Utah to obey order for DEA drug database search
Utah will obey a court order to let the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration search a prescription-drug database without a warrant, despite a state law designed to protect patient privacy.The state...
View ArticleLetter: Academic facts of life
An Aug. 3 Tribune article indicated a University of Utah department head is having a mental hernia over the recent $10 million donation by the Charles Koch Foundation. To this infantile imaged...
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Pac-12 football: Washington State now has some substance to go with the style...
In the middle of last season, Washington State was really good. The Cougars’ start and finish were different stories.How many college football teams ever have an eight-game winning streak — and eight...
View ArticleSalt Lake City Stars announce Jonathan Rinehart as new team president
The Salt Lake City Stars have a new team president — one who is innately familiar to media covering the Utah Jazz.Jonathan Rinehart was named Tuesday morning to the role in which he’ll oversee ticket...
View ArticleMan arrested in holdup of Salt Lake City drug treatment clinic
An gun-toting man intent on holding up a downtown Salt Lake City drug treatment clinic was disarmed and fled, only to be arrested in Bountiful.Salt Lake City detectives say the 46-year-old California...
View ArticleSilicon Slopes moves to give Utah tech leaders a greater voice in education,...
The nonprofit Silicon Slopes wants the state’s tech leaders to play a bigger role in guiding public policy in Utah, announcing two new partnerships this week that will help the industry shape...
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ESPN ranks Utes fan base as the ‘happiest’ in Utah over BYU, Utah State
College football fans should be happy this time of year for the simple reality that games will be back on television and teams back on the field. After the usual long summer, elation is creeping in...
View ArticleLetter: Managing wild horses
I disagree with Rob Hammer’s Aug. 13 wild horse commentary. While working as a botanist for the Bureau of Land Management in southwestern Wyoming and northern Nevada, I witnessed the damage wild horses...
View ArticleLake Street Dive's jazz-infused pop a good fit for Red Butte, but it goes...
In a lot of ways, Lake Street Dive and Red Butte Garden go together. The band’s brand of contemporary jazzy pop complements the Red Butte crowd the way wine goes with cheese.Rachel Price’s voice is a...
View ArticleLetter: Lead us into the light of day
What happened in Charlottesville finally tore the scab off America and revealed the ugly sores beneath. If we continue pretending that the USA was not built by anti-Semites, colonizers and white...
View ArticleLetter: Speed up or stay away
The entrance ramps that access freeways are called “acceleration lanes.”To “accelerate” means to speed up. When entering a freeway, drivers need to be at the posted speed limit (or prevailing traffic...
View ArticleCommentary: Why Christians can stay hopeful in this time of political darkness
Seventy percent of Americans are dissatisfied “with the way things are going in the United States at this time,” according to a Gallup poll.This presumably includes a large number of Christians — a...
View ArticleFeds ask state to prove it can pay for proposed Lake Powell Pipeline
State officials and other proponents of the Lake Powell pipeline may have just two months to convince federal regulators that their project is backed by a robust plan to pay off more than $1 billion in...
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Have you been pitched tires in central and southern Utah? Even a legislator...
Interstate 15 in central and southern Utah can be a long way from someone’s home — and not the place that someone wants a flat tire. So if someone approaches you at a gas station and says you are in...
View ArticleMissouri governor halts man's execution after DNA questions
St. Louis • Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday halted the scheduled execution of condemned killer Marcellus Williams after DNA testing raised questions about whether he actually committed the...
View ArticleTwo 16-year-olds charged with murder for allegedly shooting a sleeping woman
Two 16-year-old boys have been charged with murder in adult court for allegedly shooting and killing a woman as she slept in her home.Daniel G. Garcia and Tre’von Jordan Zamora, both of Ogden, are...
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Rep. Chris Stewart meets with Utah refugees, hears about their fears of Trump
Republican Rep. Chris Stewart listened Tuesday as leaders of Utah’s refugee community expressed their fears, frustrations and distrust of President Donald Trump.“One of our biggest concerns,” said...
View ArticleLetter: The Utah prison scam moves forth
They used golden shovels at the groundbreaking for the new state prison; perfect for Gov. Gary Herbert’s suggestion that this prison is “about restoring lives.” We all know there is nothing resembling...
View ArticleAdmit it, you looked directly at the solar eclipse. Here's how to know if...
You gazed skyward Monday to witness in awe as the moon plunged the Earth into a cold shadow by temporarily blotting out most — or, in some areas, all — of the sun’s light.And despite the warnings...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake: San Jose match gives RSL an opportunity to catch up
It might be now or never for Real Salt Lake.A win against San Jose on Wednesday would bring RSL within one point of the Earthquakes in the Western Conference.A loss would put RSL seven points behind...
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