Dodo Dash 5K fun run to benefit Parley’s Trail in Salt Lake City
The Dodo Dash 5K fun run at Sugar House Park on Saturday, Sept. 30, will raise funds for the developing Parley’s Trail system, which is celebrating the completion of two more sections this...
View ArticleInterior boss blasts fired Utah BLM law enforcement agent
A top Interior Department official has singled out the recent firing of a controversial Bureau of Land Management agent over Utah to illustrate a renewed commitment to hold accountable senior employees...
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Fred Hiatt: How to blow up a two-party system
As I listened to the youthful leader describe his program for positive, constructive reform, I thought: Why don’t we have anyone like him?In the past year, President Emmanuel Macron of France has...
View ArticleOlympic Summit notes: Veteran halfpipe medalist Kelly Clark still has some...
Park City • Kelly Clark slammed into the giant inflatable airbag at the base of a halfpipe over and over this summer, praying she could turn the clock back nearly two decades. The 34-year-old...
View ArticleFeds send aid to Puerto Rico amid growing requests for help
Washington • The U.S. ramped up its response Monday to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico while the Trump administration sought to blunt criticism that its response to Hurricane Maria has fallen...
View ArticleTwo men sexually assaulted drunken Utah teen while third man recorded it,...
Three men are facing charges after two of them allegedly sexually assaulted an intoxicated 14-year-old girl, while the third filmed it.The teen told police she’d been communicating with the men via...
View ArticleConservative theologians accuse Pope Francis of spreading heresy
Vatican City • Several dozen tradition-minded Roman Catholic theologians, priests and academics have formally accused Pope Francis of spreading heresy with his 2016 opening to divorced and civilly...
View ArticleUtah man charged with manslaughter in step-father's beating death
A 27-year-old American Fork man has been charged in connection with the fatal beating of his step-father last month.Jace T. Zeeman was charged Monday in 4th District Court with second-degree felony...
View ArticleCommentary: I called for Christians to love gay people. Now the Catholic...
After a gunman killed 49 people at Pulse, a predominantly gay nightclub in Orlando in 2016, I found myself disappointed that more Catholic leaders did not offer support to the LGBT community. And that...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: The United States must take care of its own.
American citizens have had their lives ravaged by a Category 4 hurricane that flooded their cities and destroyed their homes. The devastation is total. Many packed their bags, waited for evacuation...
View ArticleFBI raids animal shelters, searching for piglets rescued from Utah factory...
An animal-rights group that rescued two piglets from a factory farm in southwestern Utah says the FBI has raided animal sanctuaries in search of the animals.Direct Action Everywhere, also known as DxE,...
View ArticleDuchesne County nurse charged with negligent homicide nine months after...
The nurse on staff at the Duchesne County jail when a 21-year-old inmate died following severe dehydration and weight loss has been charged with negligent homicide.State prosecutors charged Jana Clyde,...
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Professor gives $250K to Ute Indian Tribe to compensate for...
She doesn’t consider it a donation (though she jokes the IRS might look at it that way). And she doesn’t think it makes her a saint of any sort.For Christine Sleeter, it’s simply “returning what was...
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Utah school grades drop statewide on the heels of lower SAGE scores
New grades for Utah schools, released Monday by the state Board of Education, showed a decline in performance statewide for the 2016-2017 academic year, including the first-ever “F” grade issued in the...
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Local and Olympic athletes, officials take on #takeaknee after Trump weighs...
From NFL fields to the slopes of Park City and beyond, athletes with local ties have participated in and are speaking up about President Donald Trump’s criticisms of national anthem protests.At a...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: We Are All Puerto Ricans
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at...
View ArticleCollins' opposition essentially kills GOP health care drive
Washington • The last-gasp Republican drive to tear down President Barack Obama’s health care law essentially died Monday as Maine Sen. Susan Collins joined a small but decisive cluster of GOP senators...
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Kragthorpe: Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey says social awareness and patriotism are...
Garett Bolles took just the right stance Sunday.The Denver Broncos’ offensive lineman stood on the sideline in Buffalo with his right hand over his heart and his left hand on the shoulder of kneeling...
View ArticleCommentary: Hello! Most Mormons actually do drink caffeinated soda
Late last week, my Facebook and Twitter feeds were saturated with some shocking news.Were dogs and cats mating together?Had hell at last frozen over?Close. Mormon church-owned Brigham Young University...
View ArticleCass R. Sunstein: Trump imposes political correctness on the NFL
In calling on NFL owners and fans to punish athletes who engage in political protests, President Donald Trump has become a Super Bowl champion of something he purports to oppose: political...
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