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Jeremy Johnson, convicted businessman tied to Utah political scandal, is released from prison
Jeremy Johnson, the St. George businessman convicted of making false statements to banks, has been released from prison 23 months early, according to his Facebook posts. Johnson posted a photo Friday night showing him standing beside his wife and two children in front of a small airplane. “The rumors are true!” Johnson wrote. “So so so happy to be home.” Someone replied to the post saying they thought he had two more years in prison.
Western utility to quicken move away from coal-fired power
FILE - This Friday, June 3, 2011 file photo shows the Huntington coal-fired Power Plant owned by PacifiCorp in Huntington, Utah. Western U.S. electrical utility PacifiCorp plans to move faster away from coal-fired power while getting more juice from the sun and wind, the company announced Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019.
Jason Mathis: Why I support Stan Penfold for Salt Lake City mayor
If I still lived in Salt Lake City, I wouldn’t be writing this. I would be too careful and cautious and worried about offending anyone to say what I really think. I left the Beehive State a year ago and now feel even more free to speak my mind. I know and like many of the folks running for mayor of Salt Lake City. Jim Dabakis, Luz Escamilla, Erin Mendenhall and David Garbett are all people I admire. I have worked closely with all of them in different capacities. I would call each of them a friend.
Two chances for Kauf
In four of her last five stops at Deer Valley, Utah, Jaelin Kauf has reached the podium. If she’s to make it five out of six she’ll be a two-time medalist in the World Ski Championships. Kauf will have home-course advantage Friday and Saturday as she and her United States teammates compete on the same hill where they train. It’s the moguls skier’s biggest event since she placed seventh at the Winter Olympics a year ago. Only this weekend she’ll have two opportunities for a medal.
SLC International Airport explores whether its time to start pushing out small propeller planes
Salt Lake City International Airport officials are exploring whether it is time to start pushing small general aviation aircraft away because they tend to slow busy airline operations and limit the ability to attract more commercial flights. “It may not be reasonable to continue to provide service for small general aviation aircraft” at the main airport, Steve Domino, a consultant with RS&H, told the Airport Advisory Board on Wednesday.
This week in Mormon Land: LDS comic wins laughs, activist wins applause, prophet’s wife returns home, Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds speaks of his fragile faith
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Utah Democrats look to mayor to flip GOP House seat
In this March 21, 2018 photo, Democratic Salt Lake County Council member Jenny Wilson during the House District 24 Democratic Caucus at Ensign Elementary in Salt Lake City. Democrats in deep-red Utah are looking to Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams to flip one of the state's four Republican-controlled congressional districts and help take control of the U.S. House. But first he has to win the party's nomination against four challengers at the party's state convention Saturday, April 28, 2018.
Prep sports: This week’s standout performers and key numbers
Each week, the TribPreps staff will choose standout performers and key numbers from the previous week’s action in Utah and showcase them. Here are this week’s picks. The Jordan junior scored four goals and added an assist in the Beetdiggers’ 10-4 win over Juan Diego in girls’ lacrosse action Tuesday. It was the second time this season that she’s scored four goals in a game. The Mountain View sophomore recorded a hat trick in a 7-2 win over Uintah in boys’ soccer action Tuesday.
A look back at Tribune photojournalist Chris Detrick’s 13-year career
After 13 years of photographing news in Utah and around the world, Chris Detrick is leaving The Salt Lake Tribune. He has won multiple awards from Pictures of the Year International and World Press Association, just to name a few. Here is a collection of 25 images from Detrick’s impressive career. Pepperdine's Jason Walberg (12) gouges the eyes of BYU's Jonathan Tavernari (45) during the game at the Marriott Center on Dec. 15, 2007. No foul was called on the play.
Accomplice to Sgt. Cory Wride's murder wins partial appeal
The Utah Court of Appeals ruled Meagan Grunwald, the teenager convicted as an accomplice to the murder of Utah County Sheriff Deputy Cory Wride, may get a new trial on some charges.According to documents filed in the Utah Court of Appeals on Thursday, Grunwald may get a new trial on the charges that she was an accomplice in the attempted aggravated murder of Deputy Greg Sherwood, felony charges relating to shooting at him and Trooper Jeff Blankenagel and charges related to damaging a...
Salt Lake City’s Caffe Molise and BTG Wine Bar will be moving to historic building on 400 South
Salt Lake City’s Caffe Molise and its sibling, BTG Wine Bar, will be moving in May to the historic Eagle Building at 404 S. West Temple. The owners are leaving their space near the Salt Palace Convention Center to make way for a possible development that also could encompass the now-vacant building that housed NakedFish (and later Ikigai). ”I’ve felt pressure for two or three years to relocate,” said Fred Moesinger, who opened Caffe Molise, at 55 W. 100 South, some 25 years ago.
