Bike, walking path soon to link Sugar House and Tanner parks in Salt Lake...
The Salt Lake Valley soon will be a mile and a half closer to being crossed by an east-west bicycle and foot path.Construction is nearly complete on a new trail linking Sugar House and Tanner parks in...
View ArticleCottonwood Heights releases body camera video of police officer shooting and...
Cottonwood Heights police released body camera footage from several officers Monday from a shooting that wounded a teenage boy earlier this month.One of the videos is taken from the perspective of the...
View ArticleSenate committee gives unanimous backing to Huntsman nomination as U.S....
Washington • Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman earned a unanimous vote from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday to be the U.S. ambassador to Russia, setting up what is likely to be a quick...
View ArticleUtah students score high on AP tests for 2017
Utah’s high school students bested their national peers in taking and passing Advanced Placement exams this year, earning college credit for subjects like English, mathematics and science. Statewide,...
View ArticleCommentary: Governor represents a shrinking view of Utah’s reality
To: Governor Gary HerbertFrom: Resident Brody LevenDear Gov. Herbert,Do you remember inviting me into your house? A 21-year-old student body president at Westminster College, I ate dinner at your...
View ArticleScott D. Pierce: Hey MLS — make one team wear white jerseys!
Major League Soccer is always looking for ways to make the TV viewing experience better for fans at home. (And, thus, get more people to watch.) Here’s something it could do that would cost the league...
View ArticleHouse investigators demand details on private emails
Washington • A top House Republican has demanded details on the use of private emails by some of President Donald Trump’s closest advisers.Rep. Trey Gowdy, a South Carolina conservative who chairs the...
View ArticleUtah chiropractor sentenced to 33 months in prison for tax evasion
A Orem chiropractor has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for tax evasion and obstructing the Internal Revenue Service.In addition, Louis Delynn Hansen, 65, who also owned a health care products...
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I’ve covered 50 straight Mormon conferences — here’s what stands out
On my first assignment covering LDS General Conference in April 1992, I was leaning over the railing of the Salt Lake City Tabernacle’s balcony to scrutinize the appearance and health of the men in red...
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Balance between representing country, ongoing protests weighs heavily on U.S....
Park City • There are towns in her home state in which Kehri Jones has been told not to stop in. Not for any reason. Drive on has been advice when passing through various cities in Texas.Now, four...
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SLC's Jackie Biskupski offers advice to ABC's 'The Mayor'
Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski is offering advice to Courtney Rose, the mayor of Fort Grey, Calif.The quality of the advice doesn’t actually matter, because Courtney Rose is a fictional...
View ArticleCommentary: Strong Economies need Protected Public Lands
My wife and I recently ventured from our home in Montana on a two-week road trip to the Southwest. The excursion took us deep into Utah’s majestic canyon country and the West’s ongoing clash over our...
View ArticleLetter: Why we intend to shut down Ben Shapiro
We have no shame in saying that we intend to shut down Ben Shapiro. This is not a decision we came to based on youthful emotions, or out of some desire for the world to be “one big safe space.” This...
View ArticleFull federal court to hear 'Making a Murderer' appeal
Madison, Wis. • A federal appeals court will consider arguments Tuesday over whether detectives tricked a Wisconsin inmate featured in the “Making a Murderer” series into confessing and whether he...
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Albert Hunt: Yes, Trump's goal is to inflame racial tensions
Donald Trump’s ongoing fight with professional athletes has one purpose: to inflame racial tensions.The president says his demand that National Football League owners fire those players who protest...
View ArticleDana Milbank: Hatch brings the gavel down on handicapped demonstrators
Washington • Maybe the Senate janitor’s closet was already booked?For Monday’s hearing on the Cassidy-Graham bill to repeal Obamacare -- the one and only hearing scheduled on the measure -- Republicans...
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Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox says President Trump’s attack on NFL was...
Orem • Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox says President Donald Trump pulled a “diabolically brilliant” move by criticizing NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem — but one that deepens and exploits...
View ArticleBefore athletes took a knee: 7 movies where sports and social issues collided
“Can’t we keep politics out of sports?” was the question that echoed across America this weekend, thanks to two concurrent controversies: Dozens of NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem in...
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Catherine Rampell: 'Reasonable' Republicans are betraying us, too
President Trump clearly has no clue what’s happening on health care, taxes or really any other major policy front. He has also made abundantly clear that he has no interest in getting up to...
View ArticleWhat will Mormonism’s outer darkness and other versions of the underworld be...
General Conference. Time for counsel from LDS leaders as to how we can avoid going to hell. This is good. Hell isn’t supposed to be pleasant.One of the things I like about being a Mormon is that our...
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