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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Great Salt Lake as seen near the Spiral Jetty, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Persistent drought has reduced lake levels to historic lows as the shoreline continues to recede.

Can a fee on water use save the Great Salt Lake?

By Brian Maffly | January 27, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Phil Lyman, R-Blanding. Lawmakers in the House Chamber during a special session at the State Captiol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.

Phil Lyman’s opponent outraised him in 2021, financial disclosure show

By Alastair Lee Bitsóí | January 27, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

How the COVID-19 surge is making schools desperate for substitute teachers

Utah County Attorney David Leavitt makes quick exit out of Ukraine, but is now stuck in Amsterdam with COVID-19

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) More that a hundred people gather at a candlelight vigil for Hunter High football players Paul Tahi , 15, Tivani Lopati, 14, and Ephraim Asiata, 15, on Friday, Jan 14, 2022, in West Valley City, near Hunter High School along 1400 South at Mountain View Corridor. Paul Tahi and Tivani Lopati were killed in the shooting, while Ephraim Asiata is still in the hospital.

Utah boy, 14, faces murder charges in fatal West Valley City shooting of 2 teens

By Kolbie Peterson | January 26, 2022, 11:22 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Long lines of cars snake around West Jordan City Hall and past the adjacent West Jordan Library on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, as people wait for COVID-19 testing.

Utah officials still recommend not to get tested for COVID. Here’s why.

By Erin Alberty | January 26, 2022, 10:32 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Christopher Lee, left, is tested for COVID-19 at a center run by Granite School District and the Salt Lake County Department of Health near Thomas Jefferson Junior High in Kearns, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022.

Utah reports record high COVID-19 hospitalizations, nearly 7,500 new cases

By Erin Alberty | January 26, 2022, 11:45 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Statue of Brigham Young on the BYU campus in Provo, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018.

Ex-BYU professor faces new sexual abuse charges

By Scott D. Pierce | January 26, 2022, 6:09 p.m.

(Screenshot via covid.cdc.gov) Data posted Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show Utah's COVID-19 infection rate was the highest in the nation during the week that ended the previous day. But Utah's data included cases from the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend — a reporting delay not reflected in all states' data.

Feds say Utah had worst COVID-19 rate in the country. Here’s the catch.

By Erin Alberty | January 27, 2022, 12:16 a.m.

(Moab Police Department Facbook via FOX 13) Bred Edge is being replaced as the Moab chief of police.

Moab to replace police chief who was collecting sick pay while promoting other employment

By Nate Carlisle | FOX 13 | January 26, 2022, 4:27 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Robert Gehrke.

Why Utah’s tech sector is mixing business with politics

By Robert Gehrke | January 26, 2022, 4:06 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) Staffing shortages powered by the omicron variant of COVID-19 have left Utah schools scrambling for substitute teachers. A new partnership between the Salt Lake Chamber and the Salt Lake City and Granite school districts encourages employers to free up their staff to work as substitutes.

Amid the omicron surge, Utah schools are asking businesses for substitute teachers

By Connor Sanders | January 26, 2022, 3:27 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bottles of whiskey lined up at a state liquor and wine store in Saratoga Springs, on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is developing a pilot program to sell wine and spirits online through two Utah liquor stores.

Online sales may be coming soon to Utah liquor stores

By Stefene Russell | January 26, 2022, 4:38 p.m.

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