News across Greater Salt Lake City

Voices: My ectopic pregnancy nearly killed me. Utah’s abortion laws must leave room for doctors to act.
“I’m a lawyer. I understand the instinct to write statutory exceptions narrowly,” one Utahn writes in an op-ed. “But I know what it costs to build that certainty in real time, in a body quietly bleeding internally while everyone waits for enough proof.”

Letter: Recovery shouldn’t be political. And it does not start with an executive order.
Sen. Jen Plumb: There is a difference between accountability someone takes on themselves because they are ready to make a change and “accountability” imposed from the outside through pressure or withheld support.

Gordon Monson: The Battle of the Billionaires. Who should bring Major League Baseball to Utah — the Millers or Ryan Smith?
The Millers have been pursuing Major League Baseball for years. Now Ryan Smith appears to have baseball ambitions of his own. A billionaire battle is brewing in Utah.

A Utah newspaper is ending its print publication — exactly 111 years after it started
Bill Boyle, who identifies himself as the paper's “publisher and editor and janitor," guessed its weekly print edition had some 4,500 readers. It's served southeastern Utah and the Four Corners area since Sept. 30, 1915.

Salt Lake airport plans to sell nearly 1,000 acres of wetlands. Bird advocates worry about what could come next.
Avian enthusiasts worry a huge resting area for flocks visiting the Great Salt Lake could become a major hunting ground instead.

Letter: Childhood cancer is the leading cause of death from disease among children. Let’s keep it in focus.
Letter: We need our Utah communities to come together to turn awareness into continued support for childhood cancer research, survivors and their families rather than ending the conversation at the end of the month.

Gordon Monson: Nine things that should be said at LDS General Conference — but likely won’t be
Tribune columnist Gordon Monson has a wish list of things he hopes Latter-day Saint leaders will say at General Conference — but he's not holding his breath.

A Utah tech darling’s A.I. business just changed hands. Now, 175 local workers are losing their jobs.
Massachusetts-based Progress Software paid $400 million for almost all of Domo’s assets.

Latest from Mormon Land: Why a former prime minister left the LDS faith; church buys luxury apartments
New Zealand's former prime minister opens up about her exit from the LDS Church, and a slew of stories to get ready for General Conference.

Christmas in October? A Utah radio station is already playing holiday music, because ‘there’s a demand’
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. OK, not yet, but a Utah radio station has already launched into the holiday playlist.

His name is Legend. Now the freshman receiver is starting his own with BYU football.
Fesi Sitake saw something in Legend Glasker before most major programs did. Now the BYU freshman is making an impact.

Utah Jazz rookie Darryn Peterson was a self-described ‘anti-social loner.’ But he’s finding his people in Utah.
Darryn Peterson has already lived up to expectations. Just ask his teammates.