Ex-attorney general sues Utah to pay $1.6 million legal bill
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's former Attorney General John Swallow, who resigned amid corruption allegations, sued the state for reimbursement of the nearly $1.6 million in legal fees he accumulated during a court battle that ended with a jury acquitting him.Swallow's lawsuit filed Tuesday cites a Utah law that requires the state to pay legal bills for defending public officials who are acquitted of criminal charges related to their jobs.
Ex-attorney general sues Utah to pay $1.6 million legal bill
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's former Attorney General John Swallow, who resigned amid corruption allegations, sued the state for reimbursement of the nearly $1.6 million in legal fees he accumulated during a court battle that ended with a jury acquitting him.Swallow's lawsuit filed Tuesday cites a Utah law that requires the state to pay legal bills for defending public officials who are acquitted of criminal charges related to their jobs.
Ex-attorney general sues Utah to pay $1.6 million legal bill
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's former Attorney General John Swallow, who resigned amid corruption allegations, sued the state for reimbursement of the nearly $1.6 million in legal fees he accumulated during a court battle that ended with a jury acquitting him.Swallow's lawsuit filed Tuesday cites a Utah law that requires the state to pay legal bills for defending public officials who are acquitted of criminal charges related to their jobs.
Ex-attorney general sues Utah to pay $1.6 million legal bill
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's former Attorney General John Swallow, who resigned amid corruption allegations, sued the state for reimbursement of the nearly $1.6 million in legal fees he accumulated during a court battle that ended with a jury acquitting him.Swallow's lawsuit filed Tuesday cites a Utah law that requires the state to pay legal bills for defending public officials who are acquitted of criminal charges related to their jobs.
Ten things we'll miss - and won't miss - about the 2018 Olympics and South Korea
So as we prepare for our long return trek home to Salt Lake City, we wanted to share with you, the readers, what we experienced during the last three weeks here covering the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. After much deliberation, we’ve narrowed it down to what we’ll miss the most about this country and what we, well, won’t miss. THE COLD — Yes, we know the Winter Olympics are the Olympics in winter, but this has been a special kind of cold.
Following loss, Kauf sets sights on World Cup
PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA — If Jaelin Kauf could have flip-flopped her runs, she would have competed for a medal.Kauf, 21, laid down the second-best score of the 20-skier first round during Sunday’s mogul event at Phoenix Snow Park. It was a score that would have placed her second in the round of 12 skiers and advanced her to the medal round of six.
It’s looking likely that toll roads are in Utah’s future - starting with the crowded Wasatch canyons
A proposal designed to bring a toll road to Little Cottonwood Canyon sped past its first obstacle Wednesday — with hints that toll roads may spread statewide and become a major funding replacement for current gasoline taxes. The Senate Transportation Committee voted 7-0 to endorse SB71 to make it easier for the state to use electronic tolling.
How do Catholics, Protestants, Mormons, Muslims and Jews view heaven? Who gets to go there? Answers are out of this world
“There are only two ‘places’ to the afterlife — heaven and hell,” says the Rev. Andrew Stephen Damick, a nationally known Orthodox author, scholar and speaker.
State estimates show Utah's population continues to grow
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New population estimates show Utah is continuing to grow, but demographers say the state's well-known high birth rate isn't the only factor driving the increase.The state's population increased by 59,045 people from 2016 to 2017, according to the Utah Population Committee estimates made public Wednesday.
Monson: It’s time for to BYU dump its Honor Code
The school says its aim is to compete at the highest level of college football and basketball. It has set that expectation, an expectation its fans have bought into and, despite its rather modest recent achievements — read: failures — in reaching those goals, continue to buy into, all as the school goes on pursuing and selling that notion. And yet they play on because they haven’t been caught. Or because they have been caught but it hasn’t gone public. If it goes public, forget about it.
Kragthorpe: BYU's Kalani Sitake could learn a lot from Utah State's turnaround
As of Thanksgiving Day in 2016, Wells’ program was about to finish a three-win season with a loss to BYU, while anticipating a no-bowl December that he labels “horrible.” And now the Aggies (6-5) can clinch a winning record Saturday at Air Force, with a bowl game in their future. Maybe so, but I’m here to help, anyway. So what can Sitake learn from Wells’ recovery in Logan? Quite a bit.
