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Dan Bammes

Patients move to new tower at Utah Valley Hospital

142 new patients are waking up in bigger brighter rooms at the Utah Valley Hospital. The new Pedersen Patient Tower replaces the old patient tower at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo that was built back in the 1970s and is scheduled to be demolished
5 years ago
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Emerson Oligschlaeger

Jenny Wilson selected as Salt Lake County Mayor

Former congressional candidate and city councilwoman Jenny Wilson will be finishing first term congressman Ben McAdams' term as Salt Lake County Mayor.
5 years ago
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Associated Press

Utah women’s basketball gets first win over Stanford

Utah shed its underdog status in the Pac-12 with a big first for the program. The 21st-ranked Utes beat No. 6 Stanford 75-68 on Sunday.
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Associated Press

Parents arrested after injured infant found dead at motel

Two adults were arrested on suspicion of child neglect homicide after the 4-month-old was found dead at a motel with visible bruises and an abrasion.
5 years ago
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Emerson Oligschlaeger

Two snowmobilers killed in separate avalanches

Scott Pearson Jr. was killed by an avalanche in the La Sal Mountains. Tommy Hawkins of was caught in a fatal avalanche in Bonneville County, Idaho.
5 years ago
Flames show from a fire at the St. George East Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...
Matthew Brooks

Police treating church fire as a crime

ST. GEORGE – A new stake center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was destroyed by a fire on Saturday. The building is considered a total loss. Police are investigating the fire as a crime. (Credit: Saint George East Stake) No persons are believed to have been injured by the Saturday fire. […]
5 years ago
Fans reach for Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) following the team's NBA basketball game again...
Associated Press

Mitchell scores 24, Jazz outlast Timberwolves 106-102

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell was finding his teammates in all sorts of ways. One of his career-high 11 assists looked as if it belonged on the diamond instead of the court. “I got back to my old ways,” said Mitchell, who pitched and played shortstop in high school. “It was just making […]
5 years ago
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Dan Bammes

Civil rights activist Archie Archuleta dead at 88

The Salt Lake City Mayor's Office says Archie Archuleta "gave voice to marginalized people," and encouraged others to speak out.
5 years ago
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Paul Nelson

Shutdown ends, uncertainty doesn’t for IRS workers in Ogden

Despite the government shutdown seemingly coming to an end for now, IRS workers in Ogden say they aren't celebrating just yet.
5 years ago
Wade Robson, from left, director Dan Reed and James Safechuck pose for a portrait to promote the fi...
Lindsey Bahr, Assoicated Press

Standing ovation for Michael Jackson accusers at Sundance

Two men who accuse Michael Jackson of molesting them as boys walked onstage to a standing ovation following the festival’s only screening of “Leaving Neverland,” a documentary about their stories.
5 years ago
Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets players get into a scuffle as they play an NBA basketball game in Salt...
Adam Mason

Derrick Favors and Mason Plumlee fined for altercation

The NBA announced Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors and the Denver Nuggets' Mason Plumlee were fined for their altercation in the first quarter of Wednesday's game.
5 years ago
President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Jan 25, 2019, in Washi...
Associated Press

Trump, Congress leaders reach deal to end shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over the president’s demands for money to build his long-promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump announced the agreement to break the 35-day […]
5 years ago
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day will return to normal temple operations....
Marc Giauque

Church announces start of St. George temple renovation

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will begin a three-year renovation of the historic St. George Temple beginning in November of this year. 
5 years ago
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Becky Bruce

Study says number of female filmmakers at Sundance improving

Female filmmakers are submitting to and being accepted into the Sundance Film Festival in significantly greater numbers than they were a decade ago.
5 years ago
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Colby Walker and Dan Bammes

Sen. Mike Lee reintroduces bill to remove regulations of gun silencers

Senator Mike Lee and five more Republican Senators introduced the Silencers Helping Us Save Hearing Act to eliminate all federal regulations of suppressors.
5 years ago
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Mary Richards

McAdams: Border wall could be part of shutdown solution

A Utah Congressman has joined other Democrats in offering President Trump a deal-- end the partial government shutdown, then we'll vote on a border wall. Democrat Ben McAdams signed a letter calling for leadership in both parties to vote
5 years ago
A Utah lawmaker wants to ban most abortions after 18 weeks of gestation, a change to a proposal tha...
Mary Richards

Indepth: Utah lawmakers look to tweak referendum processes

After a year of several citizens initiatives making it on the ballot, Utah lawmakers are looking to tweak the process.
5 years ago
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Mary Richards

Church speaks about hate crimes legislation in Utah

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is clarifying its position on a hate crimes law in Utah and says it will not oppose legislation this year.
5 years ago
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By ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM, Associated Press

Talks start as Senate rejects 2 plans for ending shutdown

A splintered Senate voted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 35-day partial government shutdown, but the twin setbacks prompted a burst of bipartisan talks aimed at temporarily halting the longest-ever closure of federal agencies and the damage it's inflicting around the country.
5 years ago
FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2018, file photo, Roger Stone speaks at the American Priority Conference in ...
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press

Trump associate Stone arrested, faces obstruction charge

Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, was arrested Friday morning in the special counsel's Russia investigation and was charged with lying to Congress and obstructing the probe. The seven-count indictment against Stone, a self-proclaimed "dirty trickster," is the first criminal case in months from special counsel Robert Mueller.
5 years ago
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Emerson Oligschlaeger

Jackie Chan brings upcycled art exhibit to The Leonardo

Jackie Chan unveiled the "Jackie Chan: Green Hero" exhibit at The Leonardo on Thursday, featuring 18 sculptures made from props from his movie sets.
5 years ago
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Paul Nelson

Salt Lake based company donates funding for national parks

A new partnership is going to let some of the busiest national parks in Utah stay open, for now, while the federal government shutdown continues to trudge on.
5 years ago
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, ...
Associated Press

Senate rejects rival Dem, GOP plans for reopening government

WASHINGTON (AP) — A splintered Senate swatted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 34-day partial government shutdown on Thursday, leaving President Donald Trump and Congress with no obvious formula for halting the longest-ever closure of federal agencies and the mounting damage it is inflicting around the country. The twin setbacks triggered a […]
5 years ago
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Mary Richards and Matthew Brooks

Your view of medical marijuana depends on your age, politics and religion

Utahns are split over whether the Legislature had a better solution on medical marijuana than the Proposition 2 passed by voters in November. A new poll shows 39 percent of Utahns say the legislative rewrite is better than Prop 2. Thirty-four percent say there’s no difference and 11 percent don’t know. The poll was conducted […]
5 years ago