Utah unicyclist’s adventures take him across the globe
Lindon • When you first learn that Guy Hansen does mountain unicycling, you think he’s pretty cool. But the more you learn about him, the more you realize he’s beyond cool.Hansen not only enjoys...
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Utah author Ann Dee Ellis hits the jackpot with new middle-grade novel
There’s something special about “You May Already Be a Winner,” a new realistic middle-grade novel by local author Ann Dee Ellis. In just a few short weeks, it has been selected as a Junior Library...
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Family holds out hope to find Utah man Paul Swenson despite few tips checking...
Family members of a man who was last seen leaving his American Fork home July 27 believe he is “alive and will come home to us safely.”According to a statement posted to the Bring Paul Home Facebook...
View ArticleCommentary: Math doesn’t have to be cringeworthy
How often have you heard someone say, “I’m not good at math,”or, “I’ve never been a ‘math person’”? As math educators, we’re used to parents, students, fellow teachers — and even strangers — sharing...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Sun in the north, heavy rain possible in south as weekend begins
The weekend will start sunny and hot, but there’s a chance of thunderstorms Sunday afternoon and evening in the Salt Lake City area.Temperatures are expected to hit 93 Saturday, then cool slightly to...
View ArticleLetter: Trump is threatening my life
Donald Trump threatened my life again the other day. In fact he quite possibly threatened the lives of 7 million of my fellow Americans also. He threatened to withhold government payments that...
View ArticleLetter: Orrin Hatch has lost his conscience
In 2010 a congressional research outfit rated Sen. Orrin Hatch as fifth most effective Republican to reach across parties to get legislation enacted.His complicity with Ted Kennedy to pass CHIP,...
View ArticleLetter: The Democrats need to stand for something
Democrats need to stop resisting and start standing for something.You can be the party of resistance all you want, but until you start standing for something other than “we’re against Trump,” no one...
View ArticleKirby: Trapped in the time warp of home renovation
My wife and I closed on our retirement nest in April. It’s now August and we still aren’t moved in. A bit of remodeling was needed before we could do that. A bit turned out to be nearly five...
View ArticleAl Gore, still fighting for the planet, in ‘Inconvenient Sequel’
Global climate change isn’t going to fix itself, so Al Gore is back in “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” to remind us of the continuing battles — and to also take comfort in some of the small...
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Rocking to their own beat: Haim in charge of their career
The rock trio Haim remembers filming their first music video for just $200 before they were signed to a record label.The clip for the song “Forever,” released in 2013, features Alana, Danielle and Este...
View Article‘The Dark Tower’ is a mangled mess of mythology
For someone not versed in Stephen King’s self-described “magnum opus,” the movie adaptation of King’s “The Dark Tower” is a hopeless mess, a truncated tale of heroes and villains tied into a tangled...
View ArticleEPA chief to reconsider paying claims over mine waste spill in Utah, Colorado...
Silverton, Colo. • The Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider whether to pay farmers, business owners and others in three states for economic losses caused by a mine waste spill that...
View ArticleRich Lowry: Ignorant emotionalism guides immigration debate
When Donald Trump’s policy adviser Stephen Miller stepped into the White House briefing room Wednesday to defend a plan for reducing levels of legal immigration, Jim Acosta of CNN was aghast and let...
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George Pyle: Shifting to a web-based universe
Kinda sorta remember somebody telling me this one time. So it must be true. (Even though I can’t find it on Google. So it’s probably false.)In the early days of their success, Mick Jagger and Keith...
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Jennifer Rubin: How can Kelly tell Trump the truth?
Former White House chief of staff, CIA director and defense secretary Leon Panetta gives some solid advice to new chief of staff John F. Kelly, including this:“There has to be one person in the White...
View ArticleOp-ed: Estimate of medical marijuana cost is way, way off
In 2015, Sen. Howard Stephenson and Rep. Steve Eliason introduced a bill (S.B. 60) to require high school students pass the Civics Naturalization Test all naturalized citizens must pass before becoming...
View ArticleSLC police triple nighttime presence near violence-plagued Pioneer Park and...
A heightened nighttime police presence in Salt Lake City’s recently violence-plagued Rio Grande district is expected to continue at least into early next week, officials said Saturday. “This will...
View ArticleBYU football: Canada, Burt emerge in RB battle to replace Jamaal Williams
Provo • After seven practices, the simulation of a pre-game walkthrough and a live scrimmage at LaVell Edwards Stadium that was not accessible to the media, the competition to replace Jamaal Williams...
View ArticleUtah football notes: Sophomore linemen vying for time at center
Kyle Whittingham started his post-practice media session Saturday with a familiar declaration.“Nothing on injuries today,” Utah’s football coach said inside Rice-Eccles Stadium. “Zero to talk about...
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