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Failure to activate: When Utah officers violate body-cam policies

The following story was supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism and was reported by The Utah Investigative ...
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Who got the better end of a multi-million US 89 land deal: Stuart Adams or UDOT?

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KUER. On June 30, 2023, a ...
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SLC’s airport has chemical spill safeguards. It’s still a risk for Great Salt Lake

Environmental Program Manager Kevin Staples points out one of the 37 spills kits located at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Oct. 13, 2025. (Photo by Eric. S Peterson) The following story was ...
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Ogden’s homeless plan: Less affordable housing, more rent-a-cops

People congregate outside the Lantern House homeless shelter in Ogden on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) The following story was reported by The Utah ...
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Learn how to pitch a journalist at free webinar

The Utah Investigative Journalism Project is hosting a free webinar about how to pitch stories to journalists. The event will be on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 6-7 p.m. Come get your questions answered ...
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Dirty urban water flows to Great Salt Lake. Can Mother Nature help us fix it?

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in collaboration with The Great Salt Lake Collaborative. During a recent storm in March, several shallow, plant-lined ...
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Author: Sydnee Chapman (Sydnee Chapman)

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah Stories. St. George, Utah, and Las Vegas may be worlds apart culturally, but the two share a ...
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A gay Latter-day Saint was murdered in Salt Lake City in 1991. Why has his case never been ...

The following story was developed by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project and the University of Utah’s “Cold Case” class investigating unsolved murders in the state, in partnership with The Salt ...
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Who is Valar Atomics?

Transmission lines lead away from the coal-fired Intermountain Power Plant near Delta, Utah on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) The following story was reported by ...
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Man had prior charges dropped despite police witnesses, then went on to kidnap 3 kids in St ...

Background stock photo by Zolnierek/iStock / Getty Images Plus; foreground booking photo courtesy of Washington County Sheriff’s Office Booking photo shows David Gene Remley, 36, who was arrested in ...
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A new Utah law was hailed as a win for air quality. But what impact will it have?

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lexi Tuddenham, executive director of HEAL Utah, at the Great Salt Lake, on Monday, June 2, 2025. Tuddenham hopes that funding associated with HB420 will prove ...