Boom or bust — you can’t beat shooting off rockets, even when they go awry
Bonneville Salt Flats • Sonny and I have attended the annual Utah Rocket Club (UROC) summer launches for years, hooked ever since we watched a rocket explode on the pad in a ball of fire.We’re not...
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Commentary: Remember Utah’s Indispensable Coal Counties
During a presidential race in the not-too-distant past, one candidate campaigned successfully on his outreach to blue-collar voters, whom he called “the forgotten Americans.”There was a time when...
View ArticleBYU women’s soccer: Cougars say they're not rebuilding despite loss of...
Provo • This looks from afar like a bit of a rebuilding season for the nationally prominent BYU women’s soccer program.The Cougars have to replace two of the most prolific scorers to ever don the navy...
View ArticleFountain Green businessmen want to block prosecution expert for testifying in...
The criminal case against a father-and-son team from small Fountain Green, who are accused of defrauding investors, is being rattled by allegations that the prosecution’s expert witness has a conflict...
View ArticleA back road to hope: US immigrants stream over into Canada
Champlain, N.Y. • They have come from all over the United States, piling out of taxis, pushing strollers and pulling luggage, to the end of a country road in the north woods.Where the pavement stops,...
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...
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Salt Lake Bees GM learned his trade doing everything for the old Salt Lake...
Marc Amicone pieced together a minor-league hockey team that won a championship, and the opposing owner was not pleased.The Muskegon (Mich.) Lumberjacks’ Larry Gordon, a longtime hockey executive who...
View ArticlePrep football: Bountiful Braves preview
A lot of turnover on and off the field caused an unusually large dip in performance for one of Utah’s more storied football programs.After weathering a 2-8 campaign a year ago, second-year coach Randy...
View ArticleLetter: We do not want to lose California
Utah Rep. Paul Ray would like nothing more than the liberals in California to secede from the union. Good for him, but that is a short-sighted view for a number of reasons. Economically, California has...
View ArticleCase challenging ‘extreme’ Ogden gang rules moves ahead
A federal judge has refused to toss out a lawsuit from two Utah men who say they were falsely labeled as gang members under sweeping city rules that forbid alleged members of an Ogden street gang from...
View ArticleTiger Woods pleads not guilty to impaired driving
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. • Tiger Woods pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence Wednesday, but has agreed to enter a diversion program that would see the charge dropped later this year.Douglas...
View ArticleAnalysis: Trump’s threat fits with North Korea’s image of US
Seoul, South Korea • Donald Trump’s threat to unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea might have been written by Pyongyang’s propaganda mavens, so perfectly does it fit the North’s cherished claim that...
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Scott D. Pierce: No, 'Discovery' is NOT first serialized 'Trek'
Beverly Hills, Calif. • To be absolutely, 100 percent clear, I am eagerly awaiting the premiere of “Star Trek: Discovery,” and I am cautiously optimistic about the series.Well, I’m trying to be...
View ArticlePrep football: Logan Grizzlies preview
The memory of a state championship quickly fades when it’s followed by a 1-9 campaign.The Grizzlies were forced to go extremely young last season after losing multiple key contributors to...
View ArticleUtah Jazz unveil two new jerseys
The Note x The SwooshIt’s in the details: ➡️ https://t.co/N7gYFsC0Mj pic.twitter.com/yCqkkGrgwr— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) August 9, 2017Two new jerseys for the Utah Jazz were released Wednesday...
View Article'Empire,’ ‘Star’ worlds intersect on season openers
Beverly Hills, Calif. • Queen Latifah says she easily envisioned a “Star” crossover episode with “Empire” even if the executive producer for the shows didn’t.Latifah said both dramas deal with the...
View ArticleWyoming sisters hit by Utah lightning to 'make full recovery,' family says
Three Wyoming girls struck by lightning last week near Summit County’s Lily Lake are in improved condition and expected to “make a fully recovery,” their family says.In a statement released through...
View ArticleGod has given Trump ‘authority to take out’ North Korea’s leader, says key...
God has given President Donald Trump the “authority to take out Kim Jong Un,” according to the Rev. Robert Jeffress, one of the president’s key evangelical Christian advisers.Jeffress’ statement on...
View ArticleFBI seeks 'Great Outdoors Bandit' in seven Idaho, Utah holdups
Clad in a denim or plaid long-sleeved shirt, his green Cabela’s cap set at a rakish angle, the “Great Outdoors Bandit” has robbed or attempted to hold up at least seven banks in Idaho and Utah over the...
View ArticleDistrict 7 race gets uncomfortably partisan for some as 6 strive to succeed...
Lisa Adams had worried before the filing deadline that few were interested in succeeding her on Salt Lake’s City Council.To her relief, District 7 residents can choose among a half-dozen active...
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