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(Google Maps) City Corner, in Murray, as shown in this August 2025 Google Maps image.

‘Well known among youth’: Salt Lake City store owner accused of selling beer, e-cigarettes to teens

By Paighten Harkins | May 23, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Box Elder County Commissioners Boyd Bingham, left, Tyler Vincent, center, and Lee Perry, right, voted to approve the controversial Stratos project.

Box Elder commissioners who green-lighted controversial Stratos project are ‘no longer doing interviews.’ Here’s what we know about them.

By Paighten Harkins | May 19, 2026, 6:35 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Meta's Eagle Mountain Data Center on Friday, May 2, 2025. A Silicon Valley company plans to lay off 50 contractors from Meta’s Eagle Mountain data center.

In Utah, Silicon Valley company lays off 50 contractors from Meta’s Eagle Mountain data center

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

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

This Utah ‘boy wonder’ is now a prominent defense-tech founder, making attack drones by the thousands in a Bluffdale warehouse

By Paighten Harkins | May 18, 2026, 2:17 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Willie Maahs shows his support for Park City ski patrollers as he joins the picket line at the Park City Mountain Village base on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, amid contract negotiations with Vail Resorts on day nine of the strike.

Park City Mountain ski patrol union accuses Vail Resorts of violating labor contract

By Paighten Harkins | May 14, 2026, 5:05 p.m.

(Crumbl Cookies) Pictured is a cookie tray of Crumbl Cookies. The cousins who founded the Utah-based Crumbl are stepping down from executive roles and day-to-day operations.

Crumbl’s Utah founders are stepping down as the cookie chain slows expansion, eyes ‘next chapter’

By Paighten Harkins | May 13, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune; MIDA) The members of the Military Installation Development Authority board, clockwise from top left: Senate President J. Stuart Adams, R-Layton; Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton; Weber County Commissioner Gage Froerer; Clearfield City Mayor Mark Shepherd; Mike Ostermiller; Utah Department of Veterans and Military Affairs executive director Gary Harter; and Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity executive director Jefferson Moss, who is a nonvoting member.

Who serves on MIDA? Here’s a breakdown of each board member behind plans for a massive Box Elder County data center.

By Megan Banta | Paighten Harkins | May 9, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The CentraCom office in Fairview on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.

CentraCom ‘not anywhere near’ MIDA data center project, it says, after online speculation suggests ties to Cox

By Paighten Harkins | May 8, 2026, 4:40 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Employees and supporters of Rubicon Contracting gather at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.

Did investigators mislead judges? Utah company pushes for sanctions after human-trafficking case collapses

By Paighten Harkins | April 28, 2026, 2:51 p.m.

(Rick Egan, Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Clockwise from top left: a bicycle purchase at Guthrie Bicycle; a home for sale in Salt Lake City; rug tufting at the Rug Lounge SLC; and a coffee order at Buzzed Coffeehouse.

‘It’s never been this bad’: How Utahns are coping with the topsy-turvy economy

By Paighten Harkins | Megan Banta | Kolbie Peterson | April 21, 2026, 5:18 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kerwin Ipsen and Susan Daynes at Daynes Music Co. in Midvale on Thursday, March 5, 2026.

This beloved Utah company was founded before statehood. It’s closing in a few weeks.

By Paighten Harkins | April 16, 2026, 6:24 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The recital room at Daynes Music Co. in Midvale on Thursday, March 5, 2026.

After more than 150 years with Daynes Music, Steinway chooses a new Utah dealer

By Paighten Harkins | April 16, 2026, 7:50 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The former Campfire Lounge on 2100 South, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.

They planned Salt Lake City’s next hit bar in Sugar House. Now it’s a three-way legal battle.

By Paighten Harkins | April 13, 2026, 3:38 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Erica Tanner, founder of Dirtylicious Dance Fitness, teaches a class in Orem on Oct. 14, 2025.

‘Dirtylicious’ shuts down, months after it was kicked out of Provo’s rec center for its ‘quite sexual’ dance moves

By Paighten Harkins | April 8, 2026, 2:33 p.m.

(Google Maps) Tooele Valley Meat, as seen in this Google Maps image from 2025.

Tooele County butcher who severed injured steer’s hoof takes plea deal in animal-cruelty case

By Paighten Harkins | April 8, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A traveler at Salt Lake City International Airport on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025.

Don’t overpay for flights: Tips for booking cheaper airfare from SLC

By Paighten Harkins | Andy Larsen | April 8, 2026, 2:53 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City International Airport's status as a Delta hub comes with pros and cons for passengers.

Why is it so expensive to fly out of SLC? More importantly, what can be done about it?

By Andy Larsen | Paighten Harkins | April 7, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A plane takes off from Salt Lake City International Airport on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025.

SLC to Honolulu, round trip, for $284? Yes, when this Utah company provides the tipoff.

By Paighten Harkins | April 6, 2026, 4:52 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Metropolitan Jail on Tuesday, Feb 11, 2025.

Facing deadly gaps in addiction treatment, Salt Lake County invests $29.7M in fixes

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

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The field office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in West Valley City on Friday, June 13, 2025. ICE is looking for coworking office space in West Valley City, according to paperwork filed in March.

ICE is now looking for office space in West Valley City. Here’s what we know.

By Paighten Harkins | March 27, 2026, 6:44 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) This warehouse in Salt Lake City was recently purchased by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, photographed Friday, March 13, 2026.

ICE says its SLC detention center would be an economic boon. They won’t show their math — but we tried to check it anyway.

By Paighten Harkins | March 19, 2026, 1:54 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Clientes hacen fila para cargar gasolina en un Costco en Bountiful el lunes 9 de marzo de 2026.

La guerra de Irán golpea el bolsillo de Utah: ¿Cómo ahorrar mientras la gasolina se dispara?

By Megan Banta | Paighten Harkins | March 13, 2026, 5:03 a.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) From left, drivers Scott Hargraves, Mohammad Aleiwe, and Charles Li stand with Park City App founder Zachary Bretz, pictured in Park City on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.

This Utah business is taking on Uber and Lyft — one airport ride at a time

By Paighten Harkins | March 12, 2026, 10:20 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Customers line up to get gas at Costco in Bountiful, where regular was priced at $2.79 a gallon, on Monday, March 9, 2026.

Utah’s gasoline prices surge 16%. Here’s what you can expect next.

By Megan Banta | Paighten Harkins | March 12, 2026, 9:17 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mike Marler at his home in West Valley City, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.

‘Your kid is gone’: How Utah adoption laws can cost fathers their parental rights

By Jessica Schreifels | Paighten Harkins | March 3, 2026, 8:29 p.m.