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Utah GOP leaders call for Salt Lake DA’s resignation after controversial post on Trump
The Salt Lake County District Attorney building in Salt Lake City is pictured on Wednesday, January 3, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) In the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, a social media post from Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill drew ire from prominent figures in Utah’s political scene.
$20,000 Reward For Information On The Illegal Shooting Of Two Endangered California Condors In Utah
A $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to a conviction for the illegal shooting of two endangered California condors near Cedar City, Utah. The Center for Biological Diversity offered the reward after the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) announced the shootings on Friday. According to the agency, the first condor was found in the fall of 2022 in a remote area southeast of Cedar City, north of Zion National Park. A second condor was discovered in the same area in June 2024. Both birds had reportedly been shot with firearms. It is currently unclear if the two incidents are connected or what type of firearms were used.
Members at 14 Utah Costco Locations Impacted by Major Change
Does Utah love Costco? It seems that isn't even a question if you drive past any of the locations in our area on just about any day. Shoppers know that Costco offers quality items and discounted and 'wholesale' prices--and the major grocer seems to hold on to its cult following pretty aggressively.
The Winter Olympics Are Returning To The United States In 2034
The Winter Olympics will return to Utah in 10 years. On Wednesday morning, the International Olympic Committee officially announced Salt Lake City as the host for the 2034 Games. Utah also hosted in 2002. According to the Associated Press, Salt Lake City was the only contender in consideration ...
IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Utah and pushes state officials to help end FBI investigation
PARIS — What was expected to be a simple coronation of Salt Lake City as the 2034 Winter Olympic host turned into complicated Olympic politics Wednesday, as the IOC pushed Utah officials to end an FBI investigation into a suspected doping coverup. The International Olympic Committee formally awarded the...
New AmeriCorps program to aid Forest Service with wildfire, reforestation efforts
The Forest Corps is a new collaboration between AmeriCorps and the U.S. Forest Service that will see dozens of young people fan out across the West to carry out a number of projects. This week, 87 newly inducted members of the Forest Corps started heading toward project sitesin California, Oregon,...
Utah’s Olympic quest really began as a 1960s ploy for publicity — and it worked
Editor’s note • This story, republished now as Salt Lake City wins a second bid for the Winter Olympic Games, first appeared in The Salt Lake Tribune on Feb. 2, 2002. The opening of the 2002 Winter Olympics next week will culminate seven years of hard work by Utah organizers. Yet the efforts to stage a Utah Olympics began not in 1995, when Salt Lake City won the 2002 hosting rights, but 30 years earlier, when another generation of Utahns first sought the Games.
Family of Utah murder victim wants 'an eye for an eye' as inmate's execution date looms
Family members of a woman slashed and stabbed to death in 1998 pressed Utah officials Tuesday to proceed with next month’s scheduled execution of the convicted killer, presenting emotional testimony about a crime they say still traumatizes their close-knit Native American community. Taberon Dave Honie is asking Utah’s parole board to commute his death sentence to life in prison as an act of mercy so he can remain in the lives of his daughter and granddaughter. He faces a planned lethal injection on Aug 8...
Opinion: There’s a missing piece to Utah’s approach to housing affordability, says one Utah planner
Picture this: A young Utah family, excited to buy a first home, finds a dream house slipping further out of reach with each passing month. Sound familiar? It should. In the Beehive State, the affordability crisis isn’t just making headlines — it’s reshaping lives. Redfin data shows that, since May 2019, median home prices have increased by a startling $206,700 — a 61.53% increase that’s left many Utahns reeling.
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