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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nurse Ashley Hafer fills syringes with the Moderna vaccine for people lined up on Thursday, March 18, 2021, as the Utah Film Studios loans its space to the Summit County Health Department as a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination station.

Almost 800,000 Utahns are fully vaccinated against COVID-19

By Scott D. Pierce | Sean P. Means | April 20, 2021, 11:30 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) State epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn provides updates on the ongoing pandemic as she speaks at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 11, 2021. She is leaving her state post to lead the Salt Lake County Health Department.

Angela Dunn is quitting as state epidemiologist to lead Salt Lake County Health Department

By Leia Larsen | Scott D. Pierce | April 20, 2021, 9:43 p.m.

Utah leaders support Derek Chauvin guilty verdict and call for more work to address racism in policing

Mendenhall plants first of 1,000 more trees for Salt Lake City’s west side

(Toby Talbot | AP file photo) Law enforcement agencies across Utah are participating in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24, 2021, to help people safely disposed of unused or expired prescription medication, such as OxyContin.

Here’s how you can safely dispose of prescription drugs you don’t need

By Rebekah Wahlberg | April 20, 2021, 4:06 a.m.

(John Minchillo | The Associated Press) Demonstrators gather during a rally outside the Hennepin County Government Center before the murder trial against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd advances to jury deliberations, Monday, April 19, 2021, in Minneapolis.

Murder case against ex-cop in Floyd’s death goes to the jury

By Amy Forliti, Stephen Groves and Tammy Webber | The Associated Press | April 21, 2021, 12:04 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) An empty classroom at Liberty Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 30, 2020. Schools serve as a safety net for children experiencing abuse, and kids didn't have as much access to help when people stayed home early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Utah experts.

Utah kids experiencing abuse still need help from trusted adults as COVID-19 continues, doctor says

By Becky Jacobs | April 20, 2021, 12:53 a.m.

(Screenshot) Bureau of Land Management paleontologist Alan Titus displays skull bones from tyrannosaur specimens recovered in Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The discovery of several tyrannosaurs that apparently died together provides compelling evidence that the fearsome predatory dinosaurs lived and hunted in groups. Monday, April 19, 2021.

Dino-mite Utah discovery bolsters theory that T. rexes, like lions, hunted in packs

By Brian Maffly | April 19, 2021, 9:50 p.m.

(Centennial Middle School via Facebook) Centennial Middle School as seen on the school's Facebook page. The school will revise an assignment where students were told to be slaves after pushback from parents.

Utah school district says it will revise project where students were assigned to be fictional slaves and plantation owners

By Courtney Tanner | April 20, 2021, 3:26 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of Marcie Young Cancio) Marcie Young Cancio is the founder and executive director of Amplify Utah, a nonprofit that is collaborating with The Salt Lake Tribune and Salt Lake Community College to support diverse journalism.

Utahns will soon see first stories from new project focused on diverse journalism

By Becky Jacobs | April 19, 2021, 8:43 p.m.

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