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Top 8 of 2017

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Olivia Morgan on the ropes course at the National Ability Center in Park City, Tuesday June 20, 2017. With help from the Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation, Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Intermountain Healthcare, the National Ability Center has expanded its ropes course.

The Reach

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Bingham player inadvertently steps on the head of Olympus's Rylan Jones as Olympus faces Bingham, high school boys' basketball at the Utah Elite 8 tournament in American Fork, Thursday December 7, 2017.

Stomped

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Water Canyon High School graduate Danielle Barlow breaks down in tears in the arm of a friend, Paula Barlow, after a graduation ceremony in Hildale, Monday May 22, 2017. Barlow is the 13th of 16 children, and the first to earn a high school diploma.

13th of 16, first to graduate

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Timpanogos players celebrate their win over Spanish Fork High School in the Class 4A baseball state title game in Orem, Friday May 26, 2017.

Timpanogos Celebration

Ball Boy

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A young American Fork fan works on distracting Olympus's Jeremy DowDell at the free throw line as American Fork hosts Olympus in the Utah Elite Eight tournament, Saturday December 9, 2017.

Distraction

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chicago Bulls center Robin Lopez (42) as the Utah Jazz host the Chicago Bulls, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City Wednesday November 22, 2017.

3rd Quarter Focus: Robin Lopez

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FLDS children look on after being evicted from their Colorado City, AZ, home by the UEP Trust after refusing to sign an occupancy agreement, Wednesday May 10, 2017.

UEP Evictions: Richard Street

Top 8 in Photojournalism

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Olivia Morgan on the ropes course at the National Ability Center in Park City, Tuesday June 20, 2017. With help from the Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation, Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Intermountain Healthcare, the National Ability Center has expanded its ropes course.

The Reach

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Water Canyon High School graduate Danielle Barlow breaks down in tears in the arm of a friend, Paula Barlow, after a graduation ceremony in Hildale, Monday May 22, 2017. Barlow is the 13th of 16 children, and the first to earn a high school diploma.

13th of 16, first to graduate

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) German artists Wolfgang Aichner and Thomas Huber on the first day of their art project, Linear, about ten miles northwest of Vernal Wednesday September 13, 2017. The duo are launching a four-week long performance art project in which they are filming themselves dragging an oversized giant silver pen through a 250-mile rectangular through the deserts of Utah, Wyoming and Colorado.

Linear

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pallbearers at the funeral for fallen soldier Aaron Butler, in Monticello Saturday August 26, 2017. At right are members of the Patriot Guard Riders.

Services for Aaron Butler

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Members of the Rocky Mountain Middle School Combined Choirs wait to perform at Music on the Hill, sponsored by the Utah Music Educators Association. The event, took place in the rotunda of the State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City with students, educators, parents, and local advocates, who hope to unite in voice support for a well-rounded education that supports the student’s choice of participating in music education classes. Wednesday February 15, 2017.

Rocky Mountain Middle School Combined Choirs

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Gerda Saunders, a Utah writer with dementia, reads from her NYT-lauded memoir,

Memory’s Last Breath

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Photographer Lena Walton photographs Sarah Brassanini and Joseph Wasden, who are set to be married in a few days, during a portrait session at the State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City, Thursday March 9, 2017.

Session

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Troy Fryer, 6, tests out his face painting (a fox) at Westminster College’s Tenth Annual Family Fun Day for children with autism and their families, in Salt Lake City, Saturday June 3, 2017. Rachel Kuhr, at rear, is the artist.

What Does the Fox Say?

Top 8 in Polygamy in the American West

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Water Canyon High School graduate Danielle Barlow breaks down in tears in the arm of a friend, Paula Barlow, after a graduation ceremony in Hildale, Monday May 22, 2017. Barlow is the 13th of 16 children, and the first to earn a high school diploma.

13th of 16, first to graduate

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
FLDS children look on after being evicted from their Colorado City, AZ, home by the UEP Trust after refusing to sign an occupancy agreement, Wednesday May 10, 2017.

UEP Evictions: Richard Street

The Graduates of Water Canyon High School

The Graduates of Water Canyon

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LeAnne Johnson and her children at their new Cedar City home, Wednesday May 24, 2017. The Johnson family relocated to Cedar City after being evicted from UEP Trust properties in Hildale and Colorado City three times. Children are: Larissa (12, green dress), RosaLe (10, brown dress), Janice (8, dark pink dress), Melinda (6, pink dress), and Willis (4).

Johnson Family

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FLDS member Julia Johnson confronts Mohave County Constable Mike Hoggard, disputing the UEP Trust's ability to evict her from a property in Colorado City, AZ, Tuesday May 9, 2017. Locksmith Kelvin Holdaway in blue.

UEP Evictions: 260 Central

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FLDS women and children as they are evicted from their Colorado City, AZ, home, Tuesday May 9, 2017.

UEP Evictions: 260 W Mohave

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FLDS children look on as a Colorado City, AZ, home across the street has its locks changed in an eviction by the UEP Trust, Tuesday May 9, 2017.

UEP Evictions: Central

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UEP eviction of property at 555 N Lauritzen Ave, Colorado City, AZ, Wednesday May 10, 2017. Girl on barrel

UEP Evictions: N Lauritzen