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Sundance ski patrol and the ski team ski down the slopes with a giant American Flag at Sundance Ski Resort on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 to kick off the Olympics. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Rep. Mike Winder, R-West Valley City, laughs with Kelsey, left, and Cameron, students of the Jean Massieu School, right, at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind brought the classroom to the capitol to show legislators how their support helps deaf, hard of hearing, blind, deaf-blind, and visually impaired children. Jean Massieu is considered to be one of the pioneers in the field of deaf education. Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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After getting his tickets, John Butterfield jumps into the air for the others waiting in line at The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City for Hamilton tickets to go on sale on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) reacts as the Utah Jazz beat the San Antonio Spurs 101-99 in a basketball game at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Darlin Garay, a medical assistant on the kidney transplant team, receives ashes from spiritual care volunteer Mary Jane Morris at Primary Children's Hospital chapel in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, a period of 40 days (excluding Sundays) before Easter, often observed as a time of reflection and an acknowledgement of darkness before the coming of light.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Piper Jackson, originally of Toronto, Ontario, and now living in Scottsdale, Arizona, 15, practices during an intermission between performances at the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) regional semi-finals at University of Utah's Marriott Center For Dance in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018. “We are looking for talented young students so we can provide them with scholarships to the world-leading ballet schools,” said Larisa Saveliev, founder and artistic director of Youth America Grand Prix. She said very dancer takes classes and the stage over the course of the weekend event. Saveliev said her goal is to help nurture the talent of dancers. Selected dancers will continue to the competition finals in New York City. Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
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Skye Karlinsey, 19, looks at a memory box in her room, which includes photos of two friends she lost to suicide, at her home in Ogden on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Utah Utes head coach Larry Krystkowiak is restrained by his assistants after he was given a technical foul in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. USC won 74-58. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Andrea Hunziker holds a photograph of her sister, Sharee Nelson, after speaking in favor of HB333 during a House Judiciary Committee meeting at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. Nelson was murdered by her estranged husband in Spanish Fork in July 2002. Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Corner Canyon players get ready to celebrate just before Ammon Jensen hits a three pointer against Highland to give Corner Canyon the lead in the 5A boys high school state basketball tournament in Ogden on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Ravell Call, Deseret News
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Kosi Robinson, ninth-grader, does a breathing exercise for a minute during Mindful Monday, a Hope Week activity, at South Davis Junior High in Bountiful on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Bountiful's 4 David Stevenson grabs a loose ball before Skyline's 3 Tommy McGrath in the 5A quarterfinals at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018.
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Real Salt Lake defender Tony Beltran hugs Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen as Hansen and Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber walk through the new Zions Bank Real Training Academy in Herriman on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Westlake High student council members Maranda Murray, Annie Smith and Wil Thompson help direct the finalists to their appropriate interview rooms during the finals of the 2018 Sterling Scholar Awards at Westlake High School in Saratoga Springs on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Paul Huntsman and his sister Christena Huntsman Durham, hug and others from the Institute stand after listening to House Speaker Greg Hughes, and other make remarks about their father Huntsman Cancer Institute’s founder, Jon M. Huntsman, as a Proclamation was read on the House floor in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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East and Highland play during the 5A high school girls semifinal game in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Bingham's Journey Tupea (21) gets pumped up with the rest of the Miners before the start of Fremont's 61-47 victory against Bingham in the Class 6A state championship game at Salt Lake Community College in Taylorsville on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
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People participate in the Walk to Remember, honoring the lives lost from mental illness and addiction, around the State Capitol, in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Fremont teammates cheer in the locker room following their 48-46 win over Riverton in the Class 6A state quarterfinals at Salt Lake Community College in Taylorsville on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
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Monsignor M. Francis Mannion leaves Mass after being honored on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Cathedral’s re-dedication by students and faculty of the Madeleine Choir School in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Deserae Turner releases Rock Doves at the state Capitol as Rep. Val Potter, R-North Logan, watches in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Turner was shot by a 17-year-old last February. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Utah Utes guard Erika Bean (11) meets with fans as she is announced before the Utes' 81-46 victory over the Washington Huskies at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
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Mitt Romney talks with a family eating at Jeremiah's in Marriott-Slaterville on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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The City Library Executive Director Peter Bromberg, Mayor Jackie Biskupski and Salt Lake City Council Vice Chair Chris Wharton blows out a cake with 120 candles at the Salt Lake City public library to celebrate 120 years of service in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Kutana Hutchinson and her son, King, 4, sit on the curb as law enforcement officers respond to a shooting near 3500 West Parkway Blvd in West Valley City on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Hutchinson said her bother and her uncle were both shot in the incident. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Sundays Hunt's dog Tex, touted as the first Salt Lake County K9 mayor, lounges at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, at the feet of supporters of SB 91. The bill defines shelter for pets in extreme weather. Ravell Call, Deseret News
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Members of the House of Representatives stand for a moment of silence at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, to honor those who died in a mass shooting in Florida on February 14, 2018.
