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• ‘Major accident’ shuts down SR-190 in Big Cottonwood Canyon

  24-01-2021 22:54 via sltrib.com
  
  The Utah Department of Transportation announced Sunday afternoon that State Route 190 is closed down in both directions in Big Cottonwood Canyon as a result of a “major accident.”UDOT announced that Unified Police Department had closed SR-190 in both directions near the S-turn at milepost 6.2 as a result of the crash.Around 2:35 p.m., UDOT updated that Unified Police were estimating that one lane might be able to open for alternating traffic in about an hour’s time.SR-190 had a
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: Though daily positive rate climbs back over 20%, weeklong numbers reflect some good trends

  24-01-2021 22:41 via sltrib.com
  
  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.While the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests in Utah went up Sunday from the day before, a look at the figures from the past week suggest some reason for cautious optimism.For instance, the rolling seven-day average of new cases repor
  
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• Nine teams allowing fans in arenas this week

  24-01-2021 21:32 via hoopshype.com
  
  Marc Stein: The NBA will soon be up to nine teams allowing reduced crowds with Atlanta and Miami planning to start admitting fans this week, Indiana starting last week and Memphis allowing floor-seat and suite-ticket holders. Cleveland, Houston, New Orleans, Orlando and Utah are the others
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: Daily positive rate climbs back over 20%

  24-01-2021 21:27 via sltrib.com
  
  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.The COVID-19 numbers released Sunday by the Utah Department of Health show that daily positive rates were a mixed bag. While the total number of daily cases declined again, the percentage of positive tests went up.Vaccinations reported i
  
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• Two in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs

  24-01-2021 20:42 via sltrib.com
  
  Straining to handle record numbers of COVID-19 patients, hundreds of the nation’s intensive care units are running out of space and supplies and competing to hire temporary traveling nurses at soaring rates. Many of the facilities are clustered in the South and West.An Associated Press analysis of federal hospital data shows that since November, the share of U.S. hospitals nearing the breaking point has doubled. More than 40% of Americans now live in areas running out of ICU space, with on
  
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• Saturday’s snowstorm brings out the skiers, as well as the traffic jams and avalanche warnings

  24-01-2021 20:11 via sltrib.com
  
  Saturday’s big snowstorm throughout Utah proved to be a proverbial double-edged sword.On one side, the addictive lure of fresh powder enticed thousands of skiers to pack up their gear and go hit the slopes. On the flip side, though, it produced traffic jams in the canyons, more than a hundred accidents on the streets and highways, and an avalanche warning throughout the state.According to a Sunday morning update from the Salt Lake City branch of the National Weather Service, the Wasatch Mo
  
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• Timothy Egan: A president can govern in poetry

  24-01-2021 18:00 via sltrib.com
  
  One line you didn’t hear in Joe Biden’s big-hearted inaugural address was one of his favorite bits of Irish verse — a yearning for the rarest of convergences, when “hope and history rhyme,” by the Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney.Throughout the monumental tragedies of his life — the loss of a wife and baby daughter in an auto accident, the death of a son to brain cancer, and his time in the cellar of political despair after two unsuccessful presidential camp
  
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• Romney says Trump must be held accountable for attempted insurrection

  24-01-2021 17:44 via sltrib.com
  
  Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday that he agrees with the calls from both Republicans and Democrats for “unity” following the inauguration of President Joe Biden, but he stressed the only way to get there is to hold former President Donald Trump and others accountable for the attempted insurrection and attack on the U.S. Capitol.“If we’re going to have unity in our country, I think it’s important to recognize the need for accountability, for truth and justice,” sai
  
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• Douglas Brinkley: A final interview with Hank Aaron: ‘I recognized that I had a gift’

  24-01-2021 17:00 via sltrib.com
  
  I was born in Atlanta in 1960, and when the Braves moved to town from Milwaukee after the 1965 season, Hank Aaron became my all-seasons hero.That didn’t seem unusual in my family, because my New Jersey-bred mother and Pennsylvania-raised father considered themselves civil rights foot soldiers. But it was anathema to my white classmates. I’ll never forget a day in spring 1966 when we picked the Braves players we wanted to be for a game of sandlot ball, and I picked Aaron. The other bo
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: This Utahn on ‘To the Rescue’ is dogs’ best friend

  24-01-2021 16:54 via sltrib.com
  
  Tommy Habeeb created and, for the first two seasons, hosted the ultimate guilty pleasure TV show: “Cheaters,” in which a cheating spouse or partner was trailed, pretty much caught in the act and then confronted on camera.These days, Habeeb is producing and headlining a very different syndicated series. “To the Rescue” profiles rescue dogs and the people who rescue them — and he recently brought his crew to Utah for an upcoming episode.“It’s time that I u
  
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• David Brooks: Joe Biden and the case for optimism

  24-01-2021 16:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Most calls to “national unity” are vacuous pap. They are unrealistic, kumbaya pleas to “come together” around nothing.But, as Richard Hughes Gibson wrote this week in The Hedgehog Review, the best calls to national unity are arguments. They are aggressive calls to come together around a specific idea of America, a specific national project.What idea of America does Joe Biden call us to unite around? It’s the old one. As Walt Whitman understood, America was founded m
  
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• Are you a vulnerable Utahn waiting for COVID-19 vaccine? Here’s what we know.

