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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) An audience watches the Box Elder County Commission meeting on a video screen at the county fairgrounds in Tremonton on Monday, May 4, 2026. Public records revealed details of negotiations ahead of the vote.

Box Elder County wanted data center project money up front. MIDA pushed back, advocating on Kevin O’Leary’s behalf.

By Jordan Miller | May 12, 2026, 12:22 a.m.

(Misper Apawu | AP) The MV Hondius cruise ship departs the port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. One passenger on the ship has been identified as a Utah resident, state health officials said Friday.

Utah resident on hantavirus-infected cruise ship, state health department says

By Jordan Miller | May 8, 2026, 11:36 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cars in the parking lot at Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 16, 2026. The airport will raise parking fees on July 1.

Salt Lake City airport parking will get more expensive soon. Here’s when.

By Jordan Miller | May 6, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Protesters demonstrate before a Box Elder County Commission meeting in Tremonton on Monday, May 4, 2026.

Kevin O’Leary says data center campus protesters were ‘bused in’ from out of state

By Jordan Miller | May 8, 2026, 4:43 p.m.

(Utah Division of Motor Vehicles) Utah's three standard plates and the black-and-white specialty plate offered to drivers.

Delicate Arch, ‘In God We Trust,’ the skier or something else? Which license plate is Utah’s most popular?

By Jordan Miller | May 4, 2026, 12:46 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rush hour traffic on Interstate 15 in 2025. Utah's America 250 license plate will be up for sale starting June 1.

Utah has a new colorful license plate. Check it out.

By Jordan Miller | April 30, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Christopher Willard | Disney) Kevin O'Leary, one of the investors on ABC's "Shark Tank," has become the public face of the proposed "hyperscale" data center campus in Box Elder County.

How ‘Shark Tank’ investor Kevin O’Leary, the face of Utah’s massive data center project, amassed his wealth

By Sean P. Means | Jordan Miller | April 28, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Rose Park 5th Ward meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. The night before, a shooting in the parking lot left two dead.

Murder charges filed in January shooting at LDS church in Salt Lake City

By Jordan Miller | April 28, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Spenser Heaps | Pool) Kouri Richins looks on during her murder trial at the Summit County Courthouse in Park City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. A jury convicted her of aggravated murder and other counts, and her defense team unsuccessfully asked for more time to prepare for her May 13, 2026, sentencing.

Here’s why a judge refused to postpone Kouri Richins’ sentencing, set on the birthday of her murdered husband

By Jordan Miller | April 28, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Jason Jones | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) A wild desert tortoise pokes its head out of a burrow. Utahns can adopt Mojave desert tortoises from the Division of Wildlife Resources through an application process.

Utah wants you to adopt a Mojave desert tortoise, as long as you don’t live in this county

By Jordan Miller | April 27, 2026, 4:21 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rush hour traffic on Interstate 15 in 2025. UDOT says cars leaving the airport will need to take I-15 as part of a detour while a ramp from eastbound I-80 to southbound I-215 is closed.

A major route to SLC airport could be closed for more than a month. Here’s how to get around it.

By Jordan Miller | April 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(David Jackson | Pool) Kouri Richins listens to closing arguments, Monday, March 16, 2026. Her legal team hopes to delay her sentencing hearing, according to recently filed court documents.

Kouri Richins is set to be sentenced on her husband’s birthday for his murder. She wants a delay.

By Jordan Miller | April 22, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Council member Laurie Stringham in 2025. Stringham lost her contest at the Salt Lake County GOP nominating convention, ending her hopes at reelection.

Incumbent GOP Salt Lake County Council member loses at convention, ending hopes for reelection

By Jordan Miller | April 21, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) A collared cow moose with her two calves. Researchers from the Division of Wildlife Resources have found that ticks are responsible for a decline in Utah's moose population.

Utah’s moose are being ‘sucked to death’ by tiny ticks. Wildlife managers are looking for ways to reverse the trend.

By Jordan Miller | April 20, 2026, 7:31 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Khosrow Semnani, an Iranian American businessman in Utah, poses for a portrait on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at his office in downtown Salt Lake City.

‘I’ve never been worried so badly’: Utah’s Iranian Americans watch war with fear for civilians, hope for democracy

By Jose Davila IV | Jordan Miller | April 9, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson gives her State of The County Address at the Clark Planetarium, on Tuesday, Feb 4, 2025. Wilson sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin last week, urging the secretary to reconsider the site of a planned ICE facility in Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake County mayor urges DHS to reconsider site of planned ICE facility, requests ‘better path forward’

By Jordan Miller | April 7, 2026, 3:46 p.m.

(Kyle Hansen | The Salt Lake Tribune) Justin Watkins, the owner of TruHealth Clinic in Pleasant View, provided Chinese-made medication to more than 200 patients, prosecutors say.

A Utah doctor put fake labels on popular peptides made in China and sold them to patients, prosecutors say

By Jordan Miller | April 7, 2026, 2:54 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bluffdale City Hall on Monday, March 30, 2026. Former city employee Connie Pavlakis recently filed a lawsuit alleging she was fired in 2023 as retaliation for submitting a gender discrimination complaint against another worker.

A Bluffdale employee alleged she faced gender discrimination. Then she was fired, a new lawsuit asserts.

By Jordan Miller | April 6, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

FILE - Prison guards stand outside holding cells at the Terrorism Confinement Center, a "mega-prison" built especially for gang members, during a media tour in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Feb. 2, 2023. Utah attorneys say a Venezuelan man was detained in San Diego and transported to the Salvadoran prison, where they allege he was tortured. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)

Utah attorneys expect to file $50M lawsuit after Venezuelan man was sent to controversial prison in El Salvador

By Jordan Miller | April 1, 2026, 2:42 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Legacy Parkway in North Salt Lake, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. The road is set to expand by two lanes in 2026.

The orange cones are blooming. Here’s when Utah’s newest batch of traffic nightmares will end.

By Jordan Miller | Jose Davila IV | March 30, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The county-run child care program at the Northwest Community Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 27, 2026. The center is one of four closing at the end of May.

Parents who are losing access to S.L. County-run child care say help has been hard to find

By Jordan Miller | March 30, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Government Center in 2022. The Salt Lake County Council announced it will expand summer child care options after four county-run day cares close in May.

Salt Lake County to expand its summer child care programs in wake of day care closures

By Jordan Miller | March 26, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Jordan Strauss | Invision/AP) Taylor Frankie Paul appears at the Oscars in Los Angeles on March 15, 2026. Paul and her ex-boyfriend have been in the headlines this month after TMZ released a video from a 2023 fight.

How did TMZ get that video of Taylor Frankie Paul? Utah police say don’t look at them.

By Palak Jayswal | Jordan Miller | March 26, 2026, 5:59 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Passengers enter security screening at Salt Lake City International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026.

Will ICE agents deploy to Salt Lake City airport amid partial shutdown?

By Jordan Miller | March 23, 2026, 10:27 p.m.

(Screenshot via video provided by Best Friends Animal Society) Spence Smith, left, and Jodi Olthuis feed their cat, Bella, a treat. A new bill passed during this year's legislative session could give more animals like Bella a second chance at life.

Utah animals could get a second chance at life under shelter bill

By Jordan Miller | March 20, 2026, 3:11 p.m.