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Lawsuit: MIDA and Box Elder County leaders allegedly violated residents’ rights in O’Leary data center plan

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Kevin O’Leary to scale back Utah project — says it won’t be ‘the largest data center in the world’

By Megan Banta | Jun. 5, 2026, 2:00 a.m.

Summit County woman dies in rare avalanche on world’s 5th-highest peak

By Julie Jag | Jun. 4, 2026, 2:42 p.m.

The Salt Palace is slated to be closed for 3 years. Here’s what will happen to Utah’s FanX Pop Culture and Comic Convention.

Dubbing June ‘Fidelity Month,’ Gov. Cox continues rightward shift away from being first to recognize Pride

(Adobe Stock, sponsored) | Utah’s population is projected to grow from nearly 3.6 million in 2025 to 5.6 million by 2065.

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(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A drug bust by the Grand County Sheriff's Office along this stretch of Interstate 70 was central to a complaint against Sheriff Jamison Wiggins.

In Grand County, allegations against a sheriff met a system reluctant to act

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Lawsuit: MIDA and Box Elder County leaders allegedly violated residents’ rights in O’Leary data center plan

Man shot, killed by Ogden Police while allegedly stabbing victim inside apartment

Kevin O’Leary to scale back Utah project — says it won’t be ‘the largest data center in the world’

Sports

Gordon Monson: How much would you sell your Utah Jazz NBA Finals tickets for?

Why a Utah football player testified before U.S. senators this week

Gordon Monson: Salt Lake City now ranks as one of the country’s best sports cities, ahead of Philly, Boston and Denver

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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hansel Valley on Friday, May 1, 2026. A progressive nonprofit and five Box Elder County residents are suing the government officials who greenlit the Stratos hyperscale data center plan in this remote part of northern Utah.

Lawsuit: MIDA and Box Elder County leaders allegedly violated residents’ rights in O’Leary data center plan

(Ogden City Police Department) One person was killed early Thursday after being shot by an Ogden police officer during an incident in which the suspect was allegedly stabbing another man.

Man shot, killed by Ogden Police while allegedly stabbing victim inside apartment

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Entrepreneur Kevin O'Leary speaks while being interviewed by The Salt Lake Tribune on Monday, June 1, 2026.

Kevin O’Leary to scale back Utah project — says it won’t be ‘the largest data center in the world’

(Sandy Huffaker | The New York Times) From left, Dan Denham of the San Diego County Water Authority; Scott Cameron of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Tom Buschatzke of the Arizona Department of Water Resources; and Colby Pellegrino of the Southern Nevada Water Authority toast with glasses of water at the Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Carlsbad, Calif., on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.

Arizona and Nevada agree to trade Colorado River rights for desalinated Pacific Ocean water

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POLITICS

Stephanie Hollist is ‘willing to call out boondoggles’ in GOP challenge to Utah Senate president

Dubbing June ‘Fidelity Month,’ Gov. Cox continues rightward shift away from being first to recognize Pride

A conservative lightning rod faces a Davis County commissioner in Utah House District 16 primary

Opinion

Letter: I can imagine God as a waiter at a restaurant taking Cox’s order of assorted prayers

Letter: What kind of a Democrat do Utahns need in Congress? The answer seems obvious.

Opinion: Going to Europe this summer? Good luck.

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Latest from Mormon Land: Are former LDS more likely to be Democrats or Republicans?

‘Mormon Land’: Legendary poet Carol Lynn Pearson on how she loves ‘parts’ of the LDS Church — and ‘left’ others

Culture

The Downtown Farmers Market will look different this year. Here’s what’s changing.

‘I don’t want to move, I love Utah’: Tan France shares why he is moving

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