Provo Mayor John Curtis launches RV campaign in race to replace Chaffetz
Provo Mayor John Curtis is loading his campaign onto an RV for the next week as he runs for former Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s seat.“I’m really looking forward [to] visiting all seven counties across...
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Catherine Rampell: Sanderscare is all cheap politics and magic math
WASHINGTON -- For years Democrats have (rightfully) hammered Republicans for spouting empty slogans and magic math.Tax cuts will pay for themselves? Uh-huh, if you say so. Maybe have a chat with...
View ArticleMormon Tabernacle Choir announces West Coast tour
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is heading west.The choir, which toured Europe last summer, announced Friday that it will perform in five West Coast cities next summer. The Classic Coast Tour will take...
View ArticleFormer Iron County jail commander pleads guilty to misuse of public money in...
The former commander of the Iron County jail has admitted to stealing gasoline for his personal use with a county issued credit card.Galen Bret Allred, 47, pleaded guilty in 5th District Court to one...
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Police seek missing Murray man
Police were looking Friday for an elderly Murray man last seen at his home Thursday evening.Nick Kapos left his residence about 7 p.m. Thursday to take a walk but did not return, his family...
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Survey reveals a life of heaven, a bit of hell, and in between for spouses of...
Serving in the kingdom of God has its spiritual and social benefits, but it’s not all paradise for the spouses of Protestant pastors.Indeed, dealing with parishioners and the loneliness of shepherding...
View ArticleUtah teacher who gave sex, drugs purity test reinstated
A Utah high school teacher who was placed on leave for assigning students a questionnaire that officials and parents say inappropriately asked about student sex lives, drug and alcohol use has been...
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New toxic bloom warnings issued at Deer Creek, other Utah reservoirs as algae...
With the weekend forecast calling for storms and cooler temperatures, the beginning of the end is in sight for Utah’s 2017 crop of toxic algae, yet the poisonous critters are apparently seeking an...
View ArticleSt. Louis ex-officer acquitted in killing of black man
St. Louis • A white former police officer was acquitted Friday in the 2011 death of a black man who was fatally shot following a high-speed chase, with the judge declaring that he could not be swayed...
View ArticleMountainStar sends 30 Utah caregivers to help with Harvey and Irma relief...
When Ogden nurse Shawna Crane recently arrived at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in Hudson, Florida, she said the human suffering she witnessed in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma was immense....
View ArticleMasked bank robber fires shots inside Taylorsville credit union, police say
Police say a masked bank robber fired several shots Friday morning into the ceiling of a Taylorsville credit union before fleeing with an undisclosed amount of cash.There were no injuries in the...
View ArticleUtah highway bosses consider doubling 1-15 express-lane tolls to thin congestion
Fillmore • Interstate 15 express lanes are not exactly express-like lately. Average speeds there have dropped to just 31 mph during peak drive times in Salt Lake County, in part because so many...
View ArticleFeds award $1.7 million to 11 Utah health centers to fight opioid addiction
Federal health authorities have awarded $1.8 million to 11 health centers across Utah in hopes of widening residents’ access to substance-abuse and mental-health services in light of surging opioid...
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Kirby: A shoutout to Rod Decker, the TV reporter who didn’t need a microphone
Rod Decker is gone and I’m bummed. The KUTV-Channel 2 reporter who’s been yelling the news at me for nearly four decades retired Thursday. Things won’t be the same.I liked Rod even before I met him in...
View ArticleUtah’s newest legislator won her West Jordan seat in a coin toss
The flip of a half-dollar coin broke a tie between two Republican candidates running in a special election to represent West Jordan in the Utah House.Cheryl Acton and Lyle Decker lined up for the...
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‘Evil Dead’ icon Bruce Campbell loves his fans, but he knows they're not...
For Bruce Campbell, who’s gone from iron-jawed B-movie icon to journeyman actor and back, fan love comes in cycles.“You have the whole new generation now,” Campbell said this week, on the way to...
View ArticleSalt Lake Acting Company’s season-opening production shatters stereotypes...
As I sat waiting for Salt Lake Acting Company’s production of “Surely Goodness and Mercy” to begin, I was struck by an irony. In the Upstairs Theatre, “Saturday’s Voyeur” was lambasting the lack of...
View ArticleTrump adviser says military option not preferred for North Korea
Washington • President Donald Trump’s national security adviser says the U.S. has a military option for North Korea, but that is not its preferred route.H.R. McMaster spoke about North Korea Friday...
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BYU football: Backup QB Beau Hoge set to lead Cougars as No. 10 Wisconsin...
Provo • Beau Hoge is accustomed to big stages and bright spotlights, having grown up watching his father, Merril, play eight combined seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears and then...
View ArticleGeorge Pyle: This was supposed to be the Golden Age of Free Speech
“Of course he has a knife, he always has a knife, we all have knives! It’s 1183 and we’re barbarians!” - Eleanor of Aquitaine, “The Lion in Winter”Today, Eleanor might say, (it’s best if you imagine it...
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