Utah-Arizona border towns pay to settle more lawsuits as effort to boot cops...
Two towns on the Utah-Arizona line have agreed to pay $350,000 to people who allege they were wrongly arrested by police loyal to a polygamous sect.The settlements noted in court records last week...
View ArticleIt’s becoming more difficult for U.S. families to adopt children...
It took pounds of paperwork, hours of court proceedings, a handful of visits to Ghana and a little tug of war with government bureaucrats before Josh and Lisa Palmer could adopt their son Robert.For...
View ArticleTrump says Texas shooting is a problem of mental health, not guns
Tokyo • President Donald Trump declared that the shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas that left at least 26 people dead was not "a guns situation," saying instead he believed that "mental health" was...
View ArticleSorrow, heartache, hope: Eyes of homeless offer hint of life
Los Angeles • It’s easy to walk past the homeless, to disregard the guy lying on the street or ignore the woman standing at an intersection holding a handwritten sign with a plea for help.It’s harder...
View Article‘Fat Leonard’ scandal expands to ensnare more than 60 admirals and hundreds...
The "Fat Leonard" corruption investigation has expanded to include more than 60 admirals and hundreds of other U.S. Navy officers under scrutiny for their contacts with a defense contractor in Asia who...
View ArticleLetter: Regarding Patrick Harmon shooting, why not lead with the truth?
The Salt Lake Tribune, Oct. 8: “Ruling on fatal shooting by police outrages anti-brutality groups.” “Family of black man who was killed is ‘shell-shocked’ by determination that body cam video proves...
View ArticleLetter: Deny the bond: There's no need to rebuild Skyline High
David Amott (“Granite bond plan would sacrifice a landmark,” The Tribune, Oct. 21), states that Skyline High School should not be demolished and rebuilt. I partially agree with him: It should be...
View ArticleLetter: Republicans just too darn busy to stop Trump
The good news is that our president isn’t evil. The bad news is that it’s worse — he’s a moral idiot. He’s worried about the NFL’s First Amendment rights when people can’t get clean drinking water in...
View ArticleLetter: LDS riches should spur Christlike tithing reform
I was somewhat perplexed concerning the front page article on Oct. 15 in which D. Michael Quinn is portrayed as somewhat complementing the LDS Church regarding its current financial acumen.Somehow, it...
View ArticleLetter: We need a senator who doesn't have a puppeteer
In the recent investigation into how Congress made it harder for the DEA to keep the number of people clear of opiate addiction and helped those that supply what is all too often a death sentence (60...
View ArticleA list of some U.S. house of worship shootings since 2012
Some fatal shootings that have happened at U.S. houses of worship since 2012:Nov. 5, 2017: Dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault weapon, 21-year-old Devin Kelley opened fire at...
View ArticleCase dismissed against developer, ex-UTA board member Terry Diehl
After two years of living under the scrutiny of government investigators and prosecutors, developer and ex-Utah Transit Authority board member Terry Diehl walked away from a federal courthouse Monday...
View ArticleUtah man accused of killing elderly parents booked on suspicion of murder
A 51-year-old man accused of killing his elderly parents on Saturday has been booked into jail on suspicion of murder.Robert John Liddiard was arrested at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, about three hours...
View ArticlePresident Trump's statement that the speed of U.S. terrorism trials 'is a...
"We also have to come up with punishment that's far quicker and far greater than the punishment these animals are getting right now. They'll go through court for years. And, at the end, they'll be -...
View Article‘This was unexpected but we’re thrilled’: UVU president called to lead Mormon...
Matthew Holland, the president of Utah Valley University, will leave the Orem campus next year for a top missionary position with the Mormon church. The UVU president announced Monday that he has been...
View ArticleTiny bug posing threat to New Mexico's $180M pecan industry
Carlsbad, N.M. • A tiny bug is posing a threat to one of New Mexico's biggest cash crops.An investigation by the Carlsbad Current-Argus and Roswell Daily Record found an invasive bug known as the pecan...
View ArticleLetter: Curtis' op-ed on Trump echoes amoral politics of convenience
John Curtis’s recent op-ed promised to reveal where he stands on President Trump. Instead, he showed the same amoral politics of convenience that the current members of our congressional delegation...
View ArticleLetter: 3rd District race: We need a doctor in the House
We the people of the 3rd Congressional District have an opportunity to select a new member of Congress.Just what traits, experience and qualities are we looking to hire for this job? We know our usual...
View ArticleLetter: Tribune's Curtis endorsement shameful
By endorsing John Curtis for Congress, The Salt Lake Tribune has become the next enabler of the most inept, disruptive, vulgar and inappropriate person to have ever held the office of the presidency of...
View ArticleUSTAR Innovation Center opens, 7 organizations get Boeing grants
Boeing has given grants totaling $300,000 to seven Utah organizations that provide help for veterans and their families, advance STEM programs or boost the environment.One of the recipients is the Park...
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