GOP eyeing $1B disaster funds cut to help wall
Washington • President Donald Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Harvey-caused epic flooding, but his Republican allies in the House are looking at cutting almost $1 billion from...
View ArticleLetter: Removing statues
“The word is about, there’s something evolving…”I have mixed feelings on the removal of Confederate statues. First of all, they are art. A fellow artist created a sculpture. A form of beauty in every...
View ArticleJoel Osteen blames 'false narrative' for Harvey criticism
Houston • Joel Osteen is defending the decision not to open his Houston megachurch as a shelter during the initial flooding from Harvey in the face of withering criticism on social media.The...
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It’s Kyle Whittingham’s 13th year, but Utah’s opener vs. North Dakota rings...
Uncertainty plays a big part in the excitement surrounding Thursday’s University of Utah’s season opener. It’s akin to the the mix of anxiousness and fear after strapping into a roller coaster.The Utes...
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Moth flights accompany Utah Symphony at dramatic redrock concert
Springdale • “Thank you. That was divine,” said one concertgoer wearing shorts to a Utah Symphony staff member while filing out of Tuesday night’s outdoor concert.That idea of the transcendent — in...
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Sour grapes: Robbers empty Paris cellar of vintage wines
Paris • A Paris wine collector returned from holiday this week to a nasty surprise, finding a hole in his cellar and emptiness where his valuable collection of vintage wines had been.Paris police said...
View ArticleNashville mayor no fan of evangelicals’ ‘Nashville Statement’ condemning...
A coalition of evangelical leaders released a “Christian manifesto” Tuesday that states marriage should be between a man and a woman, and condemns the acceptance of “homosexual immorality or...
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FBI offers $10,000 reward for "Double Hat Bandit," suspected of robbing four...
Police have offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man they believe is responsible for at least 13 robberies, including four in Utah, the FBI announced...
View ArticleGeorge Pyle: Hurricane washes up some good old ideas
This lead from a Politico article earned a lot of social media attention yesterday.-- Trump relishes role as chief executive of Harvey response -- Josh Dawsey | PoliticoCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- It was...
View ArticleU.S. clears first 'living drug' for tough childhood leukemia
Washington • Opening a new era in cancer care, the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients’ own blood cells into an army of assassins...
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Utah State football: No. 9 Badgers are going to be a handful for Aggies
Despite a bunch of personnel shuffling — including the quarterbacks — and schedule difficulties a year ago, the Wisconsin Badgers still almost won the Big Ten championship. No wonder Badger fans are...
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Squally Canada was solid and Kavika Fonua impressed, but BYU will still...
Provo • Rarely last season did BYU enter a game feeling overmatched at running back. Jamaal Williams, who became the leading rusher in school history in the middle of 2016, was a generational-type back...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake uses the break to recuperate
This bye week, unlike the Gold Cup break, is about recuperating for Real Salt Lake.RSL will use its break in play to recover after two consecutive trips back east followed by two home games last...
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Beware: Wasps swarming in City Creek Canyon
Over the rustling of wind in the leaves and the rippling of a mountain stream, an unmistakable sound hums through City Creek Canyon on a recent hot afternoon.Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.It’s the season for...
View ArticleSalt Lake City will require commercial building owners to report energy scores
Owners of Salt Lake City’s largest buildings — or many of them, anyway — will have to report their energy usage.The City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday that city officials believe will cut energy...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: The Air Apparent
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at...
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Michelle Quist Mumford: Hurricane Harvey's devastation illustrates weaknesses...
The devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas is total. Category 4 winds destroyed homes, buildings and basically the entire town of Rockport, Texas. Houston is presently under water. The...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Lead is for pencils, not water.
It seems that we’ve been poisoning our kids. Or, at least, our schools have.Almost 90 percent of the 249 school water systems recently tested for lead showed some level of lead in the drinking water....
View ArticleThursday marks the end of the Twilight Concert Series for 2017 — and possibly...
When an $8 million renovation of the Gallivan Center moved Salt Lake City’s Twilight Concert Series to Pioneer Park in 2010, no one knew at the time if the music would return there for another...
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