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(Purdie Distribution) Jeff McLean, front, plays the innkeeper, describing the night he turned away Mary and Joseph, in the movie version of Michael McLean's "The Forgotten Carols." Michael is at the keyboard.

‘I went from Mormon land into gay land’ — Son of famed LDS composer’s journey of reconciliation

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | Dylan Eubank | August 8, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Salt Lake Tribune archives) Author Carol Lynn Pearson had far-reaching influence in the Latter-day Saint community.

‘She was a mother to everybody’ — Sunstone attendees remember celebrated LDS writer Carol Lynn Pearson

By Dylan Eubank | August 5, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Courtesy images) “Stay in the Room" with Michael McLean, left, and Jeff McLean.

‘Mormon Land’: ‘Mom cried, and Dad went silent,’ says gay son of famed LDS composer

By Dylan Eubank | Peggy Fletcher Stack | August 5, 2026, 9:36 p.m.

(Dylan Eubank | The Salt Lake Tribune and Josh Smith) The lighthouse sculpture at the memorial in Spanish Fork, left, and the Mormon Pond monument, right, in Iceland honor 410 Icelander Latter-day Saints who immigrated to Utah in the 19th century.

Two unlikely monuments 4,000 miles apart honor the same 410 Mormon pioneers

By Dylan Eubank | August 5, 2026, 10:37 p.m.

(Bree Nielson | GoFundMe) Spencer Long, middle, with his wife, Katrina Long, and their family.

About the Utah firefighter and his family killed in a flash flood

By Dylan Eubank | July 28, 2026, 6:23 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Draper firefighters stand at attention on the Bangerter Highway overpass along Interstate 15 in Draper on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 as a Provo fire truck leads the procession transporting the bodies of Provo Fire Capt. Spencer Long, his wife, Katrina, and their three sons, who all died in a flash flood near a Wayne County campground on Friday, to a funeral home in Spanish Fork.

PHOTOS: Utah firefighters line I-15 as family members killed in flash flood are taken to funeral home

By Sydney Jezik | Dylan Eubank | July 28, 2026, 5:12 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hundreds gather in front of the Governor's Mansion to protest the shrinking of two national monuments, in Salt Lake City on Monday, July 20, 2026.

‘Motivated by love’: Utahns find strength in numbers during protest of Trump’s monument slashing

By Addy Baird | Brooke Larsen | Dylan Eubank | Andrew Christiansen | July 21, 2026, 2:50 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) More women are serving full-time missions after the church lowered the minimum age to 18.

LDS Church sets new missionary record. Here’s why.

By Dylan Eubank | July 14, 2026, 8:12 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A rendering of the Spanish Fork Temple.

LDS Church releases rendering of its latest Utah temple

By Dylan Eubank | July 14, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A meetinghouse in Salt Lake City before and after a shift to a water-wise landscaping.

Live your religion and conserve water, LDS Church leaders tell Utah members

By Dylan Eubank | July 9, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(BYU) This rendering shows the new apartment buildings to be constructed on the Provo campus.

As LDS Church President Dallin Oaks pushes marriage, BYU is building new apartments for couples

By Dylan Eubank | July 8, 2026, 1:45 p.m.

(Trevor Christensen | The Salt Lake Tribune) Flames from a large brush fire in the foothills above Provo were visible from the city Saturday night.

Investigators identify the cause of holiday fire in Utah County

By Dylan Eubank | July 6, 2026, 7:25 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) The Y Mountain Trail above BYU in Provo has been closed due to fire concerns.

Forget this hike for July Fourth: BYU closes popular trail over fire concerns

By Dylan Eubank | July 1, 2026, 4:45 p.m.

(Joshua Bishop) A new sculpture and painting of church founder Joseph Smith — based on an 1844 daguerreotype — by Latter-day Saint artist Joseph Brickey is unveiled at Utah Valley University on Saturday, June 27, 2026.

LDS researchers unveil a new portrait and sculpture. Do they show the real Joseph Smith?

By Dylan Eubank | June 29, 2026, 10:28 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sign warning against fireworks at the Lower City Creek trailhead in 2025. Some wonder if fireworks should be banned completely this July.

Should fireworks be banned this year? Here’s what Utahns are saying.

By Dylan Eubank | June 26, 2026, 3:18 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The iconic original first set of east doors of the Salt Lake Temple are reinstalled after an extensive restoration on Tuesday, June 23, 2026.

One of the Salt Lake Temple’s most photographed features is back in place

By Dylan Eubank | June 23, 2026, 9:16 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A new BYU study offers a deeper look at who is — and isn't — attending Latter-day Saint services.

BYU study shows gender and generational gap in LDS Church retention

By Dylan Eubank | June 21, 2026, 5:35 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The Celestial Room of the San Diego Temple.

It’s one of the most popular LDS temples. It shares ties to the faith’s first temple. And it’s open again.

By Dylan Eubank | June 16, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Apostle Gerrit W. Gong talks about the wise use of technology in the video “Faith, Dignity and Human Flourishing: Hearing God’s Voice in an Age of Artificial Intelligence.”

LDS apostle’s YouTube message: ‘A.I. can answer questions. But it cannot answer prayers’

By Dylan Eubank | June 12, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Christus statue is on display at the Temple Square Visitors' Center in downtown Salt Lake City. Latter-day Saints certainly see themselves as Christians. But some other believers don't.

Are Latter-day Saints Christians? Pentagon religion dustup inspires an online holy war.

By Dylan Eubank | June 10, 2026, 4:43 p.m.