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ICE scraps Salt Lake City detention warehouse plans

By Jose Davila IV | Robert Gehrke | Addy Baird

After election loss, Utah Senate president threatens to sue four critics for alleged defamation

By Robert Gehrke | Aug. 19, 2026, 8:23 p.m.

Here’s why Utah prosecutors say Tyler Robinson should face the death penalty in Charlie Kirk’s killing

By Jessica Schreifels | Aug. 19, 2026, 4:24 p.m.

‘Mormon Land’: The LDS Church’s retention rate hasn’t ‘bottomed out’ yet, says researcher

Do you ride a UTA bus or train? Next year, you may be paying as much as anyone in the country to do so.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The new Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah.

The University of Utah’s new state-of-the-art medical school is now open to students. Take a look inside.

By Courtney Tanner

(Mark J. Terrill | AP) Host Shane Gillis speaks at the ESPY Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. Gillis talked about an experience with Salt Lake City's homeless population on a podcast with Joe Rogan last week.

Salt Lake City’s mayor saw that viral Shane Gillis clip about homelessness in Utah’s capital. Here’s what she said about it.

By Jordan Miller

(Reckless Ben via YouTube) Ben Schneider, right, and Sheldon Norcross appear in a video posted Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, in which they say they went undercover inside Provo Canyon School.

YouTuber ‘Reckless Ben’ went undercover at Provo Canyon School. The program is now weighing action against him.

By Jessica Schreifels

News

The University of Utah’s new A.I. supercomputer can help solve ‘big problems,’ the school says — and it’s accepting pitches

The University of Utah’s new state-of-the-art medical school is now open to students. Take a look inside.

Utah helicopter crash: New report details what happened moments before pilots died fighting Widemouth 2 Fire

Sports

2026 Big 12 college football predictions: Don’t be surprised if Texas Tech is dethroned

BYU and Utah are both in the preseason AP Top 25. So why do both feel underrated?

Michael Jordan’s 1998 NBA Finals Game 3 jersey going to auction with record-setting potential

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(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) An American flag flies during a protest at the ICE warehouse in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

ICE scraps Salt Lake City detention warehouse plans

(Spenser Heaps | Pool) Tyler Robinson, who is accused in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, listens during a preliminary hearing at the Fourth District Courthouse in Provo, Thursday, July 9, 2026.

Here’s why Utah prosecutors say Tyler Robinson should face the death penalty in Charlie Kirk’s killing

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Smoke is seen from the Dugway Fire near the entrance to Weber Canyon in South Ogden, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026.

Structures threatened as fire burns near mouth of Weber Canyon

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, joins the celebration of Stadler completing an expansion of its west-side manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.

After election loss, Utah Senate president threatens to sue four critics for alleged defamation

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A TRAX train passes at North Temple in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. UTA is planning to increase fares from $2.50 to $3.

Do you ride a UTA bus or train? Next year, you may be paying as much as anyone in the country to do so.

POLITICS

95% of voters used a mail-in ballot this year — but Utah’s elections are changing in 2029

Utah Sen. Curtis wants to use post office properties to help solve a major national crisis

Donald Trump has financial stake in the nuclear industry he is championing

Opinion

Opinion: Purity tests? Throwing away winnable seats? Not yet for Democrats.

Letter: What is it about European socialism that scares so many Americans?

Opinion: The rush to pin a scholar’s awful death on the media spurs wrongheaded calls for censorship

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Religion

For Latter-day Saints, the retention decline is more than a people problem

‘As a sister who is not yet married,’ LDS women’s leader encourages young single adults to care for one another

Dallin Oaks caps his first international trip as LDS president with a religious rite he has performed before

Culture

These Utah music lovers want to fight the algorithm with their own radio station

A Mexican restaurant chain with ‘loyal fans’ — and free guacamole — is coming to Salt Lake City

Brandon Sanderson shares update on ‘Cosmere’ adaptations for Apple TV

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