Town residents upset as popular road from Bluff into Bears Ears faces closure
Generations of Bluff residents have used a road leading north from the town between towering sandstone mesas to access public lands beyond, in what is now Bears Ears National Monument.But last month,...
View ArticleWhich counties rely the most on Utah's $8.4B tourism industry for jobs?
Daggett and Garfield counties may be on opposite sides of the state, but they have one thing in common — more than half of their jobs (54 percent) are provided by private leisure and hospitality...
View ArticleInvestors gave real estate guru Koerber nearly $100 million in two years — as...
Rick Koerber’s real estate investment companies lost tens of millions of dollars over several years, an FBI forensic accountant testified Wednesday in Koerber’s federal court trial.So instead of using...
View ArticleGovernor Gary Herbert may spell out more details of special session in...
Gov. Gary Herbert plans to call Utah lawmakers into special session next week to take actions needed in connection with Operation Rio Grande — the planned two-year effort to curb lawlessness and drug...
View ArticleSelena Gomez undergoes kidney transplant due to lupus
Selena Gomez recently received a kidney transplant from television actress Francia Raisa due to her struggle with lupus, the actress-singer revealed Thursday.Gomez disclosed in an Instagram post...
View ArticleTrump says he's 'fairly close' to deal on young immigrants
Washington • President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was “fairly close” to a deal with congressional leaders to preserve protections for young immigrants living illegally in America, and is...
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After on-set accident left him with a severe head injury, heartthrob Dylan...
Before making the spy thriller “American Assassin,” it wasn’t a sure thing that Dylan O’Brien would ever go back to making movies.“It’s been a really long and really tough, and really emotional,...
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Dana Milbank: The Democrats have become socialists
Washington • When Bernie Sanders launched his bid for the Democratic nomination, he was often asked whether he, a democratic socialist, would actually become a Democrat. Now, more than a year after he...
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15 years later, made-in-Utah ‘Everwood’ is cool — and hot
Beverly Hills, Calif. • Fifteen years ago, the cast of “Everwood” arrived in Utah to start production on the first season of that television family drama — and, boy, were they glad. “It was a great...
View ArticleHit-run driver sought in auto-pedestrian injury crash
Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck a woman near the Salt Lake County Fairgrounds, sending her to the hospital.Salt Lake City police detectives say the suspect — a Latina female in...
View ArticleChris Pratt made a big impression — and ate a lot — while working in Utah on...
Beverly Hills, Calif. • The only member of the “Everwood” main cast who didn’t make a 15th-anniversary show reunion earlier this summer was Chris Pratt — he was in the midst of filming back-to-back...
View ArticleBiskupski is finding it’s easier to criticize as a candidate than it is to...
During the 2015 Salt Lake City mayor’s race, then-challenger Jackie Biskupski scolded incumbent Ralph Becker for allegedly not taking sexual harassment claims from city employees more seriously.She...
View ArticlePower lines to connect Wyoming wind energy to Southwest
Rawlins, Wyo. • Construction on transmission lines to connect energy generated from wind farms in southern Wyoming to southwestern states is planned to begin in 2019.Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported on...
View ArticleUtah little league whiz Sam Gordon pushing state prep sports officials to...
Herriman • The last time most people saw Sam Gordon, she probably was racing past boys in a football highlight video, sitting next to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell or on the front of her own Wheaties...
View ArticleCelebrate food, art and culture during Festa Italiana in Salt Lake City
Celebrate Italian food, music and culture during Festa Italiana, a street festival at The Gateway in Salt Lake City.Hosted by the Italian-American Civic League and Alfa Romeo Salt Lake City, the...
View ArticleAppeal filed in Canada child-bride case
Cranbrook, British Columbia • A Canadian woman is seeking to have her conviction overturned after she was sentenced to seven months in jail for taking a 13-year-old girl to the United States to marry...
View ArticleBen Harper challenges listeners on racial, social issues: ‘Are you in or are...
Every time a black NFL player takes a knee or raises a fist during the playing of the national anthem in protest of societal injustices and police brutality, much of the public response is some...
View ArticleHigh-scoring guard Devante Doutrive joins Utah men’s basketball
The Utah men’s basketball team has announced that 6-foot-5, 190-pound shooting guard Devante Doutrive has joined the program with intentions of sitting out the 2017-18 season as a redshirt.Doutrive, a...
View ArticleBoom! Marquise Blair is the Utah defense’s big hitter
It was a North Dakota running play at Rice-Eccles Stadium against Utah. There was a handoff, players grappled at the line of scrimmage, a lineman pulled to lead the running back around the right side....
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‘It’ is a hit, and Hollywood struggles to figure out why
The Losers’ Club was a big winner last weekend.Director Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 1986 best-seller “It” did in a weekend what only 11 movies all summer could do: Top the vaunted...
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