the field, including four 3-pointers. Her previous high point mark was 22 in 2017 while playing for Baylor. The senior forward had 13 points during the first quarter as the Bruins led 36-15 on the strength of eight 3-pointers.“It is really cool to see her play freely,” said Charisma Osborne, who had 22 points and eight assists. “It f
  
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• Pelosi says House ‘will proceed’ to impeachment of Trump

  11-01-2021 01:09
  
  Washington • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump, calling him a threat to democracy after the deadly assault on the Capitol.Pelosi made the announcement in a letter to colleagues. She said the House will act with solemnity but also urgency with just days remaining before Trump is to leave office on Jan. 20.“In protecting our Constitution and our Democracy, we will act with urgency, because this President repr
  
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• The Triple Team: Jazz defense holds strong vs. Pistons; evaluating the struggles of Bogdanovic and Griffin

  11-01-2021 00:56
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 96-86 win over the Detroit Pistons from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Jazz defense carries the dayYou know, it was nice to see the Jazz get an old-school, defense-first win, evocative of the way they played during the middle-late 2010s. I know that’s not a terrific Pistons offense, but that’s two teams in a row that the Jazz have held to well below their normal scoring efficiency.I thought that the Jazz set the tone early de
  
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• Police arrest man in connection with fatal Salt Lake City shooting

  11-01-2021 00:30
  
  One man died and another has been arrested after a shooting in Salt Lake City early Saturday morning, according to police officers.Salt Lake City Police Department Sgt. Keith Horrocks said officers were called to 1100 West and California Avenue in Glendale around 2 a.m. after neighbors reported hearing gunshots. Police found a man lying in a driveway with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital but died of his wounds.The victim was later identified as 28-year-old Emilio Salazar.On Saturday a
  
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• Early thoughts from the Utah Jazz’s 96-86 win in Detroit

  11-01-2021 00:07
  
  For a time on Sunday, it looked like the Utah Jazz were set to put together back-to-back game-long good performances for the first time all season.And then the second half happened.The Jazz still escaped Detroit with a 96-86 win, but it once again left a lot to be desired. Here are some early thoughts and observations from the Sunday matinee:Consistently inconsistentFor the bulk of the first half, the Jazz were doing pretty much what they wanted to, and what coach Quin Snyder wanted them to &mda
  
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