Utah News Digest
Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 5 years AGO
Good evening. Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up in Utah.
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TOP STORIES:
IMMIGRATION COURTS
LUMPKIN, Ga. — The nation's immigration court system is shouldering crushing caseloads, chaos and confusion. Dysfunctional for years, the system has grown worse following a surge in asylum seekers and the Trump administration’s crackdown on the southwest border and illegal immigration. The AP visited immigration courts in 11 cities during a 10-day period in the fall, observing how massive caseloads and shifting policies have increased the turmoil. By Kate Brumback, Deepti Hajela and Amy Taxin. SENT: 3,490 words, photos, video. A 1,550-word abridged version has moved.
PLANE CRASH-UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY — The pilot killed when his small plane crashed into a Utah neighborhood Wednesday was the founder of a company that made skis and he loved water skiing, snow skiing and flying his airplane, the business said Thursday. David Goode, 64, was the only one inside a twin-engine Cessna that clipped one home before crashing in a street in between other town homes in Roy, about about 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Salt Lake City, Roy Police Sgt. Matthew Gwynn said in a news release. Nobody else was injured. By Brady McCombs. SENT: 580 words, photos, video.
ELECTIONS 2020-GOVERNOR-UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY — Ex-Utah GOP chair Thomas Wright added a political heavyweight to his run for governor on Thursday, tapping outgoing U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop as his lieutenant-governor candidate. Bishop had weighed stepping into the race himself but decided against it earlier this week and endorsed Wright. He had already said he would not to run for a ninth term in the U.S. House. SENT: 350 words, photos.
URANIUM MILL-LAYOFFS
SALT LAKE CITY — A Colorado energy company laid off a third of its workforce in southeast Utah, primarily at the last conventional uranium mill operating in the United States. Energy Fuels Inc. laid off 24 of its 79 employees, most of them at the White Mesa Mill, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. SENT: 300 words.
SUFFRAGE MEMORIAL-OHIO STATEHOUSE
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A proposal to erect a memorial to Ohio women who fought for voting rights would add the Statehouse to a small group of state capitols with monuments to actual female figures from U.S. history. Connecticut's Statehouse features a statue of former Gov. Ella Grasso, the state's first female governor elected in her own right, while Utah has a statue of Martha Hughes Cannon, the country's first female state senator. By Andrew Welsh-Huggins. SENT: 740 words, photos.
CONDOMS-STATE SLOGANS
SALT LAKE CITY — An HIV-awareness campaign featuring condom wrappers with cheeky slogans that put a sexy spin on state pride met a quick end in Utah as the governor ordered the health department to stop distributing them. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's intervention came hours after the designs became public on Wednesday. Herbert, a Republican, he understands the importance of educating residents about HIV prevention, but he does not approve of using sexual innuendo as part of a taxpayer-funded campaign. SENT: 220 words.
ENTERTAINMENT:
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
PARK CITY, Utah — Coverage of the third day of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Stories on merits.
IN BRIEF:
— TRUMP IMPEACHMENT-UTAH — Two rallies calling on Utah senators to push for a fair and impartial impeachment trial for President Donald Trump drew a combined total of over 100 people Thursday.
SPORTS:
BKN-JAZZ-PELICANS
NEW ORLEANS — The Utah Jazz ride a 10-game winning streak into their game against the Pelicans on Thursday night. New Orleans has won nine of 13. By Brett Martel. Game time is 6 p.m.
BKC-UTAH-ARIZONA
TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona looks to get back on track against Utah after being swept by the Pac-12's Oregon schools last week. By Basketball Writer John Marshall. Game time is 6:30 p.m.
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