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(Payton Park | Courtesy Photo) Following his graduation ceremony on May 24, 2023, Payton Park, 19, stands with his diploma from Juab High School. He has earned 37 college credits through the state's concurrent enrollment program.

Utah’s rural high school students outpace urban kids in earning college credit

By Carmen Nesbitt | June 1, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Salt Lake City, Nicholas Tate Barney) The proposed layout of The Ballpark, a group of Utah State University landscape architecture students' submission to the Ballpark Next competition. The proposal took first place in the contest's student category.

See the winners of SLC’s Ballpark Next competition. Will any of them make the final cut?

By Blake Apgar | June 1, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

Adult filmmakers ask judge to delay Utah law requiring porn sites verify ages

Two Utah sites will get over $19 million in federal funds to restore public lands. Here’s where it’s going.

HEALTH

Fentanyl in Utah: How the drug gets into the state and how many people overdose

By Megan Banta | May 17, 2023, 2:51 p.m.

How this couple went from ‘living in a homeless camp on a mountainside with a newborn baby’ to a home and steady work

STDs are on the rise. This morning-after-style pill may help.

How a bus ride is saving lives in Utah’s coal country

What will it take to make Utah’s roads safer? Here’s a start.

EDUCATION

Utah’s rural high school students outpace urban kids in earning college credit

By Carmen Nesbitt | June 1, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

Is a Utah city ‘retaliating’ against a district that wants to close schools?

Gov. Cox wants these 10 Utahns to strategize the future of higher education in Utah

‘Cover-up’? Frustrated Utah lawmakers subpoena Alpine District leaders over school closure plans.

Utah State has a new president. Here’s who will lead the Logan university starting this summer.

CRIME

Man found unresponsive in Iron County jail cell dies 3 days later

By Kolbie Peterson | May 30, 2023, 9:37 p.m.

Man suspected of killing Utah radio host Gaby Ramos extradited from Mexico

2 men charged with federal hate crime in assault of LDS missionary in Payson

Mother of man who killed Gabby Petito said in letter she would help son ‘dispose of a body’

Layton man charged in killings of his wife, in-laws, family dogs

ENVIRONMENT

Two Utah sites will get over $19 million in federal funds to restore public lands. Here’s where it’s going.

By Jacob Scholl | May 31, 2023, 7:52 p.m.

Why is Ogden evicting the only wildlife rehab center in northern Utah?

Bigger freeways don’t cut traffic congestion, many studies show. What could Utah do with Interstate 15 instead?

As water levels drop, the risk of arsenic rises

E-bike incentives in Utah could help improve air quality

MORE ENVIRONMENT

POLITICS

Adult filmmakers ask judge to delay Utah law requiring porn sites verify ages

By Sam Metz | The Associated Press | June 1, 2023, 12:54 a.m.

Here’s who could replace Rep. Chris Stewart in Congress

Rep. Chris Stewart confirms he is leaving Congress, citing wife’s health concerns

Why is Ogden evicting the only wildlife rehab center in northern Utah?

What happens to U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart’s seat after he resigns from Congress?

BUSINESS

St. George service businesses struggle to fill jobs as employees can’t find rentals

By Mark Eddington | May 11, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

Zions’ stock rises months after prices plunged as analysts upgrade bank’s outlook

Big ambitions in a small town: Digital entrepreneur aims to reinvent research from rural Utah

The Salt Lake Tribune is adding a new business reporter

St. George’s housing crunch leaves working professionals unable to buy a home — or even rent