The Salt Lake Tribune
The search for what Joseph Smith looked like and why it matters
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- The search for what Joseph Smith looked like and why it matters
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- 40:30
- Date posted
- 12 hours ago
- Description
- “As a Latter-day Saint artist, Joseph Brickey had painted church founder Joseph Smith dozens of times. So he was naturally skeptical in 2022, when he first saw headlines about a recently discovered daguerreotype that was reported to be the only known photo of Smith.
He had studied extensively the human form, including facial structures. He had seen other photos making similar claims that were easily dismissed as frauds. So he cautiously delved into more research about the new find and now, after four years of careful study comparing it to Smith’s death mask and reading primary documents describing Mormonism’s most famous leader, he is convinced it is the real Joseph.
And he has crafted a new sculpture and painted a new portrait based not on the old images but on the daguerreotype.
On this week’s show, Brickey, co-author of the forthcoming book and documentary “Brother Joseph Again: Restoring the Visual Image of Joseph Smith Jr.,” talks...
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- Pioneer Day is Utah's holiday. Here's what a Ute elder says about it.
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- 13:29
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
- Description
- On July 24, 1847, the first Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. This, their prophet and leader Brigham Young said, was the place.
At least, that’s the story of Pioneer Day many Utahns are familiar with.
The history of the holiday is more complicated, and speaks to the tensions between religious and non-religious communities in the state, the impact of the pioneers on Indigenous people in the area and the early Latter-day Saint relationship with celebrating the United States.
For Forrest Cuch — a Ute elder, author and the former director of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs — Pioneer Day celebrations evoke a history that isn’t often talked about.
Reporting: Addy Baird
Video: Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- About Brazil's Latter-day Saints
- Runtime
- 52:36
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Brazilian Helvécio Martins was the first Black general authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He was named a dozen years after the Utah-based faith ended its 126-year priesthood/temple ban in 1978.
His son Marcus Martins had just turned 19 and thus, by most accounts, became the church’s first Black missionary after the change.
The younger Martins went on to earn a master’s degree in organizational behavior and a doctorate in sociology of religion, race and ethnic relations. Eventually, he became chair of religious education at Brigham Young University-Hawaii. He has served as a mission president, twice as bishop, and as a full-time senior missionary with his wife, Mirian.
All this time, Marcus Martins has remained keenly interested in the politics and sociology of Mormonism. He has addressed how geopolitical, sociocultural and technological trends have affected missionary and temple work.
A...
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- Iconic Coachman's sign comes down in Salt Lake City
- Runtime
- 0:42
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Coachman’s opened in 1959. The restaurant moved to the corner of 1300 South and State Street in the 1970s and stayed there until it closed in 2021. Its iconic sign was installed in the mid-70s.
The sign will be transported to an empty warehouse in the Granary District, where it will be stored until the Liberty Wells Community Council can have it restored and find it a new home.
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- Firefighter and family who died in flood are honored on U.S. House floor
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- 3:46
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Two of Utah’s congressional delegation, Reps. Burgess Owens and Mike Kennedy, paid tribute on the House floor Wednesday to a Provo fire captain and his four family members killed in a recent Utah flash flood.
Provo Fire Capt. Spencer Long, wife, Katrina Long, and the couple’s three sons — Reid Vernon, Thayne Long and Gage Long — were all killed after the family went hiking and canyoneering in an area outside the small Utah town of Bicknell, in Wayne County, on Friday.
Note: Owens offered his "deepest condolences" to the Long’s surviving daughter, Linda. Her name is Lydia.
(Video from U.S. House of Representatives)
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- SLCs's model plane airport plagued by illegal camping and dumping
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- The Salt Lake City Modelport in Utah is a miniature airport complete with a 550-foot paved runway for landing radio-controlled planes.
The property is a unique amenity in the portfolio of Salt Lake City’s Public Lands Department: It also features miniature helicopter pads and an RC car track. It’s one of two parks the city owns outside of its own boundaries, sitting just over the line in Magna.
Illegal dumping is just one of the reasons that some pilots avoid flying at the modelport, even though it’s free to do so. Towering trash mounds loom over the property, the on-site facilities — including the runway itself — aren’t as nice as those at other Utah model airports, and pilots say they’ve seen signs of drug dealing and use there.
