Trump defends decision to pardon Arizona's Arpaio
Washington • President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to pardon Joe Arpaio, calling the former Arizona sheriff a “patriot” who loves his country.Asked about his controversial pardon...
View ArticleUtahn Thomas Wright elected to Republican National Committee post
Thomas Wright — former chairman of the Utah Republican Party and now its national committeeman — was elected over the weekend as one of eight chairmen and chairwomen of the Republican National...
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Eugene Robinson: Pay heed to what nature is telling us
Washington • Pay attention to what happened to Houston. It is rare to be given such a vivid look at our collective future.Climate change cannot be definitively blamed for Hurricane Harvey, but it...
View ArticleUtah Lake’s algal bloom heading into third month and may last a few more
Typically, this is the time of year when algae strike the state’s waterways and yet the persistent toxic bloom in Utah Lake has been going strong since June with no end in sight.Most of the lake and...
View ArticleDueling clergy marches hit D.C. as people of faith focus on nation’s soul...
Washington • They wore clerical collars and vestments, their heads covered with kippahs and taqiyahs.Religious leaders and congregants rallied Monday in Washington to say “the soul of the nation” is at...
View ArticleBoxing’s Canelo-GGG to MayMac fans: We've got a real show for you
Los Angeles • Oscar De La Hoya had no desire to watch Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s victory over Conor McGregor last weekend. Neither did middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, who smirked at the idea of...
View ArticleSome Salt Lake County leaders want to halt money shift to help build new Hale...
Several Salt Lake County Council members are weighing blocking a deal to send $4.7 million to the new Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy, with some bemoaning money-shuffling as the reason they’d stop the...
View ArticleKoch donation riles up U. academic senate, though supporters say professor...
When the Eccles family initially proposed teaming with the Charles Koch Foundation to fund a new University of Utah business institute, Taylor Randall was hesitant.“Like many of you, we said, ‘Gee, we...
View ArticleAlready-pardoned Arpaio asks judge to undo conviction
Phoenix • Fresh off his presidential pardon, an emboldened Joe Arpaio on Monday lashed out at his critics and the judge who found him guilty of a crime as his attorneys went to court to throw the court...
View ArticleLetter: Investigate doings in the recorder's office
In the aftermath of the resignation of Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott, the Utah GOP is investigating interim recorder Julie Dole.It is my opinion the county attorney and the Utah attorney general...
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Commentary: U.S. and Utah need to stop coddling domestic extremists
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke capped off a recent presidentially mandated review of national monuments by declaring, “I am an advocate to never sell or transfer public land, and so is the...
View ArticleMore rain, more dead: Harvey floods keeps Houston paralyzed
Houston • Floodwaters reached the rooflines of single-story homes Monday and people could be heard pleading for help from inside as Harvey poured rain on the Houston area for a fourth consecutive day...
View ArticleNew Mexico officials: 2 dead, 4 injured in library shooting
Clovis, N.M. • Two people were killed and four others injured when gunfire erupted inside a public library on Monday, throwing an eastern New Mexico community into a panic as officers swarmed the...
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Utah taxpayers to spend $67 million to improve SLC’s Rio Grande area through...
As officers scour Salt Lake City for drug dealers who have scattered after an unprecedented crackdown in the Rio Grande neighborhood, officials are looking for nearly a third of the $67 million they...
View ArticleRocky Mountain Power, solar advocates, reach a deal on an alternative to...
The state’s largest provider of electricity has agreed to drop its bid to change the way customers with rooftop solar pay for their power — and will instead grandfather in existing net-metering...
View ArticleSharapova edges No. 2 Halep at US Open in Grand Slam return
New York • So much about Maria Sharapova was the same as it ever was during her first Grand Slam match since a 15-month doping suspension: the shot-punctuating shrieks, the aggressive baseline style,...
View ArticleFormer Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote dies at 90
Jud Heathcote, who led Michigan State and Magic Johnson to the 1979 NCAA championship, has died. He was 90.The school says Heathcote died Monday in Spokane, Washington.Spartans coach Tom Izzo was hired...
View ArticleShots fired toward rock climbers in Little Cottonwood Canyon
Police are looking for people they say fired multiple gunshots toward two rock climbers in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Monday. No one was hurt.Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke said Tuesday that no...
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Mormon temple flooded in Houston suburb; LDS missionaries to help in Harvey...
Mormon missionaries in Tropical Storm-ravaged Houston will assist relief and cleanup efforts as floodwaters subside, the LDS Church says.Eric Hawkins, spokesman at the faith’s Salt Lake City...
View ArticleA group of protesters demanded that a Native American swastika be removed...
The swastika is a widely despised symbol that instills fear and terror. It is also a sacred, centuries-old symbol found in the Hindu and Buddhist religions and American Indian culture; the Navajo call...
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