Influx of Mexican black tar heroin underlies Rio Grande convulsions
A franchise system, similar to that used by fast-food restaurants, distributes Mexican black tar heroin in Salt Lake City’s troubled Rio Grande district, presenting a formidable challenge to law...
View ArticlePrep football: Class 2A South breakdown
The teams (Last season’s record)Beaver (11-1) • Season previewEnterprise (8-3) • Season previewGrand County (5-7) • Season previewNorth Sevier (1-9) • Season previewSan Juan (9-2) • Season previewSouth...
View ArticleKeillor: Don't take lunacy too seriously
Riding on a bus in the middle of the night through Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, it’s impressive, the sheer volume of traffic, hour after hour. Tanker trucks and semis and auto carriers, thousands of...
View ArticleCharges ‘lack factual foundation,’ says attorney for man accused of starting...
Cedar City • During an initial court appearance of a Taylorsville man charged with accidentally starting the 71,000-acre Brian Head Fire — which destroyed 13 residences and cost about $34 million to...
View ArticleLetter: Checking legal status should be simple
As one of the favorite destinations for would-be immigrants, the USA needs strong controls. As a business and vacation hub, it needs flexibility on who can visit. Trump’s solution — a...
View ArticleCommentary: Most of my medical colleagues are women. The 'Google memo' writer...
In response to Google’s firing of James Damore, the author of the now-infamous “Google memo,” members of the alt-right are planning a March on Google to protest what they see as the company’s incursion...
View ArticleDrama closes US trial: Bundy case defense lawyers stay mute
Las Vegas • In a dramatic end to a contentious trial, defense attorneys declined Tuesday to make closing arguments on behalf of four men accused of wielding assault weapons against federal agents in a...
View ArticleUtah's Civil War Monument
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at...
View ArticleLetter: Act more like a team
So, it amazes me how we’ve all become so team-oriented in our mono vision perspectives drawn unconditionally down political/party lines. On everything. An example is the idea that a new president is or...
View ArticleRich Lowry: Mothball the Confederate monuments
Robert E. Lee wasn’t a Nazi, and surely would have had no sympathy for the white supremacist goons who made his statue a rallying point in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend.That doesn’t change...
View Article‘Operation Rio Grande’ has disrupted a drug treatment program for Salt Lake...
Dozens of men who had been participating in a substance-abuse program in jail in Salt Lake County haven’t received that treatment since being moved elsewhere last week as part of a what’s been...
View ArticleOn Day Two of Operation Rio Grande, leaders reiterate that they’re in it for...
Standing before a three-story climbing wall that has been as inaccessible as the most remote face in the Himalayas, House Speaker Greg Hughes gestured at the mammoth vacant interior once occupied by...
View ArticleYoung NBA star Jabari Parker shares message of diversity and love at...
Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker took the stage at Monday night’s anti-racism rally at Salt Lake City Hall, speaking briefly to the crowd of nearly 2,000 people about the importance of diversity...
View ArticleFreshman tight end Matt Bushman the surprise of BYU camp
Provo • Matt Bushman got his fair share of hype after signing to play college football for BYU out of Sabino High in Tucson, Ariz., a few years ago.But the three-star recruit seemingly was forgotten...
View ArticleMonson: BYU's Butch Pau'u will hammer you hard, grin all day, and play you a...
ProvoButch Pau’u has the perfect name for his game, the perfect game for his name. You couldn’t imagine a better label for the way he does the whole football thing. Ladies and gentlemen … BYU...
View ArticleUtah football notes: Senior defensive back Boobie Hobbs has grown into a starter
More than two weeks remain before the University of Utah football team opens its season against North Dakota, but coach Kyle Whittingham identified senior Boobie Hobbs as the starter at nickelback if a...
View ArticleSpotlight will be on Utah's wide receivers in Troy Taylor's offense
Whichever quarterback Utah settles on to run the offense of first-year offensive coordinator Troy Taylor, he might turn out to be only the second-most important part of the equation.Utah’s identity in...
View ArticleMonson: Stop the charade and name Troy Williams the Utes starting QB already
Troy Williams says he is not an angry man.Maybe he should be.The quarterback insists he’s trying to hold steady, to work hard on his circuitous route to winning the starter’s job at Utah, again, the...
View ArticleDanica Patrick to honor NASCAR Hall of Famer at Darlington
Columbia, S.C. • Danica Patrick will honor NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Robert Yates at NASCAR’s throwback weekend at Darlington Raceway for the Southern 500.Patrick’s No. 10 Ford will feature the...
View ArticleMike Trout says it's 'good for baseball' Bryce Harper's injury isn't bad
Washington • Mike Trout watched as Bryce Harper injured his left knee slipping on a base and remembered his own experience.The Los Angeles Angels’ center fielder jammed his left thumb sliding into a...
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