For its part, the city says that dumping remains a problem but unsanctioned camping on the property and nearby has eased. Enforcement, officials said, can be complicated because the modelport is outside cit...
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- Body of Utah student killed in Jordan attack returns to United States
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- 17:06
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- A Southern Utah University graduate student serving in the U.S. Army — and weeks away from getting his master’s degree — was one of two soldiers killed in action Saturday during an Iranian attack on American operations in Jordan.
First Lt. Tyler James Feehan was identified Monday in a news release from the Pentagon, as well as in a statement from SUU President Mindy Benson. He was 25 years old and worked in air defense artillery.
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were there when his body arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Wednesday.
(White House video)
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- Julia Reagan is the star of a new Utah museum’s exhibit
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Julia Reagan has become a pillar of Utah’s pop culture. The billboard matriarch has inspired tattoos, songs, Halloween costumes and now: the opening exhibit at the new Salt Lake Art Museum.
Starting Thursday, Reagan — printed on a massive banner and dressed in a hat and stellar jewelry — will greet visitors to the downtown museum.
Her fans, of course, are used to seeing her larger than life.
Reporting: Palak Jayswal
Video: Abigail Landwehr
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- William Clayton's diaries and Joseph Smith's secret polygamy
- Runtime
- 41:21
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- William Clayton is likely known to most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the author of the beloved pioneer hymn, “Come, Come, Ye Saints.” To historians, though, Clayton was a key figure in Mormonism’s beginnings, especially during the years in Nauvoo, Illinois. He served as secretary and scribe for church founder Joseph Smith, keeping a detailed diary of all the happenings — and controversies — during that pivotal period.
He recorded Smith dictating passages in the faith’s Doctrine and Covenants, including the section about polygamy, or “plural marriage,” as it was known.
For more than a century, the church kept a tight lid on Clayton’s journals, allowing only select scholars access to them. But next year the Utah-based faith is publishing the full record, with careful annotations, through Yale University Press. Even before the publication, however, Clayton’s account has been questioned by those who do not bel...
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- Fire chief honors firefighter who died in flood with his family
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- Firefighters from multiple agencies across Utah volunteered their time Tuesday to line up along Interstate 15 and pay their respects to a Provo fire captain and his four family members killed in a recent Utah flash flood.
Provo Fire Capt. Spencer Long, wife Katrina Long and the couple’s three sons — Reid Vernon, Thayne Long and Gage Long — were all killed after the family went hiking and canyoneering in an area outside the small Utah town of Bicknell, in Wayne County, around 11:30 a.m. Friday.
He had been with the Provo fire agency for 17 years, serving as a captain for the last two, according to Provo Fire Chief Jeremy Headman.
“The fact that he is gone and his family is gone, minus Lydia, is very challenging for everyone here,” Smith said.
Video: Sydney Jezik and Trevor Christensen
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- Utah firefighters escort family members killed in flash flood to funeral home
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- Firefighters from multiple agencies across Utah volunteered their time Tuesday to line up along Interstate 15 and pay their respects to a Provo fire captain and his four family members killed in a recent Utah flash flood.
Provo Fire Capt. Spencer Long, wife Katrina Long and the couple’s three sons — Reid Vernon, Thayne Long and Gage Long — were all killed after the family went hiking and canyoneering in an area outside the small Utah town of Bicknell, in Wayne County, around 11:30 a.m. Friday.
The bodies of the five family members were escorted from the state medical examiner’s office in Taylorsville at about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday before they were taken south down I-15 to a mortuary in Spanish Fork. Provo Fire and Rescue crews led the procession.
Along the route, firefighters from across the state lined up on overpasses, paying their respects to Long and his loved ones as the procession passed below.
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- Utahns protest Trump monument slashing
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- Nearly a thousand people gathered across the state Monday afternoon and evening to protest the loss of monument protections for nearly three million acres of federal land across southern Utah.
The goal, protesters said, was to raise awareness about the loss of the public lands, to be in solidarity with others who shared their concerns and to pressure state and local representatives to take their concerns to Washington.
