Controversial Utah County transit project now faces $11M cost overrun
A long-controversial $190 million bus rapid transit (BRT) project in Provo and Orem — now 50 percent complete — is facing a projected $11.3 million cost overrun.That unplanned expense could create...
View ArticleGeorge F. Will: Unsatisfied with facts, Seattle's city council turns to...
Seattle - In this city, which is a petri dish of progressivism, a prevailing theory is that when you raise the price of something, people will buy less of it, except when they do not. Another, and...
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Jennifer Rubin: Trump will leave the party of Lincoln in ruins
President Donald Trump wants to talk about the NFL because other than that, there’s virtually no topic he can address without reminding his followers of the most dreadful week of his presidency.On...
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Garrison Keillor: God has sent us a Judge, hallelujah
The triumph of Judge Roy Moore in Alabama’s Republican Senate primary was a ray of sunshine for those of us who’d like to restore stoning to our legal system and remove the curse of profanity once and...
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Find out who The Salt Lake Tribune chose as Utah’s best new restaurants — and...
As the sun set Wednesday, there were cheers and applause for winners of the second annual Salt Awards — honoring excellent products, services and experiences in Utah. Winners were revealed in a...
View ArticleBonneville girls' soccer routs Park City for region lead
Washington Terrace • Bonneville moved back to the top of the Region 11 girls’ soccer standings with an 8-2 rout of Park City on Thursday afternoon. The Miners (8-3-1) were in first place before the...
View ArticleKoerber says equity in homes, not investor funds, was used to pay interest in...
After listening to Rick Koerber testify for seven days in his federal trial on fraud accusations, veteran prosecutor Stewart Walz asked a barrage of questions aimed at calling Koerber’s credibility...
View ArticleUHSAA sues Utah, state board of education, alleging unconstitutional control...
The Utah High School Activities Association on Wednesday filed suit against the Utah State Board of Education, State of Utah and Sean Reyes, the state’s attorney general over what it claims is...
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Pipe-smoking, silk-pajama-wearing Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dead at 91
Los Angeles • Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of clubs, mansions, movies and television,...
View ArticleA student is being checked for rabies after hundreds of bats invaded Layton...
About 1,500 bats, apparently seeking shelter from a cold snap, descended on Layton High School about a week ago.Students and staff noticed several zipping around hallways. Soon, school officials...
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Renovated Vivint Arena kicks off with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill show — and...
A $125 million renovation has certainly upgraded the cosmetics of Vivint Smart Home Arena, but what about the much-maligned acoustics?Well, at Wednesday night’s Tim McGraw and Faith Hill “Soul2Soul”...
View ArticleRSL's playoff position still alive after Wednesday's games
Real Salt Lake remained in fifth place in the Western Conference after three of its competitors for a Major League Soccer playoff spot each had varying results.Maynor Figueroa and Roland Lamah scored...
View ArticleLetter: Questioning the tactics of Operation Rio Grande
Operation Rio Grande, the three-phase plan to clean up the Rio Grande district, is still very much in the early stages, but it is not too early to question the tactics being used. A recent article in...
View ArticleMonson: College basketball may not be dead, but it is definitely sick
The top end of college basketball is a murky mess — and the FBI investigation announced earlier this week, with charges of fraud and corruption against four NCAA assistant coaches, among others, for...
View ArticleSundance luxury home hasn’t sold — so owner is offering to take bitcoins
Michigan media mogul Kevin Adell has two houses at Sundance. He only needs one.But Robert Redford’s neighbor hasn’t been able to sell his extra house by conventional means, so he’s offering to take...
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BYU-Pathway Worldwide: 'Pioneer heart' drives Mormon online education initiative
In the lobby of the just-opened headquarters of BYU-Pathway Worldwide, Minerva Teichert’s painting “Handcart Pioneers” provides a confident, heroic counterpoint to the disarray.It’s more than art. The...
View ArticleUtah forecast; Warm, occasionally wet days, chilly nights ahead for the...
A cycles of sunshine, clouds and rain, along with daytime highs in the upper 60s, will close out the forecast for northern Utah’s weather week.However, those pleasant autumn conditions on Friday and...
View ArticleLetter: A whole bunch of people helping other people
In a recent letter to the editor, David Spackman spoke disdainfully of people in a town hall meeting who supported programs like Social Security and Medicaid. Looking around the room, he saw childlike...
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Surprise! The return of ‘Will & Grace’ is really funny
“Will & Grace” is back, and it’s pretty much like it never went away. The new version of the show, which debuts Thursday at 8 p.m. on NBC/Ch. 5, is just the old version of the show. Minus a few...
View ArticleLetter: Braggadocio for all to see
President Trump’s speech before the UN was both shocking and frightening. His strident tone and stilted hand gestures have always been annoying but it was the content of his remarks that was...
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