The Salt Lake Tribune
What does a ‘sustaining’ vote really mean in the church?
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- What does a ‘sustaining’ vote really mean in the church?
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- 40:36
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- On April 4, millions of Latter-day Saints worldwide raised their hands to show symbolic support for their new prophet-president, Dallin H. Oaks.
It was a rare ritual, called a solemn assembly, done primarily at the time of a new leader for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But this act of “sustaining” is also commonly used in congregations as a way to express goodwill and welcoming to new members and to members who have completed their volunteer assignments or are accepting new ones.
“With those raised hands and encouraging smiles, we [are] participating in common consent, where we can choose to sustain, by the raising of the right hand, those called to serve,” apostle Patrick Kearon explained right after Oaks’ solemn assembly. “Common consent is not a mere formality but a beautiful mix of our agency, unity and faith. It is a voluntary, personal commitment to support, uphold and help the Lord’s called servants in their responsibili...
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- A new Utah bar brings the Himalayas to the foot of Big Cottonwood Canyon
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The Yeti, a new bar at the foot of Big Cottonwood Canyon, brings a bit of the "mystery" of the Himalayas to Utah.
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- Angry residents fail to stop Utah data center project
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- 3:00
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Utah’s sprawling “hyperscale” data center is a go.
After delaying its decision by a week, the three-member Box Elder County Commission voted unanimously Monday to approve the massive energy and data campus backed by Utah’s Military Installation Development Authority and celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary.
MIDA approved the project late last month. The commission’s vote allows MIDA to create the project area — which is mostly made up of privately owned, unincorporated land within the county — where it can offer an array of incentives to the developer.
“We need to realize and remember that everybody has property rights,” Commissioner Tyler Vincent said, “and that they can do what they would like to do with their property.”
Reporting: Samantha Moilanen & Leia Larsen
Video: Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Full meeting: Box Elder County OKs massive data center project backed by Kevin O'Leary
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- 1:03:18
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Utah’s sprawling “hyperscale” data center is a go.
After delaying its decision by a week, the three-member Box Elder County Commission voted unanimously Monday to approve the massive energy and data campus backed by Utah’s Military Installation Development Authority and celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary.
MIDA approved the project late last month. The commission’s vote allows MIDA to create the project area — which is mostly made up of privately owned, unincorporated land within the county — where it can offer an array of incentives to the developer.
“We need to realize and remember that everybody has property rights,” Commissioner Tyler Vincent said, “and that they can do what they would like to do with their property.”
Video: Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Box Elder County Commissioners talk about controversial data center project - full news conference
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- 22:04
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The Box Elder County commissioners held a press conference minutes after a contentious public meeting where they approved a massive data center project.
The three-member Box Elder County Commission voted unanimously Monday to approve the massive energy and data campus backed by Utah’s Military Installation Development Authority and celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary.
MIDA approved the project late last month. The commission’s vote allows MIDA to create the project area — which is mostly made up of privately owned, unincorporated land within the county — where it can offer an array of incentives to the developer.
Video by Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Utah data center: County commissioners walk out of meeting with angry crowd
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- After delaying a week and moving to a larger venue to accommodate a bigger crowd, the Box Elder County Commission is set to decide the fate of a sprawling “hyperscale” data center in Utah.
Commissioners will weigh whether a data center and energy campus backed by the Military Installation Development Authority and celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary can move forward. The project, dubbed Stratos by MIDA, would occupy some 40,000 acres centered in Hansel Valley near the north end of the Great Salt Lake.
Adam Long of the Smith Hartvigsen law firm, who has been assisting the county in reviewing the proposal, said that MIDA has promised a significant amount of tax revenue, prompting a crowd member to shout, “people over profits.”
Long explained that additional language had been included in the agreement to guarantee a minimum level of revenue, even if future legislation or tax policies change after the deal is approved. He noted that negotiation...
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- Some LDS have ‘pope envy,’ wonder why their leaders aren’t speaking out against war
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Today, as a number of nations face headline-grabbing assaults from their neighbors or within their own borders, and after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran with annihilation, prominent religious leaders — most notably Pope Leo XIV — have spoken out against these wars.