“I was raised to have a deep care for the wildernesses in our state and for public lands, and so when I see that they’re under attack, and that the next generation may not get the same opportunity to enjoy them, it deeply upsets me,” 25-year-old Preston Palmer, who was protesting in Salt Lake City, said in an interview.
President Donald Trump shrank Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by about 90% last week. Utah’s congressional delegation, House Speaker Mike Schultz and Gov. Spencer Cox stood behind ...
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- Utah Pioneer Day: Annual cattle drive kicks off the start of The Utah Days of '47 Rodeo
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- Utahns in downtown Salt Lake City may have caught sight of longhorns being steered through the streets of the city on Monday morning. The annual cattle drive kicked off the start of The Utah Days of '47 Rodeo. The herd moved from Utah State Fairpark and looped around downtown before heading back to the fairgrounds.
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- See what’s emerging in Glen Canyon as Lake Powell recedes
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- 3:00
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- The Bureau of Reclamation began filling Lake Powell in 1963, flooding narrow canyons that were once so lush with cottonwood trees that John Wesley Powell named the area Glen Canyon. The reservoir kept climbing, swallowing shrines sacred to several tribes, including the Diné, Hopi, Pueblo and Paiute people.
“There’s thousands of years of prayers here,” said Daryl Vigil, co-director of the Water & Tribes Initiative and former water administrator for the Jicarilla Apache Nation.
It took nearly twenty years for Lake Powell to fill to 3,700 feet in elevation. It only stayed near that level for two decades before climate change-induced drought and overuse started shrinking the flows of the Colorado, San Juan and other rivers that feed the reservoir.
Now Lake Powell teeters on the brink of collapse: Forecasts show it could drop to its lowest level since filling and reach elevations at which Glen Canyon Dam was not designed to operate. That could t...
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- A 140-year-old theme park still going strong
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- 9:03
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- In some ways, Lagoon, which first opened on July 15, 1886, as a resort on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, has undergone constant change in its 140 years.
It’s moved locations and briefly closed its doors during World War II. A 1953 fire burned through much of the park. And each season since, a new ride or attraction has been added to the grounds.
Utahns are still drawn to the coasters cresting on the Davis County skyline each summer.
Reporting: Palak Jayswal
Video: Abigail Landwehr
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- Look inside prolific Utah artist Pilar Pobil's art-filled home — which includes a "burial chamber"
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- Prolific Utah artist Pilar Pobil and her husband, Walter Smith, first moved into their Avenues home in 1960. Over the decades, according to her daughter, Monica Pasqual, “the house itself became a work of art.”
The cozy, colorful home — known as “Casa Pilar” — is where the Spanish-born Pobil lived until her death in November 2024 at age 98.
In a basement room of the home sits one of Pobil’s most extensive exhibitions, called “Burial Chamber.” According to the arts magazine 15 Bytes, Pobil first created it in 2007 for an exhibition at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, then reconstructed it in her home in 2013.
“Burial Chamber” features several tables, each filled with items and artwork that symbolize different parts of Pobil’s life.
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- Is Utah's Lagoon Amusement Park still fun as an adult? We tried it out.
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
- Description
- Lagoon, which first opened on July 15, 1886, as a resort on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, has undergone constant change in its 140 years.
Originally, It was called Lake Park Bathing Resort. It was owned by the Bamberger family, which also owned the electric railway. Newspaper advertisements listed train rides to the resort for 25 cents with admission included.
It’s moved locations and briefly closed its doors during World War II. A 1953 fire burned through much of the park. And each season since, a new ride or attraction has been added to the grounds.
Video by Abigail Landwehr of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- Epic Brewing Company, a Salt Lake City brewery, opens up a new bar space and a patio
- Runtime
- 0:50
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Epic Brewing Company has been a part of the Utah beer scene since 2010, when it opened as the state’s first brewery since Prohibition to exclusively brew high-point beer.
If you’ve been an Epic fan since the beginning, you’re probably familiar with the brewery’s small tasting room by the front door. If you’ve ever wished you could sit at Epic and sip a full-size beer, or get Epic beer on draft, you’re in luck: Epic just updated its brewery at 825 S. State St. in Salt Lake City, with an entirely new bar area and patio that opened a few weeks ago.
