No. 12-ranked Utah volleyball team beats No. 13 UCLA in four sets
The challenge of weekends like this one — with two Top 25 opponents coming into Utah’s house — just adds fuel to the fire of Utes women’s volleyball coach Beth Launiere, and sophomore libero Brianna...
View ArticleUtah couple charged with murder in death of 13-day-old baby
A West Jordan couple were charged Friday with murder and child abuse after an autopsy revealed that a 13-day-old baby likely died from severe brain injuries sustained while in their care.The two each...
View ArticleVerlander, Astros beat Yankees 7-1 to force Game 7 in ALCS
Houston • Justin Verlander remained perfect with the Houston Astros, pitching seven shutout innings when they needed him most, and Jose Altuve homered and drove in three runs during a 7-1 victory over...
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Kopatchinskaja conquers the club and the concert hall
Patricia Kopatchinskaja blew into Salt Lake City this week, dazzling two decidedly different audiences in two markedly different venues.The main event came Friday in Abravanel Hall, where the...
View ArticleMonarchs lose in USL playoff quarterfinals to Sacramento
Sandy • Chandler Hoffman need to make his penalty kick in the fourth round of the shootout, or the Real Monarchs’ historic season would come to an end in the first round of the USL playoffs.It was...
View ArticleNational power IMG Academy pulls away from East after tight first half
Two things about the East High football schedule jumped out, indicating the Leopards were striving to excel beyond their regular confines.One was a leap to the new Class 6A to play against the state’s...
View ArticleSalt Lake's Nathan Chen wins Grand Prix championship in Russia
Moscow • Salt Lake City’s Nathan Chen’s technique trumped Yuzuru Hanyu’s superiority in program components to win the men’s event at the Rostelecom Cup, the first leg of this year’s six Grand Prix...
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What to watch for: Your Arizona State-Utah game guide
Time, Place and [Radio Waves in] Space • The Utes’ second Pac-12 home game of the season will take place at Rice-Eccles Stadium at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. You can watch on FS1 or listen on ESPN 700 AM,...
View ArticleMost Utahns are worried about North Korea's nuclear program, but very few...
Washington • More than eight in 10 Utahns are concerned about North Korea’s nuclear program but they are split on what approach to take — continuing with sanctions or conducting direct negotiations...
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Could I have become ‘Elder Kirby’ under these new Mormon missionary interview...
There are three things in my life that I credit with keeping me on the right path or at least a path that allows me to function somewhat normally.Those three, in order of importance, are my wife, my...
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Shoshone tribe plans to buy the Bear River land where a Utah-based militia...
At the site of the Bear River Massacre, in a grassy valley of southern Idaho, there’s a small monument made of stone that sits on the side of the highway.The metal plaque reads: “Col. P.E. Connor,...
View ArticleLetter: Column about LGBT excommunication paints an inaccurate picture of...
The question recently submitted and answered in Ann Cannon’s column of Oct. 15, “How can I find a way to forgive a Mormon bishop who excommunicated my 23-year-old son for being gay?” is patently...
View ArticleLetter: SLC police could have prevented a tragedy if they’d used handcuffs
The recent “violent and intense confrontation” involving Salt Lake City police officers, which resulted in the death of a man suspected of groping a woman at a massage parlor, happened directly across...
View ArticleUtah will have to spend $40M on upgrades — whether it hosts the Olympics...
Derek Parra feels the spirit every day.It hasn’t waned one bit, according to the Olympic gold medalist from the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City. Parra sees it in the youth speedskating sessions he’s...
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Sex abuse allegations have rocked the polygamous church of ‘Sister Wives,’...
Pinesdale, Mont. • Kimberly Herbert wondered if she would be allowed to marry in the temple.She had dated a boy her age off and on for years. They discussed getting married. Then, in fall 2014, a...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: It’s time for Utah to kill the death penalty
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the RingCriminal...
View ArticleCommentary: A vote for Granite District’s bond is a vote for more iconic Utah...
A recent column in The Salt Lake Tribune by Robert Gehrke acknowledged that many Utahns continue to mourn Granite High School, which fell to the wrecking ball this past summer. After standing for over...
View ArticleCommentary: By endorsing Republican Curtis for Congress, Tribune endorses...
I was disappointed to read on Friday the 13th that the Salt Lake Tribune had encouraged more dysfunction in Washington by endorsing one more Republican.I’m not saying they endorsed a bad fellow, but if...
View ArticleLetter: Mass shootings are part of the American way of life
Thoughts and prayers. Deepest condolences and sincerest sympathies. Wringing of hands over what to do.I’m sick of it all. And I’m sickened by such cowardly and inadequate words.Better mental health...
View ArticleLetter: Don’t all lives matter?
On the front page of Tribune’s Utah section recently was an article about another black man who was shot and killed by police after a confrontation. Prominently displayed is a picture of a distraught...
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