Paighten Harkins

Reporter

Paighten covers breaking news and the criminal justice system for the Salt Lake Tribune. Before starting at the Tribune in October 2017, she lived and worked in Oklahoma. She has a dog named Major, who's objectively very cute.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Las aulas individuales se toman de la mano al salir de los autobuses escolares mientras los estudiantes de la escuela primaria Cedar Ridge participan en un simulacro de capacitación de reunificación, destinado a practicar la notificación a los padres sobre la ubicación y condición de un niño en caso de una emergencia, en el Centro de eventos del condado de Cache en Logan el viernes. , 27 de mayo de 2022.

“Practicando como si fuera real”: por qué esta escuela de Utah practicó reunir a los estudiantes con sus padres después de una crisis, como un tiroteo en la escuela

By Paighten Harkins | June 14, 2022, 5:01 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Individual classrooms hold hands as they exit school buses as students from Cedar Ridge Elementary participate in a reunification training drill, aimed to practice notifying parents of a child's location and condition in the event of an emergency, at the Cache County Event Center in Logan on Friday, May 27, 2022.

‘Practicing like it’s real’: Why this Utah school trained students, parents to reunite after crisis — like a school shooting

By Paighten Harkins | June 14, 2022, 4:29 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Police look through car windows as they investigate a shooting at the Pebble Creek Apartments on 1700 South, where one person was killed and two were injured, on Monday, June 6, 2022.

1 dead, 2 injured in Salt Lake City shooting

By Paighten Harkins | June 7, 2022, 4:27 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A rattlesnake shakes its rattle during rattlesnake aversion training for dogs at Barley's Canine Recreation Center, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

Utah is rattlesnake country. How to keep yourself — and your dog — safe on the trails.

By Paighten Harkins | June 3, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Taylor Jack Nelson at his home in Provo on Monday, May 16, 2022. Thieves took Pride flags from his house twice, a crime he said could be "indicative of a broader cultural norm and shift.”

Hate crimes against Utah LGBTQ nearly doubled last year, with a big jump during Pride Month

By Paighten Harkins | June 1, 2022, 12:58 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.

(Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) A box of coronavirus tests are pictured at a new testing site on Guardsman Way in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.

Utah COVID-19 case counts jump, and 12 more die — including a child, state reports

By Paighten Harkins | May 26, 2022, 11:27 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dr. Angela Dunn, executive director of the Salt Lake County Health Department, speaks about two suspected cases of monkeypox identified in Salt Lake County during a news conference on Monday, May 23, 2022.

Monkeypox in Utah: Officials report 2 suspected cases in Salt Lake County

By Paighten Harkins | May 23, 2022, 11:23 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Republican Party Central Committee members Helen Watts from Davis County, left, discusses policy with Brandon Beckham from Utah County during their meeting, Sept. 18, 2021 at Layton High School. A Utah County judge granted a protective order against Beckham, a GOP state Senate candidate, on Wednesday after the woman he’s charged with sexually abusing reported that he recently interacted with years-old social media posts.

Protective order granted against Republican candidate for Utah Senate in sexual abuse case

By Paighten Harkins | May 18, 2022, 7:09 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sign encourages face masks at City Creek shopping center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Case counts grew by the thousands in the last week, according to data released Thursday, as hospital visits and coronavirus levels founds in sewage also increased.

Utah COVID-19 metrics are increasing, state reports, as health officials urge pandemic isn’t over

By Paighten Harkins | May 12, 2022, 11:12 p.m.