Utah couple killed in Idaho boat crash
A Centerville couple died Monday in a boating crash in Idaho. Neal Jenkins, 68, and his wife, Elaine Jenkins, 65, were boating with 65-year-old Mike Kingston, of Idaho Falls, at Blacktail Park on the...
View ArticleSilicon Slopes moves to give Utah tech leaders a greater voice in education,...
The nonprofit Silicon Slopes wants the state’s tech leaders to play a bigger role in guiding public policy in Utah, announcing two new partnerships this week that will help the industry shape...
View ArticleGerman police seize thousands of 'Trump' ecstasy tablets
Berlin • German police say they have seized thousands of tablets of the party drug ecstasy in the shape of Donald Trump’s head, a haul with an estimated street value of 39,000 euros ($45,900.)Police in...
View ArticleSalt Lake City Stars announce Jonathan Rinehart as new team president
The Salt Lake City Stars have a new team president — one who is innately familiar to media covering the Utah Jazz.Jonathan Rinehart was named Tuesday morning to the role in which he’ll oversee ticket...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake: San Jose match gives RSL an opportunity to catch up
It might be now or never for Real Salt Lake.Trailing Vancouver by five points for the sixth and final Western Conference playoff spot, RSL hosts San Jose — which is in seventh place — on Wednesday...
View ArticleLetter: The only way to win is not to play
In the 1983 movie WarGames, a massive military computer is challenged to a game of Global Thermonuclear War. After numerous failed exchanges, the computer states, “The only winning move is not to...
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Utah volleyball pushes forward by blending experience and youth
There’s not a lot of middle ground on Utah’s volleyball roster. A wealth of experience resides in a trio of senior returners, but they’re outnumbered by eight new faces in the form of seven incoming...
View ArticleU.S. Speedskating announces short-track World Cup squad
U.S. Speedskating announced its upcoming short-track ISU World Cup squad less than six months out from the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.The 10-person team (five men, five women) has been unveiled after...
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There's a turf war between the state's two big crime-fighting units, audit finds
Utah’s two statewide investigative units are in a lingering turf battle that hinders cooperation, according to a legislative audit released Tuesday.And disputes between the State Bureau of...
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Rep. Chris Stewart applauds Trump, says sending more troops to Afghanistan...
Utah Rep. Chris Stewart, a former Air Force pilot, welcomed President Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that he’ll send more American troops to Afghanistan.The Republican congressman hopes the...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Reyes can do more for Utah’s DREAMers
“But there has been also the American dream, that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement.”...
View ArticleFederal probe finds University of Utah deficient in how it handled rape...
Federal officials last week found ”potentially serious shortcomings” in how the University of Utah informed students of an alleged rape on campus last Halloween — the second time in less than a decade...
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One Utah county has decided to create an oversight panel for its prosecutors
The Utah County Commission on Tuesday took the first steps toward establishing a panel that will ensure its prosecutors are behaving ethically. The commissioners approved a resolution to establish a...
View ArticleTrump protesters flood downtown Phoenix
Phoenix • Protesters engaged in minor scuffles and shouting matches with President Donald Trump supporters on Tuesday as hundreds of people lined up to get inside a rally that marks his first political...
View ArticleTrump spiritual adviser Paula White says this president is ‘raised up by God’
Paula White, pastor of an evangelical megachurch and one of Donald Trump’s spiritual advisers, said on television that the president is “authentically raised up by God.”Her comments, made during a...
View ArticleScott D. Pierce: New Pac-12 Networks chief thinks he can work with DirecTV
The incoming president of the Pac-12 Networks already has been asked repeatedly about DirecTV, but he’s not complaining. “It’s the right question,” said Mark Shuken, who believes it’s still possible...
View ArticleBYU football: Matt Hadley switches to linebacker to fill void left by Francis...
Provo • Matt Hadley hasn’t played as many positions at BYU to match the number of years he’s been in the football program, but he is getting close.The senior from Connell, Wash., was projected a couple...
View ArticleJury refuses to convict in standoff at Bundy ranch
Las Vegas • A federal jury in Las Vegas refused Tuesday to convict four accused gunman in a 2014 standoff with federal authorities near the Nevada ranch of states’ rights figure Cliven Bundy.In a...
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Pac-12 football: Washington State now has some substance to go with the style...
In the middle of last season, Washington State was really good. The Cougars’ start and finish were different stories.How many college football teams ever have an eight-game winning streak — and eight...
View ArticleWhy is sexuality such a big deal for the church?
If the widely esteemed Eugene Peterson were still pastoring today and a gay couple in his church who were “Christians of good faith” asked him to preside at their wedding, would he do it?He answered...
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