Not all Utah police forces are interested in, again, receiving guns from U.S....
When the U.S. military resumes distributing firearms to local police, don’t look for Utah Highway Patrol Col. Mike Rapich to step in line.
View ArticleUtah football notes: Kyle Whittingham uncertain if Chase Hansen will play in...
Days before Thursday’s season opener, University of Utah coach Kyle Whittingham expressed some doubt about whether starting strong safety Chase Hansen will play.
View ArticleUtah liquor stores will stop accepting personal checks after Sept. 30
Shoppers will no longer be able to use personal checks at Utah’s state-owned liquor stores after Sept. 30.
View ArticleTrump promises federal aid to storm-ravaged Texas
Washington • President Donald Trump on Monday promised federal assistance to storm-ravaged parts of Texas, insisting Congress will act swiftly on a multibillion-dollar Hurricane Harvey recovery package...
View ArticleSouth Korea says North fires projectile over Japan
Seol, South Korea • North Korea fired an unidentified projectile from its capital Pyongyang that flew over Japan, officials said, an especially aggressive test-flight that will rattle an already...
View ArticleBYU football: BYU-LSU game moved from Houston to New Orleans
Provo • Saturday’s BYU-LSU football game will be moved out of hurricane-ravaged Houston and played at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Utah women last, again
Utah women have once again ranked last in a national survey measuring gender equality. Such rankings are probably why Utah has not been the “best managed state” in quite awhile. Being the worst state...
View ArticleState lawmaker chosen to head Utah Technology Council advocacy group
Rep. John Knotwell, R-Herriman, was appointed Monday as president and CEO of the Utah Technology Council, a group that advocates for the high-tech industry.
View ArticleHuntsman Corp. has closed global headquarters, manufacturing plants near Houston
Spurred by safety concerns related to Hurricane Harvey, Huntsman Corp. has closed its global headquarters and advanced technology center in The Woodlands, 30 miles north of Houston, along with five...
View ArticleAccused fraudster Koerber mentioned using investor money to make interest...
In a recording played Monday for a federal court jury, former real estate investment guru Rick Koerber suggested that when his companies found themselves short of profits, they used investor money to...
View ArticleTrump defends decision to pardon Arizona's Arpaio
Washington • President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to pardon Joe Arpaio, calling the former Arizona sheriff a “patriot” who loves his country.
View ArticleUtahn Thomas Wright elected to Republican National Committee post
Thomas Wright — former chairman of the Utah Republican Party and now its national committeeman — was elected over the weekend as one of eight chairmen and chairwomen of the Republican National...
View ArticleEugene Robinson: Pay heed to what nature is telling us
Washington • Pay attention to what happened to Houston. It is rare to be given such a vivid look at our collective future.
View ArticleUtah Lake’s algal bloom heading into third month and may last a few more
Typically, this is the time of year when algae strike the state’s waterways and yet the persistent toxic bloom in Utah Lake has been going strong since June with no end in sight.
View ArticleDueling clergy marches hit D.C. as people of faith focus on nation’s soul...
Washington • They wore clerical collars and vestments, their heads covered with kippahs and taqiyahs.Religious leaders and congregants rallied Monday in Washington to say “the soul of the nation” is at...
View ArticleBoxing’s Canelo-GGG to MayMac fans: We've got a real show for you
Los Angeles • Oscar De La Hoya had no desire to watch Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s victory over Conor McGregor last weekend. Neither did middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, who smirked at the idea of...
View ArticleSome Salt Lake County leaders want to halt money shift to help build new Hale...
Several Salt Lake County Council members are weighing blocking a deal to send $4.7 million to the new Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy, with some bemoaning money-shuffling as the reason they’d stop the...
View ArticleKoch donation riles up U. academic senate, though supporters say professor...
When the Eccles family initially proposed teaming with the Charles Koch Foundation to fund a new University of Utah business institute, Taylor Randall was hesitant.“Like many of you, we said, ‘Gee, we...
View ArticleAlready-pardoned Arpaio asks judge to undo conviction
Phoenix • Fresh off his presidential pardon, an emboldened Joe Arpaio on Monday lashed out at his critics and the judge who found him guilty of a crime as his attorneys went to court to throw the court...
View ArticleLetter: Investigate doings in the recorder's office
In the aftermath of the resignation of Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott, the Utah GOP is investigating interim recorder Julie Dole.It is my opinion the county attorney and the Utah attorney general...
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