Ravell Call, Deseret News
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Emma Hansen, a senior at the Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, prepared to go before judges during the semifinals of the 2018 Sterling Scholar Awards at Copper Hills High School in West Jordan on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. Students from the central area of the Wasatch Front competed and were judged in the 14 categories of the scholarship program Thursday at Copper Hills. Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
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Davis County and Clinton police investigate a fatal shooting in Clinton on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Brighton's Jack Binder, left, and Chase Miyagishima, right, congratulate each other after Binder won the men 100 yard butterfly heat 3 at the 5A state swimming meet at the South Davis Recreation Center in Bountiful on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Janis Zettel, left, talks with well wisher Nola Spicer about her car Lucy prior to crews removing it from her front yard in Clearfield on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 after the city council ruled it a nuisance. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Delta's Yair Moran takes a hand in the face during his 182 matchup with North Sanpete's Keegan Eliason during the Class 3A state wrestling meet at the Utah Valley University in Orem on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
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Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) and Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles (2) laugh after a basket in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. The Jazz 106-94. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Vice President of the Epilepsy Association of Utah Doug Rice of West Jordan speaks to his daughter Ashley Rice, who has epilepsy, during discussion of HB 197, which relates to medical cannabis, in the House chambers at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Doug said without medical cannabis and just on pharmaceuticals, Ashley has upwards of two dozen seizures a day. However, with the epilepsy medication and medical cannabis she is on now, she has about three to five seizures a day. Doug said while he completely supports medical cannabis, but he said he is apprehensive about the bills and doesn’t believe they go far enough. “They’re really, really small steps,” he said about the bills. “There’s some positive things to them, but the negatives in these bills out way the positives.” Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
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Family follow the casket during the funeral for Jon M. Huntsman Sr. at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Westminster College student Nick Charles competes in the library book slalom during the Griffin Games at the campus in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Dancing Moose Montessori School students celebrate Chinese New Year at their school in South Jordan on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Benjamin Snyder, center, of Earth Treks and Maggie Hammer, right, of Planet Rock compete in the Youth semi-finals of the Bouldering National Championships at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Amanda Cooper tries out different wing shapes to propel her in a circle at Nature's Ultimate Machines exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Doohyun Kim helps his wife Jiyeon Song with her coat as they get ready to go outside as they talk about their story of love and how they escaped North Korea on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Musician Carlos Emjay sings and plays for those on the street in Salt Lake City on Main Street on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Gail Miller chats with guests before being inducted into the Junior Achievement Utah Business Hall of Fame at Junior Achievement City in the Gateway Mall in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Bernice Keetch hugs her son Kaden after the funeral of her husband Elder Von G. Keetch, General Authority Seventy and Executive Director of the Church's Public Affairs Department, in Highland on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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John Brosler chalks up while competing in the qualifying round of the 2018 Bouldering Open National Championship at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Timpview celebrates a win over Corner Canyon during girls high school basketball played in Provo on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018.
