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• Weekly Run newsletter: Reaction to Shaq, Charles Barkley critique of Donovan Mitchell isn’t kind to the Hall of Famers

  22-01-2021 23:21
  
  The Weekly Run is a newsletter about the Utah Jazz. Not a subscriber? Sign up here.So … maybe you heard that TNT’s “Inside the NBA” crew had some bizarrely-timed criticisms of Donovan Mitchell during and after Thursday night’s national broadcast of Jazz-Pelicans.If not, basically, Barkley said during halftime that Don “makes zero impact on the rest of the game” beyond scoring. And in the postgame interview, after the All-Star guard posted 36 points, sev
  
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• Utah house fire kills at least one person

  22-01-2021 23:20
  
  Logan police are investigating a house fire that killed a resident early Friday morning.Authorities released no details about the fire, which broke out at a home near 60 E. 200 South at about 5 a.m., except that it claimed the life of “at least one victim.” The identities of the victim or victims have not been released.The Logan City Police Department released a statement that it is investigating the fatal fire “in coordination with the Utah State Fire Marshal’s office.&r
  
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• David N. Sundwall: Restoring confidence in public health. It’s a crisis of trust.

  22-01-2021 23:15
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world, and in some unexpected and surprising ways. I have always thought of “public health” as providing essential services to keep us safe and healthy, and those involved in such efforts as heroes, e.g. Dr. Albert Schweitzer, the well-known physician/theologian as a medical missionary in Africa.I think most people have also a positive view of public health in general, knowing that some government programs “have their backs,” are assu
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Spencer Cox’s Roadmap would put rural Utah in the ditch

  22-01-2021 23:00
  
  Spencer Cox calls his plan for the first 500 days of his new administration the One Utah Roadmap. Most of it is admirably aspirational, devoted to improved education, health care access, equality and sustainability.But, where a roadmap is supposed to show the path forward, part of the new Utah governor’s document is fixated on the rear-view mirror. And looking backward instead of forward is a good way to wind up in the ditch.Climate change is the greatest threat to our civilization. Market
  
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• Traffic has returned to nearly normal on Utah highways

  22-01-2021 22:57
  
  Remember how Utah traffic dropped during pandemic stay-at-home orders last spring? It bottomed out in April at just 63% of normal.That’s little more than a fond memory now.In the last week, Utah traffic on average statewide is now at 101% of what it before the pandemic hit, Carlos Braceras, executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation, told lawmakers on Friday.“So, we’ve come back.”However, before traffic rebounded, the state took a significant hit in its m
  
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• Actresses Cynthia Erivo and Daniela Vega among the members of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival juries

  22-01-2021 22:52
  
  A legendary filmmaker, two groundbreaking actresses, and a pair of fashionable sisters will be among those deciding the winners of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.Here are the line-ups for the festival juries, announced Friday by the Sundance Institute:U.S. Dramatic • Julie Dash, director of the landmark 1991 film “Daughters of the Dust”; actor Cynthia Erivo, who received an Oscar nomination for playing Harriet Tubman in “Harriet”; and Hanya Yanagihara, who wrote the
  
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• Gigi Brandt: Utah citizens encouraged to apply for Redistricting Commission appointments

  22-01-2021 22:30
  
  I am a 50-year resident of Utah, and the 2021 redistricting process will mark the sixth time I’ve observed it. This is the process that establishes the political boundaries for our Congressional districts, Utah Senate and House districts and State School Board districts.In 2006, I was privileged to be an observer at a national nonpartisan conference in Salt Lake City hosted by the Hinckley Institute, where I listened to many viewpoints on the need for redistricting reform. I am a passionat
  
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• Immunizations are up in Utah, but so are the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths

  22-01-2021 21:34
  
  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 passed the 200,000 coronavirus immunizations mark on Friday, and the number of residents hospitalized for COVID-19 fell.But the Utah Department of Health reported another 24 deaths, bringing the seven-day total to 99, and the total
  
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• Brian Moench: Merging Utah’s environmental quality and natural resources offices is a really awful idea

  22-01-2021 21:15
  
  Within the last few months, Utah lawmakers have climbed aboard the popular train wreck of devaluing scientific expertise. A recent expose by The Salt Lake Tribune revealed that they allowed the nonhealth experts at the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget (GOMB) to steam roll our health experts in crafting the state’s nonsensical, nonscientific and largely failed pandemic response.They doubled down on that train wreck when they wiped away the requirement that the Department of
  
