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Guest opinion: Northern Utah’s new climate normal

Northern Utah has always been a land of contrasts: mountains and valleys, pioneers and tech bros, Cougars and Utes. But lately, the region has embraced a new identity: America’s premier climate-change laboratory, complete with a once great lake, vanishing snow, dust storms, forest fires, and ...

HARROP: Exactly what business are we in with measles?

Measles is a "cost of doing business," says a highly placed official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I'd like to know what business that is. To be fair, let me finish the CDC principal deputy director's quote. Ralph Abraham said that measles is a cost of doing business ...

STOSSEL: Politicians make things worse

Home prices keep rising. One reason is that today's houses are bigger. Buyers now want more rooms, washers and dryers and air-conditioning. But even if you adjust for the improvements, houses cost more today. Why? Politicians blame big companies like Blackstone, Invitation Homes and ...

ZITO: The end of the road for the Little Diner That Could

LIGONIER, Pennsylvania -- All that remained of Ruthie's Diner on Jan. 21 was charred, ice-encased rubble -- the aftermath of firefighters' desperate efforts to extinguish the blaze that ultimately consumed the modest eatery, which for more than 70 years had served locals and the travelers, ...

A golden standard: Provo honored as bike-friendly community

Designated bike lanes can be found on the side of several major roads throughout Provo — all products of heavy investment the city has put into making itself cyclist-friendly. The city was honored for its efforts Thursday by the League of American Bicyclists with a gold-level bicycle ...

Timpanogos School District appoints superintendent

The Timpanogos School Board has selected an individual to lead the district into a new era of education for Lindon, Orem, Pleasant Grove and Vineyard. The board unanimously appointed Alpine School District Director of Administrative Development Joseph N. Jensen as superintendent Wednesday ...