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David Noyce

Senior Managing editor

David is a managing editor at The Tribune, where he has worked since 1984. He oversees coverage ranging from local government and west-side issues to growth, development and housing. In addition, he directs religion reporting, co-hosts the award-winning “Mormon Land” podcast and writes the Mormon Land newsletter.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) President D. Todd Christofferson speaks during a session of General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026.

LDS leader D. Todd Christofferson decries all forms of gambling, urges members to stop betting

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | October 3, 2026, 8:16 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) President Dallin H. Oaks arrives for the morning session of General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026.

Full summary of Saturday’s LDS General Conference: Never give up on those who have left the faith, says apostle

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | Tamarra Kemsley | Dylan Eubank | David Noyce | October 4, 2026, 12:03 a.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Then-church President Russell M. Nelson gives a Book of Mormon to then-New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in 2019.

Latest from Mormon Land: Why a former prime minister left the LDS faith; church buys luxury apartments

By David Noyce | October 1, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Dallin H. Oaks speaks at the Washington National Cathedral and calls for parties to compromise and find common ground.

‘This is new to me’ — What a former federal judge says LDS President Dallin Oaks taught him about the Constitution

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | September 30, 2026, 2:43 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Voting at Sandy City Hall in November 2021. A columnist is calling on religious leaders to restore faith in the nation's elections.

Latest from Mormon Land: Will President Dallin Oaks defend elections against misinformation?

By David Noyce | September 24, 2026, 4:01 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Dallin H. Oaks speaks at the Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.

‘Mormon Land’: ‘I actually think the Constitution is hanging by a thread’ — ex-judge discusses Oaks’ speech

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | September 23, 2026, 1:36 p.m.

(Apple TV) Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) talks to his assistant coach, Alice Chilton (Tanya Reynolds), in an episode of "Ted Lasso."

New ‘Ted Lasso’ episode takes a good-natured jab at LDS Church. Here’s what the cheerful coach said.

By David Noyce | September 17, 2026, 7:32 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune; AP; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Clockwise from left: The Church Office Building in Salt Lake City; church-owned Deseret Ranches in central Florida; a church-led housing development next to the temple in Philadelphia; and a church-built residential and commercial project next to the temple in Mesa, Arizona.

Latest from Mormon Land: LDS Church is a big-time housing developer, and it pays in ‘all cash’

By David Noyce | September 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

‘Mormon Land’: What LDS journalist McKay Coppins discovered about the dangers of sports betting

By David Noyce | Dylan Eubank | September 16, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Photo illustration by Amy Lewis | The Salt Lake Tribune) Latter-day Saints believe in a Heavenly Mother.

Latest from Mormon Land: Is Heavenly Mother key to getting more converts?

By David Noyce | September 16, 2026, 9:11 p.m.

(Scott Howell) Linda and Scott Howell were inner-city service missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for more than a decade.

‘Mormon Land’: LDS service missionaries told they can help immigrants but not with their legal status

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | September 9, 2026, 9:05 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Apostle Dieter F. Uchtdorf, followed by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, greets members of a youth choir that performed at a media event Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, about the Salt Lake Temple reopening.

Latest from Mormon Land: ‘Are you President Uchtdorf’s bodyguard?’

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | September 3, 2026, 1:24 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington)

‘Mormon Land’: Sex and older singles — Should the law of chastity still apply?

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | September 3, 2026, 1:31 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lights illuminate the Salt Lake Temple in April. Tickets to tour the renovated pioneer-era building soon will be available online.

Latest from Mormon Land: After 133 years, here’s how to score tickets to tour the Salt Lake Temple

By David Noyce | August 27, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The global faith is changing its Sunday worship schedule in September.

‘Mormon Land’: Shorter lessons. Less foyer time. Will new Sunday schedule lead to a ‘drive-thru’ church?

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | August 26, 2026, 2:03 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President D. Todd Christofferson, left, of the First Presidency walks around the grounds of the San Diego Temple with general authority Seventy Steven R. Bangerter on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026.

More than 250,000 people toured this San Diego landmark. Now only Latter-day Saints can enter.

By David Noyce | August 24, 2026, 1:46 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

How the LDS Church’s rebrand could end up sinking its legal case against ‘Mormon Stories’

By Tamarra Kemsley | David Noyce | August 21, 2026, 11:19 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Brigham Young, second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had a reputation for leading with an iron fist, but a historian says he had a softer side.

Latest from Mormon Land: The kinder, gentler Brigham Young; a look at Irish Latter-day Saints

By David Noyce | Dylan Eubank | August 20, 2026, 12:42 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A choir from Brigham Young University sings at a General Conference in 2025. Religion News Service columnist Jana Riess notes that Latter-day Saint women are now more likely to leave the church than men.

‘Mormon Land’: The LDS Church’s retention rate hasn’t ‘bottomed out’ yet, says researcher

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | August 19, 2026, 1:50 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Dallin H. Oaks waves to attendees after dedicating the Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026.

Dallin Oaks caps his first international trip as LDS president with a religious rite he has performed before

By David Noyce | August 17, 2026, 7:23 a.m.