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DeMar DeRozan Issues Blunt Message to Critics Amid Miami Heat Trade Rumors
As their expected final piece to help turn the Kings into a contender this past season, Sacramento brought in the 6x All-Star DeMar DeRozan. However, the irony couldn’t be more apparent as he put up even lesser numbers than his last three seasons....

2025 Utah Great Reads from Great Places
Utah Humanities Press Release Morgan Sjogren’s Path of Light: A Walk Through Colliding Legacies of Glen Canyon and Emily Inouye Huey and Kaye Kang’s Wat Kept Playing selected to Utah at National Book Festival in Washington, DC. The Utah Center for...

Utah's first bar to make the James Beard list raises the game for fine drinking in Salt Lake City.
Utah's bar ecosystem has seen plenty of growth over the past decade. This exciting period of evolution is thanks to several different factors—new talent looking to prove itself, passionate locals who believe in the community, and plenty of thirsty...

Utah Republicans celebrate ‘big, beautiful bill’ passage; health advocates dismayed
Jennifer Shutt, States NewsroomHouse Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to reporters inside the Capitol building in Washington., D.C., on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Utah Republican leaders celebrated the final passage of the “big, beautiful bill”...

Utah adopted 1 new clean energy policy or incentive in 2024
Utah implemented at least one new clean energy policy or incentive supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state has...

Utah comments on latest NFIB jobs report highlighting challenges for small businesses
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released its monthly Jobs Report today, indicating that 36% of small business owners reported unfilled job openings in June, an increase from May. Casey Hill, NFIB Utah...

Trader Joe's to expand in Utah outside of Salt Lake City area
OGDEN, Utah — The uber-chic experience of shopping at Trader Joe's in Utah will be expanding outside the Salt Lake Valley for the very first time. With five locations already in and around Salt Lake City, the grocery store chain with unique...

Firework vendor works to keep prices stable as tariffs hike costs in Utah
SANDY, Utah (KUTV) — Hours before the night sky was lit up for the 4th of July, people were still doing some last-minute shopping for fireworks. And the rainy conditions didn't dampen anyone's appetite for them at Mad Matt's Fireworks in Sandy on...

↔️ Trade tracker: Details for every deal
The 2025 NBA offseason is here, and deals are getting done. On the last day of the season, the Phoenix Suns traded MVP Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets for Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks along with the No. 10 pick in the 2025 NBA draft and five...

Utah schools scramble to stretch last year’s federal money, in wake of Trump’s funding freeze
Utah school districts are scrambling to patch fall budgets this week after the Trump administration suddenly froze more than $35 million in federal K-12 funding for the state — part of a nationwide hold on $6.8 billion in education dollars. On...

Utahns lost nearly $115 million to phone call fraud in 2024
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Utahns lost nearly $115 million to fraud in the past year, with phone scams playing a major role in the financial damage, according to new data. The Federal Trade Commission reports that scam calls remain a persistent...

Bruins ‘Exploring The Trade Market’ On Second Line Forward
Getty The Boston Bruins could be looking to move on from a former first-round pick form the 2015 Draft amid summer trade talk. The Boston Bruins have made a considerable amount of moves this offseason. It started with the hiring of new head coach...

Here's how Salt Lake City wants to transform Smith's Ballpark
SALT LAKE CITY — A plan to transform Smith's Ballpark into something new has Utah's capital city swinging for the fences. A piece of the old ballpark will remain, serving as a community venue space adjacent to a portion of the field that will be...

Utah reaction to passage of H.R. 1, the Big Beautiful Bill
SALT LAKE CITY — All of Utah’s congressional delegation voted yes on H.R. 1, or the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which passed the House of Representatives on Thursday with a vote of 218 to 214. Some Utahns praise passage of H.R. 1 praised In...

5 Ways That Smart Thermostats Are Reducing AC Repair Appointments In Salt Lake City Homes!
Share Share Share Share Email Salt Lake City’s summers have become a lot drier in recent years due to climate change’s increasing impacts on The Great Salt Lake, and this has subsequently led to fluctuating seasonal temperatures and various types...

Utah man wrongfully detained by immigration officials for nearly 50 days, attorney says
MILLCREEK — A Utah man is speaking out after spending nearly 50 days in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas, despite being a lawful U.S. resident. His attorney says the federal government got it wrong — and...

Utahns watch as the largest rocket booster ever fails its first test
On Thursday, June 26, over 5,000 people flooded Promontory to watch the Northrop Grumman Corporation conduct the first of four static fire tests of NASA’s Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension’s solid rocket booster, known as BOLE, said to be...

How a 3,000-year-old beer from Ancient Egypt was revived
A history-loving homebrewer in suburban Utah has pulled off something few museums or universities have even attempted: reviving a beer that may have been the drink of choice of pyramid builders in Ancient Egypt over 3,000 years ago. Without the...

1 gas station in cities throughout Utah County had the cheapest E15 gas in week ending June 28
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Utah County selling E15...

Red, white and blue pride: So where does Utah land in a national 'patriotism' poll?
WASHINGTON — Patriotism is an oft-spoken word around Independence Day — and whenever there are historic moments grabbing Americans' attention, such as U.S. military conflicts or a presidential election. With the Fourth of July holiday and the...