Meanwhile, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints yearn for stronger condemnation of the wars, asking why a church president, revered as a “prophet, seer and revelator” for modern times is so cautious?
Others see wisdom in restraint.
Reporting: Peggy Fletcher Stack
Video: Dylan Eubank
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- Eight Settlers Distillery opens a lounge in downtown SLC, with a global twist
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Eight Settlers Lounge has opened in downtown Salt Lake City, extending the work of Eight Settlers Distillery in Cottonwood Heights — but with some international twists.
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- Who leaked the Taylor Frankie Paul barstool video to TMZ?
- Runtime
- 2:48
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- 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.
Jessi Draper filed a private statement in Utah’s 3rd District Court this week. According to Eric Swinyard, Paul’s attorney, the statement details a conversation Mortensen had with Draper, her husband Jordan Ngatikaura, and another man just days before TMZ published the bombshell video that led ABC to cancel Paul’s season of “The Bachelorette.”
Paul and Mortensen were in a Salt Lake City courtroom Thursday for a hearing over dueling protective orders and a custody fight over their 2-year-old son. In the end, Commissioner Russell Minas ruled that Paul and Mortensen must stay at least 100 feet apart for the next three years.
“This is a very toxic relationship,” Minas said. “... If I don’t order both of them to stay away from each other, there will be ad...
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- Utah governor on the 'rushed' data center project
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Gov. Spencer Cox said he supports the installation of a new “hyperscale” data center in Box Elder County, a project expected to both generate and consume more power than Utah currently uses.
He also bristled against criticism that the proposed project has been rushed.
“This whole idea of being rushed — I’m so tired of our country taking years to get stuff done,” he said at a news conference Thursday morning. “It’s the dumbest thing ever. We think that taking time makes things better or safer. It absolutely does not.”
And though Cox said he has been “pretty neutral on data centers,” the governor said every state, including Utah, “has an obligation to allow for these types of data centers to be built.”
Cox’s comments on the proposed project came after a week of public frenzy and just days after the Box Elder County commissioners delayed making a final decision on approving the data center until next Monday. I...
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- Utah has an 'obligation' to allow massive data center project, governor says
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- 6:09
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Gov. Spencer Cox said he supports the installation of a new “hyperscale” data center in Box Elder County, a project expected to both generate and consume more power than Utah currently uses.
This is part of Cox's monthly news conference held April 30, 2026.
Video: PBS Utah
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- Was man killed by police running away or taking a hostage?
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- William Toon III spent his final days alive running from police.
Over several days in January 2024, officers in two counties tried to pull him over. Each time — including during one early-morning chase through a snowstorm — Toon took off.
So when a group of armed officers burst into a Riverdale convenience store and swarmed him on Jan. 14, 2024, Toon’s parents said they believe the unarmed 28-year-old man did what he had always done: he tried to run.
They think Toon was reaching for a potential exit, a drive-through window near where two clerks had ducked for safety, when officers opened fire, shooting at him at least 31 times.
Before the barrage of gunshots, one Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force officer yelled, “He’s going to take a hostage — shoot him!” Then, he and three other officers opened fire. Toon was hit 17 times.
Now, Toon’s parents are suing the officers, the strike force and police departmen...
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- Police shoot and kill a suspect inside a Riverdale convenience store
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- 8:02
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- This video, edited and released by the Weber County Attorney's Office, shows the moments before officers from the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force killed William Toon III inside a Riverdale convenience store.
Now, Toon’s parents are suing the officers, the strike force and police departments in Ogden and Pleasant Grove, alleging the multiagency team “chose escalation over containment, gunfire over time, and a manufactured ‘hostage’ narrative over the objective reality visible on video and audible on radio traffic.”
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- Is the war-filled Book of Mormon actually the ‘greatest peace book ever’?
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- 34:01
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Nearly 50 years ago, Latter-day Saint prophet-president Spencer W. Kimball warned boldly and directly about the dangers of war, including the vast resources used in the destruction of America’s enemies. The Yoda-like leader cautioned that members were becoming a “warlike people.” His successors in the office, though, have rarely spoken with such passion and purpose. Their condemnations of war and proclamations of peace have been more tempered, more cautious, more general.
