School trust administrator resigns under pressure from Utah Board of Education
The administrator of public education funding from school trust lands resigned Friday, Utah Board of Education Chairman Mark Huntsman said. Huntsman announced the resignation of Tim Donaldson, director...
View ArticleInterior Department won't change Arizona monument designation
Washington • Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Friday he is not recommending changes to Arizona’s Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, the fifth site Zinke has removed from an ongoing review of...
View ArticleAggies get started on football field
Logan • The Utah State football team held its first day of practice on Friday as team members went through drills without pads and in shorts.In addition to the regulars from 2016, as well as the...
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Emails explain clash between Huntsmans and the U. over Huntsman Cancer...
Just hours before Huntsman Cancer Institute CEO Mary Beckerle was abruptly fired in April, she emailed a University of Utah Health Sciences official to underscore her worries that administrators were...
View ArticleU.N. council to consider tougher sanctions that could cost North Korea $1...
The United States has proposed wide new United Nations sanctions on North Korea that would ban exports of coal and other commodities, a U.N. Security Council diplomat said Friday.The new penalties are...
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Can I borrow that helmet? Robin Carpenter survives crash to finish 4th in...
Bountiful • Robin Carpenter sat in the medical tent with scrapes up the sides of both legs, his back and arms. His jersey was completely torn, his helmet was cracked and his riding gloves were being...
View ArticleJazz preseason schedule will feature international foes Sydney Kings and...
When the NBA preseason begins in October, it’s the Utah Jazz versus the world.The Jazz announced their five-game exhibition slate, which features games against the Australian franchise Sydney Kings on...
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Former Utah senator criticizes ‘secretive,’ ‘puppet-string’ lobbying by...
Former state Sen. Steve Urquhart on Friday criticized how he says the LDS Church lobbies legislators from the shadows — including how it used its influence first to fight gay-rights bills he pushed and...
View ArticleUnder Trump, gains against ISIS have ‘dramatically accelerated’
Nearly a third of territory reclaimed from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria since 2014 has been won in the past six months, due to new policies adopted by the Trump administration, a senior State...
View ArticleKelsey Chugg wins her fourth Utah Women's State Amateur crown
Fruit Heights • Utah Golf Association membership director Kelsey Chugg won the Utah Women’s State Amateur golf tournament for the fourth time on Friday afternoon, defeating BYU golfer Anna Kennedy 2 up...
View ArticleUtah ranks No. 28 for cost of living
The cost of living is higher in Utah than in 27 other states, a new study says. Still, Utahns have it a bit better than the average American.The Tax Foundation, a national think tank that researches...
View ArticlePrep football: Olympus defensive end Cameron Latu chooses Alabama over Utah,...
Holladay • Four-star recruit Cameron Latu tapped his mother, Jill Argust, on the shoulder as she was doing laundry last Saturday.She turned and he looked at her intently.“Mom,” he said, “I’ve decided...
View ArticleAttorney general says Justice Department has tripled number of leak probes
Washington • Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday that the Justice Department has more than tripled the number of leak investigations compared with the number that were ongoing at the end of the...
View ArticleAttorney for indicted real estate guru seeks recusal of all U.S. judges in Utah
The former attorney for indicted real estate investment guru Rick Koerber went to bat for him again on Friday, this time facing off against every federal judge on the bench in Utah.Criminal defense...
View ArticleUtah men's basketball: Utes expect trip of a lifetime and unique bonding...
The Utah men’s basketball team leaves Saturday for a 10-day foreign tour, with stops in Barcelona, Spain, as well as Paris, France, where it will play a total of three games against all-star teams...
View ArticleThree Wyoming girls are struck by lightning in Utah, police say
Three girls were seriously injured when lightning struck them near Lily Lake in Summit County on Friday afternoon, authorities said.The sisters — ages 2, 7 and 8 — were hit about 1:30 p.m., though a...
View ArticlePlea for volunteers as search for missing Uintas hiker resumes
The family of an elderly, partially deaf Arizona man missing in the Uinta Mountains nearly a week pleaded for volunteers to help as the search resumed Friday.Melvin Heaps, 74, left for a hike along the...
View ArticleCourt turns back developer Diehl's effort to stay lawsuit while criminal case...
The Utah Court of Appeals has turned away prominent developer Terry Diehl’s attempt to stay a lawsuit against him while he resolves a pending federal criminal case.The court without comment denied...
View ArticleHolly Richardson: We all need some white space in our lives
White space is a concept many people are familiar with. In art, it’s often called “negative space.” White space is not just “blank space,” however — it is used deliberately. It is a fundamental element...
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Utah women among those fighting a disease that some doctors doubt exists
How do you know if you have Lyme disease? The answer may depend on where you live and the outlook of the doctor you see.Lyme disease is among the country’s fastest-growing infectious diseases that are...
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