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Salt Lake City set a record high of 109 degrees. Then came the conspiracy theories.

By Andy Larsen | Jul. 16, 2026, 1:00 p.m.

Would Utah swap voters’ private data for federal disaster aid? Here’s what Lt. Gov. Henderson says.

By Addy Baird | Jul. 16, 2026, 5:57 p.m.

Why Utah’s favorite amusement park hits differently when you’re grown up

By Palak Jayswal | Jul. 16, 2026, 6:25 p.m.

Mayor Erin Mendenhall eyes a rare feat in Salt Lake City politics

Voices: I’m raising two children in Utah. The system isn’t built for working parents.

(AP; The Salt Lake Tribune) From left: a can of Diet Coke; a Brigham Young statue at BYU; and the facade of the pipe organ at the Conference Center.

Latest from Mormon Land: What people get wrong about Latter-day Saints — from music to Coke to BYU

(Ann Huston | National Park Service) A rainbow forms over the Fremont River in Canyonlands National Park in 2015.

Utah has 3 of America’s ‘happiest’ national parks, according to an A.I. analysis of tourist selfies

By Sydney Jezik

(Bethany Baker| The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes wide receiver Mana Carvalho (28) runs the ball as BYU Cougars linebacker Bodie Schoonover (48) and BYU Cougars safety Jarinn Kalama (35) defend during the game between the BYU Cougars and the Utah Utes in Provo on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.

Here’s where BYU and Utah football rank in this Big 12 preseason media poll

By Jason Batacao

News

Ski-friendly condo development is going to auction after developer defaults on $30M loan

One of Utah’s biggest environmental cleanups is nearly finished

Utah has 3 of America’s ‘happiest’ national parks, according to an A.I. analysis of tourist selfies

Sports

Who can the U.S. look to for the 2030 World Cup? Here are 30 names — including two Real Salt Lake stars.

Here’s why Keanu Tanuvasa came back to Provo for one more season at BYU

Anders Lee on emotional New York Islanders departure, joining Utah Mammoth

THE LATEST

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A voter drops off two ballots at a ballot drop box at the Davis Conference Center in Layton on Monday, June 22, 2026.

Would Utah swap voters’ private data for federal disaster aid? Here’s what Lt. Gov. Henderson says.

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Bagley Cartoon: Pestilential Address

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Reporter Palak Jayswal reports on Lagoon’s 140th anniversary.

Why Utah’s favorite amusement park hits differently when you’re grown up

(Bethany Baker| The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes wide receiver Mana Carvalho (28) runs the ball as BYU Cougars linebacker Bodie Schoonover (48) and BYU Cougars safety Jarinn Kalama (35) defend during the game between the BYU Cougars and the Utah Utes in Provo on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.

Here’s where BYU and Utah football rank in this Big 12 preseason media poll

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall is "seriously considering" a bid for a third term at the city's helm.

Mayor Erin Mendenhall eyes a rare feat in Salt Lake City politics

POLITICS

Utahns sue Kevin O’Leary, Fox News over allegations of being called Chinese agents

Trump DOJ threatened Utah’s top election official. Here’s how the state responded.

In one Utah county, nearly 300 voters say they never received a mail-in ballot

Opinion

Letter: Does Utah’s delegation vote for the haves or the have-nots, for us or themselves?

Letter: Our Pride flag was stolen, our American flag desecrated. Our fight against hate goes on.

Opinion: What the definitive book on empires says about America today

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Religion

‘Mormon Land’: The state of the LDS Church in the country with more members than any other outside the U.S.

About Pono, the gay LDS fashion designer whose story is dividing church members online

LDS Church sets new missionary record. Here’s why.

Culture

A ‘disruptor’ from Utah is back in the ‘Big Brother’ house. Here’s why.

How tradition, nostalgia, and a bit of change have helped a Utah amusement park live on

No ‘fake chinese’ food at this Salt Lake City dumpling shop, owner says

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