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(Utah Department of Corrections) An officer is reportedly in stable condition after being assaulted by an inmate.

Central Utah Correctional Facility on lockdown after an inmate reportedly assaulted an officer

By Jeff Tavss | Fox 13 News | September 24, 2026, 8:55 p.m.

(FOX 13) A bear wandering through the Avenues neighborhood in Salt Lake City was safely tranquilized and removed late Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.

Bear seen in Salt Lake City’s Avenues neighborhood tranquilized, removed

By Scott McKane | FOX 13 | September 24, 2026, 7:27 p.m.

Will a data center join the wind turbines at Spanish Fork Canyon? The city just cleared a path.

‘Béisbol en Salt Lake’ is back at The Ballpark: What to know about the Mexican Pacific League games in Daybreak

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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry visits with girls from the Utah Lady Grizzlies in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.

The IOC president made her first trip to Utah ahead of the 2034 Games. Here’s what she did.

Kids might not know who Kirsty Coventry is, but she left them excited about the 2034 Olympics.

By Julie Jag | September 24, 2026, 3:23 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Homes are seen in Vineyard, where a former contracted IT worker is accused of accessing the city's email system after he was fired, then leaking confidential emails on social media.

A Utah city cut ties with an IT worker. He later leaked hundreds of ‘confidential’ city emails on social media, prosecutors say.

The former worker opened over 700 city emails without authorization and posted some on social media, investigators say.

By Samantha Moilanen | September 24, 2026, 4:33 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Valar Atomics branding is seen on a building inside the San Rafael Energy Research Center in Orangeville on Friday, May 15, 2026.

2 big data centers are coming to Utah’s coal country. How they’ll be powered has residents ‘up in arms.’

Carbon County officials welcome investment in their economically devastated communities, but residents say they don’t want to become home to increased pollution and experimental nuclear technologies.

By Leia Larsen | September 24, 2026, 9:07 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hikers on the Bloods Lake Trail, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026.

Want photos of Utah’s fall colors you’ll actually look at again? Tribune photographers share their tips.

How to capture memorable fall images, and a few places to look for them.

By Julie Jag | September 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sinkhole is seen on 500 South in the Poplar Grove neighborhood following a water main break that caused extensive flooding, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026.

SLC residents whose homes were swamped by summer water line break get a hand from City Hall. Some hope it’s ‘just a start.’

A state agency says it also will chip in.

By Tony Semerad | September 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Isaac Hale | Special to The Tribune) The sun sets on Provo as seen from Slate Canyon Park. The city ranked first among municipalities nationwide in job growth between 2015 and 2025, according to a new economic report.

The nation’s No. 1 city for job growth is here in Utah. Can it keep up with the current economy?

Employment growth in Provo outpaces much of the country in white-collar, blue-collar and service sectors, report says.

By Dylan Eubank | September 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Douglas Carter appears in 4th District Court in Provo, Friday, April 3, 2026. Carter was sentenced to death for a 1985 murder, which was overturned in 2025.

Crime scene DNA doesn’t match a former Utah death row inmate. After 41 years, prosecutors drop their pursuit to execute him.

The aggravated murder charge remains pending, but prosecutors support holding a new bail hearing as they reconsider the evidence against Douglas Carter.

By Jessica Schreifels | September 24, 2026, 12:27 a.m.

(Fox 13 News) A fire that launched a giant plume of smoke seen over West Jordan on Wednesday afternoon was allegedly preceded by explosions, according to a witness.

Witness claims hearing ‘explosions’ during West Jordan fire

The two-alarm fire was first spotted just after 3 p.m. and was located in a commercial building.

By Jeff Tavss | Fox 13 News | September 23, 2026, 11:12 p.m.

(Grand County Sheriff’s Office) Grand County Sheriff Jamison Wiggins discusses the Sept. 21 federal immigration enforcement operation in Moab in a video posted by his office.

ICE arrested 4 people in Moab. The sheriff says he learned of the operation only after it began.

The agency says it contacted shared dispatch and Moab Police beforehand, but Wiggins says he was not contacted directly and neither local agency participated.

By Andrew Christiansen | September 24, 2026, 6:26 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Aerial photo of Provo Canyon School's Springville Campus on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021.

Utahns are being injured and dying as the state fails to oversee care centers effectively, disability advocates say

A new report says warning signs were missed before three men died of carbon monoxide poisoning and a nursing home resident was fatally burned.

By Jessica Schreifels | September 23, 2026, 12:02 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Emigration Canyon, pictured on Sept. 15, 2026, is one of the areas where HF Sinclair is studying potential routes for a proposed expansion of the Pioneer Pipeline, which carries refined fuel from Wyoming into Utah.

Here’s what we know about the fuel pipeline project proposed for Emigration Canyon

HF Sinclair is studying potential routes for expanding a pipeline that carries refined fuel from Wyoming to Utah.

By Samantha Moilanen | September 23, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Marriott Library, University of Utah) Members of the Wasatch Mountain Club hang out at the small shelter, known as the "Tin Shack," at the top of Mount Timpanogos in August 1931.

‘Tin Shack’ atop Mount Timpanogos, where teen died in lightning storm, has long history with Utah hikers

The steel structure has stood near the summit of the 11,752-foot mountain for nearly a century.

By Sean P. Means | September 23, 2026, 4:08 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of Cody Spencer via FOX 13) A grenade found at Pineview Reservoir was safely detonated by bomb crews.

Weber County Sheriffs Bomb Squad detonates grenade found at Pineview Reservoir

No injuries were reported.

By Ryan Marion | FOX 13 | September 22, 2026, 3:25 p.m.

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