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Year: 2018

Walmart enlisting customers in push to raise alcohol limit

Walmart enlisting customers in push to raise alcohol limit

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Walmart is enlisting their customers in a new public push to sell higher-alcohol beer in Utah. The Deseret News reports the retail giant has posted signs saying “Walmart supports efforts to change Utah’s beer laws,” and including a phone number to learn more. In Utah, beer must […]

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Salt Lake City gets go-ahead to bid for Winter Olympics

Salt Lake City gets go-ahead to bid for Winter Olympics

Salt Lake City got the green light to bid for an upcoming Winter Olympics — most likely for 2030 — in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city that hosted in 2002 and provided the backdrop for the U.S. winter team’s ascendance into an international powerhouse. The […]

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Utah senator says he regrets ‘irresponsible’ Trump remarks

Utah senator says he regrets ‘irresponsible’ Trump remarks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is backtracking after saying that he wasn’t concerned that prosecutors implicated President Donald Trump in a crime. The Republican in a statement said he spoke “imprudently” in a CNN interview Tuesday. During the interview, he dismissed federal prosecutors who said Trump directed his […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 12/14

Prep Sports Roundup: 12/14

Boys Basketball Region 14 DELTA, Utah-Reid Price netted 24 points and the Union Cougars edged Delta 67-64 Friday in Region 14 boys basketball action at the Palladium. Derek Smith’s 42 points led the Rabbits in the loss. Region 18 GUNNISON, Utah-Sam Orton scored a game-high 20 points as the Kanab […]

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Five charged in alleged plot to smuggle drugs into Gunnison prison

Five charged in alleged plot to smuggle drugs into Gunnison prison

Prosecutors in Sanpete County are charging five people with trying to smuggle drugs into a state prison facility in Gunnison. Talon Hamann, Kelcy Roberts, Patrick Sullivan, Colton Olsen and Brian Olsen were all charged with attempted drug distribution Tuesday. Investigators say the five created a plan to place drugs in […]

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Suicide prevention groups aim to help college students

Suicide prevention groups aim to help college students

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Hope4Utah’s idea that it takes a village to raise a child — and to save one — may expand to college and university campuses. Hope4Utah’s Hope Squad programs, which trains students to recognize the warning signs of depressed or suicidal peers and report the signs to […]

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Man on Utah’s death row for 30 years seeks new trial

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Chicago native who has been on death row in Utah for more than three decades for the death of a Provo woman is seeking a new trial. Douglas Stewart Carter, 63, is asking the state Supreme Court to order a new hearing based on […]

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Former Utah State coach, New Texas Tech coach Matt Wells gets $18.8M, 6-year contract

Former Utah State coach, New Texas Tech coach Matt Wells gets $18.8M, 6-year contract

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — New Texas Tech coach Matt Wells has a six-year, $18.8 million contract, with Utah State getting an $800,000 buyout. The school released details of the contract Thursday. Wells, who replaced Kliff Kingsbury after the former Texas Tech quarterback was fired, could earn incentives of up to […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 12/13

Prep Sports Roundup: 12/13

Boys Basketball Region 20 TROPIC, Utah-Sergio Vasquez posted 26 points and the Bryce Valley Mustangs routed Diamond Ranch 80-53 Thursday in Region 20 boys basketball action. Gavin Ellsworth had a game-high 27 points in the loss for the Diamondbacks. JUNCTION, Utah-Acey Orton stepped up with 20 points and the Panguitch […]

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Stanford dominates BYU 3-0 in NCAA volleyball semifinals

Stanford dominates BYU 3-0 in NCAA volleyball semifinals

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tami Alade had 14 blocks, Kathryn Plummer had 12 kills and Stanford beat BYU 25-15, 25-15 and 25-18 on Thursday night to advance to the NCAA volleyball championship and avenge its only loss of the season. Seeking its eighth title, Stanford will face the winner of an […]

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