News roundup: Ivanka Trump supports ending Obama policy aimed at addressing...
Ivanka Trump supports ending Obama policy aimed at addressing gender pay gap. U.S. attorney general visits Utah, speaks about national security. State lawmakers debate sales tax for food. Happy...
View ArticleLetter: Zoos are indispensable
I’d like to comment on Eric Rumple’s op-ed piece regarding permanent closure of Hogle Zoo. Close the zoo, and replace it with video screens? Really? I hope not.I’ve been a working research biologist...
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Life-and-death issues anchor Neil LaBute’s dark new play at Utah Shakespeare...
Cedar City • Neil LaBute’s play “How to Fight Loneliness,” which just opened a world premiere run at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, is the kind of contemporary play I love to argue about.This...
View ArticleFire lines tested by winds, but hold at Bountiful-area blaze
Gusty overnight winds tested newly dug containment lines, but they held against the flames as crews worked to hem in the Bountiful-Summerwood Fire on Thursday.“Things are looking really good today,”...
View ArticlePrep football: ‘He’s just a winner’: Steady QB Jaxon Mansfield leads...
Clearfield • Andre Dyson searched for a quarterback around whom he could rebuild his alma mater’s struggling football program when he took over as Clearfield’s football coach three and a half years...
View ArticleLetter: Can Hatch be trusted?
Sen. Orrin Hatch prides himself as a conservative leader willing to support bipartisan solutions. Yet recent efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act beg the question: Does Hatch really work on...
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Utah Shakespeare’s long-lost play revels in its quick wits
Cedar City • All in. That’s the spirit of the three terrific actors who craft comedy magic before our eyes in “William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (Abridged).”The play’s a contemporary Monty...
View ArticleLetter: The centrist option
Like many Utahns, I agree with some “conservative” positions (e.g., fiscal responsibility is good) and with some “liberal” positions (e.g., splitting families by deportation is bad). So it is very...
View ArticleHolly Richardson: The Macaroni and Cheese Sandwich and Other Tales
When my husband was in his early 20’s, he was at his parents home with his brother who was in his late teens. The two of them were hungry and made a deal to share lunch preparation duties. My...
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Woman killed on I-15 off-ramp was arrested 4 days earlier in Rio Grande sweep
Police on Thursday released the identity of a woman who was struck and killed while trying to cross an Interstate 15 off-ramp in Salt Lake City’s predawn darkness.SLCPD Detective Robert Ungricht said...
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‘An extremely cruel way to kill a person’: Man gets life without parole for...
As he apologized for lighting a house fire last year that killed his estranged husband, Craig Crawford said he knew he had taken “something wonderful” from the world.The death of John Williams, a...
View ArticleMormon church helping victims of flood-ravaged West African nation
The Mormon church’s humanitarian aid program, though heavily invested in flood relief efforts under way in Texas, has not forgotten the victims of a deadly mudslide in the West African nation of Sierra...
View Article‘Remember, we only shoot black people,’ Georgia police officer told a woman —...
A Georgia police officer has been accused of making racist statements to a woman during a traffic stop, telling her that the police officers “only shoot black people.”Dash cam video shows the Cobb...
View ArticleU.S. shutters Russia's San Francisco consulate in retaliation
Washington • The United States is retaliating against Russia by forcing closure of its consulate in San Francisco and scaling back its diplomatic presence in Washington and New York.The State...
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Dana Milbank: Financial clouds swirling over Capitol
Washington • Hurricane Harvey has devastated Texas. Now board your windows, evacuate the low ground and watch the damage it is poised to unleash on the nation’s finances.Harvey makes landfall in...
View ArticleFestival celebrates Brazilian food, music and culture in Salt Lake City
Celebrate Brazil’s food, music and culture on Saturday, Sept. 9, during the 13th annual Utah Brazilian Festival. The celebration takes place from 1 to 7 p.m. at The Gateway, 100 S. 400 West, Salt Lake...
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First comes love, then comes marriage — and deciding what name to use
Tradition — and the law — used to dictate that women changed their name upon marriage. Today, Utah women and men are making choices together about what name to use in their families — and often what...
View ArticleYours truly inducted into a high school hall of fame? Pigs really do fly
Back when the United States was preparing to invade Iraq, Charles Barkley uttered the following astute observation:“You know the world is off tilt when the best rapper is a white guy [Eminem], the best...
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Scott D. Pierce: It's not worth buying a ticket to ‘Marvel's Inhumans’
The premiere of ABC’s “Marvel’s Inhumans” starts screening in IMAX theaters Friday, and there are two very good reasons not to spend money on it.First, the theatrical version is a 75-minute cut-down of...
View ArticleLakers fined $500K by NBA for tampering involving Paul George
New York • New Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka’s contact with Paul George’s agent violated the NBA’s anti-tampering rule and has resulted in Los Angeles being fined $500,000.The league said Thursday...
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