Clik here to view.
Special-group license plates show Utahns love their colleges, wildlife, pets...
Nearly 71,000 Utahns — equivalent to the population of South Jordan, the state’s 10th-largest city — happily chose last year to pay what amounts to extra taxes totaling a combined $2 million.That’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Utah Museum of Fine Arts reboots, connecting art to people
After 14 years, Utah’s high desert air was taking a toll on the Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ flagship building.Museums need 50 percent humidity at all times to preserve the works of art inside. It is no...
View ArticlePrep football: Top recruit Penei Sewell suffers torn labrum
Desert Hills lineman Penei Sewell, the highest-rated high school football recruit in Utah this year, has suffered a shoulder injury that has cast uncertainty over his senior campaign.“I don’t know at...
View ArticleTrump to skip Kennedy Center arts awards
Bridgewater, N.J. — In a break with tradition, President Donald Trump and the first lady have decided not to participate in events honoring recipients of this year’s Kennedy Center Honors arts awards...
View ArticleCharlottesville exposes new threat for college campuses
Boston — On college campuses, white supremacists and other far-right extremist groups see fertile ground to spread their messages and recruit followers. But for many colleges, last weekend’s deadly...
View ArticleCommentary: Rio Grande cleanup will fail because it addresses symptoms, not...
With the inception of Operation Rio Grande, Utah’s politicians and officials are yet again gravely mishandling the opioid and homelessness crisis in Salt Lake City. Police Chief Mike Brown has touted...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Prep football: Defense sparks Corner Canyon past Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove • Eric Kjar’s teams always have been known for offense. Just check the Jordan High record books.And Kjar had instant quarterback ammo in Boise State-recruit Zach Wilson when he took over...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Utah's eclipse-viewing weather could be a meteorological toss of the dice
Northern Utahns wanting a glimpse of Monday’s solar eclipse should pray, cross their fingers or perhaps make a wish on the star that is Old Sol that predicted partly cloudy skies will clear for at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Footballs will fly under new offensive coordinators at Utah, USU, and return...
A week before California’s Troy Taylor and BYU’s Ty Detmer combined for 735 yards passing in rivalry games, walk-on David Yost’s only season of college football ended with his Kent State team going...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Coaches can help, but Gary Andersen is right: ‘Players win games’
Kalani Sitake watched his Oregon State players allow 674 yards and 52 points to Oregon in his last game as the Beavers’ defensive coordinator. BYU hired him as coach, anyway.Dave Aranda’s Hawaii’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monson: The most important factor for BYU, Utah, Utah State success rhymes...
One thing has become as clear as any other in modern college football — the game is quarterback-centric. Not exactly a newsflash. It’s always seemed to be that way, but that supposition has spiraled...
View ArticleCommentary: Gene editing in Humans? Proceed with caution
Recently, a scientific milestone hit the headlines, raising a flurry of excitement and concern.Scientists used a rapidly rising and powerful new gene editingtechnique, CRISPR, to “correct” a genetic...
View ArticleDuke University removes statue of Confederate general
Durham, N.C. — Duke University removed a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee early Saturday, days after it was vandalized amid a national debate about monuments to the Confederacy.The university said it...
View ArticleJudge refuses to end Roman Polanski sex assault case
Los Angeles — A Los Angeles judge on Friday denied the impassioned plea of Roman Polanski’s victim to end a four-decade-old sexual assault case against the fugitive director.Los Angeles Superior Court...
View ArticleCommentary: There is much this native potato can teach us
Who could imagine that a potato might be one of the most compelling reasons to validate and protect Utah’s two threatened national monuments?A native potato recently discovered by two university...
View ArticlePrep girls' soccer: State rankings
Class 6A1. American Fork (5-0-0) • The Cavemen have outscored the opposition 24-2, including three shutouts, in an undefeated start to the season. But the Region 4 gauntlet is right around the corner...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tribes hope for renewal in solar eclipse; not all will watch
Flagstaff, Ariz. — While much of the country gawks at the solar eclipse, Bobbieann Baldwin will be inside with her children, shades drawn.In Navajo culture, the passing of the moon over the sun is an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dashcam video shows white cop punching black man during stop
Cleveland — A dashcam video of a traffic stop that led to a white police officer with a history of disciplinary issues repeatedly punching a black man and hitting his head on pavement appears to show a...
View ArticleA look at U.S.-S. Korea war games and how North might respond
Seoul, South Korea — America’s annual joint military exercises with South Korea always frustrate North Korea. The war games set to begin Monday may hold more potential to provoke than ever, given...
View ArticlePrep cross-country: North Summit's Sadie Sargent is in a league of her own
Coalville • Cross-country running doesn’t necessarily have to be an isolated experience.But maybe it does for North Summit senior Sadie Sargent.That’s because Sargent is essentially peerless at the...
View Article