Now the U.S. is at war again and other religious leaders, most notably Pope Leo XIV, have condemned the military assault. In his first General Conference sermon as the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dallin H. Oaks gave a major address urging members to be peacemakers — echoing Jesus’ call in the Sermon on the Mount — but his remarks were mostly aimed at interpersonal rather than geopolitical conflicts.
What has happened in the intervening decades to ...
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- She was a false prophet’s wife. Now she’s reclaiming her life after years of control and abuse.
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Nomz Bistline was one of Samuel Bateman’s wives in a breakaway FLDS polygamous group. After his conviction and her own time behind bars, she’s stepping into a world she had been raised to shun.
Video by: Trent Nelson
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- Processing "Trust Me: The False Prophet" with Mormon Fundamentalism Expert Cristina Rosetti
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- 1:04:27
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Netflix's harrowing 4-part docuseries focuses on the crimes of Sam Batemen, but before Sam Bateman there was Warren Jeffs. As outsiders, Nicole and Rebbie can't begin to understand how either of these men were able to do what they did. Cristina helps contextualize what these religious doctrines and communities are like, how they differ from each other, where they can be mischaracterized, and what kinds of media can help vs. hurt.
Resources:
Cherished Families: https://www.cherishfamilies.org/
Kidnapped From That Land: https://www.amazon.com/Kidnapped-That-Land-Government-Polygamist/dp/0874805287
Unfinished Short Creek podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/introducing-unfinished-short-creek/id1516705248?i=1000488964911
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- This pet will love you for the next 50 years
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Need a companion for the next half-century? The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has just the solution: a Mojave desert tortoise.
Utah’s Desert Tortoise Adoption Program is looking to place 15 of the reptiles in new homes. DWR contracts with a Utah County reptile facility to house tortoises that need to be rehomed, and they are often animals that have illegally removed from their native habitat: the deserts of southern Utah.
The reptiles make perfect lifetime companions: they are relatively low-maintenance, don’t talk back and can be full of personality, said DWR contractor Joey Mugleston, who owns Great Basin Serpentarium in Lindon and previously worked as a biology professor at Utah Valley University.
Reporting: Jordan Miller
Photos and video courtesy Division of Wildlife Resources
- Title
- Kevin O'Leary's hyperscale data center project in Utah hits delay
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- With Utah leaders urging speed and local residents protesting that they should slow down, Box Elder County commissioners voted to delay a decision on giving final approval to a “hyperscale” data center campus and energy project.
“The thing that’s so frustrating for us, for commissioners, is all of a sudden, we’re brought this in the last hour, and we’re expected to hurry,” Commission Chair Tyler Vincent said, shortly before the three commissioners decided to table the decision.
The next meeting to vote on the project was scheduled for next Monday, May 4, at 4 p.m. at the Box Elder County Fairgrounds Fine Arts Building to accommodate the crowd. The larger venue was chosen after some 80 people packed the commission chamber Monday, spilling out into the hallway.
Some of those people carried signs reading “Where’s the research,” “People before profits” and “Say no to data center.”
After the vote to delay, cheer...
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- Utah Democrats make a surprise pick
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- In a race roiled in recent weeks by scandal, Liban Mohamed, the Muslim son of Somali immigrants, pulled off a surprising upset in a crowded 1st Congressional District, winning the endorsement of a majority of Democratic delegates at the party’s state convention Saturday.
Mohamed emerged as the top choice in a field with two candidates — state Sen. Nate Blouin and Salt Lake City Council member Eva Lopez Chavez — stung by scandal in the past two weeks and a front-runner, former U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams, who some delegates viewed as too conservative.
After several rounds of ranked-choice voting, McAdams placed second.
“It’s a progressive’s time to lead. It’s the working class’ time to lead,” Mohamed said after the results were announced Saturday night. “The support is growing as people get to know us and learn about the campaign we’re running, the positivity that we seek to put out into our community, the fact that we’re focused ...
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- Latter-day Saint Young Women president talks about new class names, Sunday schedule changes and more
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- 25:15
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The push to find modern names for Young Women classes in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was not a top-down edict, but rather came from the grassroots — the girls themselves.
Shortly after the “old names” — Beehives, MIA Maids and Laurels — were retired in 2019, Young Women General President Emily Belle Freeman said, teens began writing church headquarters asking for new ones.