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• Vera Smith and Kya Marienfeld: Restore science and accountability to BLM’s management of western landscapes

  22-01-2021 20:30
  
  2020 was a big, strange and heartbreaking year. While Americans were busy trying to survive a pandemic, fight battles for justice and face other travails in their daily lives, the Trump administration used our nation’s upheaval and unrest as cover for changing major aspects of federal policy, including those that govern our national system of public lands.Over the last year, U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt stealthily and significantly undermined how the Bureau of Land Management ma
  
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• Mike Lee is 1 of 2 senators voting against first-ever Black secretary of defense

  22-01-2021 20:25
  
  While the Senate overwhelming voted 93-2 on Friday to confirm Lloyd Austin — a retired four-star Army general — to become the first-ever Black secretary of defense, Utah Sen. Mike Lee was one of the two who opposed it.Lee also was among senators on the losing side of a 69-27 vote on Thursday to give a special waiver to Austin to allow him to serve as secretary of defense without first waiting through a normally required 7-year period after active military service.Conn Carroll, spokes
  
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• Utah cries foul over moratorium on oil and gas leasing and drilling

  22-01-2021 20:19
  
  Among the many orders the Biden administration issued this week was a temporarily halt to the leasing of fossil energy resources and new permits for drilling and mining on public lands. Signed by acting Interior Secretary Scott de la Vega on Wednesday, this order places a 60-day hold on virtually all decisions that could result in ground-disturbing activities.Industry representatives and Utah elected leaders were quick to denounce the moratorium, claiming it will disrupt rural economies and lead
  
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• Southern Utah and Dixie State found a new football home in the WAC. Here’s how it happened.

  22-01-2021 20:00
  
  The way Scott Wyatt remembers it, the genesis of Southern Utah University’s move to the Western Athletic Conference dates back roughly seven years.Not long after his appointment as SUU’s president in Jan. 2014, the WAC reached out for what Wyatt calls “casual conversations” in an effort to gauge his interest in moving his athletic programs from the Big Sky. The summation of those early talks was essentially Wyatt politely declining, citing the fact that the WAC did not ha
  
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• Samantha Smith: Ban private cars in Little Cottonwood Canyon

  22-01-2021 19:45
  
  The solution to the gridlock plaguing Little Cottonwood Canyon isn’t exciting, or even particularly novel.Sleek and expensive proposals are gaining traction with leaders, including picturesque gondolas or a cogtrain up the steep canyon. Neither of these proposals, nor a proposal for expanded bus service within the canyon, grapples with the real problem: the inevitable bottleneck leading up to the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon, regardless of whether there are trains, gondolas or buses h
  
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• ‘We love the mountains. The only difference is the color of skin.’ Utah, U.S. ski resorts coming to grips with their lack of diversity.

  22-01-2021 19:33
  
  A picture is worth a thousand “Hey, brahs,” or so attests Park City artist Lamont Joseph White.If a person of color walked into a ski resort or a ski-town hotel and saw an image of someone like them, White believes, it could change his or her whole experience. Inspired by that revelation and his own history of being seen as “the unicorn on the mountain,” White embarked last year on his series “Skiing in Color.” It depicts portraits of Black skiers and snowboar
  
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• Despite the pandemic, Utah ended 2020 with more jobs. How did that happen?

  22-01-2021 19:25
  
  Nearly nine months into the pandemic, Utah’s economy has reversed deep job losses suffered earlier in the crisis and actually ended a terrible 2020 slightly ahead on employment.The Beehive State’s unemployment rate markedly improved to 3.6% last month from 4.3% in November after essentially flipping in December from a downturn to something of a jobs expansion, with employment up by 0.6% for the year.Nationally, unemployment stood at 6.7% for December, unchanged from November. Overall
  
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• How new Utah State football coach Blake Anderson and his staff want to resurrect the Aggies

