Courtney Tanner

Reporter

Courtney is a reporter at The Tribune, where she has worked since May 2016. She unwinds by fishing in the mountains far away from cell service. She’s a fan of bacon and Kevin Bacon.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) East High students walk out to protest the Supreme Court's leaked decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and give states the power to ban abortions on Thursday, May 12, 2022. What Utah students can learn about abortion isn't defined in law, so it's up to each district.

Utah schools must teach abstinence in sex education. But what can they say about abortion?

By Courtney Tanner | May 18, 2022, 3:29 p.m.

(Snow College) Pictured is Snow College President Bradley J. Cook.

This Utah college president is the latest to step down after years of turnover in higher education

By Courtney Tanner | May 16, 2022, 9:13 p.m.

How much it will cost and what the new logos look like: Here’s a peek at Dixie State’s transition to Utah Tech University

By Courtney Tanner | May 16, 2022, 7:25 p.m.

(Trent Nelson) Cedar City as the sun sets on Thursday Jan. 10, 2019. A Cedar City mother is now suing a Iron County School District for releasing one of her kids to a stranger in November 2020, which started a wild case that included her 5-month-old baby being abducted.

‘Should have been a red flag’: Utah mom sues after school released her child to a stranger

By Courtney Tanner | May 13, 2022, 11:42 p.m.

(Panguitch Utah History) Pictured are the students at the boarding school for Native Americans just north of Panguitch, Utah, that ran from 1904 to about 1909.

Here’s what a federal report says about the Native American boarding schools in Utah

By Courtney Tanner | Alastair Lee Bitsóí | May 12, 2022, 9:04 p.m.

(Utah State Board of Education) Pictured is Utah State School Board members Natalie Cline.

Utah school board found no violation after member Natalie Cline used private email for communication

By Courtney Tanner | May 5, 2022, 4:52 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rachel Weaver, of the Black Menaces, filming a TikTok video at BYU in Provo on Friday, April 8, 2022.

The Black Menaces’ most popular videos about BYU and the LDS Church

By Courtney Tanner | May 2, 2022, 4:30 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Black Menaces have been filming TikTok videos addressing racism at Brigham Young University in Provo. On Friday, April 8, 2022 they smiled for a photo. Starting from the top, from left to right, are members Nate Byrd, Kennethia Dorsey and Sebastian Stewart-Johnson. At the bottom are members, from left, are members Rachel Weaver and Kylee Shepherd.

These Black students at BYU are using TikTok to document attitudes in the LDS Church

By Courtney Tanner | May 2, 2022, 4:05 p.m.

(Hope Orr) Jillian Orr poses in her graduation gown for Brigham Young University on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Her sister, Rachel Orr, sewed a Pride flag inside of it for Jillian to express her identity on stage after years of feeling like she had to hide being bisexual at the church-run school.

A BYU student’s rainbow graduation gown has gone viral. This is what she has to say.

By Courtney Tanner | April 28, 2022, 2:04 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Police cars sit in the parking lot of the University of Utah police department in this June 2019 photo. A state audit from Wednesday, April 20, 2022, found the school has not made all the necessary improvements to its campus policing after the 2018 death of student-athlete Lauren McCluskey.

What the University of Utah continues to get wrong with campus policing, according to a new audit

By Courtney Tanner | April 21, 2022, 7:46 p.m.