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Siena Duncan

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(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Barista Rae McKenzie mixes up a drink for a customer at Sunset Coffee Co. on Aug. 14, 2023.

Why more and more young Latter-day Saints are drinking coffee

By Siena Duncan | September 26, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Iryna Voytyuk with her daughter Liya, on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.

Utah is welcoming more refugees, again

By Megan Banta | Siena Duncan | September 1, 2023, 3:25 p.m.

(Siena Duncan | Salt Lake Tribune) An area of Draper just north of the Draper LDS Temple was damaged by flooding on Thursday, August 3, 2023, breaking a large pipe at the end of Rambling Road — seen here on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Heavy rains caused road closures at several spots in the city.

Storms caused a flood that made a backyard collapse near the Draper LDS Temple

By Siena Duncan | August 7, 2023, 10:10 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson speaks at a news conference on the final day of the 2023 legislative session. Henderson shared Friday that her mother and brother were hurt when a bull escaped into the parking lot of the Utah County Fair on Thursday evening.

Bull escapes Utah County Fair, attacks Lt. Gov. Henderson’s mother, brother

By Siena Duncan | August 4, 2023, 5:55 p.m.

(Mark Havnes | The Salt Lake Tribune) Crowds line Sand Hollow State Park near St. George. A Utah teen died at the park Thursday while paddleboarding, according to the Utah Division of State Parks.

Utah teen dies while paddleboarding at Sand Hollow State Park

By Siena Duncan | August 3, 2023, 10:13 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Weber County Sheriff's Complex in Ogden. A Weber County jail inmate died Monday, marking the fourth in-custody death in the county in the last three months. The person died days after a jail employee was arrested on suspicion of distributing opioids to inmates.

Weber County inmate dies — 4th in 3 months, days after jail staffer was arrested

By Siena Duncan | July 31, 2023, 8:43 p.m.

(Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) Ryan Gosling, left, and Margot Robbie in a scene from "Barbie." Several events are happening in and around Salt Lake City to celebrate the release of the new movie.

Come on Barbie, let’s go party: Where to celebrate ‘Barbie’ in Salt Lake City

By Siena Duncan | July 21, 2023, 10:12 p.m.

(Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lake Powell’s water content is up by about 50% compared to last year. Even since March, the difference depicted in these satellite images is glaring. But that doesn’t mean the drought is over.

Photos: Lake Powell water levels rise after snowy winter

By Siena Duncan | July 19, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Four baby flammulated owls, near Huntsville, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Although they’re not currently a threatened species, studying flammulated owls has taught researchers a lot about Utah’s changing environments.

Meet the tiny owls that nest at Snowbasin, keeping Utah wildlife researchers busy

By Siena Duncan | July 18, 2023, 5:47 p.m.

(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Warning sign upon entering the Utah Test and Training Range in western Utah.

Heard a boom in northern Utah? Here’s what the Air Force said caused Monday’s blast.

By Siena Duncan | July 17, 2023, 7:12 p.m.

(Utah Department of Corrections) Loki, an 8-year-old Belgian shepherd, worked as a K-9 with the Utah Department of Corrections until he was found dead Thursday, July 13, 2023.

Death of K-9 inside Utah prison vehicle likely ‘heat-related,’ official says

By Siena Duncan | July 14, 2023, 11:15 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mark Snedecor talks about recycling in Salt Lake City on Friday, May 7, 2021. The Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District services 86,000 homes across the Salt Lake Valley and beyond, while the Salt Lake City sustainability department handles its urban area.

Glass, paper plates, soda cans: What can Salt Lake City residents recycle?

By Siena Duncan | July 14, 2023, 11:59 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fireworks at Stadium of Fire in Provo on Saturday, July 2, 2022. Particle pollution lingered in Utah County early Wednesday after Independence Day celebrations late Tuesday, July 4, 2023 — more than any other county in the state.

Utah County saw state’s worst air pollution after Independence Day fireworks

By Siena Duncan | July 6, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Patrick Tertulien, ministro en el Salón del Reino de los Testigos de Jehová en West Jordan, el 21 de junio de 2023, también está ministrando a los reclusos en la prisión estatal de Utah.

Testigos de Jehová de Utah llevan la Biblia a la “comunidad cerrada más grande”: la prisión

By Siena Duncan | June 30, 2023, 6:31 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Patrick Tertulien, minister at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in West Jordan, June 21, 2023, is ministering to inmates at the Utah State Prison as well.

Utah Jehovah’s Witnesses take the Bible to the ‘largest gated community’: prison

By Siena Duncan | June 30, 2023, 11:41 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Noella Sudbury, fundadora y directora ejecutiva de Rasa, se une a otros líderes y defensores de la Ley Clean Slate (Borrón y cuenta nueva) de Utah en el Capitolio estatal el jueves 10 de febrero de 2022. Una ley que reduce el precio del proceso de borrar antecedentes penales vence el 1 de julio de 2023, cuadruplicando las tarifas de eliminación.

Tarifas de cancelación de antecedentes penales de Utah se cuadriplicarán el 1 de julio

By Siena Duncan | June 29, 2023, 4:56 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Noella Sudbury, founder and CEO of Rasa, joins other leaders and advocates of Utah’s Clean Slate Law at the state Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. A law reducing the price of the process will expire July 1, 2023, quadrupling expungement fees.

Utah criminal record expungement fees to quadruple July 1

By Siena Duncan | June 29, 2023, 4:56 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Church Historian Kyle S. McKay talks about the final print volume in The Joseph Smith Papers during a news conference at the Church History Library on Tuesday, June 27, 2023.

LDS Church releases final volume of founding prophet’s letters on anniversary of his death

By Siena Duncan | June 28, 2023, 1:05 p.m.

(National Park Service) A wild horse and her foal, which were left stranded on a Lake Powell beach for weeks amid rising water levels, were rescued last week and taken to an animal sanctuary, National Park Service officials announced.

Rescuers save wild horse, foal trapped by Lake Powell’s rising waters

By Siena Duncan | June 27, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A record amount of runoff flows through the Hyrum Dam spillway on Thursday, May 18, 2023. The body of a 14-year-old boy who went missing at a beach area near the dam on Sunday was recovered early Monday, June 26, 2023.

Body of Utah boy who went missing near Hyrum Dam recovered

By Siena Duncan | June 27, 2023, 9:32 p.m.