Forecasters say Irma’s prime target is now Tampa, not Miami
Miami • With the window closing fast for anyone wanting to escape, Irma hurtled toward Florida with 125 mph winds Saturday on a new projected track that could put the Tampa area — not Miami — in the...
View ArticleUtah’s ‘ag-gag’ law — which banned secret filming at farms — is dead
Utah won’t appeal a decision striking down a law banning secret filming at farm and livestock facilities.The Utah Attorney General’s Office says in court documents they’re not planning to challenge the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Head-on crash kills 2, closes Millcreek road
A head-on car crash in Millcreek that killed two people Saturday morning closed the road for several hours.The crash, which occurred about 6:30 a.m., closed southbound 700 East at 4200 South, according...
View ArticleSLC detective’s attorney says officer wanted blood drawn to help the...
An attorney representing Salt Lake City police Detective Jeff Payne said Friday that his client wanted a blood sample from an unconscious semi driver who had been admitted to University Hospital so the...
View ArticleWatch commander on duty during nurse arrest has been placed on leave;...
As criticism continues after the surfacing of a video showing a Salt Lake City police detective arresting a nurse who refused to draw blood from an unconscious patient, an attorney for one of the...
View ArticleCommentary: Utah is a great place to be a Republican — especially after 3...
We moved to Utah about two months ago after living in Oregon for over 30 years. So far, we are loving it.The Willamette Valley where we lived in Oregon was beautiful and green, and we sat between the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stephen King talks ‘It’ and other adaptations
The most-adapted author alive introduces himself on the phone as “Steve King.”More than 60 of Stephen King’s novels and short stories have been made into movies or TV series over the past 40 years,...
View ArticleLetter: Advertisement published in Tribune is offensive
Does The Tribune consider the appropriateness/objectionability of ad content? If so, can we talk about “Senorita Makita” in the quarter-page M & M Tool and Machinery ad on A7 of the Sept. 6...
View ArticlePrep girls' soccer: State rankings for Sept. 10
Class 6A1. American Fork (9-0) • Easily handled Westlake 5-2 in its only match of the week. Next up is the big test at Pleasant Grove.2. Pleasant Grove (6-2-1) • Upended Lone Peak 3-2 before settling...
View ArticleUtah vs. BYU is a popular bet at Nevada casinos
Move over Donny and Marie, Penn and Teller.One of the most popular tickets in Nevada this week has been Utah-BYU.This weekend’s rivalry game in Provo has drawn plenty of interest from bettors....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Utahns keep memories of 9/11 alive with community service projects
A bundle of energy, 8-year-old Alex Owen bent over and stared at the roots of an expansive weed Saturday morning as naturalist Lewis Kogan showed a community-cleanup group how best to pull puncturevine...
View ArticleRodney Hood, challenged by Jazz GM to improve, rededicates himself
Dennis Lindsey’s honesty stunned Rodney Hood.The Jazz general manager told Hood he needed significant all-around improvement in what was a frank exit meeting the day after the Golden State Warriors...
View ArticleBYU police cite four people for spray-painting Utah logo on cougar statue...
A statue of a cougar on Brigham Young University’s campus was vandalized Saturday morning, and police say the suspects were literally caught red-handed.The statue, near LaVell Edwards Stadium, was...
View ArticleAfter decades sitting in an East Coast museum, child’s skull from Mountain...
Mountain Meadows • For nearly 16 decades, a skull belonging to one of the youngest victims of the Mountain Meadows Massacre lay hidden in the collections of an East Coast military museum.This summer,...
View ArticleRocky Mountain Power crews prepared for ‘anything’ as they head east to help...
Crews from Rocky Mountain Power company plan to go east Sunday to help with electrical outages expected from Hurricane Irma.The 52-person group will include journeymen, managers and a mechanic, all of...
View ArticleCommentary: Operation Rio Grande is driven by fearmongering
Throughout the 1990s, street drugs were bought and sold in a triangular area of downtown Salt Lake City between the sidewalks of a dive bar, coffee shop and nightclub: the Shamrock Lounge on 200 South...
View ArticleLetter: Why are harmful drugs legal when medical marijuana is not?
I have a special friend from Colorado who has rheumatoid arthritis. She has had this terrible disease for a number of years. She was given Methotrexate, which is expensive and trashes the liver....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Prep sports: This week's standouts performers and key numbers
Each week, the TribPreps staff will choose standout performers and keynumbers from the previous week’s action in Utah and showcase them. Hereare this week’s picks.Mashaun EstridgeThe Dixie junior...
View ArticleStephens tops Keys in U.S. Open final for 1st Grand Slam title
New York • Sloane Stephens never looked shaken by the setting or the stakes in her first Grand Slam final. Her opponent, Madison Keys, most definitely did.Stephens dominated her close friend Keys 6-3,...
View ArticleNadal-Anderson seems a mismatch, but upsets happen
New York • U.S. Open finalists Rafael Nadal and Kevin Anderson are both professional tennis players who were born in 1986. Not much else in common.Heading into Sunday’s match — well, mismatch,...
View Article