• Utah’s men’s basketball team could use more than a day to prep for No. 4 Oregon, but the Ducks fly into town Saturday

    Utah’s men’s basketball team could use more than a day to prep for No. 4 Oregon, but the Ducks fly into town Saturday
    The University of Utah had one day to prepare between Thursday’s win over Oregon State and Saturday’s visit from No. 4 Oregon. How much one can get done in that amount of time, and how they get it all in, is a topic of debate. Larry Krystkowiak has been at this coaching thing for a while now, so the Utes head coach didn’t hesitate when asked what his plan was with such a quick turnaround. Assistant coach Andy Hill had the Oregon State scouting duties ahead of Thursday’s 8
  • Utah’s secondary takes another hit: Javelin Guidry declares for the NFL Draft

    Utah’s secondary takes another hit: Javelin Guidry declares for the NFL Draft
    The depth in Utah’s defensive backfield got a little thinner on Friday afternoon.Junior nickelback Javelin Guidry announced via Twitter his intention to enter the 2020 NFL Draft. Guidry was twice an All-Pac-12 honorable mention selection as a nickelback for the Utes.Guidry was earmarked as the lone returning starter on the backend of Utah’s secondary. He would have been a reasonable choice to play outside as a cornerback, potentially across from high-profile 2020 recruit Clark Philli
  • Utah Runnin’ Utes open Pac-12 play with 81-69 victory over Oregon State

    Utah Runnin’ Utes open Pac-12 play with 81-69 victory over Oregon State
    The University of Utah may have had 11 days off between games, but it didn’t matter.Emerging from the long layoff, not to mention an encouraging nonconference slate, the Utes effectively handled Oregon State Thursday night for an 81-69 win at the Huntsman Center in the Pac-12 opener for both sides.Timmy Allen finished with 25 points and 10 rebounds for Utah (10-3, 1-0 Pac-12). The sophomore guard led three Utes in double figures, while getting the better end of what was billed as a matchup
  • Utah Jazz big man Tony Bradley has supplanted Ed Davis in the rotation — but Davis remains a mentor to the young center

    Utah Jazz big man Tony Bradley has supplanted Ed Davis in the rotation — but Davis remains a mentor to the young center
    Ed Davis didn’t envision this when he signed with the Utah Jazz this summer.It’s now three consecutive Did Not Play — Coach’s Decisions he’s received, as Quin Snyder and the Jazz have moved to 21-year-old Tony Bradley in the rotation after Davis’ bench minutes weren’t working out.After being regarded as one of the best backup centers in the NBA over the last couple of seasons, this year, Davis, 30, hasn’t shown that same level of production, averag
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  • BYU’s gymnastics team is aiming for nationals in Guard Young’s fifth season as coach

    BYU’s gymnastics team is aiming for nationals in Guard Young’s fifth season as coach
    Guard Young has coached BYU’s gymnastics team since 2015, but he jokes is feels like he is heading into just his first year as a coach.“Those first four years felt like schooling,” he said. “I had a lot of on the job training and now I’m starting.”Young spent his first years building up the Cougars into a consistently strong program. The 2019 season ended with a lot of promise as the Cougars finished ranked No. 21 and Young named as the Mountain Rim Gymnastics
  • Stewart Walz: Mike Lee and Chris Stewart are too smart to support this president

    Stewart Walz: Mike Lee and Chris Stewart are too smart to support this president
    In order to have a workable democracy, the rights of the minority must be respected and preserved by a responsible majority. Or, as James Bovard put it, “Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.”How then does a responsible majority respect the rights of the minority while at the same time exercising the power it has been given? What I learned in 41 years of government service is that the responsible exercise of power is power cir
  • Statue unveiled for Vasilios Priskos, downtown Salt Lake City real estate magnate

    Statue unveiled for Vasilios Priskos, downtown Salt Lake City real estate magnate
    Vasilios Priskos was “a true champion” of downtown Salt Lake City, so erecting a larger-than-life statue of the real estate developer was “not only fitting, it was appropriate,” said the city’s mayor, Jackie Biskupski.In one of her last acts as mayor before her term ends Monday, Biskupski on Friday took part in the unveiling of an 8-foot bronze statue of Priskos, near the entrance of a walkway named after him that links Main Street to the McCarthey Plaza by the Eccl
  • Steve Hogseth: Predictions of 1922 no reason for Lake Powell Pipeline

