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.

Utah State Board of Education member Cindy Davis, left, and candidate Kim DelGrosso, right.

Controversial candidate Kim DelGrosso concedes Utah school board race to incumbent Cindy Davis

By Courtney Tanner | June 30, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rainbow "Y" pins at a booth at Kiwanis Park, during Pride Night in Provo organized by BYU students, on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. There's a new social media movement to support LGBTQ students at the private Utah school owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in June 2022.

Protesters are taking over the comment section on BYU’s Instagram page. Here’s why.

By Courtney Tanner | June 30, 2022, 6:09 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The green Tyrannosaurus rex statue in Vernal, is pictured on Thursday, May 19, 2022, as the town rallies around the deteriorating giant by fundraising to save it.

Residents in a rural Utah town worry about losing their identity as ‘the dinosaur people’ as the area grows

By Courtney Tanner | June 21, 2022, 11:40 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sign at Salt Lake Community College is pictured in 2019. On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education released its findings that the college discriminated against a pregnant student.

A pregnant student asked for accommodations from a Utah college. They said no. Then the feds came in.

By Courtney Tanner | June 15, 2022, 3:51 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Michaelle Martial places soil in a jar to commemorate the lynching of William “Sam Joe” Harvey at the Bennet Federal Building, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Soil from the location was collected and will be sent to the National Museum for Peace and Justice.

Two Black men were once lynched in SLC. Here’s what we know about their stories.

By Courtney Tanner | June 12, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Swaying back and forth, Bode Kamai and Max Arrats are chosen by Sarah Cuch and Sonceray Cornpeach, from left, for the traditional Bear Dance, deemed women’s choice, at Whiterocks, Utah, on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Held for the first time in 20 years in the small town within the Ute Reservation, the traditional dance held after the first under of spring is meant to welcome in the new season.

The Ute Bear Dance hasn’t been held for 20 years in this Utah town — until now

By Courtney Tanner | May 31, 2022, 10:26 p.m.

(Uintah County Library Regional History Center. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The photoghraph on the left shows residents of Whiterocks gathering for the Bear Dance, where they beat a drum that's meant to sound like thunder. On the right, residents perform the sounds of a bear singing and growling as they use the drum during a Bear Dance in 2022.

See stunning photos of the Ute Bear Dance from the early 1900s to now

By Courtney Tanner | Francisco Kjolseth | May 31, 2022, 10:26 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Los estudiantes de West High School escuchan a sus compañeros exigir seguridad después de salir de clases en Salt Lake, durante una huelga estudiantil el miércoles. 14 de marzo de 2018, después del tiroteo en Parkland, Florida. Ahora, después del tiroteo en Texas el martes 24 de mayo de 2022, los expertos comparten la mejor manera de hablar con los niños sobre estos trágicos eventos.

Cómo este médico de Utah sugiere hablar con sus hijos sobre un tiroteo en la escuela

By Courtney Tanner | June 6, 2022, 7:36 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) West High School students listen to fellow students demand safety after walking out of classes in Salt Lake, during a student walkout on Wed. March 14, 2018, after the Parkland, Fla., shooting. Now, after the shooting in Texas on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, experts are sharing the best way to talk to kids about these tragic events.

With kids asking ‘How do I survive?’ this is how a Utah doctor suggests talking about a school shooting

By Courtney Tanner | May 27, 2022, 5:40 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ensign Elementary in Salt Lake City has implemented security measures to improve school safety, including a doorbell with camera that alerts the front desk to gain access to the building. But such efforts haven't received the level of funding that one lawmaker said was needed.

Here’s what Utah parents need to know about school safety after the deadly shooting in Texas

By Courtney Tanner | May 26, 2022, 3:52 p.m.