What happened to Joe Biden? Many people thought he was a moderate incrementalist, but now he’s promoting whopping big legislative packages that make many on the progressive left extremely happy. I asked him that when I spoke on the phone with him this week. The answer seems to be — it’s complicated. The values that…
Fans, tailgates welcomed back at LaVell Edwards Stadium for BYU’s 2021 football season
The BYU Cougars will play in empty stadiums no more — at least at home. A year after playing the best season in 20 years with little to no fans, BYU football is welcoming back its fans. The athletic department is planning a return to full capacity in LaVell Edwards Stadium this fall for the…
Eagle helps Utah’s Tony Finau advance to the PGA Championship’s weekend rounds
Tony Finau’s eagle on his 16th hole Friday removed any doubt about his opportunity to play the weekend rounds of the PGA Championship. Even so, the West High School graduate undoubtedly left the Kiawah Island Golf Resort wishing he could have made a lot more putts in addition to that 15-footer on the Ocean Course’s…
Gabby Saunders and Cooper Wiggins: Unemployment checks are not the problem. The restaurant industry is.
It is no secret that restaurants across Utah are struggling to hire staff. Just last week, Fox 13 posted an article describing the impossible situation many restaurants have found themselves in the wake of the pandemic. Restaurant industry representatives aren’t blaming the hiring crisis on unemployment checks, but rather people leaving the restaurant industry to…
The Weekly Run: Diving deeper into Donovan Mitchell’s interview and his playoff readiness
As Donovan Mitchell’s sprained ankle lingered on for several weeks, Utah Jazz fans became increasingly nervous about his availability at all for the start of the playoffs and/or how rusty he’ll be after not getting to work his way back into game shape with some late regular-season games. For much of that time, I’ve had…
There’s a reason Utah is not on Ford or Apple’s short list, The Tribune’s Editorial Board writes
Utah has the opportunity to lead the nation, and the world, as humanity negotiates the problems of the 21st century. We have enviable assets and valuable raw materials. We have striking public lands, opportunities in renewable energy, an energetic and philanthropic business community and top-flight health care systems and institutions of higher education. Our population…
Southern Baptist denomination has lost more than 2 million members since 2006
Nashville • The nation’s largest Protestant denomination continues to get smaller. There were 14 million Southern Baptists in 2020, according to a new report released Thursday (May 20) by Lifeway Christian Resources, which compiles official denominational statistics. That number is down 435,632 members since 2019 and 2.3 million from 2006, when the Southern Baptist Convention…
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Another 10 Utahns die of COVID-19
Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. The COVID-19 death toll continues to rise in Utah — 10 more Utahns have…
Jazz learn their first-round opponent as Memphis tops Golden State in overtime
San Francisco • Ja Morant made consecutive jumpers in the final 48 seconds of overtime and scored 35 points, Memphis had an answer for every Stephen Curry flurry, and the Grizzlies are headed back to the playoffs for the first time in four years after holding off the Golden State Warriors 117-112 on Friday night…
BYU stays alive in Tempe Regional with wins over Southern Illinois, No. 15 Arizona State
BYU wasn’t ready to see its softball season come to an end — so it didn’t. The Cougars were able to survive two consecutive elimination games on Friday to advance to the Regional Final on Saturday in Tempe. First, BYU sent Southern Illinois packing by beating the Salukis 7-2 and later eliminated No. 15 Arizona…
As the last playoff team to know their opponent, the Utah Jazz have mostly been working on themselves
An already unconventional season got even more so with the Utah Jazz — owners of the best regular-season record in the NBA — becoming the final playoff qualifier to learn their opponent on Friday night. Obviously, that scenario has not been ideal for planning purposes, but given that the trade-off has been a week between…
Utah reports 262 coronavirus cases, 1 death
Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. The state reported 262 coronavirus cases on Saturday, less than the past three Saturdays…
Privacy review finds unusually high number of user trackers on Utah coronavirus website
Utah’s coronavirus website had more tracking technology than almost any other state’s COVID-19 site in the nation, according to an analysis by digital industry watchdogs. Internet privacy experts say the large number of cookies and ad trackers on utah.coronavirus.gov could allow data-mining companies to exploit citizens — but state officials say the tracking was there…
If the Utah Jazz disappoint in the playoffs, these 5 statistical weaknesses may be the downfall
Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism. The Utah Jazz have the league’s best point differential, the league’s best record, and have all season long. So why aren’t they favorites to make the NBA Finals? Quite frankly, the biggest reason is that they…
What happened this week with critical race theory in Utah and elsewhere?
Utah officials this week plunged headfirst into the critical race theory culture war that’s raging in state legislatures and school board meetings across the country. On a national level, Utah Sen. Mike Lee blasted critical race theory as a movement that “weaponizes diversity,” while Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes urged the U.S. Department of Education…
Here’s how a Utah polygamous sect cashed in on federal coronavirus bailouts
Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism. A Utah polygamous sect — with members who bilked the government out of millions of dollars — has acquired $145,200 in federal coronavirus assistance through its church, with untold additional sums trickling into the group through…
What puts Utah on the verge of being a leader in mental health care? Robert Gehrke explains.
When lawmakers met in a special session last week to budget about $1.6 billion in federal COVID relief funds coming to the state, there was an item tucked into the list that went largely unnoticed, overshadowed by the frustrating spectacle our political process has become. But it deserves attention. Once the circus rolls out of…
What to watch for in the Utah Jazz-Memphis Grizzlies series
Can Donovan Mitchell cook Brooks? Donovan Mitchell smoked Dillon Brooks — who just defended Steph Curry exceptionally well — in their two regular season meetings this year; Mitchell scored 35 points in both games, once on 12-17 shooting and once on 12-23 shooting. (He didn’t play in the the third game after the Jazz’s plane…
Sport climbers to shake off rust, put on Olympic preview at two Salt Lake City World Cups
The shelter-in-place restrictions brought on by COVID-19 left many people wanting to climb the walls of their homes, figuratively speaking. Kyra Condie actually climbed them, literally. With gyms closed and no competitions in sight, the Olympics-bound sport climber got out a drill and some plywood and constructed a climbing wall on an overhanging wall in…
Why a Utah developer says land he gave to the LDS Church should remain a park
Cottonwood Heights • As a community fights to keep a park from being turned into another subdivision, the neighborhood’s original developer says he donated a portion of the land with the understanding that it always would remain green space. Victor Merrill gifted about a third of an acre from his Brighton Point development to The…
The Triple Team: Against a bad Rockets team, Quin Snyder keeps his focus on the long run
Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 124-116 win over the Houston Rockets from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen. 1. Quin Snyder’s approach to that game You know, I thought Quin Snyder’s approach to that game was maybe the most interesting aspect of the contest. It was against the Rockets’ C team —…