  24-01-2021 15:00 via sltrib.com
  
  With Utah receiving too few doses of COVID-19 vaccine to meet demand, residents vulnerable to serious illness related to the coronavirus are facing long waits for their spot in line.“Our primary challenge is that we have few doses,” state health officials wrote in a blog post last week.Here’s what we know about various groups the state has previously identified as high priority for vaccination.Adults ages 65 to 69Although federal officials this month recommended states open vac
  
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• Special report: Young sex abuse survivors, backed by a county attorney, say a new Utah law deprived them of justice

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Editor’s note: To protect their privacy, The Salt Lake Tribune has agreed to change the names of sexual abuse survivors in this story.San Juan County • Annie hadn’t planned to tell anyone her high school boyfriend raped her during her junior year. That he ignored her pleas to stop when he started pulling at her clothes, or how she held her arms tight to her chest trying to keep them on.She didn’t tell anyone how he ordered her to perform oral sex or have intercourse &mdash
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘To the Rescue’ will make you love dogs even more

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Tommy Habeeb created and, for the first two seasons, hosted the ultimate guilty pleasure TV show: “Cheaters,” in which a cheating spouse or partner was trailed, pretty much caught in the act and then confronted on camera.These days, Habeeb is producing and headlining a very different syndicated series. “To the Rescue” profiles rescue dogs and the people who rescue them — and he recently brought his crew to Utah for an upcoming episode.“It’s time that I u
  
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• Robert Gehrke: If we want to fix American politics, blow up the two-party system

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  President Joe Biden set the tone for his new administration last week seeking to reunite a divided country.“This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge,” he said, “and unity is the path forward and we must meet this moment as the United States of America.”It was a noble, aspirational inauguration speech and a message this divided country needed to hear. But it won’t be easy, not in a political environment where for years Americans have been pushed into clans
  
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• Republican Sen. Mitt Romney’s political clout just got a lot bigger with Democrats in control

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Even though Democrats now control the White House, Senate and House — but by razor-thin margins in Congress — President Joe Biden still was on the phone several times during his transition with one Republican from Utah.“I spoke to Mitt [Romney] this morning again,” Biden mentioned in a news conference on Jan. 8. “This is a man of enormous integrity, enormous integrity, who lives his faith.”Biden added he feels that way about the Utah senator even though &ldquo
  
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• Letter: Trumpism hijacked conservative ideals — and it must end

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  I am a lifelong Republican. My political views are informed by conservative ideals that I truly believe lie at the heart of our nation’s founding, and at the core of the most promising version of its future: limited government, free enterprise, fiscal responsibility, global leadership, and a commitment to protect and defend our nation and its Constitution. But somehow during the last four years, the banner of conservatism has morphed into something almost unrecognizable to me.  It&rsq
  
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• Letter: The adults are back

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  The Lord of the Flies saga is over.  The parents have come home.Richard Merrick, WashingtonSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Stop wasting taxpayer dollars on projects like the inland port — and a dying, dirty industry

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  The Inland Port in the northwest quadrant of Salt Lake City is an environmental nightmare. Not only will it create more industrial pollution, destroy wetlands and one of the biggest bird migration corridors, it is attempting to boost the dying coal industry with satellite ports. One is in Sevier County. However, a nonpartisan study commissioned by the county described the plan as an “imminent danger.” They warned, “Coal is tumbling.”Yet, Utah continues to pump money into
  
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• Letter: Spencer Cox’s “centrist” plan follows far right agenda

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Spencer Cox’s plan for the first 500 days of his term as governor brings up many questions.Why the billion dollar rainy day fund?  Many in Utah are hurting now, with little state sponsored relief.  What is this for?Why is there a tax at all on Social Security?  Utah is one of only 13 states to double tax our money like this.  That tax should be eliminated for everyone.How will political appointees benefit the state school board?What’s with the state reserve system
  
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• Letter: So the legislators equate expanding national monuments to stealing land?

