The Salt Lake Tribune

Storms boosted Utah’s snowpack, but forecasters say it’s ‘too late’ for winter to recover

By Brock Marchant | Feb. 27, 2026, 8:07 p.m.

8 signatures shy: Push to repeal Prop 4 appears in peril as final signatures are counted

By Robert Gehrke | Feb. 27, 2026, 4:57 p.m.

AI poem and committee swapping: How Utah Republicans helped an anti-vote-by-mail bill get traction

By Emily Anderson Stern | Feb. 27, 2026, 3:20 p.m.

This Utah artist had a Billboard hit, 600 million streams and a life in New York. Here’s why he had to come back to Salt Lake City.

Lauren Gustus: We don’t just report the news. We fight for it.

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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A legal notice on the door of a Layton apartment leased to the Brighter Adoptions director on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026.

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‘I am truly sorry’: A Utah adoption agency closes suddenly

By Paighten Harkins

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students during a break between classes at Lehi High School, in Lehi on Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025. A Utah bill, SB268, would require public school social studies students to learn about the “fundamental” role of religion in U.S. history and government.

Utah students would need to learn ‘role of religion’ in U.S. history under this bill

By Carmen Nesbitt

News

One of two men caught in avalanche in Utah’s Big Cottonwood Canyon dies

Housekeeper says she sold Kouri Richins fentanyl, drug husband died from

Mike Lee turns rarely used law against Grand Staircase-Escalante

Sports

How Alex Jensen plans to outlast a tough first year and rebuild Utah basketball

Real Salt Lake’s February home game could soon be the norm. What that means for fans and players.

Here’s the latest on Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen’s injury — and what the NBA can do with his MRI

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(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) An sign warning about avalanches stands at Cardiff Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon near Salt Lake City on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.

One of two men caught in avalanche in Utah’s Big Cottonwood Canyon dies

(Spenser Heaps | Pool) Kouri Richins, a Utah mother accused of fatally poisoning her husband, looks on during her murder trial at the Summit County Courthouse in Park City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026.

Housekeeper says she sold Kouri Richins fentanyl, drug husband died from

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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A paid signature gatherer, center, reaches out to Utah voters at the University of Utah Marriott Library in the ongoing effort to repeal Proposition 4 on Jan. 8, 2026. An unpaid volunteer, left, was on hand to oppose the effort being put forth by the Utah Republicans.

8 signatures shy: Push to repeal Prop 4 appears in peril as final signatures are counted

(Tess Crowley | Pool) Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, center, listens as Gov. Spencer Cox delivers his 2026 State of the State address in the House chamber at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.

Tribune Editorial: Utah should leave the lieutenant governor’s office alone. And stop accusing the electorate of cheating.

POLITICS

Trump’s DOJ sues Lt. Gov. Henderson, demanding she turn over Utahns’ private voter records

Effort to repeal Utah’s anti-gerrymandering law sees big progress in attempt to get on fall ballot

Trevor Lee’s controversial immigration bill stalls as some Republicans push back

Opinion

Tribune Editorial: Utah should leave the lieutenant governor’s office alone. And stop accusing the electorate of cheating.

Voices: The strike on Grand Staircase is a strike on my culture and my history

Lauren Gustus: We don’t just report the news. We fight for it.

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Religion

Latest from Mormon Land: Whom you voted for as conference speakers; a Gilbert presidency is likely

Security heightened at Utah mosques after shooting. Imam says ‘God is the ultimate protector.’

‘Mormon Land’ tribute: Historian Ardis Parshall talks about pioneer adventures and misadventures

Culture

A longtime South Salt Lake diner is closing soon. Its owner wants the last days to be a ‘happy time.’

State threatens to pull trendy Salt Lake City brunch spot’s liquor license over tax dispute

New taqueria in Murray features Los Angeles taco culture

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