Behind the Headlines

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Samantha Moilanen and Tamarra Kemsley and data columnist Andy Larsen talk about the week’s top stories, including the meeting for the Box Elder County data center project.

Salt Lake Tribune editor Sean Means and reporter Addy Baird talk about the week’s top stories, including Box Elder County delaying a vote on a hyperscale data center, and more.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Paighten Harkins, Addy Baird, and Jessica Schreifels, along with visual journalist Trent Nelson, talk about the week’s top stories.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen, Andy Larsen and Julia Jag join host UPR’s Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories, including a look at why it is so expensive to fly out of SLC.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week’s top stories, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unveiling changes to its Sunday worship services and more.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Megan Banta, Tamarra Kemsley, and Courtney Tanner talk about the week’s top stories, including soaring fuel and fertilizer prices hitting Utah farmers.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gerhke, Sam Moilanen, and Brooke Larsen talk about the week’s top stories, including a protest against an ICE detention center planned for Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Leia Larsen, and Brock Marchant talk about the week’s top stories, including a recap of the Utah Legislature's 2026 session.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen, Robert Gehrke, and Samantha Moilanen join Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories, including a proposal to for Utah to take on nuclear waste.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Tony Semerad, and Julie Jag share the week’s top stories, including the Utah Republican Party claiming enough signatures to send a Prop 4 repeal initiative.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen and Robert Gehrke join host UPR’s Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories, including Utah snowpack hitting the worst levels on record, and more.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Julie Jag and Jose Davila IV join host UPR’s Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories, including Utah’s high-stakes plan for the 2034 Olympics.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Leia Larsen, and Peggy Fletcher Stack talk about the week’s top stories, including Utah planning to buy one of the state’s major polluters.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Emily Anderson Stern, Jose Davila IV, and Leia Larsen talk about the week’s top stories, including the beginning of the Utah Legislature’s 45-day session.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Courtney Tanner, Brooke Larsen, and Emily Anderson Stern talk about the week’s top stories, including longtime UVU President Astrid Tuminez stepping down.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Carmen Nesbitt, Paighten Harkins, and Leia Larsen talk about the week’s top stories, including bestselling authors suing Utah officials over book bans.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gherke, Jose Davila IV, and Carmen Nesbitt join to talk about the week’s top stories, including the data on how many Utahns have been arrested by ICE, and more.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Leia Larsen, and Jessica Schreifels talk about the week’s top stories, including a former Utah governor calling out President Trump for recent posts.

Tony Semerad and Tamarra Kemsley talk about the week’s top stories, including record spending on police budgets in Salt Lake City and the influence of pro-LDS podcasts.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen, Brooke Larsen, and Jose Davila IV talk about the week’s top stories, including Utah’s plans to bring a nuclear hub to Brigham City.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week’s top stories, including a Utah judge rejecting GOP lawmakers’ congressional map and picking a map with a district favoring Democrats.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Jose Davila IV, and Paighten Harkins join to talk about the week’s top stories, including election results across Utah, the fate of Dirtylicious, and more.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Megan Banta, and Jordan Miller talk about the week’s top stories, including why the federal shutdown will lead to more empty shelves and empty bellies.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Courtney Tanner, Brock Marchant, and Brooke Larsen talk about the week’s top stories including last week's ‘No Kings’ protests, the dip in K-12 public enrollment, and more.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week’s top stories, including Dallin Oaks ascending to the presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week’s top stories, including what’s next in Utah’s disputed redistricting process now that lawmakers have adopted a map.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week’s top stories, including the death of Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Paighten Harkins and Sean Means talk about the week’s top stories, including the shooting and death of Charlie Kirk, Erica Kirk taking over Turning Point USA, and more.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Courtney Tanner, Addy Baird, and Brooke Larsen talk about the week’s top stories, including the shooting and death of Charlie Kirk during a college appearance in Utah.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week’s top stories, including the Utah Supreme Court calling off Ralph Menzies’ execution days before he was set to die by firing squad.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Emily Anderson Stern, and Peggy Fletcher Stack talk about last week’s top stories, including the ordered redrawing of congressional maps.

Awhile back, I was riding my bicycle along country roads in Cache Valley, when suddenly six unusual looking chicks ran across the road in single file right in front of me. I slammed on the brakes just in time as the chicks disappeared down the farmhouse driveway on the other side of the road.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Jose Davila IV, Tony Semerad, and Kevin Reynolds talk about the week’s top stories, including a Utah town mourning two police officers killed in the line of duty.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Emily Anderson Stern, and Brock Marchant talk about the week’s top stories, including three bars and a restaurant that burned down but may be rebuilt.

Tribune reporters Addy Baird, Leia Larsen, and Paighten Harkins join to talk about the latest news, including how Republicans’ cuts to the Affordable Care Act may affect Utahns’ health care and more.

Tribune reporters Paighten Harkins, Leia Larsen, and Courtney Tanner join us this week to talk about the latest news, including an increasing need for homeless services in Utah County and more.

Tribune reporters Brock Marchant, Brooke Larsen, Megan Banta, and Clarissa Casper join host UPR’s Tom Williams to talk about the latest news, including measles cases identified in Utah.

Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke and Anastasia Hufham join this week to talk about the latest news, including the shooting at the ‘No Kings’ protest in Salt Lake City and more.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke and Paighten Harkins, along with UPR/Tribune reporter Clarissa Casper join us this week to talk about the latest news.

This week we discuss how scientists manage mosquitos in the Great Salt Lake’s wetlands, Sen. John Curtis' suggestion for foreign aid, and the ban on transgender health care for youth.

Tribune reporters Emily Anderson Stern and Courtney Tanner discuss the latest news, including Planned Parenthood closing two Utah clinics after President Trump cut federal reproductive health funds.

Tribune reporters Emily Anderson Stern, Robert Gehrke, and Tony Semerad talk about the latest news, including Bernie Sanders drawing a massive crowd during his ‘Fight Oligarchy’ tour in Utah.

Tribune reporters join this week to talk about the latest news, including the Trump administration revoking the visas of at least 20 University of Utah international students.

Tribune reporters Emily Anderson Stern, Robert Gehrke, and Shannon Sollitt talk about the latest news, including fraud charges against 11 signature-gatherers who helped candidates get on 2024 primary ballots.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Anastasia Hufham and Brock Marchant talk about the latest news, including former national park superintendents saying the recent mass firings are ‘a really big deal.’

Tribune reporters join us to talk about the latest news, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prevailing as a federal appeals court tosses out James Huntsman’s tithing lawsuit.

Tribune reporters talk about the latest news, including "discrepancies" indicating dozens of Utah voucher recipients are enrolled in public school as lawmakers push for more voucher funding.

Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke and Carmen Nesbitt join host UPR’s Tom Williams to talk about the latest news, including a few massive changes Utah could see from the 2025 legislative session.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters join host Tom Williams to talk about the latest news, including Utah resorts accounting for two of the three most expensive ski trips in the U.S.

Tribune reporters Megan Banta, Tony Semerad, and Mark Eddington join on this episode to talk about a new road to bring a new era to a Utah city and a themed remote Utah resort.