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Prep football: Syracuse Titans preview
An experienced senior class, including several that have been starters since they were sophomores, is the going-away present from Russ Jones. The only head coach Syracuse ever had known on the gridiron...
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It’s still early, but Justin Thompson already has seen some hope for improvement for his West Panthers based on preseason weightlifting workouts.“I was most happy with the team than at any time last...
View ArticlePrep football: Alta Hawks preview
Alta’s team statistician was kept busy during coach Alema Te’o’s second year, when he led the Hawks within a win of the Class 4A state championship game.It started with Josh Davis, who rambled for...
View ArticleEarnest Inc.’s expansion add to Utah’s growing financial tech sector
Another San Francisco financial tech company is expanding operations into Utah, looking to add 500 jobs with a capital investment of $5.6 million.Earnest Inc., a startup that offers low-interest,...
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Super PACs dump $853,000 into Utah special election to replace Chaffetz
Out-of-state super PACs have spent nearly $853,000 since May in the off-cycle primary to replace Rep. Jason Chaffetz. That’s more than double the outlay of all three Republican candidates combined...
View ArticleUtah County crash kills one man and injures another
One man is dead and another is in the hospital after a State Route 77 collision in Utah County Thursday morning. A flatbed truck pulling a horse trailer with two animals inside was headed west on SR 77...
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Provo Mayor John Curtis' lead is shrinking in 3rd District race
Provo Mayor John Curtis’ lead in the GOP primary race to replace former Rep. Jason Chaffetz is narrowing amid a barrage of attacks by groups supporting his opponents.A new UtahPolicy.com poll,...
View ArticleEdible art: Food turned into sculptures before being donated to Utah Food Bank
Six sculptures made of bagged, canned and boxed food are on display at the Salt Lake City Public Library and will soon be donated to those in need. The sculptures, on display through Friday, are part...
View ArticleJudges won’t delay fraud trial of ex-real estate investment guru Rick Koerber
Federal judges turned back attempts to delay a trial for former real estate investment pitchman Rick Koerber who is alleged to have run a $100 million Ponzi scheme. And they won’t recuse themselves...
View ArticleUtah football: Utes will be 'careful' in Saturday's scrimmage
Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham continues to walk the line between getting his team full-speed work and trying to keep players healthy as the team looks ahead to its season opener on Thursday,...
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Eugene Robinson: Playground taunts will not defuse the North Korea crisis
Washington • This is what we dreaded. Some international crisis was bound to flare up, and President Trump would make it worse. Now we can only hope that the mature adults surrounding him are able to...
View ArticleFewer Wasatch Front homes sell, but the ones that do are much more expensive
Wasatch Front home prices have never been higher, hitting a median sales value of $300,000 in the second quarter of 2017.According to figures released Thursday by the Salt Lake Board of Realtors,...
View ArticleImproved conditions on tap for Speed Week, which begins Saturday on the Salt...
Bonneville Salt Flats • Southern California Timing Association officials have been busily preparing three courses on the Bonneville Salt Flats in anticipation of Speed Week.The colorful annual event,...
View ArticleKisner, Olesen lead PGA Championship, with Utah's Finau two shots back
Charlotte, N.C. • Jordan Spieth began his quest for the career Grand Slam by not making a putt longer than 5 feet. What helped was that Quail Hollow punished just about everyone at some point Thursday...
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Anne Applebaum: Trump's toothless threats endanger us all
Imagine a 3-year-old sitting in a parked car. Think of all the things she can do! Flip the switches. Turn on the lights. Turn on the windshield wipers. Turn on the radio. Everything, in fact — except...
View ArticleYemen’s civil war turns country into cholera breeding ground
Sanaa, Yemen • Collapsing on sidewalks and constantly vomiting, some of the Yemeni villagers barely make it to the tiny health center where doctors spread carton sheets in the backyard and use trees to...
View ArticleAs expected, BYU defense dominates second scrimmage
Provo • Thursday’s scrimmage was one that BYU football observers could see coming a mile away after head coach Kalani Sitake said the offense won the last one, and rather decisively.“I feel like the...
View ArticleAfter confusion over law, teacher who had sex with underage student sentenced...
A former Utah County teacher who admitted to having sex with a 17-year-old student has been sentenced to 195 days in jail and placed on three years of probation.Third District Judge Kraig Powell, who...
View ArticleCity of Layton pays $50,000 to Subway worker wrongly accused of drugging...
Layton has paid $50,000 to settle with a Subway worker who was wrongly accused of drugging a police officer’s drink in a case that made national headlines.Layton City Attorney Gary Crane said Thursday...
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Survival in Utah’s elite special forces isn’t a game. But it can be for...
Camp Williams • Cody Fitzgerald has long dreamed of joining the Army’s Special Forces, but life took the Colorado resident in other directions.He served as an airplane mechanic in the Air Force after...
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