Letter: Taking a stand — or a kneel — is crucial
The only way we as people in the U.S. can change something we feel strongly about is by taking a stand, or a kneel. Kneeling during the national anthem is a way of “speaking” for NFL football players....
View ArticleAC/DC founding member Malcolm Young dead at 64
New York • Malcolm Young, the rhythm guitarist and guiding force behind the bawdy hard rock band AC/DC who helped create such head-banging anthems as “Highway to Hell,” ″Hells Bells” and “Back in...
View ArticleFormer Utah fire chief pleads guilty to starting wildfire
A former Utah Highway Patrol trooper and fire chief on Tuesday pleaded guilty to intentionally starting a wildfire in northeastern Utah this summer — the second wildfire he has been indicted for this...
View ArticleTony Jones on the NBA: Ex-Jazzman Jeff Hornacek is finding success with the...
A rise back to respectability is so complex, and yet so simple for Jeff Hornacek.The man holding him back from coaching the New York Knicks the way he wanted and deserved no longer is involved with the...
View ArticleWhat to watch for: Your Utah vs. Washington guide
Time, Place and [Radio Waves in] Space • Utah makes a trip to Lake Washington and Husky Stadium in its final Pac-12 road game of 2017 at 8:30 p.m. MT Saturday. You can watch on ESPN or listen on 700...
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Utah actor delivers the sparkle-jolly joy of ‘Elf’ in touring production...
An office shredder making debris that fills the air like falling snow creates scenic magic for actor Heather Jefferies. The recent Brigham Young University graduate plays Deb, an office manager, in the...
View ArticleWhat wine to serve at Thanksgiving? Here are 7 strategies to try
It’s that time of year again. It gets light later and dark earlier, the leaves surrender and fall from the trees, and everything at Trader Joe’s transforms into pumpkin spice. That can mean only one...
View ArticleLetter: Free college would bring many benefits
Tuition-free college is an act a vast number of students would value and it would increase the amount of college attendees. As of right now, there are a lot of young adults who do not pursue an...
View ArticleLetter: Current administration violates oath to uphold, defend Constitution
In the current conversations about the First and Second Amendments, some of the “leaders” here seem to have forgotten about the actual Constitution:“We the people of the United States, in Order to form...
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British filmmaker talks about ‘pain and rage’ in an American town in ‘Three...
It was a bus trip through America 20 years ago that gave the British/Irish playwright and filmmaker Martin McDonagh the inspiration for his new movie, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”“I saw...
View ArticleLetter: Here's what freedom of religion and discrimination mean
I have always had a problem with “religious followers” or “people of faith” who live in this country and support the Bill of Rights, along with our Constitution, yet have a difficult time in separating...
View ArticleSouthern Utah town kicks off holidays with Christmas parade and Best Friends...
Those traveling in southern Utah over Thanksgiving weekend might want to consider stopping in Kanab on Nov. 25.That’s when the town on the Utah-Arizona border will be holding its ninth annual Christmas...
View ArticleBYU men place a disappointing third at NCAA cross country championships
Perhaps never has their best showing at the NCAA cross country national championships in 25 years been so disappointing for the BYU men’s cross country team.The Cougars placed third and did not get a...
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Punchless BYU suffers embarrassing 16-10 loss to UMass
Provo • In a season filled with lows and disappointing performances, the BYU Cougars might have outdone even themselves Saturday afternoon.The Cougars lost a home game in November for the first time...
View ArticleLetter: Summit County's renewable energy resolution an example for rest of Utah
It is such a breath of fresh air, metaphorically and literally, to hear about Summit County’s resolution on Oct. 4 to transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2032 in its municipal...
View ArticleProgressive pastors call on Roy Moore to quit Senate race
Birmingham, Ala. • A leading figure among religious liberals says the candidacy of Roy Moore for U.S. Senate is a struggle for the “soul of the nation.”The remarks on Saturday by the Rev. William J....
View ArticleLolo Jones earned bronze in her final race in Park City and has her eyes on a...
Park City • Lolo Jones knew it would be the last time. Standing at the top of the track at the Utah Olympic Park on Friday night, the 35-year-old hurdler and bobsledder knew she would never race here...
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Monson: Eric Griffin was once accused of attempted murder. Now he's striving...
Utah Jazz and Salt Lake City Stars forward Eric Griffin’s ongoing road toward the NBA is like so many other hopefuls’ circuitous paths … except for that one little divergence, the one where he was...
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Commentary: D.C. hopes Curtis will be a new kind of leader
Congratulations to John Curtis, the new representative from Utah’s 3rd Congressional District, a man who ran for Congress in an environment where there is but a razor’s edge to stand on in between...
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Commentary: Teaching civility in political and civic discourse
A desperado and a local sheriff slowly pace in opposite directions down a silent street. With a speed that can only come from the knowledge that one’s life is at risk, both men spin on their heels,...
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