Utah firm wants to build a private medical school on part of Provo’s public...
A Utah company wants to build a new medical school on part of Provo’s publicly-owned East Bay Golf Course.Members of the Provo City Council have met several times with the company, Wasatch Educational,...
View ArticleAccording to University of Utah study, the Trump campaign viewed Facebook and...
Washington • Donald Trump’s presidential campaign relied on more hands-on help from tech firms during the 2016 election than previously thought, using teams from Facebook, Twitter and others as almost...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: The tide is turning on marijuana
The tide is turning on marijuana.And Big Pharma has no one to blame but itself.The horrific epidemic of addiction and death linked to the profligate distribution of opioid prescription pain relievers...
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Two Utah lawmakers honored for their work in changing juvenile justice laws
Last year, Ron Gordon, the executive director of the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, phoned Rep. Lowry Snow and asked him a question: Would you be willing to sponsor a package of...
View ArticleBipartisan group wants voters to explore a change to Weber County's form of...
Ogden • At a time when Ogden business owner Oscar Mata says Democrats and Republicans “can’t seem to agree on what day of the week it is,” members of a new bipartisan group have one thing in common:...
View ArticleUtah man accused in multimillion-dollar opioid ring asks to be released...
Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to keep behind bars a defendant charged in connection with an alleged multimillion-dollar opioid-drug trafficking ring that was based in a Cottonwood Heights...
View ArticleAstros manager Hinch on hotel incident: 'No altercation'
Houston • Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch says there was "no altercation" at a hotel in California this week at the World Series after a TMZ Sports report that he argued with bar patrons.Pasadena...
View ArticleUtah’s toxic algal blooms persist as weather cools, may outlive health...
Although October is generally thought of as the end of algae season, seven toxic algal blooms continue to overstay their welcome in Utah.At Utah Lake west of Provo, where the year’s longest-lived algal...
View ArticleUniversity of Utah launches anti-racism task force
University of Utah administrators announced the creation of a campus anti-racism task force on Thursday in response to recent acts of racially-motivated graffiti and campus disruptions. According to a...
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Eugene Robinson: With both parties in crisis, turmoil is the new normal
Washington • Donald Trump is not the disease that afflicts our politics. He’s a symptom, like nausea or an embarrassing rash.Both major parties are in crisis, and I believe the reason is that the...
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Commentary: Immigrant roundups will mostly benefit for-profit prisons
For the past nine months, the Trump administration has been ramping up arrests and deportations of immigrants in Utah and across America. While the administration talks a great deal about gangs and...
View ArticleDavid Collette glad to have a full season ahead with the Utes
Utah senior forward/center David Collette feels like preseason practice has gone by fast for the men’s basketball team, and he credits that mainly to the chemistry among this year’s players for making...
View ArticleSteffen and Crew upset Atlanta in MLS playoff opener
Atlanta • Twenty-two-year-old Zack Steffen made a career-high eight saves and the Columbus Crew advanced in the MLS Cup playoffs by besting expansion club Atlanta United 3-1 on penalty kicks after a...
View ArticleNBA roundup: Griffin’s 3-pointer beats Blazers, keeps Clippers undefeated
Portland, Ore. • Blake Griffin made a 3-pointer as time expired and the Los Angeles Clippers remained unbeaten with a 104-103 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night.Griffin, who...
View ArticleKoepka opens with a 64 to lead HSBC Champions
Shanghai • The HSBC Champions is the first stop for Brooks Koepka on his four-week Asian adventure that will include two weeks on the beaches of Vietnam and Thailand and a title defense in...
View ArticleNYC hotel offers ‘Stranger Things’ room package through 2018
New York • New York residents and visitors anticipating the Friday release of the second season of Netflix's hit show "Stranger Things" can now get a hotel package for their binge-watching needs.The...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren: Don’t let big banks escape the Fed’s scrutiny
Community banks and credit unions face a lot of challenges today, and they make a good case for lightening some unnecessary regulatory burdens. But instead of focusing on these smaller institutions,...
View ArticleLetter: Keep CHIP extension in the limelight
As a future pediatrician and proud Utahn, I am appalled at both the failure to extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program — leaving many children in Utah without sufficient health care in the next...
View ArticleLetter: Make every child a wanted child — encourage contraception
Thank you for your editorial embracing birth control.While it recommends investing in contraceptive health care for lower income families and the homeless, let’s encourage all income levels to use...
View ArticleLetter: Tribalism gets away from independent thinking
The Pew Research Center has shown that over the last two decades, political parties are drifting further apart and that centrists/independents are fading.The logical question that follows: Why?People...
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