Michael Valentine: I’m not interested in solidarity with genocide deniers
I’m not interested in creating solidarity with hate speech and genocide deniers. I am not interested in breaking bread with those who can’t see the humanity of Palestinians. I don’t want any Nazis in...
View ArticleWater Documenters: Read meeting notes from the Metropolitan Water District of...
Attendance:Present:Tom Godfrey - Chair (Via Zoom)John Kirkham - Vice ChairPatricia Comarell - SecretaryDonald Milne - Chair of Engineering CommitteeCindy CromerAbsences:John Mabey Jr. - Chair of...
View ArticleUtah man shot by Payson police shoplifted sushi before officer confrontation,...
A man who prosecutors say shoplifted sushi from a Payson grocery store before he was shot by police when he threatened them with a knife has been charged with trying to kill the officers.Octavio Salas,...
View ArticleVampire Weekend’s bass player really wants to hang out with ‘The Real...
Hey, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City: Did you know that a member of the band Vampire Weekend is at least a little obsessed with you? And that he really wants you to come to their upcoming concert in...
View ArticleBaltimore bridge collapse caused by DEI efforts, Utah Rep. Phil Lyman says
Phil Lyman, a Utah Republican lawmaker and candidate for governor, quickly used Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse to boost his gubernatorial campaign by blaming the accident on efforts to...
View ArticleKouri Richins now facing more charges in addition to husband’s murder
Kouri Richins, a Utah woman who is accused of killing her husband in 2022, is now facing several new fraud-related charges.On Monday, Richins was hit with two counts of mortgage fraud, two counts of...
View ArticleFree travel between Cache Valley and the Wasatch Front? Public funding could...
This time last year, the Cache Valley Transit District was in a bind.The free-fare transit district had just broken ground on a new $56 million, decade-in-the-making administration and maintenance...
View ArticleProfessional engineer says design for proposed southern Utah reservoir is...
Ivins • A $22 million reuse reservoir the Washington County Water Conservancy District proposes to build in the middle of an Ivins residential community is poorly designed and will pose a safety risk...
View ArticleRight-wing influencers, including Burgess Owens, descend on the Darién Gap
Metiti, Panama • Ayub Ibrahim had just walked out of the jungle. His feet still ached. A month earlier, he had left his home in Somalia, fleeing a civil war, he said, traveling first to Turkey, then...
View ArticleGordon Monson: ‘Can you name just one itty-bitty thing the LDS Church does...
After writing nearly a hundred columns about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I received a number of sarcastic messages recently from a few followers of that faith asking, in so many...
View Article‘Mormon Land’: What LDS women want — in the wake of a controversial...
A decade after the Ordain Women movement within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made national news, another feminist issue is getting lots of media attention.During a March 17 meeting...
View ArticleFor two former Utah State basketball coaches competing in the NIT, their bond...
When the NIT quarterfinal matchup between Utah and Virginia Commonwealth was set, Runnin’ Utes coach Craig Smith received a text message. It was from his buddy Ryan Odom, who coaches the Rams.“I think...
View ArticleOpinion: Why has Obamacare worked?
We’ve just passed the 14th anniversary of the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare — although many of the law’s provisions didn’t take...
View ArticleOpinion: There is a twisted logic to Trump’s obsession with Al Capone
In recent months, Donald Trump has been trying out a new routine. At rallies and town halls across the country, he compares himself to Al Capone. “He was seriously tough, right?” Mr. Trump told a rally...
View ArticleUtah football coaches say this is making it harder to get recruits on campus
Sharrieff Shah has been in the recruiting business long enough that he can anticipate the negative tactics that will be used against his school.“Oh, you don’t want to go to Utah,” the Utes’ cornerbacks...
View ArticleCommentary: A prayer for finding balance in the Holy Land
God bless and protect the people of Israel; God bless and protect the people of Palestine.God damn antisemitism; God damn Islamophobia.Israelis are children of God; Palestinians are children of...
