Conflict between Trump and Congress escalates as difficult agenda looms
The conflict between President Donald Trump and Congress escalated a day after he threatened to shut down the federal government over funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall and targeted opponents in...
View ArticleThe ‘fearless’ and ‘caring’ Utah man who died fighting in Afghanistan had...
Monticello • The last time Laura and Randy Butler saw their son Aaron Butler was in April. The 27-year-old and his Utah Special Forces team were driving to Texas, their final stop before a six-month...
View ArticleCommentary: Wild horse summit excludes key advocates, public
Organizers of a wild horse summit taking place in Utah this week are claiming they’ve excluded the public and key advocates like Friends of Animals (FoA) to “protect participants and promote...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake routs San Jose for crucial home victory
Real Salt Lake forward Luis Silva controlled Albert Rusnák’s through ball and found himself running toward goal with little pressure on him.San Jose goalkeeper Andrew Tarbell came off his line to cut...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Hot, dry and tainted air for Wasatch Front ahead
Hot and dry conditions will stretch into the weekend throughout Utah, with periodic partly cloudy skies doing little to cool the Wasatch Front.The National Weather Service blames a persistent and...
View ArticleGeorge Pyle: Hillary creeped out by Trump. Did I call this, or what?
The news yesterday was that, in her new memoir of the late unpleasantness known as the election of 2016, Hillary Clinton was indeed creeped out by the way Donald Trump lurked behind her in the second...
View ArticleTalk about bad timing — Confederate flag shows up at Utah County Fair
With all the nationwide controversy and unrest over Confederate symbols generated by Charlottesville’s decision to remove a Robert E. Lee statue from a public square, the last thing county fair...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Don't let Obamacare fall apart
Mike Leavitt is nobody’s idea of a radical.So when the former Utah governor says that a deliberate decision to allow the Affordable Care Act to collapse would result in a crisis affecting millions of...
View ArticleThe board overseeing public services for thousands in Salt Lake County...
A board overseeing roads and public works for about 90,000 residents living outside cities in Salt Lake County tentatively opted for service cuts — rather than tax hikes — for its 2018 budget at a...
View ArticleNews roundup: Americans describe Trump as ’incompetent,’ ’strong,’ ’idiot’...
Americans describe Trump as ’incompetent,’ ’strong,’ ’idiot’ and ’liar’ in new survey. Rep. Chris Stewart says he’ll run for Orrin Hatch’s seat if the senator doesn’t run for re-election. Family of...
View ArticleCommentary: Zinke leaves San Juan County in economic limbo
Petzl makes climbing equipment that is used around the world to reach the most inaccessible places, both by professionals and by those who enjoy the great outdoors. One of the most famous climbing...
View ArticleMuslim woman from Utah represents her religion on ‘Project Runway’
One of the contestants on the new season of “Project Runway” is a Salt Lake City resident who has, to her surprise, found herself representing her religion on the reality/competition show.To a lot of...
View ArticleWhere's the winner? Lottery's Powerball error adds intrigue
Chicopee, Mass. — A mistake by the Massachusetts State Lottery on Thursday injected a little extra drama into the massive $758.7 million Powerball drawing — the largest won by a single ticket in U.S....
View ArticleHarvey regains tropical storm strength in Gulf of Mexico
Corpus Christi, Texas — Long lines extended from grocery stores along the Texas Gulf Coast early Thursday as residents braced for a slow-moving tropical storm that forecasters say could drop as much as...
View ArticleNavy ends search for USS McCain missing; confirms 1 death
Singapore — The U.S. Navy on Thursday called off the search at sea for sailors missing after a collision between a destroyer and an oil tanker, and confirmed the identity of one body.The 7th Fleet said...
View ArticleLady Antebellum looking good, sounding good, feeling good ahead of show at Usana
There’s a simple reason Lady Antebellum’s latest album, “Heart Break,” sounds so energetic and happy, vocalist Hillary Scott told The Tribune ahead of Wednesday’s stop at Usana Amphitheatre in West...
View ArticleThe Cricket: An adulation junkie in the White House
For most people, addiction happens in private — with only a few close loved ones knowing the truth about someone’s problems with alcohol, or drugs, or gambling, or whatever it is that has taken over...
View ArticlePrep football: East’s Jaylon Vickers out to make noise vs. former team, Bingham
Jaylon Vickers was quiet and kept to himself when he first arrived at his new school, preferring the Meek Mill tracks in the headphones he always seemed to be wearing to conversation with his new...
View ArticleBears Ears, Grand-Staircase won't be eliminated, Zinke says, but they may be...
Billings, Mont. • Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he’s recommending that none of 27 national monuments carved from wilderness and ocean and under review by the Trump administration be eliminated.But...
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