Staying in Utah for the eclipse? Rise and shine for these viewing events to...
The frenzy over The Great American Eclipse that graces the skies over the United States on Monday, Aug. 21, is sweeping across the country.Millions of people will travel to the path of totality to see...
View ArticleMedical marijuana backers in Utah launch signature-gathering campaign
Nicole Cook and Jayna Bousum walked to a food-truck event at Salt Lake City’s Gallivan Center Thursday expecting to pick up lunch and quickly head back to the office.But when they arrived, organizers...
View ArticleHow the solar eclipse is raising gas prices in Utah
Gas prices are rising in Utah, apparently driven in part by the solar eclipse later this month.“West Coast refineries are ramping up production in anticipation of the Aug. 21 eclipse, which will draw...
View ArticleSolar event will eclipse the first day of school for some Utah districts
When a new school year begins later this month, some Utah teachers will be competing for their students’ attention against a sphere of hot plasma more than 90 million miles away from Earth. Several...
View ArticleLL Bean boosting production of iconic boot
Lewiston, Maine • L.L. Bean hopes to give the boot to backlogs of its most iconic product.The Maine-based retailer is expanding production to keep up with demand for its leather-and-rubber “duck boot”...
View ArticleLeonard Pitts: Sadly, America is not ‘better than this’
It has become the go-to cliche for moments like this.We whisper it when someone breaks the mosque window or scrawls hatred on the synagogue wall. It is our assurance and our hope.“We are better than...
View Article14k more counted ballots change little in Salt Lake County races
Only three races were altered significantly Thursday when Salt Lake County added results from 14,000 late-arriving, by-mail ballots to its previous election night totals.That changed who may qualify...
View ArticleMan who died in Bonneville Speedway crash was from California; 5 others...
The 65-year-old man who died after a pickup truck collided with a minivan at the Bonneville Speedway on Wednesday was from California, police confirmed Thursday.The other five people — four males and a...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: We need more women on Utah's courts
Utah’s judiciary has reached a milestone. With the recent appointment of Judge Diana Hagen, who previously worked in the office of The United States Attorney for the District of Utah, the Utah Court of...
View ArticleScience Says: DNA test results may not change health habits
New York • If you learned your DNA made you more susceptible to getting a disease, wouldn’t you work to stay healthy?You’d quit smoking, eat better, ramp up your exercise, or do whatever else it took...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake: Defense is keeping RSL competitive
Nick Rimando tracked the ball from D.C. United midfielder Luciano Acosta’s foot to Kofi Opare’s head. He bent his knees as Opare flicked a header in his direction and watched it bounce off the...
View ArticleUtah women's basketball: Utes announce nonconference schedule
The University of Utah women’s basketball team released its 2017-18 nonconference schedule on Thursday. The slate includes eight games in the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. The Pac-12 games...
View ArticleCommentary: Corporate America decides pandering to Nazis isn't worth a tax cut
CEOs will do anything for a tax cut, but they won’t coddle Nazis.That’s true even of Blackstone Group Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Stephen Schwarzman, who has said some tone-deaf things about...
View ArticleA Utah man who broke into his own home and fatally shot a man gets up to 5 years
A Salt Lake City man who broke into his own apartment last November and fatally shot an unwanted guest was sentenced Thursday to serve up to five years in prison.Leroy Daniel Valdez began sobbing as he...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: Bingham makes quick work of North Summit before hitting road...
Coalville • A Thursday overnight trip on I-80 somewhere between the Wasatch mountains and Wyoming was planned as a team-building exercise for the Bingham Miners.But first, a little volleyball.The...
View ArticleTrump has not demonstrated the ‘stability’ or ‘competence’ to lead...
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who has been one of the most outspoken GOP Trump critics in Congress, expressed displeasure with Trump’s response to the deadly weekend violence in Charlottesville, Va., and...
View ArticleNational Park Service reverses ban on bottled water
Americans pitch at least 50 billion plastic water bottles into the trash each year, generating one of the largest streams of avoidable consumer waste. The National Park Service did its part to reduce...
View Article40 years ago, Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt drove through the Utah...
There was no limousine waiting when Bruce Springsteen landed in Salt Lake City 40 years ago this week. Springsteen, who already was one of the biggest names in rock ’n’ roll, would spend the next few...
View ArticleCass Sunstein: Trump actually did something good to tame bureaucracy
Obscured by the tumult surrounding President Donald Trump’s horrendous response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, the White House managed to take a significant positive step this week:...
View ArticlePolice kill 5 suspects, thwart second attack connected to Barcelona violence...
Brussels • Spain came under repeated attack starting Thursday in what authorities called linked terrorist incidents, when a driver swerved a van into crowds in Barcelona’s historic Las Ramblas...
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