Letter: Racism in the LDS Church ‘alive and well’
About 40 years ago, the Mormon clergy “abandoned” its sinful racist doctrine. And recently it vehemently reiterated a very firm stance against its sin of yesteryear.However, despite these official...
View ArticleLetter: Republicans have lost the claim to moral authority
I remember when Bill Clinton was president the Republicans talked about the importance of character in the Oval Office. With their party’s nomination and subsequent election of Donald Trump, knowing...
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Dana Milbank: All things Confederate-ish must go
Washington • If something is worth doing in America, it’s worth overdoing.ESPN proved this eternal truth anew this week when it announced that, in response to the violence in Charlottesville, it was...
View ArticleLetter: President Trump is a living history lesson
I became interested in Hitler and his regime when I was in high school, 50-plus years ago. It was unbelievable that this man could come to power and create an industry of death for those that he...
View ArticleHearing delayed on whether to revive charter for teen moms
The future of Kairos Academy, a West Valley charter school for young mothers and pregnant teens, will come down to two meetings in the first week of September. After being forced to shut down by the...
View ArticleWest Jordan Republicans are looking to fill the House seat opened in county...
About 100 delegates for the Salt Lake County Republican Party will meet next month to pick a replacement for Rep. Adam Gardiner, who left his position representing his West Jordan district to take over...
View ArticleUDOT seeks to convert U.S. 89 into a freeway in Davis County
The Utah Department of Transportation is proposing to convert U.S. 89 into a full freeway in Davis County to connect Interstates 15 and 84.That preferred alternative in a new draft environmental...
View ArticleBody of Utah soldier killed in Afghanistan arrives home
Monticello • The body of Aaron Butler — a 27-year-old Utah Special Forces soldier from Monticello — arrived home on Thursday. On Aug. 16, Butler — a staff sergeant in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion,...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake signs Monarchs captain Nick Besler
Real Salt Lake has signed Monarchs captain Nick Besler, the team announced Thursday.“I’m very excited,” Besler said in a team release. “It was a goal when I signed with the Monarchs to make it to the...
View ArticleJudge won't give Lyle Jeffs a separate trial on fleeing count
A federal judge on Thursday denied a motion by former polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs to have a separate trial on the charge of failing to appear in court. U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart ruled that...
View ArticleNews roundup: North Korea describes Trump’s tweets as ’weird articles of his...
North Korea describes Trump’s tweets as ”weird articles of his ego-driven thoughts.” Interior Secretary Zinke submits national monument recommendations. Residents welcome home fallen Utah soldier...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Mostly clear, sunny skies usher in hot, dry weekend
Look for a toasty northern Wasatch Front and sizzling temperatures in southern Utah’s redrocks and high deserts through this weekend, all under mostly clear, sunny and rainless skies.Saturday will...
View ArticlePrep football: Pick 6 — Six games to watch in Week 2
East at Bingham, 7 p.m.Two of the best — and many would argue the two best — teams face off for the first time since 1980 in one of the marquee games of the regular season. Bingham has established...
View ArticleTime off after injury forces Utah’s Chase Hansen to reflect on his longevity
Chase Hansen will tell you how antsy he was, and at times, still is.He couldn’t run the way he wanted to run.He couldn’t lift the way he wanted to lift.His teammates suited up, went through a month of...
View ArticleTrump’s own lawyers say his ‘religious liberty’ order is really nothing new
President Donald Trump promised a new world for the religious when he signed an executive order in May purporting to make it easier for churches to engage in politics without losing their tax-exempt...
View ArticleTaylor Swift releases new song 'Look What You Made Me Do'
New York — You can finally shake it off: Taylor Swift has released her new single.The 27-year-old singer dropped the upbeat song “Look What You Made Me Do” — which uses an interpolation from Right Said...
View ArticleBYU football doesn’t mind opening against FCS Portland State
Provo • Who cares if temperatures will be in the mid-90s and the opponent from a lower division of college football went 3-8 last season and is breaking in a freshman quarterback?It is football, and...
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Salt Lake City singer Morgan Whitney taking her talents from one stage to...
Salt Lake-based singer-songwriter Morgan Whitney has high hopes for Utah’s music scene. She had planned to move to New York to jump-start her music career, but a trip out to see Utah’s Tony Holiday and...
View ArticleDropped after controversy, woman who ran county office while boss suffered...
The woman who ran the Salt Lake County Recorder’s Office while her boss apparently suffered from a debilitating and now permanent mental incapacity is asking for severance pay after she was not...
View ArticleAsk Ann Cannon: Friend’s constant complaints about the Mormon church are...
Dear Ann Cannon • I have a good friend, an ex-Mormon, who constantly wants to talk about her problems with the LDS Church. I am willing to acknowledge them, but frankly I am tired of talking about...
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