Matt Canham

Senior reporter, federal government

Matt joined The Tribune in 2002 and has mostly covered politics, including a seven-year stint as a D.C. correspondent.

(Rick Bowmer | AP, pool) U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland tours near ancient dwellings along the Butler Wash Trail with Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, right, and other officials during a visit to Bears Ears National Monument Thursday, April 8, 2021, near Blanding.

Biden is poised to expand Bears Ears and Grand Staircase monuments. The real question is by how much?

By Brian Maffly | Matt Canham | Zak Podmore | April 11, 2021, 12:00 p.m.

(Ken Cedeno | Pool via AP) Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington.

New marijuana legalization effort focuses on Republicans, including Utah’s Mike Lee

By Matt Canham | April 9, 2021, 12:05 p.m.

(House Judiciary Republicans) Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, and Republican colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee speak to a border agent during a visit to Texas on April 6, 2021.

During border visit, Burgess Owens warns that migrants are ‘coming to your neighborhood’

By Matt Canham | April 7, 2021, 10:06 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Armaan Shaik is curious of the cameras as his father Sahid Agnimeti receives his first free Moderna vaccination from nurse Kimberly Desmond with the Salt Lake County Health Department on Thursday. Over 120 people were scheduled to get their first shots of both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines at the Utah Islamic Center in West Jordan, Mar. 18, 2021.

Utah gets $30 million to help vaccinate communities of color

By Matt Canham | April 6, 2021, 3:45 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Former Rep. Ben McAdams on Nov. 3, 2020.

Utah’s Ben McAdams joins group promising to combat Republican ‘lies’

By Matt Canham | April 5, 2021, 11:47 p.m.

FILE - Copies of The Salt Lake Tribune newspaper are shown on April 20, 2016, 2020, in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake Tribune will stop printing a daily newspaper after nearly 150 years at the end of the year and move to a weekly print edition. The newspaper reported Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, the change won't result in cuts to the newsroom staff, but nearly 160 people involved with printing and delivering the daily paper will be laid off. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Salt Lake Tribune will continue Sunday print delivery, offer e-edition 6 days a week

By Matt Canham | November 26, 2020, 1:00 p.m.

(Laura Seitz | Deseret News, pool) Gov. Gary Herbert wears a mask prior to speaking at a news conference on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020.

Utah governor orders statewide mask mandate, new coronavirus restrictions

By Norma Gonzalez | Matt Canham | November 9, 2020, 11:50 p.m.

(Cedar City police) Police in Cedar City issued an Amber Alert for 5-month-old Peyton Everett Caraballo-Winston on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. He was believed to be abducted by Emily Luciano.

Police recover abducted 5-month-old baby after Utah issues an Amber Alert

By Matt Canham | November 7, 2020, 10:10 p.m.

(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo)
Circleville, Utah, is on Highway 89 in a mountain valley by the Sevier River. A magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020.

Early morning earthquake felt in central Utah

By Matt Canham | October 3, 2020, 2:28 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of Sen. Mike Lee's office) Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett meets with Utah Sen. Mike Lee in his office on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020.

Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee has COVID-19; ex-Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway also tests positive days after Rose Garden ceremony

By Matt Canham | October 3, 2020, 3:11 a.m.