Pac-12 football: Colorado has ‘a lot to prove,’ even as the South’s defending...
Media members who vote in preseason polls often are accused of giving too much value to the previous season’s results. That didn’t happen this year in the Pac-12 South.Defending champion Colorado was...
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Hundreds arrested in Operation Rio Grande are entitled to a public defender —...
It’s been two weeks since Operation Rio Grande began as an effort to reduce lawlessness around Salt Lake City’s downtown homeless shelter.There have been about 600 arrests. But as prosecutors file...
View ArticleCommentary: Energy transparency ordinance will benefit our economy and health
Salt Lake City Municipal Corporation is rapidly emerging as a national and global leader in improving air quality, addressing climate change and promoting clean energy. As businesses with a global...
View ArticleLetter: Misrepresenting growth
I’ve been fact checked by The Tribune on occasion about claims in my letters. That’s why I was so surprised when they let David Haughey’s letter (“Trump doing his best”) slip through with the right...
View ArticleLetter: We have a long way to go
A number of articles and editorials from such diverse sources as PBS, the BBC, NBC, CBS, CNN, your paper and The Washington Post have caused me to do some introspection in light of recent national and...
View ArticleLetter: Farnsworth statue should stay
I read in The Tribune that a Utah state legislator (Adam Gardiner) wants to take away the Philo T. Farnsworth statue from the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall Collection. I was just recently in...
View ArticleLetter: A prohibition on checks at Utah liquor stores?
My husband and I are senior citizens and have written checks to the liquor stores for 30 years. They have now put a notice in the liquor stores that they will not take checks after Sept. 30. As you may...
View ArticleLetter: Who foots the Trump rally bill?
Who pays for all of Trump’s rallies? Are taxpayers paying for political rallies?John BogartSalt Lake City
View ArticleLetter: Don’t deploy nukes against North Korea
Please don’t fire nuclear missiles at North Korea because I don’t need my family and me to die from some sort of nuclear poison. Also, if our government could negotiate so we could make a peace treaty...
View ArticlePamela Atkinson: Operation Rio Grande is saving lives
On Sunday, August 13, at the First Presbyterian Church, we celebrated Faith in Action Day. Instead of regular Sunday services, members signed up for a variety of service activities in the community....
View ArticlePrep football: Jordan QB Crew Wakley helps create Beetdiggers offensive...
Crew Wakley had to wonder how his role would change when he heard his team was about to get a new coach.But given Wakley’s athleticism and productivity as the Jordan Beetdiggers’ quarterback, it wasn’t...
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Prep sports: This week's standout performers and key numbers
Each week, the TribPreps staff will choose standout performers and keynumbers from the previous week’s action in Utah and showcase them. Hereare this week’s picks.Whitney Wansgard, GrantsvilleThe...
View ArticleSurvivor: Reality show becomes possible road to Olympics
Colorado Springs, Colo. • The fact that Josh Williamson hadn’t stepped on ice until about a month ago hardly makes him an ideal candidate to become an Olympic bobsledder.Then again, if Williamson...
View ArticleCommentary: ‘Axes to Taxes’ threatens to chop children
The national “Axes to Taxes Tour” arrived in Utah Saturday with a luncheon event in Midvale featuring Sen. Mike Lee. Many of the goals and ideals of the tour and its sponsors are laudable — broaden the...
View ArticlePrep girls' soccer: State rankings for Aug. 27
Class 6A1. American Fork (6-0) • Survived a scare from Pleasant Grove with a 4-3 win at home. Big week upcoming with Bingham at home before taking a trip to Lone Peak.2. Pleasant Grove (4-2) • Not...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: State rankings for Aug. 27
Class 6A1. Lone Peak • Knights beat Skyline in four to start season; at Park City on Thursday.2. Pleasant Grove • A 3-0 sweep of Brighton to start season for the powerful Vikings.3. Bingham • Miners...
View ArticleSpanish Fork Canyon fire reaches 3,000 acres
A wildfire burning in the Sheep Creek area of Spanish Fork Canyon grew 1,300 acres on Friday, and officials called in 105 more firefighters to help Saturday when the blaze nearly grew 50 percent.The...
View ArticleKragthorpe: BYU’s offense makes fans sweat one out in unsatisfying season opener
ProvoLaVell Edwards loved afternoon football, but this was the wrong kind of tribute to the legendary coach in BYU’s first game since his passing in December.The Cougars’ partnership with ESPN...
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Dana Milbank: Trump charts a course to oblivion
Washington • Deep in the heart of Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick must have thought they had a political winner.Patrick, a conservative crusader and talk-radio host, got Abbott to call...
View ArticleLufkin, Texas, rallies to beat Greenville, NC, 6-5 at LLWS
South Williamsport, Pa. • Rounding second base with big strides, Mark Requena knew he had just given his teammates, and all of Texas, something to smile about.Requena hit a two-run, go-ahead home run...
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