Corruption, doping issues aired at global Olympic meeting
Prague • Allegations of corruption and doping were on the minds of national Olympic leaders at their annual gathering on Thursday.The Association of National Olympic Committees assembly was presided...
View ArticleAuburn sits Wiley, Purifoy during NCAA corruption investigation
Auburn, Ala. • Auburn will hold out sophomores Austin Wiley and Danjel Purifoy indefinitely in connection with a federal investigation into associate head coach Chuck Person.The athletic department...
View ArticleCavs forward Thompson out 3-4 weeks with calf injury
Cleveland • Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson could be out for a month because of a strained left calf.He was injured in the second quarter of Wednesday night's loss to Indiana and left Quicken Loans...
View ArticleThe only things that are clear for Andrew Luck and the Colts are clearly bad
What had become increasingly inevitable was made official Thursday when the Indianapolis Colts announced they were placing quarterback Andrew Luck on the injured reserve list, declaring Luck's season...
View ArticleUConn women a unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP hoops poll
New York • UConn is No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball preseason poll for the 12th time in the school's history.The Huskies, who saw their 111-game winning streak come to an end in the...
View ArticleShe's got next: In the G League, female refs can make a name
Miami • The G League season opens Friday night, and there will be someone on the court in places like Grand Rapids or Greensboro or Des Moines whose next job will be in the NBA.That isn't limited to...
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Mormon church donates $10 million to help house Salt Lake City's homeless, needy
The LDS Church is donating $10 million toward building and developing additional housing in the Salt Lake Valley for those in need, the Utah-based faith announced Thursday.Gérald Caussé, presiding...
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Jennifer Rubin: The public sides with Mueller
The latest Post-ABC poll shows that Robert Mueller, for now, enjoys overwhelming support for his investigation. He also gets high marks for the indictments of former Trump campaign chairman Paul...
View ArticleEnergy chief Perry: Fossil fuels can prevent sexual assault
Washington • Energy Secretary Rick Perry says he thinks using fossil fuels can help prevent sexual assault.Perry said Thursday that using fossil fuels to power electricity can help villages in Africa...
View ArticleSouth Summit School District says $58.6 million bond needed to avoid portable...
Officials in South Summit School District see a problem looming in their near future.Thanks to growing enrollment, the Kamas-based district’s elementary, middle and high school will be well over...
View ArticleMorgan School District seeks $49 million bond measure to ease overcrowding
Doug Jacobs joked that if enrollment in Morgan School District keeps growing the way it has, students will have to be shuttled into school like skiers headed to Snowbasin Resort.“We’ve outgrown our...
View ArticleOgden School District says $106.5 million bond would expand schools, improve...
As snows melt each spring, empty buckets line the hallways and classrooms of Ogden School District’s T.O. Smith Elementary School to catch water dripping from its leaky roof.And that’s far from the...
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Weber School District hopes approval of $97 million bond will help it address...
Weber School District has seen a spike in its student population since it last put a bond before voters in 2012.About 1,500 more students have enrolled in the 32,000-pupil district in the past four...
View ArticleCanyons School District’s $283 million bond aimed at rebuilding high schools,...
When Alta High School in Canyons School District was built in 1978, Principal Brian McGill said natural light wasn’t much of a factor in school design.“The architectural philosophy was no windows or...
View ArticleGranite School District would use $238 million bond for school upgrades,...
Granite School District will tackle a major overhaul of its buildings should voters approve its $238 million bond proposal on Tuesday.The 10-year bond would not only rebuild 14 Granite schools,...
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Six Utah school districts put a total of $800 million in bonds up for Nov. 7...
Utah voters in some areas will decide the fate of more than their public servants come Election Day.Six Utah school districts along the Wasatch Front and surrounding area will ask their patrons for...
View ArticleIndependent panel backs ‘overdue’ pay raise for Utah Legislature
An independent commission recommended Thursday giving Utah legislators what it calls an overdue raise in their daily pay rate, and also backed paying them for more days each year — saying they now...
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Darlene McDonald: Councilman’s racist statements should be denounced
I watched with horror over the summer as angry shouts and tiki torches filled the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia. I mourned the death of Heather Heyer, murdered by a hateful man motivated by fear...
View ArticleThe hottest Salt Lake City Council races — in open Districts 3 and 7 — see...
Salt Lake City Council District 3 hopeful Chris Wharton leads all comers in campaign financing through the end of October, spending and raising roughly one-third of the totals for all candidates,...
View ArticleAfter a baseball season to remember, the NFL is looking even more dreary
The NFL just got another big problem: baseball.It takes a long time for trend lines to cross. We may be talking about a 10- or 15-year process here. But after a thrilling seven-game World Series for...
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