Commentary: Operation Rio Grande is driven by fearmongering
Throughout the 1990s, street drugs were bought and sold in a triangular area of downtown Salt Lake City between the sidewalks of a dive bar, coffee shop and nightclub: the Shamrock Lounge on 200 South...
View ArticleLetter: Why are harmful drugs legal when medical marijuana is not?
I have a special friend from Colorado who has rheumatoid arthritis. She has had this terrible disease for a number of years. She was given Methotrexate, which is expensive and trashes the liver....
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Prep sports: This week's standouts performers and key numbers
Each week, the TribPreps staff will choose standout performers and keynumbers from the previous weekâs action in Utah and showcase them. Hereare this weekâs picks.Mashaun EstridgeThe Dixie junior...
View ArticleStephens tops Keys in U.S. Open final for 1st Grand Slam title
New York ⢠Sloane Stephens never looked shaken by the setting or the stakes in her first Grand Slam final. Her opponent, Madison Keys, most definitely did.Stephens dominated her close friend Keys 6-3,...
View ArticleNadal-Anderson seems a mismatch, but upsets happen
New York ⢠U.S. Open finalists Rafael Nadal and Kevin Anderson are both professional tennis players who were born in 1986. Not much else in common.Heading into Sundayâs match â well, mismatch,...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: 'Sheâs a fantastic player and such a sweet girlâ: Heather...
Pleasant Grove ⢠Some things are exactly as they appear when it comes to Pleasant Grove volleyball player Heather Gneiting.As befitting a senior in high school, her favorite movies are wildly popular...
View ArticleCommentary: SLCâs Twilight Concert Series is worth saving
It was an electric night in 1990. MC Hammer had just hit it big and my girlfriends and I were among thousands of Hammer pants-wearing concert-goers walking â or at least trying to â into the old Salt...
View ArticleMan, 67, dies when pickup rolls west of Logan
A 67-year-old man died Saturday morning when the pickup truck he was driving rolled off State Route 30 west of Logan, authorities said.Earl Anderson of Fielding was driving the truck west on SR-30 near...
View ArticleColorado rolls late in 37-3 win over Texas State
Boulder, Colo. ⢠Laviska Shenault Jr.ignited lethargic Colorado with a 55-yard score when he picked up ateammateâs fumble on a punt return and the Buffaloes rolled late in a37-3 win over Texas State on...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: State rankings for Sept. 10
Class 6A1. Lone Peak (4-0) ⢠BYU-bound Madi Robinson scores 12 kills in sweep of Pleasant Grove then Knights beat Morgan in three straight.2. Pleasant Grove (2-1) ⢠A pre-region test against region foe...
View ArticleWith saxophones and sobbing, Mexicans mourn earthquake dead
Juchitan, Mexico ⢠Slow-moving funeral processions converged on Juchitanâs cemeteries from all directions on Saturday, so many that they sometimes caused temporary gridlock when they met at...
View ArticleLetter: Dictators are always blaming others
Look back in history and study most of the dictators in the world and itâs never their fault. It was never Hitlerâs fault; it was always his generalsâ fault.Itâs never Trumpâs fault; itâs always the...
View ArticleLetter: Taking steps to avert climate damage
Some politicians still say âwe may have to agree to disagree on climate change.â There are issues with which I disagree but on this, the science is clear: 95 percent of scientists agree that climate...
View ArticleLetter: Harvey was a harbinger of more severe weather
Labeled a â1,000-year storm,â the impact of hurricane/tropical storm Harvey is being called âunfathomableâ and itâs not over yet. More feet of rain are predicted from the massive, lingering storm on...
View ArticleâI was afraid the walls were going to fall downâ: Utah man visiting family in...
A Utah man who was visiting his family in Mexico this week was just getting into bed Thursday night when the walls around him began to shake.Fermin Mendoza Delgado and his parents, who are in their...
View ArticleCommentary: Utahâs outstanding rivers deserve recognition
The National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 is the nationâs premier law for river protection. The upcoming 50th anniversary of this measure offers an opportunity to take stock of what weâve done â...
View ArticleToxic sites in likely path of Irma
Miami ⢠Dozens of personnel from the Environmental Protection Agency worked to secure some of the nationâs most contaminated toxic waste sites as Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida. The agency said...
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GOP chairman gets caught between moderate, right-wing factions battling over...
Moderate and right-wing factions of the Utah Republican Party battled Saturday over whether to continue appealing an expensive, divisive lawsuit challenging the stateâs new election law â leaving the...
View ArticleGeorge F. Will: Will Congress be stirred from its slumber?
âCongress has been dropping in relative power along a descending curve of 60 yearsâ duration, with the rate of fall markedly increased since 1933. ... The fall of the American Congress seems to be...
View ArticleWeber State canât hold off California in 33-20 loss
Berkeley, Calif. ⢠Former walk-on Patrick Laird ran for 191 yards and three touchdowns to help California overcome a lackluster performance with a late rally to beat lower-level Weber State 33-20 on...
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