Catherine Rampell: Racism isn't dying out with racist grandpas
WASHINGTON — If there was one silver lining to President Trump’s election, it was supposed to be this: Those who voted for Trump because of, rather than despite, his demonization of Muslims and...
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From ski slopes to music in Moab, Utah’s tourist attractions share $3.4...
Ski Utah will get the most state assistance — $233,000 — to help attract out-of-state visitors to the slopes of the state’s 14 active mountain resorts next winter.Discovery Gateway in Salt Lake City...
View Article‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ is fast, freaky and funny
The “we aren’t partners, and we aren’t friends” strain of buddy-action movie seldom gets played with as much gusto and knowing humor as in “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” a movie that fires off bullets,...
View ArticleTense thriller ‘Wind River’ is even better than ‘Sicaro’ and ‘Hell or High...
With “Wind River,” screenwriter and now director Taylor Sheridan completes a trifecta of deeply layered, character-driven neo-Western crime dramas, and one that tops the other two, “Sicario” and “Hell...
View Article‘Logan Lucky’ is a smart caper with a twang
Director Steven Soderbergh is back and firing on all cylinders in “Logan Lucky,” a Southern-fried heist comedy that is, like its main characters, smarter than it lets on.Soderbergh, returning after a...
View Article‘Behind the Headlines’: Operation Rio Grande arrests, no Herrod concession...
Operation Rio Grande’s arrest tally rises above 200 in less than a week of the downtown crackdown, and the ACLU of Utah calls the strategy “business as usual.” Provo Mayor John Curtis likely wins the...
View ArticleDocumentary ‘Step’ tells inspiring story of hard work
Amanda Lipitz’s documentary “Step” was one of the biggest crowd-pleasers at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, and deservedly so — an exuberant and life-affirming story of a remarkable group of young...
View Article‘Brigsby Bear’ is smart, sweet, funny and odd
A return to normality — whatever that is — takes a turn into moviemaking weirdness in “Brigsby Bear,” a merrily awkward comedy from some of the minds at “Saturday Night Live.”James (Kyle Mooney, who...
View ArticleCommentary: False prophets in the White House
In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fake news. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has long been sleeping. — 2 Peter 2:3On Wednesday, when...
View ArticleUtah Supreme Court upholds disbarment order against lawyer who filed barrage...
For years, Utah attorney Susan Rose received warnings about the number and quality of the motions she was filing in her cases.One judge made note of Rose’s “constant stream of motions, corrections to...
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Fearing violence, Utahns are shying away from volunteering at St. Vincent de...
St. Vincent de Paul Dining Hall is a godsend, a place where homeless people can down a hearty lunch and dinner seven days a week — but it runs on volunteers who seem to be evaporating with the...
View ArticleWant to help the homeless? The Miller family will match up to $10 million in...
The Miller family, which owns more than 60 car dealerships and the National Basketball Association’s Utah Jazz, will match up to $10 million in donations for programs and services at three new homeless...
View ArticleDespite recurring turmoil, Mississippi hasn't budged on flag
Jackson, Miss. • After white nationalists marched with the Confederate battle flag last weekend amid violent demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, critics said the identical emblem should be...
View ArticleSevered septic line sparks closure of Jones Hole Creek in Dinosaur National...
The popular fishing waters of Jones Hole Creek in eastern Utah’s Dinosaur National Monument have been closed to recreation after a broken septic line fouled parts of the waterway.In an announcement...
View ArticleThe worst things that could go wrong during the total solar eclipse — and how...
The Great American Eclipse is nigh!Millions are expected to pack the so-called path of totality, or the swath of the United States that will be able to experience the complete solar eclipse.But, as...
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Staying in Utah for the eclipse? Rise and shine for these viewing events to...
The frenzy over The Great American Eclipse that graces the skies over the United States on Monday, Aug. 21, is sweeping across the country.Millions of people will travel to the path of totality to see...
View ArticleMedical marijuana backers in Utah launch signature-gathering campaign
Nicole Cook and Jayna Bousum walked to a food-truck event at Salt Lake City’s Gallivan Center Thursday expecting to pick up lunch and quickly head back to the office.But when they arrived, organizers...
View ArticleHow the solar eclipse is raising gas prices in Utah
Gas prices are rising in Utah, apparently driven in part by the solar eclipse later this month.“West Coast refineries are ramping up production in anticipation of the Aug. 21 eclipse, which will draw...
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...
View ArticleLL Bean boosting production of iconic boot
Lewiston, Maine • L.L. Bean hopes to give the boot to backlogs of its most iconic product.The Maine-based retailer is expanding production to keep up with demand for its leather-and-rubber “duck boot”...
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