U. health system wins national award for quality
The University of Utah announced Friday that its health-care system has won a national award for quality for an eighth consecutive year.The U. system was named a winner of the 2017 Vizient Bernard A....
View ArticlePickup truck slams into Utah Highway Patrol car on freeway, trooper suffers...
A pickup truck lost control and slammed into a Utah Highway Patrol car parked on the side of Interstate 215 early Friday, leaving the trooper and a passenger of the truck with minor injuries.Just after...
View ArticleUtah nurse pleads guilty to giving prescription medications to jail inmates...
A Uintah County jail nurse accused of giving prescription medications to inmates without authorization has resolved the case with a plea deal.Helen Marie Bemis, 58, was charged in June in 8th District...
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Utah football: Utes will try to avoid “hangover effect” against San Jose State
In theory, San Jose State’s visit to Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday night should serve as a get-right game for the Utes. Pad some stats, work out some kinks and get players some experience on the way...
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BYU football notes: No. 10 Badgers will be first Big Ten team to ever play in...
Provo * Somewhat lost in all the mystery surrounding BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum’s ankle injury this week is the sobering fact for the Cougars that their offense is the sixth-worst in the country,...
View ArticleProsecutors dismiss charges against Cottonwood Heights man accused of...
Salt Lake County prosecutors on Friday dismissed charges against a man accused of starting a July Fourth grass fire, saying Cottonwood Heights police made glaring errors in their investigation of the...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: How to Run a Country
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at...
View ArticleUtah man charged with hate crime for using stun device during racially...
A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Friday charging a former Draper man with a racially motivated assault against a black neighbor and his young son last year in which the defendant shouted...
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Utah students celebrate Constitution Day: Star-shaped cookies, American flags...
In what is expected to be one of the last times she will speak publicly before retiring in November, Utah Supreme Court Justice Christine Durham spoke to a group of Utah schoolchildren Friday about the...
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Mayor Biskupski kicks off Welcoming Week for refugees and immigrants
Welcoming Week In Salt Lake City is a celebration to highlight the contributions of immigrants and refugees and the role they play in the capital city’s vibrant and diverse community.Thursday, Mayor...
View ArticleU.S. agent out at BLM after Burning Man probe
Salt Lake City • Authorities say a federal agent is no longer an employee of the Bureau of Land Management after he was scrutinized for his behavior at the counterculture Burning Man festival.BLM...
View ArticleUtah State football: Three years later, Aggies face rematch with Wake Forest
Logan • It has been long enough since Utah State last faced Wake Forest that Aggies coach Matt Wells can justifiably say the previous encounter has almost no bearing on the current one.The memories are...
View ArticleUtah Board of Education takes another look at dropped requirements for middle...
A recent Utah Board of Education decision making health, gym, art and music classes optional for middle school students will be reviewed at a public hearing next week.The board approved the policy...
View ArticleUtah Debate Commission will redo 3rd District poll that could let a third...
The Utah Debate Commission will sponsor a second poll to determine whether any third-party hopefuls can join the Republican and Democratic candidates in a 3rd Congressional District debate, citing...
View ArticleJudge: Sessions can't deny grant money for sanctuary cities
Chicago • Attorney General Jeff Sessions can’t follow through — at least for now — with his threat to withhold public safety grant money to Chicago and other so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to...
View ArticleCharacter actor Harry Dean Stanton dies at age 91
Los Angeles • Legendary character actor Harry Dean Stanton has died at age 91.Stanton’s agent John S. Kelly says the actor died Friday afternoon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Kelly...
View ArticleUtah's colleges and universities want $83 million from the Legislature next year
The Utah System of Higher Education will ask state lawmakers for more than $83 million during the next Legislative session, as well as funding for several new campus buildings. Members of the Utah...
View ArticleJennifer Rubin: Three ways to do health care reform
This week we got a good look at the three health care options going forward. Two seem to be out of the question, which leaves the third — namely, tweaking Obamacare.Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., did his...
View ArticleIt's time to pass hate crime legislation in Utah
Portland. Charlottesville. Salt Lake City.What do these cities have in common? They have all experienced recent public attacks motivated by hate. In Portland, a white nationalist stabbed two men who...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake: Connor Sparrow advances soccer dreams while maintaining RN...
Sandy • Connor Sparrow always wanted to be a professional soccer player, but his mother convinced him he needed a backup plan when he entered college.He found his answer on a service project at a...
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