• Tribune Editorial: When your school spending is in last place, don’t make it worse

    “The first rule of holes: When you’re in one, stop digging.”— Molly IvinsThanks to the indefatigable numbers-crunchers at the U.S. Census Bureau, Utah has been reminded — again — that our state’s per-pupil investment in education comes in at the bottom of the nation — still.In fact, we are so far behind every other state that the only way we might move up in this race is if there were to be a big crash among the cars ahead of us. Which is not going
  • Driver in car stopped on Utah freeway killed in fiery crash

    West Valley City • Authorities say a man driving a car on a metro Salt Lake City freeway was killed when it stopped in a traffic lane and then was struck from behind by another car and burst into flames on impact.The victim of the crash that occurred late Friday night on Interstate 215 in West Valley City was identified as 23-year-old Luis Franco of West Valley City.According to the Utah Highway Patrol, Franco was the only person in the stopped car.The driver of the other car wasn't serious
  • Ronald E. Nehring, one of the few non-LDS justices on Utah’s Supreme Court, dies at 71

    Ronald E. Nehring, who as a justice on the Utah Supreme Court wrote opinions on such hot-button issues as gun rights and whether life begins at conception, died Friday from complications connected to radiation treatments he received years earlier to treat cancer. He was 71.Nehring served on Utah’s high court from 2003 to 2014, and was one of the few justices who was not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His family said Nehring, a Lutheran, did his job with humili
  • Monson: ‘What the hell’s wrong with Mike Petke?’ Nothing. Nothing at all.

    Mike Petke still hears his father’s voice in his ears.“Nonstop,” he says. “I always will.”That stiff-and-sometimes-severe tone and tenor would be the ones echoing out of the mouth of Ed Petke, a rugged individual, now 74, who worked for the Long Island Railroad for the better part of four decades. Ed did small jobs and big ones, easy and hard. He labored like a grown man, taking 1:30 a.m.-to-noon shifts so he could be at the family’s house, a two-story colonia
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  • [Deseret Morning News] - Why does Utah's only professional basketball championship trophy reside in Denver?

    The Stars claimed the ABA title in 1971 under the ownership of Bill Daniels.
  • [Salt Lake Tribune] - This summer could be make-or-break for Jazz big man Tony Bradley

    This offseason will be absolutely pivotal for determining just how good the guy that the Jazz traded up to grab in the 2017 draft can be in the NBA.
  • Why does Utah's only professional basketball championship trophy reside in Denver?

    The 1971 ABA championship trophy and other Utah Stars memorabilia owned by the late Bill Daniels.Courtesy of the Daniels FundFans lift Zelmo Beaty on their shoulders and carry him off the court after the Utah Stars won the 1971 ABA championship in the Salt Palace.Matthew Glade, KSL-TVThe Utah Stars' 1971 ABA Championship trophy at the Alta Club in Salt Lake City on Thursday, July 18, 2013.Laura Seitz, Deseret NewsUtah Stars owner Bill Daniels places a Stars-themed boot into the ABA championship
  • This summer could be make-or-break for Jazz big man Tony Bradley

    This offseason will be absolutely pivotal for determining just how good the guy that the Jazz traded up to grab in the 2017 draft can be in the NBA.It’ll also be really big for Donovan Mitchell, too.But while the Louisville product will looking to ascend to superstardom, his fellow draftee of two years ago, center Tony Bradley, is still fighting to prove he belongs at all.“This summer’s a huge summer for me,” Bradley said.It’s hard to argue.In two seasons, he has ap
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  • All eyes on skies as rain threatens Indianapolis 500

    Indianapolis • The day before the Indianapolis 500 dawned sunny, bright and otherwise perfect.If only it were race day.The forecast for Sunday calls for an 80 to 90 percent chance of rain, with thunderstorms expected throughout the day. That means a lot of uncomfortable waiting for IndyCar drivers and teams, track and series officials, broadcast partner NBC and about 250,000 fans."I would just tell everyone to remember: This is Indiana," Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Doug Boles said
  • Hawaii woman missing for 2 weeks rescued from Maui forest

    Wailuku, Hawaii • A Hawaii woman has been found alive in a forest on Maui island after going missing more than two weeks ago.Amanda Eller was found injured in the Makawao Forest Reserve, the Maui News reported Friday.Family spokeswoman Sarah Haynes confirmed she spoke with Eller's father John. Eller was airlifted to safety.The physical therapist from the Maui town of Haiku went missing on May 8. Her white Toyota RAV4 was found in the forest parking lot with her phone and wallet inside.Hundr
  • Mount Everest has gotten so crowded that climbers are perishing in the traffic jams

