Salt Lake City police arrest 50 in weeklong prostitution operation
Salt Lake City police say by the end of the week, they will have arrested more than 50 people in a weeklong sting targeting prostitution.Undercover officers have targeted those engaging in street...
View ArticleBYU wins an ugly opener over Portland State, 20-6
Provo • In a college football opener that was closer than almost everybody expected, BYU held off Portland State 20-6 on Saturday in front of 55,427 sun-drenched fans at LaVell Edwards Stadium.With...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Monumental error
The good thing about politics in a democracy is that, sometimes, differences can be split, compromises can be reached and mutually beneficial deals can be struck.The bad thing about politics in a...
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Utah groups helping in Texas with Hurricane Harvey
To Stan Rosenzweig, Hurricane Harvey, which has battered south Texas communities along the Gulf Coast, feels a lot like Hurricane Katrina did in 2005.“It is almost exactly that to me,” said Rosenzweig....
View Article‘Dad, Mom, I’ve been balling’: Tyler Huntley ready to embrace Utah’s starting...
He was a four-year starter and the Florida Gatorade Player of the Year. He went all over the Southeast with high school teammates and won 7-on-7 competitions, outperforming quarterbacks with multiple...
View ArticlePatricia Dark: Embarrassed to be an American abroad
It was a typically English day. Overcast sky with the hint of rain and all I wanted was a pint. But when I walked into the pub in a charming, limestone-brick cottage village in East Anglia, I suddenly...
View ArticleUtah painter who found fame and controversy for religious and political art...
Conservative Provo artist Jon McNaughton has turned his brushstrokes into brushes with fame at various points in his career — earning an endorsement from Fox News pundit Sean Hannity and satirical...
View ArticlePrep football: State rankings after Week 2
Class 6A1. Bingham (2-0) • Miners paste previous team-to-beat East 48-17. Next up: Thursday game at Herriman.2. East (1-1) • Time to regroup for Leopards, who visit Saguaro High in Scottsdale (Ariz.)...
View ArticlePac-12 football: Colorado has ‘a lot to prove,’ even as the South’s defending...
Media members who vote in preseason polls often are accused of giving too much value to the previous season’s results. That didn’t happen this year in the Pac-12 South.Defending champion Colorado was...
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Hundreds arrested in Operation Rio Grande are entitled to a public defender —...
It’s been two weeks since Operation Rio Grande began as an effort to reduce lawlessness around Salt Lake City’s downtown homeless shelter.There have been about 600 arrests. But as prosecutors file...
View ArticleCommentary: Energy transparency ordinance will benefit our economy and health
Salt Lake City Municipal Corporation is rapidly emerging as a national and global leader in improving air quality, addressing climate change and promoting clean energy. As businesses with a global...
View ArticleLetter: Misrepresenting growth
I’ve been fact checked by The Tribune on occasion about claims in my letters. That’s why I was so surprised when they let David Haughey’s letter (“Trump doing his best”) slip through with the right...
View ArticleLetter: We have a long way to go
A number of articles and editorials from such diverse sources as PBS, the BBC, NBC, CBS, CNN, your paper and The Washington Post have caused me to do some introspection in light of recent national and...
View ArticleLetter: Farnsworth statue should stay
I read in The Tribune that a Utah state legislator (Adam Gardiner) wants to take away the Philo T. Farnsworth statue from the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall Collection. I was just recently in...
View ArticleLetter: A prohibition on checks at Utah liquor stores?
My husband and I are senior citizens and have written checks to the liquor stores for 30 years. They have now put a notice in the liquor stores that they will not take checks after Sept. 30. As you may...
View ArticleLetter: Who foots the Trump rally bill?
Who pays for all of Trump’s rallies? Are taxpayers paying for political rallies?John BogartSalt Lake City
View ArticleLetter: Don’t deploy nukes against North Korea
Please don’t fire nuclear missiles at North Korea because I don’t need my family and me to die from some sort of nuclear poison. Also, if our government could negotiate so we could make a peace treaty...
View ArticlePamela Atkinson: Operation Rio Grande is saving lives
On Sunday, August 13, at the First Presbyterian Church, we celebrated Faith in Action Day. Instead of regular Sunday services, members signed up for a variety of service activities in the community....
View ArticlePrep football: Jordan QB Crew Wakley helps create Beetdiggers offensive...
Crew Wakley had to wonder how his role would change when he heard his team was about to get a new coach.But given Wakley’s athleticism and productivity as the Jordan Beetdiggers’ quarterback, it wasn’t...
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Prep sports: This week's standout performers and key numbers
Each week, the TribPreps staff will choose standout performers and keynumbers from the previous week’s action in Utah and showcase them. Hereare this week’s picks.Whitney Wansgard, GrantsvilleThe...
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