    Steve Hogseth: Predictions of 1922 no reason for Lake Powell Pipeline
    In 1963, the Glen Canyon Dam began to systematically retain a portion of the flow of the Colorado River. In essence, this was the birth of Lake Powell. Seventeen years later, in 1980, the lake reached its “full” capacity.Hoover Dam, built in 1936, was the force behind the creation of Lake Mead. Powell is roughly 93% the capacity of Mead, and between the two lakes they have been a significant source for fresh water, hydropower and recreation for the people of the southwest.Soon after
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  • Utahns in Congress support killing of Iranian general but want to know reason and what’s next

    Utahns in Congress support killing of Iranian general but want to know reason and what’s next
    Sen. Mitt Romney — who chairs a Senate foreign relations subcommittee on the Middle East — praised the U.S. strike Friday that killed a top Iranian general, but also called for the Trump administration to articulate “a coherent strategy for protecting our security interests” there.Meanwhile, Utah’s only Democrat in Congress, Rep. Ben McAdams, also said he wants to see a coherent strategy and vowed, "I will not put American soldiers in harm’s way without a clea
  • Paul Krugman: Apocalypse becomes the new normal

    Paul Krugman: Apocalypse becomes the new normal
    The past week’s images from Australia have been nightmarish: walls of flame, blood-red skies, residents huddled on beaches as they try to escape the inferno. The bush fires have been so intense that they have generated “fire tornadoes” powerful enough to flip over heavy trucks.The thing is, Australia’s summer of fire is only the latest in a string of catastrophic weather events over the past year: unprecedented flooding in the Midwest, a heat wave in India that sent tempe
  • Trump declares an Iranian’s general’s ‘reign of terror’ over

    Trump declares an Iranian’s general’s ‘reign of terror’ over
    Washington • President Donald Trump declared Friday that a “reign of terror is over" as he marked the death of an Iranian general killed in a U.S. strike and as the Pentagon scrambled to reinforce the American military presence in the Middle East in preparation for reprisals.Gen. Qassem Soleimani “made the death of innocent people his sick passion,” Trump said from his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, adding “a lot of lives would have been saved” if he'd been hun
  • Missing California teen hiking in Mill Creek Canyon found Friday

    Missing California teen hiking in Mill Creek Canyon found Friday
    Search and rescue crews have located a California boy who disappeared in Mill Creek Canyon Thursday, FOX 13 reported.Police said Nicolas, who was not identified by his last name, was taken to a hospital Friday afternoon.The boy was visiting a friend and hasn’t been seen since he took an Uber to Mill Creek Canyon early Thursday to take an all-day hike, the United Police Department said.The boy was described as having curly brown hair and a medium build. Unified Police said Nicolas was not b
  • Utah State men’s basketball’s record helped by success in close games. That could come in handy against No. 13 San Diego State.

    Utah State men’s basketball’s record helped by success in close games. That could come in handy against No. 13 San Diego State.
    The locker room was quiet. It was halftime of a late-November game against Louisiana State University, and the Utah State basketball team was down 14. Every player felt dejected after what sophomore forward Justin Bean described as “the worst half of basketball we’d ever played.”Then senior guard Diogo Brito, one three captains for the Aggies, addressed the room, which had not yet been entered by the coaching staff. His message may have seemed unbelievable in the moment, but no
  • [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz big man Tony Bradley has supplanted Ed Davis in the rotation — but Davis remains a mentor to the young center

    [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz big man Tony Bradley has supplanted Ed Davis in the rotation — but Davis remains a mentor to the young center
    Ed Davis didn’t envision this when he signed with the Utah Jazz this summer.
  • Search underway in Mill Creek Canyon for missing California teen

    Search underway in Mill Creek Canyon for missing California teen
    Millcreek • Authorities on Friday launched a search in a canyon east of metro Salt Lake City for a missing 17-year-old hiker from California.The boy was visiting a friend and hasn’t been seen since he took an Uber to Mill Creek Canyon Thursday morning to take an all-day hike, the United Police Department said.The boy’s identity hasn’t been released. His mother was traveling to Utah from Fresno, police spokesman Ken Hansen said.The boy was described as having curly brown ha
  • [KSL] - Utah Jazz bench continues to quiet the criticism | KSL.com

    [KSL] - Utah Jazz bench continues to quiet the criticism | KSL.com
    The Jazz bench has been the subject of criticism for most of the season. It hasn't been lately.
  • Jazz big man Tony Bradley has supplanted Ed Davis in the rotation — but Davis remains a mentor to the young center

