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FILE Ñ Dolly Parton, savoring a chocolate mousse cake. Parton, the country singer, songwriter, entertainer and entrepreneur whose rags-to-riches story, outsize persona and prodigious vision and talent placed her in a class by herself, died in Nashville on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. She was 80. (Edward Keating/The New York Times)

Dolly Parton, superstar whose songs spoke to millions, dies at 80

By Bill Friskics-Warren | The New York Times | August 25, 2026, 8:09 p.m.

(Arika Bauer, Hipcamp) A camper takes in the view at Ranchito Feliz in Cannonville. The campground, which Hipcamp named among the best in Utah in 2026, sat on the border of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument until June.

It was just named one of Utah’s best campgrounds, and it’s feeling the effects of Trump’s Grand Staircase-Escalante cuts

By Julie Jag | August 25, 2026, 7:32 p.m.

As the world rages over Flock, SLC creates new rules for its own license plate readers. Here’s what they say.

Utah House speaker criticizes Nevada’s Colorado River lawsuit for making a ‘difficult situation more difficult’

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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People float in The Crater at the Homestead in Midway where extensive changes are taking place all around it. Utah Luxury Group, a premier boutique real estate firm specializing in high-end mountain properties, has been completing their Autograph Collection Residences, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2026.

Once a rustic destination popular with Utah families, this resort is adding million-dollar homes

Generations of Utahns have made memories at the once-rustic Homestead Resort, but they may be surprised on their next visit.

By Megan Banta | August 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Davis School District in Farmington. The district's decision to support removing "Fight Club from schools without discussion likely violated Utah procedure, state officials say.

This Utah school district didn’t talk about ‘Fight Club.’ Now, it could be in trouble with the state.

Davis School District’s decision to uphold a ban of the novel without discussion likely violated Utah procedure, state officials say.

By Carmen Nesbitt | August 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Fox 13 News) The floods stranded 11 adults across four groups of hikers in Bryce Canyon National Park.

11 hikers rescued from flash flooding in Bryce Canyon National Park; 2 hospitalized

The flooding also forced State Route 12 to be closed in the area temporarily.

By Spencer Burt | Fox 13 News | August 25, 2026, 3:03 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A raft on the Colorado River as seen from Navajo Bridge in Ariz. on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Nevada sues federal government over cuts to ‘already meager’ Colorado River water allocation

The state is the first to challenge a federal decision that could cut its already-small Colorado River allocation by more than 70 percent.

By Piper Heath | The Nevada Independent | August 24, 2026, 11:05 p.m.

(Fox 13) A large rockfall inside Zion National Park has cut off access Monday to one of the most popular areas in the park.

Large rockfall at Zion National Park closes access to popular park trail

The closure has shut off access to the Temple of Sinawava stop, which is the dropping-off and pick-up point for The Narrows hike.

By Jeff Tavss | Fox 13 News | August 24, 2026, 8:59 p.m.

(Tim Walton via AP) An image taken from video shows a charred neighborhood following wildfires Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, in Reno, Nevada.

Firefighters grapple with Nevada blaze that drove thousands from homes

The Hawk fire has burned more than 15,000 acres since it began on Saturday in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada near Reno.

By Christina Morales and Alex Hoeft | The New York Times | August 24, 2026, 10:57 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Colin Hilton, president and CEO of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation, gives his thoughts on the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games, during a panel discussion at Soldier Hollow on March 24, 2026. Hilton died Aug. 21, 2026, at age 58.

Colin Hilton, who kept 2002 Utah Olympic venues active before a 2034 reboot, dies at 58

As head of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation, Hilton led efforts to make three Olympic venues accessible for Utahns and viable for another Winter Olympics.

By Sean P. Means | August 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Mike Sweeney | The Colorado Sun) Smoke from the Aspen Acres Fire billows skyward near Pueblo, Colo., July 2, 2026. The Trump administration has consolidated fire crews from across the federal government, and are pursuing “full suppression" with every fire, which has stretched resources thin amid a deadly fire season.

The Trump administration upended how we fight wildfires. Then came the West’s worst fire season in years.

A consolidated federal firefighting force and a push for “full suppression” are responses to Western wildfires. Critics worry the changes could strain scarce resources and leave forests more vulnerable in the long run.

By Brooke Larsen, Amy Alonzo, Rachel Becker, Robert Chaney, Mike Koshmrl and Olivia Prentzel | August 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The sun is seen through the smoke in Juan County on Friday, June 26, 2026.

What is the 10 a.m. Rule? Controversial firefighting strategy could be back

The Forest Service once tried to extinguish every wildfire by 10 a.m. the next day. Here’s why it abandoned that strategy — and why some worry it could return.

By Robert Chaney | Montana Free Press / Mountain Journal | August 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Mike Winder via Google) A Flock camera in Millcreek Common was removed by Millcreek public works crews last month.

A Utah suburb cut down a mysterious Flock camera on city property. Here’s where they think it came from.

City officials have a couple of theories.

By Jordan Miller | August 24, 2026, 10:30 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) City Hall in 2025. Salt Lake City is eyeing a major increase in its impact fees to pay for growth, the first in 27 years.

Developers in SLC have paid the same fees since Clinton was president. That may soon change.

Utah’s capital proposes first hike in impact fees in 27 years.

By Tony Semerad | August 25, 2026, 3:10 a.m.

(Felix Schmitt | The New York Times) A naked mole rat used for research in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2022.

Utah State lab euthanized 82 naked mole rats in a way that took longer than necessary, federal investigators find

A PETA official said the animals died “a slow, agonizing suffocation.”

By Courtney Tanner | August 24, 2026, 5:07 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Burnt acreage shows the aftermath of the Canyon Road Fire in Logan that ignited the night before, scorching approximately 17 acres. Investigators say the fire originated in a Utah State University compost pile.

How investigators say USU is linked to the fire that ripped through Logan’s east side

Fire officials are chalking up the blaze to spontaneous combustion.

By Brock Marchant | August 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

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