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The Trump administration upended how we fight wildfires. Then came the West’s worst fire season in years.

By Brooke Larsen, Amy Alonzo, Rachel Becker, Robert Chaney, Mike Koshmrl and Olivia Prentzel

Utah State lab chose euthanasia that took longer than necessary to kill 82 naked mole rats, federal investigators find

By Courtney Tanner | Aug. 24, 2026, 12:27 p.m.

How investigators say USU is linked to the fire that ripped through Logan’s east side

By Brock Marchant | Aug. 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

More than 250,000 people toured this San Diego landmark. Now only Latter-day Saints can enter.

Colin Hilton, who kept 2002 Utah Olympic venues active before a 2034 reboot, dies at 58

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune)Brigham Young Cougars quarterback Bear Bachmeier (47)
warms up before football action between the Brigham Young Cougars and the Stanford Cardinal, at Lavell Edwards Stadium on Saturday Sept. 6, 2025.

Gordon Monson: BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier stands on the edge of a huge season

By Gordon Monson

(Mike Winder via Google) A Flock camera in Millcreek Common was removed by Millcreek public works crews last month.

A Utah suburb cut down a mysterious Flock camera on city property. Here’s where they think it came from.

By Jordan Miller

(University of Utah) Pictured is the University of Utah's Sandy campus, which will shut down by Jan. 1, according to the U.

The University of Utah is closing its Sandy campus, citing state-mandated budget changes

By Courtney Tanner

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The Trump administration upended how we fight wildfires. Then came the West’s worst fire season in years.

A Utah suburb cut down a mysterious Flock camera on city property. Here’s where they think it came from.

What is the 10 a.m. Rule? Controversial firefighting strategy could be back

Sports

Former Utah Jazz player Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game after confrontation

‘He’s someone you’d go to war with’: The rugby days that reveal the Morgan Scalley Utah knows today

Real Salt Lake’s winless streak in Major League Soccer reaches seven games

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(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President D. Todd Christofferson, left, of the First Presidency walks around the grounds of the San Diego Temple with general authority Seventy Steven R. Bangerter on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026.

More than 250,000 people toured this San Diego landmark. Now only Latter-day Saints can enter.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Colin Hilton, president and CEO of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation, gives his thoughts on the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games, during a panel discussion at Soldier Hollow on March 24, 2026. Hilton died Aug. 21, 2026, at age 58.

Colin Hilton, who kept 2002 Utah Olympic venues active before a 2034 reboot, dies at 58

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune)Brigham Young Cougars quarterback Bear Bachmeier (47)
warms up before football action between the Brigham Young Cougars and the Stanford Cardinal, at Lavell Edwards Stadium on Saturday Sept. 6, 2025.

Gordon Monson: BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier stands on the edge of a huge season

(Mike Sweeney | The Colorado Sun) Smoke from the Aspen Acres Fire billows skyward near Pueblo, Colo., July 2, 2026. The Trump administration has consolidated fire crews from across the federal government, and are pursuing “full suppression" with every fire, which has stretched resources thin amid a deadly fire season.

The Trump administration upended how we fight wildfires. Then came the West’s worst fire season in years.

(Mike Winder via Google) A Flock camera in Millcreek Common was removed by Millcreek public works crews last month.

A Utah suburb cut down a mysterious Flock camera on city property. Here’s where they think it came from.

POLITICS

What big races are on Utahns’ ballots in the 2026 midterm elections?

Box Elder data center process was ‘not good,’ Gov. Cox says — and calls for MIDA reforms

‘It wasn’t a little war’: John Curtis warns Iran war mistakes resemble Vietnam

Opinion

Letter: The wealth gap in America continues to mushroom to the detriment of most

Opinion: When the choice to be childless is not your own

Opinion: I spent my summer in the cemetery. There, I found strange solace.

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Religion

Jana Riess: Do former Latter-day Saints join another religion?

Becoming Catholic: I went from an ‘emphasis on obedience’ to a ‘state of grace,’ says former Latter-day Saint

LDS students at Dallin Oaks’ alma mater tackle LGBTQ+ issues, gender and more in new journal

Culture

Can you hear the theaters ka-ching? A battered industry turns to ‘Les Miz.’

‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ alumna Jen Shah will soon go free

After a decade in SLC’s Central 9th, this restaurant says it’s being forced to leave. Here’s what’s next.

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