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.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Alex, a University of Utah student who went with Lauren McCluskey when she first went to the police station to report her concerns, is pictured in this file photo. In the years following McCluskey's murder, she has pushed for reform with how campus officers handled the case, as well as other sexual assaults and violent crimes. In 2019, most universities in the state reported increases for those.

Here’s how to find out how safe each of Utah’s colleges are

By Courtney Tanner | January 22, 2021, 4:20 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) University of Utah basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak stands in silence as he acknowledges a banner honoring student and track athlete Lauren McCluskey on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, on the two-year anniversary of her murder. Reports of stalking went up at the University of Utah and other colleges in the state in the year after McCluskey's 2018 case.

More Utah college students report being stalked. Here’s why experts are both worried and hopeful.

By Courtney Tanner | January 22, 2021, 4:01 p.m.

Lawmakers threaten funding cuts if Salt Lake City schools don’t reopen as promised

By Courtney Tanner | January 21, 2021, 11:07 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gabriel Hansen, 12, joins the protest at East High in Salt Lake City on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in response to more students failing this fall with classes entirely online due to the coronavirus pandemic. Salt Lake City's school board decided Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2021, to allow junior high and high school students to return for in-person learning, in part, because of that.

After facing pressure, Salt Lake City School District will reopen junior high and high schools for in-person learning

By Courtney Tanner | January 20, 2021, 7:48 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hailey Bowen, a fourth grader at Long View Elementary, doing online schoolwork at home in Murray on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.

This Utah school district has built its own internet service so students can log on from home

By Courtney Tanner | January 17, 2021, 1:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gia, 3, stands next to her mother, Kajsa, after picking up bags of food at Liberty Elementary in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020.

Thousands of Utah kids are going hungry during pandemic

By Courtney Tanner | Heather May | January 13, 2021, 7:49 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) University of Utah President Ruth Watkins meets with students, including nursing graduate Caitlin Keenan, after commencement ceremonies on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. She announced Jan. 12, 2021, that she is stepping down from leading the school.

University of Utah President Ruth Watkins is stepping down

By Courtney Tanner | January 13, 2021, 5:35 a.m.

(Chris Samuels | Tribune file photo) A student carries a sign in support of principal Ford White during a walkout at West High School in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Ford White was reprimanded for driving home students who were drunk. His teaching license has been suspended for a year.

Former West High principal gets one-year suspension after driving drunk students home

By Courtney Tanner | January 12, 2021, 5:21 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Marci Weatherspoon works on a reading assignment with Lucas Gonzalez in her first grade class at Crescent Elementary in Sandy on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Teachers will be able to start receiving the vaccine in Utah during the week of Jan. 11, 2021.

Here is Utah’s plan to start vaccinating teachers

By Courtney Tanner | January 11, 2021, 9:56 p.m.

(Photo Courtesy of Granite School District) Students at Kearns High get tested for the coronavirus under the Test to Stay program run on Monday, Dec. 7 and Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020.

Despite an outbreak, Kearns High will stay open under new testing pilot

By Courtney Tanner | January 8, 2021, 4:33 p.m.