As someone who has spent years working with local businesses and serving in city government here in Draper City, I’ve seen and experienced how national policy decisions show up in very practical ways at the community level. One of the most impactful examples is the federal defense budget. I ...

When Taylor Morgan saw longtime Senate President Stuart Adams was trailing one of his Republican challengers by more than 8 percentage points in election night results Tuesday night, he said he was “blown away.” “I was genuinely shocked,” Morgan, a political consultant with the ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ben McAdams, a former Utah congressman who has sought to shed his reputation as a moderate, won the Democratic primary Tuesday in a redrawn U.S. House district that Democrats are strongly favored to win this fall. His victory over three progressive candidates ...

Rep. Celeste Maloy appears headed for reelection in Utah's new 3rd Congressional District after securing a convincing win over Phil Lyman in the Republican primary Tuesday night. Preliminary results showed Maloy with a 25% lead over Lyman with 56,610 votes to 27,385 votes. The AP called the ...

A photo taken by Bree Skinner timed-stamped at 7:44 p.m. Saturday night showed the Iron Fire looming on the hillside, flames visible but the sky still blue above.  She said her next shot at 7:48 p.m. showed a completely different picture.  "It went completely dark, it was raining ash," ...

For some years I worked for a small-town weekly newspaper. The paper may not have been as important as the New York Times, but my desk was magnificent. You think the one in the oval office is nice? You should have seen mine. Never in my life before or since have I had such an important-looking ...