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12/09/2024

Tara Lipsyncki, who has become a champion for drag in Utah, might lose her nonprofit's year-old LGBTQ+ resource center.

12/09/2024

The Alpine School District split is certain after Utah County voters last month approved two ballot propositions to break away, creating three new school districts in the area. Here's how it will work.

12/09/2024

Exit poll data gathered by BYU shows voters overwhelmingly oppose giving the Legislature the power to repeal or amend ballot initiatives, but it also found that, before the Utah Supreme Court struck Amendment D from the November ballot for being deceptive, a majority of voters might have been fooled into voting for the measure.

12/09/2024

A Utah man told The New York Times he paid $550 to watch two mothers sexually abuse their daughters (one 8, the other 3 or 4), and later reported the women to Canadian authorities and to the streaming platform that hosted the content.

12/09/2024

A look at SLC's tallest buildings, with Astra Tower as the new No. 1.

12/09/2024

A source close to the situation told The Tribune that Isaac Wilson is entering the transfer portal because the Utes and new offensive coordinator Jason Beck have an apparent interest in New Mexico star QB Devon Dampier.

A second Utah quarterback is expected to enter the transfer portal.

12/09/2024

Opinion: Could Trump make the ultimate deal with Iran?

12/09/2024

Letter: Is growth the Utah Legislature’s plan for dealing with the dirty air?

12/09/2024

Letter: Regarding Trump’s nominees, one of Utah’s senators shows promise

12/09/2024

Letter: A “mansion tax” could make a difference in subsidizing affordable housing in Utah

12/09/2024

Letter: Biden’s formidable legacy will now be forever tarnished by at least two self-inflicted wounds

12/09/2024

After winning their last game by 42 points, they lost this game by 44. Why does that happen? Plus, Andy Larsen's thoughts on the Jazz's bench struggles, and four other notes from the Kings game.

12/09/2024

Utah Hockey Club won consecutive games for the first time since October with a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

12/09/2024

Hannah Neeleman is raising eight children, tending sheep and chickens, and making almost everything her family eats from scratch on her dairy farm in Utah. Here are some recipes from Ballerina Farm.

12/09/2024

Letter: The lawsuit says to stand with Utah for our lands, but will it be “our land,” or is this a ruse?

12/09/2024

Opinion: Why running the government like a business would be a disaster

12/09/2024

Opinion: Trump’s FBI Pick has an enemies list. Biden should pardon everyone on it.

12/09/2024

Look Ahead: "Kimberly Akimbo" has a run at the Eccles; The Lower Lights does its Christmas show at Kingsbury Hall; Utah Symphony plays Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons," and the Portland Cello Project puts its bows on Christmas.

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Utah's races ended as expected, with Republicans winning as usual. But getting there was a little painful. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/11/06/utah-county-long-voter-lines-some/

Democratic nominee Caroline Gleich conceded defeat to Rep. John Curtis in the race to replace Mitt Romney as Utah’s junior U.S. senator Tuesday night. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/11/05/john-curtis-wins-us-senate-race/

Former President Donald Trump won Utah, multiple national outlets reported Tuesday night, as voters at numerous polling locations remained in line. The lieutenant governor’s office has not yet published early returns. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/11/05/utah-voters-still-line-national/

The airport’s mid-concourse tunnel only has two moving walkways in each direction, and when they’re used, the journey from concourse A to the farthest B gates takes passengers at least 13 minutes. The new central tunnel brings that travel time down to under six minutes. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/10/23/new-tunnel-slc-airport-means

What is Amendment B on Utah's 2024 General Election ballots? Tribune education reporter Carmen Nesbitt explains.

