Utah ski resorts set tentative opening dates starting in mid-November
If there is enough snow, the ski season should begin in less than a month.Ski Utah held its annual media luncheon recently and announced tentative opening dates for Utah resorts.Park City Mountain and...
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Salt Lake City detective officially appeals firing after nurse’s arrest
The former Salt Lake City police officer who arrested a University Hospital nurse this summer wants his job of 27 years back. Detective Jeff Payne’s attorney, Greg Skordas, filed documents late...
View ArticleHolly Richardson: You have a calling. Are you pursuing it?
“I believe there’s a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call.”— Oprah WinfreyI...
View ArticleTrump: Iran violating nuke deal but he won't pull out now
Washington • President Donald Trump on Friday angrily accused Iran of violating the spirit of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, blaming it for a litany of malign behavior and hitting its main military...
View ArticleBruce Arena quits as US men's coach after missing World Cup
New York • Bruce Arena resigned as U.S. men’s national team coach on Friday, three days after the Americans failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1986.The U.S. Soccer Federation...
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Richard Davis: Is our current two-party system invincible?
In 2016, a junior minister in the government of France formed a new political party – En Marche! The party considers itself “radical centrist” and is drawing ideas from both the left and the right. The...
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Eric Walden: My top five bucket-list concerts are …
I’m a big fan of Nick Hornby stories. I’m especially a fan of “High Fidelity.” Somewhat paradoxically, I haven’t yet read that particular book, but the film adaptation starring John Cusack, Iben Hjejle...
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Cowbells will clang as BYU takes its clunky — and now tweaked — offense to...
Starkville, Miss. • Cowbells will ring, or clang, or jingle, or whatever sound thousands and thousands of cowbells make when commandeered by more than 60,000 frenzied fans on Saturday morning as...
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Utes have a giant opportunity to seize control of their own destiny in...
Los Angeles • By the end of the regular season, it may become clear that the Pac-12 South title got decided this weekend. Preseason division favorite USC and presumptive top challenger Utah collide on...
View ArticleHuey Lewis won’t be ‘Dancing With the Stars’ just to sell tickets
Huey Lewis is used to doing things his own way — well, mostly.He put a three-piece horn section in his backing band when that wasn’t necessarily a popular direction to go. He took up permanent...
View Article‘Let’s do something bigger’: Salt Lake City man builds giant King Kong,...
Ammon Smith won’t deem himself a “Halloween nut,” but he won’t settle for a few carved pumpkins displayed on the porch. He’s gained local notoriety for his massive displays — graveyards, pirate ships,...
View ArticleUtahns can buy Sundance Film Festival passes on Monday, before everyone else can
Utah movie lovers can buy passes for the 2018 Sundance Film Festival on Monday, getting a two-day head start on the rest of the world.A presale of festival passes and ticket packages for Utah residents...
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George Pyle: Stories. Like ‘Hamilton.’ They get the job done.
Thomas Jefferson had just pulled his wife off the balcony of his Philadelphia lodgings and back into bed. Much to the discomforted astonishment of John Adams, who was standing below with Benjamin...
View ArticleFederal Reserve exec: Utah, U.S. economies are on the right path
The country and the state of Utah are on the right economic path, as the Federal Reserve slowly increases interest rates and the Intermountain West develops as a tech corridor, according to the...
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Commentary: Tar sands mine leaves a scar, and nothing good
In late September I swayed in my rocking chair next to 13 other elders, singing “Paradise” by John Prine and holding banners across our laps that read “Keep it in the Ground,” “No Tar Sands Mining in...
View ArticleCommentary: What is the Second Amendment really about?
Ask any gun enthusiast what the Second Amendment says and the answer will likely be a paraphrased version of, “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” But this is only...
View ArticleReport: Real Salt Lake’s Joao Plata among five players suspended from Ecuador...
Real Salt Lake winger Joao Plata was reportedly one of the five players that the Ecuador Football Federation suspended indefinitely for disciplinary purposes.The FEF did not identify the five players...
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Ghosts of Utah get their due as An October Evening grows to two
It won’t just be one October Evening celebrating local horror film, fashion, music and dance, but two as the popular event goes beyond the grave and into the world of ghosts.Local filmmaker Stephen...
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Stadler breaks ground on railcar manufacturing plant expected to employ 1,000...
The far west side of Salt Lake City soon will be home to a railcar manufacturing facility that could employ 1,000 Utahns.Government and company officials broke ground Friday at 150 S. 5600 West for a...
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After reports of Steve Bannon’s plan to target Hatch, Gov. Herbert says...
Gov. Gary Herbert and the state Republican Party chairman are both telling former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon to back off and leave Utah’s 2018 Senate race alone.“For people to think they...
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