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Blake Moore and Karianne Lisonbee were asked about the Box Elder data center and other topics at their debate Monday. Get caught up with this video. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/06/02/utah-2nd-congressional-district/ 

Republicans running for Utah’s 3rd Congressional seat agree on a lot, except for each other. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/06/01/celeste-maloy-phil-lyman-agree-lot 

After two and a half months, Utah reality television star and influencer Taylor Frankie Paul will now be able to spend time with her 2-year-old son without supervision, a Utah commissioner ruled. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2026/06/01/taylor-frankie-paul-can-now-see 

Kevin O'Leary said he considered Stuart Adams, Spencer Cox and Mike Schultz his "partners" on the Stratos data center project and that he's "not happy" with the demand to shrink it.

Utah postal workers are fed up and pushing back after attacks on mail-in ballots. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/05/29/utah-mail-in-voting-postal-workers/ 

How much water will Utah’s emergency drought recommendations really save? Tribune data reporter Andy Larsen crunches the numbers. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/25/how-much-water-will-utahs 

Mecca Cafe, in Salt Lake City's Granary District, is a little out of the way. Just look for the converted ski gondola. https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/food/2026/05/09/utah-eats-converted-ski-gondola-is 

Box Elder County ruled residents will not have a chance to challenge county commissioners’ decision to approve a hyperscale data center plan at the ballot box this fall. More: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/05/28/box-elder-data-center-county/ 

Democrats in the race for Utah’s new, blue congressional district sparred over data centers and tech in their first debate. More: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/05/27/utah-democrats-1st-congressional/ 

The effort against the proposed hyperscale data center and energy campus proposed for Box Elder County is days away from finding out whether it has a clear path to the ballot — or if there is a legal battle ahead. Read story: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/27/box-elder-data-center-opponents 

Wild turkeys wreaked havoc in a northern Utah town, prompting a new county law. Breaking it could even land you in jail. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/24/cache-county-bans-feeding-wild 

A timelapse video taken by The Tribune's Rick Egan shows the prescribed burn taking place today near the Great Salt Lake. Read more: www.sltrib.com/news/environ...

Grab some pizza by Liberty Park at this new Roman-style restaurant. https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/food/2026/05/02/utah-eats-get-some-pizza-by 

Hello, Eaters! Argentina’s Cafe, at 655 E. 400 South in Salt Lake City, is a new coffee shop that’s all about Argentinian empanadas, pastries, coffee and culture. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/food/2026/04/25/salt-lake-city-cafe-serves-up

At first, this small town wasn’t thrilled to welcome a gas station to Main Street. Now, its food is requested at weddings. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/17/are-utahs-best-chicken-tenders/ 

Is it a coffeehouse, or a bar? Is it a bagel shop, or a pizzeria? Some of Salt Lake City’s new food-and-drink businesses are shape-shifting depending on the time of day. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/food/2026/05/16/how-4-slc-food-drink-businesses/ 

Another proposed data center/natural gas power plant in Utah, another packed crowd of locals who do not want it. Read the story: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/15/iron-county-residents-raise/ 

The Salt Lake Tribune is not owned by a billionaire, a hedge fund or a church. We are accountable only to you — and our journalism is now free to everyone. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/15/why-salt-lake-tribune-dropped-its

An effort called the Box Elder Accountability Referendum — or BEAR — hopes to put the decision to build a data center in northern Utah to voters. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/05/12/box-elder-data-center-how-county 

Utah received record snowfall in 2022-23. Just three seasons later, the least amount of snow in recorded history fell on the state. Just how different were those seasons? We will show you. https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2026/05/11/utahs-best-worst-ski-seasons 

Kouri Richins will spend the rest of her life in prison for fatally poisoning her husband, a Utah judge ruled Wednesday. Read the story: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/13/kouri-richins-gets-life-prison/ 

Y'all... the Julia Reagan billboards are back. Read our story from last year here: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/06/13/julia-reagan-billboards-come-down/ 

Utah is set to experience an exceptionally poor water year after a record hot and dry winter. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2026/05/08/lake-powell-track-worst-water-year 

Residents say a major data center project, backed by “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary, could endanger the area’s water supply and quiet atmosphere.

