Ben McAdams says Salt Lake County can pay for Operation Rio Grande without a...
Salt Lake County’s commitment to curbing homelessness and drug addiction through Operation Rio Grande has created a $30 million burden on the 2018 budget, although Mayor Ben McAdams says those costs...
View ArticleMormonism’s top bishop to usher in opening of new Deseret Industries store in...
LDS Church Presiding Bishop Gerald Causse will preside over dedication of Deseret Industries’ newest thrift store Wednesday night in Riverton.The dedication event, at12449 S. Creek Meadow Road, also...
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Jennifer Rubin: Melania Trump, please work on the biggest bully of them all
“By our own example, we must teach children to be good stewards of the world they will inherit. We need to remember that they are always watching and listening,” she said. “It is our responsibility to...
View ArticleLetter: Expand TRAX, FrontRunner run times
The recent editorial about the debate on whether to provide a ground level airport TRAX station, or a “world class” elevated station for a “mere” $50 million more is missing a major point about the...
View ArticleCommentary: Was the Reformation a mistake? A Catholic and a Protestant debate
Two theology professors — the first Catholic, the second Protestant — trade perspectives on the heart of the divide between them.Matthew Levering, a Catholic perspectiveIn my book “Was the Reformation...
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Double amputee who trains for triathlons and mentors others with disabilities...
He walks, he runs, he swims, he cycles — and he’s a double amputee.Sidney Smith, 34, is coming up on the second anniversary — Nov. 4 — of the operation that removed both legs below the knee. He suffers...
View ArticleCommentary: Beyond Halloween — the real story behind witches, devils, trials...
As children dress up as witches for Halloween, we are reminded that there was a time when witches were persecuted and executed by society.For a look at this ugly period of European history, I...
View ArticleLetter: Second Amendment's silent on ammunition; let's regulate it
After our nation’s last big gun massacre, I think it’s time to put out a government warning that this isn’t going to end and not for a long while. While our beloved conservative lawmakers continue to...
View Article2 in Nevada standoff case take plea deals, avoid 3rd trial
Las Vegas • Two defendants have pleaded guilty to lesser charges to avoid a third trial and the possibility of more time in federal custody for bearing assault-style weapons during a 2014 confrontation...
View ArticleCommander of 1st flight of space shuttle Challenger dies
Phoenix • Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early 1970s, has died. He was 85.Weitz died at his...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Keep educating students on reporting sexual violence
The recent #MeToo campaign, which encouraged men and women to post on social media about personal experiences with sexual harassment and assault, has illuminated the extent of sexual harassment and...
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Rich Lowry: Russian Facebook ads the most overhyped story of the year
The Kremlin knows a bargain when it sees it.We are supposed to believe that it bought the American presidential election last year with $100,000 in Facebook ads and some other digital activity....
View ArticleLetter: We don't need GOP condolences. We need gun regulation.
The horrific massacre in Las Vegas is a direct result of those in Congress who oppose common-sense gun regulation. Some 11,000 of us are murdered annually by guns — more than 500,000 since 1968 — yet...
View ArticleRose still searching for starting five on eve of BYU’s Cougar Tipoff
Provo • BYU basketball coach Dave Rose rarely tips off his starting five before the season begins, and this year is no exception.After the Cougars wrapped up their final practice before Wednesday...
View ArticleGeorge Pyle: Extension of remarks, Gen. Petraeus, more classmates of mine ...
My most recent weekend column used a tale of good-natured jealously toward a fellow alum of my high school to get into a comparison between Operation Rio Grande and Operation Iraqi Freedom.Really. It...
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‘We’ve never heard him admit it’: Utah man pleads guilty to child abuse 29...
For 29 years, Vanessa Nieto’s family members believed they knew who was responsible for the toddler’s death.Louis Duran — who was dating the girl’s mother — was the only adult at home Oct. 3, 1988,...
View ArticleUtah’s Kylie Fitts not all the way back to full speed, but grateful to be on...
As frustrated as Utes defensive end Kylie Fitts gets about not being his usual self on the football field this season, he also knows he could easily find himself in much worse situations.In the Pac-12...
View ArticleLetter: Utah school evaluation criteria must be corrected
The Tribune is commended for its logical and reasonable editorial, “There‘s more to a grade than test mastery,” (Sept. 29).Nearly all school researchers (Ravitch, Rothstein, etc.) agree that a just and...
View ArticleKershaw, Dodgers beat Astros 3-1 in sizzling World Series opener
Los Angeles • No sweat, Clayton Kershaw.Changing jerseys to beat the 103-degree heat, the Dodgers ace with a checkered playoff history delivered a signature performance, pitching Los Angeles past the...
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A rattled West Valley City goes to the street to end domestic violence
West Valley City • A year ago, Kellie Anderson was blissfully unaware of the telltale signs of domestic violence. She didn’t see what was happening to her sister — the verbal abuse, the isolation — as...
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