Tribune Editorial: State auditor should investigate closed commission meetings
Can a county commission in Utah legally hold a private meeting with the U.S. Secretary of the Interior?No, but it happened with two county commissions in May.The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance has...
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Albert R. Hunt: This president can't be the healer-in-chief
President Bill Clinton went to Oklahoma City after a terrorist bombed the federal office building there in 1995. President George W. Bush lifted a bullhorn at the ruins of the World Trade Center on...
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Deer Valley, but not Solitude, acquired by big new ski company
Deer Valley Resort shocked Utah’s ski industry Monday, announcing its sale for an undisclosed price to a new ski company that has grown so much this year it’s now viewed as a rival to kingpin Vail...
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Funeral for Utah National Guardsman who died in Afghanistan set for Saturday
Staff Sgt. Aaron Butler will be buried Saturday in his hometown of Monticello, his family announced Monday. Butler, a soldier in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group of the Utah...
View ArticleCoal CEO expected Trump help, but administration said no
Washington — The Trump administration has rejected a coal industry push to win a rarely used emergency order protecting coal-fired power plants, a decision contrary to what one coal executive said the...
View ArticleNews roundup: Trump goes against his ‘original instinct,’ plans to send more...
Trump goes against his ‘original instinct,’ plans to send more troops to Afghanistan. Despite program’s uncertainty, Utahns celebrate five years of DACA. Former Utah guv says letting Obamacare fail...
View ArticleCivil War lessons often depend on where the classroom is
Austin, Texas — The Civil War lessons taught to American students often depend on where the classroom is, with schools presenting accounts of the conflict that vary from state to state and even...
View ArticleIrish church aims to end stigma for the children of Catholic priests
Vatican City • Bishops in Ireland have created detailed guidelines to address an issue the Roman Catholic Church has tried to keep under wraps for centuries: the plight of children born to Catholic...
View ArticleUtah Hike of the Week: Ontario Trail at Deer Valley
Ontario Trail is a great intro-to-the-Wasatch hike that’s pretty easy if you have $20 for a lift ticket at Deer Valley Resort. Ride the ski lifts 2,200 vertical feet from the resort base to the peak of...
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For a low-effort Utah mountain adventure, take a lift to the trailhead
As the Sterling Express lift rose out of Deer Valley’s Silver Lake Village, I felt like a bit of a slacker. Lift-served hiking can’t really be hiking, right? No exertion, no wayfinding, no bribing my...
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Catherine Rampell: The imaginary immigrant hordes
Washington — Hide your wife, hide your husband, hide your child! The immigrant hordes are already here!Or so lots of Americans believe -- making it easier for politicians and fringe “alt-right”...
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Become obsessed with clafoutis, a custardy fruit pancake
This summer, I became obsessed with making clafoutis — big baked custardy fruit pancakes. If you look up the definition of clafoutis, it is referred to as a tart or fruit covered with flan. But, I...
View ArticlePhoenix Mayor: Now is not the time for Trump to visit my city
Nearly 50 years ago, moments after learning that an avowed racist had gunned down Martin Luther King Jr., a young presidential candidate took the stage in Indianapolis to break the news to a largely...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Cosmic dragon foiled, sun comes out again to bake state
The eclipse is over. Once again, the sun-eating dragon of ancient lore was foiled, and the more contemporary predictions of the End of Days fell as flat as those latter-day seers prophet bona...
View ArticleW. Jordan police: Missing 79-year-old man found
Police say a 79-year-old West Jordan man, missing since Sunday, has been found alive and well.Oscar De Leon, who suffers from arthritis and memory loss, had been last seen walking near his home on...
View ArticleIndia’s top court: Instant divorce among Muslims unlawful
New Delhi • India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down as unconstitutional the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce their wives.The bench, comprising five senior judges of different...
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Ann Cannon: The tale of a Tinkerbell with a taste for tomatoes
Dear Tinkerbell,Just so you know, I’m lying in wait for you. Right now. Behind the lilac bush. Early in the morning. So early, in fact, that dawn is barely cracking. Or whatever it is that dawn does...
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Celebrity ambassadors help National Park Service mark 101st birthday
How do you top a centennial? The National Park Service marks its 101st birthday Friday amid a “Parks 101” campaign enlisting celebrities as ambassadors for the park system’s hidden gems.Parks 101...
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Jennifer Rubin: Trump’s choice to go to Arizona for a campaign-style rally is...
Coming a week after President Donald Trump’s disastrous comments about Charlottesville and a day after a speech about sending more young men and women into combat, Trump’s choice to go to Arizona for a...
View ArticleBoeing, Northrop get contracts for nuclear missile work in Utah, other locations
Washington — The Air Force said Monday it has awarded contracts to Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. for work that could lead to replacement of the nation’s intercontinental ballistic missiles.The...
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