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  I see that our state’s politicians are complaining that any action to expand Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante to the original sizes would be stealing land from our backyard.  Our  white ancestor Utahns stole all of the state, except the least fertile sections, from the front yards, living rooms and temples of the original nations.The legislators are calling for true collaboration in making a decision.How much did the 19th century white settlers/raiders collaborate with th
  
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• Letter: Forcing the Salt Lake School District into in-person classes is appalling overreach

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  The proposed legislation aimed at stripping the Salt Lake School District of its funding and demanding retroactive repayment is shameless bullying by state legislators who do not live in or represent those in the school district.The continued campaign and lawsuit by disgruntled parents in the school district is an example of appalling entitlement.The one overlooked fact in all of this? This district has not had one school-related case of COVID-19 since schooling went online only. Isn’t tha
  
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• Letter: Did LDS leaders get the vaccine because of preferential treatment?

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  As I read an article about how all the top LDS leaders, as well as most of their spouses, were able to get their first COVID vaccine on Jan. 19, I wondered if divine intervention somehow played a role in them all being able to successfully navigate their county’s first come, first served vaccine sign-up website.Sure, they are over 70 and are currently eligible for the shot, but the same holds true for thousands of other seniors across the state who have been vocal about their own difficult
  
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• Leonard Pitts: No way for decent people to ‘unite’ with racism

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  It’s been said of Abraham Lincoln that he had a “mystical” devotion to the idea of Union. His conviction that the American states were united in an indissoluble bond is what braced him through the monstrous burdens he bore. It’s not too much to say that the very existence of this country owes in large part to the stubborn faith of that sorrowful man. He held to Union even when military reversals, political reality and common sense all counseled against it.Some ghost of Li
  
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• Here are 10 titles playing at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival likely to grab attention

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  The ticket buyer asks the veteran Sundance Film Festival hand: “What looks good this year?” The old hand shrugs his shoulders and replies, “Heck if I know.”That’s always the dilemma with Sundance: The slate of feature films is loaded with mysteries — and, despite what any prognosticators say, nobody knows for sure what’s going to be good until after they screen. In 2021, with 73 titles waiting for their online premieres, the question marks only loom larg
  
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• Exclusive: Utah declines to disclose when vaccines arrive or who gets them, while pharmacies dispute doses are ‘sitting on shelves’

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  It’s unclear why thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered to Utah haven’t been given to eligible residents, even as the state reported dozens of deaths in the past week, hundreds of coronavirus patients were hospitalized and the rate of positive tests continued to hover around 1 in 5.Utah has been allocated fewer doses per capita than all other states, an analysis by The Salt Lake Tribune has found. And under a pending federal policy, our unused vaccine could slow the state&rsqu
  
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• Could the Sundance Film Festival leave Park City?

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting important local journalism.For the first time in 40 years, movie lovers, stars and deal-makers won’t be filling the theaters, bars and streets of Park City in January.Park City restaurateur Brooks Kirchheimer wonders how many will be back in 2022, after the coronavirus pandemic that pushed this year’s shortened festival online and to screens in other cities.“Will t
  
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• Brodi Ashton: There’s more to life than politics. There’s math teams and TV shows and moms offering wise advice.

  24-01-2021 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Do you know what a conic is?I asked a friend and he said, “It’s when something is so famous, it is an icon.”“No,” I said. “Not iconic. A conic.”He didn’t know the answer, not that there was any reason he should have. I’m not sure if they teach it in high school anymore, but a conic is a math term. Imagine a cone, just like the orange ones we see on the side of a freeway or the ones that hold our single, or double, scoops of ice cream, or mayb
  
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• BYU shows grit and fight in physical 65-54 win over Pepperdine

  24-01-2021 07:56 via sltrib.com
  
  It was downright ugly at times, but BYU managed to keep Pepperdine at bay to defeat the Waves 65-54 Saturday at the Marriott Center.The Cougars (13-3; 4-1 WCC) struggled with shooting, turnovers and more, but were able to get the defensive stops when needed to hold the Waves at bay and close out the game.“What a hard fought, ugly, defensive battle — from both teams,” assistant coach Chris Burgess said. “[It was] one of those slugfests; Alex [Barcello] losses a tooth, guys
  
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• After eighth straight win, Utah Jazz are suddenly having to swat away surging expectations

  24-01-2021 07:33 via sltrib.com
  
  After steamrolling their way to a 30-point lead at halftime, a 40-point lead after three quarters, and then cruising to a 127-108 victory over Golden State on Saturday night at Vivint Arena, the Utah Jazz — now winners of eight games in a row — are flying high.Maybe a little too much so.This is, after all, a group whose unofficial team mantra is “Never too high, never too low.” But after improving to 12-4 on the season with a win that wasn’t anywhere as close as the
  
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• The Triple Team: Jazz cruise to dominating win over Warriors thanks to smart defense and good shooting

  24-01-2021 06:54 via sltrib.com
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 127-108 win over the Golden State Warriors from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. As dominating a win as you’ll see in the NBALook at this win-expectancy chart. The Jazz came in as 7.5 point favorites tonight at home, so they were already favored to win the game, but the Jazz put it completely away quickly:
  From Inpredictable. (http://stats.inpredictable.com/nba/wpBox_live.php?gid=0022000242&odds=pregm&both=N)See how Royce O&r
  
