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(Salt Lake Bees) Steve Klauke, seen here in 2009, was the longtime play-by-play announcer for the Salt Lake Bees, calling baseball games for 29 seasons before his retirement in 2023. He died in June 2024, after being hit while walking across an intersection in Sandy. He was 69.

Utah jury reaches verdict for driver accused of striking, killing beloved Salt Lake Bees announcer

By Sean P. Means | May 30, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Una persona con grilletes aborda un avión de Eastern Air Express en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Salt Lake City para un vuelo del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) de EE. UU., el lunes 6 de abril de 2026.

ICE traslada detenidos dos veces por semana desde Salt Lake City. Sepa dónde aterrizan.

By Sean P. Means | May 26, 2026, 10:49 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) A person in shackles boards an Eastern Air Express plane for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight at Salt Lake City International Airport, Monday, April 6, 2026.

Twice a week, ICE apparently flies detained people out of Salt Lake City. Here’s where they go.

By Sean P. Means | May 26, 2026, 10:48 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Employees cheer on the first group of customers entering the new Trader Joe's in Riverdale on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. The grocery chain and the city of West Jordan have announced a location for a store there — one of three in the works in Salt Lake County.

Here’s where Trader Joe’s will open its first West Jordan store

By Sean P. Means | May 19, 2026, 7:47 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Thor Dorosh speaks to protesters of a proposed data center campus, before a Box Elder County Commission meeting in Tremonton on Monday, May 4, 2026.

Timeline: How the Kevin O’Leary data center plan came to be, and what’s happened since

By Sean P. Means | May 19, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake Tribune reporter Julie Jag interviews young patients at Shriners Children’s Hospital on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. The Tribune has removed its paywall, making its journalism free to anyone on sltrib.com, starting May 14, 2026.

The Salt Lake Tribune just removed its paywall, making its journalism free to everyone

By Sean P. Means | Rachel Crosby | May 19, 2026, 5:28 p.m.

(Nick Ingram | AP) Pasajeros estadounidenses del crucero MV Hondius, afectado por hantavirus, llegaron a Omaha, Nebraska, luego de volar desde Tenerife, España, el lunes 11 de mayo de 2026.

Tres residentes de Utah viajaban en el crucero afectado por hantavirus, según funcionarios de salud

By Sean P. Means | May 12, 2026, 11:30 p.m.

(Nick Ingram | AP) American passengers from the cruise ship, MV Hondius that was stricken with hantavirus, arrived in Omaha, Nebraska after flying from Tenerife, Spain on Monday, May 11, 2026.

Three Utahns were on cruise ship hit with hantavirus, state health officials say

By Sean P. Means | May 12, 2026, 11:31 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Members of the crowd react as commissioners vote to approve a data center campus during a Box Elder County Commission meeting at the county fairgrounds in Tremonton on Tuesday, May 4, 2026.

How do Box Elder County locals feel about the massive data center plan? The numbers are overwhelming, records show.

By Sean P. Means | Andy Larsen | May 11, 2026, 10:11 p.m.

(Kristin Murphy | Pool) Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at a monthly news conference in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 30, 2026.

‘I seek to do better’: Cox says his reaction to criticism over the Box Elder data center plan fell short

By Sean P. Means | May 9, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Marchers carry a giant American Flag, in the Cherry Days Forth of July Parade, in North Ogden, in 2022.

Utah summer festivals 2026: Here’s a list of all the fun events planned across the state

By Sean P. Means | May 9, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Russell Contreras | Associated Press file photo) United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta, shown here in 2019, has been honored by a street renaming in Salt Lake City. Dolores Huerta Boulevard is the commemorative name for 500 South between State Street and 700 East, after a Salt Lake City Council vote on May 5, 2026.

It’s official: This Salt Lake City street is now named after labor icon Dolores Huerta

By Sean P. Means | May 7, 2026, 2:30 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Box Elder County Commissioner Tyler Vincent, right, warns the crowd during a commission meeting at the county fairgrounds in Tremonton on Tuesday, May 4, 2026.

Box Elder County boosts security at commissioners’ homes, citing planned protests over data center

By Sean P. Means | May 8, 2026, 4:41 p.m.

(Rachel Crosby | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kiitos Brewing's Sugar House location, at 1533 S. 1100 East, opened on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025.

Kiitos Brewing files for Chapter 11 protection, months after opening Sugar House location

By Kolbie Peterson | Sean P. Means | May 6, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Jim Wright) Country singer Darius Rucker is scheduled to perform Friday, Sept. 17, 2026, at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City — one of the headliners performing at the Utah State Fair.

Summer music: More than 170 shows at Utah’s major venues promise something for every listener

By Sean P. Means | Palak Jayswal | May 2, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Spencer Pazer | Netflix) Tan France, one of the hosts of the TV series "Queer Eye," once said a visit to Chili's in Salt Lake City is where he decided to move to Utah.

The restaurant where ‘Queer Eye’ star Tan France famously decided to move to Utah is closing

By Sean P. Means | April 29, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Christopher Willard | Disney) Kevin O'Leary, one of the investors on ABC's "Shark Tank," has become the public face of the proposed "hyperscale" data center campus in Box Elder County.

How ‘Shark Tank’ investor Kevin O’Leary, the face of Utah’s massive data center project, amassed his wealth

By Sean P. Means | Jordan Miller | April 28, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Jordan Strauss | Invision|AP) Kevin O'Leary arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on Jan. 11, 2026, in Beverly Hills, Calif. O'Leary's company, O'Leary Digital, is the developer of a proposed ‘hyperscale’ data center project in rural Box Elder County, Utah.

‘Hyperscale’ data center project in Utah — expected to generate and consume more power than entire state — nears final approval

By Samantha Moilanen | Sean P. Means | April 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Ashley Franscell | Salt Lake Tribune) Alan and Suzanne Osmond attend the XanGo annual convention at the Salt Palace in 2005. Alan Osmond died April 20, 2026.

Alan Osmond, oldest of the singing siblings and co-founder of Stadium of Fire, dies

By Sean P. Means | April 26, 2026, 10:19 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ronald Spratling Jr., left, founder of Holladay Bank & Trust, shakes hands with Lenny Springs, board member of Redemption Bank at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 10, 2025. Spratling died earlier this month at the age of 93.

Ronald Spratling, founder of Holladay’s community bank, dies

By Sean P. Means | April 18, 2026, 12:06 p.m.