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Weber School District hopes approval of $97 million bond will help it address...
Weber School District has seen a spike in its student population since it last put a bond before voters in 2012.About 1,500 more students have enrolled in the 32,000-pupil district in the past four...
View ArticleCanyons School District’s $283 million bond aimed at rebuilding high schools,...
When Alta High School in Canyons School District was built in 1978, Principal Brian McGill said natural light wasn’t much of a factor in school design.“The architectural philosophy was no windows or...
View ArticleGranite School District would use $238 million bond for school upgrades,...
Granite School District will tackle a major overhaul of its buildings should voters approve its $238 million bond proposal on Tuesday.The 10-year bond would not only rebuild 14 Granite schools,...
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Six Utah school districts put a total of $800 million in bonds up for Nov. 7...
Utah voters in some areas will decide the fate of more than their public servants come Election Day.Six Utah school districts along the Wasatch Front and surrounding area will ask their patrons for...
View ArticleIndependent panel backs 'overdue' pay raise for Utah Legislature
An independent commission recommended Thursday giving Utah legislators what it calls an overdue raise in their daily pay rate, and also backed paying them for more days each year — saying they now...
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Darlene McDonald: Councilman’s racist statements should be denounced
I watched with horror over the summer as angry shouts and tiki torches filled the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia. I mourned the death of Heather Heyer, murdered by a hateful man motivated by fear...
View ArticleThe hottest Salt Lake City Council races — in open Districts 3 and 7 — see...
Salt Lake City Council District 3 hopeful Chris Wharton leads all comers in campaign financing through the end of October, spending and raising roughly one-third of the totals for all candidates,...
View ArticleAfter a baseball season to remember, the NFL is looking even more dreary
The NFL just got another big problem: baseball.It takes a long time for trend lines to cross. We may be talking about a 10- or 15-year process here. But after a thrilling seven-game World Series for...
View ArticleTexans rookie star QB Deshaun Watson out for season with ACL tear
Houston • Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson sustained a season-ending knee injury in practice on Thursday, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.The rookie suffered a torn...
View Article‘Behind the Headlines’: Feds OK Utah’s Medicaid waiver, a manhunt follows a...
President Donald Trump’s administration approves Utah’s request for a Medicaid waiver to help fund Operation Rio Grande. The fatal shooting of a student near the University of Utah leads to a manhunt...
View ArticleSalt Lake City nets $50K award to help restore historic pickle factory
Salt Lake City is getting a $50,000 historic preservation grant to restore the 123-year-old Utah Pickle Company building in the city’s Granary District for use as a community gathering spot and...
View ArticleReport finds surge in anti-Semitism across the U.S., including after...
A new report shows a continued rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the U.S. in the first nine months of 2017, partly attributable to the Charlottesville, Va., rally in which white nationalists...
View ArticleUtah woman charged in death of her infant son extradited, booked into jail
A Utah woman who fled the state after she was accused of killing her infant son in September has been extradited and was booked into the Salt Lake County jail on Thursday.Maria Elena Sullivan, 26, and...
View ArticleWorld Series ratings for Dodgers-Astros lower than for Cubs-Indians
Los Angeles • The Houston Astros' seven-game World Series win over the Los Angeles Dodgers averaged 18.9 million viewers on Fox, down 19 percent from the 23.4 million average for the Chicago Cubs'...
View ArticleHouston family, businesses benefit from World Series championship
Houston • The Houston Astros’ victorious World Series run has not only given an emotional boost to a city still recovering from Hurricane Harvey. It has provided an economic lift as well.And for one...
View ArticleThe Dodgers' pitching strategy in Game 7 cost them the World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers deserve a ton of credit for how their 2017 season turned out. Manager Dave Roberts steered his club to 104 regular-season wins and sailed through the playoffs before facing a...
View ArticleUtah substitute teacher accused of inappropriately touching elementary school...
A Davis County man was charged Thursday with inappropriately touching children while he was substituting at a Clearfield elementary school in September. Mark Glenton Bedel, 62, of Kaysville, was...
View ArticleWhat goes into deciding whether to change football coaches?
College football coaches have been losing jobs for the past month, including Jim McElwain at Florida, and as the season hits the stretch run numerous athletic directors have to be considering whether...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: The Senate should confirm Judge Petersen
Utah is losing a judicial powerhouse with the retirement of Justice Christine M. Durham on Nov. 16. She is the state’s longest-serving judge, was the first female state court trial judge, the first,...
View ArticleGroups sue for details on Trump plan for national monuments
Billings, Mont. • Environmentalists sued the administration of President Donald Trump on Thursday seeking to pry loose details of plans to shrink national monuments and marine areas and open them to...
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