  22-01-2021 19:00
  
  It was only three years ago that Utah State’s football team was firing on all cylinders. A breakneck offense, double digit wins and a future NFL quarterback defined that season and portended more success.But the Aggies eroded both on and off the field in 2019 and 2020. Former coach Gary Andersen ceremoniously came and unceremoniously went. The team won just eight games over two seasons. Several starters transferred. The university’s president became embroiled in a controversy involvi
  
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• Deeda Seed and John Weisheit: Railway for oil diverts millions from Utah communities

  22-01-2021 19:00
  
  What would $28 million buy for the people of Uintah County? Fire trucks, flood control and road construction projects for starters. Ditto for Duchesne County residents, and throw in a community center, baseball fields and sewer lines.Utah’s Permanent Community Impact Board has dedicated public funds to support these much-needed projects, but in recent years the board has taken a wrong turn. It’s handed over nearly $28 million in public money to the Seven County Infrastructure Coaliti
  
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• Hank Aaron, baseball’s one-time home run king, dies at 86

  22-01-2021 18:16
  
  Atlanta • Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth’s home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball’s greatest all-around players, died Friday. He was 86.The Atlanta Braves, Aaron’s longtime team, said he died peacefully in his sleep. No cause was given.Aaron made his last public appearance just 2 1/2 weeks ago, when he received the COVID-19 vaccine. He said he wanted to help spread the word to Black America
  
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• Shauni Roberts: Biden’s inauguration helps immigrants understand our nation

  22-01-2021 17:30
  
  Four years ago, when I posted on Facebook about watching the presidential inauguration with my adult English as a second language students, someone asked in the comments, “Is showing an inauguration that they have no chance of understanding useful?”This caught me off guard because I’m not used to having my curricular decisions challenged in that way (not even by my boss, who frequently reminds us that we need to be incorporating civics into our lessons).I replied that I thought
  
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• NBA AM: The Utah Jazz Are Showing Continuity Is Key

  22-01-2021 17:29 via basketballinsiders.com
  
  Is Utah's early success an indicator of things to come? Between Donavon Mitchell, a stingy defense and hot three-point shooting, they may just be the real deal.
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• Looking for an apartment? Here’s how northern Utah’s rental market is shaping up for 2021.

  22-01-2021 17:21
  
  It’s a difficult time for Utah renters.Rents along the Wasatch Front remain relatively high, at least compared to prevailing incomes, and they keep rising. Those hunting for a place are finding little available.Even before COVID-19, thousands already were doubled up with roommates or living with family while they searched for a rental they can afford, without taking on a burdensome commute.In 2020, the third of Utahns who rent felt a further pinch as the virus disrupted the jobs of many an
  
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• Here’s how to find out how safe each of Utah’s colleges are

  22-01-2021 17:20
  
  Editor’s note: This story is available to Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting important local journalism.Every year, colleges are required to report the crimes that occur on or near their campuses.Here are some of the takeaways for Utah’s eight public and two private colleges and universities, and where you can find your school’s newly released report for 2019.1. New data shows a spike in cases of stalking among students across the state.Reports of stalking jumpe
  
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• Gordon Monson: Shaq and Chuck dropped bombs on Donovan Mitchell, but their declarations are too eager, too early.

  22-01-2021 17:13
  
  The Jazz have a new rallying cry.“Aight.”They all heard what the Inside the NBA crew on TNT said during and aftertheir nationally televised win over the Pelicans on Thursday night,their seventh straight victory.Shaq asserted that Donovan Mitchell isn’t good enough to take the Jazz tothe next level, and said as much straight to the Jazz guard during apostgame interview, Mitchell wearing a headset on the floor at VivintArena, Shaq sitting in the TNT studio.Mitchell’s respon
  
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• Samuel Hanson: Salt Lake City schools a victim of legislative extortion

  22-01-2021 16:45
  
  In what I am about to say, I mean as no disrespect to the other six members of the Salt Lake City School Board. Several are dear friends and I know they have a difficult job.Katherine Kennedy is a hero for casting the lone vote against the premature return to in-person instruction for secondary students at Tuesday’s school board meeting. Make no mistake, Salt Lake City Schools are the victim of extortion at the hands of legislators.You may not like Katherine’s style or her rhetoric.
  
