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• Price police issue Amber Alert for woman and baby

  14-01-2021 23:30
  
  Police in Price have issued an Amber Alert for a woman accused of driving off with an infant Thursday.Law enforcement officers are asking Utahns to look out for a red Volkswagen Jetta GIs, with Utah license plate 2G4WZ.The suspect is identified as Jaqueline Gardner. She is 5-foot-8, 165 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes.Police say Gardner is driving with an infant, Valley Lorane Turner, who is described as 21 inches long, 7 pounds, with blonde hair and brown eyes.The Amber Alert was issued
  
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• Price police issue Amber Alert issued for woman and baby

  14-01-2021 23:04
  
  Police in Price have issued an Amber Alert for a woman accused of driving off with an infant Thursday.Law enforcement officers are asking Utahns to look out for a red Volkswagen Jetta GIs, with Utah license plate 2G4WZ.The suspect is identified as Jaqueline Gardner. She is 5-foot-8, 165 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes.Police say Gardner is driving with an infant, Valley Lorane Turner, who is described as 21 inches long, 7 pounds, with blonde hair and brown eyes.The Amber Alert was issued
  
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• Eye on the Y: BYU-Saint Mary’s game is a reminder of how long this pandemic has run — and how far we’ve come

  14-01-2021 23:04
  
  I have a thought for y’all: the last time BYU basketball went up against Saint Mary’s was just before the world ended.Well, that’s a little dramatic, but it was just a few days before the pandemic was declared and the nation was essentially shut down. And while the last 10 months have all blurred together and we’re still not on the other side of this thing, the Cougars are in a completely different place than the last time they played the Gaels.The last time both programs
  
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• Arizona man says LDS church threatened expulsion for abuse report

  14-01-2021 22:42
  
  Phoenix • An Arizona man is claiming he was sexually abused as a Boy Scout and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints threatened ex-communication when he tried to report it 45 years ago.Attorneys for the man announced a lawsuit Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix against the church, the Grand Canyon Council of the Boy Scouts of America, a scoutmaster, a scout and church leader and Bishop Floyd Dean Davis.“The level of negligence in our plaintiff’s
  
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• Red All Over: Devin Lloyd’s return finishes Utah football’s major offseason business. Can the Utes contend in 2021?

  14-01-2021 22:09
  
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering Utah athletics. Subscribe here.On Saturday at 5:20 p.m., Devin Lloyd tweeted out a 21-second highlight video from the shortened 2020 football season, and slapped a caption on it that read, “One Last Ride.”Lloyd, a University of Utah redshirt junior linebacker and a finalist for last season’s Butkus Award, will return to Salt Lake City in 2021 as a redshirt junior. With that, all of the Utes’ major offseason business should now
  
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• Trump impeachment, vaccine glitches and a intriguing drug case on this week’s ‘Behind the Headlines’

  14-01-2021 22:07
  
  Utah’s all-GOP House delegation calls President Donald Trump’s second impeachment a mistake that will divide the nation. Huge demand for vaccines causes the Salt Lake County Health Department’s scheduling website to crash. And the CEO of a Utah pharmacy is charged with importing a controversial COVID-19 medication in falsely labeled shipments from an unapproved drug provider in China.At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Erin Alberty and Lee Davidson, along with edit
  
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• Despite voting no on impeachment, Utah Rep. John Curtis receives death threat from Trump supporters

  14-01-2021 22:07
  
  Even though Rep. John Curtis. R-Utah, voted against impeaching President Donald Trump this week, he still received a death threat Thursday for his earlier vote not to overturn the Electoral College vote count that finalized Joe Biden’s election victory.On MSNBC on Thursday, Curtis held up a paper that he said had just been taped to his office door. It pictures his face with the eyes covered by skulls and crossbones, a symbol of death.“Wanted for Treason!” it says. “For re
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: In wake of Capitol siege, retired Sen. Harry Reid says church needs to warn members about joining ‘fringe’ groups

  14-01-2021 21:50
  
  As it prepares to welcome a new president, the United States, a land of prophecy and promise to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, stands at a momentous moment.A defeated, disgraced and divisive president has become the first commander in chief to be impeached twice. A violent mob has desecrated the People’s House, eroding the very foundation of democracy. And, amid threats of more unrest, a shaken nation tiptoes into the future with as much trepidation as hope.One
  
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• Gov. Spencer Cox will keep age requirement at 70 for COVID-19 vaccine

