Prep football: Snow Canyon takes down Pine View for first time since 2009
St. George • The streak is over.For the first time since 2009, the Snow Canyon Warriors came out on top with a hard-fought 27-20 home victory over Pine View.After battling to an 8-6 triple-overtime...
View ArticlePrep football: Fake punt sparks Sky View in win over Bear River
Smithfield • A raucous homecoming night crowd quickly was silenced Friday night when Sky View quarterback Jackson Siddoway threw his first interception to Bear River’s Judd Miller on the second play of...
View ArticlePrep football: Woods Cross holds off Roy to grab region win
Roy • No matter the classification, the key to winning a region football title is road wins.And the Woods Cross Wildcats got such a win Friday night with a 17-14 win over the Roy Royals in a Region 5...
View ArticlePrep football: Week 5 scores
ThursdayLone Peak 42, Kearns 24FridayStansbury 35, Tooele 28Jordan 33, Springville 7Juab 28, Richfield 0Wasatch 59, Cottonwood 0Grand County 21, South Sevier 7Fremont 17, Davis 7Sky View 27, Bear River...
View ArticleUtah vs. San Jose State: What to watch for
Time, Place and [Radio Waves in] Space • Utah’s second home game of the season at Rice-Eccles Stadium gets going at 8 p.m. Saturday. You can watch on ESPN2 or listen on ESPN 700 AM, Sirius 134/XM...
View ArticleUtah Jazz closing in on finish line for Vivint Arena renovation
The renovation of Vivint Smart Home Arena has entered the final and most difficult phase: The race against time.With less than two weeks before a scheduled Faith Hill and Tim McGraw concert, 500...
View ArticleCounty leaders chide Rocky Mountain Power for putting wind project in Wyoming...
Despite being the state’s largest provider of electricity, Rocky Mountain Power is overlooking the potential of renewable energy in rural Utah, some county commissioners say.Rural Utah has ample...
View ArticleLetter: There’s no such thing as ‘medical’ pot
Recently I’ve been asked by several patients about my opinion of medical marijuana. Over time we’ve built up a relationship of trust, and they want my take on what they’re reading in the news about...
View ArticleLetter: Making a healthy diet in schools
With the new school year upon us, parents turn their attention to school clothes, school supplies and school food. Yes, school food.More than 31 million children rely on school meals for their daily...
View ArticleSinging bowls will add to Utah Chamber Artists' collage of sound
Thousands of miles from home, Barlow Bradford found the sound he was looking for.Turns out it was practically in his backyard.On a family vacation in Hawaii, the Utah Chamber Artists’ artistic director...
View ArticleSt. Louis braces for more protests over cop's acquittal
St. Louis • Hundreds of people protesting the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the fatal shooting of black man several years ago marched for hours in mostly peaceful...
View ArticleLetter: Business leaders should give money to clean up Utah's air
Leaders from various businesses across the state have recently called on Gov. Gary Herbert to do something about our air quality. Ignoring that our air is getting better, it’s almost as if these...
View ArticleLetter: Bagley's not funny any more
A long, saner, time ago I used to stand in the old ZCMI book department and laugh at the funny humor of Pat Bagley in the little books he had published to help us, as Utahns, laugh at our strangeness....
View ArticleIbsen meets Utah’s bad air — and an idealistic activist — in Riot Act...
Salt Lake City protests about the location of homeless shelters, as well as ongoing complaints about Utah’s air quality, provide a backdrop for a reconsideration of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play “An...
View ArticleLetter: Congress should take the principled path with Trump
President Trump is not an unprincipled person. His actions are not random; they are driven by principles. Unfortunately, his principles (self-centeredness, greed, racism, personal infallibility, lying...
View ArticleOrrin Hatch, 83, says another campaign hinges on his health: ‘I’m older but...
Washington • Sen. Orrin Hatch will decide this fall whether he will seek an eighth term and one of the key factors weighing on his decision, he repeatedly says, is his health.Hatch, who describes...
View ArticleFree Utah fly fishing clinic to help beginners get started
The state Division of Wildlife Resources is hosting a free fly-fishing clinic for beginners on Sept. 30 in Price.The clinic will cover gear needs, fly selection, fly fishing on lakes and rivers,...
View ArticleLive: Utah immigrants and supporters of DACA march through Salt Lake City
A Salt Lake City march showing support for immigrants who could be impacted by the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, begins at noon Saturday at the Wallace Bennett...
View ArticleCommentary: Utah should make it easier for the disabled to get care
Two years ago the Utah Legislature passed the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, designed to keep a person from entering or returning to jail or prison by providing him or her with community-based mental...
View ArticleSuicide among veterans highest in western US, rural areas
Washington • Suicide among military veterans is especially high in the western U.S. and rural areas, according to new government data that show wide state-by-state disparities and suggest social...
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