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• Utah State’s 11-game winning streak ends in 84-76 loss to Colorado State

  22-01-2021 16:33
  
  Logan • Isaiah Stevens scored 18 points with eight rebounds and eight assists and Colorado State knocked Utah State out of a first-place tie in the Mountain West Conference with an 84-76 win on Thursday night.Kendle Moore added 16 points for the Rams (11-3, 8-2), who lost to the Aggies 83-64 on Tuesday night. David Roddy and Dischon Thomas had 15 points apiece as CSU made 11 of 12 free throws in the final two minutes, scoring the most points against Utah since the Aggies gave up 85 in losin
  
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• If you’re a cannabis patient in Utah, here’s why you can no longer cross borders for marijuana

  22-01-2021 16:26
  
  Last year, Chelsie Warren quit her job as a bus driver so she’d be free to sign up as one of Utah’s first cannabis patient cardholders and qualify for the plant-based treatment that soothes her chronic back pain.She’s found a new job since then and doesn’t regret the trade-off.But the Garland resident is disappointed she has to drive 40 minutes to the nearest cannabis pharmacy — which is often sold out of the gummies that provide her relief and sometimes also out of
  
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• To-go liquor is ‘the right thing to do’ for Utah restaurants, lawmaker says

  22-01-2021 16:18
  
  A bill that would allow cocktails to go at Utah restaurants — with some restrictions — was unveiled Thursday.Passage of SB119 won’t be easy, though. The Utah Legislature has resisted a push by the hospitality industry for “to-go cocktails” during the coronavirus pandemic. Drunken driving and access to minors are among the chief concerns.Sponsored by Sen. Derek Kitchen, D-Salt Lake City, the measure would allow restaurants to sell sealed, pre-made alcoholic beverages
  
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• David S. Doty and Hollie Pettersson: Getting it right on race in our public schools

  22-01-2021 16:00
  
  Twenty-five years ago, as a host of legal conflicts over religion played out in schools across the country, Utah embarked on an ambitious civic project known as the “Three R’s” initiative. Leading educators and families in discussions that emphasized “rights,” “responsibility” and “respect,” this project demonstrated that emotional First Amendment disputes can be resolved through civil dialogue instead of protracted litigation.Yet serious con
  
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• With Joe Biden in charge, the White House takes the coronavirus seriously

  22-01-2021 15:32
  
  Washington • Testing wristbands are in. Mask-wearing is mandatory. Desks are socially distanced.The clearest sign that there’s a new boss at the White House is the deference being paid to coronavirus public health guidelines.It’s a striking contrast to Donald Trump’s White House, which was the epicenter of no less than three separate outbreaks of COVID-19, their true scale not fully known because aides refused to discuss cases publicly.While the Trump administration was kn
  
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• Paul Krugman: The corrupt, the clueless and Joe Biden

  22-01-2021 15:30
  
  The inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris was an astonishingly emotional moment. I know I wasn’t alone in suddenly, unexpectedly finding myself tearing up. For a little while it felt as if we were living in a dream — a dream about the nation we should be, a land of decency, honesty, justice and unity in diversity. (E pluribus unum, to coin a phrase.)But now the work begins, and it won’t be easy. Biden spoke movingly about unity, but let’s face it: He won’t swa
  
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• Ezra Klein: Democrats, repeat after me: Help people first

  22-01-2021 15:00
  
  President Joe Biden takes office with a ticking clock. The Democrats’ margin in the House and Senate couldn’t be thinner, and midterms typically raze the governing party. That gives Democrats two years to govern. Two years to prove that the American political system can work. Two years to show Trumpism was an experiment that need not be repeated.Two years.This is the responsibility the Democratic majority must bear: If they fail or falter, they will open the door for Trumpism or some
  
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• ‘Utah Politics’ podcast: The push for ranked-choice voting in Utah

  22-01-2021 14:08
  
  A bill on Utah’s Capitol Hill would use ranked-choice voting in primary elections with more than two candidates.Rep. Mike Winder, R-West Valley City, is sponsoring the legislation this year. He says it solves the problem of a candidate winning a party’s nomination with less than 50% of the vote, which is exactly what happened in 2020 when Gov. Spencer Cox won the GOP primary with just over 36%.Winder is also the author of several books on U.S. Presidents. He discusses President Joe B
  
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• What the research says about reopening schools and why values, not data, are winning the day