  14-01-2021 21:41
  
  Utah will stick with giving the COVID-19 vaccine to people age 70 and older in the next round of vaccinations, Gov. Spencer Cox said Thursday — even with a new federal guideline to give shots to everyone 65 and older as soon as possible.“We don’t have enough vaccine assigned to the state of Utah right now to even cover those who are 70 years of age and over, over the next several weeks,” Cox said Thursday, during his weekly COVID-19 media briefing.Cox pointed out that 73%
  
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• Air carrier JSX begins seasonal flights in Salt Lake City, with small jets in private terminal

  14-01-2021 21:29
  
  JSX — an air carrier that flies 30-seat jets between private terminals — is beginning seasonal flights between Salt Lake City International Airport and Las Vegas and Burbank, Calif.The company announced that service on weekends during ski season begins on Jan. 28, with one-way flights starting at $198 to Burbank and $179 to Las Vegas.Booking online is available at jsx.com.Flights in Salt Lake City leave and arrive at Atlantic Aviation, 369 N. 2370 West.In Burbank, flights use the JSX
  
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• Watch: Gov. Spencer Cox says he will keep age requirement at 70 for COVID-19 vaccine

  14-01-2021 20:02
  
  In one week, Utah has essentially doubled the amount of COVID-19 vaccine it has distributed to residents, Gov. Spencer Cox said at a Thursday news briefing.It has now given 133,202 doses to Utahns, compared to 68,030 last week, he said.And due to strong demand from the groups currently eligible in Utah, the state will keep its current age requirement at 70, he said, rather than dropping to the 65 age limit suggested this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.“We have so ma
  
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• Utah reports another 11 COVID-19 deaths, but the rate of positive tests falls

  14-01-2021 19:55
  
  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’s rate of positive COVID-19 tests continues to fall — the state reported Thursday it was about 17%, and it was about about twice that last week.But the death toll continue to rise. Another 11 deaths were reported Thursda
  
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• Watch now: Gov. Spencer Cox’s weekly COVID-19 briefing.

  14-01-2021 19:31
  
  Gov. Spencer Cox is delivering his weekly COVID-19 media briefing Thursday at 11:30 a.m., streaming on Facebook Live.Among the speakers at Thursday’s briefing are: Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn, and Dave Hemmert, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development.
  
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• WAC adds Southern Utah and four other schools; will revive football at the FCS level in 2022

  14-01-2021 19:23
  
  Houston • Southern Utah made its move from the Big Sky Conference to the Western Athletic Conference official Thursday.The WAC announced it will add five new members, including the Thunderbirds, and revive football at the Football Championship Subdivision level in 2022.Four of the schools — Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston State and Stephen F. Austin — are in Texas and currently are members of the Southland Conference.The additions, including SUU, will create a 13-team conf
  
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• Gordon Monson: Barring hotel guests, playing Yellowstone Christian, wearing masks all part of sports’ ongoing battle with COVID-19

  14-01-2021 18:34
  
  NBA games are being postponed, a recent example — the Jazz-Wizardsroad-trip ender on Wednesday night, Utah instead heading home a nightearly because the Wizards couldn’t safely floor a team. …New stricter protocols have been put into place across the NBA to fight the spread of COVID-19, requiring, among other measures, players ontraveling teams to be penned up in their hotel rooms, unable to escapethe luxurious walls surrounding them, unable to leave the premises fornon-team a
  
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• Environmentalists move toward lawsuit over fuel break plan

  14-01-2021 18:26
  
  Reno, Nev. • Environmentalists have filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S government to block plans to build up to 11,000 miles of fuel breaks they contend would violate the Endangered Species Act in a misguided effort to slow the advance of wildfires in six Western states.Leaders of four conservation groups say the Bureau of Land Management’s project would be shielded from legitimate environmental review under last-minute moves by the outgoing Trump administration.They say the fuel
  
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• Tribal elders are dying of COVID-19, causing a cultural crisis for American Indians

  14-01-2021 18:25
  
  Standing Rock Reservation, N.D. • The virus took Grandma Delores first, silencing an 86-year-old voice that rang with Lakota songs and stories. Then it came for Uncle Ralph, a stoic Vietnam veteran. And just after Christmas, two more elders of the Taken Alive family were buried on the frozen North Dakota prairie: Jesse and Cheryl, husband and wife, who died a month apart.“It takes your breath away,” said Ira Taken Alive, the couple’s oldest son. “The amount of knowle
  
