Prep football: Parowan Rams preview
Parowan will get a refresh as first-year coach Carter Miller takes over. The Rams are ready for a revamp after going winless in region play and missing the playoffs for the third straight season.Junior...
View Article7 offbeat movies filmed in Utah
When people talk about movies filmed in Utah, the conversation quickly turns to the Monument Valley vistas in John Ford’s Westerns, or the red rocks around Moab as seen in “Thelma and Louise,” or Will...
View ArticlePrep football: Class 1A South breakdown
The teamsKanab (11-2) • Season previewMilford (7-4) • Season previewMonticello (3-7) • Season previewParowan (3-6) • Season previewThe breakdownIs the third time the charm for Kanab? The Cowboys will...
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Utah football: Spotlight will be on wide receivers in Troy Taylor's offense
Whichever quarterback Utah settles on to run the revamped attack of first-year offensive coordinator Troy Taylor, he might turn out to be only the second-most important part of the Utes’ new air-raid...
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Utah Hike of the Week: Malan's Peak and Basin
This popular summit trail takes hikers above the city and offers sweeping views of the Ogden valley and surrounding areas. It’s a steep climb, but the view is rewarding.Directions • From Interstate 15,...
View ArticlePrep football: North Sanpete Hawks preview
After a promising start to last season with victories over Timpanogos and Maple Mountain in the first three weeks, first-year coach Rhett Bird and his North Sanpete Hawks couldn’t maintain the...
View ArticlePrep football: Class 3A South breakdown
The teams (Last season’s record)Juab (8-4) • Season previewJuan Diego (8-4) • Season previewManti (3-7) • Season previewNorth Sanpete (4-5) • Season previewRichfield (1-9) • Season previewSummit...
View ArticlePierce: Expect more yelling in the morning on FS1
Nick Wright and Cris Carter tried to tell TV critics that their new show, “First Things First,” will be different from the others on FS1. Then they made it pretty clear that it will be more of the...
View ArticleOops? Trump retweets critic saying ‘he’s a fascist’
Washington • President Donald Trump appears to have mistakenly retweeted a message from one of his critics saying “he’s a fascist.”Trump deleted his retweet Tuesday after about five minutes, but not...
View ArticleA salad recipe to help you get through that mountain of green beans
And then that moment of summer arrives when the green beans are piled so high at the markets, and being sold at such a low price, that you feel like you’d be a fool not to pick up a pound or two or...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s first lady accused of assault in South Africa
Johannesburg • The wife of Zimbabwe’s president has been accused of assaulting a young woman at an upscale hotel in South Africa, though she did not show up for court Tuesday as police had indicated.It...
View ArticleBYU football: Freshman tight end Matt Bushman the surprise of Cougars' camp
Provo • Matt Bushman got his fair share of hype and attention after signing to play college football for BYU out of Sabino High in Tucson, Ariz., a few years ago.But the three-star recruit seemingly...
View ArticleAs of noon, only 216 people had voted in-person in all of Salt Lake County
Voting in Utah’s primary election was off to a sloooow start Tuesday. As of noon, a paltry 216 people total had voted in-person in Salt Lake County.“Some voting centers had not had a a single voter...
View ArticleFormer parent company buys back Utah's Cushman & Wakefield Commerce...
The Salt Lake City office of real estate company Cushman & Wakefield Commerce has been acquired in a deal that brings its name in line with its ownership.For the last four years or so, the...
View ArticleStunt driver dies while filming ‘Deadpool 2’ in Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia • “Deadpool 2” star Ryan Reynolds is mourning the death of a motorcycle stunt driver killed during production Monday.Reynolds released a statement on Twitter a few hours...
View ArticleTwo men sentenced for beating, pistol whipping another man
Two Midvale men charged with beating and pistol-whipping a man last year have been sentenced — one to prison time, the other to jail.The attack initially left the victim hospitalized with spinal...
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Unretired, Steven Soderbergh wants to pull a fast one on Hollywood
“Populist Pictures” reads the buzzer to Steven Soderbergh’s Tribeca office. You might easily mistake it as ironic. It’s a grand title for a little nameplate on an otherwise nondescript Manhattan...
View ArticleTaylor Swift hopes her trial win inspires assault victims
Denver • Immediately after a jury determined that Taylor Swift was groped by a radio station host at a backstage 2013 concert event in Denver, the singer-songwriter embraced one of her closest allies —...
View ArticleMormon blogger trumpets alt-right racial views, but is out of tune with her...
Mormonism is doomed if it continues to celebrate racial and ethnic diversity, to support refugees and immigrant families, and to debase Western, white culture.At least that's the view of one Latter-day...
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Charges ‘lack factual foundation,’ says attorney for man accused of starting...
Cedar City • During an initial court appearance for a Taylorsville man charged with accidentally starting the 71,000-acre Brian Head Fire — which destroyed 13 residences and cost about $34 million to...
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