• Utah defensive great Ma'ake Kemoeatu selected to the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame

    Former Utah defensive great Ma’ake Kemoeatu (1998-2001) has been selected for induction into the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2018.Kemoeatu, a defensive tackle of Tongan ancestry, was a two-time All-Mountain West Conference selection. He came into the NFL as an undrafted free agent who played in 136 games (86 starts) during nine seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers and Washington Redskins. He had 266 career tackles.In 2012, he played in 15 games
  • University of Utah to get half its power from renewable sources under new deal with energy providers

    The University of Utah is preparing to flip the switch on geothermal and solar energy for its Salt Lake City campus.Under an agreement announced Tuesday, the U. will purchase half of its total electricity usage from carbon-free providers for the next 25 years, including 20 megawatts of geothermal power from Cyrq Energy and 10 megawatts of solar power from Berkshire Hathaway.Rocky Mountain Power will deliver the electricity through its network, with the flow of energy expected to begin in late 20
  • District Attorney asks FBI to review police shooting of Patrick Harmon

    The Salt Lake County District Attorney has called on the FBI to review the shooting of Patrick Harmon, whose death has drawn protests in the city where he was killed and complaints from across the Internet. The FBI will also review the DA’s investigation into the shooting and the conclusion that it was justified, according to a news release from District Attorney Sim Gill. The DA’s office on Wednesday ruled that deadly force had been justified in the Aug. 13 shooting that left 50-yea
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  • Colorado man drowns trying to retrieve boat from Flaming Gorge Reservoir

    Authorities say a Colorado man drowned Sunday while trying to retrieve his boat from Flaming Gorge Reservoir.Jeff Towne, 67, of Longmont, Colo., died as he tried to swim out to his boat, which had drifted away from shore after breaking loose from the boat trailer, according to the Daggett County Sheriff’s Office.Authorities responded to the Cedar Springs Marina, off U.S. Highway 191, at about 8 a.m. after receiving calls reporting the drowning.Officers with the Utah Division of Natural Res
  • Three cities exit Salt Lake Valley Law Enforcement Service Area

    The taxing district set up to fund the Unified Police Department (UPD) as a regional law enforcement agency will see the exit of all three city members by January — leaving unincorporated Salt Lake County and its townships.
    Riverton, Herriman and Millcreek all have decided to bolt the Salt Lake Valley Law Enforcement Service Area (SLVLESA), saying the alternative method of contracting with UPD will give them more control over finances and police and emergency service levels.
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  • BYU football: Mangum’s ankle still not 100 percent, but he will still start vs. Mississippi State, Detmer says

    Provo • BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum said Tuesday that the injured left ankle that caused him to miss two games in September and favor it noticeably in Friday’s game against Boise State “is definitely not 100 percent” healed.Still, the junior is expected to start Saturday when the 1-5 Cougars travel to Starkville, Miss., to take on 3-2 Mississippi State at 61,337-seat Davis Wade Stadium. Mangum was relieved by freshman QB Joe Critchlow with 2:17 remaining Friday, a substi
  • A hospital threw a stillborn baby out with dirty laundry. Now the family is suing.

    The night after Esmeralda Hernandez delivered her stillborn, premature baby in April 2013, she kept the tiny boy close by in her hospital room overnight. With family members by her side, she mourned the loss of the boy she’d named José.The staff of Regions Hospital, in St. Paul, Minnesota, offered to arrange for the cremation of the baby’s remains in a “respectful and dignified manner,” according to a lawyer for the family. The Hernandez family agreed.But about two
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  • Garrison Keillor: Swedes have chosen a writer of migraines for the Nobel Prize

    I am off lingonberries for the time being and Volvos and flat white furniture from Ikea. No meatballs, thank you. Once again the humorless Swedes have chosen a writer of migraines for the Nobel Prize in literature, an author of twilight meditations on time and memory and mortality and cold toast by loners looking at bad wallpaper. It’s not a prize for literature, it’s a prize for nihilism. The Swedes said he’s like Jane Austen combined with Kafka with some of Proust, three othe
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  • Could Vegas police have taken down the gunman sooner?

