Behind the Headlines: KBYU changes programming, syringe exchange builds...
BYU Broadcasting is changing its television and radio formats, resulting in petitions by fans of the station’s classical music programming. A syringe exchange program in Salt Lake City aims to prevent...
View ArticleDeer hunt appears to have tailed off from a year ago
While rifle deer hunters have until Sunday to fill their tags, early reports from the Division of Wildlife Resources indicate that the estimated 60,000 hunters in the hills for the start of the season...
View ArticleUtah State corner Jalen Davis is no longer a Cache Valley secret
Utah State cornerback Jalen Davis had high expectations at the start the 2017 season, but not even he anticipated what has transpired this fall.A four-year starter for the Aggies, Davis entered this...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: Republicans With Principles
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.What Hate Speech Looks LikeThe Lying PressWhat Women Want...
View ArticleUtah man who claimed to be conducting health care research accused of object...
A Provo man has been accused of sexually assaulting women while pretending to be a doctor conducting research, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday.Police arrested 34-year-old Borzin...
View ArticleCardinals place Carson Palmer on IR, out at least 8 weeks
Tempe, Ariz. • The Arizona Cardinals have placed quarterback Carson Palmer on injured reserve after he underwent surgery for a broken left arm.The move means Palmer would not be able to play until the...
View ArticleTrump holding back some JFK files for review, releasing 2,800 others
Washington • President Donald Trump acted Thursday to block the release of hundreds of records on the John F. Kennedy assassination, bending to CIA and FBI appeals to keep those secrets.“I have no...
View ArticleUtahns support Trump calling opioid crisis a public health emergency as six...
Washington • Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes was one of three state attorneys general to attend President Donald Trump’s announcement that opioid overdoses is a public health emergency.Afterward,...
View ArticleBritain has evacuation plans ready for Pyeongchang Olympics
London • British Olympic leaders have plans in place to evacuate athletes from the 2018 Pyeongchang Games amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula.While the British Olympic Association is not...
View ArticleUtah firm wants to build a private medical school on part of Provo’s public...
A Utah company wants to build a new medical school on part of Provo’s publicly-owned East Bay Golf Course.Members of the Provo City Council have met several times with the company, Wasatch Educational,...
View ArticleAccording to University of Utah study, the Trump campaign viewed Facebook and...
Washington • Donald Trump’s presidential campaign relied on more hands-on help from tech firms during the 2016 election than previously thought, using teams from Facebook, Twitter and others as almost...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: The tide is turning on marijuana
The tide is turning on marijuana.And Big Pharma has no one to blame but itself.The horrific epidemic of addiction and death linked to the profligate distribution of opioid prescription pain relievers...
View ArticleTwo Utah lawmakers honored for their work in changing juvenile justice laws
Last year, Ron Gordon, the executive director of the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, phoned Rep. Lowry Snow and asked him a question: Would you be willing to sponsor a package of...
View ArticleBipartisan group wants voters to explore a change to Weber County's form of...
Ogden • At a time when Ogden business owner Oscar Mata says Democrats and Republicans “can’t seem to agree on what day of the week it is,” members of a new bipartisan group have one thing in common:...
View ArticleUtah man accused in multimillion-dollar opioid ring asks to be released...
Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to keep behind bars a defendant charged in connection with an alleged multimillion-dollar opioid-drug trafficking ring that was based in a Cottonwood Heights...
View ArticleAstros manager Hinch on hotel incident: 'No altercation'
Houston • Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch says there was "no altercation" at a hotel in California this week at the World Series after a TMZ Sports report that he argued with bar patrons.Pasadena...
View ArticleUtah’s toxic algal blooms persist as weather cools, may outlive health...
Although October is generally thought of as the end of algae season, seven toxic algal blooms continue to overstay their welcome in Utah.At Utah Lake west of Provo, where the year’s longest-lived algal...
View ArticleUniversity of Utah launches anti-racism task force
University of Utah administrators announced the creation of a campus anti-racism task force on Thursday in response to recent acts of racially-motivated graffiti and campus disruptions. According to a...
View ArticleEugene Robinson: With both parties in crisis, turmoil is the new normal
Washington • Donald Trump is not the disease that afflicts our politics. He’s a symptom, like nausea or an embarrassing rash.Both major parties are in crisis, and I believe the reason is that the...
View ArticleCommentary: Immigrant roundups will mostly benefit for-profit prisons
For the past nine months, the Trump administration has been ramping up arrests and deportations of immigrants in Utah and across America. While the administration talks a great deal about gangs and...
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