Under intense pressure from Republican leaders, including Gov. Spencer Cox, Justice Diana Hagen resigned from the Utah Supreme Court on Friday. Read the story: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/05/08/supreme-court-justice-diana-hagen/ 

Latter-day Saint bishops and other people connected to the church have vouched for defendants accused of serious crimes — even as the church itself has discouraged such interventions as potentially harmful. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/07/he-was-facing-dozens-felonies-byu 

Voters in Box Elder County may have a chance to overturn the county commission’s decision to approve the development of a “hyperscale” data center if enough support is gathered to create a land use referendum — and if it's deemed legal. (Abigail Landwehr | The Salt Lake Tribune)

The Yeti, a new bar at the foot of Big Cottonwood Canyon, brings a bit of the "mystery" of the Himalayas to Utah. https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/food/2026/04/18/utah-eats-yeti-new-bar-brings-feel 

At a contentious meeting, Box Elder County OK'd a massive data center project backed by celebrity investor Kevin O'Leary. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/04/utah-data-center-final-vote-box/ 

Here's video from The Tribune's Trevor Christensen:

Utah officers fired more than 30 rounds at an unarmed man, killing him. Now, a lawsuit argues he was trying to flee. Read the full story: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/30/utah-police-shooting-lawsuit 

A “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star says Dakota Mortensen told her of a plan to leak videos of Taylor Frankie Paul to TMZ in an attempt to humiliate the reality TV personality. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2026/04/30/jessi-draper-says-dakota-mortensen/ 

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said the people who want to slow down the 9 GW data center project for more careful study are “destroy(ing) our country.” Read more: www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

Eight Settlers Distillery opens a lounge in downtown SLC, with a global twist. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/food/2026/04/04/eight-settlers-distillery-opens 

The Tribune’s Samantha Moilanen reports from outside the Box Elder County Commission meeting where public pressure delayed (by one week) a vote on a proposed 9 gigawatt data center campus. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/27/hyperscale-data-center-project/ 

Liban Mohamed wins at Utah Democrats’ convention — but it will be a crowded 2026 primary More: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/04/25/utah-democratic-party-convention/ 

Utah’s moose are already under siege, and weather conditions have created what one wildlife manager has called a “worst-case scenario.” https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/20/utah-moose-population-decline-is

It’s a cafe by day and a bar at night. Welcome to Mother in downtown SLC. https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/food/2026/03/28/utah-eats-mother-cafe-bar-slc-has 

A defense expert testified that media coverage has already shaped public opinion of Tyler Robinson, who is charged in Charlie Kirk’s death. Read the story here: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/17/sensational-misleading-coverage/ 

Tristen Lilly and Piper Kunst pushed the limits at Corbet’s Couloir to win the title of king and queen (and fringed chaps). https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2026/04/09/meet-utah-ski-couple-who-became 

Read the story here: www.sltrib.com/sports/2026/...

The Utah Grizzlies played its final game in Utah on Sunday before moving to Trenton, New Jersey starting next season. The move will leave people like Guy Morgan — a diehard fan for nearly 30 years — devastated.

You might enjoy listening to some of Utah’s up-and-coming bands on KRCL while driving to work or cooking dinner. By next year, though, you’ll be able to hear them in person at the station’s expanded headquarters.

Watch Kathleen Riebe's remarks here:

A new DNA profile of Ted Bundy could help solve these Utah cold cases. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/10/utah-cold-cases-could-be-solved 

Global flavors shine at The Brick, a new restaurant in a familiar Salt Lake City location. https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/food/2026/03/21/utah-eats-brick-new-slc-restaurant