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• Sandy declares state of emergency due to flooding

  31-05-2023 23:00
  
  The mayor of Sandy on Wednesday declared a state of emergency to help with flooding mitigation as Utah’s historic snowpack continues to melt.The move from Mayor Monica Zoltanski opens up opportunities for the city to receive both state and federal resources to help address flooding issues caused by seasonally high levels of snowmelt east of the city, according to the proclamation. It will last for 30 days but can be extended.Sandy’s efforts to mitigate this year’s higher flows
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Is Dallin Oaks right? Why LDS couples should — or shouldn’t — marry ‘younger’ or ‘older.’

  31-05-2023 22:04
  
  Young Latter-day Saint couples are delaying marriage and having fewer children nowadays, according to recent statistics cited by Dallin H. Oaks, a top leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.While acknowledging that the financial climate can be difficult for this generation, Oaks, first counselor in the faith’s governing First Presidency, nonetheless urged a global gathering of 18- to 30-year-old members to fight those trends.“Marriage is central to the purpose of m
  
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• Two Utah sites will get over $19 million in federal funds to restore public lands. Here’s where it’s going.

  31-05-2023 21:52
  
  The federal government is putting $160 million in public lands — including over $19 million to two sites in Utah — to restore the landscapes, restore wildlife habitats and improve water on public lands. The effort is part of President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda.In a news conference Wednesday, Bureau of Land Management leaders announced a total of 21 sites would receive funding for restoration. Among those sites were two in the Beehive State — the Upper Bear R
  
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• Is a Utah city ‘retaliating’ against a district that wants to close schools?

  31-05-2023 21:26
  
  If the Alpine School District closes a school in Orem — as it is poised to do soon — state law requires it to offer the land to the city first if it decides to sell.But after three school closures in recent years, Orem city leaders wanted even tighter control over school properties they choose not to buy.So, this month, City Council members rezoned all public school sites as “Public Facilities” zones. This requires potential buyers to get their redevelopment plans and new
  
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• Runnin Utes basketball’s Branden Carlson announces his future plans

  31-05-2023 20:43
  
  Utah Runnin’ Utes center Branden Carlson had a breakout 2022-23 season. He averaged 16.4 points and 7.5 rebounds while shooting 33.1% from the 3-point line. Two months ago, he declared for the NBA Draft, but kept his options open for a return to college basketball.On Wednesday, he made his decision: He’ll be wearing red and white again.Carlson announced on Twitter that he will return to the Runnin’ Utes for a fifth season.“This year, the NBA process has taught me a lot an
  
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• Delta Air Lines hit with lawsuit over claims of carbon neutrality

  31-05-2023 20:40
  
  A consumer class action lawsuit filed Tuesday claims Delta Air Lines inaccurately billed itself as the world’s “first carbon-neutral airline” and should pay damages. The complaint in federal court in California alleges the airline relied on carbon offsets that were largely bogus.Companies around the world buy carbon credits to cancel out their carbon releases with projects that promise to absorb carbon dioxide out of the air, or prevent pollution that would’ve happened. B
  
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• [NBA] - Roundball Roundup: ESPN's Bobby Marks likes the Jazz's 2023 outlook

  31-05-2023 20:29 via sportspyder.com
  Player and team options. Free agency. Oh, and the 2023 NBA Draft. Utah owns three first-round picks. Catch Bobby Marks on Roundball Roundup on , , , or .
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Walker Kessler will be a media correspondent for all of the NBA Finals

  31-05-2023 20:22 via sportspyder.com
  A great move by the nba to give shine to one of the great young players, who has a great personality
  
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• Sandy declares state of emergency amid flooding threat

  31-05-2023 19:14
  
  The mayor of Sandy on Wednesday declared a state of emergency to help with flooding mitigation as Utah’s historic snowpack continues to melt.The move from Mayor Monica Zoltanski opens up opportunities for the city to receive both state and federal money to help address flooding issues caused by high levels of snowmelt east of the city, according to the proclamation.Flooding continues to impact the area around Little Cottonwood Creek. Extra resources made available by declaring a state of e
  
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• Rep. Chris Stewart confirms he is leaving Congress, citing wife’s health concerns

  31-05-2023 18:45
  
  Rep. Chris Stewart, saying it’s been “one of the great honors of my life to serve the good people of Utah in Congress,” confirms that he resigning from the U.S House of Representatives — but did not specify when his resignation would be effective.Stewart announced that he was leaving the U.S. House seat he’s held since 2012 on Wednesday morning, the day after The Salt Lake Tribune first reported he was planning to step down.“I can say with pride that I have be
  
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• Why is Ogden evicting the only wildlife rehab center in northern Utah?

