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For all those Utah Jazz fans who bought tickets to Tuesday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder hoping for one of those classic Georges Niang vs. Luguentz Dort scoring battles, they did not go home disappointed. Same for everyone hoping for early minutes from Ersan Ilyasova, Matt Thomas, and Jarrell Brantley. One night after…

Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism. Former University of Utah Police Chief Dale Brophy, who received a full year’s salary and a $6,000 party when he retired amid criticism of his department’s handling of Lauren McCluskey’s case, now says he wasn’t treated…

Chris Beard’s reshaping of his basketball roster at the University of Texas will include Timmy Allen. Allen, the University of Utah’s leading scorer, rebounder and assist man last season, has committed to the Longhorns, he announced on Instagram Tuesday evening. Twice an All-Pac-12 selection in three seasons as a Ute, Allen is the third recruit…

Vatican City • After decades of child sexual abuse scandals, the Catholic Church is ready to share its successes — and failures — with other religious and lay institutions. At an April 8-10 online symposium with religious representatives from around the world, Pope Francis expressed his hope that together, religions can fight “this profound evil.”…

The Democratic-controlled House in Congress is moving ahead with a bill that would make Washington, D.C. the 51st state. Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes has joined with 21 other Republican attorneys general to send a letter to President Joe Biden and congressional leadership arguing making D.C. a state is unconstitutional and threatening a protracted legal…

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In the early days of the pandemic, Mark Alston, the owner of The Bayou, purchased $3,000 worth of equipment that would allow his Salt Lake City bar to bottle and sell draft beer to go. Sales of the sealed containers were brisk, he said, until last week when bars and restaurants across the state received…

1. Jazz don’t do work on defense early NBA players are incredibly efficient when one of two things happen: 1) When they get out in transition with a head of steam 2) When they get to their spots in the half court. So when you’re defending NBA teams, you have two crucial jobs to do…

The Utah Jazz have played a fair amount of games this season without Mike Conley … or Joe Ingles … or Donovan Mitchell … or Jordan Clarkson. And thanks to their depth, they’ve mostly been OK. Playing their fourth game in six nights on Monday, this time without both Conley and Clarkson — well, that…

A man was taken to the hospital after his ultralight aircraft crashed in the Great Saltair parking lot on Monday night. Unified Police have not identified the 65-year-old man, but they said he is in critical condition. Ultralight aircraft are used for recreational purposes and typically have only one seat. Police said he was the…

Nearly 30% of people who are in the Kane County jail have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the sheriff’s office. It’s the first COVID-19 outbreak at the rural county jail since the pandemic began nearly a year ago, and has contributed to higher than usual positive cases for the county as a whole.…

In one sense, the football programs at Weber State, Southern Utah and Dixie State are operating under normal conditions. All three are putting the finishing touches on training camp, all three are readying to open their respective seasons later this week. Film is being consumed, game plans are being installed, anticipation is building for the…

I wonder how much it will cost the taxpayers for all of Donald Trump’s 30-plus lawsuits, which are going nowhere. Then all the days at his resorts playing golf with all of the security and the cost for all of them to stay at Trump’s resort with food and drinks. I would really like to…

Phoenix • On election night, Jodi Owings and her family watched the results reported live on television in their Oklahoma home. That’s when she noticed the wording on a CNN graphic that displayed returns by race as white, Latino, Black, “something else” and Asian. Owings, a citizen of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, asked her…

The day before Thanksgiving is one of the busiest sales day of the year at Utah’s state-run liquor stores, as last-minute shoppers pickup wine and spirits for the holiday. Officials from the Utah Dept. of Alcoholic Beverage Control were expecting lines to be especially long this year, because the number of customers allowed in each…

Utah Democrats were feeling good about where they were on election night, but when all the votes were counted, they had lost some key seats, and only increased their numbers by one in the Utah Legislature. On this week’s “Utah Politics” podcast, we speak with Tribune political reporter Leia Larsen about the Salt Lake County…

A South Salt Lake man has been charged with attempted murder after what police believe was an unprovoked stabbing of a stranger on a TRAX platform. Michael Nimmo, 50, was charged in 3rd District Court with attempted aggravated murder, possession and use of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, and two counts of assault…

Ron Titcomb, a field engineer credited with bringing public broadcasting to the most far-flung parts of the Intermountain West, has died from COVID-19. Titcomb, who lived in Heber City, died Nov. 19, according to an obituary posted on the website for Probst Family Heber Valley Funerals. He was 62. Titcomb worked for nearly 40 years…