Prep volleyball: State rankings for Sept. 17
Records based on best 3-of-5 matches.Class 6A1. Lone Peak (6-0) • Tasia Farmer pounds 21 kills as Knights beat Class 5A No. 1 Bountiful; LP then knocks off Bishop Gorman 3-1 in Las Vegas.2. Pleasant...
View ArticleVolunteers search Murray for signs of missing elderly man
Friends, family and other volunteers on Saturday searched the neighborhoods of Murray for an 82-year-old man who disappeared there two days earlier. But as of late Saturday, there was still no sign of...
View ArticleDavis Cup: Australia and France lead 2-1 in semifinals
Lille, France • Two-time Grand Slam champions Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Filip Krajinovic and Nenad Zimonjic 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (3) for France to lead Serbia 2-1 in the Davis Cup...
View ArticleMonson: BYU squished like a family of possum on a county two-lane
Provo • The number 6 was celebrated on Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium, as BYU retired Robbie Bosco’s, Marc Wilson’s and Luke Staley’s shared jersey number.But it had other connotations, too.As in:...
View ArticleUtah State run over by Wake Forest, 46-10
Winston-Salem, N.C. • Wake Forest quarterback John Wolford remembers walking off the field three years following a loss to Utah State feeling battered and bruised after getting knocked around.He felt...
View ArticleDriver dies after his truck strikes dead cow on foggy central Utah road
A Fairview man died after his pickup truck hit a dead cow early Saturday. Randall Hill, 60, died at the scene, according to Utah Highway Patrol. UHP responded to the wreck at 5:10 a.m. on U.S. Highway...
View ArticleBadgers bludgeon Cougars defense with the run and pass
Provo • In BYU’s brutal September slate, the Cougars defense could be counted on for stout play in one phase or the other.Against LSU, BYU surrendered 294 yards rushing, but held quarterback Danny...
View ArticleGehrke: Wonder what’s wrong with politicians? Maybe they’ve taken too many...
Draper • There is probably a large segment of Utahns who wished they could have been in Kelly McCleve’s shoes Saturday night, with the opportunity to sock House Speaker Greg Hughes in his eminently...
View ArticleStatistics tell Mike Petke that he has RSL on right track
Sandy • Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke still wouldn’t describe himself as a “stat guy,” but over the course of the season he’s started to turn to the numbers more often.“It really does tell certain...
View ArticleDefense, Carrington impress as Utes rout San Jose State 54-16
The Utes scored a season-high 54 points on Saturday night, but it was hardly an offensive explosion in the purest sense.The defense contributed about as much as possible to the point total as Utah...
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Juggalos protest FBI gang label they say is wrong and harmful
Washington • The steps of the Lincoln Memorial have been the scene of solemn protest for decades, but when one man shouted “Show us your butthole!” on Saturday it was clear that the Juggalo March on...
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Dana Milbank: Is Trump ruining your health?
Washington • President Trump is killing me.No, really. He’s killing me.I went for my annual physical last month, and, for the first time in my 49 years, I had to report that I’ve not been feeling...
View ArticleLetter: Go after the opioid providers
In Lee Davidson’s article about the new panhandling law and opioids, there is something that Rep. Steve Eliason didn’t say which I think should be said: Although motorists who give money to panhandlers...
View ArticleBritish police arrest 18-year-old man in connection with London subway attack
London • Following a fast-moving investigation and manhunt, British police on Saturday arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with an attack the previous day on the London subway, in which at least...
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George F. Will: New Vietnam documentary series provides a timely booster shot
Washington • Many Americans’ moral vanity is expressed nowadays in their rage to disparage. They are incapable of measured judgments about past politics — about flawed historical figures who were...
View ArticleLetter: Utah doesn’t know enough about cougars to have a plan
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has voted to increase permits for hunting cougars this year from 531 to 581. Aside from the arrogance of ending an animal’s life for no reason beyond trophies...
View ArticleRSL beats Portland, jumps back into Western Conference playoff race
Sandy • Real Salt Lake jumped the red line with a 2-1 win over Portland at Rio Tinto Saturday.RSL (11-14-5, 38 points), which has been fighting to keep its playoff hopes alive for weeks, slid into the...
View ArticleCommentary: Utah faces a crisis shortage of skilled nurses
The Tribune’s continuous coverage of nurse Alex Wubble’s arrest for doing her job, begs for kudos to Wubble and further commentary about the profession she personifies.Sadly, skilled nurses like Wubbel...
View ArticleCommentary: National earthquake program is vital to Utah
The earthquake threat in Utah is real. The chance of one or more large earthquakes of magnitude 6.75 or greater in the Wasatch Front region in the next 50 years is 43 percent, according to a 2016...
View ArticleLetter: Why put coal mining ahead of everything else?
People flock to Utah from around the globe to enjoy our incredible natural wonders. Residents hear that economic interests are the most important considerations and that business opportunities are...
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