Audit indicates fraud, improper spending by Davis County Sheriff’s Office
Farmington • Auditors say staff at a sheriff's office north of Salt Lake City spent unauthorized funds on travel and hotels, carried out time card fraud and failed to properly account for jail inmates'...
View ArticleFeds remove protections for 10M acres of sage grouse habitat, including...
WASHINGTON • The Interior Department said Thursday it is withdrawing protections for 10 million acres of federal lands used by the threatened sage grouse to open it up for energy development.The plan...
View ArticleUtah police officer pleads no contest to causing death of K-9 by leaving dog...
A former Cache County sheriff’s officer has pleaded no contest to aggravated cruelty to an animal for the death of his K-9, Endy, who died after being left in a hot patrol truck in July. Endy died of...
View ArticleDaggett County seeks to boost outdoor tourism, gets funds to launch new...
After a false start put funding in doubt this summer, Daggett County will soon have a blueprint for building trails that it hopes will provide a tourism-fueled boost to its struggling economy.The...
View ArticleBYU comedy troupe axes ‘Moana’ mashup sketch after Pacific Islanders protest...
A student comedy troupe at Brigham Young University has cut a sketch — a parody of Disney’s “Moana” and the LDS camp classic “Johnny Lingo” — from an upcoming production after complaints from members...
View Article26-year-old Farmington woman with degenerative brain disease reported missing
A woman with a degenerative brain disease has been missing since Tuesday morning, Farmington police said.Jeanna Reid, 26, has been using UTA busses and/or the FrontRunner rail line to travel to Ogden...
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Park City brings home 10th consecutive boys' golf state title
Hurricane • After settling for second as a sophomore, Snow Canyon’s Triston Gardner vowed to finish his high school career as a state champion.Two years later, the senior put on a show on the back nine...
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Eugene Robinson: In the White House, blind respect is not a two-way street
Washington - Do President Trump’s Cabinet members have to call him “Dear Leader” when graced by his august presence? Must they enter the Oval Office on bended knee? Do they weep with joy when he...
View ArticleUtah double-murderer Ron Lafferty loses another challenge of his death sentence
After a decade of litigation, a federal judge has rejected Utah inmate Ron Lafferty’s challenge of his murder convictions and death sentence for the slayings of his sister-in-law and her baby daughter...
View ArticleAfter a two-year drought, it’s the NCAA Tournament or bust for BYU men’s...
Provo • Despite the mildly unexpected loss of its best player to professional basketball last spring, it is NCAA Tournament or bust for Dave Rose’s team this season, the coach said Thursday at a media...
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Petula Dvorak: A woman may finally get a monumental tribute on the Mall, and...
It figures.Finally, a woman might be celebrated in grand, monumental way in the nation’s capital.And she’s naked.Tall, strong, towering and steel, defiant in her stance, yes. But stripped of clothing,...
View ArticleNewton loses endorsement deal, apologizes for words ‘extremely degrading and...
Charlotte, N.C. • Dannon, the maker of Oikos yogurt, cut ties with spokesman Cam Newton on Thursday following what the company perceives as “sexist” comments the Carolina quarterback made to a female...
View ArticleUtah Soccer: No. 2-ranked Stanford tops struggling Utes, 3-0
The Utes, as head coach Rich Manning put it Thursday evening, have taken a bit of a left turn the past few weeks. And in the Pac-12 Conference, an elongated turn off course can leave teams in the...
View ArticleWeber captures first football region title in 21 years with win over Fremont
Plain City • Weber hasn’t been in a position to contend for region championships very much over the last two decades.It showed a little bit Thursday.But the important thing for the Warriors was that...
View ArticleAP-NORC Poll: Most dislike NFL protests — and Trump comments
Washington • Most Americans think refusing to stand for the national anthem is disrespectful to the country, the military and the American flag. But most also disapprove of President Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleDallin Brown leads Pine View past Desert Hills in Region 9 football showdown
St. George • Pine View’s Dallin Brown kept his impressive season going as the junior ran for three touchdowns and threw for another to lead the Panthers to a dominating 42-14 victory over Desert Hills...
View ArticleUtah forecast: A weekend to celebrate the dying light of autumn
In what could be one of the last warm days of fall, Saturday will bring clear, sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-70s to the Wasatch Front.It will be a day that the late Lithuanian poet Eugenijus...
View ArticleNo need for cops to lie — not when true crime is so much more fun
A new policy from the Salt Lake County district attorney’s office will soon require police officers to answer questions regarding their credibility as witnesses before going to court.Officers who are...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Birth control fights poverty
Utah politicians worry a lot about poverty. The kind that causes homelessness and crime. The kind that leads to dependency. The kind that is handed down from generation to generation. The kind that...
View ArticleAsk Ann Cannon: ‘Football widow’ assesses a 10-yard penalty for neglecting...
Dear Ann Cannon • This is my least favorite time of year. Why? Because football. My husband is obsessed with it. Weekends are the worst. I’d like to do things together or (at the very least) have him...
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