  22-01-2021 14:07
  
  Who knew being a school board member would involve so much philosophy?Let me explain. Since March, school boards around Utah (and really, the world) have been put in the uncomfortable position of deciding when and how to reopen schools. Very few decisions in a pandemic are easy, but ones involving our children are particularly emotional because of that biological impulse to see our children succeed at nearly any cost. So when, for example, the Salt Lake City School District board met Tuesday to
  
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• Robert Gehrke: This is how Utah should decide who gets the coronavirus vaccine next

  22-01-2021 14:00
  
  Despite a slow beginning to Utah’s COVID-19 vaccination effort, on Friday the state should surpass its 200,000th dose, with the pace picking up significantly in the past few weeks.I know several people over the age of 70 who got their first dose last week or have an upcoming appointment to get their shot. It’s encouraging progress.But what happens when we get into larger population groups? There are, according to data from the University of Utah’s Gardner Policy Institute, abou
  
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• More Utah college students report being stalked. Here’s why experts are both worried and hopeful.

  22-01-2021 14:00
  
  The number of reported stalking cases has spiked at Utah’s colleges, worrying advocates who say the increase in crime is real — but giving them hope, too, that more victims are coming forward to report.Recently released data shows a total of 145 cases of stalking across the 10 public and private universities in the state for 2019. That’s up from 84 in 2018, according to crime statistics that colleges nationwide are required by the federal Clery Act to compile and release annual
  
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• Letter: What would it take to impeach Trump?

  22-01-2021 14:00
  
  All of our House Republican representatives voted “no” on impeachment of a president who incited a riot that put the lives of the entire congressional body in danger, with the purpose of causing sedition. This, after falsely claiming for months that he won an election he lost, and threatening state elected officials to “find votes” that ironically, would create the fraudulent election he claimed.My question is, if not impeachment for this, what else would a president have
  
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• Letter: We must ensure our republic will endure

  22-01-2021 14:00
  
  It is hypocritical and disingenuous for the Republican party to assert that impeaching President Trump again would only further divide our country and prevent us from healing and moving forward as a nation. Their divisive politics over the last four years and their continued support of the false narrative that fraud caused President Trump to lose the election created the misplaced anger that overflowed Jan. 6 in the seditious assault on the U.S. Capitol.This is the consequence of misleading thei
  
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• Letter: U. president will be missed

  22-01-2021 14:00
  
  That is how the saying ends anyhow, “you don’t know what you got till it’s gone.” As I have watched the negative rhetoric fly around denouncing University of Utah President Ruth Watkins, and celebrating her departure, I can’t help but shake my head.Those of us who have been in the trenches with Watkins know her to be a transformative and collaborative leader who steadied a shaky ship and delivered on her promises. The campus has been graced by her uncanny ability to
  
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• Letter: Representing all voices in Utah will yield better government

  22-01-2021 14:00
  
  I commend Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson’s powerful speech at her inauguration on Jan. 4.I support her declaration about needing all voices, but she failed to mention a group that has been unfairly disenfranchised in Utah politics.It’s a group in which nearly half of Utahns find themselves: non-Republicans. Current Utah politics impedes anyone who is not a Republican from being elected to office in most parts of the state. We have six representatives in Congress, but not one is a Democrat
  
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• Letter: Losing friends is just another aspect of Trump’s legacy

  22-01-2021 14:00
  
  I read today in Michelle Goldberg’s commentary, regarding the Twitter shutdown of Donald Trump’s account, that Sarah Huckabee Sanders lost “50,000 followers, in one day”! I’m not sure if that is a call for pity, or a complaint that Trump’s attempt at insurrection, is dragging her down with him. I’d have to ask her, I suppose.The party of I, me, mine, which is now trying to save face, or keep playing its old cards, is being forced to show its hands. Playi
  
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• How to navigate the online-only 2021 Sundance Film Festival — from your couch

  22-01-2021 14:00
  
  Most years, the advice for people going to the Sundance Film Festival involves wearing sturdy boots, picking a warm coat, stocking up on healthy snacks and carrying a bottle of hand sanitizer.The hand sanitizer is still a good idea, in this age of COVID-19, and snacks are always recommended. But when most festival attendees will be doing so from home, as the festival goes online for 2021, the coat and boots are less important this year.So what’s the best way to Sundance from your couch thi
  
