Op-ed: Sometimes rooftop solar energy is overvalued.
Across the country, the way we produce and distribute energy is rapidly changing. Increasingly, renewable sources are being integrated into the energy mix. These efforts have been particularly...
View ArticleWoman who sent texts urging suicide gets 15 months in jail
Taunton, Mass. • A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to “get back in” a truck filled with toxic gas was sentenced Thursday to 15 months...
View ArticleMany banks don’t want anything to do with legal pot business
Los Angeles • Billions of dollars are expected to flow through California’s legitimate marijuana industry next year when recreational pot becomes legal, but most of those businesses won’t be able to...
View ArticleTrump set to embark on 1st vacation since inauguration
Washington • Donald Trump once questioned the wisdom of taking vacations. “What’s the point?” he asked.But now the president is getting ready to join the annual August exodus from this town he calls...
View ArticleMoab plane crash hurts councilwoman, pilot
Moab City Councilwoman Rani Derasary and a pilot sustained serious injuries in a Thursday night plane crash near Canyonlands Field airport, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office reports.Derasary, 47, and...
View ArticleTrump attorney brings ‘street fighter’ spirit to his work
Washington • One of the key lawyers in President Donald Trump’s corner navigated a popular United States senator through crisis, produced a damning investigative report that drove a baseball star from...
View ArticleSeeking a dream, Indonesian family finds nightmare in Raqqa
AIN ISSA, Syria • The 17-year-old Indonesian girl made a persuasive case to her family: Lured by what she had read online, she told her parents, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins they should all move...
View ArticleAggressive panhandling? Man stabbed, robbed in Taylorsville after refusing cash
A 31-year-old man was in critical condition Thursday after being stabbed and robbed in a Taylorsville Burger King parking lot, Unified Police say.In what seemed possibly to be a case of aggressive...
View ArticlePrep football: Hunter Wolverines preview
The fight in the Hunter Wolverines is as good as anyone, according to their coach. The problem is the amount of players on the field to carry out that fight.Scott Henderson’s crew finished the 2016...
View ArticleJudge to decide whether alleged victims in Torrey Green case will testify in...
Logan • A Utah judge is mulling whether the seven women who have accused former Utah State University football star Torrey Green of sexual assault will be allowed to testify at one another’s...
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‘What was your first concert?’ Some of your favorite musicians tell their...
Beyond it being part of my gig, going to concerts has long been one of my favorite things to do anyway. Whenever I ask the wife, “What do you want to do this weekend?” her initial response is...
View ArticlePlea for volunteers as search for missing Uintas hiker resumes
The family of an elderly, partially deaf Arizona man missing in the Uinta Mountains nearly a week pleaded for volunteers to help as the search resumed Friday.Melvin Heaps, 74, left for a hike along the...
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Utah women among those fighting a disease that some doctors doubt exists
How do you know if you have Lyme disease? The answer may depend on where you live and the outlook of the doctor you see.Lyme disease is among the country’s fastest-growing infectious diseases that are...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Thunder and rain in the south, continued hot and dry along...
While scattered thunderstorms and occasionally heavy rain rolled over southern Utah Friday, the northern and central parts of the state remained in the sweaty embrace of a heat spell.Despite the storm...
View ArticlePrep football: Carbon Dinos preview
Carbon isn’t known for its football history. In fact, the school never has been involved in a championship game, and modern carbon-dating for these Dinos shows that the only playoff win since 1970 came...
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Marc Thiessen: Putin's interference in our election clearly backfired
With his interference in the 2016 election, Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped he could tilt Washington onto a more pro-Moscow course. But after President Donald Trump signed legislation tightening...
View ArticleLyle Jeffs trial delayed until late October over concerns about evidence,...
A judge on Friday postponed the trial of a former polygamous sect bishop so his lawyers can have more time to prepare for trial and determine whether their client has memory problems. Jury selection...
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Celebrate Utah’s beer culture during Food Truck and Brewery Battle on Aug. 12
A hot night deserves a cool beer, and four of Utah’s best breweries will have sips for sale during Salt Lake City’s inaugural Food Truck and Brewery Battle on Saturday, Aug. 12.The brewers will gather...
View Article1 hurt, multiple lanes closed after auto-pedestrian crash on Bangerter...
An auto-pedestrian accident critically injured a woman and closed down southbound lanes of Bangerter Highway in South Jordan on Friday morning.Public safety dispatchers reported the incident at 5:51...
View ArticlePrep football: Beaver Beavers preview
Beaver has a strong case as the Class 2A team to beat this season.The Beavers won back-to-back 2A state championships in 2015 and 2016, and they have 11 returning starters — six on defense and five on...
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