Letter: There’s no such thing as ‘medical’ pot
Recently I’ve been asked by several patients about my opinion of medical marijuana. Over time we’ve built up a relationship of trust, and they want my take on what they’re reading in the news about...
View ArticleLetter: Making a healthy diet in schools
With the new school year upon us, parents turn their attention to school clothes, school supplies and school food. Yes, school food.More than 31 million children rely on school meals for their daily...
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Singing bowls will add to Utah Chamber Artists' collage of sound
Thousands of miles from home, Barlow Bradford found the sound he was looking for.Turns out it was practically in his backyard.On a family vacation in Hawaii, the Utah Chamber Artists’ artistic director...
View ArticleSt. Louis braces for more protests over cop's acquittal
St. Louis • Hundreds of people protesting the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the fatal shooting of black man several years ago marched for hours in mostly peaceful...
View ArticleLetter: Business leaders should give money to clean up Utah's air
Leaders from various businesses across the state have recently called on Gov. Gary Herbert to do something about our air quality. Ignoring that our air is getting better, it’s almost as if these...
View ArticleLetter: Bagley's not funny any more
A long, saner, time ago I used to stand in the old ZCMI book department and laugh at the funny humor of Pat Bagley in the little books he had published to help us, as Utahns, laugh at our strangeness....
View ArticleIbsen meets Utah’s bad air — and an idealistic activist — in Riot Act...
Salt Lake City protests about the location of homeless shelters, as well as ongoing complaints about Utah’s air quality, provide a backdrop for a reconsideration of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play “An...
View ArticleLetter: Congress should take the principled path with Trump
President Trump is not an unprincipled person. His actions are not random; they are driven by principles. Unfortunately, his principles (self-centeredness, greed, racism, personal infallibility, lying...
View ArticleOrrin Hatch, 83, says another campaign hinges on his health: ‘I’m older but...
Washington • Sen. Orrin Hatch will decide this fall whether he will seek an eighth term and one of the key factors weighing on his decision, he repeatedly says, is his health.Hatch, who describes...
View ArticleFree Utah fly fishing clinic to help beginners get started
The state Division of Wildlife Resources is hosting a free fly-fishing clinic for beginners on Sept. 30 in Price.The clinic will cover gear needs, fly selection, fly fishing on lakes and rivers,...
View ArticleUtah immigrants and supporters of DACA prepare to march through Salt Lake City
A Salt Lake City march showing support for immigrants who could be impacted by the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, begins at noon Saturday at the Wallace Bennett...
View ArticleCommentary: Utah should make it easier for the disabled to get care
Two years ago the Utah Legislature passed the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, designed to keep a person from entering or returning to jail or prison by providing him or her with community-based mental...
View ArticleSuicide among veterans highest in western US, rural areas
Washington • Suicide among military veterans is especially high in the western U.S. and rural areas, according to new government data that show wide state-by-state disparities and suggest social...
View ArticlePrep girls' soccer: State rankings for Sept. 17
Class 6A1. American Fork (11-0) • The Cavemen remain perfect after their toughest road stretch of the season with wins over No. 2 Pleasant Grove (1-0) and Bingham (2-1). Lone Peak is up next before...
View ArticleCommentary: The darkest week I can remember
When September 11th happened, I had just returned from taking my kids to school. I turned on the television and started to clear left over french toast from the table. Just as I scraped the dish over...
View ArticleCommentary: Learning from Sept. 11, 2001, 1973 and 1857
When I was a 5th grader at Wasatch School in Provo, I arrived home from school one afternoon to find my mother waiting outside for me, and she was not happy.Someone from Wasatch had called to tell her...
View ArticleSitake doesn’t hold back on criticism after Wisconsin routs BYU 40-6
Provo • A parachutist overshooting his mark crashed into the padded wall behind the north end zone at LaVell Edwards Stadium before the BYU football game on Saturday.He was pronounced OK afterwards,...
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Provo’s growing gay pride festival surprised many fans headed to the BYU...
It’s hard to say which group of football fans was more surprised to see a gay pride festival in Provo — the visitors from Wisconsin or the BYU faithful. But a lot of people driving by the Provo Pride...
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Prep sports: This week's standout performers and key numbers
Each week, the TribPreps staff will choose standout performers and key numbers from the previous week’s action in Utah and showcase them. Here are this week’s picks.Katja BradenThe Juab senior only...
View ArticleICE director decries California's 'sanctuary state' bill
Sacramento, Calif. • The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says California’s so-called “sanctuary state” bill that would limit police cooperation with federal immigration authorities...
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