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- Trump drastically shrinks Utah national monuments
- Runtime
- 2:41
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Monday afternoon that shrank the size of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments — again.
The two orders collectively cut nearly three million acres out of monument protection, including 1.69 million acres of land from Grand Staircase Escalante-National Monument and 1.24 million acres for Bears Ears National Monuments — about 90% of the land previously protected in each monument.
These southern Utah landscapes have been caught in political crosshairs for decades, and environmental groups opposed to the reduction called the move “illegal.”
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- President Trump eliminates 90% of 2 Utah national monuments
- Runtime
- 20:29
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Monday afternoon that shrank the size of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments — again.
The two orders collectively cut nearly three million acres out of monument protection, including 1.69 million acres of land from Grand Staircase Escalante-National Monument and 1.24 million acres for Bears Ears National Monuments — about 90% of the land previously protected in each monument.
These southern Utah landscapes have been caught in political crosshairs for decades, and environmental groups opposed to the reduction called the move “illegal.”
“We’ve done something that was, I think, very desperately needed,” Trump said during the executive order signing. “Was very unfair to the people of Utah, and now fairness has been brought back.”
(Video from the White House)
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- What Eagle Point ski area looks like, and how it plans to rebuild, after the Cottonwood Fire
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- On June 22, the Cottonwood Fire tore through Beaver Canyon. In its first 24 hours, it burned 12,000 acres, including the Canyonside Lodge and most of what Garcia owned. Fire officials have said 145 families in the canyon lost a home to the blaze — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called it “one of the most destructive” in state history — and half the ski area’s 600 acres burned.
On Thursday, Eagle Point owner Shane Gadbaw, general manager Tanner Larsen and a handful of law enforcement officers, along with city, county and fire officials, surveyed the damage to the resort and surrounding areas. The lodge, one of the small resort’s two hubs, had been reduced to a blackened heap. Two giant kitchen vents rose like claws out of the rubble. The wide, concrete stairs — still guarded by their metal rails — that once led to the general store now end in a view of the sooty, scarred hillside that used to shelter Eagle Point’s steepest runs.
Reporting: Julie Jag
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- What we learned from a week of testimony in the Charlie Kirk murder case
- Runtime
- 2:45
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- A weeklong preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, ended Friday.
He faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder, and prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted.
A preliminary hearing is not a trial, and the burden of proof is much lower: Judge Tony Graf needs only to determine that there is “probable cause” that Robinson likely committed a crime, compared to the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard that jurors must find in a trial.
Graf must also view all of the preliminary hearing evidence in the light most favorable to the state.
Robinson will enter a plea to the charges once Graf determines whether there is probable cause for the case to move forward.
Reporting: Jessica Schreifels
Video: Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- What we learned from a week of testimony in the Charlie Kirk murder case
- Runtime
- 8:36
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- A weeklong preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, ended Friday.
He faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder, and prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted.
A preliminary hearing is not a trial, and the burden of proof is much lower: Judge Tony Graf needs only to determine that there is “probable cause” that Robinson likely committed a crime, compared to the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard that jurors must find in a trial.
Graf must also view all of the preliminary hearing evidence in the light most favorable to the state.
Robinson will enter a plea to the charges once Graf determines whether there is probable cause for the case to move forward.
Reporting: Jessica Schreifels
Video: Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Tyler Robinson preliminary hearing: full day 5
- Runtime
- 2:14:05
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- Friday, July 10, 2026, was the third day of a weeklong preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk. He faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder, and prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted.
A preliminary hearing is not a trial, and the burden of proof is much lower: Judge Tony Graf needs only to determine that there is “probable cause” that Robinson likely committed a crime, compared to the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard that jurors must find in a trial.
Graf must also view all of the preliminary hearing evidence in the light most favorable to the state.
Robinson will enter a plea to the charges once Graf determines whether there is probable cause for the case to move forward. A trial date has not been set.
This video is the full proceedings of the fifth day of the hearing.
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- Tyler Robinson preliminary hearing: full day 4
- Runtime
- 5:11:29
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Thursday, July 9, 2026, was the fourth day of a weeklong preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk. He faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder, and prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted.
