Game of Thrones: What you don’t know could get you killed
Washington • Samwell Tarly knows more than the maesters of the Citadel. Littlefinger knows more than Arya. And Bran knows more than anyone in “Game of Thrones.”The imbalance in knowledge is what...
View ArticleLetter: A welcome return of the bridge column
A while back, I wrote a letter to the editor(s) expressing my anger and sadness about the removal of the daily bridge column. Today I am writing again to express my feelings.This time I am speaking not...
View ArticleLetter: Summer a good time for climate lobbying
Check out these record low daily temperatures for Salt Lake City: 45 degrees in 1950, 42 in 1948, 47 in 1938. We used to have temperatures like this in August. No more. We rarely experience record cold...
View ArticleSalt Lake City Council primary election results
Click here for all Salt Lake County results.SLC COUNCIL DISTRICT 1<br>Ballots Counted/Registered Voters • 1,439/7,939 • 18.1%<br>Total Votes • 1,413<br>David C Atkin • 12.38% •...
View ArticleOregon State QB Jake Luton emerges from spring mystery illness
Corvallis, Ore. • Quarterback Jake Luton’s debut with Oregon State saw him lead a couple of touchdown drives in the spring game but it wasn’t readily apparent what he was going through...
View ArticleCalifornia AD Mike Williams to step down next May
Berkeley, Calif. • Mike Williams will step down as athletic director at California when his current contract expires next May.Williams told Chancellor Carol Christ on Tuesday that he will not seek a...
View ArticleRogers and Mendenhall coast in Salt Lake City primaries; four emerge in two...
Primary election results for four Salt Lake City Council seats show that challengers to two incumbents have a lot of ground to make up, while two candidates in each open race appear to be locks for...
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Councilwoman outpaces field in race for Herriman mayor; polygamist a distant...
Herriman • A city councilwoman grabbed the bulk of the votes in Tuesday’s primary for Herriman mayor.Coralee Wessman-Moser received nearly half (46 percent) of the vote in unofficial returns late...
View ArticleSalt Lake Bees win opener of homestand
The Salt Lake Bees opened up a four-series against the Tacoma Rainiers with a bang, winning 9-5 on Tuesday night at Smith’s Ballpark.Scoring two runs apiece in the second, fourth and fifth innings, the...
View ArticleSalt Lake County primary election results
Click here for all Salt Lake City Council results.BLUFFDALE CITY COUNCIL AT LARGE<br>Ballots Counted/Registered Voters • 750/5,566 • 13.5%<br>Total Votes • 748<br>Dave Kallas• 56.68%...
View ArticleProvo Mayor John Curtis declares victory in Republican primary for Chaffetz's...
Provo Mayor John Curtis declared victory in the Republican primary Tuesday night against his two staunchly conservative rivals in the special election to replace retired Rep. Jason Chaffetz.The...
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Black Mormons applaud as LDS Church condemns white supremacy as ‘morally...
Black Mormons celebrated — some even wept for joy — as their church updated an earlier anti-racism statement Tuesday and pointedly disavowed groups that promote white supremacy.“It has been called to...
View ArticleCedar City man jailed, accused of multiple rapes of 7-year-old girl
A man accused of multiple rapes of a 7-year-old girl remained in the Iron County jail on $200,000 cash bail and a federal immigration hold.The 32-year-old Mexican national, who reportedly had been...
View ArticleUtah forecast: The heat is back, north and south
The Wasatch Front will see warmer and drier conditions prevail as the weekend approaches, with triple-digit temperatures returning to the south.Thursday will bring highs around 90 degrees to the Salt...
View ArticleNews roundup: Trump again says ‘both sides’ were to blame for violence in...
Trump again says ‘both sides’ were to blame for violence in Charlottesville. Provo Mayor John Curtis declares victory in Republican primary for Chaffetz’s seat. SLC Council incumbents sitting pretty...
View ArticleMourners gather to remember woman killed at Virginia rally
Charlottesville, Va. • Mourners will gather in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Wednesday to honor the woman who was killed when a car rammed into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally...
View ArticleTrump goes after Amazon, again
Washington • President Donald Trump is renewing his attacks on e-commerce giant Amazon, and he says the company is “doing great damage to tax paying retailers.”Trump tweets that “towns, cities and...
View ArticleCommentary: Now that I have brain cancer, I’m ready to offer moral advice
My path to the Egress is as uncertain as I can imagine, but my goal has gotten more focused on sharing some small positive effects while I’m still able.My diagnosis of glioblastoma hit me about eight...
View ArticleWest Valley City police investigate suspected fatal hit-and-run auto...
Police on Wednesday were investigating the discovery of a man’s body in a West Valley City street overnight as an apparent hit-and-run, auto-pedestrian incident.Public safety dispatchers received a 911...
View ArticleUS teen drug overdose deaths inch up after years of decline
New York • After years of decline, teen deaths from drug overdoses have inched up, a new U.S. government report shows.The drop in teen deaths had been a rare bright spot in the opioid epidemic that has...
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