Utah special needs students pick out pumpkins grown by prison inmates
Midvale • Two girls holding a teacher’s hands walked gingerly out of Jordan Valley School, toward a lawn decorated like a pumpkin patch on Wednesday morning. When they got nearer to the pumpkins, one...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: What Hate Speech Looks Like
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.The Lying PressWhat Women Want (Just a Wild...
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DA Sim Gill finds police officer who killed man at Maverik was legally justified
A Salt Lake City police officer who fatally shot a man after a violent confrontation at a Maverik station in September was legally justified in using deadly force, Salt Lake County District Attorney...
View ArticleEx-NBA commissioner David Stern says league should remove marijuana from...
Former NBA Commissioner David Stern, who tightened up the league's policy on marijuana during his tenure from 1984 until 2014, has reversed his opinion on the subject.In an interview with former NBA...
View ArticleTrump administration agrees with NFL ... in sports betting case
Trenton, N.J. • The Trump administration is siding with professional sports leagues in their opposition to allowing New Jersey to offer sports betting, while Republican Gov. Chris Christie is calling...
View ArticleTy Detmer’s latest task: To make the BYU offense more aggressive
Provo • BYU offensive coordinator Ty Detmer learned Monday that his boss wants him to be more aggressive with his play calling.He presumably learned Tuesday that he could be without his top offensive...
View ArticleWendover woman charged with fatally beating her 15-month-old daughter
A 28-year-old Tooele County woman has been charged with beating her 15-month-old daughter to death last month.April Dawn Carter, of Wendover, is charged in Tooele’s 3rd District Court with first-degree...
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After almost being locked out, Utah polygamous sect strikes deal with land...
After months of silence, the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Wednesday reached an agreement to keep its meetinghouse. The sect risked losing the Leroy S....
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SLC police lieutenant demoted after nurse’s arrest appeals, says discipline...
The watch commander who was on duty when a Salt Lake City police officer arrested a University Hospital nurse last summer is appealing his demotion, claiming it was “excessive discipline.”Lt. James...
View ArticleThis double-amputee Marine has run 14 marathons in 14 days — and plans to do...
Rob Jones’ life has been defined by routes: Around parks and trails for his daily marathons that spread his message. From city to city on a 31-destination tour in 31 days to raise awareness for wounded...
View ArticleGeorge Pyle: As long as she wasn't carving her initials on the moose ...
I really hope the woman who was apparently attacked by a moose up by Jeremy Ranch is OK.— Injured woman found on Utah trail was likely attacked by a moose, officials say — Mariah Noble | The Salt Lake...
View ArticleSpurs send Tony Parker to G-League to get practice
Miami • Tony Parker is taking another step toward returning to the San Antonio lineup.The Spurs' point guard, who hasn't played since rupturing a tendon in his left quadriceps during last season's...
View ArticleCavs' Dwyane Wade sidelined with bruised knee
New York • Cleveland Cavaliers forward Dwyane Wade has a bruised left knee and won't play Wednesday night against the Brooklyn Nets.Wade came off the bench and scored 11 points in 19 minutes in...
View ArticleLet's stay together: How LaMarcus Aldridge and the Spurs patched up a rocky...
Since LaMarcus Aldridge and the San Antonio Spurs agreed to join their houses in the summer of 2015, the marriage has been on the rocks.Rumblings persisted for more than a year that neither side was...
View ArticleBalanced play leads Union into state volleyball semifinals
Orem • The formula may not have a pizzazz, but a balanced attack across the board was what worked for the Union Cougars when the state volleyball championships began Wednesday.Union’s even hitting...
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Michelle Quist Mumford: Utah leaders could take a lesson in courage from Flake
Much has been said about Sen. Jeff Flake’s announcement earlier this week that he will not run for re-election in 2018. His own words from the Senate floor, though, offer the best explanation.“At a...
View ArticleJeffrey Weiss, beloved religion columnist who chronicled his bout with a...
Jeffrey Weiss, a highly respected reporter and Religion News Service columnist who chronicled his spiritual journey with brain cancer, has died.He was 62.Weiss died in his home in Dallas on...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Even with Salt Lake City’s investment, it’ll take more...
Salt Lake City has plans to invest in affordable housing. That’s a good thing. With The Road Home’s planned closure in July 2019, the city will have 400 fewer shelter beds available. Additionally, the...
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Utah transit board member questions plan to borrow $88.5M when the agency is...
Utah Transit Authority board member Brent Taylor raised red flags Wednesday about agency plans to borrow $88.5 million next year, adding to its $2 billion debt that already makes UTA spend $1 of every...
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George F. Will: Virginia governor's race shows the treacherous terrain of...
Arlington, Va. - The breakfasters at Bob and Edith’s Diner are too preoccupied with their tasty bacon and eggs to notice the Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Or perhaps, like all Americans who are...
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