    The revised timeline given by investigators for the Las Vegas massacre raises questions about whether better communication might have allowed police to respond more quickly and take out the gunman before he could kill and wound so many people.On Monday, Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Stephen Paddock shot and wounded a Mandalay Bay hotel security guard outside his door and sprayed 200 shots down the hall six minutes before he opened fire Oct. 1 from his high-rise suite on a crowd at a country music fe
  • Mother questioned by child welfare officials after 3-year-old boy was left at West Jordan corn maze

    The mother of a 3-year-old boy left behind in a corn maze apparently has some explaining to do to state child protective services officials.West Jordan police Sgt. Joe Monson said that the child was noticed by a woman visiting the Crazy Corn Maze, at 8800 S. 4000 West, about 7:30 p.m. Monday.Police were called to the scene, and after failing to find the boy’s mother or learn his identity, he was put in the safe-keeping of the Utah Division of Child and Family Services overnight.“At 7
  • Real Salt Lake trying to lock up its young talent

    Real Salt Lake will decide in the upcoming months if Jefferson Savarino and Brooks Lennon have a future with the team.The young talents are on loan for the 2017 season, Savarino from Venezuelan club Zulia FC and Lennon from Liverpool. Savarino’s deal included a pre-negotiated (and undisclosed) purchase price, but Lennon’s did not. Real Salt Lake has entered negotiations with Lennon and his representation, RSL general manager Craig Waibel told The Tribune.“By the end of the seas
  • Will ‘Negro’ name stick to Utah canyon?

    Little is known about William Grandstaff other than the color of his skin and the derogatory nickname Moab locals once gave him.Even the spelling of his last name is in dispute 136 years after the African-American cowboy and prospector historically known by the racial slur “N----r Bill” was chased out of Utah’s Grand County, never to be seen there again.But the fight over the place named after him — Negro Bill Canyon — remains a sore point of contention in Utah, one
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  • Pac-12 notes: Colorado reverting to old form, a year after winning South title

    Coach Mike MacIntyre and the Colorado Buffaloes wanted to prove the football program’s success was something other than a one-year phenomenon, but that’s how it looks in Boulder these days.The Buffs have lost to Washington, UCLA and Arizona to begin Pac-12 play, in defense of their South division title. Colorado is not out of the race, with games to come against USC and Utah, but it would take a big rally for the Buffs to win the South again.Colorado lost 45-42 to Arizona last weeken
  • Letter: One way to reduce accidents

    There has been considerable comment on the number of accidents on Salt Lake City streets on Sept. 25. On one newscast, a state trooper expressed the opinion that people were driving in the same fashion as they would in fine weather, rather than slowing down and paying attention to rainy conditions and slick roads. He is doubtlessly right, but there is another factor to take into account.On Sept. 24, returning from a performance of the Utah Symphony, our road home took us on I-15 south and I-80 e
  • Black man attacked at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville faces felony charge

    A black man brutally beaten at a white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville is now facing a felony charge related to the August attack.A local magistrate issued an arrest warrant for DeAndre Harris on Monday after an accuser, whom police have not identified, claimed to have been wounded by the 20-year-old during the brawl, authorities told local media.S. Lee Merritt, a civil attorney for Harris, told The Washington Post the charge was “clearly retaliatory&rdqu
  • Bagley Cartoon: Trump IQ Test

    This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at www.facebook.com/notrobertkirby.
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  • Seminar aims to show Utahns how to spot a financial fraud

    A free seminar to help Uthans recognize and avoid financial and consumer fraud is scheduled for Nov. 2 in St. George.The seminar — by the multi-agency Financial Fraud Institute — will provide information on key questions to ask before making investment decisions, where to find free and unbiased information, how to spot financial scams and how to report suspected fraud.U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber will be the keynote speaker. Other participants will be officials from the U.S. Sec
  • Commit a crime? Your Fitbit, key fob or pacemaker could snitch on you.

