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‘Saturday Night Live’ takes a swing at ‘Mr. Wonderful’ and his Box Elder County data center project

By Sean P. Means | Oct. 11, 2026, 5:33 p.m.

Pamela Atkinson, who spoke out for Utah children and people in poverty, dies

By Sean P. Means | Oct. 11, 2026, 8:37 p.m.

Storm strands runners in endurance race south of Moab overnight

By Sean P. Means | Oct. 11, 2026, 7:33 p.m.

Where did BYU and Utah land in the latest AP Top 25?

Making weekend plans in southern Utah? Here’s what’s going on Oct. 8-11.

(Cache County Sheriff's Office) The Cache County Sheriff's Office is investigating after five people were found in a Richmond apartment Saturday.

5 people — four of them children — found dead inside a northern Utah apartment

By Samantha Moilanen

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Legendarium, a new bookstore in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. The Legendarium will host a Becky Chambers author event in Salt Lake City on Oct. 15, 2026.

A famous sci-fi author is coming to Utah for the first time. Here’s why it’s a big deal for a local bookstore.

By Palak Jayswal

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes quarterback Devon Dampier (4) illegally throws the football during the game between the Utah Utes and the Kansas Jayhawks at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026.

Gordon Monson: Utah football shows style, substance and stubbornness in its latest win

By Gordon Monson

News

Those classic roadside Smokey Bear signs? Changing them is more complicated than you might think

Pamela Atkinson, who spoke out for Utah children and people in poverty, dies

5 people — four of them children — found dead inside a northern Utah apartment

Sports

Where did BYU and Utah land in the latest AP Top 25?

Gordon Monson: Utah football shows style, substance and stubbornness in its latest win

3 takeaways from No. 12 Utah football’s up-and-down win over Kansas

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(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A welcome sign is seen along US Highway 191 in Moab on Friday, April 10, 2026. Moab was the start and finish point for the Moab 240 endurance race, scheduled to run Oct. 9-13, 2026.

Storm strands runners in endurance race south of Moab overnight

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) BYU Cougars celebrate a touchdown by BYU Cougars running back Journee Tonga (20) during the game between the BYU Cougars and the Iowa State Cyclones in Provo on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026.

Where did BYU and Utah land in the latest AP Top 25?

(Screenshot via NBC) Actor James Austin Johnson, portraying "Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary, shows a map of Utah and the area around his proposed Stratos data center project, on the Oct. 10, 2026, episode of "Saturday Night Live."

‘Saturday Night Live’ takes a swing at ‘Mr. Wonderful’ and his Box Elder County data center project

(Leavitt Wells | Tuacahn Amphitheatre) An image from Tuacahn Amphitheatre's production of "Disney & Pixar's Finding Nemo: A Family Musical."

Making weekend plans in southern Utah? Here’s what’s going on Oct. 8-11.

Pat Bagley Self-Portrait for "This week from Bagley"

This week from Bagley: Public execution, Elon Musk, Utah book bans

POLITICS

Ammon Bundy says he has an ‘inalienable right’ to drive without registration. The Utah authorities who arrested him disagree.

Rep. Mike Kennedy and veteran Jonny Larsen debate Iran War and affordability in fight for 4th Congressional District

Anti-trafficking activist Tim Ballard says LDS Church ‘excommunicated’ him to hide child abuse in the faith

Opinion

Letter: Attacks — like Sen. Lee’s — on Utah’s iconic national monuments are attacks on all who visit or call Utah home

Letter: Why aren’t Utah’s leaders calling out the Trump administration’s inhumane treatment of immigrants?

Voices: I’m a teacher and a parent. Utah’s book bans don’t give me a choice — they take it away.

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Religion

Gordon Monson: Latter-day Saints who don’t ‘know’ their church is true can believe God is OK with that

Sports betting was fun at first, says LDS journalist McKay Coppins, then it became a downer

Tag along with young Latter-day Saints as they explore the renovated Salt Lake Temple in new videos

Culture

A famous sci-fi author is coming to Utah for the first time. Here’s why it’s a big deal for a local bookstore.

Here’s a Halloween pop-up bar in Salt Lake City inspired by scary movies

Review: Country superstar Garth Brooks kicks off tour at Delta Center, mirrors ‘magic’ of Utah fans

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