Salt Lake has a new Trader Joe's with a unique mascot: A bright pink flamingo named Floyd. Here's why. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/food/2024/10/11/trader-joes-opens-its-fifth-utah/

Thousands of Utahns with disabilities wait years for crucial state help. Could the wait get even worse? https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/10/08/how-utahs-amendment-may-impact

The dean of Brigham Young University’s law school, David Moore, was listed as a contributor on Project 2025 until earlier this summer, when Moore asked to have his name removed from the controversial blueprint created in the event former President Donald Trump is elected to a second term. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/10/02/byu-law-school-dean-contributed

Utah started sending ballots by mail to raise turnout. What would happen if Republican lawmakers bring an end to the practice? https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/09/23/what-would-happen-elections-if/

Tribune reporter Jessica Miller joined City Cast Salt Lake host Ali Vallarta to talk about the execution of Taberon Honie by lethal injection. Here, Miller discusses why she volunteered to serve as a media witness. https://saltlake.citycast.fm/podcasts/utahs-execution-according-to-an-eyewitness

Wedding industry members gathered in the Grand America’s courtyard in downtown Salt Lake City on a hot July evening to see Maggie Sottero’s spring 2025 line debuted on a runway in the brand’s home state. https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2024/08/10/maggie-sottero-wedding-dresses/

A wildfire on Ensign Peak is spurring evacuations and threatening homes, radio towers and monuments, according to fire agencies, and helicopters are scooping water from Memory Grove to help douse the flames. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/07/20/salt-lake-city-evacuations/

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Here’s how The Salt Lake Tribune became the first nonprofit legacy newspaper in the U.S. ⬇️

It started about 150 years ago. The first edition of what is now called The Tribune hit the streets on April 15, 1871. It was called “The Tribune & Utah Mining Gazette.”

For the next 30 years, The Tribune passed through a series of salty owners who engaged the publication in raucous duels with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1901, the newspaper was acquired by U.S. Sen. Thomas Kearns and David Keith, prominent Utah mining figures.

Upon Kearns’ death in 1918, sole ownership was acquired by the Kearns family. The circulation at the time was 10,000 on weekdays and 15,000 on Sundays. In 1924, John F. Fitzpatrick became the publisher. Under his direction, the afternoon Salt Lake Telegram was merged into the morning Salt Lake Tribune in 1952. It was also under the Fitzpatrick tenure that The Tribune won a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News for its reporting of a 1956 air disaster over the Grand Canyon.

The Tribune and the Latter-day Saint church-owned Deseret News signed a joint operating agreement (JOA) in 1952, with U.S. Justice Department approval, to form an independent entity called the Newspaper Agency Corporation (NAC). Under this JOA agreement, the advertising, production and delivery operations of the two newspapers were handled by the NAC, also known as Utah Media Group. Editorially, however, The Tribune and Deseret News remained independent and competitive.

John W. Gallivan became president and publisher upon Fitzpatrick’s death in 1960. When Gallivan took publisher emeritus status in 1984, Jerry O’Brien was named Tribune publisher and Dominic Welch became president and CEO of Kearns Tribune. Upon O’Brien’s death in 1994, Welch assumed the publisher’s responsibilities and duties.

In 1997, The Tribune was sold to Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI). But after the newspaper’s sale to TCI, the company merged with AT&T Corp. and in January 2001, Denver-based Media News Group bought the newspaper and Dean Singleton became publisher.

With the emergence of the internet, the entire newspaper industry faced financial instability and by 2010 The Tribune was sold again, this time to Alden Global Capital, a New York-based hedge fund, with Terry Orme becoming publisher in 2013. In 2014, Alden renegotiated the JOA with the Deseret News to The Tribune’s financial disadvantage, prompting layoffs, a lawsuit and a U.S. Department of Justice investigation.

After two years of intense negotiations, Utah businessman Paul Huntsman bought the newspaper, becoming owner and publisher in 2016. He continued to support the Tribune’s tradition of hard-hitting local news coverage, a decision that led to the newspaper’s second Pulitzer Prize in 2017.

But as the financial instability of the newspaper industry continued to threaten The Tribune’s long-term success, Huntsman applied to the IRS for nonprofit status, arguing the newspaper’s mission and purpose was charitable in nature and the business should be a community asset. On Oct. 29, 2019, the IRS granted The Tribune 501(c)(3) status, making it the first legacy newspaper in the U.S. to transform from a for-profit company to a nonprofit entity. Under the new structure, The Tribune is governed by a board of directors, with Huntsman serving as chairman of the board.

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