Local Headlines 8-15-17

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: An honest conversation about race is not allowed

7 Utah counties exploring experimental nuclear power from ‘molten salt’

Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen makes this promise: No long lines for voters

Foster kids, like the feds and environmentalists, can’t buy a break in Blanding

Mormon women, political activists rally to get-out-the-vote in confusing 3rd District special election

Deseret News

Boyd Matheson: Shoulder-squaring citizens make a difference

Editorial: Utah’s major powerbrokers are committed to helping the homeless

Operation Rio Grande underway in embattled downtown neighborhood

GOP congressional primary may be too close to call

Other

Roy, S. Ogden, Bountiful, Kaysville elections generate most early voter interest (Standard-Examiner)

Cache Democrats, Republicans to play in softball fundraiser (Logan Herald Journal)