    Anjali Kulkarni, an Indian mountain climber, trained for six years to make it to the top of Mount Everest, the highest mountain peak in the world. She finally fulfilled her longtime goal when she reached the summit this week. But it was the descent that killed her.Her son, Shantanu Kulkarni, told CNN that she died after getting stuck in a "traffic jam" on the mountain."She had to wait for a long time to reach the summit and descend," Thupden Sherpa, who organized tours on the mountain, told Agen
  • Beware of porn, drugs and ‘Satan’s traps,’ Nelson tells Tahitians at end of his Pacific tour

    President Russell M. Nelson wrapped up his nine-day, seven-nation tour of the Pacific with a warning to Tahitian Latter-day Saints to beware of evil.“There’s trouble ahead … prepare for attacks from the adversary,” cautioned the 94-year-old leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “Please protect yourself from Satan's traps, including harmful drugs and pornography.”Before speaking to 12,000 people at Friday devotional in Pater Stadium in Tah
  • How do you get justice? Sex accusations are dropped, but this Utah man remains ostracized in his rural town.

    Roosevelt • Darin Thomas had been yearning for his day in court.After a year of facing accusations that cost him his job and reputation, he was ready to defend himself in front of a jury. To let his community in this rural Utah town know that he didn’t do the things he had been accused of. To tell them he felt he had been set up by a police officer who tried to trick him.But that day never came.Initially, Thomas had faced serious charges, ones he refers to as “the heinous crimes
  • Rich Lowry: If this is a cover-up, it is the worst of all time

    President Donald Trump may be guilty of many things, but a cover-up in the Mueller probe isn't one of them.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attempting to appease forces in the Democratic Party eager for impeachment, is accusing him of one, with all the familiar Watergate connotations.The charge is strange, not to say incomprehensible, in light of the fact that Congress is in possession of a 448-page report produced by the Trump Department of Justice cataloging the alleged obstruction that Congress no
  • Commentary: Water in Utah is a complicated issue

    During my 14 years as the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources, I’ve appreciated the many well-intentioned, passionate people involved with state leaders on water policy. While they are typically not water experts, they often provide great insight and feedback.Occasionally there are special interest groups who are not interested in reasonable solutions or working together. Sometimes founded in misinformation, these groups work to push their own agenda and further their
  • Margaret Sullivan: Assange’s indictment ‘crosses a bright red line for journalists’

    For decades, journalists have received and published government secrets in the public interest with the protection of the First Amendment.Think of the Pentagon Papers, which told Americans about their government’s hidden (and often unsavory or illegal) behavior during the Vietnam War. The New York Times and The Washington Post received the highly classified information from a former Pentagon official, Daniel Ellsberg, and — though legal battles raged — were able to publish them
  • [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Does Kemba’s All-NBA status and supermax eligibility hurt or help Utah Jazz’s chances?

    What impact does Kemba Walker's new supermax eligibility have on the Utah Jazz's purported free agent pursuit this summer? If you've been paying any attent...
  • Utah teens who rock: ‘There’s nothing like it’

    There’s no Jack Black character bouncing around the room riffing about rock and urging the students to “stick it to the man.” And no unsuspecting principal about to learn the truth and ruin their upcoming gig.In fact, in this tucked-away music space in Sugar House called MusicGarage, the students’ parents are listening just outside the studio, beaming as their kids audition while playing “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” by Jet and Nirvana’s “Smells Like
  • Letter: Why are so many people killed by police in the U.S.?

    According to an article in The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 people were shot and killed by police in Utah in 2018.Utah has about 3 million people. According to a statistic published in the Economist from December 2014, eight people were shot and killed by police in Germany, a country of more than 80 million people. The numbers have not changed much for Germany and other developed countries. Germany is comparable, as it is a diverse country with a large population.If Germany had the same rate as Utah, a
  • Letter: The Tribune shows its bias

    I have noticed throughout the years that The Salt Lake Tribune is biased when it comes to informing the readers of various organizations by only stating organizations that are left-leaning. For example: Alliance for Better Utah is so labeled by The Tribune, but never a right-leaning organizations. For example, not labeling Eagle Forum as right-leading. Why is The Tribune biasing their readers?Cindy King, MillcreekSubmit a letter to the editor
  • Letter: Take care of abortion with mandatory vasectomies