A preliminary hearing is not a trial, and the burden of proof is much lower: Judge Tony Graf needs only to determine that there is “probable cause” that Robinson likely committed a crime, compared to the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard that jurors must find in a trial.
Graf must also view all of the preliminary hearing evidence in the light most favorable to the state.
Robinson will enter a plea to the charges once Graf determines whether there is probable cause for the case to move forward. A trial date has not been set.
This video is the full proceedings of the fourth day of the hearing.
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- Interview of Tyler Robinson's romantic partner shown in court
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Tyler Robinson’s romantic partner said in a video interview played in court Thursday that Robinson paced around their St. George apartment the morning after Charlie Kirk was killed, and, in tears, admitted that he fired the fatal shot — and that “he wishes he hadn’t done it.”
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- Charlie Kirk shooting evidence described
- Runtime
- 40:22
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Utah Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina described evidence found at the scene of the Charlie Kirk shooting at Utah Valley University and what was found while searching the homes of Tyler Robinson and his parents.
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- Agent's full testimony at Tyler Robinson hearing
- Runtime
- 54:30
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Brian Davis, an agent in the Utah Bureau of Investigations, testified Thursday at the preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, who is accused of killing Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University.
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- Tyler Robinson and romantic partner's texts discussed in court hearing
- Runtime
- 13:02
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Brian Davis, an agent in the Utah Bureau of Investigations, goes over text messages between Tyler Robinson and Lance Twiggs, who said he lived with Robinson and had been dating him at the time Charlie Kirk was killed.
(Warning: This video contains strong language)
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- Tyler Robinson’s romantic partner interview played in court
- Runtime
- 24:23
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- A video interview with Lance Twiggs, the witness who was Tyler Robinson’s romantic partner at the time authorities say he fatally shot Charlie Kirk, was played in court on Thursday during the fourth day of a preliminary hearing for Robinson.
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- Tyler Robinson preliminary hearing: full day 3
- Runtime
- 2:24:11
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- Wednesday, July 8, 2026, was the third day of a weeklong preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk. He faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder, and prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted.
Wednesday's hearing was a half-day instead of a full 8 hours as the previous days have been.
A preliminary hearing is not a trial, and the burden of proof is much lower: Judge Tony Graf needs only to determine that there is “probable cause” that Robinson likely committed a crime, compared to the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard that jurors must find in a trial.
Graf must also view all of the preliminary hearing evidence in the light most favorable to the state.
Robinson will enter a plea to the charges once Graf determines whether there is probable cause for the case to move forward. A trial date has not been set.
This vi...
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- Attorneys clash in Charlie Kirk killing case
- Runtime
- 1:17
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- Attorneys on Wednesday sparred in court over whether the public could see a video interview where Tyler Robinson’s romantic partner says the Utah man allegedly admitted to fatally shooting Charlie Kirk.
Robinson is in court this week for a preliminary hearing, and Wednesday was a shorter afternoon session which mostly centered on whether Lance Twiggs’ statements could be played to those in the courtroom and broadcast in a livestream.
Utah County prosecutors wanted to play the audio of Twiggs’ interview, while defense attorney Richard Novak warned that any release in open court would affect Robinson’s right to a fair trial and could taint a future jury pool.
The attorney who is representing Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, argued for the video to be shown. Jeff Neiman said the Kirks want all of the evidence presented during the hearing “made public for the world to see.”
“To not be transparent here, to not be open, to not let ...
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- Investigator describes Tyler Robinson turning himself in
- Runtime
- 9:53
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- Brian Davis, an agent in the Utah Bureau of Investigations, testified Wednesday, July 8, 2026, during the third day of a preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk. Video shown in the court included the room where Robinson was held after he came to turn himself in and where he reportedly confessed.
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- Tyler Robinson preliminary hearing: full day 2
- Runtime
- 5:51:39
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- Tuesday, July 7, 2026, was the second day of a weeklong preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk. He faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder, and prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted.
A preliminary hearing is not a trial, and the burden of proof is much lower: Judge Tony Graf needs only to determine that there is “probable cause” that Robinson likely committed a crime, compared to the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard that jurors must find in a trial.
