Prep girls' soccer: State rankings for Sept. 10
Class 6A1. American Fork (9-0) • Easily handled Westlake 5-2 in its only match of the week. Next up is the big test at Pleasant Grove.2. Pleasant Grove (6-2-1) • Upended Lone Peak 3-2 before settling...
View ArticleUtah vs. BYU is a popular bet at Nevada casinos
Move over Donny and Marie, Penn and Teller.One of the most popular tickets in Nevada this week has been Utah-BYU.This weekend’s rivalry game in Provo has drawn plenty of interest from bettors....
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Utahns keep memories of 9/11 alive with community service projects
A bundle of energy, 8-year-old Alex Owen bent over and stared at the roots of an expansive weed Saturday morning as naturalist Lewis Kogan showed a community-cleanup group how best to pull puncturevine...
View ArticleRodney Hood, challenged by Jazz GM to improve, rededicates himself
Dennis Lindsey’s honesty stunned Rodney Hood.The Jazz general manager told Hood he needed significant all-around improvement in what was a frank exit meeting the day after the Golden State Warriors...
View ArticleBYU police cite four people for spray-painting Utah logo on cougar statue...
A statue of a cougar on Brigham Young University’s campus was vandalized Saturday morning, and police say the suspects were literally caught red-handed.The statue, near LaVell Edwards Stadium, was...
View ArticleSkull of unknown Mountain Meadows Massacre child victim buried as...
Mountain Meadows • After 160 years buried in a museum collection, the skull of one the Mountain Meadows Massacre’s youngest victims was laid to rest Saturday in a song-filled ceremony that honored all...
View ArticleRocky Mountain Power crews prepared for ‘anything’ as they head east to help...
Crews from Rocky Mountain Power company plan to go east Sunday to help with electrical outages expected from Hurricane Irma.The 52-person group will include journeymen, managers and a mechanic, all of...
View ArticleCommentary: Operation Rio Grande is driven by fearmongering
Throughout the 1990s, street drugs were bought and sold in a triangular area of downtown Salt Lake City between the sidewalks of a dive bar, coffee shop and nightclub: the Shamrock Lounge on 200 South...
View ArticleLetter: Why are harmful drugs legal when medical marijuana is not?
I have a special friend from Colorado who has rheumatoid arthritis. She has had this terrible disease for a number of years. She was given Methotrexate, which is expensive and trashes the liver....
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Prep sports: This week's standouts performers and key numbers
Each week, the TribPreps staff will choose standout performers and keynumbers from the previous week’s action in Utah and showcase them. Hereare this week’s picks.Mashaun EstridgeThe Dixie junior...
View ArticleStephens tops Keys in U.S. Open final for 1st Grand Slam title
New York • Sloane Stephens never looked shaken by the setting or the stakes in her first Grand Slam final. Her opponent, Madison Keys, most definitely did.Stephens dominated her close friend Keys 6-3,...
View ArticleNadal-Anderson seems a mismatch, but upsets happen
New York • U.S. Open finalists Rafael Nadal and Kevin Anderson are both professional tennis players who were born in 1986. Not much else in common.Heading into Sunday’s match — well, mismatch,...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: 'She’s a fantastic player and such a sweet girl’: Heather...
Pleasant Grove • Some things are exactly as they appear when it comes to Pleasant Grove volleyball player Heather Gneiting.As befitting a senior in high school, her favorite movies are wildly popular...
View ArticleCommentary: SLC’s Twilight Concert Series is worth saving
It was an electric night in 1990. MC Hammer had just hit it big and my girlfriends and I were among thousands of Hammer pants-wearing concert-goers walking – or at least trying to — into the old Salt...
View ArticleMan, 67, dies when pickup rolls west of Logan
A 67-year-old man died Saturday morning when the pickup truck he was driving rolled off State Route 30 west of Logan, authorities said.Earl Anderson of Fielding was driving the truck west on SR-30 near...
View ArticleColorado rolls late in 37-3 win over Texas State
Boulder, Colo. • Laviska Shenault Jr.ignited lethargic Colorado with a 55-yard score when he picked up ateammate’s fumble on a punt return and the Buffaloes rolled late in a37-3 win over Texas State on...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: State rankings for Sept. 10
Class 6A1. Lone Peak (4-0) • BYU-bound Madi Robinson scores 12 kills in sweep of Pleasant Grove then Knights beat Morgan in three straight.2. Pleasant Grove (2-1) • A pre-region test against region foe...
View ArticleWith saxophones and sobbing, Mexicans mourn earthquake dead
Juchitan, Mexico • Slow-moving funeral processions converged on Juchitan’s cemeteries from all directions on Saturday, so many that they sometimes caused temporary gridlock when they met at...
View ArticleLetter: Dictators are always blaming others
Look back in history and study most of the dictators in the world and it’s never their fault. It was never Hitler’s fault; it was always his generals’ fault.It’s never Trump’s fault; it’s always the...
View ArticleLetter: Taking steps to avert climate damage
Some politicians still say “we may have to agree to disagree on climate change.” There are issues with which I disagree but on this, the science is clear: 95 percent of scientists agree that climate...
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