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Colby Frazier
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- News, January 25, 2017
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Fire Line
UFA Board considers recouping bonuses paid to former chiefs and turning investigation over to law enforcement.
- A week after the Utah State Auditor issued an exhaustive audit documenting the misdeeds of former fire chiefs at the Unified Fire Authority, the board that oversees the state's largest firefighting agency is weighing whether it will seek criminal and civil action against its former employees.
- News, Cover Story January 4, 2017
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Home Sweet Home?
How a single real estate deal highlights a city in flux and in crisis.
- In January of 1974, Dick's brother told him that he was owed $10,000—an amount that could not be paid in any currency besides the seven-unit, red brick apartment that has, since 1909, been anchored between First and Second Avenue.
- Blog, Buzz Blog November 9, 2016
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Dead Red
That Utah could end up voting something other than Republican proved delusional.
- News, November 9, 2016
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Flame Keepers
Unified Fire Authority sets sights on rebuilding, restoring morale.
- In late 2015, UFA board members began to grumble about the more than $100,000 in bonuses that were doled out without board approval to Jensen, Scott and a pair of other top UFA officials.
- News, November 2, 2016
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Money Chase
While some Utah politicians raise little money, others have been spending quite a bit on travel.
- But without a hefty campaign donation system, it is much easier to cull corporate influence in Hughes' financial disclosures.
- News, Cover Story October 26, 2016
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Election Guide 2016
- In case you've just emerged from a dank cave: Some time after dusk settles on Nov. 8, America might very well ring in the news of a new president-elect by freaking out.
- Blog, Buzz Blog October 14, 2016
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SLC Council to Take on Homelessness, Affordable Housing
With housing crunch and growing homelessness, city leaders to mull solutions.
- News, October 12, 2016
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Thanks for Nothing
Tragic details of a young man's suicide in a Utah prison cell are brought back to life by his grandma's lawsuit.
- The stories that accompanied his death did not venture into the difficult question of exactly how a 19-year-old comes to kill himself in prison.
- News, Cover Story October 5, 2016
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The Weather Inside
The prison system seems intent on ensuring that a man convicted of stealing $264 in 1981 dies in jail.
- To Kaestel, who in 1981 was convicted of aggravated robbery after stealing $264 from an Arkansas taco shop, nature has become a sacred part of his life behind bars.
- Blog, Buzz Blog September 30, 2016
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Animal Testing Death at U Sparks Federal Warning
After euthanizing monkey, U of U comes under fire from animal groups, feds.
