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The Other Side Donuts is no ordinary doughnut shop. 100% of the proceeds from the purchase of doughnuts goes toward The Other Side Village, a neighborhood of tiny houses for formerly homeless Utahns that has long been promised for the west side.

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Toxic chemicals released into the environment can cause cancer and damage your brain. The majority in Utah come from a single source.

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Instead of accepting defeat in the 2024 Utah Republican gubernatorial primary election, Phil Lyman seems to be hanging his fading chances of wresting the party nomination away from Spencer Cox on a long shot allegation that the signatures Cox used to qualify for the ballot may not be legitimate.

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While Utah hasn’t dealt with a devastating fire yet, residents are starting to deal with the fallout of those risks with their insurance.

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Multiple media reports say that the Jazz are considering trade offers for Lauri Markkanen. How did we get here, and what happens now?

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Utah Food Bank has about 80 free summer meal sites in the Salt Lake Valley they co-host with local school districts. The food bank hands out lunches to every child under 18 who wants one from 10:30-11:30 a.m. every weekday through mid-August.

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Utah won’t have to implement federal air quality standards anytime soon thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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A Utah State University employee continued to collect paychecks for more than two years while there was little evidence he completed any work — even as other staff repeatedly reported frustration over it.

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Jason Batacao: "As I continue to soak in what this city and the U. have to offer, I hope you follow my coverage moving forward. It’s an interesting time in college athletics, with seemingly daily changes to NIL and conference realignment."

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At one booth, Dragon Dads were offering “dad hugs” to passersby, with a menu to choose from: “side hug, bro-hug and triple back pat, big squishy dad bear hug and awkwardly long hug.” Behind them a mermaid lounged next to a fountain with a large sign that read, “You are not alone.”

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Rocky Mountain Power, which supplies electricity to four-fifths of Utah, is asking the state for a whopping 30.6% increase in power rates in the next 18 months.

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A Supreme Court ruling on Friday effectively ended the “Chevron Deference,” a doctrine that’s largely shaped American law for the past 40 years. The decision will significantly cut federal agencies’ power.

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Mary Peterson, new owner of The SunTrapp, says she hopes to bring back karaoke and drag shows, and start a queer flea market.

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Salt Lake City could get tougher on its enforcement of homeless camps following a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

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After a transgender woman was arrested for two killings in Washington City, members of the LGBTQ+ community in Utah are calling for more civility and a ceasefire in the ongoing cultural wars that are dividing the state and nation.

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Four Utahns, all in different areas of the movie business, talk about working on Kevin Costner's Western epic "Horizon: An American Saga." The first chapter opens in theater nationwide on June 28.

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A federal judge has ruled it was not racist for state officials to suspend a land sale around eastern Utah’s Tabby Mountain — even though it expressly prevented the Ute Indian Tribe from buying back some of its ancestral homelands.

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Two counties in Utah had some of the most housing growth in the nation last year — but not all of that growth was for people planning to live there. Much of it was for investment or second properties.

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Less than a decade after Alta Ski Area installed its Supreme lift, it is making plans to replace it.

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BREAKING: Gov. Spencer Cox is projected to defeat convention winner Phil Lyman in primary.

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Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s jabs at KSL continue — this time over the news outlet’s coverage of a transgender double homicide suspect in Washington City.

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These 2 Utah universities are eliminating all cultural centers — going beyond the state’s anti-DEI requirements.

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Washington County is getting serious about saving water, even as the Lake Powell pipeline seems like a pipe dream.

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Utah leaders have long been hostile to wolves. The Legislature has granted over $5 million to anti-wolf groups over the last decade. While the state has fought the designation, wolves are protected under the Endangered Species Act in most of Utah.

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These Joseph Smith revelations were never canonized. A new book seeks to bring attention to them for Latter-day Saints and other readers.

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The Other Side community planned for Salt Lake City's west side was pitched as a key tool in fighting homelessness. It’s been dogged by delays and still awaits its first resident.

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World Refugee Day celebrates the diverse refugee communities in Utah with food trucks and concerts that showcase the different cultures. This year was the 20th anniversary of the event.
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Utah state Representative Kera Birkeland on Saturday insinuated the cause of the Mia Bailey murders may be due to gender-affirming hormonal therapy, despite a lack of scientific evidence to support her claim.

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Trent Staggs used his position as an elected official to help secure a business deal and bolster his company’s bona fides, a review of public meetings and financial disclosures by The Tribune found.

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Gordon Monson: How can so many of my fellow Latter-day Saints vote for Donald Trump? By ignoring the principles in which they say they believe.

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Does Utah have the power to ignore new federal Title IX directives as the Legislature voted to do Wednesday, before the state’s case challenging them has its day in court?

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In the latest news in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we talk about the controversies surrounding temple steeples; the cost of the Kirtland Temple purchase; LDS civil rights; same-sex LDS couples; and the call for an apology for the church's former priesthood/temple ban.

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Of the 12,000 trans bathroom complaints filed, Utah auditor John Dougall said only 5 were potentially plausible. But after investigating, even those 5 turned out to be meritless.

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The director of the nonprofit Disabled Hikers called Mike Lee's bill “a blatant attempt to scapegoat disability as an excuse to build more roads.”

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Utahns and graduates from Utah institutions who spoke to The Tribune had different college experiences — and different opinions about the worth of their degrees.

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Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital is opening a first-of-its-kind behavioral health center in Taylorsville. The $96 million campus will offer specialized mental health treatment and neurodivergent care for children of all ages, officials announced Monday.

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An apology for the LDS Church's Black priesthood ban was needed “a long time ago,” says Rachel Weaver, co-founder of the Black Menaces group at church-owned Brigham Young University. “It’s always been necessary.”

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John Dougall rejects Donald Trump and MAGA. Will it lead to a 2024 congressional GOP primary win?

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One of Alpine's last remaining pioneer dwellings, the Carlisle House, was bulldozed in May. City officials, nonprofits and concerned residents tried to save it, but “there is a dumpster full of history somewhere in Utah County now,” an advocate said.

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When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead Despite past misconduct, some former therapists have continued their careers as life coaches. Now, after a high-profile conviction in Utah, legislators are asking whether it’s time for more oversight.

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A Park City mother and father allege the Park City School District failed to adequately investigate reports of bullying against their son. The district was previously investigated for its handling of racial, antisemitic and sexual harassment reports.

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Sailfest returned to the Great Salt Lake Saturday for the first time in five years. The event was canceled in previous years because of low lake levels and the pandemic. "This is a celebration," said GSL Yacht Club's Steve Harty.

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Almost all of ENVE’s operations, from engineering to manufacturing to sales and marketing, happen in one 80,000-square-foot Ogden building. Take a look inside.

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Some same-sex Latter-day Saints have been ousted from the church; others haven’t. They appear to be at the mercy of the views of an ever-rotating slate of local lay leaders.

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More and more participants are on electric motorcycles or gas-powered minibikes and “doing donuts or smoke-outs," said police spokesperson Brent Weisberg. “Really unsafe behavior that threatens even the other cyclists who are out on these events,” he said.

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Nearly a fifth of shareholders in a California construction company are concerned about a proposed limestone quarry in Parleys Canyon.

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Utah Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney voted Thursday not to advance a bill to protect access to in vitro fertilization and, in a joint statement, said Democrats are just trying to scare women.

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Turning vacant buildings and empty parking lots into housing is just one solution outlined in a new report from the Utah Foundation.

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The Utah Legislature will meet in a special session on Juneteenth and attempt to use a newly passed law to block enforcement of new federal regulations aimed at protecting transgender students in schools.

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