The Trump administration issued subpoenas to New York Times journalists who wrote about the new Air Force One, an escalation of pressure on the media.

"As we approach the 250th anniversary of America, and fireworks have long been a tradition of the founding of our nation, I would encourage you to celebrate!," fireworks business owner Rep. MacPherson told Utahns. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

It's not hyperbolic to say it was a wild night in Utah politics this evening. Check out the @sltrib.com's 2026 primary election coverage here: www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

@sltrib.com will host live priamry election results here: www.sltrib.com/politics/ele... We expect to start seeing early returns shortly after 8 p.m. MT.

The polls are open in Utah! @sltrib.com journalists are covering the 2026 primary elections, with the latest news here: www.sltrib.com/news/politic... Polls close at 8pm. It's too late to mail your ballot, so either stick it in a drop box or go vote in person.

A wedding reception at the Natural History Museum on Salt Lake City's east side had to be hastily reconvened at a nearby church after the Bonneville Fire started spreading.

#BonnevilleFire Parts of Arlington Hills have been put on a “Ready” evacuation status by the SLCFD. But while firefighters have begun to place “defensive” fire hose lines in the community near the block U in the foothills, people are not being told to leave. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06...

Large air tankers from Hill Air Base have joined the fight at the Bonneville Fire in the Salt Lake City foothills above the University of Utah. I've spent the afternoon watching these tankers make multiple passes. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06...

Firefighters "made some really good progress yesterday," and the weather and wind were cooperating today, a spox working the SLC Bonneville Fire told me this morning. No evacuation orders in place. Trails are closed. No flying drones. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06...

As the evening has gone on, the fire has slowly spread to the north, against the wind and down the foothills, towards the hospital. This helicopter did a flyby before picking its spot to dump water on the blaze.

I've watched helicopters and airplanes attack the Salt Lake City foothill grass fire, dropping water and red fire retardant along the edges of the slowly spreading flames behind the University of Utah. Video POV is from the top deck of Primary Children's Hospital. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06...

A plane drops fire retardant on a grass fire in the foothills above the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City Saturday evening. (Video by Jeff Parrott | The Salt Lake Tribune)

"This is not the deal," Kevin O'Leary told me about a letter the Utah Senate president sent him Monday morning, demanding O'Leary slash the scope of the Box Elder County data center campus. "I considered (Sen. J. Stuart) Adams my partner," he said. www.youtube.com/shorts/BF3oS...

Utah Democrats Ben McAdams, Liban Mohamed, Nate Blouin and Michael Farrell touted their progressive bona fides and talked data centers during the 1st Congressional District debate Wednesday evening. By: @robertgehrke.bsky.social www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

The Salt Lake Tribune is not owned by a billionaire, a hedge fund or a church. We are accountable only to you — and our journalism is now free to everyone. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/15/why-salt-lake-tribune-dropped-its

Why do you vote?? Utah voters, I'd be awesome if you'd take @sltrib.com's short survey about why you're casting a ballot in this year's midterm elections. Corruption? Economic concerns? Water? Something else inspiring you to vote? www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

Bob Stevenson pushed back against the suggestion that his campaign was involved in creating stoptrevorlee.com “I don’t even know these people. No one’s talked to me, no one said a word,” he told. w/ @emilyreanderson.bsky.social and @robertgehrke.bsky.social www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

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A No Kings protester takes advantages of a closed State Street to chalk “No ICE” on the blacktop during Saturday’s march to the Utah Capitol.

Relatively peaceful No Kings protests across Utah on Saturday. Journalists from @sltrib.com — and our friends at The Times-Independent and @utahpublicradio.bsky.social — reported and took photos and video from SLC, Provo, Logan, Moab and St. George today. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/03...

The Utah Legislature is sine die for 2026. Thank you to the great journalists at @sltrib.com for your tireless reporting this year! www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

Now Utah waits. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

Of course I had some final thoughts about the Sundance Film Festival's leaving Utah. www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2...

"I shot him! Now shoot me." George Zinn, the Utah political gadfly who, in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s shooting death last summer, told police falsely that he had fired the fatal bullet, was sent to prison today — and he may be there for up to 15 years. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...