Utah ski resorts giddy over Olympic bid, worried by DUI law
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Utah ski resorts giddy over Olympic bid, worried by DUI law
In this March 28, 2017, file photo, skiers and snowboarders are shown in the terrain park at Park City Mountain Resort, in Park City, Utah. Utah ski officials kick off the new season energized by the growing possibility of another Winter Olympics bid and buoyed by two straight seasons of record visitation.
Utah ski resorts giddy over Olympic bid, worried by DUI law
In this March 28, 2017, file photo, skiers and snowboarders are shown in the terrain park at Park City Mountain Resort, in Park City, Utah. Utah ski officials kick off the new season energized by the growing possibility of another Winter Olympics bid and buoyed by two straight seasons of record visitation.
Utah ski resorts giddy over Olympic bid, worried by DUI law
In this March 28, 2017, file photo, skiers and snowboarders are shown in the terrain park at Park City Mountain Resort, in Park City, Utah. Utah ski officials kick off the new season energized by the growing possibility of another Winter Olympics bid and buoyed by two straight seasons of record visitation.
Utah ski resorts giddy over Olympic bid, worried by DUI law
In this March 28, 2017, file photo, skiers and snowboarders are shown in the terrain park at Park City Mountain Resort, in Park City, Utah. Utah ski officials kick off the new season energized by the growing possibility of another Winter Olympics bid and buoyed by two straight seasons of record visitation.
Utah ski resorts giddy over Olympic bid, worried by DUI law
In this March 28, 2017, file photo, skiers and snowboarders are shown in the terrain park at Park City Mountain Resort, in Park City, Utah. Utah ski officials kick off the new season energized by the growing possibility of another Winter Olympics bid and buoyed by two straight seasons of record visitation.
Former Utah prep rivals Samson Nacua, Ty Jones reunite in Husky Stadium
Seattle • When one Utah County wideout hauled in a touchdown, the other felt the need to follow suit. Probably a byproduct of the Timpview-Provo dynamic, sure, but Samson Nacua admitted this week that seeing Ty Jones and his lengthy 6-foot-4 frame only added to his motivation. “Me and him had a little rivalry back in high school,” Nacua said this week.
Utah State’s visit to UNLV could help determine the rest of Aggies’ season
“Offensively, I thought we played well in the second quarter, and moved the ball. We kind of got some rhythm and excitement going,” Wells said. “Then, that was about it. We had a drive in the second half when Kent came back in, and that was it.”
State treasurer warns state takeover of UTA could damage Utah's credit rating
Sen. Wayne Harper, R-Taylorsville and chairman of the interim committee, said option one becomes even more problematic because UTA is planning to issue bonds three more times in the next few years — including $88.5 million next year — to cover needed maintenance of tracks and trains. The state would have to fund such work itself, possibly by raising sales taxes, he said.
TSA starts new security rule at Salt Lake City airport, urges arriving 90 minutes before flight
Until passengers and officers become more accustomed to them, it warns that passing through security may take some extra time — and advises arriving at least 90 minutes before flights. The main change is that for X-ray screening of carry-on bags, all electronics larger than a cellphone must be removed and placed flat in a bin with nothing stacked above or beneath them — similar to what has long been required for laptop computers.
More returned Mormon missionaries than ever are playing in the NFL
Kaufusi served his mission to New Zealand upon graduating from Provo’s Timpview High, then played four straight years for the Cougars under the tutelage of his father, Steve, another returned missionary who played in the NFL. Bronson Kaufusi also played on BYU’s basketball team in 2012, paving the way for his younger brother, Corbin, to also become a two-sport star at BYU.
Rudy Gobert supplants Gordon Hayward as Utah's most influential sports figure
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Utah football preview: Utes desperately seeking a starting QB
For those who’ve followed Utah under Whittingham, veering away from a healthy returning senior quarterback for the gifted, untested signal-caller would cement a fairly seismic shift. Huntley’s evasiveness and speed out of the pocket is video game-esque, but Williams came up as a spread-style quarterback himself, and one could argue hasn’t had the ability to showcase his skill-set wholly in a Utah uniform.
Prep football: Pick 6 - Six games to watch in Week 1
The Eric Kjar Era at Corner Canyon opens on the road. Kjar’s offenses put up video-game-like numbers during his time at Jordan, and there’s little reason to think that won’t be the case at Corner Canyon, too. He has a Division I commit at QB to get started, too, with Zach Wilson under center. Wilson, who is committed to Boise State, threw for 2,708 yards and ran for another 539 last season. It will be interesting to see how he performs in Kjar’s offense.