  31-05-2023 18:01
  
  In March, DaLyn Marthaler, the executive director of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah, received a letter from Ogden City that caught her off guard.The letter said that after 13 years, the lease for the wildlife rescue, also known as WRCNU, would be terminated, and the group that had operated for more than a decade was slated to be evicted.“We received a notice out of the blue — we had no idea it was coming — to vacate the premises within 180 days,” Mart
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Should the Jazz consider moving their pick in the lottery?

  31-05-2023 16:19 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz are in one of the most unique positions in the NBA heading into the offseason. Not only do the Jazz already have a young and competitive rost...
  
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• Should the Jazz consider moving their pick in the lottery?

  31-05-2023 16:00
  
  The Utah Jazz are in one of the most unique positions in the NBA heading into the offseason. Not only do the Jazz already have a young and competitive roster, but they’re also locked into a lottery pick. If the team chooses to use the lottery to fill a need on the roster, they’ll have […]
  Should the Jazz consider moving their pick in the lottery? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Marina Gomberg: For LGBTQ folks, the work remains, but time is on our side

  31-05-2023 14:40
  
  I like that we refer to causes for justice as “movements.” I picture them like the weight at the end of a pendulum — in a state of perpetual motion that’s not always linear.Sometimes we’re moving in the right direction with great momentum. Sometimes that progress slows. Stops. And reverses.The swings calm as we find equilibrium, though I don’t know that any cause has come to a complete stop. Sir Isaac Newton probably could have called that one.This is true of
  
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• Marina Gomberg: LGBTQ people must keep fighting, because time is on their side

  31-05-2023 14:14
  
  I like that we refer to causes for justice as “movements.” I picture them like the weight at the end of a pendulum — in a state of perpetual motion that’s not always linear.Sometimes we’re moving in the right direction with great momentum. Sometimes that progress slows. Stops. And reverses.The swings calm as we find equilibrium, though I don’t know that any cause has come to a complete stop. Sir Isaac Newton probably could have called that one.This is true of
  
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• Utah Pride Center does what it can for older LGBTQ+ folks — but there’s a lot more to do

  31-05-2023 14:12
  
  Every year, the Utah Pride Festival is filled with seemingly healthy, happy young members of the LGBTQ+ community, celebrating life and looking ahead to the future.There’s no demographic data about those who attend, but a quick look around will tell you that the crowd at the parade and the festival skews young. As does the staff and clients at the Utah Pride Center, which sponsors the festivities. The center does what it can for older members of the community, but it’s not set up to
  
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• An Ogden wildlife rescue eviction is 13 years in the making, with city officials questioning its timing

  31-05-2023 14:01
  
  In March, DaLyn Marthaler, the executive director of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah, received a letter from Ogden City that caught her off guard.The letter said that after 13 years, the lease for the wildlife rescue, also known as WRCNU, would be terminated, and the group that had operated for more than a decade was slated to be evicted.“We received a notice out of the blue — we had no idea it was coming — to vacate the premises within 180 days,” Mart
  
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• Utah AIDS Foundation to become state’s first full-service LGBTQ health clinic

  31-05-2023 14:00
  
  The Utah AIDS Foundation is rebranding and expanding into a full-service, LGBTQ-focused primary care clinic to help better meet the needs of queer patients.The new “UAF Legacy Health” clinic will open in September and become the state’s first LGBTQ+ community health center, CEO Ahmer Afroz said. Its physicians will offer traditional care like any clinic would, and will also provide gender-affirming hormone therapy to patients with gender dysphoria, as well as offer pre-exposure
  
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• Letter: Time to make the opening of Mirror Lake Highway part of the debt limit negotiations

  31-05-2023 14:00
  
  Utahns seem especially desperate this year to get the Mirror Lake Highway open. There’s a lot of concern it may never open, due to the deep snow. So I’m asking the Utah congressional delegation to insert it as one of the conditions of raising the national debt limit.I hope it’s not too late.UDOT resources surely must be running thin, so this sounds like a natural job for the Jewish space lasers. Have Joe Biden make a couple phone calls. That is all.Tom Horton, formerly of Park
  
