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The Homefront: Don’t be ‘that’ family when you go on vacation

I wish I knew “NS” and “DS”. I would face them, look them squarely in the eye, and ask, “What possessed you to think it was a good idea to carve your initials across a mural of ancient petroglyphs at the magnificent Sand Island Cliff site near Bluff, Utah?” They couldn’t possibly ...

Guest opinion: The things we don’t see

Substance abuse and incarceration have been a prominent presence throughout my life like so many others. Watching the people you love struggle with addiction and the consequences it brings is heart breaking. Knowing your loved one has struggled to the point of overdose is devastating. People ...

LLOYD: What costs are worth the benefits when it comes to technology?

Data center. If you live in Utah, just seeing those two words might be enough to make your blood pressure rise and your emotions go haywire. There seem to be two very distinct rallying cries when it comes to these large-scale projects: "We must have them to lead the way and/or keep up with ...

BARONE: Who wins the re-redistricted House?

As President Donald Trump's job approval sinks to or below 40% (depending on which poll you're looking at), betting markets and political conventional wisdom are that his Republican Party is not necessarily doomed to lose its narrow House majority, nor is it at serious risk of losing its Senate ...

LETTER: Federal troops and ICE shouldn’t be a part of elections

President Donald Trump has expressed a willingness to send federal troops and/or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to polling places this fall. I believe that is illegal, but when and who has stopped illegal actions of Trump before it was too late to reverse them. The ...

LETTER: Honoring American sacrifices for humanitarian efforts

In Northern Utah, we are all proud of America’s humanitarian airlift to West Berlin during 1948 1949. That operation was considered successful beyond all expectation. The reason that airflow was so successful was due to an operation conceived during World War II. From 1942 to 1945, the ...