Trump adviser says military option not preferred for North Korea
Washington • President Donald Trump’s national security adviser says the U.S. has a military option for North Korea, but that is not its preferred route.H.R. McMaster spoke about North Korea Friday...
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BYU football: Backup QB Beau Hoge set to lead Cougars as No. 10 Wisconsin...
Provo • Beau Hoge is accustomed to big stages and bright spotlights, having grown up watching his father, Merril, play eight combined seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears and then...
View ArticleGeorge Pyle: This was supposed to be the Golden Age of Free Speech
“Of course he has a knife, he always has a knife, we all have knives! It’s 1183 and we’re barbarians!” - Eleanor of Aquitaine, “The Lion in Winter”Today, Eleanor might say, (it’s best if you imagine it...
View ArticleUtah's job creation rate slowed slightly in August but unemployment remains...
Utah’s job growth slowed only slightly in August while the state’s unemployment rate remained steady at 3.5 percent, according to a Friday report.Job growth was 2.8 percent over August of a year ago,...
View ArticleSearch for perpetrators of bomb on London subway, 29 wounded
London • A homemade bomb planted in a rush-hour subway car injured 29 people in London on Friday, sparking a huge manhunt for the perpetrators of what police said was the fourth terrorist attack in the...
View ArticleLittle Cottonwood Canyon tops list for slice of $100 million pot of road money
Fillmore • For months, local leaders throughout Utah have lobbied and jockeyed for part of an extra $100 million that the Legislature made available this year to improve traffic in “recreational hot...
View ArticleUtah Army recruiter sentenced to jail for having sex with minor
A man who was working as an Army recruiter at Tooele High School last year when he had sex with a 17-year-old female student has been sentenced to jail time and probation.Brian Joseph Dragon, 33, of...
View ArticleFarewell Cassini: Saturn spacecraft makes fiery, final dive
Cape Canaveral, Fla. • NASA’s Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn on Friday in a final, fateful blaze of cosmic glory, following a remarkable journey of 20 years.Confirmation of...
View ArticleU. health system wins national award for quality
The University of Utah announced Friday that its health-care system has won a national award for quality for an eighth consecutive year.The U. system was named a winner of the 2017 Vizient Bernard A....
View ArticlePickup truck slams into Utah Highway Patrol car on freeway, trooper suffers...
A pickup truck lost control and slammed into a Utah Highway Patrol car parked on the side of Interstate 215 early Friday, leaving the trooper and a passenger of the truck with minor injuries.Just after...
View ArticleUtah nurse pleads guilty to giving prescription medications to jail inmates...
A Uintah County jail nurse accused of giving prescription medications to inmates without authorization has resolved the case with a plea deal.Helen Marie Bemis, 58, was charged in June in 8th District...
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Utah football: Utes will try to avoid “hangover effect” against San Jose State
In theory, San Jose State’s visit to Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday night should serve as a get-right game for the Utes. Pad some stats, work out some kinks and get players some experience on the way...
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BYU football notes: No. 10 Badgers will be first Big Ten team to ever play in...
Provo * Somewhat lost in all the mystery surrounding BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum’s ankle injury this week is the sobering fact for the Cougars that their offense is the sixth-worst in the country,...
View ArticleProsecutors dismiss charges against Cottonwood Heights man accused of...
Salt Lake County prosecutors on Friday dismissed charges against a man accused of starting a July Fourth grass fire, saying Cottonwood Heights police made glaring errors in their investigation of the...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: How to Run a Country
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at...
View ArticleUtah man charged with hate crime for using stun device during racially...
A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Friday charging a former Draper man with a racially motivated assault against a black neighbor and his young son last year in which the defendant shouted...
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Utah students celebrate Constitution Day: Star-shaped cookies, American flags...
In what is expected to be one of the last times she will speak publicly before retiring in November, Utah Supreme Court Justice Christine Durham spoke to a group of Utah schoolchildren Friday about the...
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Mayor Biskupski kicks off Welcoming Week for refugees and immigrants
Welcoming Week In Salt Lake City is a celebration to highlight the contributions of immigrants and refugees and the role they play in the capital city’s vibrant and diverse community.Thursday, Mayor...
View ArticleU.S. agent out at BLM after Burning Man probe
Salt Lake City • Authorities say a federal agent is no longer an employee of the Bureau of Land Management after he was scrutinized for his behavior at the counterculture Burning Man festival.BLM...
View ArticleUtah State football: Three years later, Aggies face rematch with Wake Forest
Logan • It has been long enough since Utah State last faced Wake Forest that Aggies coach Matt Wells can justifiably say the previous encounter has almost no bearing on the current one.The memories are...
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