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One of her books is banned in Utah schools. She’s coming to the first Salt Lake Book Festival.

By Carmen Nesbitt | Jul. 2, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

Pete Hegseth’s spiritual adviser longs for a day when Latter-day Saints can’t hold office or possibly even vote

By Tamarra Kemsley | Jul. 2, 2026, 4:16 p.m.

Voices: If you see illegal fireworks this Fourth of July, report them. Here’s how.

By Jenny Wilson | For The Salt Lake Tribune | Jul. 2, 2026, 1:13 p.m.

Here’s where Utahns can watch professional fireworks — and drone shows — for the Fourth

Trade grades for the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers after the Walker Kessler deal

(Getty Images, sponsored) | AAA calls on Fourth Of July travelers to take simple precautions to protect roadside workers and fellow motorists.

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(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fireworks sit on a table at a Dragon Dynamite Fireworks stand in Clinton on Monday, June 29, 2026.

‘We can’t afford to close’: Utah fireworks stands caught between the ban and their bills

By Paighten Harkins

(Jim Urguhart | The Salt Lake Tribune) Weston Stoddard, 9, helps herd the family cattle away from the Milford Flat Fire in the Mineral Range south of Cove Fort in July 2007.

Utah’s Cottonwood Fire is already the 6th largest in state history. Here’s a list of the 10 biggest and 3 deadliest.

By Courtney Tanner

News

Babylon Fire grows past 70,000 acres near Bears Ears National Monument, remains 0% contained

Target shooting temporarily banned in certain areas of 16 Utah counties due to wildfire risks

A rescue hawk not native to Utah and dependent on humans is missing in Sugar House. Can you help find him?

Sports

Gordon Monson: Trading Walker Kessler is bad news/good news for the Utah Jazz

Utah State celebrates a new era, as Aggies join the Pac-12 Conference

Trade grades for the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers after the Walker Kessler deal

THE LATEST

(David Rogers; National Archives via AP) Joseph Smith saw himself as "the greatest advocate" of the U.S. Constitution.

Latest from Mormon Land: What Joseph Smith didn’t like about the Constitution

(Isaac Hale | Special to The Tribune) Attendees dance while fireworks burst over LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo during Stadium of Fire in 2021.

Here’s where Utahns can watch professional fireworks — and drone shows — for the Fourth

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Jazz are shipping center Walker Kessler to Los Angeles in exchange for future assets.

Gordon Monson: Trading Walker Kessler is bad news/good news for the Utah Jazz

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fireworks sit on a table at a Dragon Dynamite Fireworks stand in Clinton on Monday, June 29, 2026.

‘We can’t afford to close’: Utah fireworks stands caught between the ban and their bills

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Old Main building at Utah State University in Logan on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025.

Utah State celebrates a new era, as Aggies join the Pac-12 Conference

POLITICS

UPDATE: GOP lawmaker who owns fireworks business walks back urging Utahns to defy Gov. Cox’s pyro restrictions

Will Stuart Adams’ election loss stop the Box Elder data center? Here’s what Kevin O’Leary’s company says.

‘I was duped’: Utah senator apologizes for sharing Kevin O’Leary’s ‘Chinese Communists’ claim

Opinion

Letter: Our elected officials are beholden to the fossil fuel industry. That leaves us at an impasse.

Letter: Imagine what would happen if getting a driver license required a demonstration of the ability to ride five miles on a bicycle

Voices: Public universities should help rebuild our civic culture. A new effort at the U. will do just that.

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Religion

Latest from Mormon Land: What Joseph Smith didn’t like about the Constitution

Pete Hegseth’s spiritual adviser longs for a day when Latter-day Saints can’t hold office or possibly even vote

Salt Lake LDS Temple reaches ‘milestone moment,’ one designed to help the iconic building last

Culture

Here’s where Utahns can watch professional fireworks — and drone shows — for the Fourth

Utah reality TV star reportedly checks into rehab facility

He built his coffee shop out of a closet on the University of Utah’s campus. These students fought to save it.

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