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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed shortly into an appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.

New report: Utah Valley University tried to warn Charlie Kirk’s staff of risks, but team ignored concerns

By Courtney Tanner | September 26, 2026, 4:57 a.m.

(U.S. District Court) According to federal prosecutors, this photo shows the dumpster at an Eagle Mountain church where a postal worker allegedly threw away approximately 300 ballots for voters to use in the June 23, 2026, primary election.

Utah postal worker accused of tossing ballots in church dumpster said his motivation was ‘laziness’ — not political

By Emily Anderson Stern | Jessica Schreifels | September 25, 2026, 12:03 p.m.

Utah data center map: Track new developments across the state

SLC planners OK smaller backyard homes across the city, but it’s not a done deal yet

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(Andrew Christiansen | The Times-Independent) Musicians perform Robert Schumann’s “Fantasiestücke,” Op. 73, during the Moab Music Festival’s Grotto I: Fantasy concert Sept. 3 in Canyonlands National Park. The concert brought eight musicians and an audience to a natural amphitheater along the Colorado River.

How a Canyonlands grotto became a concert hall for a day

For the Moab Music Festival, moving a grand piano, eight musicians and 89 chairs down the Colorado River was only the beginning.

By Andrew Christiansen | September 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Provided) Grand County Sheriff Deputy Craig Nelson, left, and Grand County Sheriff Deputy Joshua Stalpes.

Two Grand County deputies are suing, claiming the sheriff retaliated against them for speaking out about his leadership

An attorney for the deputies alleges that one has been put at risk with no backup and the other has been effectively demoted.

By Jessica Schreifels | September 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(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

The officer is reportedly in stable condition at a hospital.

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

The sighting was the second of the day within a northern Utah residential area.

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

(Abigail Landwehr | The Salt Lake Tribune) The former Fingerhut warehouse at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon is being considered as the site of a proposed data center. Volition, a Provo-based company, wants to build its center in the million-square-foot warehouse that currently operates as a distribution center.

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

Volition, a Utah-based company, is looking to build in the former Fingerhut warehouse.

By Paighten Harkins | September 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Ballpark at American First Square in South Jordan is pictured on Wednesday, July 22, 2026.

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

“They’re trying to make it so you’re basically experiencing a game in Mexico,” said state Sen. Luz Escamilla, who helped bring the event to life.

By Isabel Meléndez-Rivera | September 24, 2026, 9:39 p.m.

(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.

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