County unveils distinctive, provocative public art in downtown Salt Lake City
The new Salt Lake County district attorney’s office in downtown Salt Lake City won’t be fully built and occupied until March. But local dignitaries on Wednesday unveiled the public art that covers the...
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Ben Shapiro draws large crowds, inside and outside U. venue, for speech...
Ben Shapiro began on the defensive Wednesday evening, reading from a letter to the editor in the Salt Lake Tribune that called for his event at the University of Utah to be “shut down.”The conservative...
View ArticleBYU assistant Ilaisa Tuiaki trying to slow down the USU offense he once coached
Provo • Utah State’s eye-popping 61-10 win over San Jose State last Saturday brought both joy and sadness for BYU defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki, a former USU running backs and special teams...
View ArticleLawyer vows to appeal after judge tosses suit over death of pedestrian in...
A lawyer for a mother who sued Ogden City and the state after her homeless adult daughter was struck and killed in a crosswalk says he will appeal a ruling throwing out the lawsuit.The lawsuit stemmed...
View ArticleThe ‘other’ renovations at Jazz practice facility get rave reviews
No one is going to pull off a curtain to unveil a oversize Jazz note in the already packed parking lot in front of the Zions Bank Basketball Campus.But the less-heralded renovations at the Utah Jazz’s...
View ArticleE.J. Dionne: Trump and his party have unleashed forces they cannot control
Washington - In Alabama’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday, Steve Bannon defeated Donald Trump. The state’s GOP voters showed how sharply divided their party is. And right-wing insurgents were...
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Salt Lake City may stick with deluxe, elevated airport TRAX at four times the...
The Salt Lake City Council signaled Wednesday that it might spend an extra $50 million for a deluxe TRAX station and rail at the airport — after Utah Transit Authority leaders said they will pay only...
View ArticleFormer Utah tutor accused of having thousands of images of child porn headed...
A South Ogden man who was accused of having 98 videos and more than 2,000 images of child porn on his cellphone has been sentenced to four years in a federal prison.In addition, under the sentence...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Trump’s NFL response diabolical, yes. Brilliant, no.
Really, Mr. Lieutenant Governor, you are too kind.Really, really too kind.Because the one thing wrong with what Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox said the other day about the fight the president of the United...
View ArticleAfter debate over First Amendment, city backs off plan to restrict westside...
Salt Lake City has decided it won’t restrict the types of plays allowed at its westside community center after signaling this month a local theater company’s 2018 plays didn’t fit a new child-friendly...
View ArticlePrep football: Modest South Summit QB Kael Atkinson putting up gaudy passing...
Kamas • Kael Atkinson has more than a few reasons for an expanded ego.The junior is the starting quarterback for South Summit, the top-ranked Class 2A football team in the state.And even though this is...
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Michelle Quist Mumford: Peaceful protest is as American as football
I’m not a big football fan. The games are long and take up coveted weekend time. The rules are obscure and the violence jeopardizes future brain health. I know I’m in the minority here. The most fun...
View ArticleControversial Utah County transit project now faces $11M cost overrun
A long-controversial $190 million bus rapid transit (BRT) project in Provo and Orem — now 50 percent complete — is facing a projected $11.3 million cost overrun.That unplanned expense could create...
View ArticleGeorge F. Will: Unsatisfied with facts, Seattle's city council turns to...
Seattle - In this city, which is a petri dish of progressivism, a prevailing theory is that when you raise the price of something, people will buy less of it, except when they do not. Another, and...
View ArticleJennifer Rubin: Trump will leave the party of Lincoln in ruins
President Donald Trump wants to talk about the NFL because other than that, there’s virtually no topic he can address without reminding his followers of the most dreadful week of his presidency.On...
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Garrison Keillor: God has sent us a Judge, hallelujah
The triumph of Judge Roy Moore in Alabama’s Republican Senate primary was a ray of sunshine for those of us who’d like to restore stoning to our legal system and remove the curse of profanity once and...
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Find out who The Salt Lake Tribune chose as Utah’s best new restaurants — and...
As the sun set Wednesday, there were cheers and applause for winners of the second annual Salt Awards — honoring excellent products, services and experiences in Utah. Winners were revealed in a...
View ArticleBonneville girls soccer routs Park City for region lead
Storylines<br>• Bonneville ties its highest total of the season with eight goals from five different players<br>• Bonneville takes a two-point lead on Park City in the Region 11 standings...
View ArticleUHSAA sues Utah, state board of education, alleging unconstitutional control...
The Utah High School Activities Association on Wednesday filed suit against the Utah State Board of Education, State of Utah and Sean Reyes, the state’s attorney general over what it claims is...
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Pipe-smoking, silk-pajama-wearing Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dead at 91
Los Angeles • Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of clubs, mansions, movies and television,...
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