Graf must also view all of the preliminary hearing evidence in the light most favorable to the state.
Robinson will enter a plea to the charges once Graf determines whether there is probable cause for the case to move forward. A trial date has not been set.
This video is the full proceedings of the second day of the hearing.
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- Judge allows surveillance videos to play in Charlie Kirk killing case
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- Tyler Robinson’s defense team didn’t want the public to see video clips that were played inside a Provo courtroom Tuesday morning, as prosecutors continue to present evidence they say shows Robinson fatally shot Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus in September.
The surveillance videos showed four times when authorities allege Robinson came to Utah Valley University’s campus on Sept. 10 and into the early morning hours the following day — including footage that a police officer said he believed showed Robinson run across the roof of a campus building, lay out in a “prone” position, then jump off the building and run away after Kirk was shot.
Defense attorney Kathy Nester argued that this footage would “play a big role in the trial,” and she worried about potential jurors seeing the videos.
But 4th District Judge Tony Graf let the videos, which allegedly show Robinson on the move at key moments before and after the shooting, play p...
- Title
- Head coach Kalani Sitake talks about BYU football culture
- Runtime
- 1:56
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- BYU head coach Kalani Sitake talked about his relationship with Texas Tech and how the Cougars keep a good team culture at Big 12 Media Days, July 7, 2026.
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- Charlie Kirk shooting crime scene evidence described
- Runtime
- 10:55
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina from the Utah Department of Public Safety testifies about collecting and processing crime scene evidence after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University.
This testimony is from the second day of a preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Kirk. He faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder, and prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted.
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- Prosecutors play video they say shows Tyler Robinson before and after Charlie Kirk shooting
- Runtime
- 1:17:13
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- David Hull, who worked as a Utah Bureau of Investigations agent at the time of the shooting, testified Tuesday, July 7, 2026, during the second day of a preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk. He faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder, and prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted.
This is Hull's full day 2 testimony.
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- New surveillance camera videos show day of Charlie Kirk shooting
- Runtime
- 17:00
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- During the second day of a preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, who is accused of shooting Charlie Kirk, agent David Hull with the Utah Department of Public Safety shared surveillance camera videos from that day at Utah Valley University.
Hull identified Robinson as the person he believed to be in the video visiting Utah Valley University four times on the day of the shooting. The surveillance video does not show the actual shooting but events around campus before and after.
- Title
- Tyler Robinson preliminary hearing: full day 1
- Runtime
- 5:12:08
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- Monday, July 6, 2026, was the first day of a weeklong preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk. He faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder, and prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted.
A preliminary hearing is not a trial, and the burden of proof is much lower: Judge Tony Graf needs only to determine that there is “probable cause” that Robinson likely committed a crime, compared to the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard that jurors must find in a trial.
Graf must also view all of the preliminary hearing evidence in the light most favorable to the state.
Robinson will enter a plea to the charges once Graf determines whether there is probable cause for the case to move forward. A trial date has not been set.
This video is the full proceedings of the first day of the hearing.
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- Charlie Kirk’s family leaves courtroom before testimony about shooting video
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- The crack of the rifle shot that killed Charlie Kirk and the screams that followed were heard in a Provo courtroom Monday — but the judge barred those in the courtroom from seeing video of the shooting, saying Kirk and his family deserved “respect and dignity.”
Instead, 4th District Court Judge Tony Graf watched the footage himself from multiple angles — including videos recorded by a spectator, Turning Point USA and Utah Valley University security cameras — while audio was played in court.
Kirk’s parents and his widow, Erika Kirk, quietly left the courtroom before a police officer began testifying about what the videos showed. Also in the courtroom Monday was Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Bettina, who stayed in the packed courtroom as the judge watched the graphic videos.
Monday was the first day of a weeklong preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Kirk. He faces multiple charges, including ...
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- Investigator explains video from the day of Charlie Kirk shooting
- Runtime
- 14:15
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- Agent David Hull with the Utah Department of Public Safety breaks down surveillance footage shown in court July 6, 2026, during a preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, who is charged in the death of Charlie Kirk.
