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Utah prosecutors now say they know why Charlie Kirk was targeted

By Jessica Schreifels | Jul. 29, 2026, 5:13 p.m.

MIDA says it paused the Box Elder County data center. Developer Kevin O’Leary says that’s ‘completely false.’

By Megan Banta | Jul. 29, 2026, 7:29 p.m.

She was set to get married. The night before, she used a tampon to set fire to the Utah church, police say.

By Addy Baird | Jul. 29, 2026, 7:32 p.m.

Could this Utah suburb become a hub for youth sports? A pitch for a massive indoor athletic complex is on the table.

This Utah business is putting an immersive new spin on the classic dinner and a movie concept

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) The hearses arrive at Utah Valley University for the public memorial ceremony for Provo Fire Capt. Spencer Long, his wife Katrina, and their sons, Reid, Thayne and Gage, in Orem on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. The family died after a flash flood hit the area where they were camping and canyoneering.

‘This is so hard’: Funeral honors 5 Utah family members killed in flash flood

By Courtney Tanner

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Primary children participate in service projects. Author Natalie Brown sees ways Latter-day Saints can strengthen their community through grassroots innovation and build happier lives for members.

‘Mormon Land’: Finance childcare? Put all kids in one ward? Return to 3-hour church? Let locals decide.

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Intermountain Health's proposed hospital project site near downtown between State and Main in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, July 28, 2026.

What’s going on at the old Sears site in Salt Lake City?

By Jose Davila IV

News

‘This is so hard’: Funeral honors 5 Utah family members killed in flash flood

Vernal child dies after allegedly being left in hot car for over 2 hours; man arrested

Evacuation orders issued near Kanosh as Widemouth 2 Fire jumps to 5,000 acres

Sports

The Utah Utes’ Big Ten dreams could be in jeopardy. This is why.

Way-too-early NBA Rookie of the Year predictions: AJ Dybantsa? Darryn Peterson?

Utah Talons sweep Chicago Bandits to win second straight AUSL championship

THE LATEST

(O'Leary Digital) Renderings of the proposed Stratos data center project to be constructed in remote Box Elder County.

MIDA says it paused the Box Elder County data center. Developer Kevin O’Leary says that’s ‘completely false.’

(Google Maps) A Kaysville meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 198 W. Center Street, as shown in this July 2025 Google Maps image. A woman is accused of setting the building on fire the night before her wedding.

She was set to get married. The night before, she used a tampon to set fire to the Utah church, police say.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Charlie Kirk appear at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. He was soon after fatally shot.

Utah prosecutors now say they know why Charlie Kirk was targeted

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) The hearses arrive at Utah Valley University for the public memorial ceremony for Provo Fire Capt. Spencer Long, his wife Katrina, and their sons, Reid, Thayne and Gage, in Orem on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. The family died after a flash flood hit the area where they were camping and canyoneering.

‘This is so hard’: Funeral honors 5 Utah family members killed in flash flood

(Scripps National via FOX 13) A Vernal man was arrested and faces reckless child abuse homicide charges after a child died earlier this week after being inside a hot vehicle alone for more than two hours.

Vernal child dies after allegedly being left in hot car for over 2 hours; man arrested

POLITICS

How a Utah Republican’s quiet battle for hunting access undercut the Ute Indian Tribe’s Land Back hopes

Utah is a finalist to build a massive federal nuclear hub. What’s next?

With Colorado River ruling just days away, Joel Ferry set to leave Cox’s Cabinet

Opinion

Voices: I know how the Forest Service fights wildfire. It’s time to rethink the strategy.

Opinion: ‘You aren’t going to like what comes after America’

Letter: It’s time to reform special water districts before Utah taxpayers decide they’ve had enough

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Religion

The progressive LDS leader who spent decades ‘defending something he didn’t believe in’

Eli McCann: How our pleasant flight suddenly descended into an adventure aboard a vomit comet

It predates the LDS Church’s Salt Lake Temple and was Utah’s center of a religious movement. Now it has a new life.

Culture

What’s your favorite restaurant in Utah right now?

‘The Chosen’ reveals the first images of Jesus’ crucifixion, with some scenes shot in Utah

He became Utah’s ‘Mexican food guy.’ But first he was dropped off homeless in Pioneer Park.

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