    I worry a great deal about these new abortion laws that will leave women of childbearing age at the mercy of butcher abortionists.When a girl or woman is determined, she will get what she wants, even if it kills her. My mother was a nurse in the 1950s, and what I am saying is the truth.So I would like to propose a bill that would take care of abortion right at the source of the problem. As no one likes abortion, and as making it illegal only drives the problem underground (where rich women fly t
  • Letter: Injured Montana trooper gets support from Utah

    As Montana residents, my wife and I are greatly appreciative of all of the men and women in the Utah Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies in your state.Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer was shot in the line of duty in the early morning hours of March 15 and was flown to Salt Lake City for emergency medical treatment.Palmer has made an amazing recovery so far and was fortunate enough to be released and flown back to Montana recently. All of the Utah law enforcement community
  • Letter: Bigger newspaper print would help older readers

    Young people do not read the newspaper, as they receive their news online. But older people read the newspaper.I applaud Paul Huntsman for keeping the newspaper afloat, but what owners, editors or whoever makes the decisions don’t seem to understand is that older people have more eyesight problems.A little bigger and bolder print would go a long way in keeping you subscribers.Reva Anderson, North Salt LakeSubmit a letter to the editor
  • Letter: A modest proposal for ‘pro-life’ legislators

    I have a modest proposal for the legislators opposing abortion, no matter what the circumstances.I propose that:Every “pro-life” legislator take full responsibility for the life — that is, the love, nurturing care, education, medical expenses and overall well-being — of every unwanted child in the legislator’s state.In the event of a rape and subsequent pregnancy of a pubescent girl, the “pro-life” legislator assume responsibility for not only the birth
  • Eric Ewert: Utah’s true religion is growth

    Next year’s decennial census will confirm what we already know; Utah’s population is growing like crazy.Each year the state vies with Nevada and Idaho for the “fastest growing state in the nation" mantel. The last two years we lost by a fraction of a percentage point. But the year before, in 2016, it was Utah on top. So far for the decade, Utah wins the overall growth award, and that’s what it feels like: a competition.Utah relentlessly encourages growth. In fact our enti
  • Does Kemba’s All-NBA status and supermax eligibility hurt or help Utah Jazz’s chances?

    What impact does Kemba Walker’s new supermax eligibility have on the Utah Jazz’s purported free agent pursuit this summer? If you’ve been paying any attention at all to Utah Jazz fans lately, you’ll know that they’re chomping at the bit to land a significant free agent this summer. In several ways, Jazz brass has been […]
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  • Commentary: Trump meant the end of neoliberalism. What comes next?

    The election of Donald Trump marked the end of neoliberalism as the dominant hegemonic bloc of our time. Neoliberalism is an economic and political philosophy espousing economic freedom and laissez-faire policies as the means to achieve economic prosperity.Milton Friedman’s “Capitalism and Freedom” (1962) provided the theoretical framework, promoting entrepreneurial freedom, strong property rights, free markets and free trade. For Friedman, protecting freedom requires limiting
  • Commentary: The homeless have no voice at the table

    There was a time when Utah was lauded nationally for dramatically reducing the number of chronic homeless.Now? Not so much. No permanent supportive housing has been allocated since 2010. Not only that, but the Homeless Coordinating committee, led by Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, will be funding less than half of the requested support for homeless programs, a $23 million dollar shortfall that will be a devastating blow to the homeless population.This shortfall hits at a time when the shelter move, which
  • Commentary: Gary Herbert and the dirty ‘S-word’

    As one of the keynote speakers at the recent 13th annual Utah Economic Summit, held at the Grand America Hotel, Gov. Gary Herbert took aim at what he sees as a growing problem of the younger generation. Noting that Bernie Sanders, whose social vision successfully drew more primary votes (2 million) from the 19-29 age-group than both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump combined (1.6 million), Herbert launched into a crusade pointing out what he sees as a naive ignorance on the part of the young.&ldq
  • [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Pre-draft workouts feature BC’s Bowman and Utes’ Tillman

    The Utah Jazz got back to business with two pre-draft workout sessions this week, one of which included Utah Runnin' Utes F Donnie Tillman. Following somet...
  • Utah Jazz: Pre-draft workouts feature BC’s Bowman and Utes’ Tillman

