Letter: Wealth, power and childishness are a bad mix
After reading that some 53 percent of Utahns still support the president, and being a history person, I offer the following:In regard to the president’s tendency to place loyalty above competence, I...
View ArticleLetter: KBYU board: Please don't cut classical music programming
Michael Dunn and the KBYU Broadcasting Board, please reconsider the decision to eliminate your classical music programming. In the midst of the noise, triviality, immaturity, dissension and confusion...
View ArticleLetter: Alcohol even larger menace than opioids
There has been a lot of coverage lately regarding the opioid menace. And, certainly, there is enough direct and collateral evidence to show that it is a growing problem.But just for a moment, can we...
View ArticleLetter: Still waiting for the tax plan where 80 percent of money will go to...
I had a strange encounter of the Love kind recently. I got a call from my representative’s office inviting me to participate in a tele-town hall, which cut to Rep. Mia Love speaking about the middle...
View ArticleSurging Rebels relishing a rare opportunity to knock off former rival BYU
Las Vegas • How bad has BYU’s football team been this season?The Cougars (2-8) can’t even count on a win against UNLV, a lower-level Mountain West program they have dominated throughout the years. In...
View ArticleFour-star recruit Timmy Allen tops Utah’s newest group of men’s basketball...
Four-star recruit Timmy Allen, a 6-foot-6 wing from Arizona, highlights the Utah men’s basketball recruiting class that includes a pair of California high school standouts as well as one junior college...
View ArticleHomeless shelter stays are up — slightly — just not as high as the state said...
The Utah Department of Workforce Services says it’s tracking overnight stays at the downtown homeless shelter during the ongoing police-led operation to clear criminals from the area. It just wasn’t...
View ArticleTeen carried knife into Syracuse High School, started fire, police say
A 16-year-old boy is being held at a Davis County youth facility after he allegedly showed Syracuse High School custodians a knife and started a fire at the school Wednesday night.At about 8:30 p.m., a...
View ArticleCEO of yogurt giant Chobani expands in Idaho despite turmoil
Twin Falls, Idaho • The founder and CEO of Chobani has no regrets about moving his Greek yogurt company to south-central Idaho, a region he has dubbed the “Silicon Valley of food” but has been...
View ArticleLack of depth may make Utes better prepared to handle Marquise Blair’s injury
The fact that Utah came into the season short-handed at the safety position means that several players are ready to jump in at either spot.Marquise Blair’s season-ending leg injury makes junior Corrion...
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This rural farmer connected with a Salt Lake City market and together they...
Randy Ramsley is Wayne County’s ultimate Renaissance man.The Caineville farmer grows vegetables, bakes bread in a wood-fired oven, operates the rural Mesa Farm Market and tends to a herd of goats,...
View ArticlePatrick Ewing is back on campus to renew Georgetown’s ‘Hoya Paranoia’
Washington • Now that he's the team's coach, Patrick Ewing wants to figure out a way to return Georgetown basketball to the good ol' days.All of that winning. All of that reputation."'Hoya Paranoia'...
View ArticleU.S. soccer legend Brad Friedel named coach of Revolution
Foxborough, Mass. • Former U.S. national team goalkeeper Brad Friedel is the new head coach of the New England Revolution.The 46-year-old Friedel most recently served as head coach of the U.S. under-19...
View ArticleAaron Hernandez’s brain was ‘severely impacted’ by CTE when he killed himself
Boston • Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez suffered substantial damage to parts of the brain that affect memory, judgment and behavior from the most severe case of a degenerative...
View ArticleJail scandal? We’ve seen this movie before from Daggett County — let’s click...
The sentencing this week of former Daggett County jailer Joshua Cox for abusing inmates represents the latest episode in a series of scandals that has plagued the tiny county in the northeast corner of...
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Cass Sunstein: Weinstein, Trump and the end of self-silencing
The continuing revelations about Harvey Weinstein tell us something important about sexual harassment and sexual violence, and also about civil-rights movements and social change more broadly.In brief:...
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After a disjointed 2016-17 campaign, the Utes are hoping to pass chemistry...
Utah senior forward David Collette feels a difference in the dynamic among the men’s basketball team going into this season. It’s hard to quantify or describe other than the way the group has “jelled”...
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Kragthorpe: BYU's Nick Emery and transfers to and from Utah are the players...
In researching the all-time best NBA players from Utah college basketball programs recently, I was struck by a notable absence. Where were the Utahns?Shawn Bradley, my choice over Danny Vranes, was the...
View ArticlePastor: Texas church that was attacked will be demolished
Sutherland Springs, Texas • The Texas church where more than two dozen people were killed by a gunman during Sunday services will be demolished, the pastor said.Pastor Frank Pomeroy told leaders of the...
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Beautifully made ‘Wonderstruck’ finds magic in the ordinary
In the quietly luminous adventure “Wonderstruck,” director Todd Haynes precisely details not one moment in time but two, telling stories of children separated by 50 years but united by curiosity and...
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