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In Utah, nearly all statewide book bans originate from just 2 school districts, sending novels to the shredder, Tribune finds

By Carmen Nesbitt | May. 15, 2026, 12:08 a.m.

Salt Lake County D.A. Sim Gill has charged a police officer in a fatal shooting for the first time in more than a decade

By Jessica Schreifels | May. 15, 2026, 12:52 a.m.

Utahns rally at Capitol against Box Elder County data center project

By Samantha Moilanen | May. 14, 2026, 8:04 p.m.

UDOT launches $264.5 million plan to battle traffic in Big Cottonwood Canyon

Does AJ Dybantsa prefer to stay in Utah? Here’s what the BYU star said about his NBA draft hopes.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Latter-day Saints in Otavalo, Ecuador, react to the news Thursday, May 14, 2026, that a new temple will be built in their city.

How many LDS temples have been announced under President Dallin Oaks? Make it three.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Box Elder County commissioners Boyd Bingham, Tyler Vincent and Lee Perry discuss the data center project at a special meeting in Brigham City on April 27, 2026. The commission unanimously approved the project at a May 4 meeting at the Box Elder County fairgrounds to accommodate a large crowd.

Here’s how much Box Elder County owes lawyers who helped with ‘furious negotiations’ over massive data center

By Samantha Moilanen

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

Here’s why Utah has become one of America’s surprising plastic surgery hot spots

By Palak Jayswal | Andy Larsen

News

Lawsuit challenging Utah’s book bans goes to court

Wild Horse Fire reaches 1200 acres in Millard County, 5% containment

UDOT launches $264.5 million plan to battle traffic in Big Cottonwood Canyon

Sports

Gordon Monson: Devil be gone. A Utah Jazz exorcism is both necessary and at hand.

Here’s the case for the Utah Jazz to draft each of the top 4 prospects

The Utah Mammoth want to chase a Stanley Cup next year. Here is what they want to change to get there.

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(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Latter-day Saints in Otavalo, Ecuador, react to the news Thursday, May 14, 2026, that a new temple will be built in their city.

How many LDS temples have been announced under President Dallin Oaks? Make it three.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) People protest the Stratos data center project at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Thursday, May 14, 2026.

Utahns rally at Capitol against Box Elder County data center project

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill answers questions about a Taylorsville police shooting that occurred on October 9, 2024, during a news conference on Thursday.

Salt Lake County D.A. Sim Gill has charged a police officer in a fatal shooting for the first time in more than a decade

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sign indicates a book for sale at Barnes and Noble that has been banned in Utah public schools in Salt Lake City Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024.

Lawsuit challenging Utah’s book bans goes to court

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POLITICS

Here’s how much St. George paid to settle a lawsuit over all-ages drag show

‘There needed to be a fight here’: How Box Elder County residents plan to stop a massive data center

After being silent, Utah GOP congressional candidates address Box Elder data center plan

Opinion

Voices: I know Utah’s homeless population — and how we can actually help them

Letter: The president of the LDS Church has the bona fides to warn against partisan trampling of the rule of law. He should speak out.

Opinion: The silence that meets the rape of Palestinians

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Religion

Latest from Mormon Land: Church makes another big buy in Florida; Texas temple tempest returns

‘Mormon Land’: Women who pursued careers when LDS leaders were counseling against it

Trying to get dual Canadian citizenship because of Trump? How the LDS Church can help.

Culture

He arrived in Utah with $300. Now his designs appear on reality TV.

Crumbl’s Utah founders are stepping down as the cookie chain slows expansion, eyes ‘next chapter’

This Utahn said she is the ‘least likely’ to become an artist. Now she has an exhibit downtown.

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