    The Utah Jazz got back to business with two pre-draft workout sessions this week, one of which included Utah Runnin’ Utes F Donnie Tillman. Following something of a respite, the Utah Jazz resumed pre-draft workouts this week with two groups of prospects; one on Thursday and one on Friday. As is often the case with early […]
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  • Jefferson Savarino’s extra-time goal lifts Real Salt Lake to third straight win

    Sandy • Sebastian Saucedo whipped a pass across the field to Jefferson Savarino in the second half, and all he had to do was take a few touches and shoot for a good opportunity on goal. Instead, Savarino over-dribbled and an Atlanta United defender forced him to give up the ball out of bounds.It was a frustrating moment for Savarino, who visibly showed his displeasure as the ball rolled out of bounds. But it was only a matter of time until he redeemed himself.With Real Salt Lake on the verg
  • Plane crash in southern Utah kills two people

    A small plane crashed in southern Utah on Friday, killing both people on board.Crews responded to the crash about 11:20 a.m. after witnesses reported hearing an explosion. They located the single-engine aircraft in a remote stretch along Miner’s Mountain Road, according to a news release from Wayne County Sheriff’s Office.The plane had been hovering over the desert above Grover when people on the ground said it suddenly disappeared. When deputies got to the scene, pieces of the debri
  • Utah student Lauren McCluskey’s killer told friends he was worried about going back to prison days before the shooting, newly released reports say

    After University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey reported to campus police that she believed the man she had been dating was extorting her, officers told her there wasn’t much they could do.But Melvin S. Rowland, who she had warned them about, was beginning to panic.Three days after McCluskey had talked to police Oct. 13 about the anonymous threat she received, Rowland confided in a friend about what he was doing. He explained how he asked a woman to send him $1,000 or he would release co
  • Bases-loaded walk gives Pleasant Grove the 6A baseball championship over Lone Peak, 5-4 in extra innings

    Orem • The most important walk of Jackson Hill’s baseball career took him only a few feet from home plate. After a 3-2 pitch sailed high with the bases loaded, the Pleasant Grove outfielder dropped his bat, started toward first base and jumped into the air in celebration, knowing his work was finished.Brock Watkins trotted home with the winning run in the ninth inning of the Vikings' 5-4 defeat of Lone Peak for the Class 6A state championship Friday night at Utah Valley University, af
  • Judge blocks Trump from building sections of border wall

    San Francisco • A federal judge blocked on Friday President Donald Trump from building sections of his long-sought border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency.U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam, Jr., on Friday immediately halted the administration’s efforts to redirect military-designated funds for wall construction. His order applies to two high-priority projects to replace 51 miles of fence in two areas on the Mexican border.Gilliam issued the rulin
  • Federal lawsuit filed to block Alabama’s new abortion ban

    Montgomery, Ala. • A federal lawsuit filed Friday asks a judge to block an Alabama law that outlaws almost all abortions, the most far-reaching attempt by a conservative state to seek new restrictions on the procedure.The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed the lawsuit on behalf of abortion providers seeking to overturn the Alabama law that would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony punishable by up to 99 years or life in prison for the abor
  • Administration moves to revoke transgender health protection

    Washington • The Trump administration moved Friday to revoke newly won health care discrimination protections for transgender people, the latest in a series of actions that aim to reverse gains by LGBTQ Americans in areas ranging from the military to housing and education.The Health and Human Services Department released a proposed regulation that in effect says “gender identity” is not protected under federal laws that prohibit sex discrimination in health care. It would revers
  • BYU struggles mightily again at NCAA golf championships; Ute golfer Kyler Dunkle tied for second place after opening with a 69

    BYU’s golfers played worse when competing with all the other teams at the NCAA championships on Friday than they did playing solo on Thursday.The Cougars are in last place among 30 teams after shooting a 30-over-par 318 in the “first round” of play at The Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.The only positive is that the disappointing round BYU played Thursday — a 21-over-par 309 — while playing alone doesn’t look as bad now, compared to Friday’s dis
  • Utah man gets 15 years to life for 2016 murder

    Provo, Utah • A Utah man will spend 15 years to life behind bars for killing a 22-year-old man who was forced to dig his own grave.The Daily Herald reports 22-year-old Raul Vidrio of Mount Pleasant was sentenced Thursday for the first-degree murder of Wesley Nay.According to court documents, Vidrio burned Nay's body in a shallow grave in September 2016.Authorities arrested Vidrio in a stolen truck where they found shovels, gas jugs and a knife with blood matching Nay.A medical examiner dete
  • Utah Sen. Mike Lee hails ‘good fight’ by Congressman who single-handedly blocked $19B in disaster aid

