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A Chinese bun shop adds some fun menu options as it opens a second Salt Lake City location

By Kolbie Peterson | Jan. 15, 2026, 1:00 p.m.

Utah school board labors over what education programs to cut to satisfy the Legislature

By Brock Marchant | Jan. 16, 2026, 4:30 a.m.

Latest from Mormon Land: YouTube’s MrBeast partners with LDS Church; spate of new new stakes created

By David Noyce | Dylan Eubank | Jan. 15, 2026, 1:00 p.m.

Utah quarterback Devon Dampier undergoes surgery to deal with a lingering injury

Control of the Salt Lake County Council will be decided this year. These 18 candidates want a seat.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jossie Gagon works with her horse Maisy, at Dimple Dell Regional Park, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.

This unique Utah sport is galloping forward with its Olympic aspirations

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) BYU Cougars forward AJ Dybantsa (3) drives to the basket as Arizona State Sun Devils forward Allen Mukeba (23) blocks during the game between the BYU Cougars and the Arizona State Sun Devils in Provo on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.

Gordon Monson: Are expectations for BYU great? Too great? The Cougars — and everyone else — are about to find out.

By Gordon Monson

(Cristian Hernandez | The Associated Press) A motorcyclist rides past graffiti depicting former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is facing trial in the United States after U.S. forces captured him, in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026.

Voices: As someone who fled Venezuela, I am not celebrating war. I am celebrating the possibility of freedom.

By Gabrielle Pacheco | For The Salt Lake Tribune

News

How much do you pay for health insurance? The Tribune wants to know.

Longtime Utah Valley University President Astrid Tuminez is stepping down

SLC police arrest man on suspicion of obstructing LDS church shooting investigation

Sports

Gordon Monson: Are expectations for BYU great? Too great? The Cougars — and everyone else — are about to find out.

The Triple Team: League executive calls Jazz ‘the picture of tanking’ — but is that fair?

Utah basketball coach Alex Jensen says there is ‘nothing better’ than a sold-out Huntsman Center. Will fans fill the building again?

THE LATEST

(FOX 13) Red Cliffs Recreation Area trailhead

Body of missing 19-year-old woman found in Washington County

(Bethany Baker | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) The seal of the Utah State Board of Education, in the board's Salt Lake City. The board is scheduled to discuss a 5% cut to the state's schools budget on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026.

Utah school board labors over what education programs to cut to satisfy the Legislature

(Francisco Kjolseth | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Actor Dave Franco takes a selfie with fans along Park City’s historic Main Street during the start of the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

Here’s your guide for navigating the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, the last one in Utah

(John Locher | AP) Utah quarterback Devon Dampier (4) runs during the first half of the Las Vegas Bowl against Nebraska Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Las Vegas.

Utah quarterback Devon Dampier undergoes surgery to deal with a lingering injury

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sunlight hits a sign in front of Xiao Bao Bao in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.

A Chinese bun shop adds some fun menu options as it opens a second Salt Lake City location

POLITICS

Scores of SLC’s 900 South property owners, residents oppose renaming street for Charlie Kirk

Trump administration restores Utah’s reproductive health funds months after freeze caused clinic closures

Can Utah become a data center hub without draining its water supply?

Opinion

Letter: This is America now: I had to strategize with my daughter about confrontations with ICE

Opinion: The Resistance libs were right

Letter: Still carded after all these years. And not just for alcohol.

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Planning for your small business’ future

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Religion

BYU president likens Jeffrey Holland and Dallin Oaks to the LDS school’s ‘patron saints’

‘Mormon Land’: Why is apostle Dieter Uchtdorf so popular and what kind of church president might he be?

In anti-DEI Utah, this college president is gay, LDS and a first-generation student, and he’s not shy about it

Culture

A Chinese bun shop adds some fun menu options as it opens a second Salt Lake City location

How YouTube’s biggest star helped a Utah father become a millionaire in a day

An SLC business supported an anti-ICE protest. Bad reviews followed, then a wave of positive comments.

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