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Jennifer Rubin: Evangelical Christian clergy are MIA
As we noted with regard to Jerry Falwell Jr.‘s appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Christian conservative clergy have done much to undercut their standing, within their own community as well as with the...
View ArticleTrump blames media for condemnation of comments on Virginia
Phoenix • President Donald Trump is blaming the media for the widespread condemnation of his response to a Charlottesville, Virginia, protest organized by white supremacists that led to the killing of...
View ArticleUtah football notes: Safety Chase Hansen returns to practice
Utah strong safety Chase Hansen, a hard-hitting 6-foot-3, 220-pound junior, who went into the offseason as the lone returning starter in a five-man Utes secondary (two cornerbacks and a nickleback...
View ArticleDenied by a state committee, Salt Lake County’s treatment dreams may come...
The plan called for a sustained law enforcement presence in Salt Lake City’s Rio Grande neighborhood, where drug dealing was running amok.Offenders would be booked into jail (there would be more jail...
View ArticleVolleyball: Bingham goes to senior Elisaia to get past Corner Canyon
Draper • The Bingham volleyball team is of the kind that, over the course of a match, the hitting attack could almost come from anywhere.But when the going gets tough, senior Selaisa Elisaia is quickly...
View ArticleTyler Huntley ready to be the playmaker guiding Utes offense
Tyler Huntley expected his chance to come sooner rather than later when he chose Utah out of high school. He found out Saturday – and the football team announced Monday – that his time had arrived as...
View ArticleJonathan Capehart: Trump's Afghanistan speech and its empty allusions to...
[Watch the entire heated exchange between Trump and reporters over Charlottesville]Hours before President Donald Trump delivered his speech on the war in Afghanistan on Monday, I told MSNBC’s Nicolle...
View ArticleThanks to ‘stupid human tricks,’ Utah’s cost to fight wildfires doubles this...
In an average year, Utah’s share of the cost to fight wildfires is about $9 million. This year, that is projected to double to $18 million.“The Brian Head Fire alone cost us $10 million,” State...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Scattered thunderstorms expected in eastern part of the state
The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook Wednesday, due to scattered thunderstorms expected in eastern Utah.The storms are expected to develop over the mountains with some cells...
View ArticleLetter: Philo has earned his home
My childhood legacy and love for Utah’s own Philo T. Farnsworth will not be taken away by Adam Gardiner, R-West Jordan.I was a student at Ridgecrest Elementary in the 1980s. Our principal, Bruce...
View ArticleHolly Richardson: Back-to-school. It’s not just for kids anymore.
Summer is over and kids are back in school. Next week, I will be back in school as well and so will a number of my friends. I love seeing that! It’s never too late to start or go back to school.There...
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Gehrke: Nearly 16 years in, there is no good end game for Afghanistan, but...
On Saturday, friends and family and dignitaries will gather in Monticello for the funeral of Staff Sgt. Aaron Butler.He was killed when a bomb detonated as an elite unit of the Utah Army National Guard...
View ArticleUtah man pleads not guilty in Alaska court for allegedly killing his wife...
Juneau, Alaska • A Utah man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife on a cruise to Alaska pleaded not guilty during a Wednesday hearing in which he appeared to become emotional at...
View ArticleLetter: Repudiate the Nazis
It is said that the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. So we must speak out. In his remarks on Aug. 15, the president equated the fire department and the fire.I...
View ArticleKragthorpe: BYU’s Kalani Sitake is discovering the realities of the coaching...
Kalani Sitake enjoyed a rather blissful first 20 months as BYU’s football coach.By boldly authorizing a two-point conversion attempt that failed rather than kick a tying extra point against Utah last...
View ArticleNews roundup: Trump feuds with Senate Majority Leader McConnell as possible...
Trump feuds with Senate Majority Leader McConnell as possible government shutdown looms. Rep. Chris Stewart hears from Utah refugee community fearful of Trump. Operation Rio Grande looks to expand...
View ArticleLetter: Earn your right to complain
I have attended all of the meetings about the proposed new homeless centers. I have offered my opinions and suggestions, many of which showed up in Sheriff Jim Winder’s “21-point plan.” I am not...
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Dana Milbank: Can Trump control the wave of racism he has released?
Washington -- Lyndon Johnson, deciding whether to fire FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, famously reasoned that “it’s probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing...
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