View ArticleUtah State lost another basketball coach. Can a bigger NIL fund keep the...
The co-founder of Utah’s State NIL collective, Eric Laub, settled into a reception the night before Stew Morrill’s name was etched onto USU’s basketball court back in February.At the dinner that night,...
View ArticleLetter: No thanks to Utah’s GOP lawmakers, St. George will get a much needed...
I read with interest a recent article in The Salt Lake Tribune about the state of Utah receiving $87.6 million in federal funds from the “Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Program” to help...
View ArticleLetter: Remembrance in Layton is a reminder that America should never forget...
“Kiss me goodbye and write me while I’m gone. Goodbye my sweetheart. Hello Vietnam.” — Johnny Wright, ( from the song, “Hello Vietnam,” 1965)March 29 is Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day. It is a day to...
View ArticleWhy the Big 12 is hosting a conference pro day for the first time
Brett Yormark brought the idea up in his job interview. The Big 12 was seeking a commissioner with a bold vision in summer 2022. Though he lacked the traditional background of a college athletics...
View ArticleHeads up, Cougars fans: There’s a new flight from Provo to Big 12 country
New flights from Provo will be touching down in Dallas ahead of the kickoff to Brigham Young University’s football season late this summer.Breeze Airways flights will start June 7 with twice-weekly...
View ArticleLetter: A few thoughts on the proposed Statue of Responsibility
I recently read your article about a huge statue proposed at “The Point” (the new development at the Point of the Mountain). Here are a few thoughts:• Don’t we have some responsibility to ask residents...
View ArticleOpinion: The Supreme Court got it wrong: Abortion is not settled law.
In his majority opinion in the case overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito insisted that the high court was finally settling the vexed abortion debate by returning the “authority to regulate...
View ArticleLetter: Contrary to the Tribune editorial’s assertion, there is no ‘silver...
As a school librarian, I was dismayed to read misinformation about the “silver lining of book bans” in the Tribune’s March 24 editorial. To quote the editors, “A powerful and humane book that might...
View ArticleOpinion: The online degradation of women and girls that we meet with a shrug
Alarms are blaring about artificial intelligence deepfakes that manipulate voters, like the robocall sounding like President Joe Biden that went to New Hampshire households, or the fake video of Taylor...
View ArticleIs a Utah bar’s ‘No Zionists’ policy antisemitic or illegal? A rabbi and a...
The owner of a bar in downtown Salt Lake City ignited a social media firestorm earlier this month after he announced that no Zionists would be allowed in his establishment — but what, exactly, is a...
View ArticleLatter-day Saints lead the way in church attendance, but the numbers may not...
Here’s the church. Here’s the steeple. Open the doors and see … only handfuls of people.There was a time, in the late 1950s, when half of Americans regularly attended church, the highest percentage in...
View ArticleFaith groups team up, argue Huntsman’s tithing case against the LDS Church...
Top U.S. religious groups say a lawsuit alleging fraud by leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a danger to all faiths and violates the U.S. Constitution.In new legal briefs,...
View ArticleUtah Voices: Renters vent frustrations with ‘untenable’ market
Earlier this week, we asked Utahns to share their experience with renting in the state. Here’s a sampling of what you said.Let us know what you think here or in the form below, and subscribe to Top...
View ArticleMore women are taking up skiing. Maybe it’s the moonboots.
Park City • The model strode down the catwalk outside the Alf Engen Ski Museum looking like Sylvester Stalone in “Urban Cowboy,” only more glamorous.The wide collar of her white, lightly padded jacket...
View ArticleRuby Franke videos: What police saw after her son escaped Jodi Hildebrandt’s...
Authorities released a cache of videos Friday from the day Ruby Franke’s 12-year-old son fled Jodi Hildebrandt’s Ivins home last August, an escape that revealed the “horrific abuse” prosecutors later...
View ArticleShe helped shape today’s LDS Primary. She sneaked behind the Iron Curtain....
