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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A moose is stranded in the Lambs Creek diversion pond near Mountain Dell golf course, on Sunday, September 20, 2020.
Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020.

Division of Wildlife warns drought conditions may increase moose sightings

By Jordan Miller | June 14, 2021, 10:21 p.m.

Man dies after being beaten by several people in Magna

By Rebekah Wahlberg | June 15, 2021, 1:35 a.m.

Interior secretary urges Biden to enlarge Bears Ears, Grand Staircase, report says

Utah reports 169 new cases of COVID-19, and no more deaths

(Chris Detrick | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Children hold an embroidered Utah state flag at a 2014 ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the laying of the Utah State Capitol's cornerstone. Then-Gov. Gary Herbert and one of his predecessors, Mike Leavitt, are seen attending the ceremony.

Utahns can weigh in on a new design for Utah’s state flag

By Sean P. Means | June 15, 2021, 12:11 a.m.

File - Greater Zion Stadium at Dixie State University is shown on June 30, 2020, in St. George, Utah. A push to change Dixie State University's name is stalling in the GOP-dominated Utah Senate, after a new push to drop the term many find offensive sparked a backlash. (Chris Caldwell/The Spectrum via AP, File)

Committee votes to rename Dixie State as Utah Polytechnic State University

By Scott D. Pierce | June 14, 2021, 6:45 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Bear Fire burns in the mountains northwest of Helper on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.

Evacuations ordered — again — near Pack Creek Fire

By Scott D. Pierce | June 14, 2021, 7:16 p.m.

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Man shot to death in Salt Lake City

By Scott D. Pierce | June 14, 2021, 9:35 p.m.

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

Cox is eager for a nuclear future. Utahns should tell him why we’re not, says Robert Gehrke

By Robert Gehrke | June 14, 2021, 6:08 p.m.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Traffic on 400 South in Salt Lake City is photographed on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Almost twice as many people died in alcohol-involved crashes on Utah roads in 2020 as they did in 2019, according to data from the Utah Department of Transportation.

Alcohol-involved deaths on roads doubled during COVID year

By Sara Tabin | June 14, 2021, 5:08 p.m.

HEALTH

Utah has 200 new coronavirus cases and vaccine doses delivered passes 2.6 million

By Matt Canham | June 3, 2021, 12:11 a.m.

Southern Utah’s first medical marijuana pharmacy set to open in Cedar City

This iconic Utah spot helped thousands get vaccinated. And soon it will go back to what it does best.

What puts Utah on the verge of being a leader in mental health care? Robert Gehrke explains.

Why kids may be the losers in Cox’s gamble on masks, Robert Gehrke writes

EDUCATION

After the death of their sister, these two little girls are running a lemonade stand to raise money for organ donations in Utah

By Courtney Tanner | June 14, 2021, 1:46 a.m.

Photos: Utah high school seniors celebrate graduation after a tough year

Here’s what the University of Utah’s medical school will do with a historic $110 million donation — and how it could help patients across the state

Here’s what the COVID-19 pandemic taught Utah’s teacher of the year

Police chief at University of Utah cleared in investigation. Not yet reinstated, he wants the U. to ‘make it right.’

CRIME

Officer justified in shooting man who fired at police after a motorcycle crash

By Paighten Harkins | June 11, 2021, 11:20 p.m.

Police release photo of person of interest in hate crime at Sugar House synagogue

Police identify man killed in Sunday drive-by shooting in Salt Lake City

Woman arrested after man is shot to death in Taylorsville

South Salt Lake Police looking for possible kidnap victim

ENVIRONMENT

Division of Wildlife warns drought conditions may increase moose sightings

By Jordan Miller | June 14, 2021, 10:21 p.m.

Cox is eager for a nuclear future. Utahns should tell him why we’re not, says Robert Gehrke

Lake Powell pipeline plans to tap water promised to the Utes. Why the tribe sees it as yet another racially based scheme.

Utah’s 2021 wildfire season is setting records. Here’s how to prepare.

Five active wildfires burn across Utah as state sees extreme conditions

MORE ENVIRONMENT

POLITICS

‘The Rundown’: Dude, where’s my car?

By Bryan Schott | June 14, 2021, 12:41 p.m.

Utah Republicans approve resolution condemning critical race theory

State leaders warn of wildfire danger posed by target shooting

Biden gives Utah’s Hill Air Force Base $24M Trump took for border wall

Utah GOP leaders will again tackle critical race theory, gun rights

BUSINESS

Cox is eager for a nuclear future. Utahns should tell him why we’re not, says Robert Gehrke

By Robert Gehrke | June 14, 2021, 6:08 p.m.

$18 an hour to work at McDonald’s? Moab’s labor shortage means higher pay — if you can find housing

Shipping containers see new life as affordable Box 500 apartments in Salt Lake City

‘One day closer to the next rainstorm.’ Drought hits Utah farmers more than city dwellers, Robert Gehrke writes

Utah should invest in child care so more families can afford their housing, Robert Gehrke says