Letter: Widow deserves empathy; Trump should express regret
It is absolutely heartbreaking to watch the politicization of the death of Sgt. La David Johnson and the misguided attempt by the president to console the widow, Myeshia Johnson.As we go into the...
View ArticleLetter: LDS position on Boy Scouts fuels discrimination against women
Girls have a different role in life, scouting programs, leadership and religion than boys in the LDS Church, so no surprise about the no-change policy for LDS in the national scouting program. The LDS...
View ArticleAsk Ann Cannon: Got a problem with ‘No problem’?
Dear Ann Cannon • How do you discuss politics with your children when politics seep into the school itself? Specifically I’m thinking about the “build the wall” chants from students at a recent Woods...
View ArticleWhat do you need to know about SLC Council candidates Amy Fowler and Abe Smith?
Public defender Amy Fowler and technology specialist Abe Smith, both 39, are squaring off in the contest for Salt Lake City’s District 7 City Council seat, as Lisa Adams steps down after one term.They...
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Forest Service to log pines burned in Brian Head fire
The Dixie National Forest hopes to quickly log some of the woods burned in the Brian Head fire, which scorched about 72,000 acres last summer in the highlands between Parowan and Panguitch.Reseeding of...
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Hundreds of rare Mormon coins and bills sold privately in downtown Salt Lake...
Josh Rust has seen exciting collections before, but nothing quite like this: 500 to 600 pieces of historical currency, including early Mormon bills and coins, worth an estimated $1.5 million.“There’s...
View ArticlePick 6: Six prep football playoff games worth watching in Week 12
American Fork at East, 4 p.m. FridayThese two teams are opposites on offense. The Cavemen rely heavily on the pass, while the Leopards prefer the ground game. East, which averages 404.7 yards rushing...
View ArticleNow is the winter of discontent — and disdain and disappearing. See you in...
My wife and I recently lost some friends. In an attempt to beat the first snowstorm out of the Salt Lake Valley, Chris and Norm just sold their home. They’re moving to St. George.No doubt they’ll revel...
View ArticleTime to get a permit for cutting a Christmas tree in a Utah national forest
Looking for an outdoor adventure to cut your own Christmas tree this holiday season?Utah’s national forests are beginning to offer permits to cut your own tree on public land. This process begins as...
View ArticleSexually active students must be reported to law enforcement or state...
Teachers and staff in the Salem-Keizer school district — which includes more than 40,000 students — were recently told that if they learn or merely suspect a student is sexually active, they must...
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Riding roller coasters with The Monkees, eating grapes with Radiohead: Utahns...
Back in August, I published a story espousing the importance of a first concert in a music lover’s life, recounting not only my own experience with the Counting Crows at Kingsbury Hall, but also those...
View ArticleBergdahl spared any prison time, gets dishonorable discharge
Fort Bragg, N.C. • Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who walked off his post in Afghanistan and triggered a search that left several comrades severely wounded, will serve no prison time, a military judge...
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Catherine Rampell: Republicans have a plan to hurt blue states. It could...
Many blue states are in big, big trouble. Perhaps Republicans should be wary of causing them more, if they really think it through.The new Republican tax plan is, on the whole, a bunch of tax cuts...
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When it’s cold outside, Yoko Ramen in Salt Lake City has the big bowls of...
When the temperature plummets, people want one thing: a big bowl of steaming ramen.How do I know this? Because I was among the hungry horde that tried to cram into Yoko Ramen for lunch on a cold day in...
View ArticleReporters could get kicked out of CMA Awards if they ask country singers...
In Nashville, country singers have long been advised to keep their political opinions to themselves so they don't alienate fans. But after the Las Vegas massacre last month, when a gunman shot and...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Run or pass? Or can the Utes do both vs. UCLA?
The credit, or blame, for this angle goes to the Utah football fan who last spring tweeted about what may happen if Ute coach Kyle Whittingham fully authorized offensive coordinator Troy Taylor to...
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Prosecutors request more time to file charges in shooting death of University...
Charges against Austin Jeffrey Boutain — arrested in connection with the Monday night fatal shooting of a University of Utah student — have not been filed as of Friday morning, and likely will not come...
View ArticleSears is closing its store at 800 South and State Street in Salt Lake City —...
A Sears store that has been a presence for decades at 754 S. State St. in Salt Lake City will close in January.Its Sears Auto Center is going by the wayside next month.Their demise should not have any...
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Jennifer Rubin: The 'golden past' is a crock
In a speech receiving the Irving Kristol Award from the American Enterprise Institute, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of Britain, had some wise words on the state of politics in the...
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Newly identified orangutan species is the rarest great ape on the planet
Orangutans may be the oddest of our great ape relatives. The cinnamon-colored animals — the only great apes native to Asia — live nowhere else but Indonesia. Graceful when swinging through the rain...
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