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• Delta Air Lines bans passengers who taunted Mitt Romney on flight

  14-01-2021 17:52
  
  Airline passengers who chanted “traitor” at Utah Sen. Mitt Romney last week during a flight from Salt Lake City to Washington, D.C., won’t be able to do that anymore — at least not on Delta Air Lines.It put them on its no-fly list.Delta CEO Ed Bastian told Reuters that it has banned passengers involved in incidents that targeted Romney and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.A video about the taunting of Romney went viral last week, but the twitter account used to post it initiall
  
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• AP source: Former Utah football coach Urban Meyer nearing deal to coach Jaguars

  14-01-2021 17:52
  
  Jacksonville, Fla. • A person familiar with the search says Urban Meyer and the Jacksonville Jaguars are “working toward finalizing” a deal to make him the team’s coach.The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity Thursday because an agreement was not yet in place. The person said it could be done soon.Meyer would be leaving the broadcast booth and returning to the sidelines after a two-year absence that followed another health scare.The 56-year-o
  
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• Shireen Ghorbani: Trump remains our greatest national security threat

  14-01-2021 17:30
  
  In September of 2018, I stood on the Utah Debate Commission stage as the Democratic candidate for Congress in Utah’s 2nd District and told Utahns and Rep. Chris Stewart that I believed Donald Trump was the greatest threat to our national security. Stewart immediately jumped to Trump’s defense in an attempt to belittle my response. It turns out, I was right.This last week, we watched an angry mob breach the United States Capitol and call for the lynching of Vice President Mike Pence a
  
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• Salt Lake County didn’t cancel vaccine appointments — that was a mistake

  14-01-2021 17:23
  
  After many older Salt Lake County residents struggled to register for COVID-19 vaccinations on Wednesday, some received emails telling them their appointments had been canceled. But that was a mistake.The county health department posted on social media that it “accidentally sent a cancellation notice to people scheduled for several vaccination events in late February. This notice was an error.”Late this evening, we accidentally sent a cancellation notice to people scheduled for sever
  
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• Can vaccinated people still spread COVID-19? Here’s what we know.

  14-01-2021 16:55
  
  We know the top vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are pretty effective at preventing people from feeling sick. That’s great, and certainly reason enough for everyone to get one.But while those vaccines are exceptionally good at preventing COVID-19 illness (90-95%), that’s not the same thing as preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission.This is the key question: Can a vaccinated person exposed to the virus pass it on to someone else?This question is extremely important for how the next few mon
  
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• Bunnie Keen: A way to make every American’s vote count

  14-01-2021 16:30
  
  Nobody should be embarrassed if they don’t really get how our system for electing presidents works. I made it to age 62 before it really sank in, and that was only after I put in some effort. That was also when, for the second time in my voting life, the candidate with the most votes, lost. Go figure.I’m assuming Utah state Rep. Kay J. Christofferson and Trent England, the authors of Thursday’s commentary supporting the way we currently elect presidents, have put in some effort
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Funding to help the homeless; prisoners get own district; women urge Trump’s removal

  14-01-2021 16:28
  
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this free newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.2020′s ups and downs
  (File photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
  Latter-day Saints in the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrate their temple in the capital of Kinshasa.Independent dem
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Time for Dixie State University to get a new name

  14-01-2021 15:32
  
  “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means”— Inigo Montoya, “The Princess Bride” 1987Alumni of Utah’s Dixie State University and the good people of the St. George area may well be sincere in their feeling that no offense is meant by the name of that public college and none should be taken. That the name is an homage to the history of their own region and nothing to do with the old nickname of the short-lived treasonous nation kn
  
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• Coaches On The Hot Seat – Western Conference

  14-01-2021 15:00 via basketballinsiders.com
  
  Basketball Insiders' newest series looks at which head coaches might be feeling the heat through the first few weeks of the 2020-21 NBA season.
  The post Coaches On The Hot Seat – Western Conference first appeared on Basketball Insiders | NBA Rumors And Basketball News.
  
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• Should Salt Lake City police increase diversity among trainers? Bolster crisis training? Racial equity panel wants residents to weigh in.

