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Bagley Cartoon: No Kings Throne Room

Pat Bagley — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:26:13 +0000

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Fire in Granary District sends plume of black smoke over downtown Salt Lake City

Sean P. Means, Samantha Moilanen — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:47:51 +0000

A vacant building in the Granary District caught fire Sunday evening, sending a plume of black smoke into the downtown Salt Lake City sky visible from Interstate 15.

Will a former Utah death row inmate be freed after 41 years? A judge is reconsidering.

Jessica Schreifels — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:01 +0000

Provo • A former Utah death row inmate could be free for the first time in 41 years, as a judge reconsiders his release Monday morning after new testing found that crime scene DNA doesn’t match Douglas Stewart Carter’s.

The St. George Marathon turns 50. See how the iconic Utah race has changed over the years.

Julie Jag — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The St. George Marathon is celebrating its 50th running next week. Here's what has changed since 1977 and what hasn't.

Battle lines drawn on constitutional amendment to make some ballot initiatives harder

Robert Gehrke — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Amendment B on the November ballot asks voters if they want to make it more difficult to pass a ballot initiative that includes a tax increase. Critics say it undermines the constitutional right, proponents say it protects taxpayers.

Gordon Monson: BYU runners are being criticized for so-called immodest running attire. Seriously?

Gordon Monson — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:01 +0000

Maybe this kind of nonsense is best ignored, but the fact that it exists at all is a testament to how lost some BYU fans — uptight Latter-day Saints in particular — get in the fog of their mix of religion and sports.

Voices: Deaths like my father’s are not anomalies. They are the bloody cost of our car-obsessed world.

Grace Benfell | For The Salt Lake Tribune — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:05:00 +0000

A car killed my father while he was riding a bicycle back home. The car smashed his body and his bike in Provo, on the intersection of Lakeview Parkway and the University Avenue off-ramp from I-15.

‘It will feel different this year’: Austin Ainge on Darryn Peterson, Ace Bailey and what he expects from the Jazz

Shreyas Laddha — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:01 +0000

The Tribune sat down with Austin Ainge to talk about the upcoming Utah Jazz season.

Opinion: Why philosophy matters rather more, not less, in the age of A.I.

Simon Critchley | For The New York Times — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:01 +0000

When Thales of Miletus, arguably the first philosopher, was mocked for his poverty and the uselessness of his trade, he read the skies, foresaw a bumper olive harvest, quietly hired every olive press nearby and made a killing. He thereby proved, Aristotle tells us, that philosophers could easily be rich if they wished, but that this is not what they care about. It has taken some two and a half thousand years, but the market appears finally to have come around to Thales’ point of view.

A rare feature in Utah is coming to SLC’s Glendale Regional Park

Jose Davila IV — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Looking to get out on two wheels close to home? Or try out new tricks on your skateboard?

For this Utah school board, book ban decisions are now considered ‘routine’ business — no public discussion necessary

Carmen Nesbitt — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Book banning has become so “routine” in the Davis School District, state officials concluded its school board doesn’t need to publicly discuss appeals that get sent their way.

‘They disappear’: ICE shuttles Utah detainees all over the country. Finding them can take days.

Andy Larsen, Jose Davila IV — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

One Utahn who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Salt Lake City was first taken to Wyoming, then Nevada, California, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi before finally landing in Guatemala.

Commentary: She held no office. She was never sustained. But for 35 years, she was the most powerful LDS woman.

Matthew L. Harris and Gregory A. Prince | Special to The Tribune — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Clare Middlemiss is a forgotten voice in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, yet she was a force to be reckoned with for more than 35 years at church headquarters.

At FanX, author Brandon Sanderson announces upcoming Utah ‘market’

Palak Jayswal — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:37:40 +0000

There was no spotlight or sizzle reel playing the moment Utah-based bestselling fantasy author Brandon Sanderson walked onto the stage of the Grand Ballroom at FanX Salt Lake Comic & Pop Culture Convention on Saturday afternoon.

Haunted houses, corn mazes and more, oh my! Here’s where to find Halloween fun across Utah.

Sean P. Means — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The leaves are turning orange, the coffee cups are filled with pumpkin spice flavors, and images of jack-o’-lanterns and black cats are everywhere. It must be the Halloween season.

BASE jumper killed in wingsuit accident in Cache County

Sean P. Means — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 19:29:54 +0000

A BASE jumper died in Cache County on Sunday, when his wingsuit didn’t get enough lift and he hit the ground.

Where did Utah and BYU land in the latest AP Top 25?

The Salt Lake Tribune — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 18:17:35 +0000

Utah survived a muddy field and a second-half comeback to escape Ames, Iowa, with a 31-17 win over Iowa State Saturday.

The Delta Center’s new upper-bowl seats got their first real test. Here’s what Mammoth fans thought.

Shreyas Laddha — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:01 +0000

An LDS church will be torn down for the Bangerter Highway project. Before that happens, members dug up a piece of its past.

Samantha Moilanen — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:01 +0000

West Valley City • For more than four decades, a small piece of West Valley City history sat buried — and submerged in murky water — beneath a meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 4100 South.

Nostalgia, community and creativity: 5 takeaways from this year’s FanX convention

Palak Jayswal — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:01 +0000

This year marks my fourth year covering the FanX Comic & Pop Culture Convention. It’s my favorite event to cover every year — mostly because I am a nerd myself, and it brings Utah nerds together like nothing else.