In short, Freeman remarked, they said in an exclusive interview with The Salt Lake Tribune, ‘“We miss that part of the program.’”
And so, when the podcaster and popular Latter-day Saint writer took the helm of the church’s program in 2023, finding new names was at the top of her to-do list.
She worked with her two counselors, the Young Women General Advisory Council and five women in their 20s — recent Young Women graduates — who represented the global church.
They sat together for months, discussing and debat...
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- Religious accommodations in higher ed: How an LDS actress influenced a new Utah law
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- 2:10
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Christina Axson sued the University of Utah over religious accommodations in 2000, and her settlement required the school to create a first-in-the-nation policy. Now that will be the standard under HB204.
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- A deep dive into the latest LDS membership stats
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- 27:14
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- There was plenty of good growth news — at least on its books — for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2025: a record number of convert baptisms of more than 385,000; an overall global membership climbing ever closer to 18 million; and at least 44 nations or territories with annual growth rates above 10%.
At the same time, the United States, the nation with the most Latter-day Saints, saw its net raw numbers decline for the first time, and children of record continued to lag well below 100,000.
On this week’s show, we dissect the latest data — from the exceptional expansions in parts of the Global South to the stagnant figures in other parts of the world — with independent researcher Matt Martinich, who tracks such data for the websites cumorah.com and ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com.
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- Inside Samuel Bateman’s polygamous sect: Nomz Bistline on abuse, jail and starting over
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- 19:09
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Nomz Bistline was once a false prophet's wife in breakaway FLDS group. Now she’s telling her story — from abuse and control to jail and a new freedom.
Read the story:
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/21/inside-samuel-batemans-polygamous
(Reporting: Jessica Schreifels, Trent Nelson | Video: Trent Nelson)
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- It’s a cafe by day and a bar at night. Welcome to Mother in downtown SLC.
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Hello, Eaters! Mother Cafe & Bar is a cool downtown hangout that changes its outfit based on the time of day you visit. As it says on the front door, Mother is “coffee by day, rhythm by night,” meaning you can order a latte and work on your laptop during the day, or dance with a cocktail in your hand into the night.
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- Utah’s moose are being killed by tiny ticks. The state is looking for ways to reverse the trend.
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- One of Utah’s largest mammals is being taken down by something smaller than a penny.
Moose in the Wasatch Mountains are being “sucked to death” by ticks, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources researcher Kent Hersey said, explaining a decades-long decline in their population. Warmer winters, meanwhile, mean a boom for the parasite’s population, so biologists are working on a solution to stave off the pests.
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/20/utah-moose-population-decline-is
Reporting by: Jordan Miller
Video by: Jordan Miller
Media provided by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
- Title
- Cameras could sway potential Tyler Robinson trial jurors, expert warns
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A defense expert warned Friday that a “sensational and misleading” wave of media coverage — amplified by cameras in the courtroom — has already shaped public opinion of the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, and could jeopardize Tyler Robinson's right to a fair trial.
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- An apostle's plan to prevent 'old men' from running the church
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- 29:11
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The three most recent presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints died at ages 101, 90 and 97.
In fact (not counting founder Joseph Smith) church presidents live to an average age of 87. And the current leader, Dallin Oaks, is 93.
Decades ago, liberal apostle Hugh B. Brown, a self-proclaimed “rebel,” saw this emerging gerontocracy as a problem and proposed a remedy, which included granting emeritus status at age 70 to all apostles, even members of the governing First Presidency.
In addition, Brown wasn’t particularly fond of how tradition has enshrined the process for picking church presidents and attempted to change it.
On this week’s show, historian Matthew Harris, author of the acclaimed “Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality” and who is writing a biography of Brown, discusses the apostle’s views on succession and aging leaders.
Brown “had strong feeli...
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- This real-life Alta couple named king and queen of Corbet's Couloir -
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Skiers Piper Kunst and Tristen Lilly, who became a couple after meeting at Alta Ski Area four years ago, are the newly crowned Queen and King of Corbet's after winning the freeride ski and snowboard contest held annually in Corbet's Couloir at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.
