Letter: Keep the Medicare Special Needs Plans
It is important to me that all seniors are aware of their option, Medicare Advantage, especially those with chronic conditions like myself. Under Medicare Advantage, beneficiaries who have certain...
View ArticleLetter: Taking away health care amounts to murder
We, the people our Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee in theory represent, do not share anywhere near the kind of health care plan they receive, compliments of our tax dollars. They do not deserve and have...
View ArticleLetter: Government programs promote dependency
I attended Rep. Rob Bishop’s town hall meeting recently in Brigham City. Good for him for doing them despite some not-so-polite attendees.His response, and especially the response of the crowd to one...
View ArticleLetter of the Week: What Advertisers Want a Woman to Want
I see there is yet another “What A Woman Wants” expo taking place locally. As I read the ad it seems women want a lot of information about shopping, fashion, beauty among other topics. I found this...
View ArticleUtahn Finau advances in playoffs, earns Masters invitation
Tony Finau produced one of the best rounds of his professional golf career at a very good time Sunday.The West High School graduate chipped in for a birdie on the 18th hole and posted a 7-under-par 64...
View ArticleBelgium sets up Davis Cup final against France
Paris • David Goffin and Steve Darcis won their reverse singles matches as Belgium came from behind to defeat 28-time champion Australia 3-2 in the Davis Cup semifinals on Sunday, setting up a title...
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Penny Chenery, owner of Triple Crown champ Secretariat, dies
Penny Chenery, who bred and raced 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat as well as realizing her ailing father’s dream to win the Kentucky Derby in 1972 with Riva Ridge, has died. She was 95.Chenery...
View ArticleMartin Truex Jr. opens NASCAR's playoffs with win at Chicagoland
Joliet, Ill. • Martin Truex Jr. stretched his arms to his side and waited for a shower of green slime , the colored goop traditionally poured over the heads of game-show contestants and A-list...
View ArticleFederal land boss recommends Trump shrink Utah’s Bears Ears, Grand Staircase...
Washington • Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended that President Donald Trump modify 10 national monuments created by his immediate predecessors, including shrinking the boundaries of at least...
View ArticleFalcons deliver repeat performance in 34-23 win over Packers
Atlanta • Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons picked up where they left off against the Green Bay Packers, building a big halftime lead on the way to a dominating victory Sunday night.The rematch of last...
View ArticleNewgarden gives Team Penske a 15th IndyCar championship
Sonoma, Calif. • Josef Newgarden rushed through the doors on to the championship stage with an American flag draped around his shoulders. He felt silly, he said, like a boxer at a title fight.Fitting...
View ArticleUnified Police hunt two suspects in gang-related drive-by shooting
Police were looking for two suspects in a weekend drive-by shooting in Kearns that put one teenage boy in the hospital.Unified Police detectives say a group of teens were walking west along 6200 South...
View ArticleUtah forecast: ‘And all at once, summer collapsed into fall’
One day is breezy, sunny and warm, the next 20-25 degrees colder and rainy. Welcome to autumn in Utah.“And all at once, summer collapsed into fall,” Oscar Wilde once wrote. The Irish poet could have...
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7 celebrities at Salt Lake Comic Con worth standing in line to see
Of all the things to do at Salt Lake Comic Con — listen to panel discussions, gawk at the amazing cosplayers, admire the comic artists’ work, sniff the Voldemort-scented candles — the celebrity...
View ArticleApartments (and their rents) are going up fast in Salt Lake County, but they...
Real estate agent Kip Paul gets the question all the time: “Are apartments being overbuilt?”With all the big apartment buildings going up in downtown Salt Lake City and Sugar House, it seems like a...
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Gomberg: Gender-specific screwdrivers?! No matter how adorbs, they’re still...
I was on a mission to find the furnace filters at the grocery store when I passed the brightly-colored subset of the tool section: the dainty women’s kits.It was the perfect aquamarine bag and pliers...
View ArticleBloomberg View: How the Consumers Bureau should respond to the Equifax breach
In the worst possible way, the monumental data breach at Equifax -- involving the names, addresses and social security numbers of some 143 million people -- draws attention to a long-neglected gap in...
View ArticleWho is being arrested in Operation Rio Grande? Many have felonies or lengthy...
Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and House Speaker Greg Hughes have used the phrase “worst of the worst” to describe people arrested during Operation Rio Grande, portraying them as wolves who prey upon the...
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Salt Lake Comic Con’s founders, in their own words, on how the event began...
Bryan Brandenburg had never been to a comics convention until he got involved in planning one.Brandenburg and his business partner, Dan Farr, teamed up in 2013 — after encountering each other in the...
View ArticleNews roundup: Senate Republicans may try one more time to gut Obamacare.
Senate Republicans may try one more time to gut Obamacare. Zinke recommends shrinking Bears Ears, Grand Staircase. Hatch’s re-elect decision hinges on his health.Happy Monday. It’s back. Senate...
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