Jose Davila Iv

The Salt Lake Tribune

Here’s who is running in the 2025 general election across Salt Lake County

By: Jose Davila Iv

Ballots for the 2025 general election went out to Salt Lake County voters Tuesday.

The Salt Lake Tribune

Amid calls for transparency, Utah officials aren’t saying much about plans for a large ICE detention center here

By: Emily Anderson Stern, Jose Davila Iv, Robert Gehrke

Gov. Cox's office says it hasn't been notified of any plans for a 10,000-bed ICE detention facility in Utah, contrary to national media reports. An open-records request to his office came up empty, prompting some to call for more transparency in the process.

The Salt Lake Tribune

Incumbents surge in mayoral races across Salt Lake County, while a handful cities will welcome new leaders

By: Jose Davila Iv

In all but two races in Utah’s 2025 general election, top city leaders across Salt Lake County were on their way to another term.

The Times-Independent

Utah rolls forward on statewide freeway system for bikes

By: Jose Davila Iv

The regional path system, backed by state legislators during the 2023 general session, would be the first of its kind nationwide.

CacheValleyDaily.com

Trump admin helps Utah steer clear of worse air quality status — but not because the air got better

By: Jose Davila Iv, Leia Larsen

Note to readers •This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization.

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Dead fish, algal blooms and E. coli: More attention turns to the Jordan River's water quality

By: Jose Davila Iv

The Jordan River, which delivers water to the Great Salt Lake, has long struggled with pollution.

The Salt Lake Tribune

She was killed at a Utah homeless shelter. Her body wasn’t found for 15 hours, a negligence lawsuit alleges.

By: Jose Davila Iv

Despite an earlier search from security and a shelter staffer, it was a roommate who found Stephanie Lynne Haskett-Carrasco’s body underneath a bed, a new lawsuit says.

MSN

Thousands of American soldiers deployed to WWII from here. Soon, families looking for a place to live will move in.

By: Jose Davila IV

Kearns • First, it was just wheat fields. Then, in the aftermath of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, this western edge of the Salt Lake Valley became a training center for the U.S.

MSN

Man arrested after handing 17-year-old son gun in deadly funeral shooting outside LDS meetinghouse, police say

By: Jose Davila IV

The Monday morning shooting that caused chaos outside a suburban Latter-day Saint church, forced lockdowns at nearby schools and ended in a police chase more than a mile away started with a fight.

The Salt Lake Tribune

A Utah MLB stadium might host more than just baseball

By: Jose Davila

Salt Lake City could get a new west-side concert venue if Utah's capital scores a Major League Baseball team. | Sep. 2, 2026, 2:00 p.m.