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• Three quick thoughts from BYU’s 65-54 win over Pepperdine

  24-01-2021 06:21 via sltrib.com
  
  It was downright ugly at times, but BYU managed to keep Pepperdine at bay to defeat the Waves 65-54 Saturday at the Marriott Center.1. Alex Barcello had his worst game at BYU: The senior was unable to make any field goals (0 of 7) against Pepperdine and even lost a tooth in the battle. However, Barcello did manage six assists and four points from the charity stripe (4 of 4). Barcello has not missed a shot from the free throw line all season.2. Pepperdine’s Colbey Ross heated up in the seco
  
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• Early observations from the Utah Jazz’s eighth straight win, 127-108 over the Warriors

  24-01-2021 05:16 via sltrib.com
  
  The Utah Jazz started off Saturday’s matchup against the Warriors with a 19-2 game-opening run.And while Golden State did get it as close as six points early in the second quarter, the Jazz soon re-established control, ultimately leading by as many as 40.In the end, they cruised to their eighth straight victory, winning 127-108.Here are some early observations from the game:No 3-point jinx in effectWhen it was brought up to Quin Snyder pregame that the Jazz had just made the most 3-pointer
  
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• Snow makes it tough for drivers on Utah roads

  24-01-2021 04:34 via sltrib.com
  
  Utah finally got a lot of snow on Saturday, but with it came a lot of car crashes.Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Michael Gordon said around 6 p.m. that UHP had helped with 134 crashes statewide. He said that is a lot of crashes for one day, especially on a weekend. Gordon said most of the crashes caused only minor injuries, but there was one fatality on I-15 in Box Elder Canyon that is under investigation.Drivers should stay vigilant even when the snowfall slows, according to Gordon. He said the ro
  
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• State colleges: Utah Valley falls at St. John’s, 96-78

  24-01-2021 03:49 via sltrib.com
  
  New York • Posh Alexander had a season-high 20 points as St. John’s defeated Utah Valley 96-78 in a nonconference men’s basketball game on Saturday.Julian Champagnie had 19 points for St. John’s (9-7). Vince Cole added 15 points. Isaih Moore had 13 points. Josh Roberts had four blocks plus four points and seven rebounds.Trey Woodbury had 23 points for the Wolverines (5-6). Jamison Overton added 18 points. Evan Cole had 17 points.St. John’s totaled 51 points in the se
  
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• Snow brings crashes on Utah roads

  24-01-2021 03:07 via sltrib.com
  
  Utah finally got a lot of snow on Saturday, but with it came a lot of car crashes.Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Michael Gordon said around 6 p.m. that UHP had helped with 134 crashes. He said that is a lot of crashes for one day, especially on a weekend. Gordon said most of the crashes caused only minor injuries, but there was one fatality on I-15 in Box Elder Canyon that is under investigation.Drivers should stay vigilant even when the snowfall slows, according to Gordon. He said the roads are st
  
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• Letter: How do Germans and Americans compare in learning from history?

  24-01-2021 02:00 via sltrib.com
  
  They say that if one doesn’t learn from history’s lessons then one is destined to repeat them. Seems accurate.AH riled up his followers with tales of the terribleness of Jews.DT riled up his followers with tales of rape and murder by immigrants.AH eliminated newspapers and burned books.DT cancelled the press and labeled newspapers as enemies of the people.AH whipped his followers to such a high pitch they committed Kristallnacht, with smashed windows, etc.DT whipped his followers to
  
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• COVID-19 vaccines will be offered to unhoused people in Salt Lake City next week

  24-01-2021 00:52 via sltrib.com
  
  The Salt Lake County Health Department has allotted 80 COVID-19 vaccines to the Fourth Street Clinic for people experiencing homelessness.The clinic will begin vaccinating people over 70 at their headquarters at 409 W. 400 South in Salt Lake City early next week. The Clinic’s Mobile Health Care program will distribute vaccines at homeless resource centers the week after.Any extra vaccines will be given to people with pre-existing health conditions followed by clients at homeless resource c
  
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• Utah gymnastics team bounces back with win over Arizona

  24-01-2021 00:03 via sltrib.com
  
  3 quick thoughts about Utah’s Pac-12 victory over Arizona:Utah bounced back nicely from its loss at Oklahoma with a solid performance throughout the lineups in Saturday’s 197.075-195.65 win overArizona. Going up against an opponent not expected to be near the top of the Pac-12 in an all but empty arena might have set the Utes up for a lackluster day, but instead they came back with a very solid showing.Maile O’Keefe continues to shine for the Utes this year. O’Keefe, who
  
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