Moab Music Festival celebrates a century of Leonard Bernstein
As the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth approaches in August 2018, Michael Barrett is doing what he can to keep the great American composer-conductor-pianist’s memory alive.“It’s bittersweet for...
View ArticleMilitary history on display during annual Wendover air show on Saturday
The Historic Wendover Airfield will host its annual air show Saturday that includes aviation and military history exhibits.In addition to a number of aerial performances, the Historic Wendover Air Show...
View ArticleTask force considers closer state control of scandal-tainted UTA
The scandal-tarnished Utah Transit Authority could come under closer state control under changes being discussed by a legislative task force studying possible transportation reforms.One scenario...
View ArticleIt's a 'great thing' to deal with Democrats, Trump now says
Washington • Frustrated with his own party’s leaders in Congress, President Donald Trump talked up his suddenly cozier relationship with Democrats on Thursday, raising the prospect of new deals on...
View ArticleYes, there are fans who cheer for BYU and Utah. And they get grief for it....
The week was bookended blue and red.But it wasn’t until Brad Klekas filled up his water bottle at work and began the walk back to his desk that a co-worker at another cubicle did a double take. “You...
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Holly Richardson: You never know when today will be ‘The day before’
“Mom, the smoke detector is going off and it’s not dinner.” Those were the words my teenage daughter said to me when I answered the phone in May 2005. My husband and I were taking a different daughter...
View ArticleFrom Main Street bowling alley to thriving community — Rowland Hall...
As the successor to Utah’s first non-Mormon day school reaches its 150th anniversary, teacher Nate Kogan is what the Rowland Hall community calls “a lifer.”Having attended the private Salt Lake City...
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Troy Gentry of country duo Montgomery Gentry dies in helicopter crash
Lumberton, N.J • Troy Gentry, one half of the award-winning country music duo Montgomery Gentry, died Friday in a helicopter crash just hours before a concert, according to a statement from the band’s...
View ArticleBenjamin Booker ready to expand his horizons in Salt Lake City
Benjamin Booker is 28 years old, but a conversation with the punk rock-infused blues singer-songwriter reveals an old-soul wisdom that is at the root of his powerful music. Booker is a Florida native...
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Real Salt Lake close to full strength for critical match at Vancouver
Albert Rusnák stepped onto the pitch with some of the biggest names in the Premier League at storied Wembley Stadium on Monday to represent his country. By Wednesday he had to turn his mind back to...
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Southern Utah’s Tuacahn quenches thirst for family-friendly theater
Ivins •The Tuacahn Amphitheatre that draws more than 285,000 patrons each year is a far cry from the idea behind the arts center when it opened in 1995.With Hyrum Smith financing the project and...
View ArticleAP Exclusive: Miami homeless removed against their will
Miami • On what is likely the last clear day in Florida before Hurricane Irma’s monster wind and rain, social workers and police officers are giving Miami’s estimated 1,100 homeless people a stark...
View ArticleFormer Utah teacher who now leads the National Education Association says...
Washington • A former Utah teacher who now heads the nation’s largest union said Friday that President Donald Trump is scaring children to tears across the country.Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of...
View ArticleSLC police will re-examine thousands of pieces of evidence after former...
The Salt Lake City Police Department on Friday released details of an investigation into a former civilian evidence room employee who failed a drug test.Chief Mike Brown said that while investigators...
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Remembering Utah’s forgotten pioneers who faced an unforgiving foe: mental...
Several large sections of the Provo City Cemetery appear vacant. No headstones. No flowers. No memorials to mark the final resting places of nearly 500 early Utah settlers.Those buried here were far...
View ArticleWitness says Koerber directed him to invest indirectly in alleged Ponzi scheme
A combative witness insisted repeatedly Friday that a fund into which he poured his and his family’s monies was nothing more than a funnel into Rick Koerber’s alleged Ponzi scheme.But Jeffrey Goodsell...
View ArticleTribune editorial: In Utah’s Holy War, we hope the best team wins — and the...
There’s no question that Brigham Young University and the University of Utah have a troubled relationship.The U. is Utah’s flagship university, a state-sponsored school that bears the name of its...
View ArticleTrump signs controversial bill linking $15.3B in disaster aid, hike in debt...
Washington • Congress on Friday sent President Donald Trump a massive package of $15.3 billion in disaster aid linked to an increase in the nation’s borrowing authority that angered conservative...
View ArticlePope Francis embraces Colombian victims, ex-fighters in peace bid
Villavicencio, Colombia • Pope Francis brought together thousands of victims of Colombia’s half-century-long conflict with their former victimizers, presiding over a prayer for reconciliation Friday in...
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Irma regains strength to Category 5 hurricane as it sweeps over Cuba
UPDATE — 10 p.m.The National Hurricane Center says Irma has strengthened back into a Category 5 storm. Forecasters also extended hurricane and storm surge warnings and watches farther north in...
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