News across Greater Salt Lake City
Prominent bishop who challenged President Trump on immigration is resigning
Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, rocketed to fame when she urged President Donald Trump, who was sitting in the pews, to “have mercy” on immigrants and LGBTQ children.
Join Tribune journalists at NewsMakers, our annual awards dinner
NewsMakers awards dinner Nov. 19 honors those who made the news in Utah.
With ‘major events’ looming, LDS Church partners with Department of Homeland Security on safety
Federal authorities are helping to beef up the LDS Church’s security ahead of “major events." The faith hosts General Conference this weekend and a six-month open house for the renovated Salt Lake Temple next year.
Trump could soon make it easier for Utah ski resorts to expand. The question is: Will they?
The Trump administration has proposed rescinding the Roadless Rule, which provides a layer of protection against development and logging on National Forest land — some of which is adjacent to Utah ski area boundaries. Without that obstacle, will resorts consider expanding?
A ‘Grand Liberty Arch’ was canceled amid pushback. Utah leaders are moving to decide what’s next at the Capitol.
State leaders voted to move forward with picking a monument for the Utah Capitol, after neighborhood pushback led a New York sculptor to withdraw his plans for a “Grand Liberty Arch” near the landmark.
A Utah licensing board wants to ban a former therapist for at least 5 years. His supporters rallied to his defense.
Maurice Harker pleaded no contest to charges involving a former patient. As supporters defended him, the former patient told a licensing board: “I’m not lying.”
Police drones buzzing across SLC feed a new high-tech crime center. The picture threatens to ‘flip’ civil liberties, a key group says.
As Salt Lake City police develop a real-time crime center at downtown headquarters, civil rights advocates are warning of its threats to privacy.
U places 179th in the country in new college rankings report
In US News’ Best Colleges for 2027, the University of Utah was ranked 179th of the 428 universities on the ‘Best National University’ list. The U was ranked 75th for ‘Most Innovative School,’ 38th in financial resources and 9th in entrepreneurship. It was also ranked 91st in the…
Salt Lake City celebrates a revitalized Donner Trail Park
Oct. 1, 2026 Salt Lake City celebrated the completion of the newly revitalized Donner Trail Park, featuring new playgrounds, water-wise landscaping, a walking pathway, public art, and space for the City’s first Memorial Tree Grove. The improvements were funded through the City’s…
Former Rep. Trevor Lee gets his first court date, will be booked into jail on fraud charges
Former state Rep. Trevor Lee is accused of forging documents to inflate his income from one employer and submitting a fake job offer from another in order to get a $1 million loan for a home.
Commentary: Are Latter-day Saints heeding their prophets’ call and leading out against racism?
Latter-day Saints have been directed to their top leaders to "lead out in abandoning attitudes and actions of prejudice.” Are they doing so? Despite some progress on the issue, a religion scholar has his doubts.
Voices: My ectopic pregnancy nearly killed me. Utah’s abortion laws must leave room for doctors to act.
“I’m a lawyer. I understand the instinct to write statutory exceptions narrowly,” one Utahn writes in an op-ed. “But I know what it costs to build that certainty in real time, in a body quietly bleeding internally while everyone waits for enough proof.”