    The firefighter found Richard Dabate on the floor of his kitchen, where he had made a desperate 911 call minutes earlier, court records show. Bleeding and lashed to a chair with zip ties, the man moaned a chilling warning: “They’re still in the house.”Smoke hung in the air, and a trail of blood led to a darkened basement, as Connecticut State Police swarmed the large home in the Hartford suburbs two days before Christmas in 2015.Richard, 41, told authorities a masked intruder w
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  • Utah’s favorite Halloween candy isn’t chocolate, somehow

    Utah’s favorite Halloween candy isn’t chocolate, candy corn or even saltwater taffy.
    It’s Jolly Rancher hard candies, according to the bulk candy dealer Candystore.com.Utah residents and companies bought 475,221 pounds of the flavored hard candy, according to the retailer.The results are surprising, as the small, hard candies are feared as a choking hazard by mothers of toddlers and despised by dentists for hardening like concrete on patients’ molars.“But people fro
  • Mass casualty drill readies Salt Lake County for Las Vegas-like emergency

    Lehi • Organizers had been planning a mass casualty drill in Utah for months, but last week’s shooting in Las Vegas reminded participants that the possibility of such an attack is real.Hundreds of high school students, first responders and law enforcement officers reported to Camp Williams on Tuesday morning to be the “victims” in the drill. They laughed and chatted with each other as red paint was applied to their faces and clothing. After receiving cards with information
  • Letter: Jesus would not sign a brief supporting bakers who don’t want to make cakes for gay couples

    The backing by the LDS Church, the Utah senators in Congress and a majority of the Utah state senators of a Colorado cake baker’s refusal to bake a cake for a gay couple on religious grounds would be laughable at best if it were not so totally offensive. A “Friend of the Court” brief, really?I am certain Jesus would not have signed on; however, I will give the baker a pass (not the rest of his supporters), if the baker can comply with the following: (1) come up with a way to be
  • Utah judge sends former Mormon bishop to prison for sexually abusing boys in his congregation

    A former Mormon bishop from Mapleton has been sentenced to prison for sexually abusing two boys in 2014, when they were members of his congregation.Erik Hughes, 51, was charged in July in 4th District Court with two second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse that allegedly occurred in June 2014, as well as a count of tampering with a witness, a third-degree felony.In August, Hughes pleaded guilty to all three charges.On Tuesday, Judge Thomas Low sentenced Hughes to concurrent one-to-15
  • Letter: Socialism is not a dirty word

    Dana Milbank’s Sept. 15 Tribune commentary titled, “Democrats have become socialists,” uses the word socialist like a sledge hammer and the ultimate pariah.This is a common name-calling technique used to avoid having to discuss the issue at hand. So, who really is a socialist?Do you support tax-funded: high quality K-12 public education, financial support for disabled people, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), affordable local public transportation, public librarie
  • Former California high school two-sport prospect Jaylon Johnson spurned USC to play for Utes

    Utah freshman cornerback Jaylon Johnson always seemingly has been fast enough, quick enough, strong enough and tenacious enough to lock up an opponent one-on-one. It didn’t matter if that was on the field or basketball court.Utes cornerbacks coach Sharrief Shah has no doubt Johnson, a former high school point guard, could’ve played college basketball at a Power 5 conference level. Johnson received interest from basketball recruiters while playing at Central High School in Fresno, Cal
  • Eugene Robinson: Our democracy could be sunk by a president adrift

    Washington - The truth can no longer be ignored: Donald Trump is dangerously unfit to be president and could lead the nation to unthinkable disaster. So what are we going to do about it?The White House “has become an adult day care center,” where the president’s senior aides spend “every single day ... trying to contain him.” That terrifying bit of information was disclosed Sunday by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., whose decision not
  • Big names continue to speak out against Harvey Weinstein

    Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, Glenn Close and other celebrities are speaking out about high-powered film producer Harvey Weinstein following an explosive New York Times report that detailed sexual harassment allegations spanning decades from actresses and female employees.Here is a roundup of reactions from some of Hollywood’s most prominent figures, who have expressed shock and dismay at the claims against Weinstein. Others have praised actress Ashley Judd, who spoke to the New York Times, an
  • As deadly fires ravage California wine country, officials are ‘preparing for further fatalities’

    Santa Rosa, Calif. • After battling massive, fast-moving wildfires that have killed at least 11 people and torched 107,000 acres across California, most of them in wine country, firefighters are hoping for some reprieve Tuesday morning as strong winds that fanned flames the day before continue to weaken.Daniel Berlant, assistant deputy director for Cal Fire, said winds have slowed to single-digit speeds, down from the 50 to 60 mph gusts reported Monday.“That’s given us a good op
  • Letter: Social Security and Medicare are not entitlements

