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A popular Utah reservoir hits its lowest point in 50 years. It’s about to drop even lower.

By Leia Larsen | Aug. 23, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

After a decade in SLC’s Central 9th, this restaurant says it’s being forced to leave. Here’s what’s next.

By Sean P. Means | Aug. 22, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

Utah layoffs are ticking up, with hundreds soon out of work at one company alone. Here’s what to do when the paychecks stop.

By Samantha Moilanen | Andy Larsen | Aug. 23, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

LDS students at Dallin Oaks’ alma mater tackle LGBTQ+ issues, gender and more in new journal

After a decade in SLC’s Central 9th, this restaurant says it’s being forced to leave. Here’s what’s next.

(Google Maps) The Juab County General Office in Nephi, Utah.

Juab County employee accused of charging thousands on government credit cards for personal use. She said the charges were accidental.

By Samantha Moilanen

(Court TV via AP, Pool) In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over Chauvin's sentencing, Friday, June 25, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis.

Letter: America doesn’t have a socialism problem. It has a sociopath problem.

By John Whipple | The Public Forum

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A voter drops off a ballot at a ballot drop box at the Davis Conference Center in Layton on Monday, June 22, 2026.

What big races are on Utahns’ ballots in the 2026 midterm elections?

By Emily Anderson Stern | Addy Baird | Robert Gehrke

News

Juab County employee accused of charging thousands on government credit cards for personal use. She said the charges were accidental.

Drive for nuclear power boosts uranium industry — and tribal health concerns in Utah

A popular Utah reservoir hits its lowest point in 50 years. It’s about to drop even lower.

Sports

Real Salt Lake’s winless streak in Major League Soccer reaches seven games

Utah RB LaMarcus Bell could have stayed home in Oregon. Here’s why he chose the Utes.

San Diego Waves defeat Utah Royals — again

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(Kyle Hansen | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Harley Fire burns along Interstate 15 north of Tremonton, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. Utah Fire Info reported Sunday the fire is now 75% contained.

Wildfire update: Evacuations lifted in Box Elder County as crews work to contain Harley Fire

(via Larry Gelwix) Morgan Scalley scores a try on a 50-meter run against Wales in 1998.

‘He’s someone you’d go to war with’: The rugby days that reveal the Morgan Scalley Utah knows today

(Google Maps) The Juab County General Office in Nephi, Utah.

Juab County employee accused of charging thousands on government credit cards for personal use. She said the charges were accidental.

(Melissa Bailey for KFF Health News) Malcolm Lehi stands at Entrance Spring, where in the late 2000s elevated levels of radionuclides were linked to the nearby White Mesa Mill.

Drive for nuclear power boosts uranium industry — and tribal health concerns in Utah

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This week from Bagley: Utah transit fares, national debt, Lake Powell, communist threat

POLITICS

What big races are on Utahns’ ballots in the 2026 midterm elections?

Box Elder data center process was ‘not good,’ Gov. Cox says — and calls for MIDA reforms

‘It wasn’t a little war’: John Curtis warns Iran war mistakes resemble Vietnam

Opinion

Opinion: Natalie Harp’s magnificent obsession: A perfect (taxpayer-funded) relationship.

Letter: America doesn’t have a socialism problem. It has a sociopath problem.

Letter: A hunger strike at an ICE detention center must be taken for what it is

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Religion

LDS students at Dallin Oaks’ alma mater tackle LGBTQ+ issues, gender and more in new journal

If Jesus showed up today, would he play the guitar?

How the LDS Church’s rebrand could end up sinking its legal case against ‘Mormon Stories’

Culture

‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ alumna Jen Shah will soon go free

After a decade in SLC’s Central 9th, this restaurant says it’s being forced to leave. Here’s what’s next.

Raised by readers, shaped by community: How the first Salt Lake Book Festival came to be

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