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• After some bumps in his first term, Sandy mayor announces he won’t seek reelection

  22-01-2021 14:00
  
  Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn has faced complaints over his salary, a drinking water crisis, clashes with the City Council, an earthquake and a deadly pandemic during his first three years in office. Now he’s declining to run for another term.In an email sent Thursday to Sandy employees and City Council members, Bradburn wrote that he enjoyed his time in office and working with city staff. He said that his decision not to seek reelection was “tough,” but that he felt “strongl
  
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• A Utah County conservative group plans to put up a billboard thanking former President Donald Trump

  22-01-2021 14:00
  
  With the departure of Donald Trump from the White House, a Utah County conservative organization has been gathering funds to purchase a billboard thanking the former president for his four years in office.Earlier this week, the Utah County Conservatives created a GoFundMe page, stating that all funds raised will go to a billboard placed in Utah County for a month. The proposed billboard would end with the signoff, “Love, the patriots of Utah.”“We at Utah County Conservatives lo
  
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• 5 takeaways from Utah’s latest college crime reports — and where to find your school’s report

  22-01-2021 14:00
  
  Editor’s note: This story is available to Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting important local journalism.Every year, colleges are required to report the crimes that occur on or near their campuses.Here are some of the takeaways for Utah’s eight public and two private colleges and universities, and where you can find your school’s newly released report for 2019.1. New data shows a spike in cases of stalking among students across the state.Reports of stalking jumpe
  
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• The Triple Team: Donovan Mitchell puts up efficient all-around game as Jazz win 7th straight

  22-01-2021 09:12
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 129-118 win over the New Orleans Pelicans from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Donovan Mitchell’s efficient all-around gameDonovan Mitchell was absolutely terrific tonight: 36 points on 11-19 shooting, including 6-8 from deep and 8-8 from the 3-point line. He also had seven rebounds and five assists and a block, though added four turnovers.The sixth 3-pointer meant a record for Mitchell: he’s the fastest player to 600 3-point makes
  
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• As TNT crew criticizes Donovan Mitchell, Utah Jazz vow, ‘They’re going to have to watch us anyway’

  22-01-2021 08:50
  
  “I said tonight that you don’t have what it takes to get to the next level.”That is what TNT studio analyst Shaquille O’Neal said to Donovan Mitchell in the immediate aftermath of the Utah Jazz’s 129-118 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night — a game that not only saw the Jazz rack up their seventh consecutive victory, but which saw Mitchell play arguably his best game of the season, hitting 11 of 19 shots overall and 6 of 7 from deep in tota
  
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• Larry Krystkowiak hears the outside noise, but Rylan Jones rises above it as Utah hoops wins at Washington State

  22-01-2021 07:17
  
  In case anyone was wondering, Larry Krystkowiak is definitely paying attention to what outside voices have to say about his basketball program, but more specifically, about his players.The 10th-year University of Utah head coach was presumably talking about social media, given that is where much of the vitriol sits, especially lately as the Utes have made a habit of blowing double-digit halftime leads and losing Pac-12 games they were in position to win.Before winning at Washington State late Th
  
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• Early observations from the Utah Jazz’s seventh straight win, 129-118 over the Pelicans

  22-01-2021 06:56
  
  After beating New Orleans on Tuesday night, the Utah Jazz knew the Pelicans would make some adjustments for Thursday’s rematch.And hitting 68.2% of their shots and pouring in 43 points in the first quarter certainly qualified.Still, the Jazz then had some adjustments of their own — holding New Orleans to a combined 49 points over the next two quarters, while getting their own offense going. The end result of an entertaining-if-deeply-flawed game was a 129-118 victory, and their seven
  
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• Cougars ‘turn frustration into fight’ as BYU beats Portland 95-67

  22-01-2021 06:38
  
  It’s become somewhat of a recurring theme this season: BYU muddles through a somewhat slow first half, but then adjusts to have a strong second half. The same happened Thursday night, as the Cougars routed Portland 95-67 in the Marriott Center.Make that TEN STRAIGHT wins for @BYUBasketball over Portland! pic.twitter.com/6XNlPMZroy— CBS Sports Network (@CBSSportsNet) January 22, 2021The Cougars (12-3; 3-1 WCC) are well aware of their trend, and they embrace it.“It’s one of
  
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