Mormons are still younger and more conservative than other believers, but...
Mormons remain among the youngest, most fertile and politically conservative of U.S. religious adherents. And, while other faith groups have suffered sharp declines in membership, the LDS percentage of...
View ArticleAfter Moab spill, ‘there was never any danger’; residents can use their water...
Residents of western Moab were able to drink water from their taps Wednesday for the first time in nearly a week after tests confirmed that harmful chemicals from a nearby spill had not entered the...
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George F. Will: Trump is threatening war with North Korea. But what kind?
Washington • The U.S. Air Force “sniffer plane” was collecting air samples off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Sept. 3, 1949, when it gathered evidence of radioactivity, confirming that the...
View ArticleThe Utah Department of Transportation gives highway death toll with grim...
Eighty-seven people died on Utah highways so far this year — down seven from the same period a year ago.The Utah Department of Transportation held a news conference Wednesday to announce the numbers...
View ArticleStudents suffer minor injuries after school bus hits camp trailer in Juab County
Several students suffered minor injuries Wednesday when their school bus crashed into an SUV pulling a camping trailer in Juab County, authorities said.The 3:15 p.m. collision occurred on State Route...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Get a warrant
Just what is it that prevents state and federal law enforcement officers from getting a proper search warrant when they think they have a good reason to go searching?To listen to some of their excuses,...
View ArticleFeds’ tactics in Johnson-Swallow case are part of what’s ‘destroying the...
A federal judge on Wednesday unloaded on the Federal Election Commission over its pursuit of a lawsuit against imprisoned St. George businessman Jeremy Johnson and former Utah Attorney General John...
View ArticleUtah wants to launch pilot project to tax motorists for miles traveled...
Modern cars are increasingly fuel-efficient — so drivers pay less in gasoline taxes used to repair and build roads and highways. Electric cars avoid the gas tax entirely.So Utah officials foresee that...
View ArticleRich Lowry: Trump gets DACA right
Even in our divided politics, it should be a matter of consensus that the president of the United States can’t write laws on his own.That’s what President Barack Obama did twice when he unilaterally...
View ArticleFootball offers stability for Cyprus High’s Manny Ramirez
Magna • Manny Ramirez will tell you that compared to his days in junior high, his sophomore and junior years at Cyprus High School have provided a measure of stability to his life.Ramirez, a 6-foot-3,...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: Defending state champs Bountiful rallies to knock off Skyridge
Bountiful • The last couple of years, particularly at the state tournament, have been a jolly good time for the Bountiful Braves volleyball team.All eight matches in the playoffs were won in sweeps as...
View ArticleDel Potro shocks Federer, advances to U.S. Open semis against Nadal
New York • So much for the first U.S. Open matchup between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.Federer failed to live up to his end of the bargain.Hours after Nadal did his part with an easy-as-can-be...
View ArticleGriner's double-double helps Mercury past Storm 79-69
Tempe, Ariz. • Britney Griner had 23 points and 11 rebounds to help the Phoenix Mercury advance to the second round of the playoffs with a 79-69 victory over the Seattle Storm on Wednesday...
View ArticlePope Francis brings message of hope to Colombia
Bogota, Colombia • Pope Francis received a spirited and symbolic welcome as he arrived in Colombia on Wednesday, saying he wants to bring a message of hope for Colombians as they work to heal the...
View ArticleCommentary: The church faces a problem — cheap sex is secularizing Americans
There have always been forces that have pulled marriages apart. But it is the forces that push people together that are growing increasingly rare.Social reinforcement of marriage from sources such as...
View ArticleBody recovered from Ogden River
Police have identified the body of a man pulled from the Ogden River over the Labor Day weekend.Ogden police also say initial indications are that 49-year-old Carl Roper’s drowning was...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Hot, smoky, gritty, but rain on the way (maybe)
So, here’s your northern Utah forecast: It’s hot and humid with smoke from wildfires in and out of the state, making already polluted urban valley skies downright unhealthy to breathe.“The Lovin‘...
View ArticleNews roundup: Democrats dread reliving 2016 with Clinton’s upcoming book tour
Democrats dread reliving 2016 with Clinton’s upcoming book tour. Utah may change its gas tax. Swallow could sue for legal expenses.Happy Thursday. Hillary Clinton is launching her book tour on Tuesday...
View ArticleUtah’s ACT scores inch up; state ranks either 33rd or 5th. Here’s why.
Utah’s high school class of 2017 scored an average of 20.3 points on the ACT, slightly better than 2016 students’ 20.2 but still behind the national mark of 21 on a 36-point scale, officials said...
View ArticleKirby: Revisiting old cop stops with my former police buddy ‘Killer’
On Tuesday, I met Killer in the parking lot of a grocery store in Utah County. One of my closest friends from the time we spent together as cops, he moved to the Northwest decades ago.Nearly 30 years...
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