Jessica Miller

Investigative reporter

Jessica is an investigative reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune, where she has worked since 2011. She was part of the team that won a 2017 Pulitzer Prize, and she was a Livingston Award finalist in 2021. When she's not working, she enjoys spending time in Utah's mountains.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) David Leavitt, left, and Jeff Gray, candidates for Utah County Attorney.

Utah County Attorney David Leavitt loses reelection bid to Republican challenger Jeff Gray

By Jessica Miller | June 29, 2022, 3:59 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith speaks during a news conference Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Spanish Fork, saying he won’t be resigning after Utah County Attorney David Leavitt accused him of using his office for political gain earlier in the day, by connecting the prosecutor to a “ritualistic” sex ring investigation.

What’s known about the ritual sex ring under investigation in Utah County

By Jessica Miller | June 23, 2022, 12:39 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson cut a ribbon to open the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

Six years and over $1B later, the new Utah prison is ready to open

By Jessica Miller | June 23, 2022, 2:18 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Signs in a neighborhood near Eva Carlston Academy, a youth treatment center for girls located in a home in a Salt Lake City suburb, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.

Flipping off neighbor, putting up signs bashing her business: Is this free speech — or stalking?

By Jessica Miller | June 21, 2022, 1:39 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jeff Gray, at podium, a candidate for Utah County Attorney joined Utah County leaders and legislators during a press conference at the Captiol Tuesday, June 14, 2022, to discuss the need to replace the current Utah County incumbent Attorney David Leavitt.

A PAC with ties to the Utah Sheriffs’ Association is trying to unseat Utah County Attorney David Leavitt

By Jessica Miller | June 15, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

Utah County attorney candidate skips ACLU debate, says the organization is too ‘liberal’

By Jessica Miller | June 8, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

Why the Utah County Attorney got rid of the special victims unit, despite criticism from police and his own prosecutors

By Jessica Miller | June 3, 2022, 5:50 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah County Attorney David Leavitt holds a news conference in Provo on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, where he called for Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith to resign, alleging his office is being used for “political purposes.”

Utah County Attorney calls for sheriff to resign, saying the top cop may have tried to implicate him in ‘ritualistic’ sex ring investigation

By Jessica Miller | June 2, 2022, 12:36 a.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Aaron James holds a photograph of his son, Zane James Thursday. The James' and their attorney Bob Sykes have filed a civil rights complaint, May 16, 2019, alleging excessive force was used by Cottonwood Heights Police Department officer in the fatal shooting of their son, 19-year-old Zane James on May 29, 2018.

Cottonwood Heights officer not justified in ramming into 19-year-old man before fatally shooting him

By Jessica Miller | Paighten Harkins | May 28, 2022, 1:00 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Maple Lake Academy in Spanish Fork, on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022.

In a rare move, Utah regulators will shut down Spanish Fork teen treatment center

By Jessica Miller | May 25, 2022, 12:33 a.m.