Banking on Banners

Banners are big business for in-plants. According to the 2024 IPI study, “Trends and Services in the In-plant Industry,” 90% of in-plants produce banners. This year’s “In-plant Equipment Investment Trends” research further revealed that 17% of...

Better Business Bureau issues scam alert

BBB is issuing a warning following an increase in reports of fraudulent heavy equipment dealers operating across Utah and other U.S. states. The scam typically involves fraudulent websites, impersonated businesses, and high-dollar wire or ACH...

Senate Democrats ask Utah Legislature to cover SNAP benefits during shutdown

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Lakers $13M top trade target undergoes season-ending surgery, forcing LA to look elsewhere

The Los Angeles Lakers have been linked to potential big trades at the deadline over the past few seasons. They pulled off one last year when they acquired Luka Dončić. This season, they were also connected to Walker Kessler, and it seemed like...

Singer-Songwriter Todd Snider Cancels ‘High, Lonesome and Then Some’ Tour After Alleged Assault in Salt Lake City, Local Police Respond

Photographer Credit: Angelina Castillo Singer-songwriter, Todd Snider, has canceled his High, Lonesome and Then Some Tour, titled after his latest record by the same name, which was released on October 17 via Aimless Records/Thirty Tigers. Snider...

Century-old time capsule found at a Utah church evokes memories of a now fleeting...

Community members got their first look at the artifacts over the weekend, pulling from the box hand-sewn flags, Bibles and local newspapers in both English and Japanese, the church's articles of incorporation and a sheet of glitter-trimmed paper...

New financial aid initiative makes higher education more accessible

For current Utah high school seniors, an education at the University of Utah could now be entirely free for four years. However, a student receiving the scholarship depends on their academic benchmarks and a family household income under $100,000...

NBA trade market takes huge hit after season-ending injury news to desirable rebounding machine

We're only two weeks into the 2025-26 NBA regular season, and a season-ending injury to a significant player has already happened. Not only is this a huge hit for the player's team to endure, but it has massive implications on the rest of the NBA....

SNAP payments paused as shutdown deepens food insecurity in Utah

The government shutdown has now stretched into its fifth week, and as time goes on, new effects are starting to show. The ongoing government shutdown has paused SNAP benefit payments for the first time in the program's history. Now, more than...

Singer-Songwriter Todd Snider Cancels ‘High, Lonesome and Then Some’ Tour After Assault in Salt Lake City

Photographer Credit: Angelina Castillo Singer-songwriter, Todd Snider, has canceled his High, Lonesome and Then Some Tour, named for his latest record by the same name, released on October 17 via Aimless Records/Thirty Tigers. Snider pulled out of...

Utah skiers spent big last season. Here’s where their money went.

Out-of-state skiers still spent about three times more for a day on the slopes than locals. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Skiers and snowboarders line up for the Hidden Lake Express lift at Powder Mountain on Friday, March 21, 2025....

The Downbeat: The Utah Jazz preseason did not happen

If you are reading this, it can mean just one thing: I am already dead. I was asking too many questions, I had stuck my nose into business other than my own, but most importantly: I saw the one thing that the Utah Jazz front office absolutely did...

Rural Utah’s data center boom

This story appears in the November 2025 issue of Utah Business. Subscribe. Each of Utah’s 29 counties offers unique advantages for businesses and talent alike. Let’s visit Millard County. In 1855, Utah’s territorial legislature met for the first...

Kansas City is NFL’s Top TV Market

To no one’s surprise, the NFL’s most dominant franchise in recent years attracts the most TV viewers, according to new research by S&P Global Markete Intelligence, which also found that a number of U.S. TV markets without professional sports teams...

Genesis BBQ expands its US fried chicken market to 33 states

Major fried chicken franchise Genesis BBQ has expanded into its 33rd U.S. state with the opening of a new store in South Carolina. Its latest expansion underscores the company’s continued growth across the southeastern United States. The move is...

Salt Lake City gets creative in affordable housing investments

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Salt Lake City is getting creative with how it invests into affordable housing in the city. $14.4 million in affordable housing funds are available for developing affordable housing in Utah's capital. $6.4 million of that...

Ja Morant trade speculation: Are Suns a potential fit?

We’re just two weeks into the 2025-26 NBA season and Ja Morant is the league’s first superstar linked to trade rumors and the Phoenix Suns are among names included in speculation. Morant served his one-game suspension issued by the Memphis...

Warehouse demand grows as companies push through tariff uncertainty

Dive Brief: Demand for U.S. industrial real estate space surged in Q3, with net absorption reaching its highest level since Q1 of 2023, according to commercial real estate giant Colliers. Net absorption, or the change in occupied space, was 60...

Century-old time capsule found at Utah church evokes memories of fleeting Japantown

SALT LAKE CITY -- A historian's hunch about what might lie hidden within the walls of a Japanese church in Salt Lake City led congregants to uncover a century-old snapshot of a once vibrant Japantown now fighting for survival. Elders at the...

No tribute, but plenty of boos for Utah Mammoth winger JJ Peterka in return to Buffalo

(Jeff Roberson | AP) Utah Mammoth's JJ Peterka (77) in action during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the St. Louis Blues Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in St. Louis. Buffalo, N.Y. • When the Buffalo Sabres traded JJ Peterka to the Utah...