The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah Pioneer Day: Annual cattle drive kicks off the start of The Utah Days of '47 Rodeo
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- Utah Pioneer Day: Annual cattle drive kicks off the start of The Utah Days of '47 Rodeo
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 2 months 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
- 3 months ago
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- 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
- 3 months ago
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- 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"
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 3 months 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.
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- 1:41
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
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- 2:41
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
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- 20:29
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
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- 2:45
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
- 3 months 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
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- 2:14:05
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
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- 5:11:29
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
- 3 months 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
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- 54:30
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
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- 13:02
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
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- 24:23
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
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- 2:24:11
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
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- 9:53
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
- 3 months 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
- 3 months 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...
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- Head coach Kalani Sitake talks about BYU football culture
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
- 3 months 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
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- 1:17:13
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
- 3 months 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.
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- Tyler Robinson preliminary hearing: full day 1
- Runtime
- 5:12:08
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
- 3 months 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
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- 14:15
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
- 3 months 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.
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- UVU police officer described Charlie Kirk's death
- Runtime
- 11:08
- Date posted
- 3 months 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
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- Tribune journalist recounts what she's seeing at Charlie Kirk killing hearings
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 3 months 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.
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- Watch what a Tribune journalist saw where hearings in Charlie Kirk's death are taking place
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 3 months 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.
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- The parents of Tyler Robinson, who is accused of killing Charlie Kirk, arrive at court
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- 0:37
- Date posted
- 3 months 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.
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- Charlie Kirk's parents arrive at court for a preliminary hearing for the killing of their son.
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- 0:19
- Date posted
- 3 months 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.
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- Pine Valley’s forests adapted with wildfire. Here’s why the Forsyth Fire was so destructive.
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 3 months 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.
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- Brushfire in Provo
- Runtime
- 0:21
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
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- A mountain on fire as seen from Provo.
- Runtime
- 0:11
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
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- Utah man tours his now-destroyed cabin after the Cottonwood Fire
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- For the first time last week, some residents and cabin owners were allowed to return to the mountains near Beaver, Utah, to see their properties and assess the damage done by the massive Cottonwood Fire that has raged since June 22.
“You look around and everything is just annihilated,” James Bybee, 58, said. “It literally looks like someone dropped an atomic bomb in the area.”
At nearly 94,000 acres, it is the sixth-largest wildfire in state history and currently the largest actively burning in the country. Early estimates from fire officials documented that 150 structures have been turned to rubble so far.
Courtesy footage provided by James Bybee.
Read the full story at sltrib.com.
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- A mythical river in Utah? How a 1776 adventure messed with generations.
- Runtime
- 8:06
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- On July 4, Utahns across the state will celebrate Independence Day. This year, it will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the country’s founding document signed by the delegates at the Second Continental Congress in 1776.
The story of the American Revolution is often focused on the original thirteen colonies, but the story of the United States at the time of the revolution is not a monolithic one.
In fact, on the other side of the continent, in the area that would eventually become the state of Utah, 1776 marked a historic turning point: For the first time in recorded history, European explorers came to Utah.
On July 29, 1776, just weeks after the colonies first declared their independence from Britain, an expedition led by Spanish missionaries Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante left New Mexico in search of a land route to the mission in Monterey, California. With the help of indigenous guides, the ...
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- Are Latter-day Saints Christian? Pete Hegseth's spiritual adviser says no
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- In the "ideal" world of Doug Wilson, who is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's spiritual adviser, Latter-day Saints would not be allowed to hold office. Why? Because, in Wilson's view, they are not Christians.
In fact, he seems not sure they should even be allowed to vote.
Here is the full interview of Wilson by Salt Lake Tribune religion reporter Tamarra Kemsley.
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- Are Latter-day Saints Christian? Pete Hegseth's spiritual adviser says no
- Runtime
- 45:23
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- In the "ideal" world of Doug Wilson, who is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's spiritual adviser, Latter-day Saints would not be allowed to hold office. Why? Because, in Wilson's view, they are not Christians.
In fact, he seems not sure they should even be allowed to vote.
Here is the full interview of Wilson by Salt Lake Tribune religion reporter Tamarra Kemsley.
