Feds remove protections for 10M acres of sage grouse habitat
Washington • The Interior Department said Thursday it is withdrawing protections for 10 million acres of federal lands used by the threatened sage grouse to open it up for energy development.The plan...
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TSA starts new security rule at Salt Lake City airport, urges arriving 90...
For the first time in a decade, the Transportation Security Administration implemented significant changes in screening procedures on Thursday at Salt Lake City International Airport.Until passengers...
View ArticleMelodramatic romance of ‘The Mountain Between Us’ elevated by its stars
The romantic drama “The Mountain Between Us” shows what great talent can do to so-so material, as two powerful actors and a thoughtful director give weight to the sort of overwrought melodrama that...
View ArticleUtah-made drama ‘The Stray’ features a nice dog, but a wild range of...
A family’s love for their pet pooch is reciprocated mightily in writer-director Mitch Davis’ “The Stray,” a movie with a gentle spirit and tone shifts that go all over the place.The opening sequence...
View ArticleRSL didn’t submit an appeal to review Marcelo Silva’s red card, but it isn’t...
Real Salt Lake did not submit an appeal to review Marcelo Silva’s red card in RSL’s 1-1 draw at Los Angeles on Saturday, but the play sparked a discussion.“To me, absolutely there’s a conversation to...
View ArticleNot horsing around: ‘My Little Pony’ movie overflows with laughs, music,...
As someone who wouldn’t know a Fluttershy from a flamingo, I am the last person one would expect would have fun watching “My Little Pony: The Movie.” But I did, so here we are.Yes, the movie expansion...
View ArticleCross-cultural friendship rankles the queen’s courtiers in well-acted...
Director Stephen Frears’ historical comedy-drama “Victoria & Abdul” puts an alarmingly light spin on the, er, complicated relationship between 19th-century Great Britain and its colonies — and...
View ArticleBehind the Headlines: Initiative to stop gerrymandering gets big donations,...
As the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearings for a political gerrymandering case, a Utah initiative to curb the practice receives big funding from private donors. After the mass shooting in Las Vegas, a...
View ArticleUtah man sentenced to prison for fraud scheme that took millions from investors
A Draper man has been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a scheme in which he took millions of dollars from scores of investors by claiming he could produce returns of up to 300 percent a...
View ArticleAudit indicates fraud, improper spending by Davis County Sheriff’s Office
Farmington • Auditors say staff at a sheriff's office north of Salt Lake City spent unauthorized funds on travel and hotels, carried out time card fraud and failed to properly account for jail inmates'...
View ArticleFeds remove protections for 10M acres of sage grouse habitat, including...
WASHINGTON • The Interior Department said Thursday it is withdrawing protections for 10 million acres of federal lands used by the threatened sage grouse to open it up for energy development.The plan...
View ArticleUtah police officer pleads no contest to causing death of K-9 by leaving dog...
A former Cache County sheriff’s officer has pleaded no contest to aggravated cruelty to an animal for the death of his K-9, Endy, who died after being left in a hot patrol truck in July. Endy died of...
View ArticleDaggett County seeks to boost outdoor tourism, gets funds to launch new...
After a false start put funding in doubt this summer, Daggett County will soon have a blueprint for building trails that it hopes will provide a tourism-fueled boost to its struggling economy.The...
View ArticleBYU comedy troupe axes ‘Moana’ mashup sketch after Pacific Islanders protest...
A student comedy troupe at Brigham Young University has cut a sketch — a parody of Disney’s “Moana” and the LDS camp classic “Johnny Lingo” — from an upcoming production after complaints from members...
View Article26-year-old with degenerative brain disease reported missing
A woman with a degenerative brain disease has been missing since Tuesday morning, Farmington police said.Jeanna Reid, 26, has been using UTA busses and/or the FrontRunner rail line to travel from to...
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Park City brings home 10th consecutive boys' golf state title
Hurricane • After settling for second as a sophomore, Snow Canyon’s Triston Gardner vowed to finish his high school career as a state champion.Two years later, the senior put on a show on the back nine...
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Eugene Robinson: In the White House, blind respect is not a two-way street
Washington - Do President Trump’s Cabinet members have to call him “Dear Leader” when graced by his august presence? Must they enter the Oval Office on bended knee? Do they weep with joy when he...
View ArticleUtah double-murderer Ron Lafferty loses another challenge of his death sentence
After a decade of litigation, a federal judge has rejected Utah inmate Ron Lafferty’s challenge of his murder convictions and death sentence for the slayings of his sister-in-law and her baby daughter...
View ArticleAfter a two-year drought, it’s the NCAA Tournament or bust for BYU men’s...
Provo • Despite the mildly unexpected loss of its best player to professional basketball last spring, it is NCAA Tournament or bust for Dave Rose’s team this season, the coach said Thursday at a media...
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Petula Dvorak: A woman may finally get a monumental tribute on the Mall, and...
It figures.Finally, a woman might be celebrated in grand, monumental way in the nation’s capital.And she’s naked.Tall, strong, towering and steel, defiant in her stance, yes. But stripped of clothing,...
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