News

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fall colors pop along the Cascade Springs Scenic Backway, on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023.

Utah leaf-peeping: Fall colors could be especially spectacular this year

By Scott D. Pierce | September 23, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

19-year-old killed in Elk Ridge home explosion

By Ryan Marion | FOX 13 | September 23, 2023, 8:39 p.m.

8 officers cleared in fatal shooting of Utah prison staffer who killed police K-9

Equality Utah urges state leaders to reconsider having controversial doctor on trans sports commission

HEALTH

What advocates have to say about Utah Medicaid

By Megan Banta | September 19, 2023, 2:48 p.m.

Here’s why health care advocates say there aren’t more Utahns on Medicaid

Concerned about your OB-GYN visit? A guide to what should happen — and what shouldn’t.

Here’s what new census data shows about how Utah is changing

Let skeeters feed on you for science? Salt Lake City is on the front lines of mosquito control.

EDUCATION

Equality Utah urges state leaders to reconsider having controversial doctor on trans sports commission

By Courtney Tanner | September 22, 2023, 10:41 p.m.

Feds chastise Utah school district for failing to seriously investigate 100 student reports of sex assault and harassment

A Salt Lake City school flagged for potential closure lands on National Blue Ribbon School list

Andy Larsen: El esfuerzo de cierre de escuelas de Salt Lake City es un gran desastre. Así es como el distrito podría mejorar.

Rosslyn Heights update: Empty east-side school could become space for high school sports

CRIME

Former Utah therapist assaulted patient to rid her of ‘demons,’ charges allege

By Paighten Harkins | September 22, 2023, 8:47 p.m.

Gov. Cox calls Ruby Franke child abuse allegations ‘disturbing,’ says DCFS will review case

South Jordan man who built homemade bombs, shot at police receives sentence

Ruby Franke search warrant: Boy who escaped Hildebrant’s home was ‘emaciated,’ had open wounds

Ruby Franke case: Jodi Hildebrandt surrenders counseling license, state regulators say

ENVIRONMENT

How to enjoy the Great Salt Lake

By Leia Larsen | September 22, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

Water Documenters: Read meeting notes from the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake and Sandy

Here’s what makes the Great Salt Lake special, and why it’s in trouble

A guide to Utah’s public lands

Here’s what the Great Salt Lake’s dust is doing to our bodies

MORE ENVIRONMENT

POLITICS

Governor vows to use state funds to keep Zion, other parks open during possible government shutdown

By Chris Reed | St. George News | September 23, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

‘Oath before God’: The role of Mitt Romney’s LDS faith in his politics

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says LDS Church’s condemnation of Tim Ballard is real, allegations are ‘incredibly disturbing’

Tim Ballard compares himself to Abraham Lincoln, says negative stories were timed to be politically damaging

Will Utah Solicitor General Melissa Holyoak be confirmed to a spot on the Federal Trade Commission?

BUSINESS

Are Utah households actually the most indebted in the nation?

By Megan Banta | September 22, 2023, 8:52 p.m.

Amazon aims to fill 1,900 holiday jobs in Utah

A doTERRA rep claimed we don’t need glasses to fix our vision. The internet erupted.

As Vivint fights $189 million jury verdict for deceptive tactics, it says it has made changes

An app lets homeowners profit off their pools, but raises questions