Hull identified Robinson as the person he believed to be in the video visiting Utah Valley University four times on the day of the shooting. The judge determined some videos were not permitted to be shown because of alterations made by a person outside of the witness list.
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- UVU police officer described Charlie Kirk's death — full testimony
- Runtime
- 1:50:03
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- Former Utah Valley University police officer Chris Bagley described the moment Charlie Kirk was shot during a preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson on Monday, July 6, 2026.
Robinson is facing multiple charges, including aggravated murder, for Kirk’s death.
Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, and his parents quietly left the courtroom as Bagley described hearing a rifle shot. Also in the courtroom Monday was Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Bettina.
This is the full video of Bagley's testimony.
- Title
- UVU police officer described Charlie Kirk's death
- Runtime
- 11:08
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- Former Utah Valley University police officer Chris Bagley described the moment Charlie Kirk was shot during a preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson on Monday, July 6, 2026.
Robinson is facing multiple charges, including aggravated murder, for Kirk’s death.
Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, and his parents quietly left the courtroom as Bagley described hearing a rifle shot. Also in the courtroom Monday was Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Bettina.
This is a portion of Bagley's testimony. The full unedited testimony is also available on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/J-q455HVjAY
- Title
- Tribune journalist recounts what she's seeing at Charlie Kirk killing hearings
- Runtime
- 0:34
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- For the first time since charging him in the killing of Charlie Kirk, Utah County prosecutors on Monday will begin presenting evidence they say shows Tyler Robinson fired the fatal shot.
Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, and his parents quietly left the courtroom Monday as a former Utah Valley University police officer described the single rifle shot that echoed across campus before striking Kirk on Sept. 10.
Also in the courtroom Monday was Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Bettina.
Monday is the start of a weeklong preliminary hearing for Robinson, who faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder, in connection with Kirk’s Sept. 10 death. Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted.
- Title
- Watch what a Tribune journalist saw where hearings in Charlie Kirk's death are taking place
- Runtime
- 0:48
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- For the first time since charging him in the killing of Charlie Kirk, Utah County prosecutors on Monday will begin presenting evidence they say shows Tyler Robinson fired the fatal shot.
Monday is the start of a weeklong preliminary hearing for Robinson, who faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder, in connection with Kirk’s Sept. 10 death. Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted.
Kirk’s parents, Robert and Kathryn Kirk, and Robinson's parents, Matt and Amber Robinson, are in attendance. Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, is also expected to be in the Provo courtroom.
- Title
- The parents of Tyler Robinson, who is accused of killing Charlie Kirk, arrive at court
- Runtime
- 0:37
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- Matt and Amber Robinson, parents of Tyler Robinson, arrive at 4th District Court in Provo on Monday, July 6, 2026, for a preliminary hearing for their son. Robinson, 23, is facing multiple charges, including aggravated murder, in connection with Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 death.
For the first time since charging him in the killing of Charlie Kirk, Utah County prosecutors on Monday will begin presenting evidence they say shows Tyler Robinson fired the fatal shot.
Monday is the start of a weeklong preliminary hearing for Robinson. Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted of aggravated murder.
- Title
- Charlie Kirk's parents arrive at court for a preliminary hearing for the killing of their son.
- Runtime
- 0:19
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- Kathryn and Robert W. Kirk, parents of Charlie Kirk, arrive at 4th District Court in Provo on Monday, July 6, 2026, for a preliminary hearing for the killing of Charlie Kirk.
Tyler Robinson, 23, is facing multiple charges, including aggravated murder, in connection with Kirk's Sept. 10 death.
For the first time since charging him in the killing of Charlie Kirk, Utah County prosecutors on Monday will begin presenting evidence they say shows Tyler Robinson fired the fatal shot.
Monday is the start of a weeklong preliminary hearing for Robinson. Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted of aggravated murder.
- Title
- Pine Valley’s forests adapted with wildfire. Here’s why the Forsyth Fire was so destructive.
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- The Pine Valley area has a higher wildfire risk than 99% of the country.
Video by Nicole Weaver of The Salt Lake Tribune.
- Title
- Brushfire in Provo
- Runtime
- 0:21
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