  14-01-2021 14:00
  
  Salt Lake City’s Commission on Racial Equity in Policing is moving forward with its evaluation and proposed reforms for local law enforcement.The City Council and Mayor Erin Mendenhall formed the commission in June following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police, and as multiple protests and demonstrations demanded police reform locally. The commission now serves as an advisory panel to examine the procedures, budget and culture of Salt Lake City Police Department.Tues
  
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• Salt Lake County keeps losing Latter-day Saints, and there are multiple theories as to why

  14-01-2021 14:00
  
  Editor’s note: This story is available to Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting important local journalism.For nearly 174 years, Salt Lake County has served as the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and home for most of its presidents and apostles. Early pioneers created it as a remote refuge from persecution.But now, for the third straight year, the raw number of church members in the county has dropped significantly — by 5,734 members, acco
  
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• Letter: We need to act now or lose it all

  14-01-2021 14:00
  
  It’s insane when you think about it. Our president, along with his Republican sycophants, allowed a mob of his violent, Nazi, racist, white supremacist supporters to storm and break into our Capitol building with the intention of overthrowing our government and we are debating whether or not we should impeach. Hmmm … let me think. Yes! Of course we should impeach! If we do not hold Trump, his Republican supporters and his rabid, violent followers accountable, we may as well just fac
  
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• Letter: How will returning to in-person school help quell the pandemic?

  14-01-2021 14:00
  
  Throughout this pandemic countless people have made sacrifices: health care workers, grocery store employees and even teachers. The teachers in the Salt Lake City School District had to train and learn about the ways of online learning. They put extra effort in finding a suitable way to safely learn during the pandemic and now the House Speaker, Brad Wilson, wants to punish the school district staff by preventing teachers from receiving a $1,500 bonus that all other educators in the state will r
  
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• Letter: Don’t overlook the virus

  14-01-2021 14:00
  
  It seems that the people of this country are forgetting the most important thing now happening in our world. The plague called COVID-19.As people run around hating each other, playing with guns and threatening anyone who does not agree with them, what are they doing for the threat of COVID-?  If all these people took their money, time, energy and support towards stopping COVID-19, we might win the battle against this terrible plague.  Yet, some people can not even be convinced that a m
  
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• Letter: A chance for Steward and Burgess to redeem themselves

  14-01-2021 14:00
  
  The recent mob assault on the U.S. Capitol was instigated by both President Trump and some 150 Republican members of Congress (including two from Utah – Chris Stewart and Burgess Owens), commonly referred to as “the Sedition Caucus.”Despite the deaths and injuries incurred in that Jan. 6 assault, Trump is now calling for another mass action, this one at state Capitols around the country on Jan. 17.  More bloodshed is expected, and here in Utah the governor has arranged for
  
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• Latter-day Saints are overrepresented in Utah’s Legislature, holding 9 of every 10 seats

  14-01-2021 14:00
  
  Mention the supermajority at the Utah Legislature and most will assume you’re referring to the overwhelming dominance of Republicans.But there’s an even more lopsided supermajority, one that some say wields even more influence than the GOP — though often in a more under-the-radar way.Eighty-nine of the 103 lawmakers to be seated Jan. 19 (with one current vacancy) are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That’s 86%. Utah’s population is 60% Lat
  
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• Joseph Smith Memorial Building now has a mini-temple of sorts so top LDS leaders can meet while iconic temple is closed

  14-01-2021 14:00
  
  For top Latter-day Saint leaders, the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in the heart of Salt Lake City has become a kind of mini-temple — or at least the eighth floor has.The governing First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have always had a spiritual space designated in the Salt Lake Temple for them to meet, make decisions, and pray for divine guidance for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Now that the iconic temple is closed for renovations, which are expected
  
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• Nicholas Kristof: Impeachment is a call for ‘moral clarity’

  14-01-2021 13:44
  
  President Donald Trump wanted to make history, and he has, plunging to new depths of ignominy. He has become the first president to be impeached twice.Yet 75% of Republican voters still said, in a Morning Consult/Politico poll released Wednesday, that they approved of his presidency. Trump remains the overwhelming favorite of Republicans for the 2024 GOP nomination, with 42% support, followed by Mike Pence, Donald Trump Jr. and Ted Cruz.As I was watching the impeachment debate and writing this c
  
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• Episode 10: ‘Real Housewives of SLC’ shows a glimpse of the life of Utah football coach Sharrieff Shah

  14-01-2021 05:00
  
  Who would have thought that Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” would give viewers a glimpse inside the life of a local sports icon? Episode 10 shows us some of the pain that former University of Utah football star — and current assistant coach — Sharrieff Shah has gone through.Sharrieff and JenThings are not great for the couple in the wake of the surprise birthday party Jen Shah threw Sharrieff in Episode 9 — which ended when Jen got drunk, got m
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 169 more coronavirus cases, 5 deaths