Voices: The LDS Church’s abortion message to voters is not peacemaking. It is coercive control at every level.

Brad Price | For The Salt Lake Tribune — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:05:00 +0000

I am deeply disturbed by the recent news that general authority Seventy José A. Teixeira and his Area Presidency counselors issued an official letter telling Idahoans that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opposes Proposition 1 on the November ballot, and that this letter will be read in our congregations over the next two weeks.

Letter: In opposing Idaho’s abortion measure, the LDS Church says it weighs in on issues that have ‘significant moral consequences.’ Why, then, does it stay mum on so many others?

Nancy Rushforth | The Public Forum — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:02:00 +0000

I read in The Salt Lake Tribune the statement from leadership of the LDS Church to residents of Idaho opposing Proposition 1, which would allow legal abortion up to the second trimester. I understand that the position of the church is as printed in The Tribune and stated below:

Letter: Widening Emigration Canyon — like numerous perplexing projects in and around Salt Lake City — is a bad idea

Leonard W. Burningham | The Public Forum — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:02:00 +0000

I have ridden my bicycle up Emigration Canyon for just under 50 years, and I have never had an issue with the traffic while biking in the canyon, unless Salt Lake City was making some road repairs, and even then, the number of vehicles stopped was usually less than five.

Opinion: These midterm races matter the most. They’re discussed the least.

Ellen Kurz | For The New York Times — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:01 +0000

At a Republican convention in Dallas this month, President Trump asked elected officials and supporters to raise their right hands. Then he led them in a pledge: to vote this November, registered or not, and to “cheat like hell, like they do.”

Letter: Three heroes worth honoring if our democracy survives

Alex Taft | The Public Forum — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:01 +0000

As our democracy is being snatched away from us, I have been thinking of who might be our heroes if we are able to keep it. Three people come to mind: Heather Cox Richardson, who daily chronicles our losses and gains with an historical bent on Substack; Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, who is the leader fighting back against our bully and turning away from America; and our own Lt. Gov. Henderson, who is vigorously defending our right to vote.

Opinion: Behold the literary world’s DEI checklist

Bret Stephens | The New York Times — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:01 +0000

Last week, the long lists for the National Book Awards were announced. Among the 20 authors in the fiction and nonfiction categories, nearly all are straight white males. Most are also on the political right, some even on the far right. Remarkably, mainstream media outlets haven’t reported this, perhaps because they don’t think it’s noteworthy. It’s as if we were living in 1956 rather than 2026.

This week from Bagley: Sen. John Curtis’ tight spot, Trump and Xi, secret lives of LDS Church leaders

Pat Bagley — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:01 +0000

This week's cartoons from The Salt Lake Tribune's Pat Baglye.

Gordon Monson: Go ahead and gripe a little. The psalmists did. God won’t mind.

Gordon Monson — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The Good Book is full of laments — prophets and people complaining to God, notes Tribune columnist Gordon Monson. So maybe it's OK to murmur, grouse and gripe from time to time.

How Wayshawn Parker battled through ‘extracurricular’ late hits to power Utah football over Iowa State

Jason Batacao — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Ames, Iowa • Wayshawn Parker met a small crowd of Utah fans with a celebratory fist bump and a “let’s go!” that could just barely be heard over the Iowa State band.

An SLC worker accidentally poisoned 200 trees at the city’s front door. Two years on, a greener future is taking root.

Jose Davila IV — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

An herbicide mix-up killed 200 trees on a major Salt Lake City street, but a new landscape will be in place just in time for one of the largest events in Utah's history.

‘Watch them die’: Bird flu is ravaging a Utah mink farm, killing 80% of the herd. State agriculture officials have no clear plan.

Samantha Moilanen — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

In Utah, thousands of mink spend much of their lives in small wire cages, raised on farms for the soft fur that makes them a lucrative commodity.

Kevin O’Leary argues no ‘reasonable viewer’ took his Chinese influence claims as fact in Utah data center fight

Megan Banta — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

No “reasonable viewer” would have taken Kevin O’Leary’s claims that China funded opponents of a controversial Box Elder County data center proposal as fact, the celebrity investor’s attorneys argue.

Harrison Taggart returns to the sideline as Utah State football’s tough season takes a turn for the better

The Salt Lake Tribune — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 03:35:50 +0000

Inspired by the presence of injured linebacker Harrison Taggart, the Utah State football team beat Troy 21-10 on Saturday night in Logan for its first win of the season.

Real Salt Lake snaps its 13-game winless streak in a big way

The Salt Lake Tribune — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 04:05:20 +0000

Real Salt Lake scored in the second minute and beat the New England Revolution 3-0 on Saturday night in Sandy to end a 13-game Major League Soccer winless steak.

Wayshawn Parker set the tone. Then he put Iowa State away. 3 takeaways from Utah football’s 31-17 win over the Cyclones.

Jason Batacao — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 23:27:46 +0000

Wayshawn Parker starred, Devon Dampier showed off his arm and Iowa State nearly rallied. Here are three takeaways from Utah’s 31-17 win.

Will Latter-day Saint couples reverse the baby bust?

Peggy Fletcher Stack — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Latter-day Saints once had among the highest birthrates in the nation. With everyone else's, it is now declining. Will that change? Will LDS parents rescue the planet from a baby bust?