    Jazz big man Tony Bradley has supplanted Ed Davis in the rotation — but Davis remains a mentor to the young center
    Ed Davis didn’t envision this when he signed with the Utah Jazz this summer.It’s now three consecutive Did Not Play — Coach’s Decisions he’s received, as Quin Snyder and the Jazz have moved to 21-year-old Tony Bradley in the rotation after Davis’ bench minutes weren’t working out.After being regarded as one of the best backup centers in the NBA over the last couple of seasons, this year, Davis, 30, hasn’t shown that same level of production, averag
  • Stewart Walz: Lee and Stewart are too smart to support this president

    Stewart Walz: Lee and Stewart are too smart to support this president
    In order to have a workable democracy, the rights of the minority must be respected and preserved by a responsible majority. Or, as James Bovard put it, “Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.”How then does a responsible majority respect the rights of the minority while at the same time exercising the power it has been given? What I learned in 41 years of government service is that the responsible exercise of power is power cir
  • United Methodists announce plan to split over same-sex marriage

    United Methodists announce plan to split over same-sex marriage
    Leaders of the United Methodist Church, the second-largest Protestant domination in the nation, announced Friday a plan that would formally split the church after years of division over same-sex marriage.Under the plan, which would sunder a denomination with 13 million members worldwide, a new “traditionalist Methodist” denomination would be created and would continue to ban same-sex marriage as well as the ordination of gay and lesbian clergy.A separation in the Methodist church had
  • Viral college media company I’m Shmacked promised big checks and internet fame for campus ambassadors. Neither came.

    Viral college media company I’m Shmacked promised big checks and internet fame for campus ambassadors. Neither came.
    For eight years, a digital media company called I’m Shmacked has posted viral videos of the college party scene. Beer bongs, booze, marijuana and scantily clad women are all featured prominently, in scenes set to upbeat party music. Cinematic shots of college campuses and university landmarks are interspersed with flip cup games and keg stands.High schoolers love it. While university tours and campus promo reels can give them an idea of the academic environment at a college, I’m Shma
  • Utah State hopes its gymnastics rebuild is ready for prime time; Southern Utah ramps up its routines

    Utah State hopes its gymnastics rebuild is ready for prime time; Southern Utah ramps up its routines
    Utah State’s gymnastics team has been in a long rebuilding mode under third-year coach Amy Smith. This just might be the season the rebuilding starts to pay off for the Aggies.The Aggies return 10 gymnasts from the 2019 squad, which placed fourth at the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Championships. Among the returners are juniors Autumn DeHarde and Leighton Varnadore, who were second-team all-MRGC selections.The Aggies are very young, with the only seniors being Elle Golison and Brittany Jeppesen
  • Utah State offensive coordinator Mike Sanford heading to Minnesota

    Utah State offensive coordinator Mike Sanford heading to Minnesota
    The Utah State football team is in the market for another offensive coordinator.The University of Minnesota announced Friday that Sanford has joined the Gophers as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Sanford came to the Aggies with the addition of coach Gary Andersen last season.“I am thrilled to welcome Mike, his wife Anne-Marie and kids Peyton, Gunnar and Griffin to Minnesota,” Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said in a statement. “I have known Mike for many years, an
  • Logan has nation’s lowest unemployment rate; Salt Lake has lowest rate for metro areas with at least 1M residents

    Logan has nation’s lowest unemployment rate; Salt Lake has lowest rate for metro areas with at least 1M residents
    Logan now has the lowest unemployment rate among the nation’s 389 metro areas, and Salt Lake City has the lowest unemployment for metro areas with at least 1 million people.That’s according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It comes two weeks after release of similar data for states showed that Utah matched its lowest unemployment rate ever in November at 2.4% statewide.Also in the new data, a third Utah metro area — Ogden-Clearfield — ranked
  • In Guard Young’s fifth season as coach, BYU’s gymnastics team is aiming for nationals

    In Guard Young’s fifth season as coach, BYU’s gymnastics team is aiming for nationals
    Guard Young has coached BYU’s gymnastics team since 2015, but he jokes is feels like he is heading into just his first year as a coach.“Those first four years felt like schooling,” he said. “I had a lot of on the job training and now I’m starting.” Young spent his first years building up the Cougars into a consistently strong program. The 2019 season ended with a lot of promise as the Cougars finished ranked No. 21 and Young named as the Mountain Rim Gymnastic
  • Demonstrators protest land leaders at new Colorado location

