Salt Lake County keeps its justice court
The Justice Court for unincorporated Salt Lake County has received a reprieve. In July 2012, the county informed state court officials that it was considering dissolving its court and dividing its...
View ArticleMoney flowing in Utah's 4th District race between Mia Love, Doug Owens
The latest campaign-finance reports show the 4th Congressional District contest between Mia Love and Doug Owens remains by far the most aggressive battle in the state. Love, the Republican, raised...
View ArticleUTA: The deal auditors call risky is 'fair'
The Utah Transit Authority board voted Wednesday to proceed with a controversial “transit-oriented development” in West Jordan that legislative auditors warned has terms far too generous to the...
View ArticleUtah report: Almost 58,000 grandparents caring for grandkids
The number of Utah grandparents who live with at least one grandchild is estimated at 57,800 — roughly equivalent to the entire population of Taylorsville. That means one of every 24 adults age 30 or...
View ArticleUTA to decide on distance-based fares next year
The Utah Transit Authority board said Wednesday that it plans to make a final decision next year whether to change fares based on distance traveled, rather than the current practice of charging flat...
View ArticleInvestigation: British bikini models fired Utah-owned guns
British bikini models fired guns owned by the state of Utah as an on-duty state police officer stood by, according the early findings of an ongoing investigation. A second officer from the Utah...
View ArticleWhite House questions Chaffetz's 'knowledge' of Ebola
Washington • White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest took a shot at Rep. Jason Chaffetz on Friday over his criticism of the administration’s response to the Ebola outbreak. During a congressional...
View ArticleSonar mapping shines new light on status of USS Utah
Honolulu • Above the water, the effects of 73 years on the partially sunken warship USS Utah are evident at its resting place just off Ford Island. The target and training ship took two torpedoes on...
View ArticleLove, Owens offering a stark choice
Utah’s 4th District race is expected to be the state’s closest congressional contest and it pits two major-party candidates who have vastly different backgrounds, philosophies and goals. Republican...
View ArticleRadioactive gas, chlorine to be released on Army's Utah testing range
Tooele • The U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground plans to release radioactive gas and chlorine next year in separate tests. The radioactive-gas releases are supposed to roughly equal the exposure a...
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...
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