    A conservative Texas congressman who on Friday single-handedly blocked a $19 billion bipartisan disaster aid package for communities and farms devastated by hurricanes, floods and wildfires drew scathing rebukes from Democrats and even some fellow Republicans.But not from Sen. Mike Lee, who instead gave Rep. Chip Roy an unequivocal attaboy.“Way to fight the good fight @chiproytx. The people of Texas are lucky to have you,” Lee tweeted.Way to fight the good fight @chiproytx. The peopl
  • Suspect in Utah shooting found in Idaho after two-day manhunt

    Boise, Idaho • Idaho police captured a man Friday afternoon suspected of shooting and killing a motorist in northern Utah earlier this week after a two-day manhunt.Officers arrested 45-year-old Jonathan Llana about 3:15 p.m. in an area of southern Idaho outside of Pocatello about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from where the suspect crashed his car into a canal Wednesday night after a police pursuit, according to news releases from Idaho State Police and the Utah Highway Patrol. LLana had broken
  • U.S. beefing up forces in Middle East to counter Iran

    Washington • The U.S. will send hundreds of additional troops and a dozen fighter jets to the Middle East in the coming weeks to counter what the Pentagon said is an escalating campaign by Iran to plan attacks against the U.S. and its interests in the region. And for the first time, Pentagon officials on Friday publicly blamed Iran and its proxies for recent tanker bombings near United Arab Emirates and a rocket attack in Iraq.President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that the 1,500 troo
  • Holly Richardson: A summer’s worth of non-fiction reading

    In spite of the March-like weather, summer is (hopefully) just around the corner and can be a great time to catch up on some reading. If you have fiction books you love to recommend, send them my way. My bookshelves are sadly lacking in fiction! I do, however, have some great non-fiction reads to recommend, including books from two “taboo” genres: politics and religion. Here they are, in alphabetical order:“An Accident of Geography: Compassion, Innovation and the Fight Against
  • Grand Canyon limits North Rim water use after pipe damaged

    Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. • Officials have temporarily placed restrictions on water use on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park after rockslides caused a pipeline break.The National Park Service announced Thursday that public laundry and shower facilities are closed as well as public restrooms with flushing toilets.The park service says portable toilets are replacing the restrooms. Drinking water remains available for visitors.Officials say repairs on the water pipeline are e
  • Husband of Utah man killed on I-84 releases statement calling for ‘swift justice’; suspected shooter captured

    A Salt Lake City resident shot and killed near the Idaho-Utah border on Wednesday loved to have fun and laugh and was like “a kid inside an adult body,” according to a statement posted on his husband’s Facebook page.Dennis Gwyther was commuting to his job as a Boise, Idaho-based flight attendant when he was reportedly shot by another motorist on a stretch of Interstate 84 known as Rattlesnake Pass. Idaho authorities captured the Los Angeles man, Jonathan Llana, in connection wi
  • Bagley Cartoon: Memorial Day 2019

    This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, May 26, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/05/23/bagley-cartoon-utah/" target=_blank><u>LGBeeTQ</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/05/22/bagley-cartoon-i-scam-nra/"><u>I Scam the NRA</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/05/20/bagley-cartoon-donkey-ai
  • New BYU basketball coach Mark Pope ‘out of my mind hyped’ to land UVU graduate transfer Jake Toolson

    Provo • BYU’s men’s basketball program has landed shooting guard Jake Toolson.Again.New coach Mark Pope announced Friday that the 6-foot-5 Toolson, the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year at Utah Valley last season, has officially been accepted into a graduate program at BYU and will be immediately eligible in 2019-20 as a graduate transfer.Toolson, who began his college career at BYU, graduated from UVU earlier this month and was named an honorable mention All-Americ
  • A Centerville teen faces aggravated assault allegations for attacking an elderly woman in a locked church

    A Utah teen accused of attacking an elderly woman who was practicing the organ alone in a locked chapel has never been in trouble with the law before. But he could face serious penalties, after prosecutors filed a petition in juvenile court accusing him of aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and criminal mischief.The 17-year-old boy was charged earlier this month with the crimes, though the charging documents were initially private after the teen’s defense attorney requested that the e
  • [NBC Sports] - Jeremy Lin: Milwaukee security guard asked for my pass to Raptors team bus

    Asian-American guard says it happens ‘in a lot of arenas’

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