    Demonstrators protest land leaders at new Colorado location
    Grand Junction, Colo. • Colorado demonstrators have welcomed the new Bureau of Land Management headquarters in opposition of the acting department director as his appointment was extended.U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt signed an order Thursday extending the appointment of acting department director William Perry Pendley until April despite criticism, the Daily Sentinel reports.Bernhardt put Pendley in temporary charge of the agency in July and previously extended
  • Utahns in Congress support killing of top Iranian general but say they want the president to explain reasoning and what’s next

    Utahns in Congress support killing of top Iranian general but say they want the president to explain reasoning and what’s next
    Sen. Mitt Romney — who chairs a Senate foreign relations subcommittee on the Middle East — praised the U.S. strike Friday that killed a top Iranian general, but also called for the Trump administration to articulate “a coherent strategy for protecting our security interests” there.Meanwhile, Utah’s only Democrat in Congress, Rep. Ben McAdams, also said he wants to see a coherent strategy and vowed, "I will not put American soldiers in harm’s way without a clea
  • U.S. sending 3,000 more troops to Mideast as reinforcements

    U.S. sending 3,000 more troops to Mideast as reinforcements
    Washington • The United States said Friday it is sending nearly 3,000 more Army troops to the Mideast in the volatile aftermath of the killing of an Iranian general in a strike ordered by President Donald Trump.Defense officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a decision not yet announced by the Pentagon, said the troops are from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.They are in addition to about 700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne who deployed to Kuwait e
  • Royals FC coach Laura Harvey leaving Utah for job with U.S. Soccer

    Royals FC coach Laura Harvey leaving Utah for job with U.S. Soccer
    Utah Royals FC coach Laura Harvey is leaving the club to take a job with U.S. Soccer, The Salt Lake Tribune has confirmed.The Equalizer, a soccer website, first reported that Harvey is leaving Utah to take an undisclosed position with U.S. Soccer after two seasons leading Royals FC.The Royals, through a spokesperson, declined comment.Harvey shot down reports at the end of last season that she would become U.S. Soccer’s next women’s national team coach, saying at the time that she pla
  • Utah members of Congress react to U.S. Iran strike — Mitt Romney says general killed was ‘depraved terrorist’ but wants to see ‘coherent strategy’ from Trump

    Utah members of Congress react to U.S. Iran strike — Mitt Romney says general killed was ‘depraved terrorist’ but wants to see ‘coherent strategy’ from Trump
    Sen. Mitt Romney — who chairs a Senate foreign relations subcommittee on the Middle East — praised the U.S. strike Friday that killed a top Iranian general, but also called for the Trump administration to articulate “a coherent strategy for protecting our security interests” there.“Qassem Soleimani was a depraved terrorist who had the blood of hundreds of American servicemen and women on his hands, and who was doubtlessly planning operations to further harm our citi
  • Report: Utah State offensive coordinator Mike Sanford heading to Minnesota

    Report: Utah State offensive coordinator Mike Sanford heading to Minnesota
    It appears the Utah State football team is in the market for another offensive coordinator. A Yahoo Sports report Friday said Mike Sanford, Jr., is heading to the University of Minnesota to fill its open offensive coordinator position. Sanford came to the Aggies with the addition of coach Gary Andersen last season.Sanford led a USU offense that averaged 29.2 points and 431.4 yards of total offense per game. It also converted third downs at a rate of 42.6%. Those numbers were down compared to the
  • Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar end 2019 lagging top rivals in fundraising

    Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar end 2019 lagging top rivals in fundraising
    Washington • Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said Friday that she raised $21.2 million from October through December, with more than $1.5 million coming on the last day of the year. But the Massachusetts senator still trailed a trio of other top rivals in fundraising and fell short of her total from the three previous months.Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she took in $11.4 million for her White House bid to close out the year. It was her campaign's best fundraising qua
  • Catholic Community Services, Pulse for Good aim to improve experience for homeless clients

    Catholic Community Services, Pulse for Good aim to improve experience for homeless clients
    Bus tokens. Wipes to clean up after spilled coffee. New shower faucet handles in the restrooms.Those were just a few of the items people experiencing homelessness said they needed during a town hall meeting held recently at the Weigand Homeless Resource Center, a day shelter located in downtown Salt Lake City’s Rio Grande neighborhood.The sessions provide an opportunity for Catholic Community Services, which operates the center, to give information about the services it provides, ranging f
  • Eye on the Y: A look ahead as we jump into 2020

