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Will the 'American Idol' dream begin in Provo? A 1,000 or so hope the answer...
Provo • Caden Humphrey was stuck outside in the rain Tuesday night, but the chance to audition for “American Idol” made it worth getting wet.“I grew up on ‘American Idol,’” said the 20-year-old Utah...
View ArticleWasatch Community Gardens celebrates the tomato with a dine-around and...
The Tomato Days Dine-Around and the 2017 Tomato Sandwich Party are two ways to celebrate Utah’s tomato harvest.Tomato Days Dine-Around • Through Sept. 15, visit a participating restaurant and ask for...
View ArticleUtah man set to appear in Alaska court for allegedly murdering his wife while...
A Santa Clara man accused of beating his wife to death on an Alaskan cruise is set to appear in court for an arraignment Wednesday morning.Kenneth Manzanares, 39, will appear in U.S. District Court in...
View ArticleHolly Richardson: Back-to-school. It’s not just for kids anymore.
Summer is over and kids are back in school. Next week, I will be back in school as well and so will a number of my friends. I love seeing that! It’s never too late to start or go back to school.There...
View ArticleTo experience my ‘wow’ moment with the eclipse, you had to be there
I watched Monday’s solar eclipse from my porch in Herriman. Because of the mob, I saw it in three two-second glimpses. It was anything but a special or even spiritual experience.Surrounded by...
View ArticleYippee! Amazon revives 'The Tick,' plus the rest of your TV week preview
In 2001, a very good, live-action version of “The Tick” debuted on Fox — and disappeared after just nine episodes. Creator/producer Ben Edlund — the man behind the comic and the original series — has...
View ArticleSwedish journalist's torso found in submarine death mystery
Copenhagen, Denmark — Journalist Kim Wall had reported on conflicts, crises and natural disasters around the world. Earlier this month, she set out to sea from laid-back Copenhagen for a story about an...
View ArticlePodcast: Tyler Huntley is Utah's starting quarterback just like everyone...
OK, maybe we stared too long at the eclipse because we didn’t exactly see this one coming.Conventional wisdom pointed to Troy Williams winning Utah’s starting quarterback job. The senior is a captain —...
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With redraw of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase looming, Utah State University...
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s will issue recommendations this week for large national monuments that will reverberate across Utah, where residents remain divided over the new Bears Ears and the...
View ArticleTaylor Swift announces new album
New York • Yes, Taylor Swift fans, Wednesday was a lucky one for you.The pop star who whipped her army of Swifties into a frenzy with video snippets of slithery snake parts on social media posted the...
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Kragthorpe: 'A place of peace' — Eric Young Jr. honors his baby boy, while...
Eric Young Jr. touched home plate with three fingers extended, pointing to the sky.Young’s gesture that followed a go-ahead home run in his third game with the Los Angeles Angels after being recalled...
View ArticleSue Grafton's alphabet series appears to be near its end
“Y is for Yesterday” is Sue Grafton’s projected penultimate novel in her alphabet series about intrepid California private investigator Kinsey Millhone. And if the series does end with “Z” — and...
View ArticleNavajo Nation police officer from Utah dies in car accident
KAYENTA, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials say a senior officer with the Kayenta Police Department has died in an off-duty car accident.Tribal officials say Nelson Martin was killed in a crash on...
View ArticlePac-12 football: New coach Justin Wilcox tries to lift Cal from the bottom of...
Not even a goal-line stand against Utah enabled Sonny Dykes to keep his job as California’a football coach.The Bears’ unlikely stop that preserved an October victory was among the program’s rare...
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George Pyle: Eclipse leads to sighting of a (media) star
I should have bought that book.Because if I had bought ”Astrophysics for People in a Hurry,” rather than just read the first chapter while drinking coffee at Powell’s City of Books a couple of days...
View ArticleTop Interior official calls for ending bans on selling, euthanizing wild horses
A senior Interior Department official called Wednesday for lifting restrictions on sales and euthanasia for wild horses and burros to rein in run-away costs associated with managing growing herds...
View ArticleAmateurs can brew like the pros with this new beer making kit made in Utah
Talisman Brewing, a craft brewery in Ogden, and a Utah brew supplier have put together a special kit for home brewers to test their skills against the professionals.The premade kit includes the recipe...
View ArticleHearing underway for Utah man charged with murder after filming girl’s suicide
A two-day evidence hearing began Wednesday morning for a Utah teen charged with murder after he allegedly filmed the suicide of a girl found hanged in Payson Canyon.Tyerell Przybycien, 18, is charged...
View ArticleState treasurer warns Utahns not to fall for unclaimed property scam
A fake website is inviting Utahns to enter their names to search for unclaimed property they might be entitled to and then trying to scam them into paying a monthly fee.“The scam website...
View ArticleBYU athletics: AD Tom Holmoe tells crowd that redshirting LB Francis Bernard...
Provo • Brigham Young University athletic director Tom Holmoe said Wednesday that troubled linebacker Francis Bernard has yet to make a decision regarding his future college football plans.“He is still...
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