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- Cleon Skousen's impact on LDS scriptural interpretation
- Runtime
- 0:51
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- There was a time in the 1960s when W. Cleon Skousen, who died in 2006 at 92, was a widely known and controversial conservative figure in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Skousen was a popular speaker, teacher and writer, whose books about scriptures reflected a literal, nonmodernist approach to the Bible.
He was a zealous anti-communist who freely mixed his Mormonism with his political views. He worked for a time as a special agent for the FBI and later as Salt Lake City’s police chief. His books — including “The First 2,000 Years” and “The Naked Communist” — became ubiquitous in Latter-day Saint homes as members grappled with the Cold War and predictions of an imminent apocalypse.
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- Why this past LDS anti-communist zealot is relevant today
- Runtime
- 37:21
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- There was a time in the 1960s when W. Cleon Skousen, who died in 2006 at 92, was a widely known and controversial conservative figure in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Skousen was a popular speaker, teacher and writer, whose books about scriptures reflected a literal, nonmodernist approach to the Bible.
He was a zealous anti-communist who freely mixed his Mormonism with his political views. He worked for a time as a special agent for the FBI and later as Salt Lake City’s police chief. His books — including “The First 2,000 Years” and “The Naked Communist” — became ubiquitous in Latter-day Saint homes as members grappled with the Cold War and predictions of an imminent apocalypse.
On this week’s show, Latter-day Saint historian Benjamin Park, who is working on a biography of Skousen, discusses the man’s early beginnings and why his works are finding an unexpected audience among President Donald Trump’s supporte...
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- What’s the right way for Latter-day Saints to sing African American spirituals?
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Krispin Banks, a Black Latter-day Saint musician, said in The Salt Lake Tribune’s “Mormon Land” podcast that Latter-day Saints need to educate themselves about the history, power and purpose of the gospel music making its way into the church’s new hymnbook.
Here he sings part of “‘Tis the Old Ship of Zion,” which was very prominent in Black churches 30 or 40 years ago.
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- The real Joseph Smith? LDS researchers unveil a new portrait and sculpture of the church's founder.
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- With a shortage of photographs and accurate paintings of Mormon prophet Joseph Smith, the facial characteristics of the faith’s founder have been the subject of debate for decades.
Yet new research may sway public opinion as two Latter-day Saint researchers displayed a new portrait and sculpture of the religious leader on Saturday at Utah Valley University.
Unveiled on the 182nd anniversary of the day Smith and his brother Hyrum were slain, the two art pieces offer potential new insights into Brother Joseph’s life.
The depictions, created by Latter-day Saint artist Joseph Brickey, are based on research and a recently surfaced daguerreotype that an increasing number of experts and observers believe may be the only known photograph of the first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Although the Utah-based faith has yet to draw a conclusion about the image, which it recently acquired, Latter-day Saint research...
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- Utahns worry proposed data center could transform the ‘mythical American West’
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- 2:56
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- On the road to the proposed Stratos data center project, you will see more cows than people.
From Interstate 15 near Brigham City and Corinne, it takes more than an hour traveling on mostly dirt and gravel roads to get to the edge of the site where Kevin O’Leary intends to build a massive data center campus.
Nearby, the Salt Wells — an area where the developers had applied for but since withdrawn an application for water rights — are a quiet, wide open space where birds flit around grasses and swim in streams, dragonflies dance above springs and water bubbles up from the ground.
Rhonda Lauritzen, whose family owns property nearby for the business her parents founded, describes western Box Elder County as the “mythical American West.”
Video by Trevor Christensen of The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Live in Utah? Tell a Tribune video producer where to visit
- Runtime
- 0:29
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Where should we go? The Salt Lake Tribune’s video producer, Abigail Landwehr, is launching a new video series exploring Utah, and she wants your ideas.
Tell us about the places, events or hidden gems you think deserve the spotlight in the comments. Your suggestion could become our next video.
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- Darryn Peterson comes to Utah as the newest member of the Utah Jazz
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Darryn Peterson, the newest member of the Utah Jazz, arrived in Salt Lake City on Friday and held his first news conference Saturday.
Video: Jason Batacao & Kyle Hansen
The Salt Lake Tribune
