Utah man indicted in death of wife on Alaska cruise
Juneau, Alaska • A Utah man accused of killing his wife on a cruise to Alaska has been indicted on a murder count.Kenneth Manzanares, of Santa Clara, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in...
View ArticleBYU football: Losing star LB Francis Bernard for season forces Cougars to...
Provo • BYU’s training camp in preparation for the 2017 college football season lacked drama, suspense, major injuries and notable position battles most of the first three weeks, but that changed...
View ArticleUtah football: Utes announce team captains for 2017 campaign
The votes have been tallied.The players have spoken.On Thursday, the Utah football program announced its six team captains for the upcoming 2017 campaign. And for the second-straight season,...
View ArticleJoe Tukuafu's inability to transfer from Utah State to BYU without penalty...
He watches his future teammates from the sidelines, lifts weights by himself and waits until practice is over and the coaches are gone before he begins running ladders.Joe Tukuafu suffers alone.But he...
View ArticleUtah governor extols National Guard staff sergeant killed in booby-trapped...
Draper • The 27-year-old Utah Special Forces soldier killed Wednesday fighting Islamic State group loyalists in Afghanistan had always dreamed of joining the military, his family said.Staff Sgt. Aaron...
View ArticleControversial acting Recorder Julie Dole is out after county Republicans...
Sandy • The Salt Lake County Republican Party picked state Rep. Adam Gardiner to become the next county recorder Thursday night, likely putting an end to turmoil of recent months as details about the...
View ArticleSalt Lake Bees beat Tacoma in high-scoring affair
Some baseball games are won by a steady number of runs scored throughout game. That wasn’t the case on Thursday night, when the Salt Lake Bees used two big innings to beat the Tacoma Rainiers 11-9 at...
View ArticlePrep football: East smothers Timpview to cruise in season opener
Provo • East High senior Jaylon Vickers pulled in Ben Ford’s pass and took off. As he strode into the end zone, someone yelled from East’s sideline: “We throw it, too!”Vickers scored two of East’s six...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Continued hot, dry in the north; late-weekend rain for the south
Hot, dry conditions will rule the Wasatch Front this weekend, while southern Utah will see cloud cover building ahead of Sunday night thunderstorms and rain showers.That moisture due for the redrocks...
View ArticleNews roundup: Fundraising organizations drop plans for charity galas at...
Fundraising organizations drop plans for charity galas at Trump’s Florida club. Utah’s Miller family to match up to $10 million in donations to homeless shelters. Family identifies Utah National Guard...
View ArticleAsk Ann Cannon: How can I bring up my wife's bad breath without ruining our...
Dear Ann Cannon • My wife of nearly three decades is very, very sensitive to criticism, so I’ve learned that to keep our marriage blissful it’s best not to point out any of her (few) undesirable...
View Article‘No such thing as an easy dollar’: Utahn looking to make money on eclipse...
When West Jordan resident Jason Wright saw the upcoming “Great American Eclipse” on the horizon, he realized that the Aug. 21 event — combined with some entrepreneurial spirt — could be an opportunity...
View ArticleMormon scholars take challenge to Trump's proposed travel ban to U.S. Supreme...
A group of Mormon scholars has filed a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court, joining in the wider challenge to the Trump administration’s proposed ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority...
View ArticleVoyager explored solar system using 8-tracks and aluminum foil
“The Farthest: Voyager In Space” tells the amazing story of the ongoing NASA missions that sent a pair of probes through the solar system, collected amazing data, made astounding discoveries and...
View ArticleTina Fey returns to ‘Weekend Update’ to talk Charlottesville
New York • Tiny Fey has returned to “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live” to discuss the violence surrounding a white nationalist rally near her alma mater’s campus in Charlottesville.Fey sported a...
View Article3 kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and letters of recommendation
Ever ask anyone for a letter of recommendation? I try not to. I already know what even my closest friends would say to a potential employer.“Hire him if you want. Just make sure he takes his meds. And...
View ArticleYou could read Warren Jeffs’ latest revelation from prison, or you could just...
From time to time throughout his incarceration — 11 years and counting — Warren Jeffs has told us all how this world is going to hell. Jeffs is the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus...
View ArticleLetter: The people are the clients
As a resident of Wayne County, I much appreciate The Tribune’s editorial of July 29 concerning the former Wayne County attorney. However, I believe that an essential element of American democracy was...
View ArticleLetter: It’s a matter of human rights
It takes an incredibly brave and dedicated individual to put his/her/their life on the line to protect the safety and well-being of the people of this country. However, it takes an incredibly ignorant...
View ArticleFinnish police shoot man who stabs 8 people in Turku; 2 dead
Helsinki — A man stabbed eight people Friday in Finland’s western city of Turku, killing two of them, before police shot him in the thigh and detained him, police said. Authorities were looking for...
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