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• Letter: On World Tobacco Day, a call for lawmakers to take major step to curtail the suffering caused by smoking

  31-05-2023 14:00
  
  In second grade, I made my dad a special gift: an ashtray. Even at the young age of seven, I knew the grasp nicotine had on him. My dad was an otherwise healthy man. He ate nutritious foods and exercised regularly for 50 years, but the hold that tobacco products had on him lasted throughout his life and ultimately led to his untimely death in 2020.My sister witnessed our dad’s tobacco use throughout her childhood, too. She started using menthol cigarettes in her 20s. When I started working
  
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• Letter: Does a gerrymandered Congress have the right to deny the American people access to their life savings?

  31-05-2023 14:00
  
  An open letter to 1st District Rep. Blake Moore:When I looked online for your email address, I did not find one, but instead found dialogue boxes that attempted to profile me and prove that I was not a robot.So I called your Bountiful office. The young lady there said to write to you through [email protected]. I wondered if lobbyists and corporate contributors who want your ear are instructed to write to Mr. Palmers?I was struck also by the single survey question: whether illegal alien
  
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• Jana Riess: What ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ teaches us about former Latter-day Saints

  31-05-2023 14:00
  
  Nickelodeon child star Jennette McCurdy’s “I’m Glad My Mom Died” — a harrowing story of Hollywood exploitation, eating disorders and a toxic relationship with her mother, who got her into show business — was one of the hottest new memoirs of 2022.I’d heard about McCurdy’s book on a podcast, and though I’d never seen any of the television series McCurdy starred in and didn’t know much about her, I was drawn in because outlets like The At
  
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• 5 Utah farmers share how best to enjoy goods they sell at Salt Lake City’s Downtown Farmers Market

  31-05-2023 14:00
  
  The Downtown Farmers Market offers fresh, locally grown produce in Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Park each summer, but the farmers who supply it work year-round to grow and perfect their goods.The Salt Lake Tribune spoke with five of these farmers about the work that goes into cultivating their produce or meat, which will be available for the season’s first market this Saturday, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., then every Saturday that follows through Oct. 21.Each farmer also shared their favorite way
  
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• When Orem schools close, the city wants more control over what happens to the land

  31-05-2023 13:53
  
  If the Alpine School District closes a school in Orem — as it’s poised to do soon — state law requires it to offer the land to the city first if it decides to sell.But after three school closures in recent years, Orem city leaders wanted even tighter control over school properties they choose not to buy.So, this month, City Council members rezoned all public school sites as “Public Facilities” zones. This requires potential buyers to get their redevelopment plans an
  
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• [NBA Analysis Network] - Rockets Land Jazz’s Kelly Olynyk In Bold NBA Trade Scenario

  31-05-2023 04:41 via sportspyder.com
  The Houston Rockets could benefit from landing Utah Jazz's Kelly Olynyk in this NBA offseason. Can they get the deal done?
  
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• Amy Fowler to resign from SLC Council in wake of DUI arrest

  31-05-2023 01:34
  
  Salt Lake City Council member Amy Fowler said Tuesday that she will resign her elected position after her arrest earlier this month on suspicion of driving under the influence.Fowler said in a statement that she would delay her departure until July 3 in order to fully represent District 7, which includes the east side’s Sugar House area, during the rest of the budget process. The council is due to finalize the fiscal 2024 budget next month.“Thank you to the residents of District 7 fo
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Arena signage ⏱TIMELAPSE⏱ - The Delta Center | UTAH JAZZ

  31-05-2023 00:43 via sportspyder.com
  Watch as the signage changes from Vivint Arena to Delta Center! Bonus footage of Utah Jazz Bear repelling down the front of the arena.Visit Utah Jazz online:...
  
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• Breaking news: Amy Fowler to resign from SLC Council in wake of DUI arrest

  31-05-2023 00:02
  
  Salt Lake City Council member Amy Fowler said Tuesday that she will resign her part-time council position after her arrest earlier this month on suspicion of driving under the influence.Fowler said in a statement that she would delay her departure until July 3 in order to fully represent her District 7, which include the east side’s Sugar House area, during the rest of the budget process. The council is due to finalize the fiscal 2024 budget next month.On May 3, the Utah Highway Patrol arr
  
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