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Sean P. Means

Deputy Enterprise Editor

Sean P. Means has been reporting and editing for The Salt Lake Tribune since 1991 — including 25 years as movie critic. Since 2018, he has reported on arts and culture reporter, and breaking news — and was part of The Tribune’s COVID-19 reporting team. He reviews movies for MovieCricket.net and X96’s “Radio From Hell” program.

(Brooke Larsen | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Escalante River in south-central Utah overflowed on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. The National Weather Service said parts of the Escalante River basin saw up to 3-1/2 inches of rain in 36 hours.

Flash floods hit Zion National Park, while ‘prolonged’ rain makes the Escalante River rise

By Sean P. Means | October 23, 2026, 4:30 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Aspen Azalea, a woman arrested and tossed to the ground during a Utah County Planning Commission meeting on data center land use, speaks during a protest at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026.

‘Never have I been met with such excessive force,’ says woman arrested while protesting data centers in Utah County

By Sean P. Means | October 22, 2026, 9:07 p.m.

(Screenshot from video by Party for Socialism and Liberation Salt Lake City) A protestor is handcuffed by a Utah County Sheriff’s deputy during a Utah County Planning Commission meeting on data center land use at the Utah County Administration Building in Provo on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026.

A woman was arrested while protesting data centers at a Utah County meeting. Here’s how it unfolded.

By Sean P. Means | Samantha Moilanen | October 21, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Entrepreneur Kevin O'Leary speaks while being interviewed by The Salt Lake Tribune on Monday, June 1, 2026.

Kevin O’Leary faces new lawsuit over claims that Utahns fighting his Stratos project were ‘proxies for the Chinese government’

By Sean P. Means | October 20, 2026, 2:54 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fall colors dot the landscape in Emigration Canyon on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. HF Sinclair is proposing a new fuel pipeline that would run through the canyon.

A proposed fuel pipeline through Emigration Canyon and Salt Lake City is drawing increased opposition

By Sean P. Means | October 19, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Utah Department of Transportation) A traffic camera on Interstate 80 in Parleys Canyon captured images of smoke in the Parleys Summit area on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. The smoke was from a prescribed fire, clearing vegetation.

There’s smoke in Parleys Canyon. Here’s why it’s not an emergency.

By Sean P. Means | October 18, 2026, 9:01 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. A flyover of F-35A Lightning fighter jets is expected before the BYU/Notre Dame game on Oct. 17.

The BYU-Notre Dame game will be loud. Here’s why the pregame ceremony will be even louder.

By Sean P. Means | October 17, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Palak Jayswal | The Salt Lake Tribune) A glimpse inside Evermore Park in Pleasant Grove on April 8, 2024, shortly after it closed permanently. Author Brandon Sanderson announced on Oct. 13, 2026, that he's buying the land where the park sits, but doesn't plan to reopen it.

‘Don’t get your hopes up’: Utah author Brandon Sanderson is buying Evermore, but not reopening it. Here’s why.

By Sean P. Means | October 14, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Cache County Sheriff's Office) A file photo of a Cache County Sheriff's Office vehicle. Authorities have released the names of five who died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in Richmond.

Man, four children found dead from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in N. Utah are identified

By Sean P. Means | October 14, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(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

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

(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

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

(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pamela Atkinson waves while providing homelessness services to people in Salt Lake City in 2005.

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

By Sean P. Means | October 15, 2026, 10:23 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fall colors near Bloods Lake Trail, on Sept. 22, 2026. Temperatures are expected to drop to fall-like levels on Oct. 10 and 11, according to the National Weather Service.

It’s happening, Utah: Fall temps are finally on the way

By Sean P. Means | October 9, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Rachel Crosby | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Salt Lake City police patrol car blocks traffic on West Temple as investigators assess the scene of a fatal crash near the intersection of 400 South and West Temple in Salt Lake City on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026.

Crash kills motorcyclist on West Temple in downtown Salt Lake City

By Sean P. Means | October 6, 2026, 12:09 a.m.

(Brent N. Clarke | Invision/AP file photo) Mariah Carey performs in New York's Times Square for New Year's Eve on Dec. 31, 2017. Carey's holiday staple "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is one of the songs Utah radio station KLO has started playing, as of Sept. 28, 2026, making an early start to the yule season.

Christmas in October? A Utah radio station is already playing holiday music, because ‘there’s a demand’

By Sean P. Means | October 1, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(San Juan Record) The offices of the San Juan Record, a weekly newspaper that serves San Juan County. The paper announced that its Sept. 30, 2026, edition would be its last print issue.

A Utah newspaper is ending its print publication — exactly 111 years after it started

By Sean P. Means | October 1, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Matthias Schrader | AP) A hiker makes her way in front of the 'Langkofel' Dolomites mountain near Ortisei val Gardena, South Tyrol, Italy in 2021.

A federal official said an injury prevented her from working. Utah prosecutors say she was hiking mountains — and posting about it.

By Sean P. Means | September 29, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Samantha Moilanen | The Salt Lake Tribune) Smoke rises up from a three-alarm fire in Salt Lake City's Granary District on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026.

Fire in Granary District sends plume of black smoke over downtown Salt Lake City

By Sean P. Means | Samantha Moilanen | September 28, 2026, 4:25 p.m.

(Cache County Sheriff's Office) A file photo of a Cache County Sheriff's Office vehicle.

BASE jumper killed in wingsuit accident in Cache County

By Sean P. Means | September 27, 2026, 8:38 p.m.

(Odyssey Dance Theatre) Dancers don "Friday the 13th" masks in one of the numbers from Odyssey Dance Theatre's annual Halloween spectacular, "Thriller."

Haunted houses, corn mazes and more, oh my! Here’s where to find Halloween fun across Utah.

By Sean P. Means | September 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m.