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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tyler Robinson, charged in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, sits during closing arguments by defense attorney Staci Visser, at his preliminary hearing in 4th District Court in Provo on Tuesday.

People are betting on the man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk. Here’s why his attorneys say they are concerned.

By Jessica Schreifels | Paighten Harkins | September 2, 2026, 12:36 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

Amid legal battle with Utah-based KÜHL, New York City’s Kule says it’s shutting down

By Paighten Harkins | August 30, 2026, 9:33 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Qualtrics in Provo on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024.

Qualtrics lays off employees in Utah and across the globe after $6.75B acquisition

By Paighten Harkins | August 22, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Jeff Dempsey | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pints of Rebel and Van Leeuwen pistachio ice creams. A judge ruled that Utah-based Rebel Creamery was using packaging that was too similar to Van Leeuwen's.

This Utah ice cream looks too much like a popular New York competitor, a court says. You can still buy it while it fights a $23 million judgment.

By Paighten Harkins | August 22, 2026, 5:26 p.m.

(Abigail Landwehr | The Salt Lake Tribune) The former Fingerhut warehouse at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon is being considered as the site of a proposed data center. Volition, a Provo-based company, wants to build its center in the million-square-foot warehouse that currently operates as a distribution center.

As other local governments pass data center bans, this Utah city is considering changing code to bring one in

By Paighten Harkins | August 21, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) An Intermountain Health LifeFlight helicopter departs Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.

Here’s what we know about the police presence at Intermountain Medical Center

By Jordan Miller | Paighten Harkins | August 17, 2026, 11:47 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Onlookers watch as police investigate a shooting that occurred outside a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kearns, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026.

1 killed, schools briefly locked down after shooting at Kearns funeral service

By Jordan Miller | Paighten Harkins | August 17, 2026, 11:25 p.m.

(Pat Sutphin | Special to The Tribune) Michelle Skidmore, owner of Soda Tsunami, poses for a portrait on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at her soda trailer in Idaho Falls, Idaho. According to Skidmore, a Swig plans to open down the street from her truck, which could put her business in jeopardy. "I'm really concerned," she said. "I think Swig is the bees knees, but having them come in here is very intimidating."

Utah juggernaut Swig inspired other small dirty soda shops. Now, it’s moving in on them.

By Paighten Harkins | August 6, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. McKell sponsored SB287 (the “Targeted Advertising Tax” bill) during the latest legislative session.

In rare move, Utah lawmakers decided to tax large tech companies. A new lawsuit argues it’s illegal.

By Paighten Harkins | August 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Trolley Square and Trolley Corners in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, July 29, 2026.

Trolley problem: Salt Lake City’s Trolley Square wants to own the ‘Trolley’ name — and is suing its longtime neighbor

By Paighten Harkins | July 31, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Swig staff crank through orders as the Salt Lake Bees in South Jordan become the Utah Dirty Sodas on Wednesday nights, when the stadium offers $3 dirty sodas, Wednesday, July 22, 2026.

Swig wants to be the Starbucks of dirty soda. Does the ‘quirky Utah’ drink have national appeal? Here’s what its CEO said.

By Paighten Harkins | Samantha Moilanen | July 31, 2026, 5:48 p.m.

(Paighten Harkins | The Salt Lake Tribune) Veo scooters wait for riders at the intersection of 400 South and 200 West on Thursday, July 23, 2026.

What to know about the new rental scooters now on Salt Lake City streets

By Paighten Harkins | July 24, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

(Disney) Demi Engemann, left, and Taylor Frankie Paul, right, hold Swig cups in a scene from Hulu's "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives." The reality show helped spread the "dirty soda" trend nationwide, but the business model launched long before that, a marketing expert said.

Before TikTok and ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,’ Utah had already built the dirty soda craze

By Samantha Moilanen | Paighten Harkins | July 20, 2026, 5:01 p.m.

(Melinda Sue Gordon | Universal Pictures) Matt Damon plays Odysseus, and Zendaya plays Athena, in Christopher Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey." The movie opened in theaters nationwide on Friday, July 17, 2026.

Want to see ‘The Odyssey’ on an IMAX screen as big as Christopher Nolan intended? Here are your Utah options.

By Paighten Harkins | July 17, 2026, 10:28 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Decals are applied to a wheel at the ENVE Composites facility on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

The Tour de France leader is riding on wheels made in Utah

By Paighten Harkins | July 17, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fans cheer "four more years" after Belgium defeated the United States in the World Cup during a watch party at Beer Bar in Salt Lake City on Monday, July 6, 2026.

This bar is one of the best to watch World Cup soccer in SLC — but you’ll want to arrive early

By Paighten Harkins | July 14, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(American Fork Police Department) Police body camera shows California YouTuber Ben Schneider in handcuffs as he is escorted to an American Fork police car during his March 11, 2026, arrest.

Viral Reckless Ben Lego videos skewer American Fork police. Here’s a look at 5 key moments.

By Jordan Miller | Samantha Moilanen | Paighten Harkins | Jessica Schreifels | Megan Banta | Andy Larsen | July 10, 2026, 2:59 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Vector Defense in Bluffdale on Thursday, April 30, 2026.

Here’s why the nation’s next generation of defense companies keep choosing to build in Utah

By Paighten Harkins | July 13, 2026, 8:02 p.m.

(Pool photo) Surveillance cameras shown in 4th District Court purporting to show Tyler Robinson on the campus of Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, is shown during a preliminary hearing for Robinson, accused in the shooting death of Charlie Kirk, in Provo on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

Watch: Surveillance videos played in Charlie Kirk killing case, after Tyler Robinson’s lawyers tried to keep them out

By Jessica Schreifels | Paighten Harkins | July 8, 2026, 4:25 a.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fireworks sit on a table at a Dragon Dynamite Fireworks stand in Clinton on Monday, June 29, 2026.

‘We can’t afford to close’: Utah fireworks stands caught between the ban and their bills

By Paighten Harkins | July 2, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cases of eggs in storage at a Salt Lake City bakery on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. Utah will receive about 125,000 cartons of eggs as part of a settlement over a scheme involving three major egg producers who conspired to illegally drive up prices across Utah and other states, the Utah attorney general’s office announced.

In this economy? Major egg producers ‘conspired’ to drive up prices, settlement says. Here’s what Utah gets.

By Carmen Nesbitt | Paighten Harkins | July 1, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Iron Fire burns west of Elberta in Juab County on Monday, June 22, 2026. Winds out of the south are bringing smoke from that fire toward Salt Lake City.

Here’s why the wildfire smoke in Salt Lake City likely won’t clear anytime soon, forecasters say

By Paighten Harkins | June 23, 2026, 6:23 p.m.

(Hiroko Masuike | The New York Times) A Senegal fan cheers before France plays Senegal during the 2026 FIFA World Cup in East Rutherford, N.J., on June 16, 2026. Lindon-based Fortem Technologies was contracted to protect World Cup games from potential drone attacks.

This Utah defense company is getting millions to protect 2026 FIFA World Cup venues from potential drone attacks

By Paighten Harkins | June 19, 2026, 4:02 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jefferson Moss, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity, speaks at an event in Brigham City, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Moss said Lunar Resources' expansion to Utah "will serve as a powerful economic catalyst."

Utah just lured in a cutting-edge power manufacturing company, promising its largest factory yet and more than 400 jobs

By Paighten Harkins | June 17, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Meta's Eagle Mountain Data Center on Friday, May 2, 2025.

There’s a key reason data center developers are increasingly drawn to Utah — and it lies underground

By Paighten Harkins | June 17, 2026, 12:00 p.m.