Prep football: 10 players to watch this season
The 6-foot-4 quarterback, a four-star recruit according to Scout and Rivals, likes to throw it. A lot. His 486 attempts, an average of 40.5 per game, last season was the third most all-time in Utah history. His proclivity for the pass is a good thing since he’s committed to Washington State. He threw for 4,059 yards and 38 scores and helped the Pioneers to the Class 5A state quarterfinals last season, where they fell to Bingham. He did add three TDs on the ground, too. His 38 completions vs.
Mormon apostle tells BYU graduates to seek balance in life
"Ensure that as you leave this university and establish yourself, that wherever you may live, the gospel will always be part of your home," he said. "The home and the family is the fundamental unit of time and all eternity."
Utah legislators may rewrite state law on gay marriage
This year while the gay-marriage issue worked through the courts, legislative leaders put a hold on legislation dealing even remotely with it — including a bill sponsored by Sen. Steve Urquhart, R-St. George, seeking to prohibit housing and employment discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Utahns.
Thanksgiving road travel should be clear sailing in Utah
But transportation officials are urging caution over what can sometimes be one of the deadlier holiday weekends for travel. And Black Friday shoppers should not count on mass transit to get them to early deals, as the Utah Transit Authority is offering only limited service that day and is mostly closed on Thanksgiving.
Business interests pushing homeless shelter relocation, provider says
But Glenn Bailey, executive director of Crossroads Urban Center, said although the coalition has pledged to build 300 permanent housing units for the homeless, it seems to be emphasizing that less as it looks toward options like moving the shelter. Group leaders, he added, may be positioning themselves for business opportunities by relocating the homeless to more remote locations.
Rolly: Searching for hope amid Salt Lake City’s homeless
The Weigand Center provides a variety of daytime services, including a library and a community room, where movies are shown on a flat-screen TV. It also offers job counseling, food stamps, a laundry, medical and grooming supplies, showers and a barber, who volunteers his services one day a week.
Top Mormon leaders mostly Republican; two switch to unaffiliated
In Utah, voters have to register Republican to vote in that party's primary. Some people, like Uchtdorf in 2012, will temporarily register as a Republican to participate in the primary and then revert their registration to unaffiliated or even Democratic. The Democratic Party has an open primary in which anyone, regardless of party affiliation can vote. None of the apostles changed his affiliation to vote in the 2014 primary.
Utah judge: Driver license search amounted to ‘illegal stop’
"The officer accessed the motor vehicle records of the defendant without any reasonable suspicion that the defendant had violated any local, state or federal law," Judge Brendan McCullagh wrote in his March 12 ruling. "Given that the officer was not investigating a crime, he accessed the protected motor vehicle records without authorization."
Wrangling continues over what to do with Utah’s other 14,000 homeless
Chronic homelessness is defined as being homeless for more than one year or being without a home four times across three years and having a diagnosed disability or substance-abuse problem. Last month the state Department of Workforce Services said its program had found homes for 90 percent of the state's chronically homeless that numbered more than 2,000 a decade ago.
Cities to pitch county leaders on holding tax-increase votes
County leaders are not expected to vote Tuesday on whether to put the issue on the ballot, but are expected to listen to arguments and begin discussions of their own. They would need to vote by about Aug. 1 for the issue to make the Nov. 3 ballot.
Officials warn of July 4 weekend road delays, urge caution
Gleason warns that Interstate 80 is reduced to one lane in each direction in Summit County between the U.S. 40 interchange and Wanship. All traffic has been shifted into the eastbound lanes, and traffic has been reduced to 45 miles per hour. UDOT says drivers should consider Interstate 84 as an alternate.
The state of Deseret flag still flies over Salt Lake City
Although the spot has a lot of historical significance to The LDS Church, many people aren't aware of the flag, including City Councilman Stan Penfold, whose District 3 encompasses the trailhead. But according to a spokesman for Mayor Ralph Becker, the territorial flag was included in an agreement between The LDS Church and Salt Lake City at the time of the land transfer.
Voters not keen on tax hike for $150M ‘open space recreation’ in SLC, poll shows
While Salt Lake City taxpayers appear ready to pony up for transit, they look less likely to endorse Becker's recreation initiative, "Connecting You to Nature." The proposal includes, among other things, remaking the Glendale Golf Course into a regional multipurpose park, improvements to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and a connector from it to the west side's 9 Line: an old rail corridor converted to a cycling/jogging path.
Sandbaggers rush to Salem after canal breach
Water from the roughly 20-mile West Salem Canal, believed to have failed about 10:45 a.m., had been flowing through orchards, which soaked up the deluge before it reached homes in the area of 1300 South and 250 West, Salem police said.
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