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COVID-19: Homemade cloth face coverings now accepted by Intermountain Healthcare

Intermountain Healthcare is accepting donations of homemade cloth face coverings for visitors and non-frontline caregivers at hospitals and clinics.

       




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St. George restaurants, businesses reopen after coronavirus closures

Businesses in St. George are opening their doors again as Utah begins to reopen its economy in phases amid the coronavirus outbreak.

       




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Zion National Park to reopen — but maybe not all of it

Zion National Park announced plans to reopen on May 13, but officials made clear that only "select areas" would be open at first.

       




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May the Fourth be with you: St. George enthusiast talks Star Wars, local 501st Legion

A local 501st Legion member discusses his introduction to the Star Wars universe, what it takes to be a trooping member of the worldwide organization.

       




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Silver Reef Brewery adjusts production, provides sanitizer to St. George community

Silver Reef Brewery adjusts production, provides sanitizer to St. George community

       




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Local saddlemaker discusses the iconic western saddle and what it takes to build it right

Saddlemaker Steve Hafen talks about what it takes to build a saddle to last generations, and how family and hard work are key components in his life.

       




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U.S. COVID-19 Death Projections Climb To 135,000 By August Due To Eased Restrictions

A coronavirus mortality model projects that nearly 135,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August. The data has been revised and is now almost double previous projections, pushing the death toll in the US to over 200,000 by August.

       




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What St. George reopening amid COVID-19 and moving to 'orange' means for public health

With businesses across Utah reopening on May 1, here is what returning to normalcy might mean for the health of St. George residents in the future

       




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Gunlock State Park closes waterfalls due to recent high visitation numbers

The picturesque waterfalls below Gunlock Reservoir are now closed because of the high number of visitors that have been at the site in recent weeks.

       




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COVID-19, Trump, and the Lake Powell Pipeline: GOP governor debate in Washington County

Utah's four Republican governor candidates debated virtually on Washington County issues, including Trump, the coronavirus and Lake Powell Pipeline.

       




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Buying low — really low

A short stay at a nearly-empty hotel has Dan Wyson thinking this rock-bottom time for many businesses could bring prime investment opportunities.

       




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Turn hobbies into cash



RETIREMENT is not what it used to be, as growing numbers work beyond state pension age instead of putting their feet up.




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Five-minute guide to... Future of pensions dashboard



EVERYBODY is familiar with the concept of a dashboard, which gives the driver of a car or aircraft an at-a-glance view of all their controls, allowing them to plot a course and check on their progress.




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Pension news: UK sitting on £20BILLION ‘LOST pension mountain’ that could remain UNCLAIMED



A “JAW-DROPPING” 1.6 million lost pension pots worth nearly £20 billion are being left unclaimed, according to estimates from an insurance industry body. Savers are losing track of their pension stash due to job changes or moving house, with future retirees potentially missing out on staggering sums for their golden years.




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Retirement: Banks offer 'later life' mortgages to meet UK ageing population



MORE banks are now offering mortgages specifically designed for older borrowers and retirees, figures reveal. Lenders are clamouring to launch new products and change existing terms to meet an ageing population.




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EU’s super-Eurocrat Barnier is deluded – this is how to beat him, says FREDERICK FORSYTH



WE ARE told at every hand that dire misfortune will fall upon us if we do not capitulate to the Eurocrats and continue to make every trading concession needed by EU membership. Perhaps these ladies and gentlemen, oxygen-starved in their Brussels penthouses, could be apprised of some basic facts of life.




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How meddling officials were to blame for floods, says FREDERICK FORSYTH



No secret that this country has been experiencing rainfall of biblical proportions and that this has caused very widespread flooding of roads and towns, with consequent misery for everyone affected, many of whom are not even insured.




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This simple plan would save the best of the BBC, says FREDERICK FORSYTH



Both major parties complain about the BBC. They always have and they always will. On the one hand, they both demand impartiality - which means criticism where it is justified - and then complain bitterly when they are criticised.




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We were born free but Britons are now in chains, says FREDERICK FORSYTH



For decades, even centuries, we British have prided ourselves on being the free-est people in the world, subject only to the laws passed by our democratically elected parliament. But can we really go on preaching what has now become a canard?




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We’ll survive this because official pessimism is always wrong, says FREDERICK FORSYTH



IN A long lifetime I have never seen our old country in such a comprehensive mess. Health issues apart, our entire economy is being systematically dismantled. The damage being done will take a minimum 10 years to repair and parts of it will never return.




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Is virus really as bad as we are being told? says FREDERICK FORSYTH



THE GREAT majority of us like it when the things we are being told actually make sense. I certainly do. So when the scary bulletins and instructions pouring out of government do not do that, I experience "red light" syndrome.




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We are in the dark days of Civil Service disobedience, says ANN WIDDECOMBE



O TEMPORA! O mores! One of the most senior figures in the Civil Service, Sir Philip Rutnam, calls a press conference to denounce his Minister, in this case the Home Secretary herself. How times have changed from when civil servants were anonymous and Ministers took the flak when things went wrong.




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Don’t play politics with prosecutions says ANN WIDDECOMBE



IT IS TIME that political interference with the police and the CPS ceased. One might have thought that after the ludicrous Operation Midland , the lesson had been learned.




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There is no point ‘locking up’ the over 70s, says ANN WIDDECOMBE



I have been grateful for the restrained response of this government towards the coronavirus outbreak but the new proposal to lock down every single person over the age of 70 for three months, regardless of health and strength, seems woefully lacking in logic.