Ravell Call, Deseret News
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Cathie Skene, right, hugs Colette Moser after HB258 passes out of committee with a favorable recommendation at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. At left is Darla Stevenson. All three have had breast cancer.
Ravell Call, Deseret News
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Former Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Christine M. Durham hugs Justice Paige Petersen as Durham is honored in the House of Representatives at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Ravell Call, Deseret News
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Desert Hills High School's men's swim team celebrates after finishing in first place in the 4A state meet at the South Davis Recreation Center in Bountiful on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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The home renter looks over damage in Sandy on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. The house was a total loss with estimated damages of $250,000 after a kerosene heater ignited. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Students from Calvin Smith Elementary perform a Lion dance in the state Capitol rotunda in Salt lake City to commemorate the Lunar New Year on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Picture This: Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell celebrates mid-air after the team’s 10th straight win against the San Antonio Spurs at the Vivint Smart Home Arena.
One “Hamilton” fan jumps for joy after getting the golden tickets to the show at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater.
Now, picture gliding instead.
Members of the Sundance ski patrol and ski team carry Big Betsy, an American flag that measures 78 feet by 150 feet, down the slopes at Sundance Ski Resort to kick off the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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See the gallery of moments Deseret News photojournalists captured in the short month of February. Scroll through the top photos below and follow Deseret News on Instagram for more pictures from our talented photography staff.
Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) reacts as the Utah Jazz beat the San Antonio Spurs 101-99 in a basketball game at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
John Butterfield jumps into the air after getting tickets to "Hamilton" at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Members of the Sundance ski patrol and ski team ski make their way down the slopes with Big Betsy — a giant American flag commissioned by the nonprofit group Follow the Flag — at Sundance Ski Resort on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, to kick off the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The flag, which measures 78 feet by 150 feet, was flown in Grove Creek Canyon in Pleasant Grove on July 4th and is the largest free-flying flag in the United States. The 2018 Winter Games kick off Friday. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Rep. Mike Winder, R-West Valley City, jokes around with Kelsey, left, and Cameron, right, students of the Jean Massieu School, at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind brought the classroom to the Capitol to show legislators how their support helps deaf, hard of hearing, blind, deaf-blind and visually impaired children. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News
Darlin Garay, a medical assistant on the kidney transplant team, receives ashes from spiritual care volunteer Mary Jane Morris at the chapel at Primary Children's Hospital chapel in Salt Lake City on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, a period of 40 days (excluding Sundays) before Easter, often observed as a time of reflection and an acknowledgement of darkness before the coming of light. Ash Wednesday is observed by many Western Christians, including Anglicans, Lutherans, Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians and some Baptists. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News
Piper Jackson, originally of Toronto, Ontario, and now living in Scottsdale, Arizona, 15, practices during an intermission between performances at the Youth America Grand Prix regional semifinals at University of Utah's Marriott Center for Dance in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018. “We are looking for talented young students so we can provide them with scholarships to the world-leading ballet schools,” said Larisa Saveliev, founder and artistic director of Youth America Grand Prix. She said very dancer takes classes and the stage over the course of the weekend event. Saveliev said her goal is to help nurture the talent of dancers. Selected dancers will continue to the competition finals in New York City. | Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
Skye Karlinsey, 19, looks at a memory box in her room, which includes photos of two friends who took their own lives, at her home in Ogden on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Utah Utes head coach Larry Krystkowiak is restrained by his assistants after he was given a technical foul in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. USC won 74-58. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Andrea Hunziker holds a photograph of her sister, Sharee Nelson, after speaking in favor of HB333, which would allow courts to order electronic monitoring in cases of domestic violence, during a House Judiciary Committee meeting at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. Nelson was murdered by her estranged husband in Spanish Fork in July 2002. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News
Corner Canyon players get ready to celebrate just before Ammon Jensen hits a three pointer against Highland to give Corner Canyon the lead in the 5A boys high school state basketball tournament in Ogden on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. | Ravell Call, Deseret News
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