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FILE - In this June 14, 2019, file photo, a skier takes a run as skiers and snowboarders continue to enjoy the late-season conditions at Snowbird Resort, near Salt Lake City. Ski resorts are grappling with how to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus while most planned to stay open as they try to salvage the final month-plus of the ski season. Snowbird resort in Utah said it will close it's aerial tram but stay open, explaining in an online post, "it is our foundational belief that it is beneficial for the soul to live and enjoy the adventure lifestyle, and this is particularly the case in times like this, when anxiety and stress are high. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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Romney pitches $1,000 checks as Utah restaurants, bars close
March 16, 2020 6:47 p.m.

Romney pitches $1,000 checks as Utah restaurants, bars close

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitt Romney wants the federal government to send $1,000 checks to every American to help the country cope with the coronavirus outbreak causing widespread closures at restaurants, bars and other businesses around the country, including the capital of his adopted home state of Utah.