When Robert Redford died in September, his family didn't have a public memorial service. So Friday night's tribute Redford's vision, in a fundraiser for his Sundance Institute, was the closest thing we've had to a wake. #Sundance2026 www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2...

The 2026 congressional midterms will be of consequence for the Trump administration. But first, Utah Democrats will knife and claw and suffer through what could be a messy primary in Utah’s new 1st District — that is, if the new map holds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZUb...

As the Legislature looks to reshape the judiciary, remember Utah courts are not full of liberal, activist judges who somehow snuck under the GOP radar. For decades, judges in Utah have been nominated by a Republican governor and approved by Republican lawmakers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZUb...

A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.

NEW: A Utah plastic surgeon was on trial for falsifying COVID-19 vaccine cards. Then Pam Bondi stepped in. Bondi’s dismissal of the case signals the increasing clout of “medical freedom” activists and vaccine skeptics under the leadership of RFK Jr. With @sltrib.com

If there's anyone at JSOC, SouthCom or the Pentagon who wants to tell us more about these strikes, I'm on Signal at: johnismay.01 (OSD has already taken my press creds and I can't be recalled to active duty, so, 'weapons free.')

Former staffers say a new owner dealt the respected publication a death blow when service members and veterans needed it most. Read @liamjscott.bsky.social www.cjr.org/feature/mili...

I love being a journalist at the nonprofit @sltrib.com — and it is honestly the best mission I've had since leaving the Army. Thank you to all of the Utahns who make this journalism happen.

“The Tribune cannot afford to continue to limit who has access to independent and trusted news,” executive editor and CEO Lauren Gustus said. “Making the news is only the first step — we must also ensure people can find it."⁠ https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11/21/newsmakers-2025-gala-salt-lake/ 

The Salt Lake Tribune, which went from for-profit to non-profit 6 years ago, is about to drop its paywall. "The Tribune cannot afford to limit who has access to independent and trusted news." Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah. www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...

The congressional boundary map submitted by Republican lawmakers “does not comply with Utah law,” Judge Dianna Gibson wrote in her ruling. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

A Utah judge rejected new congressional boundaries proposed by Republican lawmakers, instead choosing a map that will create a heavily Democratic-leaning district in Salt Lake County.

Hundreds honored the 29 men who perished aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald in a ceremony along the North Shore marking the tragedy’s 50th anniversary. The historic beacon at Split Rock Lighthouse, which the famous ship passed on its final trip, was lit for the occasion. Photos by Alex Kormann

When I first saw the pink spray paint at Salt Lake City's federal courthouse early Thursday morning, I definitely had some thoughts about what it may be in regard to. A Trump protest? Rage at a recent federal court decision? Likely, nope.

Ben McAdams, the last Democrat to hold a congressional seat in Utah, will run again in 2026 — in a district still to be determined. (Trevor Christensen | The Salt Lake Tribune) https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/11/04/ben-mcadams-run-congress-utah/ 

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Utah State’s ‘suspicious device’ actually wasn’t a surprising find at an ag college www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

A bomb squad officer leaves the scene at Utah State University shortly after a small explosion was heard on campus. Police later said the suspicious package they responded to — and exploded — was not a bomb.

Update on victims in LDS Michigan meetinghouse attack www.sltrib.com/religion/202...

Law enforcement officials fear additional victims may have been trapped inside the burning church, according to the Detroit Free Press.

“We’re still in shock,” Becca Wilson Jones, a Latter-day Saint who attends church in neighboring Flint, told The Tribune. She said the two congregations are very close-knit. “We personally know somebody who lost someone.”

Law enforcement officials also responded to several bomb threats Sunday evening, including some that were at churches, Michigan State Police Lt. Kim Vetter said. Those buildings had been cleared, she said.

“Extreme courage, brave, and that’s the type of community that we are," Grand Blanc Twp. Police Chief Renye said tonight. It's been a while — if ever —since I cried after a news conference. Much love to my LDS friends today. www.sltrib.com/news/2025/09...

Top Utah National Guard leaders, including the state’s adjutant general, have not been invited to SecDef Pete Hegseth's impromptu meeting of the military’s senior brass next week, a guard official told me. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

“You don’t have to like me, you don’t have to agree with me,” Utah Auditor Tina Cannon said, “but you should offer respect to the office I hold.” www.sltrib.com/news/politic...