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Stranded in Utah, 22-year-old killed three women for money and cars, prosecutors allege

By Samantha Moilanen | Jessica Schreifels | Mar. 6, 2026, 12:32 a.m.

‘I didn’t really understand what was going on’: Despite visa approval, Utah resident was detained by ICE after court hearing

By Jose Davila IV | Mar. 5, 2026, 9:53 p.m.

At a new Salt Lake City bakery, its owner is ‘obsessed with croissants’

By Kolbie Peterson | Mar. 5, 2026, 7:16 p.m.

Latest from Mormon Land: A better use of time than your phone; new hymns and a new Easter video

Grading the Utah Mammoth’s trade for MacKenzie Weegar

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Christians march in their annual Good Friday procession in Salt Lake City in April 2025.

Utah moves closer to adding a religious holy day as a legal holiday

By Dylan Eubank

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cameron Jensen speaks while standing inside one of his newly acquired buildings in Logan Canyon on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026.

Once for the wealthy, this abandoned Utah retreat became a magnet for teenage mischief. Soon, you’ll be able to stay there.

By Brock Marchant

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Housing under construction in Eagle Mountain, on Friday, May 2, 2025.

Voices: Utah cities are making it harder for builders like me to create affordable housing

By Morgan Cox | For The Salt Lake Tribune

News

ICE detuvo a un joven en Utah elegible para una visa juvenil especial

Vail Resorts’ Epic Pass will be a little cheaper next season — if you belong to this age group

‘A force for all who met her’: Ogden community mourns Lotus Cafe owner found dead while vacationing in Mexico

Sports

One former Utah Jazz player ‘didn’t enjoy’ the team’s alleged tanking — and was happy to move on

Grading the Utah Mammoth’s trade for MacKenzie Weegar

How a BYU football legend helped sway LJ Martin to return to the Cougars in 2026

THE LATEST

(George Frey | AP) A woman hangs a pink ribbon on a pole Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Lyman, in honor of a woman that was killed a day earlier.

Stranded in Utah, 22-year-old killed three women for money and cars, prosecutors allege

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(Eric Lee | The New York Times) Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Homeland Security Department on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. President Donald Trump fired Noem on Thursday and announced plans to replace her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.).

Trump announces intent to replace Kristi Noem with Oklahoma senator

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Capitol is pictured on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026.

Tribune editorial: Utah’s Legislature should stop looking at other people’s homework and do its own assignments

(George Frey | AP) Authorities conduct an investigation Thursday, March 5, 2026, into the deaths of two women a day earlier on a trail just west of Capitol Reef National Park near Teasdale.

Iowa man in custody after three women were killed in southern Utah

POLITICS

‘Gas station heroin’ ban passes Utah Legislature

Here’s why Utah lawmakers again refused to expand E-Verify, which checks worker citizenship status

Rep. Burgess Owens won’t seek reelection to Congress this fall

Opinion

Tribune editorial: Utah’s Legislature should stop looking at other people’s homework and do its own assignments

Voices: Utah cities are making it harder for builders like me to create affordable housing

Opinion: Trump wants you to get used to this. Don’t.

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Religion

‘Mormon Land’: Farewell, Temple Square mission — the only one where women do all the preaching

New book features the discourses of one of the LDS Church’s most prominent and influential women

Beware of increasing deception from A.I., Latter-day Saint apostle advises BYU students

Culture

Best pizza in Utah? Here’s how you can help pick.

‘I have not held back’: In her new book, Utah’s Terry Tempest Williams seeks moments of beauty in a busy world

How one Utah bookstore owner is trying to revitalize a Salt Lake City neighborhood

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