You trying to uh....get a secret pizza???? I know a guy... www.sltrib.com/news/2025/10...

Pizza is a unifier, meant to be shared. The more good pizza in a city, the more people will gather around it, and the better the city will be. At least, that’s what pop-up owners believe. “There’s the sentiment,” one said, “of wanting to improve Salt Lake City as a whole.” One slice at a time.

Check out my dispatch from inside Salt Lake City's not-secret-pizza clubs and learn about the galvanizing influence of East Coast nostalgia, principles behind managing hype and why and how these small but passionate crews do what they do: [Spoiler: It's for the love of the (pizza🍕) game]

The Utah state prison launched a new course to teach inmates how to start a business upon release, using the "transferable skillset" many already have. This month, I observed the last day of the program. Inmates took this class to hone business skills, but they left, I learned, with hope.

Here's my dispatch from the meeting hundreds attended to speak out against proposals would allow the Utah Co. Sheriff's Office to work more closely with ICE. For 4 hours, attendees spoke, quoting the Bible and Anne Frank, sharing personal stories and shedding tears. Then commissioners all voted yes

Utah County is Utah's second-largest county — and amassing new people faster than crews can build homes, state data shows. There are also now more homeless people looking for services and still no drop-in shelters “This ain’t really a good place to be if you’re homeless, in my opinion,” I was told.

A wedge of parmesan cheese was one of the best investments I've ever made (no I do not own property)

Arturo Gamboa is a punk rock drummer who cares about his community. He also likes guns, and at least 12 times he’s brought one to a protest. When Gamboa did this, he never aimed it at anyone, his friend told me. And no one ever fired thinking he was about to. Not until the “No Kings” march in SLC

My emotions are such that any time I see any OKC Thunder championship content I cry at least some

A trio of BYU students are putting drive-in movies back on the date night rotation this summer — and, in the process, making malls cool again.

Sugary drinks may not be such an innocuous vice, according to a new study from Brigham Young University researchers. The study’s lead author hopes the findings lead to more “awareness and moderation.”

Utah Lake has a reputation problem. But one of the country’s largest freshwater lakes west of the Mississippi River also has “endless opportunities.”

The largest annual convention for/by autistic people takes place in Provo. With sessions like “Networking for the Neurospicy” it aims to help autistics thrive in a world built for neurotypicals. It's not a political space, but recent comments by RFK Jr. have some worried. My dispatch from AutCon:

AutCon is an “unconventional convention for unconventional people,” its co-chair said. The annual Utah event draws crowds of autistic people looking for connection, "Love on the Spectrum" stars and has piqued the interest of other cities and states.

I reported how Utah's two busiest airports are in prime wildlife habitat, which puts planes in conflict with birds, etc. So... Why did the feds recently pour millions into revitalizing more habitat — and potentially attracting more birds — near the Provo Airport? www.sltrib.com/news/2025/05...

Utah and Great Salt Lake are perfect habitat for birds. Their shores are also home to Utah's *two* busiest airports. And we know birds and planes don't ❌ mix. I recently learned A LOT about airport staffs' Sisyphean battle for clear skies and runways. Check it out: www.sltrib.com/news/2025/05...

Thinking of buying your mom flowers for Mother's Day? Or anyone else flowers at any time? Let me introduce you to local flower farming after I spent a lovely morning at the Utah Flower Market this week, learning the pros of paying a little more for local flowers www.sltrib.com/news/2025/05...

If you've noticed a recent fall off in quality from the Sundance catalog, you're not alone. Designers say the company owes them millions, as it appears to stray from its core values. Here's what I know about those issues and its plans for the future: www.sltrib.com/news/busines...

Just received an *incredibly* startling email

If you've noticed a recent fall off in quality from the Sundance catalog, you're not alone. Designers say the company owes them millions, as it appears to stray from its core values. Here's what I know about those issues and its plans for the future: www.sltrib.com/news/busines...

Thank you to everyone who has ever responded to my periodic asks for experiences on seemingly random subjects. I'm not stopping any time soon, but just wanted to say thanks. The conversations have been so helpful, and you'll start seeing the results (re: Utah Lake and Eagle Mountain asks) soon!!

Fed pelicans with my bare hands this morning and idk that they'll ever lose the smell of capelin

For the last year, designers say the Sundance catalog they know and love has changed for the worse, straying from its values as it seemed to struggle financially. Can it bounce back? The designers who made their name selling products within its pages sure hope so www.sltrib.com/news/busines...

