Two people are rushed to hospital after Sandy car vs. motorcycle crash
A car collided with a motorcycle Wednesday night in Sandy, sending a man and a woman to a hospital in critical condition.A medical helicopter responded to the crash, which occurred just before 8:30...
View ArticleNadal, Pliskova advance at Cincinnati on day of upsets
Mason, Ohio • Rafael Nadal and Karolina Pliskova — the No. 1 seeds in the Western & Southern Open — advanced with straight-set wins Wednesday, while the rest of their brackets suffered more top...
View ArticleSalt Lake Bees pull out win over Tacoma
Strong pitching, good defense and aggressive base running was the perfect combination for the Salt Lake Bees on Wednesday night as they beat the Tacoma Rainiers 3-2 at Smith’s Ballpark. The Bees have...
View ArticleSLC police want help finding French citizen who didn’t board flight home
Salt Lake City police are asking for the public’s help to locate a 47-year-old Frenchman who never made it home after a trip to Utah earlier this month.Rodolphe Enrique Jean-Pierre Lesourd checked out...
View ArticleTwo Utah mountaineers rescued by helicopter from Grand Teton National Park
Two Utah mountaineers were rescued by helicopter from Grand Teton National Park on Tuesday after they became exhausted trying to complete the Grand Traverse, a multiday climbing challenge.Salt Lake...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: Bountiful libero Holland Vande Merwe finds plenty of glory...
Volleyball is known for its big hitters, and Bountiful has featured its share over the past two years.The Braves were led by 6-foot-4 middle Kennedy Redding in 2015, then explosive outside Seyvion...
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Downtown Salt Lake City apartment blaze evacuates dozens
An early Thursday morning fire forced evacuation of about 30 residents of a downtown Salt Lake City apartment complex. No injuries were reported.The cause of the 1:35 a.m. fire at 79 N. A Street was...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Hot, dry and, in urban valleys, polluted
Northern Utah’s temperatures will once more climb well into the 90s heading into the weekend as a warm, dry air settles over the region.Under sunny skies, Friday will see highs in the low-90s, up a few...
View ArticleNews roundup: Trump says it’s ‘sad’ to remove ‘beautiful’ statues and...
Trump says it’s ‘sad’ to remove ‘beautiful’ statues and monuments memorializing leaders of the Confederacy. Sen. Mike Lee denounces Trump’s comments defending white supremacy. Utah National Guard...
View ArticleUnified Police: Woman crashes into Magna home claimed she was being followed
Police and firefighters briefly evacuated 30 residents in 10 homes after a car plowed into a house early Thursday morning, causing a natural gas leak.Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke said a 63-year-old...
View ArticleLetter: Trump’s veil for discrimination
Donald Trump’s claim that transgender individuals are no longer welcome in the U.S. military due to “medical costs and disruption” is purely a veil for discrimination. Such a ban is derogatory and...
View ArticleBonnie Tyler to sing ‘Total Eclipse’ hit during eclipse
Miami • Some cruise passengers will have the ultimate soundtrack for Monday’s solar eclipse when Bonnie Tyler sings her hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” on board.Royal Caribbean says the Welsh singer...
View ArticleLetter: Hysterical liberals
The radical, socialist liberals on the faculty at the U. are in a panic over the possible donation of $10 million from the Charles Koch Foundation. They fear that someone — anyone — might interrupt...
View ArticleNo, these Republicans haven't endorsed Julie Dole in her bid to keep county...
Julie Dole, who is filling in as the acting head of the Salt Lake County Recorder’s office, has been making Facebook posts that have upset several Republicans who say Dole is misleading voters in the...
View ArticleTrump decries monument removals, ‘history ripped apart’
Washington • President Donald Trump bitingly decried the rising movement to pull down monuments to Confederate icons Thursday, declaring the nation is seeing “the history and culture of our great...
View ArticleLetter: Leaks are coming from the top
Regarding “Stewart wants to help Trump in war on leaks, and make it a crime” (The Tribune, Aug. 2), he doesn’t need to look far to find one predictable source: Twitter leaks coming from the top (that...
View ArticleWNBA players show support for Charlottesville victims
The WNBA and its players are showing their support for the victims of racially charged violence in Charlottesville.The Los Angeles Sparks and the Washington Mystics locked arms at center court before...
View ArticleLetter: Blame Fox more than Trump
Robert Gehrke (The Tribune, Aug. 5) concluded that Trump is a “partisan wedge” who has divided Utah. But it’s not Trump who has polarized America. The radical-right media has split our country, pulling...
View ArticleLetter: Bishop’s freedom to pilfer
This is in regard to the article, “Utah’s Bishop hails repeal of Obama rule on coal royalties.”Most coal from public lands is mined in Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, where most of...
View ArticleLetter: What’s wrong with this picture?
After seeing the alarming front page photo featuring Emily Carlson with the headline, “Training camp — A taste of special forces experience,” it was with significant relief for me to read that...
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