    In response to David Spackman’s letter to the editor (Sept. 16): When are he and other right wingers like himself going to realize that Social Security and Medicare are not entitlements? They have nothing to do with being lazy or dependent on anyone.I’ve worked hard for a big part of my life and paid taxes into both programs for years, expecting them to be there for me when I need them.He must be one in the top percent who will never need either.David G. Payne, Salt Lake City
  • Commentary: A jobs competition Trump can’t win

    The Labor Department’s September jobs report with a decline of 33,000 was the first drop in more than 5 years, with the hurricanes primarily responsible for many of the jobs lost. Regardless of whether they are directly responsible, people often compare Presidents on the number of jobs created, and President Trump is destined to lose this competition with two-term Presidents Clinton (21 million jobs created), Reagan (16 million jobs created), and Obama (11 million jobs created).Each job &l
  • Erin Alberty: My car crashed down a mountain. Don’t let this happen to you.

    I drove for almost 23 years without a single wreck.Twenty-three years!Maybe a driving record like that is like a fault line where tension ratchets up over centuries of calm and then unleashes a once-in-a-millennium earthquake. Because I really never thought I’d live to see my car flipping down a mountainside.At least I saw it; I wasn’t in the car.I had been shooting pictures in East Canyon a couple of weeks ago when I pulled up to a gate to State Road 65. I put my car in park and hop
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  • Letter: Jesus would not sign that brief

    The backing by the LDS Church, the Utah senators in Congress and a majority of the Utah state senators of a Colorado cake baker’s refusal to bake a cake for a gay couple on religious grounds would be laughable at best if it were not so totally offensive. A “Friend of the Court” brief, really?I am certain Jesus would not have signed on; however, I will give the baker a pass (not the rest of his supporters), if the baker can comply with the following: (1) come up with a way to be
  • In three-way debate, congressional front-runner John Curtis says he supports Trump agenda, ignores the ‘distractions’

    Provo Mayor John Curtis searches for places and policies where he can support Donald Trump by focusing on the president’s agenda and ignoring his “distractions,” he said during an online debate Tuesday in the special election to fill Utah’s vacant congressional seat.“I think Utah wants the Trump agenda: tax reform, a strong economy, a strong national defense, great Supreme Court nominations,” said the Republican candidate and front-runner in the race.His compe
  • Boy pleads guilty to attempted aggravated murder for shooting Deserae Turner in the head

    Logan • A 17-year-old boy pleaded guilty Tuesday to shooting 14-year-old Deserae Turner in the back of the head in February, leaving the girl with lifelong injuries.Colter Danny Peterson pleaded guilty in 1st District Court to first-degree felony aggravated attempted murder and and a reduced second-degree felony count of robbery. A count of obstruction of justice was dismissed.
    The attempted murder count carries the possibility of up to life in prison. A sentencing date was not immediately
  • Man accused of starting Brian Head fire pleads not guilty, requests trial date

    A Taylorsville man charged with accidentally starting the 71,000-acre Brian Head Fire — which destroyed 13 residences and cost about $34 million to fight — has entered not guilty pleas and requested a trial date.
    As a result, a Tuesday preliminary hearing for 61-year-old Robert Ray Lyman was cancelled. At the hearing, a judge would have heard evidence presented by prosecutors to determine if there was probable cause to advance the case to trial.Lyman, 61, was charged in July in 5th D
  • George Pyle: Mike Pence says protesting at football games is something only old white guys can do

    Anybody who was watching my Kansas City Chiefs beat the Houston Texans Sunday night (we’re 5-0!) may have noticed some players who were on one knee.It wasn’t during the national anthem. It was during — barely — the game. Five seconds in, after the opening kickoff, as the camera watched a pile of shoulder-padded humanity climb off the turf, it soon became clear that one of the players wasn’t moving. Several seconds went by, and he still wasn’t moving. The medic
  • Wanna be on HBO? ‘Westworld’ is looking for Utahns to be extras

