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Provocative LDS artist seeks to understand God and to ‘reveal myself to myself’
Provo • There is humor in holiness, says Utah artist Brian Kershisnik, and holiness in humor.Life is often agonizingly complex and confusing, yet even in darkly serious moments, the painter says, “I...
View ArticleLetter: What’s up with the tongue-twisting drug-speak?
Taking a break from politics, I am curious about medications I’ve seen advertised, some of which are Xyzal, Sotykto, Wegovy, Rinvoq, Skyrizi, Dupixent, Dovato, Verzenio, Zyrtec, Vyvgart, Airsupra,...
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Utes fall camp: How Utah will defend the Big 12, no more design Cam Rising...
Morgan Scalley has become one of the best defensive developers in college football.Just this last season, former star Utah safeties Cole Bishop and Sione Vaki were selected in the second and fourth...
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Ballerina Farm and the problem with ‘choice’: How the debate is dividing LDS...
When Latter-day Saint mother of four Kristine Anderson read The (London) Times profile of Ballerina Farm’s Hannah Neeleman — a fellow church member and influencer with 10 million followers on Instagram...
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Project 2025 push to resume nuclear testing in Nevada sparks fallout in Utah
A conservative think tank’s push to resume nuclear testing in Nevada has opponents in Utah up in arms, many of whom are calling it a half-cocked idea that could trigger more radioactive contamination...
View ArticleFrom Cache Valley to the cosmos: Utah-built satellite that mapped the...
NASA’s universe-mapping and asteroid-hunting satellite — assembled in Logan nearly 15 years ago — has officially been powered down, leaving a piece of Cache Valley among the stars.Until, of course, it...
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Fraternity Kappa Sigma returns to University of Utah after investigations,...
The University of Utah’s Greek Row will include Kappa Sigma once more. The fraternity, which was terminated in the fall of 2022, is making a return.Their termination came after a series of...
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Utah should get new congressional maps, without the gerrymandering. How might...
It might have been the biggest political win for Utahns — regular ol’ Utah citizens — in decades.I’m referring to the Utah Supreme Court’s decision last month to strike down the state Legislature’s...
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Have Utah fans already made an enemy in the Big 12?
Even before Cam Rising and the Utes had entered the Big 12, Chris Lambert wanted them out.Lambert, a hardcore West Virginia fan and staunch Big 12 supporter, had had enough of the arguments, rumors and...
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Opinion: Salt Lake City’s encampment sweeps of the unhoused are cruel and...
On June 5, a state Department of Public Safety (DPS) helicopter flew low over Salt Lake City towards a steep hillside above Victory Road, where many unhoused people had fled to escape the city’s...
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Six Utah performing arts groups, one show, one night only. Here’s what you...
Six Utah arts companies will come together in a way they haven’t before — to produce a single, full collaborative piece, to be staged for one night only.That’s according to Jerry Rapier, the artistic...
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How a private antique car collection grew into a 24-building museum in this...
Wallsburg • Pam Williams remembers a story her father, Richard Erickson, told her, about how a steam tractor went to work in the field and put 100 laborers out of work.Erickson, who died in 2018, was...
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LDS Church updates policies on transgender individuals, garment wearing and...
A slate of updates to the handbook used by lay leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints features new guidance on the participation of transgender individuals, including instructions...
View Article‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ are back. Find out when, and who’s new.
Get ready for a tumultuous fall — because “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” are coming back, including the controversial Mary Cosby.Bravo announced Monday that the fifth season of the...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: What’s in a Name?
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View ArticleHow to share your opinion with The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune is committed to creating a space where Utahns can share ideas, perspectives and solutions that move our state forward. We rely on your contributions to do this.While we encourage...
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Commentary: If women cannot be deacons, we should stop ordaining men as deacons
Pope Francis has made it perfectly clear that he opposes ordaining women as deacons. Although I disagree with him, I accept that we are not going to see female deacons during his pontificate.But if...
View ArticleUpset at Supreme Court’s gerrymandering ruling, Utah GOP lawmakers resort to...
Utah lawmakers will call themselves into a special session to propose a constitutional amendment overriding portions of the Utah Supreme Court’s ruling that the Legislature cannot upend voters’ efforts...
View ArticleHere’s Utah’s latest attempt to bring federal lands under state control
After the Biden administration enforced road closures in Moab, restored two national monuments and published a rule balancing conservation and commercial use on public lands, a Republican lawmaker...
View ArticleBLM adds to its herbicide arsenal to fight invasive plants in Utah and the West
Invasive plants are a big problem in Utah. Cunning interlopers like cheatgrass and red brome can outcompete native vegetation, crowd habitats and steal water and other vital soil nutrients.It is a...
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Jaylon Johnson’s $76 million Chicago Bears contract has become a recruiting...
Utah cornerbacks coach Sharrieff Shah grew emotional when recounting a recent phone call with Chicago Bears star Jaylon Johnson.Johnson, a former Ute, signed a four-year, $76 million extension with the...
View ArticleGordon Monson: Who are the names that should transform Utah football’s new...
Utah’s announcing on Monday that it is establishing a “Ring of Honor” at Rice-Eccles Stadium, recognizing Ute football greats, might not be an original idea. It is, though, a good one.Enough stellar...
View ArticleOpinion: Trump is losing the humor war
Over the past decade, there’s one truth that liberals have been loath to admit: Donald Trump is funny. This aspect of his appeal prompts far less commentary than his far-right positions, his venality...
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Can Utah football win the Big 12? They’ll have to get through these guys first
Utah’s first Big 12 season will also feature the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff — and the Utes are early favorite to secure one of those spots.In the new Big 12, Utah is already widely...
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Military leaves Fort Douglas in major land swap with the University of Utah
Camp Williams • It took 14 years of intense negotiations, $117 million in state funding, agreements with multiple branches of the military and, according to University of Utah President Taylor Randall,...
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BYU football faces another difficult Big 12 schedule
Cougars coach Kalani Sitake needs to show progress in BYU’s second year in the Big 12.After missing a bowl game for the first time since 2017, the Cougars are betting that continuity is the key to six...
View ArticleOpinion: Harris can change Biden’s policy on Israel just by upholding the law
Kamala Harris is in a bind. Despite rallying Democrats behind her, she’s still being heckled by protesters who want to end U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Many of those activists want her to...
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Opinion: Media coverage of the death penalty can harm victims’ families. I’ve...
In the weeks leading up to the fulfillment of the death penalty sentence of Taberon Honie, I was disturbed and saddened. Not for the reasons many would think. I express no opinion on the death penalty...
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Opinion: My sister was killed by a drunk driver. Forgiving the driver was...
Most civilized nations have outlawed the death penalty because it is considered cruel and inhumane, and studies show it does not deter crime. In the United States, 23 states have abolished the death...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: Fools on the Hill
Check out Pat Bagley's latest cartoon: Fools on the Hill
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How much it cost Utah taxpayers to execute Taberon Honie
Utah spent more than a quarter of a million dollars to execute Taberon Honie earlier this month, prison officials estimated in a news release Tuesday.The state estimated that it paid $288,685.29 for...
View ArticleReview of Utah election process to be conducted following accusations
The Office of the Utah State Auditor will conduct what it calls a “limited review” of the state’s election process after a summer filled with accusations of impropriety by at least one candidate who...
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The feds own millions of acres of Utah land. The state is now suing for...
Utah officials filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to answer a question: Can the federal government control public lands within the state indefinitely? “It is obvious to all of us...
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