Provo Mayor John Curtis declares victory in Republican primary for Chaffetz's...
Provo Mayor John Curtis declared victory in the Republican primary Tuesday night against his two staunchly conservative rivals in the special election to replace retired Rep. Jason Chaffetz.The...
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Black Mormons applaud as LDS Church condemns white supremacy as ‘morally...
Black Mormons celebrated — some even wept for joy — as their church updated an earlier anti-racism statement Tuesday and pointedly disavowed groups that promote white supremacy.“It has been called to...
View ArticleCedar City man jailed, accused of multiple rapes of 7-year-old girl
A man accused of multiple rapes of a 7-year-old girl remained in the Iron County jail on $200,000 cash bail and a federal immigration hold.The 32-year-old Mexican national, who reportedly had been...
View ArticleUtah forecast: The heat is back, north and south
The Wasatch Front will see warmer and drier conditions prevail as the weekend approaches, with triple-digit temperatures returning to the south.Thursday will bring highs around 90 degrees to the Salt...
View ArticleNews roundup: Trump again says ‘both sides’ were to blame for violence in...
Trump again says ‘both sides’ were to blame for violence in Charlottesville. Provo Mayor John Curtis declares victory in Republican primary for Chaffetz’s seat. SLC Council incumbents sitting pretty...
View ArticleMourners gather to remember woman killed at Virginia rally
Charlottesville, Va. • Mourners will gather in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Wednesday to honor the woman who was killed when a car rammed into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally...
View ArticleTrump goes after Amazon, again
Washington • President Donald Trump is renewing his attacks on e-commerce giant Amazon, and he says the company is “doing great damage to tax paying retailers.”Trump tweets that “towns, cities and...
View ArticleCommentary: Now that I have brain cancer, I’m ready to offer moral advice
My path to the Egress is as uncertain as I can imagine, but my goal has gotten more focused on sharing some small positive effects while I’m still able.My diagnosis of glioblastoma hit me about eight...
View ArticleWest Valley City police investigate suspected fatal hit-and-run auto...
Police on Wednesday were investigating the discovery of a man’s body in a West Valley City street overnight as an apparent hit-and-run, auto-pedestrian incident.Public safety dispatchers received a 911...
View ArticleUS teen drug overdose deaths inch up after years of decline
New York • After years of decline, teen deaths from drug overdoses have inched up, a new U.S. government report shows.The drop in teen deaths had been a rare bright spot in the opioid epidemic that has...
View ArticleDrama closes U.S. trial: Bundy case defense lawyers stay mute
Las Vegas • In a dramatic end to a contentious trial, defense attorneys declined Tuesday to make closing arguments on behalf of four men accused of wielding assault weapons against federal agents in a...
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Thai-influenced Fav Bistro in Holladay delivers with quirky and classic...
Holladay • Anny Sooksri was a woman on a mission, and it wasn’t to get your mail delivered in spite of snow, rain, heat and gloom of night.Sooksri abandoned a career with the U.S. Postal Service to...
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O Romeo, Romeo, what in hell are you talking about, Romeo?
Last week, my wife and I went to Cedar City and watched a couple of sword fights. Nobody got killed. It was William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”Spoiler alert • Thanks to hormones and social...
View ArticleUtah football: Running back Zack Moss suddenly is the guy again
His hands are undeniably running back hands.Massive paws, well-calloused from repeatedly gripping the football tightly, hands suddenly entrusted with an imperative role in a program still undergoing an...
View ArticleCommentary: Carbon threatens our state’s economy
The recent Rocky Mountain Power proposal to increase net-metering fees on its solar customers is a drastic step in the wrong direction. People in Utah who are investing in solar are doing their part...
View ArticleKragthorpe: After one carry, 2 yards and one wasted year, Ute running back...
The moment that framed Devonta’e Henry-Cole’s freshman season as a University of Utah running back is captured in the simple, shorthand style of the play-by-play account from the third quarter of the...
View ArticleSalt Lake County swears in Rosie Rivera — its first female sheriff
Upon her historic swearing-in as Salt Lake County’s first female sheriff Tuesday, Rosie Rivera affirmed her commitment to making law enforcement more diverse and promised a new era of community...
View ArticleUtah County bomb squad checks suspicious item
Reports of a suspected explosive device scrambled the Utah County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad to the Pony Express Parkway in Eagle Mountain late Wednesday morning.Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon said the item,...
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Human activity — racing included — is shrinking the Bonneville Salt Flats, U....
After nearly two years of researching on the Bonneville Salt Flats, University of Utah geologist Brenda Bowen says she’s increasingly convinced that the ecosystem is more sensitive to human...
View ArticleWorld’s top competitive eaters coming to Utah for Snowbird’s Bratwurst-Eating...
Miki Sudo, the world’s No. 1-ranked female competitive eater, will be joined by two of her top male counterparts during the Bratwurst-Eating Championship at Snowbird on Saturday, Aug. 19.For the...
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