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My call to address business flexibility, says ANN WIDDECOMBE



THIS is a story of two businesses and of two very different approaches to our current exigencies.The first concerns my local laundry CleanCall, which devised a means to keep going and contributing to the economy.




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Social distancing needs to be reasonable, says ANN WIDDECOMBE



SO, BORIS, where is your land of liberty now? Where is proportionality and reason?




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This coronavirus lockdown policy makes no sense, says ANN WIDDECOMBE



I'M QUITE enjoying this lockdown but I know just how blessed I am. I actively like solitude. I have the moors on my doorstep, a large garden, a job which I can do from home, a dependable pension, good health and a keyworker neighbour who can drop off fresh milk, bread and veg.




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Do not tell Piers to mind his language, says ANN WIDDECOMBE



OH, FOR pity's sake! Death is stalking the country, the NHS is over-run, the economy is crashing on a seismic scale but Ofcom is pontificating about broadcaster Piers Morgan's mimicry of a Chinese accent calling it "offensive and racist". Get a life, dears!




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The age-old argument is not fit for purpose, says ANN WIDDECOMBE



BACK ON Wednesday, March 18, I wrote that as the overwhelming majority of people who were dying were reported as having underlying health conditions it would make sense to lock down anybody with such a condition and let the rest of us get on with keeping the economy and the volunteer effort going.




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Callous lockdown lacks compassion, says ANN WIDDECOMBE



BY AND large I resist the temptation to roar at my TV screen but a few days ago, I did just that, when the tearful sister of twins who had died from the virus commented that she could not even be with her parents. Why the hell not? I shouted, feeling close to tears myself.




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Lockdown for over-70s? I won't put up with this ageist claptrap, says ANN WIDDECOMBE



AT LAST there appears to be some momentum gathering behind what I have been saying for weeks: that it is wrong to lock down people on the grounds of age alone.




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Magnitude  mb 4.1
Region  SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS
Date time  2020-05-09 10:26:25.6 UTC
Location  32.50 S ; 179.58 E
Depth  448 km




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mb 4.7 IONIAN SEA

Magnitude  mb 4.7
Region  IONIAN SEA
Date time  2020-05-09 10:52:51.6 UTC
Location  37.30 N ; 20.50 E
Depth  12 km




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mb 4.5 EAST TIMOR REGION

Magnitude  mb 4.5
Region  EAST TIMOR REGION
Date time  2020-05-09 11:14:45.0 UTC
Location  9.62 S ; 125.07 E
Depth  43 km




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mb 4.6 LUZON, PHILIPPINES

Magnitude  mb 4.6
Region  LUZON, PHILIPPINES
Date time  2020-05-09 11:19:42.1 UTC
Location  14.99 N ; 122.58 E
Depth  30 km




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ML 3.0 ALBANIA

Magnitude  ML 3.0
Region  ALBANIA
Date time  2020-05-09 11:25:58.2 UTC
Location  40.38 N ; 19.64 E
Depth  15 km




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mb 4.8 MACQUARIE ISLAND REGION

Magnitude  mb 4.8
Region  MACQUARIE ISLAND REGION
Date time  2020-05-09 13:18:38.8 UTC
Location  54.65 S ; 158.71 E
Depth  10 km




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mb 4.5 SUCRE, VENEZUELA

Magnitude  mb 4.5
Region  SUCRE, VENEZUELA
Date time  2020-05-09 13:30:07.3 UTC
Location  10.58 N ; 62.56 W
Depth  94 km




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mb 4.5 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION

Magnitude  mb 4.5
Region  KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Date time  2020-05-09 13:39:07.1 UTC
Location  31.35 S ; 179.10 E
Depth  353 km




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mb 4.7 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA

Magnitude  mb 4.7
Region  UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
Date time  2020-05-09 14:02:03.5 UTC
Location  54.42 N ; 163.62 W
Depth  70 km




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ML 2.9 COQUIMBO, CHILE

Magnitude  ML 2.9
Region  COQUIMBO, CHILE
Date time  2020-05-09 16:51:19.0 UTC
Location  31.51 S ; 71.07 W
Depth  56 km




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Save Our Shows: 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist' tops 2020 survey with record-breaking support

"Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" topped USA TODAY's 23rd annual Save Our Shows poll with a record 67% of voters urging NBC to save it.

      




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4 last-minute gift ideas for Mother's Day, including these subscription services

Here are quarantine-friendly ways to get mom a perfect gift for Mother's Day.

      




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This weekend: New Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, Michelle Obama doc, 'SNL' season finale

Out this weekend: Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber's new duet, Michelle Obama's documentary on Netflix and the season finale of "Saturday Night Live."

      




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Opinion: Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh's radical plan for college football players makes sense

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has long advocated for player freedom in college football. His latest proposal involving NFL draft is his most radical.

      




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Fact check: Vice President Mike Pence did not carry empty boxes of PPE into a hospital

A since deleted video by Jimmy Kimmel alleges that Vice President Mike Pence delivered empty boxes of personal protective equipment.

      




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White men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery won't face Georgia hate crime charges. Here's why.

Gregory and Travis McMichael, who are accused of fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery, a black man, will not face hate crime charges. Here's why.

      




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Unusual Mother's Day weather: Two-thirds of the US face record cold and snow while a heat wave blasts the West

Mother's Day will bring Arctic blasts, wintry conditions and records low temperatures for two-thirds of the US. Meanwhile, a heat wave will hit Alaska

      




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Mom of 1.4-pound baby, a micro-preemie, celebrates her 'little miracle' this Mother's Day

A Nashville mom who gave birth to an 'alarmingly small' child celebrates her first Mother's Day with a healthy daughter and waves of gratitude.