Dwan Jacobsen Young was tapped to head up the Primary, a global organization for children in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at a pivotal point in the faith’s history.It was 1980....
View ArticleDedican templo de Red Cliffs, el segundo en St. George
El presidente Henry B. Eyring, Segundo Consejero de la Primera Presidencia de La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días, dedicó el Templo de Red Cliffs el 24 de marzo de 2024, casi...
View ArticleTwo Utah boys accused of killing man, dumping body in field on St. Patrick’s Day
Two Utah teens have been charged as adults with murder in connection with the killing of 21-year-old Alexzia “Alex” Franco, who was fatally shot and whose body was later dumped in a Utah County field...
View ArticleUtah Pride Center’s leader is leaving, after just 6 months in the job
Editor’s note • This article has been updated with comments from Utah Pride Center officials.The head of the Utah Pride Center is leaving the post for health reasons, just over six months after taking...
View ArticleVictim services director says Cache County attorney candidate threatened her...
Logan • Terryl Warner, the director of Cache County’s Victim Services Division, said she was threatened by a man running for Cache County attorney after she began supporting another candidate. She also...
View Article‘I think we can win it all’: Utah men’s basketball aching for chance at NIT...
Deivon Smith worked his way into the paint and pump faked a layup. Two Virginia Commonwealth defenders bit on the fake, leaving Utah’s Keba Keita wide open.Instead of laying the ball up himself, Smith...
View ArticleThe Triple Team: There’s good news and bad news about the Jazz’s locker room...
Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 118-111 loss to the San Antonio Spurs from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. The vibe of the locker roomI have good news and bad news.The good news is...
View ArticleHere’s how the potential MLB stadium could divert money from Salt Lake City...
Salt Lake City may one day see major league home runs, but the city’s school district feels the state is pitching it a financial curveball.The stadium plan flows from HB562, a measure state lawmakers...
View ArticleThe mining never stops, but Kennecott’s massive open pit grows — slowly
The scale is astonishing: nearly 100 trucks, each one carrying 320 tons (640,000 pounds) of ore, running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.The trucks crawl along at 10 to 15 mph, carrying basketball-size...
View ArticleDomo founder talks AI and the future — but not about the Utah tech firm’s...
It was 9 a.m., the pop music was blaring, the strobe lights were flashing, the freestyle rapper was waiting in the wings and Joshua James was smiling.“I’m so relieved to be back live,” said James,...
View Article‘Dirty soda’ is as Utah as fry sauce. But are Utahns drinking as much soda as...
How much soda do people in Utah drink?“I think people think we drink a lot of soda, and we’re lower on the list than a lot of other states,” said Nicole Tanner, founder of the Swig soda shop chain —...
View ArticleUtah officials unsure how to enforce new statewide book ban retroactively —...
Six Utah school districts have banned Jessie Ann Foley’s young adult novel “The Carnival at Bray” — but each for a different reason.Davis School District cited violations of Utah’s criminal code...
View ArticleLetter: A privileged, polygamist punch in the gut
The purchase of the Smith Family Homestead in Nauvoo by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints feels like a privileged, polygamist punch in the gut.I don’t think the sale of properties to the...
View ArticleLetter: What era does the Make America Great Again crowd pine for?
When was America ever great? Was that when slavery was legal? When LGBTQ+ and people of color were treated worse than animals? When women and people of color couldn’t own land and get their own bank...
View ArticleLatest from Mormon Land: The temple change that few noticed
The Mormon Land newsletter is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Support us on Patreon and get the full...
View ArticleThe Colorado River has been overused for years, but no one knew exactly where...
The Colorado River, vital for 40 million people, has suffered a 20% decrease in flows since the turn of the century. The two largest reservoirs in the U.S. — Lake Mead and Lake Powell — are just over a...
View ArticleOpinion: One little bird’s fate is intimately tied to the future of Great...
Anyone who reads this newspaper is aware of the crisis we face with our drying and dying Great Salt Lake. But you might be less familiar with one of the most immediate consequences if the ecological...
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