Letter: Chaffetz should pay for this special election
Apparently the special election to replace Jason Chaffetz will cost counties $1.5 million and counties hope the state will chip in to help.Why can’t Chaffetz himself chip in? He obviously quit when he...
View ArticleMaggot case gives rare look at neglect by caretakers
Rome, N.Y. • In his bed at a New York state group home for the severely disabled, Steven Wenger lay helpless against a silent invader.A slimy, wriggling clump was growing around the hole in his throat...
View ArticleStop offering euthanasia, Pope Francis tells Belgian Catholics
London • Pope Francis has ordered a Belgian Catholic charity to stop offering euthanasia in its psychiatric hospitals.In May, the Brothers of Charity group announced it would allow doctors to perform...
View ArticleInflatable Trump chicken takes roost outside White House
Washintgon • President Donald Trump may be out of town, but one plucky protester is keeping an eye on the White House.A giant inflatable chicken bearing the unmistakable hairstyle of the commander in...
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Utah drinkers like cheap beer and boxed wine, but more are getting fired up...
Utah shoppers love a bargain, whether they are buying milk for the kids or wine, beer and liquor for themselves.New sales numbers for Utah’s state-run liquor system show that consumers leaned toward...
View ArticleAutopsy identifies river body as that of missing St. George woman
An autopsy has identified a badly decomposed body found in a wash near southern Utah’s Santa Clara River last weekend as that of a missing St. George woman.St. George police confirmed Thursday that the...
View ArticleUtes, Cougs, Aggies well represented on Polynesian player of the year watch list
Utah and BYU placed five players each and Utah State placed two on the 2017 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year watch list, which was released Thursday morning. A total of 48 players are on...
View ArticlePrep football: Skyline Eagles preview
One old adage is that you have to beat them all to win a championship. That’s all well and good, but Skyline wouldn’t have minded skipping out on East High in the first round of last year’s Class 4A...
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Salt Lake County now has extra jail beds to lock up suspects in mysterious...
One of the missing pieces leaders have been awaiting to launch an all-hands-on-deck assault on lawlessness in downtown Salt Lake City is now in place: extra jail beds to free up space in the crowded...
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Here’s your inside look at the new Hale Theatre — from high-tech stage lifts...
Sandy • The circular lifts of Hale Centre Theatre’s new stage fit together like the components of a giant Erector Set, officials said as they showed off the technology baked into a new Sandy arts...
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George Pyle: A very Strange(love) kind of day
When you love the movie as much as I do, every day can be a Doctor Strangelovey kind of day.Yesterday was very much so.On the local level, public officials were arguing with street-level service...
View ArticlePrep football: Weber Warriors preview
Finishing with a sub-.500 record and missing the postseason by a game may not always qualify as a solid foundation entering the next season.But don’t sleep on Weber and fifth-year coach Matt Hammer,...
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Craft Lake City wanted to be more diverse — so it’s giving scholarships to...
Asia Dutson gently waves the golden flame of a soldering iron over a strip of silver, waiting patiently for the metal to “speak” to her.“It shows me where it wants to go,” said the owner of Salt Lake...
View ArticleMotorcyclist dies in crash with truck on U.S. 89
A man died of his injuries after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck that turned in front of him at a Woods Cross intersection late Wednesday night.Woods Cross public safety dispatchers...
View ArticleHis prison sentence for bank robbery ended in March. Wednesday, he was...
A Utah man who was released from prison a few months ago after serving a lengthy sentence for a series of bank robberies is back behind bars, accused of pulling two credit union heists in July.Jeremy...
View ArticleUtah high school athletics association ranked in bottom half nationally in...
When it comes to health and safety policies related to heat illness and trauma to the head and heart, the organization that oversees high school athletics in Utah ranks among the bottom half of state...
View ArticleMilitary appreciation events, free admission set for Saturday at state parks...
Saturday is military appreciation day at all Utah state parks.All active military, veterans and their family members in the same vehicle will be allowed free day-use access to all state parks. Many of...
View ArticleMany cremains go unclaimed at Idaho county coroner’s offices
Caldwell, Idaho • Cornelia Shaw died July 6, 1998.Nothing else is known about her, and no one has ever claimed her as their own.For the last 19 years, Shaw’s ashes have rested in a cremation box on a...
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Utah football: Tyler Huntley's play-making ability keeps him in battle for...
Even in the brief portions of Utah football practice open to media, sophomore quarterback Tyler Huntley shows the ability to slide around the pass rush and dart out of the pocket, either turning...
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Avenged Sevenfold say they'll be 'whoring out' zerofold
Plenty of people hate plenty of things about Avenged Sevenfold.The goofy monikers like “Synyster Gates” and “Johnny Christ.” Johnny Christ’s mohawk. M. Shadows’ fingernails-on-a-chalkboard voice. Too...
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