News across Greater Salt Lake City

Tribune editorial: Note to America: Mike Lee does not speak for Utah.
“Official documents and normal news reports generally refer to Sen. Mike Lee as representing Utah,” the editorial board writes. “The label seems increasingly inaccurate.”

Letter: Without naming the injustices that compromise is meant to remedy, LDS president’s words ring hollow
Letter: Without naming the injustices that compromise is meant to remedy, LDS president’s words ring hollow

‘I owe Gabe everything’: SLC firefighter killed in BASE jumping accident once saved a skydiver’s life
Gabe Reilly, the Salt Lake City firefighter who died Sept. 27 BASE jumping in northern Utah, “truly loved to fly,” his family said.

Celeste Maloy, Kent Udell debate monument downsizing, divvying up Colorado River water, regulating AI in first matchup ahead of midterm elections
The top contenders in Utah’s newly drawn 3rd Congressional District took on national monuments, data centers, AI and more in their first pre-election matchup.

Jana Riess: Shields up! Evasive maneuvers! How the LDS Church responds to perceived criticism.
Religion News Service columnist Jana Riess wonders why the LDS Church can't just accept the findings of reputable academic research and cheer the positive news for the faith and then work on any negative results.

Opinion: If you think rising oil prices are bad, just wait for the inevitable crash
Opinion: If you think rising oil prices are bad, just wait for the inevitable crash

Letter: Our children deserve more than promises of campus safety
Letter: Our children deserve more than promises of campus safety

Letter: A few questions about vexing political matters in Utah
Letter: A few questions about vexing political matters in Utah

Letter: Dear Utahns, why send people like Mike Lee and, potentially, Riley Owen to Washington?
Letter: Dear Utahns, why send people like Mike Lee and, potentially, Riley Owen to Washington?

Gordon Monson: A sound solution to anti-Latter-day Saint chants at BYU games comes from a Utah man
Former Utah athletic director Chris Hill has an idea for stopping the “F-the-Mormons” chants that have become too common at BYU games.

BYU football keeps hearing anti-Latter-day Saint chants on the road. Here’s how the Big 12 is responding.
Repeated derogatory chants targeting BYU have prompted a new Big 12 campaign.

Utah Mammoth open season with a statement: A 6-0 win over Chicago
Utah Mammoth shut out Chicago 6-0 in a dream start to the 2026-27 season.