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Utah reports 430 new cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths Scott D. Pierce © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A nurse from test Utah tests for Covid-19 in the parking lot of the South East Health Department, in Moab, on Friday, May 14, 2021. Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for . The number of new cases of COVID-19 jumped back above 400 on Wednesday, and the state reported four mo...

Eight more people have been hospitalized with the disease since Saturday.

An unabashed activist, the Rev. Tom Goldsmith battled for the climate, immigrants and LGBTQ individuals and against nukes and the LDS Church’s Main Street Plaza.

West Ridge Academy staffer criminally charged after he allegedly fractured a teen’s wrist Jessica Miller © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) West Ridge Academy in West Jordan, on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. A staffer at a Utah facility for “troubled teens” is facing a child abuse charge after prosecutors say he fractured a teen’s wrist during a restraint. Tyler Haun Feinga, 21, was charged last week with the class A misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to a y...

After tension over her speaking, here’s what the wife of the LDS president told graduates at Utah Valley University Courtney Tanner (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Graduates listen in their cars, as commencement speaker, Wendy Watson Nelson speaks, at Utah Valley Universitys graduation program in Orem, on Friday, May 7, 2021. © Rick Egan In the face of concern and controversy over her speaking, Wendy Watson Nelson — a former family therapist and the wife of the pres...

LDS Church urges court to toss out James Huntsman’s lawsuit, says his bid for tithing refund is ‘without merit’ Tony Semerad © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Administration Building, on South Temple in Salt Lake City, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. The church has asked a federal court to reject a fraud lawsuit filed against it by James Huntsman. Lawyers for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain...

Lawsuit claims UPD officer who shot and killed an unarmed Utah man fired 5 times after man had fallen to the ground Paighten Harkins © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Luciano Pena-Valencia, Bryan Pena-Valencias son, poses with Mario Herrera at the memorial for Bryan Pena-Valencia on Saturday, March 20, 2021. Bryan Pena-Valencia was killed in March 2020 by Unified police officer Omar Flores. He was unarmed. Herrera filed a lawsuit on behalf of Bryan Pena-Valencia...

Why Utah’s Chris Stewart got the vaccine but says you shouldn’t shame people who don’t Matt Canham © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Chris Stewart talks to Utah Republican Party chairman Derek Brown at the Utah Association of Realtors office in Sandy, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism. Sen. Mike Lee is vaccinated. So are Rep. Chris Ste...

Scientists have identified nearly 300 coronavirus variant cases in Utah Andy Larsen © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jonathan Pimble, AEMT, administers a Covid -19 vaccination to Jerome Little, during a resource fair on Rio Grande Street, on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for . The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) announced 344 new coronavirus cases on ...

Tiny homes for the homeless? The idea could become a reality by this winter, Salt Lake City mayor says. Taylor Stevens © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Local architect Jeff White stands on an underused site on the west side of Salt Lake City as he holds a model showing what his tiny home community might look like, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for s...