Utah Headlines

Political news

• Judge rules U.S. Fish and Wildlife broke the law in denying wolves federal protections (Deseret News)
• Perspective: The dream of ‘Blutah’ can still come true for Democrats (Deseret News)
• Utah governor declares August Immunization Awareness Month (KSL TV)

Municipal

• Early results from Utah's municipal primary elections (KSL)
• 2025 Utah local primary election results (Fox13)
• St. George mayoral showdown appears headed to a fall rematch (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Park City primary election results: Incumbent and challenger top large field in council races (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Provo primary results: Early returns show Kaufusi leading in mayoral race (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Logan City Council member leads mayoral primary race (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Incumbent mayors surging in Sandy, Murray as Utah primary results roll in. See who else is leading across Salt Lake County. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Update: Salt Lake City approves new Delta Center lease that could extend 100 years (KSL)
• Springdale's Pioneer Cemetery and town jail earn national historic recognition (KSL)
• Inside Sources: Millard County to host giant data center (KSL Newsradio)

Utah

• 4 ‘iconic’ Salt Lake bars, restaurants lost in massive Main Street fire (KSL)
• Restaurant industry comes together for businesses lost in fire on main street (KSL TV)
• Salt Lake launches relief fund for 300 workers displaced by Main Street fire (KUTV)
• Rafting the divide: How a politically diverse group tackled a river’s rapids — and listening, reflecting, building understanding (Deseret News)

Biz/Tech

• Salt Lake City, Smith Entertainment Group close to deal on 99-year Delta Center lease (Deseret News)
• AI is everywhere. Can it write obituaries? (Deseret News)
• Are return-to-work orders, layoffs driving moms from workforce? (Deseret News)
• Delivery drones may soon take off in the US. Here’s why (AP)

Crime/Courts

• Woman arrested after stabbing driver's car in Millcreek road rage case, police say (KSL)
• Second woman shares alleged account of rape during second day of Nicholas Rossi trial (Fox13)

Culture/Community

• Non-profit food pantry saved by anonymous donor, KUTV viewers (KUTV)
• Social media reacts to Taylor Swift’s new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ announcement (Deseret News)
• ‘More than just a restroom’: Utah’s Little America Hotel is a finalist in competition (Deseret News)
  
• Ready to lead? St. George nonprofit helps women, girls amplify their influence (St. George News)
• Venus Williams to get new Barbie as part of Inspiring Women collection (AP)
• Former Miss America/ESPN reporter Sharlene Wells remembers traveling sports’ wide, wide world (Deseret News)

Economy

• Core U.S. inflation spikes in July but tariff price impacts still muted (Deseret News)
• US deficit grows to $291 billion in July (Reuters)
• US national debt reaches a record $37 trillion, the Treasury Department reports (AP)
• Inflation Held Steady at 2.7% in July (Wall Street Journal)

Education

• Utah schools to get updated, interactive emergency plans ahead of new year (KUTV)
• Utah System of Higher Education approves strategic reinvestment plans for 3 universities (KSL)
• How Salt Lake Community College is shaping the future of ski lift mechanics for Utah's snow sports industry (Fox13)
• College students may feel at home online, but they’re just as susceptible to scammers (KUER)

Faith

• New research discovers the first known Latter-day Saint polygamist with Black ancestry (Salt Lake Tribune)

Family

• Majority of single U.S. adults under 50 hope to marry one day (Deseret News)

Health

• Indigenous health providers share hopes, concerns about Medicaid covering traditional healing (Utah News Dispatch)

National Headlines

General

• Perspective: Does equal protection require ignoring unequal conditions? I don’t think so (Deseret News)
• Why suits worn by ski jumpers continue to cause controversy (Deseret News)

Political news 

• Trump’s Washington, DC, takeover begins as National Guard troops arrive (AP News)
• Republican lawmaker says he’ll bring Epstein victims to Capitol Hill (Deseret News)
• Could the Supreme Court reconsider same-sex marriage decision? (Deseret News)
• Republican lawmaker says he’ll bring Epstein victims to Capitol Hill (Deseret News)
• 'MAHA' activists urge Trump to oppose limits on pesticide regulation (Reuters)
• White House orders a review of exhibits at Smithsonian museums ahead of nation’s 250th birthday (AP)
• Trump ally Ken Paxton escalates Texas redistricting fight with call for Beto O’Rourke to be jailed (AP)
• Trump’s pick for BLS commissioner endorses suspending monthly jobs reports (Washington Post)
• White House suggests homeless in DC could be fined, jailed (The Hill)

Immigration/deportation

• Judge orders ICE to stop forcing detainees to sleep on dirty concrete floors (Politico)

Ukraine/Russia

• Trump to Meet Putin at U.S. Military Base in Anchorage (New York Times)
• Russia tries to make sudden advance in Ukraine before Trump-Putin summit (Reuters)
• Ukraine, sidelined in Trump-Putin summit, fights Russian grab for more territory (Reuters)
• Russia has won war in Ukraine, Hungary's Orban says (Reuters)
• Zelenskyy says Putin wants the rest of Ukraine’s Donetsk region as part of a ceasefire (AP News)

Middle East

• Israel bombards Gaza City; Hamas leader due in Cairo in bid to salvage ceasefire talks (Reuters)
• The 184 Palestinian journalists killed in the war in Gaza endured hunger and grief (AP)

World news

• Violent guerrillas are taking Colombia’s children. Unarmed Indigenous groups are confronting them (AP)
• Sudan’s calamity and ‘the end of the liberal world order’ (Washington Post)

Number of the Day

News Releases

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Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

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• February 4-7, 2026 — Summit, with Silicon Slopes and Visit Salt Lake

On This Day In History

• 1521 - The Aztec capital falls to Cortés.
• 1818 - Lucy Stone is born. She was a suffragist and supporter of rights for women and African Americans and boldly kept her own name when she married.
• 1893 - Eva Dykes is born. She was the first African-American woman to earn a doctoral degree (in English from Radcliffe College in 1921), was a professor at Howard University, and Chair of the English Dept. at Oakwood College.
• 1899 - Alfred Hitchcock is born
• 1910 - Florence Nightingale, British pioneering nurse (Crimean War), dies at 90
• 1914 - First ship passes through the Panama Canal
• 1942 - The 'Manhattan Project' commences, under the direction of US General Leslie Groves: its aim - to deliver an atomic bomb
• 1961 - Berlin is divided. Shortly after midnight, the first version of the wall went up, trapping Berlin residents and cutting them off from friends and family in the other half.
• 1981 - Reagan signs the Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA), a package of tax and budget reductions that set the tone for his administration’s trickle-down economic policy.

Quote of the Day

“Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.”

— Florence Nightingale

On the Punny Side

Why does Waldo (from Where’s Waldo) always wear a striped shirt?

He doesn’t want to be spotted.

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