Michelle Quist Mumford: Count My Vote's legacy: More money and more dirt
In 2010, Utah Republican delegates cheered after voting then-Sen. Bob Bennett off the ballot and out of office. When talking to television cameras after the delegates’ vote, Bennett wept. And many...
View ArticleUnified Police join search for missing Utah man Paul Swenson as tips pour in
An investigation into the disappearance of American Fork resident Paul Swenson remains focused on his abandoned SUV — and on the as-yet-unidentified person whose belongings were found inside.Two...
View ArticleUtahns light up rooftop solar proposal as Rocky Mountain Power negotiates...
Hearings regarding a controversial Rocky Mountain Power proposal to restructure electrical rates for customers who use rooftop solar began Wednesday, despite the promise of ongoing settlement...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake trades defender Aaron Maund to Vancouver
Real Salt Lake traded defender Aaron Maund to the Vancouver Whitecaps for Vancouver’s third-round 2018 SuperDraft pick, the club announced Wednesday.In addition to gaining a pick, RSL frees up salary...
View ArticleUtah women's soccer, no longer a Pac-12 underdog, out to build off banner 2016
Why did it click last season?“Just the idea of being an underdog,” senior forward Natalie Vukic said.“We disregarded all the press and attention and we were in it for each other,” added fellow striker...
View ArticleBYU defense wants shot at redemption in Thursday’s scrimmage
Provo • By all accounts, BYU’s offense outplayed its defense in the first official scrimmage of training camp Saturday.Even defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki admitted as much, saying Tuesday that he...
View ArticleE.J. Dionne: Must Trump always divide us?
If ever there was a foreign policy issue around which our nation should be united, it’s the nuclear threat from North Korea.Many regimes deserve to be called “criminal,” but few more so than Kim Jong...
View ArticleCaleb Repp adapts to life on Utah’s defensive line
Not often does a football player consider trips to Baskin-Robbins a crucial part of his offseason training program, but University of Utah defensive end Caleb Repp made milkshake runs nearly a nightly...
View ArticleSalt Lake Bees GM learned his trade doing everything for the old Salt Lake...
Marc Amicone pieced together a minor-league hockey team that won a championship, and the opposing owner was not pleased.The Muskegon (Mich.) Lumberjacks’ Larry Gordon, a longtime hockey executive who...
View ArticleMan arrested, accused of killing 14-year-old in West Valley City
Police on Wednesday arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a 14-year-old in the face last week. Frank Tsinnijinnie, 18, was booked into the Salt Lake County jail, according to West Valley City...
View ArticleMegan McArdle: As a woman in tech, I saw these are not my people
Have you heard about the Google memo? Have you heard nothing but “Google memo” all week? James Damore, an engineer at Google, wrote a memo suggesting that maybe there weren’t so many women at Google...
View ArticleWildfire threatens homes, burns 30 acres in Springville
A lightning-sparked wildfire burned 30 acres and triggered evacuations as it got “very” close to 20-30 homes on the east side of Springville on Wednesday evening.Lightning struck grass near 1600 North...
View ArticleCatherine Rampell: Anti-immigrant Louisiana marriage law struck down by...
Love wins. Even for immigrants.On Tuesday, a federal district court struck down a Louisiana state law denying marriage equality to foreign-born residents. The law had been backed by the religious...
View ArticleCommentary: Nothing is more important than comprehensive tax reform
For those of us whose jobs are dependent upon the nation’s elected leaders delivering on their promise of comprehensive comprehensively reform our tax code, we were encouraged that Senate Majority...
View ArticleWest Jordan to leave its form of government up to voters
Come November, West Jordan residents will have their third opportunity in 30 years to decide whether they want to change the way their government is structured.Going against the advice of a residents...
View ArticleHere’s your inside look at the new Hale Theatre — from high-tech stage lifts...
Sandy • The circular lifts of Hale Centre Theatre’s new stage fit together like the components of a giant Erector Set, officials said as they showed off the technology baked into a new Sandy arts...
View ArticleIn break with Netflix, Disney’s streaming service aims to dominate children’s...
As adult television viewers increasingly opt out of traditional cable, streaming services are trying to entice their kids. Family-friendly programming is being dubbed a “front line in the streaming...
View ArticleDana Milbank: The Trump cleanup patrol just had its biggest job yet
Washington • I had dreams of fire and fury like the world has never seen. But now I will sleep well, because Rex Tillerson told me I should.There is no “imminent threat” from North Korea, the secretary...
View ArticleUtah forecast: A warmer, drier weekend for the Wasatch; a bit cooler and...
A gradual drying trend is on the meteorological menu for northern Utah heading into the weekend, along with temperatures once more rising well into the 90s.The forecast for the Salt Lake and Tooele...
View ArticleLetter: Chaffetz should pay for this special election
Apparently the special election to replace Jason Chaffetz will cost counties $1.5 million and counties hope the state will chip in to help.Why can’t Chaffetz himself chip in? He obviously quit when he...
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