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Tom Wharton has written high school sports and the outdoors for more than four decades. Though he retired in 2016 from his full-time position after working more than 45 years at The Tribune, the University of Utah graduate continues to write about prep sports, Utah history and the outdoors part-time.

It’s a good time to visit Zion National Park — if you’re OK with not having access to many visitor services because of the government shutdown

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