  14-01-2021 03:44
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation health officials on Wednesday reported 169 new COVID-19 cases and five more deaths from the coronavirus outbreak.The additional cases and deaths increased the pandemic’s totals for the tribe’s reservation to 25,746 cases and 879 known deaths.The number of infections is thought to be far higher than reported because many people have not been tested, and studies suggest people can be infected with the virus without feeling sick.The tribe’s
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Mr. Collegiality

  14-01-2021 02:52
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Jan. 14, 2021. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:An Elephant Never RegretsReal Bad NewsDon GoneMad HattersBeer Gut PutschMr. Cox Goes to Governin’Coup Coup for ConspiraciesAmerica’s EnemiesWe Are Still HereHell of a YearWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Utah demand for COVID-19 vaccine is ‘off the charts,’ as seekers overwhelm Salt Lake County’s online sign-up

  14-01-2021 02:11
  
  As seniors began to schedule their coronavirus vaccinations in a chaotic first day of registrations around the state, one pattern emerged: Demand for the vaccine is high.Salt Lake County filled all 25,000 of its appointments within hours of opening them to residents ages 70 and up — even after technical glitches crashed both the registration website and the county’s entire phone system on Wednesday morning.“Anyone who was attempting to get on this morning to get one of those pr
  
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• Utah’s all-GOP House delegation calls impeachment a mistake that will divide nation

  14-01-2021 02:04
  
  As the House impeached President Donald Trump for a second time on Wednesday for inciting violence that led to a mob storming the Capitol last week, Utah’s all-Republican House delegation called it a mistake that will divide the country and denies the president due process.Ten Republicans joined Democrats in passing the impeachment resolution 232-197.“The articles raise serious constitutional questions that deserve a full hearing and considerable debate, a lengthy task that will dela
  
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• Update: Utah’s all-GOP House delegation calls impeachment a mistake that will divide nation

  14-01-2021 01:30
  
  As the House impeached President Donald Trump for a second time on Wednesday for inciting violence that led to storming the Capitol last week, Utah’s all-Republican House delegation called it a mistake that will divide the country and denies the president due process.Ten Republicans joined Democrats in passing the impeachment resolution 232-197.“The articles raise serious constitutional questions that deserve a full hearing and considerable debate, a lengthy task that will delay the
  
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• Rare salt formations available for touring at Great Salt Lake

  14-01-2021 01:21
  
  Looking for an exciting outdoor activity? Want to learn about rare salt formations?If so, you’re in luck.Mirabilite mounds have returned to the Great Salt Lake. Great Salt Lake State Park rangers are leading tours of the mounds every half hour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 23 and 24. People who want to attend must book a slot in advance online. The tour costs $3 per person in addition to a $5 fee for vehicles entering the park.The mounds look like little terraces made of crystals. Some ar
  
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• Utah authorities gave ‘green light’ to CEO accused of illegally receiving coronavirus drug, his lawyer says

  14-01-2021 01:10
  
  A Utah pharmacist accused of illegally receiving a controversial coronavirus drug “had a green light from a lot of very prominent Utah authorities to do exactly what he did,” his defense attorney asserts.Dan Richards, founder and CEO of Draper-based Meds In Motion, has evidence that supports his account of what elected officials knew about how he obtained hydroxychloroquine, said defense attorney Greg Skordas.Richards was charged Monday with a federal misdemeanor for allegedly receiv
  
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• Update: Utah’s all-GOP delegation calls impeachment a mistake that will divide nation

  14-01-2021 00:44
  
  As the House impeached President Donald Trump for a second time on Wednesday for inciting violence that led to storming the Capitol last week, Utah’s all-Republican House delegation called it a mistake that will divide the country and denies the president due process.Ten Republicans joined Democrats in passing the impeachment resolution 232-197.“The articles raise serious constitutional questions that deserve a full hearing and considerable debate, a lengthy task that will delay the
  
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• AP source: James Harden headed to Nets in blockbuster 4-team deal

  14-01-2021 00:02
  
  Houston • James Harden is heading to Brooklyn, joining old teammate Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to give the Nets a potent trio of the some of the NBA’s highest scorers.The Nets agreed to acquire the three-time scoring champion from the Houston Rockets on Wednesday in a move he has sought for weeks, said a person with knowledge of the situation.Harden is the centerpiece of a four-team deal that also involves Indiana and Cleveland, according to the person who spoke to The Associated P
  
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