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LDS Church founder Joseph Smith’s polygamy: The truth is out there — or is it?

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | Jul. 18, 2026, 2:39 p.m.

Heavy rain could trigger flash floods near Utah burn scars this weekend. Here’s what to know.

By Samantha Moilanen | Jul. 18, 2026, 7:29 p.m.

In rare prosecution, BYU student’s boyfriend sentenced for manslaughter after abuse that preceded her suicide

By Courtney Tanner | Jul. 18, 2026, 5:26 p.m.

An Italian bakery in Millcreek will appeal to your sweet and savory sides

George Pyle: The fiendish plot to get Utah kids to read books

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Customers at a state liquor store in downtown Salt Lake City on Thursday, July 16, 2026.

How Utahns’ drinking habits have changed over the years: Tito’s, Aperol, and ... Natty Daddy?

(University of Utah) A rendering of the Huntsman Center from a 2020 feasibility study.

Here’s what a renovation to Utah’s Huntsman Center could have looked like in 2020 — and what it could mean for the future

By Jason Batacao

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Hall in March 2025. A federal measure to make daylight saving time permanent would mean later winter sunrises in the Beehive State.

What time would the sun rise and set in Utah if daylight saving time became permanent?

By Jordan Miller

News

3 dead, 2 missing after family caught in flooding near Wayne County campground

Heavy rain could trigger flash floods near Utah burn scars this weekend. Here’s what to know.

Cherry Peak Resort is for sale. Would you buy it?

Sports

Here’s what a renovation to Utah’s Huntsman Center could have looked like in 2020 — and what it could mean for the future

Inside the ‘special’ motor driving Darryn Peterson’s rise with the Utah Jazz after it was doubted at Kansas

Inside the Rangers-Mammoth trade: Why Vincent Trocheck removed Mammoth from no-trade list

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3 dead, 2 missing after family caught in flooding near Wayne County campground

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Scars from the Forsyth Fire and flooding in Pine Valley Recreation Area on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.

Heavy rain could trigger flash floods near Utah burn scars this weekend. Here’s what to know.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A fire crew walks down among the burn scar from the Bonneville Fire above the Salt Lake Valley on Thursday, June 25, 2026.

Tribune editorial: Honor Utah this Pioneer Day. Which means don’t burn it down.

(Cherry Peak) A skier enjoys a coating of powder while skiing at Cherry Peak Resort near Richmond on Feb. 24, 2022.

Cherry Peak Resort is for sale. Would you buy it?

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Customers at a state liquor store in downtown Salt Lake City on Thursday, July 16, 2026.

How Utahns’ drinking habits have changed over the years: Tito’s, Aperol, and ... Natty Daddy?

POLITICS

Here’s how Utah was pulled into a Texas political controversy

Would Utah swap voters’ private data for federal disaster aid? Here’s what Lt. Gov. Henderson says.

Utahns sue Kevin O’Leary, Fox News over allegations of being called Chinese agents

Opinion

Tribune editorial: Honor Utah this Pioneer Day. Which means don’t burn it down.

George Pyle: The fiendish plot to get Utah kids to read books

Letter: The pain premium: How dental practices exploit vulnerable patients

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Religion

In rare prosecution, BYU student’s boyfriend sentenced for manslaughter after abuse that preceded her suicide

LDS Church founder Joseph Smith’s polygamy: The truth is out there — or is it?

Latest from Mormon Land: What people get wrong about Latter-day Saints — from music to Coke to BYU

Culture

An Italian bakery in Millcreek will appeal to your sweet and savory sides

This is the book every club is talking about right now. Here’s why people love to hate it.

Take a look inside Casa Pilar, a late Utah painter’s art-filled home — which her heirs are fighting to preserve

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