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Salt Lake neighborhood demands Utah leaders seek public input before building monument

By Emily Anderson Stern | Aug. 5, 2026, 4:40 p.m.

Utah’s drought-stricken baby deer population needs an unexpected condition to survive

By Jordan Miller | Aug. 5, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

This isn’t Utah’s hottest summer. So why does it feel like it?

By Leia Larsen | Aug. 5, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

Jana Riess: Why are so many young women leaving the LDS Church?

Paris had the Seine. Utah has something else to worry about.

BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier, center, runs the ball for a first down during the first half an NCAA college football game against Central Florida, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/Tyler Tate)

Bear Bachmeier got ‘banged up’ last season. Here’s how BYU football hopes to keep him fully healthy.

By Jason Batacao

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The county-run child care program space at the Northwest Community Center in Salt Lake City, is pictured on Friday, March 27, 2026.

Voices: The Salt Lake County Council didn’t simply eliminate a childcare program. We worked together to build a better model.

By Dea Theodore | For The Salt Lake Tribune

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City. An Arizona ruling has deemed that church leaders are not bound to report sexual abuse confessions.

LDS Church leaders not bound to report sexual abuse confessions, Arizona Supreme Court rules

By Fiona André | Religion News Service

News

A new inland port is coming to southwest Utah. School officials fear students will pay the price.

Can a fast-growing Utah county keep up with its water needs? Officials say this $12.5M project is key.

This isn’t Utah’s hottest summer. So why does it feel like it?

Sports

Why Utah football’s offense could look a little different under Morgan Scalley

Bear Bachmeier got ‘banged up’ last season. Here’s how BYU football hopes to keep him fully healthy.

Real Salt Lake star nearing $15 million move to Premier League

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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Young Latter-day Saint women stand to sustain President Dallin H. Oaks and the First Presidency during a solemn assembly in April. New research shows more are more likely to leave the faith than men.

Jana Riess: Why are so many young women leaving the LDS Church?

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City. An Arizona ruling has deemed that church leaders are not bound to report sexual abuse confessions.

LDS Church leaders not bound to report sexual abuse confessions, Arizona Supreme Court rules

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes quarterback Devon Dampier (4) looks to pass the ball against the Texas Tech Red Raiders during the game in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025.

Why Utah football’s offense could look a little different under Morgan Scalley

(Jim Shuler via the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) Severe drought can make fawns more vulnerable during winter, but the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is working on projects to help boost deer numbers.

Utah’s drought-stricken baby deer population needs an unexpected condition to survive

(Utah Inland Port Authority) The Utah Inland Port Authority approved a new project area in Washington City on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. The project will span 320 acres in the Sunrise Valley Industrial Park area near the landfill.

A new inland port is coming to southwest Utah. School officials fear students will pay the price.

POLITICS

Trump said recreation in Bears Ears was virtually impossible. New documents show the White House knew otherwise.

Medicaid work requirement could leave 40,000 Utahns without healthcare

Can AI make Utah better? The state will spend $5M on research to find out.

Opinion

Letter: As the world burns, America’s top climate-change deniers are hurtling us toward an era of devastation

Letter: The baseless inquest of Dr. Fauci is just another embarrassing moment for our country

Opinion: It wasn’t a ‘Civil War.’ It was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion.

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Religion

‘She was a mother to everybody’ — Sunstone attendees remember celebrated LDS writer Carol Lynn Pearson

‘Mormon Land’: ‘My mom cried, and my dad went silent,’ says gay son of famed LDS composer

The backstory of how LDS Temple Square missionaries came to don their flags

Culture

Buzz of the Week: What do you think of the 9th & 9th whale’s new design?

David Archuleta is kicking off his holiday tour in Utah. Here’s when.

This book from a Utah publishing house won the American Book Award

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