    Eye on the Y: A look ahead as we jump into 2020
    Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, y’all!I hope everyone has enjoyed the festive days with your loved ones. It almost feels like a lifetime ago since football ended, yet we’re only two days into 2020.With the new year (and decade) underway, I thought maybe we could try to drum up some predictions on how BYU athletics will do in 2020. Well, I’ll at least break down how I think the spring season will go down.With the way the men’s basketball team is playing right now, just
  • Salt Lake City’s Temple Square begins four-year construction and renovation

    Salt Lake City’s Temple Square begins four-year construction and renovation
    Downtown’s iconic Salt Lake Temple has closed its doors to patrons and is scheduled to remain off-limits for four years to complete major renovations.But that doesn’t mean there has been no activity this week on the square at the heart of Mormondom.Construction crews have erected a chain link fence on the west side of the square in front of the Assembly Hall and Tabernacle, creating a walkway from the gate on South Temple to the one on North Temple.By mid-January, the square’s
  • Warren, Klobuchar end 2019 lagging top rivals in fundraising

    Warren, Klobuchar end 2019 lagging top rivals in fundraising
    Washington • Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said Friday that she raised $21.2 million from October through December, with more than $1.5 million coming on the last day of the year. But the Massachusetts senator still trailed a trio of other top rivals in fundraising and fell short of her total from the three previous months.Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she took in $11.4 million for her White House bid to close out the year. It was her campaign's best fundraising qua
  • [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell guarantees Rudy Gobert is feeling All-Star fan vote snub

    [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell guarantees Rudy Gobert is feeling All-Star fan vote snub
    Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert again played like an All-Star in a narrow 102-98 win over the Chicago Bulls, but his strong performance so far this season has yet to manifest in the eyes of the fans, who left him out of the top 10 in the first return...
  • U.S.-Iran conflict: What’s next after killing of Qassem Soleimani?

    U.S.-Iran conflict: What’s next after killing of Qassem Soleimani?
    Jerusalem • The unprecedented killing of Iran’s top general in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq has sent shockwaves across the Middle East, with Iran and its allies vowing revenge amid fears of an all-out war.But while they have vast arsenals and are within striking distance of U.S. troops deployed in Syria, Iraq and the Gulf, Iran may be wary of launching a retaliatory attack that could ignite a major conflict.The targeted attack on Friday could give them pause by signaling that the mercuria
  • Reid Ewing: Salt Lake City needs some traffic-calming measures

    Reid Ewing: Salt Lake City needs some traffic-calming measures
    On New Year’s Day, The Salt Lake Tribune reported that three homeless men were struck and killed trying to cross streets near South Salt Lake City’s new homeless shelter. Various pedestrian safety improvements were mentioned in the article, such as lowering speed limits, painting crosswalks and giving jaywalking tickets.One pedestrian safety countermeasure, which has proven effective elsewhere, wasn’t mentioned in the article: traffic calming. That is the installation of engine
  • [Deseret News] - Former BYU star and Seattle Seahawks edge rusher Ezekiel Ansah likely to be a ‘nightmare’ for the Philadelphia Eagles

    [Deseret News] - Former BYU star and Seattle Seahawks edge rusher Ezekiel Ansah likely to be a ‘nightmare’ for the Philadelphia Eagles
    Along with Jadeveon Clowney, the Eagles will have their hands full with the Seahawks edge rushers
  • Report: Coach Laura Harvey leaving Utah Royals FC for job with U.S. Soccer

    Report: Coach Laura Harvey leaving Utah Royals FC for job with U.S. Soccer
    Utah Royals FC coach Laura Harvey is leaving the club to take a job with U.S. Soccer, according to a report out Friday morning.The Equalizer, a soccer website, says that Harvey is taking a still-undisclosed position with U.S. Soccer after two seasons leading Royals FC.Harvey shot down reports at the end of last season that she would become U.S. Soccer’s next women’s national team coach, saying at the time that she planned to return to Royals FC.Utah just missed the NWSL playoffs last
  • [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Rudy Gobert still has eyes on All-Star as Donovan Mitchell supports run

