Utah congressional front-runner John Curtis says he supports Trump agenda,...
Provo Mayor John Curtis finds places where he can support Donald Trump by focusing on the president’s agenda and ignoring his “distractions,” he said during an online debate Tuesday in the special...
View ArticleWill ‘Negro’ name stick to Utah canyon?
Little is known about William Grandstaff other than the color of his skin and the derogatory nickname Moab locals once gave him.Even the spelling of his last name is in dispute 136 years after the...
View ArticleEugene Robinson: Our democracy could be sunk by a president adrift
Washington - The truth can no longer be ignored: Donald Trump is dangerously unfit to be president and could lead the nation to unthinkable disaster. So what are we going to do about it?The White House...
View ArticleCommentary: A jobs competition Trump can’t win
The Labor Department’s September jobs report with a decline of 33,000 was the first drop in more than 5 years, with the hurricanes primarily responsible for many of the jobs lost. Regardless of whether...
View ArticleFormer California high school two-sport prospect Jaylon Johnson spurned USC...
Utah freshman cornerback Jaylon Johnson always seemingly has been fast enough, quick enough, strong enough and tenacious enough to lock up an opponent one-on-one. It didn’t matter if that was on the...
View ArticleLetter: Social Security and Medicare are not entitlements
In response to David Spackman’s letter to the editor (Sept. 16): When are he and other right wingers like himself going to realize that Social Security and Medicare are not entitlements? They have...
View ArticleLetter: Socialism is not a dirty word
Dana Milbank’s Sept. 15 Tribune commentary titled, “Democrats have become socialists,” uses the word socialist like a sledge hammer and the ultimate pariah.This is a common name-calling technique used...
View ArticleUtah judge sends former Mormon bishop to prison for sexually abusing boys in...
A former Mormon bishop from Mapleton has been sentenced to prison for sexually abusing two boys in 2014, when they were members of his congregation.Erik Hughes, 51, was charged in July in 4th District...
View ArticleBig names continue to speak out against Harvey Weinstein
Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, Glenn Close and other celebrities are speaking out about high-powered film producer Harvey Weinstein following an explosive New York Times report that detailed sexual...
View ArticleUtah’s favorite Halloween candy isn’t chocolate, somehow
Utah’s favorite Halloween candy isn’t chocolate, candy corn or even saltwater taffy.It’s Jolly Rancher hard candies, according to the bulk candy dealer Candystore.com.Utah residents and companies...
View ArticleMass casualty drill readies Salt Lake County for Las Vegas-like emergency
Lehi • Organizers had been planning a mass casualty drill in Utah for months, but last week’s shooting in Las Vegas reminded participants that the possibility of such an attack is real.Hundreds of high...
View ArticleSeminar aims to show Utahns how to spot a financial fraud
A free seminar to help Uthans recognize and avoid financial and consumer fraud is scheduled for Nov. 2 in St. George.The seminar — by the multi-agency Financial Fraud Institute — will provide...
View ArticleCommit a crime? Your Fitbit, key fob or pacemaker could snitch on you.
The firefighter found Richard Dabate on the floor of his kitchen, where he had made a desperate 911 call minutes earlier, court records show. Bleeding and lashed to a chair with zip ties, the man...
View ArticlePac-12 notes: Colorado reverting to old form, a year after winning South title
Coach Mike MacIntyre and the Colorado Buffaloes wanted to prove the football program’s success was something other than a one-year phenomenon, but that’s how it looks in Boulder these days.The Buffs...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: Trump IQ Test
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at...
View ArticleBlack man attacked at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville faces felony...
A black man brutally beaten at a white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville is now facing a felony charge related to the August attack.A local magistrate issued an arrest warrant for...
View ArticleLetter: One way to reduce accidents
There has been considerable comment on the number of accidents on Salt Lake City streets on Sept. 25. On one newscast, a state trooper expressed the opinion that people were driving in the same fashion...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake trying to lock up its young talent
Real Salt Lake will decide in the upcoming months if Jefferson Savarino and Brooks Lennon have a future with the team.The young talents are on loan for the 2017 season, Savarino from Venezuelan club...
View ArticleCould Vegas police have taken down the gunman sooner?
The revised timeline given by investigators for the Las Vegas massacre raises questions about whether better communication might have allowed police to respond more quickly and take out the gunman...
View ArticleGarrison Keillor: Swedes have chosen a writer of migraines for the Nobel Prize
I am off lingonberries for the time being and Volvos and flat white furniture from Ikea. No meatballs, thank you. Once again the humorless Swedes have chosen a writer of migraines for the Nobel Prize...
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