Reporting: Julie Jag
Media: Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
Editing: Nicole Weaver
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- Visit a hibernating bear in its den
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Every winter for decades, small groups of wildlife biologists have quietly performed den checks across Utah. They look at the health of the animals, take measurements, check for cubs and replace tracking collars — all of which can be used to monitor the health of the local bear population.
Reporting: Julie Jag
Video: Francisco Kjolseth
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Utah Grizzlies superfan prepares for team’s last game in the state
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Syracuse resident Guy Morgan is preparing to take his seat at the Maverik Center to cheer on his favorite team — The Utah Grizzlies — one final time.
On Sunday afternoon, the ECHL team will play its final game in Utah before moving to Trenton, New Jersey starting next season.
The move will leave people like Morgan — a diehard fan for nearly 30 years — devastated.
Video by Trevor Christensen of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- This Utah community radio station is in good health — and even opening a new concert venue
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- You might enjoy listening to some of Utah’s up-and-coming bands on KRCL, the Salt Lake City-based community radio station, 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 at 509 W. 300 North, thanks to a construction project announced last week. The build-out will include a 200-person indoor venue for concerts, panel discussions and other events.
Video by Chris Samuels of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- Taylor Frankie Paul’s ‘volatile’ behavior described in Utah court hearing
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Utah influencer Taylor Frankie Paul must be supervised while visiting one of her children after a court commissioner said he was concerned about the reality TV star’s “volatile” behavior during interactions with the child’s father.
Paul and her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, appeared virtually in 3rd District Court on Tuesday as their lawyers argued over dueling requests for protective orders and new domestic violence allegations involving “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” cast members.
“I have concerns going both ways, quite frankly,” Commissioner Russell Minas said.
But after reviewing evidence — including a video Mortensen filmed during a 2025 fight between the couple — Minas ultimately granted Mortensen’s protective order request.
“Regardless, the reactions, even if he was trying to provoke a response [from her], are very troubling,” Minas said. “No thought [was] put into the effect this might have on...
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- A new DNA profile of Ted Bundy could help solve these Utah cold cases
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Utah has a new tool that could help solve several decades-old cold cases that investigators have long suspected were linked to infamous serial killer Ted Bundy.
The breakthrough comes as investigators announced last week they closed a more than 50-year-old cold case involving the killing of Utah teen Laura Ann Aime, who was found dead in American Fork Canyon in 1974.
(Reporting: Samantha Moilanen | Video: Nicole Weaver)
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- Does the LDS General Conference format need changing?
- Runtime
- 37:41
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- At least four aspects of the just-completed General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stood out:
• The Easter weekend focus on the death, resurrection and Atonement of Jesus Christ.
• A solemn assembly combined with Dallin H. Oaks’ first conference sermon as the 18th church president.
• A record number of convert baptisms in 2025.
• The choice of an African woman to lead the faith’s Primary organization for children.
Oaks gave a powerful talk about peace, definitely a timely topic. And the elevation of the first African as head of any of the faith’s global organizations was historic. But the weekend falling on Easter meant that most of the talks began to sound alike — even repetitive — and quite similar to what you might hear at any Christian church on that sacred holiday.
That begs a number of questions: Is it time to rethink the structure and substance of these ...
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- Global flavors shine at The Brick, a new restaurant in a familiar Salt Lake City location
- Runtime
- 0:37
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The Brick has opened on 800 East in Salt Lake City, with a menu influenced by Spanish, Italian, Mexican and American cuisines.
- Title
- Visit a hibernating bear in its den
- Runtime
- 4:17
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Every winter for decades, small groups of wildlife biologists have quietly performed den checks across Utah. They look at the health of the animals, take measurements, check for cubs and replace tracking collars — all of which can be used to monitor the health of the local bear population.
Reporting: Julie Jag
Video: Francisco Kjolseth
The Salt Lake Tribune
- Title
- Shots fired after car drives into Black Lives Matter protestors in Provo, Utah
- Runtime
- 8:05
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A group protesting police brutality gathered at the intersection of University Avenue and Center Street in Provo, Utah, on June 29, 2020, as part of nationwide Black Lives Matter protests. A second group arrived to express their support for police. Shortly after 8:30 p.m., protesters were in the street, blocking cars, when a large, white SUV heading south on University Avenue pushed its way through a crowd of protesters, knocking several of them aside.
