Podcast: Tyler Huntley is Utah's starting quarterback just like everyone...
OK, maybe we stared too long at the eclipse because we didn’t exactly see this one coming.Conventional wisdom pointed to Troy Williams winning Utah’s starting quarterback job. The senior is a captain —...
View ArticleYippee! Amazon revives 'The Tick,' plus the rest of your TV week preview
In 2001, a very good, live-action version of “The Tick” debuted on Fox — and disappeared after just nine episodes. Creator/producer Ben Edlund — the man behind the comic and the original series — has...
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With redraw of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase looming, Utah State University...
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s will issue recommendations this week for large national monuments that will reverberate across Utah, where residents remain divided over the new Bears Ears and the...
View ArticleSwedish journalist's torso found in submarine death mystery
Copenhagen, Denmark — Journalist Kim Wall had reported on conflicts, crises and natural disasters around the world. Earlier this month, she set out to sea from laid-back Copenhagen for a story about an...
View ArticlePac-12 football: New coach Justin Wilcox tries to lift Cal from the bottom of...
Not even a goal-line stand against Utah enabled Sonny Dykes to keep his job as California’a football coach.The Bears’ unlikely stop that preserved an October victory was among the program’s rare...
View ArticleTop Interior official calls for ending bans on selling, euthanizing wild horses
A senior Interior Department official called Wednesday for killing healthy horses and burros to rein in run-away costs associated with managing growing wild herds roaming the West’s public...
View ArticleNavajo Nation police officer from Utah dies in car accident
Kayenta, Ariz. • Navajo Nation officials say a senior officer with the Kayenta Police Department has died in an off-duty car accident.Tribal officials say Nelson Martin was killed in a crash on...
View ArticleTaylor Swift announces new album
New York • Yes, Taylor Swift fans, Wednesday was a lucky one for you.The pop star who whipped her army of Swifties into a frenzy with video snippets of slithery snake parts on social media posted the...
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'A place of peace': Eric Young Jr. honors his baby boy, while helping the...
Eric Young Jr. touched home plate with three fingers extended, pointing to the sky.Young’s gesture that followed a go-ahead home run in his third game with the Los Angeles Angels after being recalled...
View ArticleAmateurs can brew like the pros with this new beer making kit made in Utah
Talisman Brewing, a craft brewery in Ogden, and a Utah brew supplier have put together a special kit for home brewers to test their skills against the professionals.The premade kit includes the recipe...
View ArticleSue Grafton's alphabet series appears to be near its end
“Y is for Yesterday” is Sue Grafton’s projected penultimate novel in her alphabet series about intrepid California private investigator Kinsey Millhone. And if the series does end with “Z” — and...
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George Pyle: Eclipse leads to sighting of a (media) star
I should have bought that book.Because if I had bought ”Astrophysics for People in a Hurry,” rather than just read the first chapter while drinking coffee at Powell’s City of Books a couple of days...
View ArticleChris Stewart says he’ll seek Senate seat if Orrin Hatch doesn’t run for...
Utah Rep. Chris Stewart “absolutely” hopes his colleague and mentor Sen. Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history, runs for re-election in 2018.But if he doesn’t, Stewart said he...
View ArticleState treasurer warns Utahns not to fall for unclaimed property scam
A fake website is inviting Utahns to enter their names to search for unclaimed property they might be entitled to and then trying to scam them into paying a monthly fee.“The scam website...
View ArticleBYU athletics: AD Tom Holmoe tells crowd that redshirting LB Francis Bernard...
Provo • Brigham Young University athletic director Tom Holmoe said Wednesday that troubled linebacker Francis Bernard has yet to make a decision regarding his future college football plans.“He is still...
View ArticleFBI finds no criminal activity by Ephraim police chief
The FBI announced Wednesday it has closed its review of allegations against Ephraim police Chief Ron Rasmussen and will not file federal criminal charges.About a month ago, the FBI confirmed it was...
View ArticleSalt Lake City Stars officially name Martin Schiller head coach
Two months ago, reports surfaced that the Salt Lake City Stars would be getting a new head coach.On Wednesday morning, the Stars finally officially announced Martin Schiller will be leading the...
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Teens accused of shooting sleeping Ogden woman appear in adult court
Two 16-year-old boys charged with fatally shooting a sleeping Ogden woman made initial appearances in adult court on Wednesday.Daniel G. Garcia and Tre’von Jordan Zamora, both of Ogden, are charged...
View ArticleUtah woman returns to homeless shelter after placement in roach-infested...
Homeless, Alexis Batton just wanted a place to live where she could safely raise her 3-year-old and a baby expected early next year. But when The Road Home placed her at Holladay Hills Apartments...
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Judge: Lyle Jeffs jury will be told there is no rule against food donations,...
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled on the most contentious issue in the upcoming food-stamp fraud trial of former polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs — what the law says. Judge Ted Stewart, in a written...
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