I spent some time at Utah Lake, and...it was so nice? I'm writing a story about the lake's past/present as it tries to lure locals back. I want to talk to folks who spend time here (or maybe avoid doing so?). Do you have Utah Lake memories you cherish? Or maybe some to forget? I'm listening!

I'm working on a story about its development plans and I'm trying to get a sense of how residents feel the city is currently working. Let me know if you have any ideas/would like to talk!

What's up? Do any of y'all live in Eagle Mountain?

My phone stopped working and I'm trapped in Sandy and I've never realized how much I don't know where anything is

Utah’s prisons had a mail contraband problem. Pigeonly, a Nevada-based company that specializes in inmate communications, said they could fix it. In turn, Utah agreed to give them as much as $1.7M over the next five years. When the program began in January, concerns quickly piled up. Is it working?

Since 2022, lawmakers have given money to reimburse police for forensic strangulation exams, meant to document the signs a DV victim was choked even when they aren't outwardly apparent. This year, lawmakers chose not to re-up fund. Here's a look at what's at stake:

Surely a contender for the funniest thing a judge has ever said www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Went back to Oklahoma for a bit last week. Don't worry. I saw her

The officer was following another into tall grass that towered over them. He carried a flash light in one hand, and a gun in the other. He raised the gun — and fired into the grass before his hands met to stabilize his aim “Oh s---,” he yelled. Beyond, the man he shot laid repeating, “He shot me.”

A SLCPD officer who seemed to accidentally shoot a man he could not see was not charged. This case taught me something new: Utah officers are exempt from the state's felony discharge of a firearm charge

Big big big things happening wrt owls at my house

While its east side has a variety of options, those who live on the west have needed to cross Interstate 15 to grocery shop for 20 years. Now, after decades of plans starting and stalling, Provo's growing west side is finally getting a store.

Barely 24 hours after Utah lawmakers voted to quash a bill that sprung out of the state’s Women in the Economy Commission that would have used empty state office space for child care, the Legislature voted to kill the commission, too. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

Since being clearly “falsely accused” — along with more than 140 other Utahns — in decade-old allegations of ritual sex abuse, a Spring City couple has endured death threats and harassment stirred up online, their attorney says.

Julia Reagan — the matriarch of a Utah outdoor advertising company who was memorialized on billboards across Salt Lake City last year — is now the subject of a wrongful death lawsuit.

Journey with me for a moment back to a time when there wasn't SO much urgent breaking news, when a reporter could puzzle over a not necessarily pressing yet still important and interesting issue. Are you with me? Now read this:

just checking in on my story ideas doc and found this, an idea I apparently thought was important enough to write down

The expert: All these plane crashes aren't actually statistically worrisome Me: Oh good, so I shouldn't worry? The expert: No, you should worry lol www.theverge.com/planes/61743...

When a person’s fate hinges on a trial jury’s decision, science shows that 12 jurors are better than fewer. The 12-person tradition also has on its side centuries of history, leading to a sort of brand recognition in the American psyche. And, like so many other conventions, Utah bucked it.

“I know people are really worried that they’re next, and I hate to be grim, but they are,” a worker laid off from the USGS in Utah told me. There are thousands of stories like these from fired federal workers across the country. Hard to fathom. More here: www.sltrib.com/news/environ...

Remember when I asked everyone about the Provo Airport? Here's the reveal: The airport has been growing FAST. So fast, the city is planning another renovation to add 6 gates + the required accoutrements. Some tho saw this growth and were very concerned, saying it's unsustainable. What do you think?

This bill that would determine how many inmates have substance use disorder — a first step that could ensure they get the treatment and may one day pay dividends in reducing recidivism. But a man whose son died after not receiving such treatment in jail says it doesn't go far enough to save lives

I wrote about Colin Conner ~a year ago. He had been on methadone to treat substance misuse, but he was arrested and that stopped. While Salt Lake County jail provides these meds, he, for reasons I still don't fully understand, didn't get it. His tolerance dropped as he went through withdrawals (1/5)

Who's ready to read the news!!!! Cause I've got some LINKs to share

I'm just a girl who cried multiple times at the SNL 50th anniversary special

Thank you, Axios. Was beginning to think it might just be me

The proposal sure seems like a response to when then-Vineyard City Council members passed a law doing exactly what this bill would ban in December 2023, but the sponsor stayed mum on what exactly inspired the proposal. “I’ll just say I think this is good policy,” he said.