Jesse Taggart, who would later say he feared for his life — and the lives of others — shot twice at the SUV, hitting the driver, Kenneth Dudley, once.
On April 6, 2026, Taggart was given a 15-year-to-life prison sentence after being convicted by a jury of attempted aggravated murder and other serious crimes.
Video by Trevor Christensen
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- Man who shot at SUV during 2020 BLM protest sentenced
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Jesse Taggart has long said he fired his gun at an SUV during a Black Lives Matter protest in Provo because he feared for his life — and the lives of others.
A jury didn’t believe him, convicting him of attempted aggravated murder and other serious crimes. And on Monday, nearly six years after the shooting, a Utah County judge handed down the maximum punishment: a 15-year-to-life prison sentence.
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- 5,000 people and 270 weiner dogs showed up ready to race at the 2026 Millcreek Doxie Derby
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- 5,000 people and 270 weiner dogs showed up ready to race at the third annual Millcreek Doxie Derby last weekend.
Bad Brad Wheeler is the president of the National Wiener Racing Association, which hosts the event. Wheeler also emceed these wiener dog Olympics.
“I got started weiner dog racing by my good friend Kevin Kirk,” Wheeler said, referencing the owner of the iconic Heavy Metal Shop who started weiner dog races 10 years ago.
“After doing that first race for Kevin, something hypnotized me about weiner dog racing,” Wheeler said. “It’s contagious.”
A portion of the proceeds from the event will support the Rocky Mountain Dachshund Rescue.
Video by Palak Jayswal and Nicole Weaver of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- Scout brought Utah dog lovers together with DogFriendlySLC. Now, they’re mourning him.
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- All dogs go to heaven, they say. Scout the golden retriever helped Utah pups go to bars, cafes and concerts first. This week, the pooch behind DogFriendlySLC on Instagram died and his 40,000 followers are mourning.
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- ICE agent smashes window, arrests three during Utah traffic stop
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A video taken by a U.S. citizen shows an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and state officers arrest three occupants of a vehicle during a traffic stop in Ogden, Utah on Monday, March 30.
In a statement, the Utah Highway Patrol says the vehicle was pulled over for speeding on Interstate 15. The driver did not have a valid drivers license, according to UHP, and the trooper notified a Weber County Sheriff’s deputy, who was being accompanied by ICE agents at the time.
The person who took the video was arrested and released later that day. The driver and passenger’s exact whereabouts are unknown.
Read more here: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/02/ogden-video-shows-ice-with-utah
Video courtesy Anthony Valencia
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- Shaun White brings Snow League to Park City, filling Sundance gap
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Shaun White will team up with Park City Mountain to bring his Snow League halfpipe ski and snowboard competition to Utah. The "multi-year agreement" means Utah will have a superpipe for the first time in seven years.
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- Ted Bundy killed Utah teen found dead more than 50 years ago
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A Utah cold case has come to a close.
Infamous serial killer Ted Bundy has long been considered the person who killed 17-year-old Laura Ann Aime, who disappeared on Halloween in 1974 and was found a month later by hikers in American Fork Canyon.
Even Aime’s family had come to that conclusion, her younger sister, Michelle Impala, said. He was never charged in the Salem teen’s death, though he included her as he confessed to murders in Utah and other states just before his January 1989 execution in Florida.
But on Wednesday came confirmation: Newly tested DNA evidence definitely shows Bundy was Aime’s killer, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office announced.
“This case is now officially closed,” Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith said during a news conference.
Smith said investigators used “new forensics techniques” to confirm Bundy killed the teen. He said if Bundy were alive today, they would pursue criminal charges...
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- Ted Bundy killed Utah teen found dead more than 50 years ago
- Runtime
- 19:27
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A Utah cold case has come to a close.
Infamous serial killer Ted Bundy has long been considered the person who killed 17-year-old Laura Ann Aime, who disappeared on Halloween in 1974 and was found a month later by hikers in American Fork Canyon.
Even Aime’s family had come to that conclusion, her younger sister, Michelle Impala, said. He was never charged in the Salem teen’s death, though he included her as he confessed to murders in Utah and other states just before his January 1989 execution in Florida.
But on Wednesday came confirmation: Newly tested DNA evidence definitely shows Bundy was Aime’s killer, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office announced.