    The Emmy-winning HBO series “Westworld” is returning to Utah to film its second season, and Utahns have a chance to be part of the show.The series, through Bill Dance Casting, is looking for extras when the show resumes production in southern Utah in late October.The casting door is open wide. “We are looking for Native American Indians, Chinese, Western men and women, military types,” according to a press release. “All types needed, all ethnicities, and all ages.&r
  • Mother to be questioned by child welfare officials after 3-year-old boy was left at West Jordan corn maze

    The mother of a 3-year-old boy left behind in a Utah County corn maze apparently has some explaining to do to state child protective services officials.Spanish Fork police Sgt. Joe Monson said that the child was noticed by a woman visiting the Crazy Corn Maze, at 8800 S. 4000 West, about 7:30 p.m. Monday.Police were called to the scene, and after failing to find the boy’s mother or learn his identity, he was put in the safe-keeping of the Utah Division of Child and Family Services overnigh
  • Hit the hills for one last chance to see Utah’s autumn best

    Leaf peepers, get thee to the hills. Utah’s fall color display still is looking great, but it’s on its way out.As of Monday, slopes were aglow in East Canyon, behind Midway, and the Alpine Scenic Loop — but the maples were pooping out fast and the aspens won't be far behind. It’s particularly nice right now because the oaks are going tawny; in the lowering sun, they look golden.From the Wasatch front, streaks of red maples are plainly visible on the foothills and western
  • Pope Francis enters Rohingya Muslim minefield with Myanmar-Bangladesh trip

    Vatican City • Pope Francis will wade into the religious and political minefield of Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya Muslims and the effects of their exodus to Bangladesh when he visits both countries next month.The Vatican on Tuesday released the itinerary for the Nov. 26-Dec. 2 trip, which has taken on greater visibility since Myanmar security forces responded to Rohingya militant attacks with a broad crackdown in August. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh in w
  • College basketball season grows closer as Pac-12 media days kick off Wednesday

    Rolling from interview to interview, facing question after question for an entire day is sort of like hitting the gym, Larry Krystkowiak quipped.“It’s kind of like working out,” Utah’s men’s basketball coach said. “It’s always good when it’s over. You have to do it.”That’s what every Pac-12 basketball coach and some selected players face this week in San Francisco. The annual Pac-12 basketball media day returns to the Pac-12 offices Wed
  • No more free rides: Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell working on finishing his driver's license

    Life might be different now if Donovan Mitchell only had listened to his mother.From his years at Connecticut boarding schools to his tenure at Louisville, he heard a consistent refrain from Nicole Mitchell: Go get your driver’s license. At the time, he did not heed her words.“I’m regretting it now,” he said last week. “My mom always told me to go get it, and I never really listened to her. My sister, too.”So now the 21-year-old is the only member of the Utah
  • Catherine Rampell: How Roman emperors dealt with government officials abusing travel budgets

    Washington • At least seven Cabinet-level officials, and a smattering of aides, appear to have abused their access to publicly funded travel. Collectively, these bureaucrats billed taxpayers for millions of dollars worth of private jets, military flights, spousal travel and other questionable expenses.Yet so far just one of them, former health and human services secretary Tom Price, has been forced to step down.The White House argues that while Price may have misbehaved, there is plenty of
  • Antarctic geologist accused of sexually harassing, assaulting female researchers

    Two women have accused a prominent geologist of sexual harassment in a complaint to Boston University, Science magazine reports. The alleged harassment, which the university is investigating, took place two decades ago during field expeditions to remote parts of Antarctica.According to a complaint filed by the women, David Marchant, who leads BU’s Antarctic Research Group, allegedly called female researchers misogynistic slurs, shoved them and blew painful volcanic ash into one graduate st
  • NBA GM survey says: Some good about Jazz, not enough about Rudy Gobert if you ask him

    The annual NBA.com GM Survey recently came out, and you’ll never guess what the league’s top front-office executives are saying about the Utah Jazz.OK, I could barely type that sentence with a straight face.You can guess.NBA GMs had very little to say about the Jazz outside of the things we’ve become accustomed to over the past few years.They like the Jazz’s defense (but not as much as some other teams).They like Rudy Gobert (but not as much as fans and The Stifle Tower w

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