Kolbie Peterson

Reporter

Kolbie Peterson reports on breaking news, crime, public safety and community for The Salt Lake Tribune, although sometimes she also gets to write about horror movies. She likes to find treasures at thrift stores and work in her garden. Her five cats run her house.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Associate Chief Justice Thomas Lee makes a comment during oral arguments in the Utah Supreme Court on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. Lee announced his retirement on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022.

Justice Thomas Lee, once on Trump’s short list, is retiring from Utah Supreme Court

By Kolbie Peterson | January 21, 2022, 1:24 a.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Onlookers console one another as police investigate a fatal shooting near Hunter High School in West Valley City Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022.

2 kids killed, 1 wounded in West Valley City shooting between high school students, police say

By Kolbie Peterson | January 14, 2022, 3:02 a.m.

(Utah Department of Public Safety) A black Cadillac Escalade is photographed after crashing off of Interstate 70 in Sevier County on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022.

Utah mother charged in wrong-way crash that killed one daughter, critically injured another

By Kolbie Peterson | January 11, 2022, 10:43 p.m.

(Courtesy photos) Damiana Castillo, left, and Sonia Mejia, right, were strangled in 2008 and 2006, respectively. Last week, a man was arrested and charged with murder in connection with their deaths.

Man charged in Utah cold-case killings of 2 women, strangled on same day two years apart

By Kolbie Peterson | January 11, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Davis County Justice Center, and Jail, on Monday, January 3, 2022.

Utah prison, jail facilities report COVID-19 outbreaks

By Kolbie Peterson | January 7, 2022, 7:20 p.m.

(Niki Chan Wylie for The Salt Lake Tribune) A crowd gathers at a candlelight vigil for democracy at the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building on Jan. 6, 2022.

Defiant crowd gathers at candlelight vigil in SLC to remember Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol

By Kolbie Peterson | January 7, 2022, 4:41 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Davis School District Superintendent, Reid Newey admits that there is racism in the Davis School District, as he discusses the situation with Izzy Tichenor, during a news conference in Farmington, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. Newey announced Wednesday that he intends to retire at the end of the school year.

Davis School District superintendent to retire at end of school year

By Kolbie Peterson | January 6, 2022, 9:06 p.m.

Police fatally shoot man in Weber County

By Kolbie Peterson | January 5, 2022, 3:32 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Neva, a 5-year-old female polar bear, explores her new home in the Rocky Shores exhibit at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022.

Photos: Meet Neva, the newest polar bear at Utah’s Hogle Zoo

By Kolbie Peterson | January 4, 2022, 8:52 p.m.

Utah man arrested after police say he kept woman in Poplar Grove house for weeks, tortured her

By Kolbie Peterson | December 30, 2021, 8:57 p.m.