“This case is now officially closed,” Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith said during a news conference.
Smith said investigators used “new forensics techniques” to confirm Bundy killed the teen. He said if Bundy were alive today, they would pursue criminal charges...
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- What women as Sunday school presidents means for the LDS Church
- Runtime
- 28:13
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently announced that women could now serve in Sunday school presidencies, a position that has traditionally been filled by men.
Allowing women to oversee the teaching of scriptures and church doctrine to members was seen by many as a further move toward gender equity.
The news, though, came with a caveat: If a woman were named as president, her two counselors would also have to be women. Same with men. That element caused much consternation at a change that might have brought unalloyed delight.
So was this a big stride or simply a little step? What are the implications, if any, for the global faith?
Discussing those questions and more are Emily Jensen, web editor for Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, and LaShawn Williams, a clinical social worker in Orem with a private practice and current president of the Mormon Mental Health Association.
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- A behind-the-scenes look at the LDS Church’s most iconic instrument and the man who keeps it in tune
- Runtime
- 2:57
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- It has been a symbol in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for more than 160 years.
You see it on television and hear it on the radio every week. You find it whenever you reach for the faith’s hymnal. For decades, it loomed as the most prominent fixture at General Conference.
But to Joseph Nielsen, the Salt Lake Tabernacle’s famed pipe organ is more than a musical companion to a celebrated choir’s weekly performances, more than an embossed image on a songbook, more than a majestic monument to the pioneer past, more than an emblem of a global religion.
To Nielsen, it’s personal.
Video by Trevor Christensen of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- ‘Mormons in Media’ crossover: Which 'Secret Lives' messes actually tie back to the LDS Church?
- Runtime
- 1:01:03
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- It has been the month of breaking news surrounding reality television in Utah. From Season 4 of 'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' premiering, to Taylor Frankie Paul's 'Bachelorette' season being cancelled, to Jessi from 'Secret Lives' getting divorced to then sending flowers to a friend for kissing her ex-husband...there is a lot to unpack!
On this 'Mormons in Media' crossover, we discuss what ties back to religion and what is just drama. Plus, we talk about deconstructing religion on missions and GLP-1 addiction and how that ties back into the "Utah beauty standard." Will certain things stay black and white or are we entering a grey area?
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- Inside a musical instrument unlike any other
- Runtime
- 8:57
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- It has been a symbol in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for more than 160 years.
You see it on television and hear it on the radio every week. You find it whenever you reach for the faith’s hymnal. For decades, it loomed as the most prominent fixture at General Conference.
But to Joseph Nielsen, the Salt Lake Tabernacle’s famed pipe organ is more than a musical companion to a celebrated choir’s weekly performances, more than an embossed image on a songbook, more than a majestic monument to the pioneer past, more than an emblem of a global religion.
To Nielsen, it’s personal.
The master organ technician has played the pioneer pipes and maintained the organ’s entire system for the past three years.
In this job, Nielsen is living his, well, pipe dream, tending not only to the Tabernacle’s iconic instrument but also to all the organs across Temple Square.
“I call it the temple of ton...
- Title
- No Kings: Thousands rally in Utah to protest President Donald Trump
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- From St. George to Logan, thousands of Utahns gathered in the streets Saturday to protest President Donald Trump as part of the third national “No Kings” day of protests.
Through signs, chants and songs, protesters railed against Trump and his policies, as well as the proposed ICE detention center in Salt Lake City, the war in Iran, the Jeffrey Epstein files and more in rallies across the state.
The Salt Lake City crowd marched through shut down streets from Washington Square Park to the Capitol, with many shouting, “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA,” along with, “Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go.”
Video by Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- A colorful party welcomes spring to Utah
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- After a mild winter, spring is back in a wide array of colors.
And at the annual Holi Festival of Colors at Spanish Fork’s Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple, colors are not only meant to be enjoyed but also thrown.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the celebration in Utah — save for the year it was canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The event, which drew hundreds of Utahns on Saturday, also includes a variety of activities, food and exotic animals. Guests can participate in dancing, feeding the animals, yoga and, of course, the legendary throwing of colorful powders.
Video by Dylan Eubank
The Salt Lake Tribune
