Plus, Utah's Senate race gets dirty and what to expect from spring runoff
Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: ⛅ 40 – 54° in Logan | 💧 30% ⛅ 46 – 60° in Salt Lake | 💧 10% ☀️ 50 – 84° in St. George The wet months of January, February and March boosted Utah’s overall snowpack and promise to bring above-average runoff to most areas of the state. Read more about what to expect this spring. Also on our mind: Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney comment on Mayorkas’ impeachment, Tesla plans to cut 14K jobs and Brock Purdy and his viral Utah lookalike team up for a commercial. |
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| Hiring of NBA assistant Kevin Young shows BYU is serious about paying for top-flight talent |
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Remember those days when the knock on BYU athletics was that the department refused to pay market value for top-flight coaches, instead relying on their affinity for the place and willingness to work for less to be a part of the faith-based school? Well, the hiring of Phoenix Suns associate head coach Kevin Young to replace Kentucky-bound Mark Pope as the new leader of the Cougars’ Big 12 basketball program shows those days are gone. Welcome to the big leagues, BYU. Read more of Jay Drew’s analysis of the new hire. |
More in Sports Danny Ainge on BYU hiring Kevin Young: ‘Wow, that’s a good get’ (Deseret News) What are the offseason plans for the Utah Jazz? Well, that depends on the rest of the NBA (Deseret News) Will No. 6 BYU rise to the occasion at MPSF tournament? (Deseret News) Former Team USA track and field athletes react to Nike’s controversial ‘skimpy’ uniforms (Deseret News) |
| Utah’s competitive Senate Republican primary just got dirtier. A shadowy political action committee bombarded state GOP delegates with negative ads over the last week. The flurry of direct mail and text messages attacked U.S. Senate candidates Rep. John Curtis and Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs with tabloid-ready headlines emphasizing disloyalty to former President Donald Trump. Hometown Freedom Action Network, an opaque Super PAC based out of Washington, D.C., was behind the push. It spent more than $17,000 to oppose Staggs’ convention bid, and more than $2,500 opposing Curtis, for a total of nearly $20,200 in the first two weeks of April. Read more on the race to replace Sen. Mitt Romney. |
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