Local Headlines 10-19-17

Salt Lake Tribune

Michelle Quist Mumford: #MeToo

Holly Richardson: #MeToo

Utah man accused of raping BYU student is acquitted

Utah group seeks audit of Lake Powell Pipeline project, water data after finding ‘discrepancies’

Operation Rio Grande disrupts drug dealers, but it hasn’t put them out of business

Salt Lake City flights are packed, but that attracts expanded service

House majority leader endorses Republican John Curtis in race to fill Utah’s vacant seat

Grand jury hands up watered-down indictment of ex-UTA board member Terry Diehl

As leaders assess first two months, Operation Rio Grande gets a thumbs up from Utah voters

Utah House Speaker Hughes agrees to debate homeless expert who criticized Operation Rio Grande

Curtis sidesteps Trump in Utah congressional debate while Allen and Bennett take president to task

State treasurer warns state takeover of UTA could damage Utah’s credit rating

Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams jumps into U.S. House race against Rep. Mia Love

Mark Thomas named new Utah Senate chief of staff

Legislative leaders vote to sue attorney general to seek release of secret legal opinion on special election

Deseret News

Jay Evensen: How many votes do you need to be considered a winner?

Natalie Gochnour: The next 50 years will be a test of community leadership for a growing Utah County

Ex-UTA board member now faces 3 criminal charges after feds drop 11

Utah elections director picked as state Senate chief of staff

Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams running for Congress

Feds seek to stop Shoshone band from selling hunting licenses on Ute lands

Utah lawmakers to pursue legal action against A.G. over special election opinion

Officials: Operation Rio Grande has brought ‘zombie land’ under control

Accusations fly over water use data, Lake Powell Pipeline

Utah’s VidAngel files for bankruptcy, pausing court fight

Utah submits Amazon HQ2 bid amid community concerns

Curtis avoids talking about Trump in debate, but Allen, Bennett kept bringing him up

Sen. Orrin Hatch raises nearly $1 million in three months, still mum on re-election decision

Other

Op-ed: Weber County Jail offers excellent medical care (Standard-Examiner)

Editorial: If lawmakers can reach an agreement on Obamacare, they can renew CHIP (Standard-Examiner)