Arizona GOP Sen. Flake to retire, had tangled with Trump
Washington • Sen. Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican, announced Tuesday he would not run for re-election in 2018, condemning in a speech aimed at President Donald Trump the “flagrant disregard of truth...
View ArticlePac-12 football: Oregon State's interim coach is trying to make the game fun
In his first full-time position as a college football coach, Cory Hall played a key role in Weber State’s turnaround. His current job is even tougher, with less time to do it.Hall, 40, became Oregon...
View ArticleGarrison Keillor: A scholarly man from Japan devised a linguistic plan
I hung out in Eugene last week where it rains every day so the air is fresh and clean. Old people my age don’t care for rain so Eugene is not a retirement mecca -- more of a youth mecca, a real Alt...
View ArticleHow’s $70 to get in to one of your favorite National Parks?
To help tackle billions in deferred maintenance projects, the National Park Service is proposing a massive increase in entrance fees during peak visitation season for 17 parks, including four of Utah’s...
View ArticleIditarod sled dog race is engulfed in dog-doping scandal
Anchorage, Alaska • Cycling. Baseball. Track. Horse racing. Now dogsledding has become the latest professional sport to be engulfed in a doping scandal, this one involving the huskies that dash across...
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Chris Seeley wants to make an impact for the Utah men's basketball team after...
Very few situations during the season will call for Chris Seeley to leap directly over the heads of three people on his way to throwing down a slam dunk. But the fact that he was the only one to...
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District Attorney Sim Gill says he won’t be held ‘hostage’ by Republicans who...
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill on Tuesday condemned what he said was the Republican Party’s attempt to politicize former Recorder Gary Ott’s death after the leader of the county party...
View ArticleExperts say lighter penalties just don't work for Utah's tough new DUI law
Penalties For First-time DUI arrests The Utah Substance Use Advisory Council discussed — but did not adopt — adding a third level of penalties for those arrested for drunken driving under Utah’s strict...
View ArticleUtah Jazz's Joe Ingles fined $15,000 for striking Thunder’s Steve Adams
Los Angeles • Joe Ingles was suffering from a bout of gastrointestinal distress on Tuesday, but is listed as “probable” for tonight‘s game against the Clippers at Staples Center.Ingles is also feeling...
View ArticleBen McAdams says Salt Lake County can pay for Operation Rio Grande without a...
Salt Lake County’s commitment to curbing homelessness and drug addiction through Operation Rio Grande has created a $30 million burden on the 2018 budget, although Mayor Ben McAdams says those costs...
View ArticleMormonism’s top bishop to usher in opening of new Deseret Industries store in...
LDS Church Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé will preside over dedication of Deseret Industries’ newest thrift store Wednesday night in Riverton.The dedication event, at12449 S. Creek Meadow Road, also...
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Jennifer Rubin: Melania Trump, please work on the biggest bully of them all
“By our own example, we must teach children to be good stewards of the world they will inherit. We need to remember that they are always watching and listening,” she said. “It is our responsibility to...
View ArticleLetter: Expand TRAX, FrontRunner run times
The recent editorial about the debate on whether to provide a ground level airport TRAX station, or a “world class” elevated station for a “mere” $50 million more is missing a major point about the...
View ArticleCommentary: Was the Reformation a mistake? A Catholic and a Protestant debate
Two theology professors — the first Catholic, the second Protestant — trade perspectives on the heart of the divide between them.Matthew Levering, a Catholic perspectiveIn my book “Was the Reformation...
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Double amputee who trains for triathlons and mentors others with disabilities...
He walks, he runs, he swims, he cycles — and he’s a double amputee.Sidney Smith, 34, is coming up on the second anniversary — Nov. 4 — of the operation that removed both legs below the knee. He suffers...
View ArticleCommentary: Beyond Halloween — the real story behind witches, devils, trials...
As children dress up as witches for Halloween, we are reminded that there was a time when witches were persecuted and executed by society.For a look at this ugly period of European history, I...
View ArticleLetter: Second Amendment's silent on ammunition; let's regulate it
After our nation’s last big gun massacre, I think it’s time to put out a government warning that this isn’t going to end and not for a long while. While our beloved conservative lawmakers continue to...
View Article2 in Nevada standoff case take plea deals, avoid 3rd trial
Las Vegas • Two defendants have pleaded guilty to lesser charges to avoid a third trial and the possibility of more time in federal custody for bearing assault-style weapons during a 2014 confrontation...
View ArticleCommander of 1st flight of space shuttle Challenger dies
Phoenix • Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early 1970s, has died. He was 85.Weitz died at his...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Keep educating students on reporting sexual violence
The recent #MeToo campaign, which encouraged men and women to post on social media about personal experiences with sexual harassment and assault, has illuminated the extent of sexual harassment and...
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