    [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Rudy Gobert still has eyes on All-Star as Donovan Mitchell supports run
    Despite earning back-to-back Defensive Player of the Year awards, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert is still keeping his eye on one award that has eluded him throughout his career — being recognized as an NBA All-Star. Jazz teammate Donovan Mitchell has...
  • Brodi Ashton: We had an unexpected Christmas moment that will stay with me forever

    Brodi Ashton: We had an unexpected Christmas moment that will stay with me forever
    My ex-husband Sam and I spend every Christmas morning together with our two boys. This tradition has lasted through our marriage and divorce, subsequent marriages and relationships and more divorce.We decide on presents together (well, he does most of the work) and then we combine them and I wrap them all in ridiculously extravagant ways, knowing those pretty wrapping-paper pleats and decorative flairs will soon be shredded. Then I go over early on Christmas and we set it all up while we make th
  • Sanders, Trump surge, Biden bounces back in campaign cash race

    Sanders, Trump surge, Biden bounces back in campaign cash race
    Washington • Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said Friday that she raised $21.2 million from October through December, with more than $1.5 million coming on the last day of the year. The Massachusetts senator trailed three other rivals in fundraising and fell short of her total from the three previous months.Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar also said she took in $11.4 million for her White House bid to close out the year. It was the best fundraising quarter of her campaign.Ver
  • Letter: Trump responsible for many deaths

    Letter: Trump responsible for many deaths
    When you vote against someone rather than for someone, the alternative may be worse than you intended.If you voted against Bob Bennett, you ended up with Mike Lee. If you voted against Hillary Clinton you got the dictator wannabe, Donald Trump.This inept "chosen one," according to the Associated Press, had the unmitigated gall to warn about impending carnage in Syria after throwing the Kurds to the wolves and releasing terrorist prisoners when he withdrew U.S. troops from Syria. Meanwhile his co
  • Letter: Scouting is so last century

    Letter: Scouting is so last century
    When I was a Boy Scout, I learned that a Scout is “trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.” And a Scout leader would sometimes effuse, “Why, if you live up to all that, who knows, maybe, just maybe someday you could become president of the United States!”Now I see that the current occupant of the White House has few, if any, of these qualities.Perhaps those contemplating a replacement program for the
  • Letter: No tithing, no ticket

    Letter: No tithing, no ticket
    In his letter to The Public Forum on Dec. 31, Bill Inglesby stated that:"The LDS Church does not demand tithing payments. They strongly encourage tithing payments. There are many members of the church who are not active, do not pay tithing and are not in fear of losing the church membership. And no member of the church is ever threatened with excommunication for failing to pay tithing."This may be true, but he left out one major item for not paying their tithing. Those not paying their tithing c
  • Signs of coming four-year construction appear on and around Salt Lake City’s Temple Square

    Signs of coming four-year construction appear on and around Salt Lake City’s Temple Square
    Downtown’s iconic Salt Lake Temple has closed its doors to patrons and is scheduled to remain off-limits for four years to complete major renovations.But that doesn’t mean there has been no activity this week on the square at the heart of Mormondom.Construction crews have erected a chain link fence on the west side of the square in front of the Assembly Hall and Tabernacle, creating a walkway from the gate on South Temple to the one on North Temple.By mid-January, the square’s
  • Robert Kirby: Shrinking the distance in old relationships

    Robert Kirby: Shrinking the distance in old relationships
    Ever wonder what happened to people with whom you were once close but over time just drifted apart?I do. People like me — military brats, former criminals, cops, the casually offensive, etc. — tend to look over our shoulders a lot, wondering what happened to those we once loved/hated.Theoretically, most relationships are based largely on circumstance. People are thrown together and bonded by proximity to events. But things sometimes change. We move, decide to clean up our acts, or ju
  • George Chapman: A 2020 wish list for Salt Lake City

    George Chapman: A 2020 wish list for Salt Lake City
    The transition team of the new Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall has provided a suggested roadmap for the city to address issues like air quality, affordable housing and homeless. Those are important issues that deserve high priority and attention in the new year.The air quality in the Wasatch Basin, especially Salt Lake County, is often below healthy limits. Although Utah can focus on idling cars, diesel trucks can pollute over a hundred times more than new cars. One of the major concerns ab
  • [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Jordan Clarkson has blunt response to his improved 3-point shooting accuracy

    [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Jordan Clarkson has blunt response to his improved 3-point shooting accuracy
    Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson has made a significant improvement with his 3-point shooting this season, going from a pedestrian 32.4% last season to a more respectable 36.9% this season. When asked about what he’s done differently, Clarkson summed...

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