Scott D. Pierce

TV critic

(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.

19 more Utahns die of COVID-19. Almost 1,900 new cases.

By Scott D. Pierce | Sean P. Means | December 3, 2021, 10:28 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A steady line of hikers make their way up Walter's Wiggles on the trail to Angel's Landing in Zion National Park, the most sought-after bucket list hike for visitors, Sept. 25, 2021.

Hikers will soon need permits to climb Angels Landing. Here’s how to get them.

By Scott D. Pierce | December 3, 2021, 9:51 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pollution builds in the Salt Lake Valley on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021.

Expect hazy sun and warmer weather this weekend — and a storm Monday night

By Scott D. Pierce | December 3, 2021, 4:33 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dr. Diane Gilles takes a handful of syringes filled with the Moderna vaccine to be given to people on Thursday, March 18, 2021, as the Utah Film Studios loans its space to the Summit County Health Department as a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination station.

COVID-19 case count in Utah now exceeds 600,000 since pandemic began

By Scott D. Pierce | December 2, 2021, 9:02 p.m.

(Paighten Harkins | The Salt Lake Tribune) West Valley City Police Chief Colleen Jacobs addresses reporters during a Dec. 2, 2021, news conference after a A WVCPD detective and Unified police officer were injured during a shootout with a suspect on Dec. 1, 2021. The suspect, 20-year-old Anei Joker, died. The officers are recovering.

Suspect killed by officers in Taylorsville shootout had previously been shot by police

By Paighten Harkins | Scott D. Pierce | December 2, 2021, 11:54 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Julyn Shepherd fills syringes for Utah County residents to get their COVID-19 vaccinations in a former Shopko store in Spanish Fork, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.

1 in 6 of all COVID-19 deaths in Utah occurred in the last two months

By Scott D. Pierce | Sean P. Means | December 1, 2021, 10:41 p.m.

(Steve Griffin | Tribune file photo) This July 3, 2014, file photo shows a stretch class with residents at Highland Cove in Salt Lake City. Utah ranked last in a recent analysis of elder-abuse protections conducted by personal finance website WalletHub.com.

Analysis: Utah ranks last in elder-abuse protections

By Scott D. Pierce | December 1, 2021, 7:05 p.m.

South Jordan officer’s wounds in basement shootout were ‘potentially fatal’

By Scott D. Pierce | December 1, 2021, 7:36 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Shane Carter administers a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru event organized by the Utah County Health Department in Spanish Fork on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021.

Another 20 Utahns have died from COVID-19, including a young adult in Salt Lake County

By Scott D. Pierce | November 30, 2021, 8:51 p.m.

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Utah Highway Patrol searching for gunman who fired at five random vehicles on I-15

By Scott D. Pierce | December 1, 2021, 7:26 p.m.