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As Ken Burns' 'Vietnam War' prepares to air, a look at how the conflict...
In the 1960s, the relatively new medium of television brought the war in Southeast Asia into living rooms across the United States like never before. And, this month, TV is once again at the center of...
View ArticleState money will pay for public defenders to represent those arrested in...
Utah’s Indigent Defense Commission will help foot the bill for additional public defenders needed for those arrested in Operation Rio Grande, the commission announced Friday.Salt Lake County was...
View ArticleFinancial technology company AvidXchange gets Utah tax credit
The state’s embrace of the financial-technology industry expanded Friday when the Governor’s Office of Economic Development gave North Carolina-based AvidXchange a $359,247 post performance tax credit...
View ArticleWestminster College president to retire
Westminster College President Stephen Morgan announced Friday he will retire at the end of the 2017-2018 school year.Morgan, 63, became the private Salt Lake City college’s 18th president in 2015, but...
View ArticleUtah-BYU: Cougars stumble into rivalry game, while favored Utes look to...
Provo • Winless against rival Utah since 2009, BYU was supposed to finally break through this year. That’s how the thinking went in the offseason among those who favor blue in the state’s most intense...
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Monson: Utah will beat BYU, again, because Provo is not Hollywood
Utah will beat BYU for the seventh straight time on Saturday night at LaVell Edwards Stadium, and for the 12th time in 15 games.Why?You know the answer.Talent.It’s not that complicated. Of all the...
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Kragthorpe: BYU will stop Utes' run in the rivalry, because we're not living...
Fairly soon after getting the football for the first time Saturday night, the BYU Cougars will face a fourth-down situation. That means the drive will have lasted longer than their first possession of...
View ArticleDeath toll rises to 35 in powerful Mexico earthquake
Mexico City • One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico struck off the country’s southern coast, toppling hundreds of buildings, triggering tsunami evacuations and sending panicked...
View ArticleMoab 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 will be 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...
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